LAZINESS

my apologies for the lack of updates. as i've told a couple people i finally feel like i live in japan as opposed to just being a visitor here. as a result i've fallen into a routine. a routine that consists mostly of working and waiting around lazily and unproductively for the debaucherous weekend. but no more, i will be more diligent and productive... no really. i mean it this time.

so on to what i've been up to the past few weeks. i went to 'round 1' an sports complex/roller rink/bowling alley/arcade. 1500 yen for 3 hours of unlimited free play. it was fun. another night, malcom, jake, matt, simon, miho and i went to 'tins hall' an australian pub for australia day. i think it's similar to our independence day as it takes place during summer and consists of bbqs and getting drunk and celebrating australia. i ate kangaroo kebab, tastes like beef but it's a bit tougher.

also, i went to himeji castle, again, with paige and desiree. much like myself it hasn't changed at all since i last visited it in march w/ the crew. oh yeah, i tried my third vietnamese restaurant looking for authentic pho... the search continues. one of the three had pho that actually tastes like pho but they only have pho of the chicken variety... i'm fiending for tripe, tendon, and rare flank... mmmm... flank.

another night of drinking was spent around sakai city, where i live... went to a local bar with jack my roommate, ryan from washington, paul my former AT (manager), dean from NY, and a japanese girl whose name escapes me at the moment. we waited for masa the bartender to close up shop so he could join us then we moved on to an izakaya and then another bar.

the other night was nicole; my former coworker's sayonara/birthday karaoke bash. a good sized crew of nova teachers went to a karaoke box at the gash (sakai higashi, which means sakai east) 2 hours of singing and nomihodai (all you can drink) for a little under 20bucks US. it was my first karaoke experience on this particular japan trip. highlights included malcom- hips don't lie, brian- billy jean and much much more. oh and you know i had to bring sexy back... and a little G'n'R and johnny cash but the time limit ended before i could do angel of death by slayer...

after karaoke malcom, jake, chris and i went to grand cafe for dancehall reggae night. i don't remember much of the rest of the night... the next day my bike was gone from the station, it got towed cause i left it over night. i just picked it up from impound 30 min ago.

near future plans include getting a track bike (word to tin) and going to vietnam in march to visit tony.

all the pics of himeji were actually taken when i went in march. it looks exactly the same so i didn't take any new pics.

you don't know me! i do what i want!

australia day w/ miho, jake, simon and malcom

japanese girl, ryan and paul

me, masa and jack

what do you mean you don't have any bread

-you stay classy san diego.