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i agree with zwelgen-- enderzero's got good musical tastes. I've been listening to my new J5 cd constantly.

what's wrong with missy elliot? she's from the same hometown as my mama.

i disagree, yall can be very useful to distinguish the singular and plural you. it's much better than the alternative yous that some of my friends say.

earlier in the night that zwelgen's talking about, this guy couldn't get into a club in shibuya bc he didn't have his gaijin card. what's up with that?? can only foreign residents go to some clubs and not travellers?

yeah i first tape up the edges of my windows, then put up bubble wrap and tape the edges again. it really makes a difference!

i have rice quite a bit for breakfast- it's so easy just to stick in the rice cooker the night before and then add a scoop of gohan desu yo in the morning.

he calls his new kid blanket-- weirdo! you can read a little more at http://www.cnn.com/2003/SHOWBIZ/Music/02/03/jackson.reut/index.html

over the christmas holidays, zwelgen and i were at nozawa, and it was -23 with windchill.

there was a group of japanese staying there last weekend, so it's not always just gaijin. and there's also a great onsen about a 2 minute walk down the street.

thanks- i really wanted to see that closer up!

here's another with wasabe-- add it to your ****** mary.

ok, no one needs to email me what it is. british friend just told me.

seriously though, i've never heard of muff- is it because i'm american or naive? zwelgen- email me what it means so i can be enlightened.

dane-- where are you going in nagano?

what's the other muff then?? i'm guessing it's australian/kiwi slang for ...

yeah he's so scary looking. he was cool for thriller, and then he has just gotten more and more freaky.

ughhh- how can you find milk delicious?? i absolutely hate it. it's pretty unnatural to drink milk past childhood- do you see other animals doing it? that's why so many adults are lactose intolerant. but cheese on the other hand is oishii.

the weekend buses sometimes are packed, but i can't imagine the night one in the middle of the week being full. regardless, they are really comfy and super quiet. sometimes eerily quiet- it's like everyone's afraid to speak or something. anyways, enjoy your trip!

does anyone else call the "neck muff" a turtle's neck?? maybe that was just the brand of one i had as a kid...

yeah, they are all gaijin. and zwelgen's right-- the situation is a lot more complicated and in my opinion, the guy shouldn't have been punched.

yeah wizz sounds like a good guess. don't yall have cheez-whiz (sp?) in your country?

heard about that too. for more information check out http://www.jetprogramme.org/e/new/canadian_drivers_2.html

for a snack, i dip carrots and cucumbers in a miso-mayo mix. it's not original, but it's so easy. i also like to make sandwiches with salmon sashimi. when i splurge on smoked salmon, i eat it with cream cheese on rice crackers.

there was an aet ski trip- i think a couple hundred came up from all over and stayed in pensions. btw- saw sj flyers everywhere. there should be quite a few newbies joining soon.

first time out this season, my bindings were all wrong and i was having the worst day. every time i tried to turn onto my toe edge i fell and banged my knee in the same spot. after a particularly harsh run, i realized my knee looked like it had a baseball growing out the side of it. i was still pretty high up the mountain and didn't want to board down and risk injuring it more, so i had to get patrol to help me down. so embarassing to ride down a lift and to be on the back of a ski mobile riding up a run with the siren wailing and everyone staring at you. even worse to admit to the partol