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It was recently pointed out to me that my settings don't allow anyone but blogger members to post. consider that changed. - I wrote this entry on my word processor due to lack of internet, so it's dated by a few days....



11/15
Today I taught at shibuya - had to give my boss an English test and place him in a class, which was a bit intimidating - he kept thanking me though, so I think that’s ok - I’m still not totally conversant in cultural nuance over here, so for all I know that meant “fuck you stupid honkey(gaijin)”. I think he was genuine, though. He keeps bugging me about coming to an “party” on Saturday night at the school and keeps telling me to “bring all of my friends”. As of now my acquaintances can be counted on one hand, and most of them are already employed by the aforementioned school. I might go anyway - build some worker solidarity. That, and I don’t really have any plans for Saturday.

I had to retrain today along with the rest of the teachers - the downside: I had to get up at 8; the upside: I found a really good Chinese restaurant in Shinjuku. I should go back. I wrote down the name of what I had in kanji and need to find out what it was. I think it’s a pretty common dish, but I really liked it.

I went to this giant bookstore(which has a more extensive “modern thought” section in English than most chain stores do in the state - I still miss the unc bookstore, though.) to buy some books today, only to find that they are REALLY FUCKING EXPENSIVE. I suppose I will have to wait to get my books from amazon. Speaking of books, mike davis’ latest is on bird flu - weird…..


Still haven’t started taking pics of cars……

Roommate is still practicing guitar and whistling in the living room on a regular basis….

I took some pictures of some of the more bizarre things I saw on television yesterday - I will post them when I get a chance. I was watching this show “love love” yesterday and it featured two commentators, one who was made up like a dog with an upside down pail on his head and a flower growing out of the top. See pics when they’re posted - www.flickr.com/photos/margnwalkr