we couldn't decide where to spend the day on thursday because there is so much to do it is paralyzing. so i wrote 7 places on pieces of paper, folded them up and chose, the one that won was sushi conveyer belt in an area i am totally unfamiliar with. we found it easily even though we had to transfer trains, but decided to walk home, which was pretty funny because it took 2 1/2 hours without stopping. the upside to that was we got to see these legendary cemataries i've been hearing so much about. wow! they are so beautiful here, with lovely japanese trees and bonsai. the downside was that my legs and feet were screaming at me by the time i got home, and we had to go out to a show 2 hours after that, so what's the solution? super hot bath with lush bath bomb! did the trick and i was a new woman.
we're also trying to find out where the superbowl is showing at 8 in the morning monday. since the chicago bears are in it, it's kind of a huge deal for us, even though i loathe football. i'm kind of one of those bandwagon sports fans, when the cubs(baseball) were doing great a few years back i watched all the games and i of course watched 10 years of bulls basketball games during the reign of michael jordan. i think that is my favorite sport, cause it's easy to understand, fast paced, and the games are short. like hockey. but cricket....whoa. very difficult to understand and the games last from morning to night. but to the english, aussies and the indians, it's god.
last night i had a very intense dream about Amma , the hugging saint from kerala. and i believe it means something, because i have not talked about her to anyone in a long time, nor thought of her, seen a picture of her, since being in kerala last january. i think i need to find her. because the dream was hardcore profound. so i went to her site and the first line of the latest news was amma tour in japan. in may. but still, kind of weird. if you do not know about her, you should go to the link. she has done a lot of great things and is worth knowing about.
and i have discovered a totally delightful author who has written for spin, esquire and the new york times, and has 4 books out, each one i want to read, Chuck Klosterman . i am starting with "killing yourself to live", a road trip book about death and rock stars that is about chuck (think lester bangs) drives across america searching for answers and stories about rock stars and death. he first visits the chelsea hotel and tries to stay in room 100 like a billion other people, but the room had been turned into an apartment and he was quietly asked to please leave and not to write about it, because the chelsea hotel is more than famous for that night that nancy spungen was supposedly murdered by sid vicious. they spent a lot of time doing heroin in that room. then to the dakota, where john lennon was shot, mark chapman with 14 john cassettes in pocket, believing he himself was lennon, and than onto rhode island, a small city i can't remember the name, where 100 Great White rock fans burned to death. i'm only a few chapters into the book, but i am sure i will read all of his books, maybe even before i leave japan. his writing style is unpretentious and interesting, the kind of writer i aspire to be like. and i can totally relate to everything he talks about, although there often are obscure references that go a bit over my head, but hey, i don't know everything about music. anyhow, if your into this type of subject, check him out. he is known mostly for his book, "sex, drugs and cocoa puffs" but has written a couple others, "fargo-rock city", and "a decade of curious people and dangerous ideas."
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