Dragging on
Today was a nice slow day, highly in contrast with yesterday. We woke up late and convinced Casey to call into work. We were supposed to take a train to meet Yasue close to her home and spend the day and night with her but once again Moraya had to call and tell her we couldn't make it. It was nice to take it slow after our misadventures in Harujuku. We took a bus into Chiba and ate at KFC. KFC is different here, or at least from what I remember of KFC. I haven't eaten there in a long time ever since I was younger because every time I've ever eaten there I've thrown up around 2:00am that night and this shit happened like clockwork regardless of whether or not I was sleep, I would be awakened by the nausea only to vomit minutes later. But KFC here is different; first off it's expensive. Second they have weird things like chicken nuggets, wraps and french fries. I don't know, maybe they have these things in the US and I just don't know. I got a spicy chicken sandwich with fries and a drink. It was a nice meal but apparently as with most western style fast food restaurants they don't have any salt other than what they use when they cook. No saltshakers no salt packets. Afterwards I convinced Moraya and Casey to finally take me to get my hair cut while we where in Chiba. We ended up going to a salon called Earth; it was apparently a middle of the way salon as far as price and reputation. It was a very nice experience. The price varies according to the experience of the person cutting it. The categories were Stylist, Top Stylist, Assistant Director, and Director. I went for Top Stylist, which all told ended up being 5,000 yen. But boy was it worth it. The stylist was soooooo hot and so nice, Casey had to translate to him what I wanted but he was really nice and accommodating to the fact that my Japanese sucks. Part of the 5000 was a 500-yen hair-washing fee. Apparently I had the option of using an automatic washer but none of us knew how to use it and after the number my stylist did on my scalp I would have gladly paid him more. He really took his time and as throughout the cut, he never pulled my hair or caused me the least discomfort. I really like the way he cut it and I don't think my hair has ever looked this good. Moraya thinks it should be shorter and generally doesn't like it but I just think she's jealous because my hair looks better than hers and I got a scalp message from a hot boy.