jason_michael

I landed in Tokyo at 6 something pm yesterday Asia time zone. What does that even mean? One more connecting flight to Osaka. I'm proud of myself that I can navigate this country on my own. I didn't get lost on the train once, and had an obnoxious amount of baggage. I opted not to overnight ship one of the bags because the train ticket was already 40 dollars. I have manly upper body strength, and a background of lugging huge shit throughout China, I could manage. The airport train reminded me of the Skyliner I took in Tokyo last summer. I tried reading for my Pathophysiology quiz I had to take this morning. It didn't really work out. I passed out face in hand. I scored a super express train that for some reason ended halfway between Kyoto and Hikone. Lugging shit across platform I had to endure the excruciating local train. I thought my damn stop would never come. I found a payphone and had a little merry taxi ride to the institute. The driver said something unintelligible but he seemed very chipper with his typical Japanese poor orthodontics. He said "okini" which is Kansai dialect for thank you. I loved it. Arigatou gozaimasu is so long-winded. I love the Kansai feel. I think by the time I put my head on a pillow it was 12:30am. I ended up waking up at 6:30am. It's 9 now and I'm starting to feel tired again. My little suite is pretty nicely set up, but I have three days of down time I don't know what to do with myself. I have to go get a bike leased to me so I can go explore. I had to wait until after I finished my awful online quiz to start doing anything. I don't really feel like unpacking. There's a restaurant supposedly in the main building, and all I want to do is eat. I feel like it's too early to go get something though. I can wait it out a little longer. Then I'll go take care of the bike situation and explore and go grocery shopping. My group of people won't shop up for another 3 days as well, including my roommate. I got to pick the room I want out of the suite. Tonight I'm going to sit in the bath and relax. Oh god I can't wait to get fat on pastries. Joy told me there's a cheap bread shop around here somewhere, which basically means my life is over, and I'll be living off a substantial amount of carbs for the next 2.5 months.

My life is surrealism.