Yeah, I'm not dead. Life's just gotten more mundane for me lately. Some commentary:
-Judo is going decently overall, but I need to get more fit. I've put on no fewer than ten pounds thanks to Naoko's cooking, and my aerobics haven't exactly improved as well. Fortunately, there is a weight room down the road which I'm going to start going to after school with some of the other judo guys.
-I've found some amazing arcades near by. The main game I've been playing is a Gundam game we all just call POD because it takes place in a capsule called the POD which supposedly simulates the inside of a mobile suit. Awesome game, but it's 150 yen per play which can get kinda pricey.
-This game has also led me to watch some Gundam recently. I watched the six-hour long compilation film series of the original series, which is generally agreed to be actually superior to the TV version due to improved animation and tightening of the original's storyline. I've started watching Zeta Gundam as well, which is generally agreed to be the best Universal Century series.
-I actually got around to buying some fashionable threads. High class men's clothes shopping is an odd experience, especially when it's being done multilingually. Also, having a clerk basically being my personal attendant for half an hour was kind of odd. I guess part of the high cost is buying customer service. Poor guy even carried my own clothes bag out of the store for me after I bought it. Also, Japanese metrosexuals are some of the skinniest men (besides Maasai warriors, Indian ascetics, and Thai boxers) on the planet. My American M size is an LL over here. My waist is barely even 34 inches (which is a 30 in most clothing lines, it should be noted) and apparently I'm huge. I guess my legs also have a ton of muscle mass, which doesn't help my case.
-My buddy Massud might be chilling out here in January. This could be epic.
