bug season is here
I am trying to let the spider in my apartment live but he still creeps me out.
So when I find spiders (like this one at the train station) I try to watch and learn and not be so afraid.
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it’s in the sauce
Going away party last night. Okonomiyaki around Keikyu Kurihama station somewhere. Small typical bar, bar stools, 3 – 4 person tables in front, tatami area in back. We have the whole back tatami room and I can move around a lot and it feels good.
Okonomiyaki fortunes are told. Hills and valley of egg show the variety of paths at a person’s disposal, fish flakes vibrate gently in accordance with the subject’s internal energy level, and the mayo, the mayo is the key to the heart and the heart’s future. The curves – the degree a heart feels settled, the light it reflects – a measure of passion and sometimes, subtle forms emerge giving a sign of a story to come.
There is an ancient karaoke machine in the restaurant. We don’t sing but I admire a cassette tape inside. I have always loved the look of a white cassette tape.
Only another few months in Japan. Today I feel closer to that reality. It is scary. But then – I am getting an Internet connection in my room on Friday. After all this time. I didn’t break down but, not being able to proxy through UBC to access papers online at work has been inconvenient. But an Internet connection – you do that when you move in. It’s an action of settling.
I am so far from settled.
But the new camera is almost named. It is a choice between two names and I had the idea of making it a vote but I think this one is personal and I need to decide myself.
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leg skin
From the window of this coffee house I see the customers sitting outside, holding onto their cigarettes, people walking by, and the occasional bicyclist. Maybe 10% of people are celebrating the good weather (despite the gray-milk sky) by wearing shorts or skirts – exposing a substantial amount of bare skin. “Only in Canada…” I think, …”at this temperature”. Then I remember the past months of winter and the young high school girls in uniforms with skirts just long enough to avoid train-seat – skin contact. (I think?) Generally the two scenarios involve the same elements – people with exposed legs despite the air being cool. But the stories and interpretations are completely different. The girls do their kneehighs well while that old man in the khaki shorts and black runners should lose the white socks.
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the laptop room
I am in a nearby Internet cafe but it is more of a manga hut. This is my room. The windows are frosted so minimal daylight enters. I feel like I am in a movie. I guess that is one thing I miss from Canada. A cafe, with wifi (free or not), people, good coffee, and no feeling that you should hurry up, get up, and leave.
I am searching for pictures on flickr and I wish that they had some filter for search results coming from one person who has taken 20 shots of the same thing.
Sorry – not too exciting but given my Internet access outside of the usual, I feel like I should be writing. It might also be because last night in my dream I had a few people tell me how great my blog was to read. Seriously! Hahaha.
Oh geez. I think this whole browsing flickr thing is getting to me. Many personal photos with little explanation and people you don’t know. My mind goes on autopilot with the story making and now I have a wee bit of a headache.
Hope you are all having a good weekend. Despite working for most of it, I am. Sleeping is good ; )
