Back from Tokyo

I had a therapeutic four days of shopping (clothes and games, and I now own Halo 3 at long last) and hanging with my JA friends in Tokyo in dive bars and some of Tokyo's best and worst clubs.

Even though I still had a hangover as I slept last night, I feel refreshed today back at school.

Yay fall!

Every time October rolls around, I can't resist the urge to make a post expressing my love for the tragically short-lived season that is fall. It's colorful, the weather's awesome, and it's an exciting time of year what with everyone prepping for the holidays all the time. It's the one time of year I'm honestly compelled to go outside more than usual.

This time, it's a bit different. It hasn't quite started yet, but you can already see the mountains of green surrounding me teasing these ridiculous shades of yellow, orange, and red. These green walls are annoying, because they're solid green and they block out the sun. I never see the sunset due to the mountains. But if those walls were to suddenly turn to awesome colorful scenery?

I think I could live with that.

Facebook update

Blake is 45,000 yen, 64 Euro and a credit card fraud alert later, in possession of an Xbox 360 and Daft Punk tickets.

That pretty much sums up life in Japan right about now. My quiet little town is becoming a little more bearable between more links back home (Xbox Live), stuff to do here (I'm really into running, suddenly), and making inroads with the locals ever so slowly (I'm friends with the couple that owns the sushi shop, so every time I go there it becomes an all-evening kind of party).