So I caught this picture the other day on the way back from the extraordinarily huge supermarket. It's a cat, sleeping on a local shrine.

Anyway it's updates time.

1. I've been sick for like ten days so I was unable to make coherent posts longer than a few sentences, what with the lack of new martial stuff to talk about. Now I'm okay though.

2. The Melancholy of Suzumiya Haruhi is a conundrum; I'm not sure whether to call it a jumbled mess of fanciful half-story or a work of genius parallelled only by Cowboy Bebop and Ghost in the Shell. Suffice to say it is worh the watching, if you don't mind losing a few sanity points.

3. Having participated in the Shorinji Kempo club long enough, I have found that it is acceptable in my eyes at least, and will continue attending for the remainder of the year. Tomorrow I'll see what I can do to make some videos of the stuff I know so far and nput them up. Sorry for the extended absense.

4. Confucianism is a wicked set of philosophical views; you should totally check it out if you have not already.

5. So in Harajuku there's this bridge... did I already mention this? Anyway they cosplay there all the time. Who's "they," you ask? Japanese people. It's some amazing stuff, I promise. I'll post some pictures. There's this dude whom I seldom see but know exists... you know ManFaye from back home? This guy we call ManLoli. He dresses in, like, oversized loli dresses and takes pictures with people and such. A true man must have balls to do what he does...

6. I found out that the inter-term break is two months long, and therefore have started some planning for said vacation. If you guys wanna come chill with me in Japan for a whie it's totally doable during the months of February and March. However tickets are expensive and I'm not important enough to just drop everything to come and see. No worries.

7. Bathtubs in Japan have timers on them. Like, in America, you have to watch the bathtub as it fills up to make sure it does not overflow, and when it is the right depth you have to turn it off. In Japan, there is this knob that con trols temperature and then a knob with numbers on it. You turn the knob to the number of litres you want in the bathtub and then you can, like, leave and eat while it fills up and such. It's awesome.

8. Grapes in Japan are HUGE. Like, almost plum-sized huge. It's obscene. I remarked on it, and the other student who lives in my host house replied, "It's because they are made of zebras."

9. You know how I have that penchant for randomly switching hobbies? Well, now I've picked up Contact Juggling. Google it for more info on it.

Expect more frequent updates. Good luck everyone.