Osaka Cherokee

All I gotta say is that it is hot as hell in Japan. Too much concrete in this damn place. I was asking a bunch of Japanese old guys and they said that it wasn't this hot 30 or 40 years ago. It wasn't until the paved over the entire country that it got this hot. Now Prime Minister Koizumi is gonna make it all better by instuting a rule that you don't have to wear ties to work. The reason is that you won't be as hot without a tie therefore you won't have to run the air conditioner as much therefore not scorching the outside world. So far I don't think anybody is complying. It was a fad for about ten minutes then everybody went back to their ties. After all, "ITS PART OF THE UNIFORM!"

In other news my friend Shannon sent me some shit from America. Nothing makes an expat happier than receiving things from the mother land. Until you become an expat you'll never understand.

Song of the Day: Spoon- Sister Jack

I celebrated the Fourth of July by going to my favorite Indian restaurant, Aja Kaja. That's how I usually celebrate American holidays while living here in Japan. No specific reason, I guess that's just the way I've always done it.