the foreigner who buys lots of coffee

it's saturday. i could have gotten up and gone to yoga, but i usually take this day off. it's kind of my "no yoga" day-don't teach, don't do. we have to get away from even the things we love sometimes. re-energize. many people practice because of the holiday approaching, the studio is closed for 4 days, it's their last chance. but i kind of feel like yoga does not really know this, and it's good to self practice if you have the room in your house. i wonder how many people do this. it can be quite enlightening.

i opted to cruise the not so busy tokyo streets, mostly in familiar territories, gasping at the huge sales. and bought another jacket-70% off. so nice. red corderoy with grey fake fur lining. however, i have no idea how i am going to get 3 coats stuffed into my ever growing suitcase. i figure i shall worry about it when i have to-in 7 weeks. i have a coat fetish. an entire closet full of coats from 1920s-now. and most i never wear. i just "have" them. i can't part with them, either. it's kind of weird, cause i don't have that typical "woman" purse/bag and shoe fetish at all. i can live in a single pair of shoes for years, comfort is mostly what i need. and i love the boots/shoes on other people, but i can't wear uncomfortable shoes-which means a heel more than a couple of centimenters. can't do the tight clothing thing, either.

i ended up in a hawaiian restaurant with no english in site for a panna cotta. "finding nemo" was on their flat screen with kanji subtitles. they sensed my pathetic aloneness and switched the subtitles to english. can't help it but i just love that movie. also "a sharks tale." i was already tired, and i only went in 2 stores, so i ventured back towards the train. the jamaican coffee place was open, so i stocked up cause everything will be closed tomorrow for a week. the owner's dad was in there and knew all about "the foreigner who buys lots of coffee." lucky for me he knew english and the first question he asked was "are you married." i always wonder why they ask that question. he also told me that i should do karaoke. it's like a religion here. i told him maybe some time. except....

i am shy.