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danieru in tokyo
Saturday, February 04, 2006
 
Fox News
is fantastic as it unequivocally shows you that Rumsfeld really did say that...

Quote Donnie R.: "He's a person (Chavez) who was elected legally — just as Adolf Hitler was elected legally"

Last weeks troubles... Monday: Ran. A mere 5km, but it hurt.
Tuesday: Drunk with Gerald, Josh, Jaimie, Rimiko. Nomihodi deals are now what I look for. It would never work back home. Beer monsters would come in and destroy the place. The Japanese can drink, but somehow this deal remains. I dont get it.
Wednesday: Tried to run, ankle destroyed from Monday
Thursday: Go see Fat Tony. Demand more money. Get an email the next morning, with my number on it. Meet Ricky. Go home, call Matt, and drink more.
Friday: Feeling poor all day due to excesses of previous night. A few earthquakes during the day, and the building was shaking. Not a lot, but just enough to make me wonder if it was an earthquake or the shakes in me. Evening: Diana's leaving drinks. Vitaly makes us consume 3 bottles of Vodka. Overnight in Roppongi, in some dire club full of investment bankers. 4am morning breakfast in Tsukiji with Gerald:


On Saturday I ate at a Philippino restaurant. I avoided the dog (because there wasn't any) and i ate the stomach lining of some animal instead. When I found out what it was, i was disgusted, and actually felt ill. This doesn't happen often with me. The texture was horrible and the taste was simply vacant. Quite how hungry i'd have to be to eat it again, i can't say.

Sunday was chillout. Avoided going to some Onsen in favour of resting. Leg still aching like it was being chewed by hungry animal.

And then the week begins. The advantage of working out of Akasaka is that i can no longer be late for work. i guess thisis a good thing - i it's time i got into gear. i'm still hopeless depressed, and not sureexactly why. i'm the golden boy at work (everyone is asking me about VCS, or beritasu curusata). social life is good, i had dinner with a fascinating guy yesterday, in harajuku. had a burger too - which was my first decent burger in tokyo. he's a seriously wealthy guy, and he doesn't own a single piece of land. it's all in securities. in my opinion, you haveto be incredibly rich to wave goodbye to the notion of owning anything tangible. I'd love to be able to be there. japanese beef in the burger this time, i'm told. mostly it's australian. harajuku is a cool place, and a part of tokyo that i wished i had made the effort to visit earlier. Gwen Stefani sung about the kids of harajuku. something i am going to miss about japan - i was walking yesterday, and spotted a gaijin, who nodded and smiled, and i returned (although i felt a little uncomfortable doing it, and quickly put my head back down).

i think i've torn something inside my leg. it's been killing me for a week, and now that the bruising has reduced, i can feel the tendons shifting up and down in a rusty twisted movement as i move my foot.

Currently: Reading a book about North Korea. Watching the last series of Sopranos. Listening to Aimee Mann - soundrack to Magnolia. Feeling utterly and absolutely miserable, violent, angry and depressed.

Things I'm thinking about in Japan:

- posted by Daniel @ Saturday, February 04, 2006
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