Second
January 04, 2003
Fact: Jasmine tea does to me what a double grande triple swirl super loaded coffee at Starbucks would do, it suppresses my sleep urges all night. I came home last night after spending a few days at Eri’s house. I came home with a cold too, which was the main reason I wanted to come home in the first place. As hospitable and generous Eri’s family were to me, I still felt very much like a guest and just couldn’t get myself to relax. I enjoyed the cooking though and the visit to the temple on New Year’s Day but yesterday I decided that if I wanted to fight off this cold invasion, I must return home and barricade myself. Eri will be coming back in a few hours. My nose has been the victim of a mucus onslaught and sneeze raids for far too long. My eyes feel like I haven’t blinked in a week. My throat is telling me, “I’m about to be sore! Save me!” Blech. And it’s stupid cold too.
Art Bell is once again retired at the end of last year. I’ve lost count of how many times he’s retired and/or gone off the air. It’s sad (again). He’s been having back pains for a long time now and because of this, he’s cut down to only a few nights a week for the past while. His successor, George Noory, is a pretty good host so the show will be in good hands. I have to admit that I’ve lost interest in the show since summer. The guests and topics aren’t as fun as they used to be. Since being in Japan, I’ve only listened to the show once and only for 15 minutes. The time zones make it too difficult. They even killed the original webpage because it wasn’t made by the corporate giant but made by some guy in the middle of somewhere (Art made it a condition of his return to have the little guy continue to be the webmaster). Now that Art is gone, the little guy webmaster goes with him. Sad.
Ech. I have a lot of things to do but I don’t have the energy to do it right now. Instead, I’ll play some Final Fantasy 1. That’s right… ONE. Woohoo!
