i have seen the light. after a dinner of shrimp and rice, and 30 games of ms. pac-man, i now understand. barenaked ladies are really just a 90's redux of the cutting crew. and dream academy wishes they were the swoon. mike roe of the 77s sucked all the talent out of brian wilson sometime around 1986, and then gave it back 8 years later. and "head over heels" is the one true tears for fears song. my sister agrees with me, so i must be right. nyah.
in case y'all can't tell, i'm in a weird mood tonight...after a frustrating day trying to hook my computer up to the lan at the junior high, my supervisor came by and took me to his team's baseball practice. i can safely report that i still suck at baseball. my first time in batting practice, i failed to put any of the pitches in play, swinging and missing most of them. while i'd like to think that's just the aftereffects of softball (my second time around, i put a few in play), i'm pretty wary about batting. i did alright in the field, but my arm got sore by the end of practice. the field we practiced at, btw, was completely dirt. no outfield grass. it just doesn't seem *right*. i saw a game on tv between the hanshin tigers and the hiroshima carp, and the infield was all dirt. that must be weird for the gaijin players not used to playing in what must seem like a vacant lot...
i'm planning on going into sendai tomorrow, if i get back home early enough...i've finally located maruzen, an english language bookstore, and i'm gonna try and find some japanese cookbooks, as well as a guide to japanese supaa's (supermarkets).
okay, *big breath*, commercials. the commercials over here are so funked up, it's not even funny. my personal favorite is the ibm commercial, which apparently is advertising a sale on the easter island heads. in it, some young girl is sitting in front of her tv, on which an easter island head is talking to her. then she points at it, and it makes a face. then suddenly, a japanese man is on her tv, and he points to the easter island head (offscreen). then the easter island head in back on, making a face yet again. i think "sinkpad" is mentioned somewhere in the commercial, maybe subliminally. another humorous thing about japanese commercials is the ones that end with an english phrase. toyota, for example, ends its commercial by saying "drive your dreams". endings for commercials are rather abrupt, in fact. many of the drinks advertised on tv seems to contain hallicinatory agents: one ad featuring a man driving a rocket to work after drinking the advertised product, while another featured a woman flying an world war I era airplane after imbibing. i'll have what she's having...
now playing: carcass - heartwork; built to spill - there's nothing wrong with love