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Well I thought I might write in my blog for a change. Some exciting news, I moved rooms, I'm very happy about this, I get light in my room now. The small luxuries are all I ask for, so I can wake up naturally instead of having no clue weather it's midnight or midday.
I went to see the Pixies play on Sunday night, that was pretty cool, though I saw them play last year in Denmark, maybe they were better this time, I like the smaller stage more, you can actually see the band. I also saw this dude from New York, Elliot Sharp, it was interesting, he played his crazy eight string guitar, while this Japanese girl played these big wooden instruments, there were only about 30 people there which was nice. The place he played was well hidden, I finally found it after some serious searching, even the police had no idea where it was, turns out it was in a basement carpark, I went down, then found a little door, inside was a little bar. It looked like they just walled off part of the carpark to make this bar, anyway.
Yesterday I went on a little mission to try to organise a skiing trip over Christmas, I've seen a few places around, but I'm often too scared to go in. Though as I found out they are usually more scared than me, I went in to this one place, which was recommended to me. There were about 7-8 girls working there, I might as well have walked in naked covered in blood with an axe with chunks of human flesh stuck to it in my hand, while screaming satanic chants, cause by the look on their faces they thought I was doing just that. So I asked the first girl if there was anyone who spoke English here. She said no. So I asked her(in English) if there was another travel agent of the same name around here, then she told me I had to go out and down the stairs and over the street then walk up a bit(in English). Pretty good for someone who doesn't speak English. After that I wasn't afraid to walk into another place, so I found one not far away with a helpful woman who explained everything and gave me some pamphlets which I am currently trying to decipher. It's mostly in the 3 Japanese alphabets, except for the heading "BUS INFORMATION", some bits that are easy to understand are "rifuto"(lift), "rentaru chyoisu puran"(rental choice plan), "sukii sukuuru"(ski School), and "maikaa"(my car), which means it's cheaper if you drive yourself. So I'll go back to the place today and book something, it should be fun....been years since I've done anything like this.
I was also planning on getting a haircut today, I'm always scared of these things, I never get what I want, but I've been thinking about this for a month or so, there's a joint which costs 1000yen (AU$12.50, £5, 60NOK), you pay at a machine, then the deal is they cut it in 10 minutes.....hehehe. I've seen some dudes who've been there. We'll see. Well that just about wraps it up for today.
I went to see the Pixies play on Sunday night, that was pretty cool, though I saw them play last year in Denmark, maybe they were better this time, I like the smaller stage more, you can actually see the band. I also saw this dude from New York, Elliot Sharp, it was interesting, he played his crazy eight string guitar, while this Japanese girl played these big wooden instruments, there were only about 30 people there which was nice. The place he played was well hidden, I finally found it after some serious searching, even the police had no idea where it was, turns out it was in a basement carpark, I went down, then found a little door, inside was a little bar. It looked like they just walled off part of the carpark to make this bar, anyway.
Yesterday I went on a little mission to try to organise a skiing trip over Christmas, I've seen a few places around, but I'm often too scared to go in. Though as I found out they are usually more scared than me, I went in to this one place, which was recommended to me. There were about 7-8 girls working there, I might as well have walked in naked covered in blood with an axe with chunks of human flesh stuck to it in my hand, while screaming satanic chants, cause by the look on their faces they thought I was doing just that. So I asked the first girl if there was anyone who spoke English here. She said no. So I asked her(in English) if there was another travel agent of the same name around here, then she told me I had to go out and down the stairs and over the street then walk up a bit(in English). Pretty good for someone who doesn't speak English. After that I wasn't afraid to walk into another place, so I found one not far away with a helpful woman who explained everything and gave me some pamphlets which I am currently trying to decipher. It's mostly in the 3 Japanese alphabets, except for the heading "BUS INFORMATION", some bits that are easy to understand are "rifuto"(lift), "rentaru chyoisu puran"(rental choice plan), "sukii sukuuru"(ski School), and "maikaa"(my car), which means it's cheaper if you drive yourself. So I'll go back to the place today and book something, it should be fun....been years since I've done anything like this.
I was also planning on getting a haircut today, I'm always scared of these things, I never get what I want, but I've been thinking about this for a month or so, there's a joint which costs 1000yen (AU$12.50, £5, 60NOK), you pay at a machine, then the deal is they cut it in 10 minutes.....hehehe. I've seen some dudes who've been there. We'll see. Well that just about wraps it up for today.
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