"I don't want to say it, The news is not so good, We'll never get away"
-Raw Sugar, Metric

The weather has put a damper on the plans I had this week with Rusty- ie. plans to visit a lot of outdoor locations and it's been cool and rainy off and on. All that translates to blog entry time!

Here's a smattering of activites I've been undertaking in the past few days:

a) Walking to the river to the "swan pond" which does not contain a single swan.
b) Playing MarioKart at the arcade in giant vibrating cars and watching all the cool kids play bizarre futuristic Japanese video games.
c) Laying around eating Soylent Red and Green (on Tuesday).
d) Planning my week in Tokyo and subssequent day trips to Nikko with Rusty and Mt. Fuji with my mom and aunt.
e) Attending World Cup soccer (or futbol if you will) viewing parties to cheer on Australia instead of Japan tonight (it's more our of principle, spite, and my own amusement to cheer against the "home" team)
f) More karaoke. More gin and tonics.
g) Seeing a girl riding a unicycle while eating a baquette sandwich.
h) Complaining about the "new" movie releases: Inside Man (too old) and Poseidon (too crappy. Besides, Shelley Winters films should not be re-made).
i) Walking up the mountain to see the cemeteries and the giant woven sandal. Serious on both accounts.
j) Attending a lousy diner/drinking party. the only good thing to come out of it was the random drunken Japanese girl who befriended everyone and kept hanging around.
k) Having dinner at a German restaurant.
l) Buying the new Keane CD last week. On it's first cursory listen through, on a scale of "dude" and "sweet", I'd give it an "almost sweet" but it begs to be listen to again.

So that's pretty much it. Nothing too exciting to speak of, so hopefully when the weather clears, I'll have other random facts to share.

"What's a voice without a song?"

Top 5 Songs To Listen To While Waiting Out the Weather and Trying to Think of Something Else to Do:

Very Loud- Shout Out Louds
How Soon is Now- The Smiths
Random Song- The Postal Service
Nothing in My Way- Keane
Turn This Thing Around- El Presidente

"No I'm not complaining, Yes it could be worse"