12.26.2004

nihon christmas

is supposed to be like this "Sex and chicken make christmas in japan"

but mine ended up being more like drinking suntory whiskey and coke, reading david egger's 2 year old novel, and falling asleep. merry merry.

12.21.2004

nani?

a guy i went to highschool with is cooking for a research centre in the fucking antarctic! how cool is that??? see pictures at southpole gallery

nihon feels so much smaller now!

thin curtains.

well, i broke down and bought "curtains". they are actually sheets, that are really cool and i didnt spend that much money on them. very diandra. and i think that they're so cool im sooo bringing them back to canada.

ive been spending too much money, and this spending habit that im on has got to stop. ive spent a lot of moolah getting pans, and pots, and dishes, and a stereo, and some furniture (around $300 all together), and i have debt, so its not too smart.

so, i came into yamagata today to get books, come to this internet cafe to check my email and find a picture of a catfish, which i found. and i cannot wait until i give this christmas present to its soon to be owner, and then i can talk about it in the blog. because i think its really really cool, and it has spawned another idea, which is even cooler!! ah, spending 50yen to print out colour pictures, not that great of a deal. but alas.

yesterday is snowed. a bit. not too much. and it is great. the air is really really fresh, and things are white and beautiful, and fluffy. again, im a little lonely, for friends, etc. but, because i believe that winter is for lovers, i see this time of year as not a time of dead things, but of rebirth, promise, and love. everytime i look out the window i fill with hope. ha ha. now, i just have to get outside!
(there was a really cute boy on the train this morning, ack!)