Giraffe
Today I’m going hiking in Chichibu(秩父), two hours outside of Tokyo. If it’s not raining, too hard, that is. Never fear, I unearthed my loyal two year old bottle of DEET.  It’s served me well in Thailand and Vietnam.  I wonder if you drink DEET, if it oozes from your pores? Poisons the mosquitoes that […]
Cool stuff I’m not allowed to buy yet
Generally, I like to think I’m a logical person. It happens, sometimes, late at night, though, that while clicking around the interwebs, my fingers somehow find the gizmo pages, my credit card number, and suddenly, I have new toys. Here, I enumerate for you (me) why I am not getting any of these specific shinies […]
And then there were … 19
Okay! Apparently it is a very stupid idea to sit in a park on a warm night and talk to friends. And participate in activities which require not moving for two minutes. Clearly, I am single handedly feeding the mosquito population of Tokyo. At this rate, I expect to be devoured alive by the end […]