Archaic means Old

And there is an old form of Romaji (Japanese written in English lettering) that exists, and it looks really strange compared to the current one. Things like tsu and chi are tu and ti despite not being pronounced that way. My favorite result of this is that the older signs in Beppu are spelled Beppoo.

Yes, I'm juvenile, but I don't care, it's funny.

So the most important factor when going to a place is remembering where it is. I went to go to a game store today before going to pick up my cell phone, but I apparently didn't remember exactly where it was. By the time I found it and was done there, the cell phone store was closed.

That's cool though, cause I forgot my bank information anyways.

Finally picked up Yoshi's Island DS which is lots of fun, so I should be at my game quota for a while.

Also: Addicted to pringles.

In sickness and in health

And today was a sickness, so whoever is crazy enough to think that they're married to me, stay strong and help me out.

I was fine until after lunch. I have no idea why, but after I ate lunch I felt immensely sick and as a result decided that it would not be in my best interests to walk around town causing undue physical strain to my delicate state.

Also it was raining like a sumbitch. Supposed to be bad tomorrow as well, so the hike is being pushed off. Which means I can still go downtown instead tomorrow (providing the health part comes back around) and hopefully get my SHINY NEW iPHONE and then probably should clean my room up a bit.

In other grounds, I can't remember if I've brought it up here or not, but a site that you should check out is MS Paint Adventures, particularly the Problem Sleuth storyline. It's a sort of Pseudo Choose-your-own-adventure type dealie, and it's often funny and occasionally hysterical. It's very well put together and it's near the end, so check it out.

Also here's a Youtube video for good measure: For you Watchmen fans.

Yuuume wo miteeeeeee!

Grooooovin to the pillows here on WG96.6FM! Up next we've got some classic Van Halen followed by a three hour block of Vanessa Carlton!

Oh man it's probably a good thing that I don't have a radio station.

Today was filled with playing games (I figured out that stupid Chocobo Land game. It's really stupid but it's addictive. It's sort of like Monopoly, and my thirst for power has gotten me to own every property on the board until the computer is in such massive debt that they just give up) and also studying.

BUT! Despite not doing anything, I do have some news.

First off, Friday, weather permitting, JM and I are going for a mountain hike. It goes from SPA Beach, through town along the gardens and parks, and then up the side of one of the mountains. There is also a lift on the mountain, so hopefully we get to ride that down so that I can dangle in midair sniffling and holding back my tears and attempting not to think about plummeting to my death. So, that should be fun.

Secondly, Tuesday is the day. Gotta go get my ferry tickets, but I leave Tuesday night to go to Osaka and visit my friends. Then that Friday we leave Osaka to go to Tokyo for 4ish days, then back to Osaka for a couple of days. Depending on how things play out, I'll be back at the earliest the following Saturday.

I'll try to get an update in (don't expect too much) but I'll definitely try to update my twitter a bunch. Mainly because I might be getting an iPhone tomorrow (yay?) and that's got internets on it and such. So that'll be good. So be sure to watch the feed on the side of the page, read through the backlog if you want to stalk me. Should be fun.

One more thing: If any of you have access to marble pocky at a local asian market or something, buy the hell out of that stuff. I'm serious, it's delicous.

Many things in Japan do not taste good

Donburi I trusted you!

I spent a good amount of time at the internet cafe loading my HD up with crap (and for some reason this was a very difficult task. Stupid Japanese computers.) While I was there I got hungry, as most organic beings do (aside from Oprah) and they include a menu in the booth. One thing looked delicious until I read that it had kimchi in it (if you want to eat rotten cabbage, be my guest) so I chose a random donburi bowl to chow on.

I actually had no idea what I was doing. There were little slips in the room that I thought were for ordering food but I read them over and nothing like that. There was a phone on the wall, and it had a picture of an ambulence underneath it so I was nervous about calling it.

So I used the internet to go to the website for the place that I was sitting in to read up on how to order food.

I apparently am not a risk taker.

Picking up the phone rings the front desk, which is what a sane person would have guessed it did, so I ordered the delicious photo and lie in wait for...deliciousness.

I was let down. School cafeteria donburi should not taste better than the stuff I get in town. But it does, and it did, and I'm not sure I want to risk eating at this place anymore.

They did get me someone who spoke English this time (I'm not exactly sure why. I was speaking Japanese just fine when I came in there. Or...understandably) and this turned out well because apparently they have a no smoking section. It's actually an entire other section of the building separated by a room and everything. It's very nice, and a bit roomier, but there was this guy who just kept farting the whole time, loudly. It was gross.

So I jumped the cubicle and strangled him, now I'm getting deported and I'll be home this weekend!

Haha, you wish.

Monday

Nothing happened.

Seriously. I stayed home and watched the "Walking with Monsters" and "Walking with Dinosaurs" Discovery Channel specials. They're really good and I recommend them. Some of those things are freaky looking, and I want them all as pets.

Also, I read about elephants. Specifically, elephant intelligence. Apparently they can cry, and this creeps me out for some reason. I think that I might try to befriend a pack of pakiderms (see what I did there?) and become enlightened through their playful trumpeting and altruism. It will be a wonderful experience, and I certainly will not get trampled for being an interloper.

I forgot to do the "Weird Site Hits" yesterday. So here it is today! There is one hit that I'd list, except for the fact that I am for some reason the 9th search result for it on google. I've never mentioned the two things together though, so I'm weirded out a bit by that. I did however get a search for "Gundam Donuts". Not sure why, exactly. Do I forget the things that I blog about? Did I mention Gundam Donuts? Or maybe I was playing with a Gundam while watching donuts?

The world may never know.

I want to see you again someday. So leave me alone away with you.

Augh. Sorry to anyone who saw this blank. I accidentally hit publish right after I made the title because I was rocking out to my music.

The title is from the song I was listening to, for explanation.

I came up with an ingenious plan. I put my alarm clock in the bathroom and closed the door. This way I would have to get up, go into the bathroom, turn it off, come back out of the bathroom, and then lie down if I wanted to go back to sleep. And why would I want to go through all that trouble?

So anyways, I wake up two hours later than I wanted to, which is about 15 minutes after I wanted to leave. Super. Try my best to head downtown and meet up with my friend for our plans, and he's not there because I suck. Run into a different friend who's apparently being financially molested by Japan, and then I decide I should get some food anyway, then go to the electric store to look for a case for my portable hd.

And hey, there's my friend. Awesome. He knows me well enough to hang out at the electric store until I eventually go there, because I am a loser nerd who goes wherever the electric hum can be found.

Anyhow we got some of that delicious unlimited ramen. Mine looked like someone was sick in the bowl, but tasted pretty damned good. No picture this time, forgot my camera.

I tried to find a video of this stilt exercise video that plays on loop at the store, but no dice. Suffice it to say it is the most hilariously gay thing I've ever seen. I mean gay as in gay. As in, 5 guys in short shorts wearing headbands doing synchronized exercise, singing about loving and working out, and sporting faux manly little mustaches.

I also bought a game called "Chocobo Land" for the gameboy. I have no idea what to do in it. It's like a crappy version of Mario Party with no minigames. Only 200 yen, though, so I can't really complain.

Since it's been awhile, let me leave you with a controversial old Looney Tunes cartoon.

Enjoy.

150 Whoooo

Blog number one five zero unless my counter is dysfunctional.

I've been less good to this point. I've missed updates, I've slacked off. Some of the updates are just messages telling you there won't be any.

But I've also stopped caring, so that that's a big factor in this.

In fact, today's is late even! But that's due to photobucket not working for me for some reason.

FINALLY the weather was good enough to go hiking in the mountains today. And we didn't hike far, considering it's a lot more difficilt than we thought it would be, but we did get some cool pictures and found a really nice spot.






After you hop off the road there is a nice little path, and at the end of the path are some concrete steps that are much safer (though just as steep) than they first appear. Then there are some rocks, and a little stream with some mini waterfalls and such. Really nice little alcove that I had no idea was just underneath the bridge from campus. So that was really cool, and I might check that out.

I actually took a video of it for you guys but eeeeh, did not come out well at all. So no go for that. Too bad, JM was aggravatin the river god in it. Ah well.

Tomorrow I'm getting some more delicious ramen because I've been craving it. I may need to learn some good ramen recipes for when I come home to the states, because it is something I will miss dearly. I can already make donburi, that's easy as sin. I'd say easy as pie, but making pie from scratch is a bit more difficult.

That's all. I know I said I'd make the saturday update something special, but I'm also a pretty good liar, and that's something that you should really take into account.

I mean, I did stuff and I got you pictures of a pretty little secret place. What more do you people want from me? Blood? Do you... do you want me to bleed for you?

Nah, of course not. Then there'd be nobody uploading the blog you never read.

Why won't you love me?