On Friday morning I was up bright and early (which is dead easy when you have jumped 14h ahead, staying awake in the afternoon is much harder) and had a very nice Japanese breakfast. I do like them, bowl of meso soup, some rice, some kind of pickle to go in the rice, a slice or two of fish, some vegetables (that I cannot identify) and usually some ( Read more... )

Wada-san and I left straight from Yokohama to go to Noetsu. A 4-5h trip even on the Shinkansen! I have to comment on the Shinkansen or bullet train now. Those thigns are increidble! They have reclinging seats, the seats can be turned around so you can face people and have a table in between you, the travel is sooo smooth and they have "trolley ( Read more... )

I've just spent 2.5 weeks in Japan. 1.5 weeks of business and 1 week of being a tourist with Karen. The first week I was in Yokohama for 3 days and then Noetsu for one evening and part of the next day. Back to Tokyo and the next day I was off to Osaka/Kyoto/Nara/Uje and Himeji for some tourist time (thank god for the non-resident Shinkansen pass ( Read more... )

Konichiwaa!
It was a long trip to Japan. The work day was long, and the play after several hours. A long entry will follow at some point.
arrigato gozaimashtaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa (a pharse translating as thank you in the past tesne as screamed at most restaurants apart from the really swanky ones when anyone left)

So I decided to copy Commander and the rest of the world with a quiz...go for it :)

http://drstevec.friendtest.com.

Commander Quaren and I went on an undercover mission a few days ago. We visited the "Naro" dimension in the Transexual Galaxy and observed a phenomenon called "The Rocky Horror Picture Show." We both dressed up so we weren't so obvious, but got dragged into a contest and we won 1st and 2nd place - way to be inconspicuous eh? However, lots of ( Read more... )

This last weekend Commander Quaren and I went to the water planet of Rawlings in the Virginia sector. Well it's not entirely water I mean if it was, what would be holding all the water together? But anyway the part we were in was essentially all water, apart from the rocks around the edge. Quaren had already spent most of Saturday in the water ( Read more... )

I have this memory which apparently happened a long time ago. But it is difficult to say as of course most of my memories are implants designed to enable me to function with organic life. But anyway, I had this friend, her last name was Necessary and she was one of these people who just wasn't very good at anything. She was very clumsy in the ( Read more... )

I found out a terribly sad thing today. I won't be going to Lap Dance Island...it was all a cruel, cruel joke. But apparently there is going to be a slutty catholic cheerleader island and they say that's real *sniggers ( Read more... )

In preparation for my trip to Lap Dance Island I decided I should refresh my memory with my martial programs. So I tripped out to a local "traditional" school. Not bad. Some concerns about how they teach though - 75 kata ?!?!? Have to ask yourself why they need 75 when other older styles have anywhere from 3 (incredibly low) to 10 (average). ( Read more... )