first few days

so i don't have the whole "holy crap i'm in Japan" thing that i did last time i was here. on the way to the airport and when i got on my flight out of phoenix i had it, now that i'm back it doesn't feel all that different tho.

anyways, the first few days here have consisted of orientation orientation orientation with a general helping of doom at our insurance orientation. general rule of thumb when in japan: don't need your insurance. while you're at it, don't do anything blatantly stupid.

kawagoe is a lot bigger than i thought it was gonna be and i can't wait to get more time to explore it. so far i've found about half of the seedy gentleman's clubs (they're the only flashing lights on after nine on weekdays) and the police bike impound full of thousands of bikes and the poor souls trying to find their mislaid bicycle among the throng. not a pretty sight. especially at ten at night. tho me and chris are considering going there and trying to buy a bike off the police for cheap, i might have a better chance of finding one my size among the masses than in my host family's garage.

speaking of host family, all my nice clothes i was gonna wear to the opening ceremony are still in the suitcase i sent to them when i got off the plane.

oops.

but i get to meet my host family tomorrow! so i get to finally see what these people are all about and unpack and organize all my things.

mmmmm, organizing things.

speaking of things, i bought a tiny tiny guitar at the friendly neighborhood convenience store yesterday. as soon as i have a wall to stick it on it will become another of my many many random decorations. now i just need a new robot to rockout on it. i'm pretty sure they come in the same scale.

but more on that later.