Monday August 8, 8:28 p.m.
The intensity of the summer in
Tokyo is directly proportional to the number of empty pop cans in my Non-Burnables garbage bag. In the non-summer months, it takes me weeks to fill up that bag, but I've managed to stuff one bag in about a few days. Yup, after a glorious 2-week respite of comfortably cooler weather,
the typical blisteringly hot and humid Tokyo summer is back to torture us.
I did say that I did catch
"Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows Part 2" today. I'm not sure if
Daniel Radcliffe or any of the other actors had shown up to do press in
The Big Sushi earlier in
July when the movie had debuted here. I can only say that if they had shown up today, they would've ended up like
Lord Voldemort in the last few minutes of the movie....just disintegrate into ashes. I met up with Movie Buddy at
the Wing Shopping Mall just across the street from
JR Shinagawa Station this morning. Usually, our cinematic haunts are either in
Roppongi or Shinjuku but the theatres there, though showing the movie, didn't have the right times for us so we ended up in
Shinagawa...which made for a nice change of scenery. We first had lunch at the
Anna Miller's above
the McDonalds. In the past, that Anna Miller's had earned a reputation for waitresses wearing short skirts and frilly dresses which regularly drew the
Akiba cosplay crowd. But since a lot of women wear pretty outrageous clothing nowadays, the waitresses employed there now no longer need fear the prying eyes of creepy
otaku. Instead, the restaurant is now back for being famous for its pies.
I have yet to tell MB about my plans to return to
Canada permanently. I just didn't feel it was the right time to land the bombshell. He and The Sylph will be away for the rest of the month to see the in-laws and then for a week's trip in
New York City. So I'll let him know in
September. After the movie, we just headed for some
Mango Frappucinos at the local
Starbucks in
JR Shinagawa. Not much air conditioning inside but at least the drinks kept us hydrated.
Got back to Speedy's for my lone lesson today with Miss Genki. It looks like some of my financial distress may be alleviated with the news from the bossman that there will be some students coming in from one of his corporate client companies for some intense study before heading out to
the States. So, I've got some 6 hours' worth of classes this Saturday for starters. Luckily, I've got neither Yajima nor The Jyuppies this coming Sunday. JT was there assisting the school once more. Boy, is she a cheerful one. As she was leaving the school today, she yelled her goodbyes to me all the way from the
genkan.
It was just another gab session with Miss Genki. We spoke on the
Potter movie and the phenomenon of geekdom before she segued into her experiences with
"The Rocky Horror Picture Show". Yep, she had actually seen a local stage production of it some years back and she was just shocked at the dress of some of the audience. But that was about it. I told her that she should go to one of the yearly revivals in the States and see how she feels about throwing toast at the screen. Then we started going back into our favorite decade, the 80s, and of course, the music. Pretty smooth and easy hour.
I'll be heading home. I've got my early with Cozy and then it'll be several hours before I teach The New Yorker at our regular haunt of
the Shinjuku Starbucks. Just wondering how hot it's gonna be tonight. I'll probably have the fan right by my head all night. And I'll be filling up the Non-Burnables bag some more most likely.