Yeahhh. I bought one. I went down to Akihabara, where I spent ages looking for the cheap place I found before. Found it by accident underneath the southbound Yamanote line bridge. Akihabara ain’t as cheap as you’d like, particularly in the big chain stores: but the thing is, all the models are the latest ones [...]

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I got up early today, at 7am, to use the private indoor spring. Aaah, luxury. Planned possible routes for the day, then went down to the local Lawson store to get some breakfast. And as I walked down the road and Hakone’s gorgeous mountains appeared, I thought “I should live here.” Bet it costs you [...]

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Having problems uploading pics so can’t do a proper entry — oh wait, I ran out of disk space on the server.
That’s better.
So today I went to Hakone. The reasons for going are twofold, and equally nerdy.
1) There is an old PC game called Microsoft Train Simulator. You drive trains. One of them is the [...]

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“Besides, too high a price is asked for harmony; it’s beyond our means to pay so much to enter on it. And so I hasten to give back my entrance ticket, and if I am an honest man I am bound to give it back as soon as possible. And that I am doing. It’s [...]

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Hi. This is me.

This is a short photographic tour of Uguisudani A, floor 4. Uguisudani, I love you, as Utada Hikaru didn’t sing.

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Using VNC to control my PC from the other side of the world is a curious sensation.
Also, due to a convoluted series of events, one of my Ambrose Hopkins stories is on Digg.  Ambrose Hopkins 3 is coming soon, I imagine. Just stayed in today, watching MST3K and Family Guy. Bought some American cheese. Can’t [...]

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…and weirdly, Hiro and Ando’s Japanese is subtitled.

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So went out with Megumi and her friend Shinobu (apparently nothing to do with Shinobi) yesterday. It was raining, and everything was all sparkly and… rainy. Went to two branches of Hub, the English Pub (Which Serves Fried Octopus), ended up meeting a group of gaijin and missing the last train back, but I believe [...]

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Second night of work at e-mix! Which is easy. Did a one-to-one lesson, which I think I was pretty good at. Then just free conversation for ages. I amazed all with my knowledge of Japanese emperors. Met a girl who’s also into Evangelion. Earned 8,000 yen. Yay.

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Yeah, I caved in. Went down to Ueno’s branch of Muji and picked up a suit jacket and tie for 12,000 yen. Still need to get shoes, though.

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