Thursday, June 17, 2004
Good Day
Today was a pretty cool day. My buddy Jun showed up to basketball today. He hasn't been able to play for about six months now cuz he got a new job and doesn't get off til nine. Anyway, back in the day this guy and I were a were the ultimate big guy/little guy combo on the court. He's the only Japanese guy I know that plays like an American. Well today him and I fell into our old routine like Clyde Fraser and Earl Monroe. It was beautiful.
Another buddy of mine loaned me the tapes of game 4 and 5 of the NBA finals. I can't wait to watch that shit.
I beat another one of my teammates in a freethrow showdown and won a buck. I don't need the 100 yen, I'm just glad to have won something.
Tomorrow night I head off for my mountain guide thing. Its an all night bus ride probably with little sleep and then climb the mountain, hit up the public bath at the top, come down, and get back on the bus and go home. I'm kinda nervous. First of all I can't believe I got this gig. A foreigner getting a job in Japan that has nothing to do with English, are you kidding me?, what a scam. I have no idea what I'm in for. I'm heading out to do some shit I'm not quite sure of in a language that I'm not 100% perfect at. Are you kidding me, you gotta go. It'd be so easy to have turned this down or to quit. Quitting is easy. I could easily stop all this insanity and head back to Almont and get a job at the Lumber Store. Besides I get to wear some sash thing that designates me as a "guide". A sash! I've never gotten to wear a sash before. You know as soon as I put that bitch on I'm gonna run through about fifteen mayor Quimby quotes. Nobody will no what I'm talking about...I suppose that's their loss.
I downloaded some good shit yesterday. I got Black Sabbath's "Live At Last" (the version of 'War Pigs' makes me wanna punch your little sister in the face), The Commodores (Lionel Richie manning the controls in his pre-dancing on the ceiling days) "Machine Gun", The Ramones' "Rocket to Russia", The Pixies' "Doolittle", and The Microphones' "Glow, Pt. 2". A pretty good haul for a days work.
Another buddy of mine loaned me the tapes of game 4 and 5 of the NBA finals. I can't wait to watch that shit.
I beat another one of my teammates in a freethrow showdown and won a buck. I don't need the 100 yen, I'm just glad to have won something.
Tomorrow night I head off for my mountain guide thing. Its an all night bus ride probably with little sleep and then climb the mountain, hit up the public bath at the top, come down, and get back on the bus and go home. I'm kinda nervous. First of all I can't believe I got this gig. A foreigner getting a job in Japan that has nothing to do with English, are you kidding me?, what a scam. I have no idea what I'm in for. I'm heading out to do some shit I'm not quite sure of in a language that I'm not 100% perfect at. Are you kidding me, you gotta go. It'd be so easy to have turned this down or to quit. Quitting is easy. I could easily stop all this insanity and head back to Almont and get a job at the Lumber Store. Besides I get to wear some sash thing that designates me as a "guide". A sash! I've never gotten to wear a sash before. You know as soon as I put that bitch on I'm gonna run through about fifteen mayor Quimby quotes. Nobody will no what I'm talking about...I suppose that's their loss.
I downloaded some good shit yesterday. I got Black Sabbath's "Live At Last" (the version of 'War Pigs' makes me wanna punch your little sister in the face), The Commodores (Lionel Richie manning the controls in his pre-dancing on the ceiling days) "Machine Gun", The Ramones' "Rocket to Russia", The Pixies' "Doolittle", and The Microphones' "Glow, Pt. 2". A pretty good haul for a days work.
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