Osaka Cherokee

I just got back from my trek up Mt. Ontake.  I've been up for 21 hours and I just had three beers.  I need sleep.  More on the adventure tomorrow. 

 

This is kind of funny. 

 
I saw the fitness instructor guy at the gym today doing girl pushups.  You know, when you do 'em on your knees.  I am so sick of Japanese wussie men.  How in the hell can you get a job like that if you can't do a regular pushup?  Yukio Mishima was totally right about the demasculinization of Japan after the war. 

Well, I'm off to conquer the volcano here in a few minutes.  Another long night of stopping every two hours so everyone can inhale a half dozen cigarettes and look around at the cheesy souvenir junk that was at the last five rest stops. 

 

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For "What classic movie are you?" I ended up as Apocalypse Now.
 
For "What famous leader are you?"  I am Che Guevara. 

I'm overly satisfied with these. 

Well, I gotta get to the gym before I set off on my trip up the volcano.  I wanna make sure I'm that much more in shape if I'm to be consumed by lava. 

 
Song of the moment:  Neil Young- Devil's Sidewalk

There was some guy at the Tennoji JR Station today holding a beer and spouting drunken nonsense at passersby.  It was beautiful.  I've been known to spout some drunken nonsense myself from time to time but I lack the mental capacity to understand it when I hear it. 

I found out that the mountain I'll be a guide on this weekend (Ontake-san) is not a mountain at all but an active volcano.  I guess if I get caught in an eruption and die at least my friends will have a good story to tell.  Just remember to end it "He was helping some old lady off the mountain and when he was overcome by the lava." not "I heard he was crying like a little bitch up there." 


Song of the Moment:  Bruce Springsteen- "Born to Run"

I'm on the second day of a three day stretch of parent/teacher conferences.   I don't know why, but I thought it was going to be kind of fun.  Ooooooooh man, was I wrong.  Three hours of mundane questions and answers is absolutely horrible. 

Oh well, I'll be back in America in just over a week.  I can't wait. 

I went to the gym last night for the first time in two weeks.  My body feels like I've been hit by a cement truck!  I'm not skipping the gym like that ever again. 

Song of the moment:  Beatles- "When I'm Sixty-Four"

My brain and body have payed a price these last two weeks.  It started about two weeks ago with some beer gardening, then Jason's wedding, then drinking with Jack, then my wedding, then more drinking with Jack, then Dr. Hanashiro was here and him and I just picked up where Jack and I left off.  I'm positive I took ten years off my life.  Well, last just hope they were ten bad years. 
 
I'll elaborate on the wedding, Big Papa Jack, and historying and drinking with Dr. Hanashiro in some blog entries to come. 
 
I have to get to the gym and try and shed away these pounds and sweat out the alcohol. 
 
 
Song of the last two weeks:  Irish Rovers- "Unicorn Song"
 

I had no idea that Lance Armstrong got divorced and is now dating Sheryl "Suck Rock" Crow. I'm very very very disappointed in Lance. If he lose Le Tour this year it'll be because he's sacking up with that carpet bagger. That woman has dated like fifteen different celebrities. It looks to me like somebody's got a tiny wittle codependency problem. If I read some news article that says something like, "Lance was quoted as saying, 'Sheryl's song Everyday is a Winding Road (or whatever that fucking song is called) really inspires me.'" I swear I will start rooting for Jan Ulrich.

Well tomorrow is beer gardening with 4/5th's of the MJK. I'm sure we'll find some shit to get into. If last weekend is any indication than I'm sure we'll be knee deep in tomfoolery before the sun sets.
NOTE: I wrote a very long blog entry detailing the events of last night but something screwed up when I tried uploading it. I don't have the energy to try and remember what I wrote.

I was back in Shiga Prefecture this weekend for my buddy Jason's wedding party. Its been a long time since I've set foot in that part of Japan. I have a lot of baggage left in that place that I don't wanna come in contact with, but that's a whole other story. The good part was 4/5ths of the MJK was there for the festivities.
We were knee deep in tomfoolery before we knew it. It was like we hadn't missed a beat. Dan and I built a dope fort in the hotel room and dubbed it Camp Freedom. For some reason that we yet not know Sam Skudd brought the bell boy with him when he came up to the room and Dan and I were both inside Camp Freedom calling for Skudd to get his ass in and I look out the little cubby hole and see the bell boy's ugly mug peekin' in. Well, at least he's got a story to tell about the night now too.
The night before the wedding we stayed out drinking and walking around Hikone til four in the morning. I can't recount all that went down because I'm pretty sure we broke numerous domestic and international laws throughout the night. Needless to say we weren't in prime form the next day at the wedding party.

So now I'm just gonna sit back and listen to the rest of this Commodores CD (Machine Gun). I can't get enough of the funk.

I saw some old guy working out in the gym today. Not exactly a rare sight. There are plenty of these little old guys walking around that place scopin' chicks and lifting up light weights and putting back down and whatnot. Anyway... About a minute after this cat started curling those colorful five pound weights some lady, I'm assuming his wife, came up and wiped the sweat off his bald head and arms. Then she bent down sniffed his armpits and told him that he stunk. That was probably one of the oddest things I have ever witnessed. I was so shocked I couldn't even engender a chuckle.

In other news, I saw a little kid pick his nose and eat it about four inches in front of my face today. That's probably something I really don't want to see again anytime soon.

Recent downloads:
Velvet Underground and Nico
Blackalicious- Blazing Arrow
Immortal Technique- Revolution Vol. 1 and Vol. 2
French Kicks
Neil Young- Live Rust
Neil Young- Greendale
Led Zeppelin III
Motley Crue- Shout at the Devil
Ozzy Osbourne- Diary of a Madman
Charlie Parker- The Charlie Parker Story
Charlie Parker and Miles Davis
Decemberists- Five Songs

I had to endure sports day practice at school today. All that marching and shit looks so far from anything even resembling fun. Its more like the Bataan death march. We had practice out in the parking lot. It was at least 120 degrees with that sun reflecting off the asphalt. My face is fried.

Did you hear about co-president Cheney went to a Yankees game (chalk one up for Mets' fans) and when they showed his ugly mug up on the big screen the crowd booed his ass? That's beautiful.

If you wanna hear how it is turn off Fox News and check out www.airamericaradio.com