tacoyaki

so it seems that im not going to be able to write as often as i would like, considering the fact that i have no computer and my roommates had the internet disconnected because they didnt pay the bill. which means that i will be writing at least once a week, but unfortunately not much more, any short bites that i send are from my phone cant be that long.

but... for this week... on the age front, im a yearolder. 27. i cant believe it. TWENTY SEVEN! im old. i celebrated by going out to dinner with my roommates and the guy whose place i took in the apt. we had a lot of fun and all i remember is waking up at 7 in the morning with one pant leg on, my shirt unbuttoned, and a hangover from hell. oh yeah, and i ate a whole fish, head and all. according to my parents thats the way you are suppossed to eat them, not bad actually.

on my days off it rained, making it difficult to do much of anything, but by the afternoon of my second day off the weather had cleared and actually became beautiful outside. i headed to Ueno where there is a large park and many museums. The museums were ok, kindof boring really, but just getting out of the hustle and bustle of downtown tokyo was nice. on the way back though was the real treat. as i walked back to my apartment i saw, for the first time... Mt. Fuji. it was such a rare site that the TV reported it as well later on that evening. dont get me wrong, it wasnt a spectacular view, but just the fact that i saw it from that distance gave me goosebumps.

the next few days went off without a hitch. dan, the guy whose place I took, left on thursady, and took my flatmates hair gel and tothbrush, for which my roommate confronted me about. i said i didnt take them (he had good reason to wonder though, ive been a madman throwing things away that look old and not used in this century) So it turns out that dan HATES steve, my flatmate, but acted nice to get a place to crash for the week. sadly, i think i like dan more than the people i live with, so i was sad to see him go. o and dan is bald, so it was no accident that he took the hairgel.

last night i met a friend in downtown yokohama for the annual Oktoberfest. i had many beers and sausages and kept one of the mugs, heh. afterwards was when we hit the karaoke place. dont get me wrong, i dont mind karaoke, but i already had 3 large beers and i then come to find out that drinks are free for the first hour at the karaoke place. time for a math lesson. 3 large beers + free drinks+ loud singing+scott = HELL. im not saying much after that except to say that i woke up at 9 am with one shoe on (the other was by the front dor where it was suppossed to be) my contacts still in, and im not going to have another drink for a few days. sorry mom. but i did make it home ok, and to work on time so no real problems. (also considering the fact that evryone has different days off, it was nice to hang out with someenglish speakers and not wandering around by myself)

tomorrow i have my second japanese lesson. i dont know how it will go, but ive been looking forward to it all week.

Food of the week- tacoyaki- tacoyaki is deep fried cheese and octopus in a convenient ball shape. not bad actuallly.

word of the day- genkan- the place where my shoes should have been this morning.

ttfn-
scott
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