Aged
July 18, 2003
Are you enjoying the frequent updates this month? You’d better because everytime I update, a little part of me dies and soon there will be nothing left. Give another 40 or 50 years though.
So, July 17th rolled once again and once again my age counter has jumped one. The big two three. The Michael Jordan. The first prime number after 19. The big… age. Nothing much to write about. I went to work with four group lessons to start and four single (one student) lessons to finish. The day rolled by fairly quickly actually, I was in a good mood so the group lessons were fun and educating. After work, I got to hang out with Daniel, whom I haven’t really hung out with since Tokyo in May. We just went to McDonalds and had a bite, then to a pool hall where we just randomly shot at those balls, had a good chat about things and some other things, and then headed to his house. He recently acquired a Gamecube and he showed me Metroid Prime - it looks fucking awesome. I would love console FPSs if it weren’t for the fact you have to play them on crazy controllers with crazy axis controls and buttons and sticks all over the place. I hope they get smart and port all this stuff over to PCs - nothing beats the simplicity and superiority of the mouse.
After that, I met Eri and we went to the Hard Rock Cafe for dinner. The place was loud. The food was awesome - we just had a small plate of nachos and this appetizer combo set. I think both of us were avoiding burgers and the like. The food was awesome though. I think it may be partly because I haven’t eaten nachos and tater skins and chicken strips in bbq sauce in a LONG time. Of course, us being us, we didn’t finish the food so we got most of it wrapped up (I’m eating it right now for breakfast… kinda gross actually). The music they played here was a lot crappier than the HRC in Vancouver - there were a lot more 70s songs than I’d prefer (KC and the Sunshine Band??? Do they even qualify as rock? Much less Hard Rock?). The place was a bit expensive though. Oh yes, they are the first place in Japan that I’ve seen with refillable drinks. I had 3 cokes and they were free! Muhahaha.
Afterwards, Eri’s mom picked us up and dropped us home. She bought this lil cake for moi and also gave me some gift certificates (that work apparently in every store in Japan - they’re like Bank Certificates). I was able to speak a lot more Japanese to her than I did the last time I saw her. Actually, I was able to converse with a fair number of people this week. I wasn’t having mindblowing conversations but I was able to say a few things and understood some/most of what was said to me. I feel so damn proud.
We also stopped at a pharmacy because three asshole mosquitos bit my leg in very close proximity to each other. The itch was unbearable so I scratched quite a bit. I didn’t realize I roughed up the skin so badly so when I took a shower, I didn’t realize I left that area moist. Now? It’s infected and it looks just charming. We bought some cream and yellow stuff and some wrappings. I just hope it doesn’t get any bigger - it’s already consumed 45% of my body.
“Join us… we are we are… I’m sorry… for the many… The Many… kill the Machine Mother…”
