yoip. i'm an alien resident of japan. i live here. i'm not here for a little vacation or nothin, I LIVE IN JAPAN! sometimes i forget to remind myself not to forget to remind myself what's going on. yeah. feel a little weird and disconnected today. campus is very deserted and quiet. time still moves strangely, and things that happened yesterday afternoon feel like they're the distant past. i had plans to go to senshu park yesterday, which overlooks akita city and has the ruins of an old castle in it, but those plans got scrapped, so i just kind of sat around on the front lawn watching the craziness going on in our parking lot and across the street for the national sports meet being helt at the massive complex over yonder. about 20-25 busloads of people from all over the country disembarked right in front of the dorms for yesterday's opening ceremonies. i stood out by the street with a few folks to watch the emperor, who was here giving the opening speech, roll by in his motorcade. he makes a special visit to one prefecture a year, and there are 47 prefectures, i think, so an emperor won't be back here for a special visit until 2054.
so saw the emperor of japan, whatever, ate some onigiri and fell asleep. woke up, had some dinner, ran into an australian with a mohawk named max and a japanese lady friend, went to the konbini (convenience store) for some beer, drank um, and then went out on the town for some karaoke with rikako, sakiko, and two americans named katrina and gillian. it was in some big entertainment complex on the outskirts of town (rikako drove). we ordered some greasy-ass food and sang songs for 3 hours. i did tom waits' "christmas card from a hooker in minneapolis" elvis costello's "allison" and "all through the night" and "time after time" by cyndi lauper which, obviously, brought the damn house down.
tonight, the taiwanese girls, who i now calls "m'ladies" are making meatloaf and philly cheese steaks just because i mentioned them in passing one day at lunch when i was talking about what i'd rather be eating. this is how good m'ladies are to me. i spend less than 3 seconds saying the word "meatloaf", and later that day, they go to the computer lab, print out a recipe, and today they're at the market getting the ingredients so they can cook it tonight. m'ladies. i've only been here a month, and they've fished me out of the whirlpool more times than i can count. hina helps, too. she's goddamn bonkers. she cut her hair short, dyed it orangeish brown, and flies around on her rollerblades all day and calls herself "rollermonkey". i was up until 3am a few nights in a row last week talking with her about stuff and whatnot and non-bloggety items. she'll be gone at the end of this year to go to school in mexico, which is one of the sad parts about being in school halfway around the world. i meet all these great people, connect with them, and then they're gone almost immediately. people that have the potential to be integral lifelong friends having to sort of be relegated to acquaintance status.
blabbity. i need to stop now before this damn thing trails off anymore. gonna go wander, i think.
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I am trying desperately to leave you a comment, but it never works. The one that says removed by author was probably me cuz I dont know what the heck I am doing! Too complicated for this old lady! Thanks for your posts. LOVE reading them. Sent you a real letter thru the mail. Wonder how long it will take to get to you? Lots and lots of rain here for days in Lutsen MN. Fall colors pretty much done but they were spectacular. Your pics are fantastic! Love V in Lutsen
Peter, would you agree that Rush is underrated by most classic rock fans, but over loved by dudes who play a lot of Dungeons and Dragons?
i would say that rush is just plain crap. i dont care what virtuosos all of them are supposed to be, they're one of very few bands that make me actually physically ill.
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