Brian's Japan Adventure

January 24th, 2008

A Saturday Two Days Early

I slept a little late today. No special reason, but it was my first Thursday off and I decided to take advantage of it. Eventually, I decided that I’d have to get out of bed sooner or later, and looked at the clock. It was only an hour later than usual. So I got up, got dressed, and pretended it was a Saturday; in other words, Library Day!

It was too late for McBreakfast, so I had McLunch instead. I was planning on spending a good bit of time on the Internet today, so I figured I should eat something first. Then it was off to the library, which was unusually quiet. I assume that’s due to a combination of it being a weekday, alongside the fact that both major universities in town are doing exams this week (and next).

Aloha II

I did a bit of research on Hawaii. I can get a cheap student-discount flight, but it might mean going all the way to San Francisco and doubling back to Hawaii. Get this: Going to SF and then Hawaii is almost $100 CHEAPER than a direct flight. I’ll never understand airports!  I found a cheap, but well-reviewed hotel near both the ocean and the airport, and then did some research on the surrounding area. I still am not convinced that I should shell out that kind of money for a week vacation, but if I do, I am convinced it would be a well-planned and fun trip.  Making decisions has always been my biggest weakness.

I downloaded umpteen gazillion more pod casts and did some research for my business idea, with some good and bad answers. Information is good, even if it’s not what you want to hear.

A Wonderful Trade or Just a Quick Switch?

I didn’t mention in yesterday’s blog that when I returned home last night, I found a new TV in the living room. Marc wasn’t home, so I had no explanation as to why.  I’d like to think maybe the ancient Japanese Gods took Marc away and left me a new TV set in exchange. That’d be a good deal for me!  More than likely, however, the old TV died, and he called Y-San and she had someone exchange it. If that is what happened, it was darned fast service. It worked reasonably well Tuesday night, but it had been acting up since… well, always.  Still no cable though. Sigh.  My understanding is that with cable TV, you can turn on English subtitles on most channels. NOW they tell me this.

Candy From The Survivors!

Actually Marc must still be walking the Earth because on the living room table this afternoon, there was a box from home.  Normally, Y-San phones me when I get a box, but not today. Marc must have stopped by the office (about the TV) and carried the box down.

This box was from Aunt K and Uncle J. Ahhh… Errrrm… Now that I do the math, I guess I don’t have to specify which aunt & uncle sent it. As far as I can remember, they are the only ones left. You know you’re getting old when you have to take inventory to see which relatives are dead now and which ones aren’t.  Well, anyway, I do seem to have one surviving pair of aunt and uncle, and they sent me a box. Inside the box was a bunch of hard candy. There were multiple bags of “Claeys Candies Since 1919” to be precise. Lessee, there was Wild Cherry, Sassafras, Root Beer, Lemon Drop, Watermelon, and Peppermint. I almost always have some kind of Japanese lemon drop candies on my desk next to the computer here, so now I can have some variety. Inside was also a note about how much they like reading the blog. (Thanks guys!)

Let’s see now… I guess my next step is to just ask all my readers to mail me some candy.  We’ll have some kind of high-calorie pledge-drive.

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