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Weekend Update
Feb. 12th, 2006 09:53 pmFriday ended on a rather blah note, with mandatory attendance at an enkai meaning I didn't get to pop in at any of the three birthday parties taking place in the prefecture. Furthermore, although the guest of honor left at 8pm, my section chief kept us there until about 10:30 - over five hours spent in a tiny enclosed space with six chainsmoking Japanese men. Also, while my section chief has always been nice to me, he has very regressive views on politics, gender, and international relations. So, hard to sit and listen to that stuff.
Saturday was vastly improved by a visit from![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
demeter918, including video games, pop culture talk, shopping (I got a $50.00 pair of headphones for free - love the point card system), more yakiniku than two human beings should resonably be allowed to eat, onsen action, and snowboarding this afternoon. Then we headed to the Big City for some shopping and a brush with death as an obviously-much-better-at-driving-than-this-foreigner-is Japanese person attempted a lane change into the exact same area currently being occupied by my vehicle. It occurs to me that adult diaper companies could make a small fortune by importing Americans into this country and forcing them to drive around on the public roadways for a day or two.
In related news, it is a peculiarly perverse feature of Japanese drivers that they do not tailgate in good weather conditions. Let it rain or snow, however, and you'd think my rear bumper was emitting vehicle phermones they way other drivers stick to it.
Nonetheless, I saw d918 safely back to her apartment before heading home, and luckily the good weather held out until I got back. Still, I was still somewhat tense thanks to earlier events, and thus nearly wet myself/died of a heart attack when my car emitted the loudest, most agonized screechcrackle I'd ever heard in my life.
And then the heavens parted and the three broken speakers came back to life. Only one of them had been working thus far. It was a good speaker, and it was pretty interesting to listen to half of the audio stream and get a better idea of how those tracks are put together. Nevertheless, four speakers are even better. And they are nice speakers.
Also, it just hit home that I drive a fucking Honda Civic.
Life is sweet.
That will be all.
Saturday was vastly improved by a visit from
demeter918, including video games, pop culture talk, shopping (I got a $50.00 pair of headphones for free - love the point card system), more yakiniku than two human beings should resonably be allowed to eat, onsen action, and snowboarding this afternoon. Then we headed to the Big City for some shopping and a brush with death as an obviously-much-better-at-driving-than-this-foreigner-is Japanese person attempted a lane change into the exact same area currently being occupied by my vehicle. It occurs to me that adult diaper companies could make a small fortune by importing Americans into this country and forcing them to drive around on the public roadways for a day or two.In related news, it is a peculiarly perverse feature of Japanese drivers that they do not tailgate in good weather conditions. Let it rain or snow, however, and you'd think my rear bumper was emitting vehicle phermones they way other drivers stick to it.
Nonetheless, I saw d918 safely back to her apartment before heading home, and luckily the good weather held out until I got back. Still, I was still somewhat tense thanks to earlier events, and thus nearly wet myself/died of a heart attack when my car emitted the loudest, most agonized screechcrackle I'd ever heard in my life.
And then the heavens parted and the three broken speakers came back to life. Only one of them had been working thus far. It was a good speaker, and it was pretty interesting to listen to half of the audio stream and get a better idea of how those tracks are put together. Nevertheless, four speakers are even better. And they are nice speakers.
Also, it just hit home that I drive a fucking Honda Civic.
Life is sweet.
That will be all.
