So, the weekend draws to a close

I am fascinated by the scenes that surround me. Many signs that which I can only make out a fraction of what they're intending to tell me -- and normally I understand an infinitesimal detail that means nothing. More so, there are colors and images that captivate the imagination all around you. Merely walking to go eat some lunch, you will be bombarded with these images. Quite frankly, it's amazing. Nothing has captured my imagination so completely than my surroundings. Hoping onto the train, you get the weather, advertisements for shows and plays, anime all around. Describing such an experience is futile, one must literally experience it first hand.

Yesterday, being Sunday, I woke up and went to go get myself breakfast/lunch. After showering, I realized I was one of the only people in the dorm. How weird. Any-who, I took a bit of a walk to the 7-eleven -- my new favorite spot -- and purchased plenty of junk food. Pocky, Chocolate, Potato Chips, Mixed Nuts, and a chicken sandwich. Readily avoiding the porn, I make my way to the register all the more confident. I now know the word for bag, so no surprises. The lady is checking my things out and tells me the total and I hand her some yen. The wrong amount of yen. She began speaking to me as sweet as possible, but yet, I couldn't make out a word. I panicked. Thinking quickly to myself, "she's not asking if I want a bag, right? It can't be the bag again. Why did they even invent bags!?" I then noticed she was pointing at the change in her hand. I had given her two 50 yen pieces not two 500 yen pieces. Oops. I gave her the correct change and she smiled like you would at a special puppy. I took my junk food and went back to the dorm for a chill day.

I've deduced that these days are meant for one thing: sleep. Apparently, that's all that everyone does here. I guess jetlag is a very real thing. I was excused from it -- thank Shiva -- because I ran myself ragged before I left. (That's not a very flattering thing to say about oneself.) So, all I did on the plane was sleep. Any-who, I'm eating my junk food -- that is quite delicious -- when I receive a knock at my door. A quick trouser check, and I opened to see a neighbor. Asking me to a drink-a-thon for the night. "Yeah! That'd be awesome!" This is where I failed. I failed to ask where we were meeting. Oh, well. I was hanging out waiting to go get drunk when I get my first Skype call! After a very entertaining and heartwarming call where I got to see my cat -- who appears fine -- I went to go get ready. (Is it odd that I miss my cat? When I lived with him I could've cared less. It's true what they say; you don't know what you got till it's gone.) I get ready and receive a knock at my door letting me know where 25 eta. I hang around my room for 25 minutes and go and see where everyone is at.... and no one. All the name thingys are yellow -- meaning they've left. I got left. Fuck. Oh, well! A night on the town by myself it is! I walk up to the train station trying to decided where to go, it's already dark outside so I can't go to Ueno Park to see the "Last Samurai"'s statue. I really want to got to Akihabara with other people. So, I turned around and decided to explore Koganei a bit. After about an hour of walking, I moseyed into Mos Burger -- I'm a creature of habit, haha -- and ate.

Now, I know what you're thinking. "Aw, how sad. He's eating by himself." Well, stop that! How can that possibly be sad? I'm in Tokyo eating some crazy burger that I have no idea what's in it and am looking out across the courtyard where I see a billion people moving about their lives. It could've been worse, I could've pouted around the dorm and just slept. But, THAT'S depressing. I made the most of my situation. That's how I roll, son. I was smiling like I just won the lottery. Not really, that' be creepy. Maybe like a door prize. Any-who, I was quite chill. Eating my Zangi Burger and fries with a "Cola" that had the weirdest after taste -- turns out it's Pepsi Next. At this point it was near 10pm, and I wandered by the Pachinko place and back to the dorm. With a Coke Zero in hand to dull the taste.

And, that was my weekend. Monday is a bit more exciting... But, it's not over yet -- so you'll have to wait. I'll leave you with a teaser...
Final Fantasy IV for the DS