Longest entry I've ever written.
Well, by the time anyone reads this I'll finally be back in Japan. Christ, I can't believe it's already been 4 years since then. It's crazy to think about, really. At the beginning of college my knowledge of Japanese consisted of... well, nothing. I think I might have recognized phrases like さようなら、こんにちは and the like if I had heard them, but I
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But seriously, glad to see you're making it through the flight OK. I'm also glad to hear that you are sharing your more gassy elements with your fellow passengers. I'm sure they deeply appreciate it. Who the hell cares what you wear anyway? button-up shirts will be fine. You're gaijin so you've always got that excuse, plus the button-ups look soooo sexy on you... God help you if you show your tattoo though!!! You will forever be labelled yakuza, and you'll end up being a Japanese-speaking mechanical engineer for them instead. Hmm, I seem to be fresh out of funny today, maybe I never had any to begin with? Anyway, get some rest and then enjoy being there!!!
Tim
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Luckily I was ok on the plane cause there was no one else sitting in my row (well, I was in the middle part of the row anyhow), so that's a good thing). You're right about the button-ups though. Damn right, black is my color.
It's been cool though. When compared to the last time I was here, it's fucking ridiculous actually. Last time my Japanese was limited to certain shit, and this time it's totally different. I understand so much of what I read that it surprises the hell outta me, if I'm watching the news I can always figure out if I don't already understand their words, and if it's a regular tv program I understand almost everything they're saying. Last time I was here everything was different and mysterious, this time it's totally commonplace to me. Basically, working at Mikuni made me totally used to the language and the culture.
I've been sitting here watching this program where they take a crapload of surveys and compare contestants on this show to the average. They've been comparing married men and women to the average for a bunch of random relationship things. It's been damn entertaining. According to this, the normal salaryman doesn't spend much time with his wife, but he spends a crapload of money on her. For instance, the average dinner out on the town together was like 120 bucks.
As far as the tattoo goes, it hasn't come up yet. But if I have to become an engineer for the yakuza, so be it. Then you and I can be archrivals and we'll have a tv show where you are always chasing me down and I'm always just barely evading you in my snazzy button-up shirts. Hey, this sounds like a good idea.
ACTUALLY I've been thinking about getting a tattoo here before I leave. I have to email my tattoo artist and see if Jessie wants to do it with me, but it might happen. It wouldn't be down my arm though, it'd probabally be in the same place as my current one on my other arm. See how it goes.
Take care champ.
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