Friday June 5, 7:56 p.m.
Kinda glad that this week is coming to a close. It was a pretty filled couple of days. Didn't really have time to go over the stuff for The Bass. The lesson this morning wasn't bad but the grammar section had a point that was pretty advanced even for me, and I've been doing this for 22 years now. Aargh! However, our new venue is working out pretty nicely so far. It's a cafe near
JR Funabashi...not too crowded and has a decent
Continental Breakfast for 500 yen.Afterward, I got back on the train and headed for
Shinjuku. I picked up the latest translated copy of
"Hikaru no Go" (No. 15), so now I'm officially caught up. I'll have to wait for 3 months before the next issue comes out. I passed by
Krispy Kreme; yep, I think the 12-1 slot is the sweet spot to get into the shop without having to line up. Saw The Bow at
Starbucks for her lesson; ironically at the same time and just next to our table was a couple doing the same thing we did, except that it was a young lady teaching a North American guy Japanese. The Bow gave her regrets on not being to make it out for Sunday's
Baker Bounce outing with me and The Sisters of State.
Made my monthly visit to The Restauranteur's pad in
Urayasu. I got back my reputation as
ameotoko again since the skies were spritzing precipitation. I went for the
Beef Stroganoff at The Restauranteur's recommendation; yep, it also fit the bill quite nicely. Now I'll be stuck whenever I come in...will it be the Stroganoff or the
Chicken Saute? I may have to do alternates. I was pretty much the only body in there until a fellow came in while I was having my after-dinner tea. Fridays are slow there. Glad I could pick Friday night for that
juku dinner party late next month.
The
Mixi career is booming along well. Looks like I made a friend out of a high school girl no less (OK, no calling security here....I've been a perfect gentleman); we were writing a bit too much English on the regular forum so she subtly hinted at me to switch it over to the message forums. Looks like for a kid, she has a bit more on the tact thing than I do. I seem to have also found allies within the
Doctor Who and
80s Canadian Pop communities as well. I put up a topic in
the Star Trek community about people's thoughts about the soundtrack for the new movie. I uploaded a literally warped picture of the disc up and the first few comments were focused on how to alleviate the problem. I thought I was gonna end up having to ditch the topic but things seem to have gotten back on track.
I heard about the death of
David Carradine in
Southeast Asia while filming there this morning. It looks like suicide. Man, he was 72 as well. Sad way to go considering he'd reached a certain amount of cult status, thanks to
"Kill Bill".