dilemma

hello?
sweet mother... someone is barfing all over the stall next to me in the internet cafe. good lord this is gross. my text has just been erased again. this is very frustrating. to make it short. .. i can travel home for the holidays, but it will cost an ars load. IF i travel 2 weeks earlier or one week later, i would only pay about 500 or 600 dollars round trip. but ... since i have no vacation, this is difficult. ill get back to you later.

on the other hand, i have reached a good settling point here in japan. i know where most things are and know more about the country than most of the other foreighners who have been here for years. i have a four day weekend in december where i think i might go skiing. until then i really have no big plans. the fall foliage is suppossed to be great around here, but so far i cant tell.

i still havent met many people. i want to hang out with some of my coworkers, but they seem to always be busy as well as having different off days. i hear there is a bouldering gym nearby, i might check it out a nd see who i can meet there.

no new food. when you are on a budget and literally get down to your last 30 yen, you cant eat the eel. but i will try something by the next update for sure.

japanese classes: i must not have learned from college. i need a swift kick in the groin. it is impossible to learn the new week's lesson, if you didnt learn the previous week's, so i have a lot of studying to do this week. i can officially read one of the japanese alphabets. but that doesnt mean that i understand it. it just means that i can sound it out and ask my japanese coworkers what it means. hey, it s getting somewhere. but like i said, if i study, it will surely help. here is the japanese for the day: Biru o nomimas. meaning: i drink the beer. enjoy.

i missed another earthquake. this one was at 3 in the morning and i was dancing in a bar. go figure.

typhoon is set to hit the area tomorrow or thursday. i cant wait, and on my day off too.

no t much else to say.... oh yeah... met a drunk homeless man the other night. we had drinks ,mumbled in our native languages, and had a few beers. probably the best japaneses conversation to date. yes.

take care all, and i hope all is well

oh yeah and congratulations to the coxs, who will be having their first child in may. deedle deedle.

scotto san