yoi otoshi o

Happy holidays all y'all.

Hoping you are yours are happy and well-fed.

Life continues to accelerate at a breakneck pace (literally, as described herein). I officially live in a bachelor pad. My floor is periodically strewn with bento boxes, dry cleaning bags, and cans of beer. I clean when I have time, so not all that often.


Biggest development: A bicycle. It's red. It has a built in lock. All the locks in the country are so flimsy!

My red bicycle now opens up a world unto me hidden with back-alleys, bonsai, and the satisfaction derived from orientation in one's surrounding. I have learnt more about my new home in 3 days than I did in the previous 6 weeks.

sub-development: compass. crucial. Bicycling home tonight I found my self heading north when I was trying to go south. screwy streets. Incidentally, I can bike to work in 20 minutes. )

I had to work Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, and Boxing Day. I had a Big Mac for Christmas dinner. Class. I then proceded to bicycle an hour across town to a Christmas Party, followed by an 1 1/2 hour bicycle ride home (uphill this time). Then I went to work in the morning. Merry Christmas! Santa mailed me a pair of leather gloves, they are well appreciated on the bike!

My holidays start on the 30th, back on the 5th. Heading to Tokyo for two nights to go to the Fish Market (among other things). Stupid Ghibli Museum is closed for the holidays. damn damn damn. now I HAVE to go back. ooh! and I get to take the bullet train of fame and fortune, the Shinkansen. wee!

oh and some jehovah's witnesses came a-knocking today. yes, that's right folks, they're a creed of all colors, kicking doors in internationally. My foreigner status gave me the opportunity to give them the quick shoo-off though. Sometimes language barriers are A OK.

Again:

Take care of yourself this season. I miss you. yes you.

Happy Holy Days

<3 oyshiface <3

word of the day: youshou (infancy)

The frequency of my posts has diminished greatly as of late. I feel the cause the of this is the end of my gestation period, and my entry into youshou, or infancy, here in Japan. I am now out exploring much more, toddling around, trying to to stick my foot in it daily.Yesterday went to Kobe. They have a chinatown. Every year they hold a celebration called luminare (or to that effect), where they display very ornate christmas light displays to commemorate an earthquake in 1995. Even with prior knowledge (thats patent talk y'all!), the crowd was just too much, I was just too tired, and so Luminare will have to wait till next year, sorry folks. In lieu, here is footage of a reindeer on a bike. Tour du Pole Nord.


What I did instead was hang out in a dumpling shop and watch the crowds drift by, eat delicious steamed buns. They have a unique squid ink bun that is jet black. oishi! Otherwise, I work. Long ass weeks. Short short weekends. But I make'em count.
a week from tomorrow (December 23rd) is the emperors birthday, and I am going to wakayama to visit my first onsen (hot spring). EXCITED.


I got a phone. joy of all joys. I can watch all the japanese television I want for free. just don't call me from Canada. mmm gyoza.

I had some really wild pictures to show you, but I deleted them (merde).

For now this will have to do. Playlist #2 next time!

love

oyshiface