AM

Least: After sleeping in until about 10:20am I rose from my zombie-like repose, took the combustibles down to the road, discussed pizzas in the stairwell, then channel-surfed for less than a minute. Like every other morning, the television was appalling - one program was showing mothers how to artistically present hotdog savs. I've often thought the the most 'Japanese' dish that you could buy would include SPAM or hotdog savs -perhaps in sushi form! I burnt my toast.

Most: Between 11:15am and 11:39am, I listened to Earworms Rapid Japanese hoping to pick up some lingo to use on my trip to buy laundry powder. ERJ is Japanese language practice set to extra-bland music. With no Japanese I feel like Hello Kitty with no mouth! I've begun to make meaning of the daily office chatter but that may just take away the dreamlike feeling of sitting in a bubble of j-static where all I can do is think my own thoughts.

PM

Least: Some time after midday, I rode through the rain to Life supermarket. On the shelved were tens of giftpacks. The least interesting giftpack was one that included two jumbo sized boxes of laundry powder, two bottles of dishwashing liquid and a surface spray. In Japan, one for the ladies, in Australia, one for he who wants a black eye.



Most: Between about 3:00pm and 6:00pm, Rosie and I sat down to watch The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly. Clint was excellent, only outshone by the incredible sets and battle action. Cool.