what's brown and sticky?
a stick
nat told me this 3 times over the course of 2 days. don't know why but i laughed each time.
Who taught you how to cook?
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mom + food network.
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Walking down my hill this morning I got this *flash* and I suddenly realized why Japan sometimes seems so familiar. Living in Japan is like living on Sesame Street. Not all the time, mind you, but often. This is because most people in my area really dress the part of their profession/station in life. As I was walking down the street, I was helped on my way by a construction worker waving a lightsaber to direct traffic, wearing a light blue jumper with reflective tape all over it and a yellow plastic hard hat. The entire crew were dressed just as nicely. I saw a chef buying vegetables, and he was dressed in a full length white apron over white clothes, and a huge, tall chef hat. the policemen and women wear navy blue suits and hats at all times, with white gloves. Taxi drivers wear ties, if not suits, white gloves and conductor caps. Nurses at Ava's doctor's office wear pink dresses and white, frilly pinafores. The ladies at the supermarket all wear a dark blue and white uniform, and all the school kids are dressed in such a way that you can tell which school they go to, especially the really young ones - I've seen preschoolers wearing full suits and captain hats, carrying pokemon back packs.
I haven't posted here in over 2 months.
The last two days have been sort of crummy because the plumbing at my house got backed up. The plumbers said that I may have to replace the pipes that run from my house out to the main sewer line. That will cost some money to do.
Since Sunday, Jennifer and I have been slumming it downtown at the Stephen F Austin hotel. You know it's fancy because they don't have vending machines anywhere, and they charge you $3.50 for a can of coke out of the "minibar" in your room. Since we were already shelling out the big bucks for room and plumbing, we went out and drank beer instead. For 50 cents more, I'd totally choose beer over a soft drink.
But the plumbing is working again, and hopefully will continue to work for a few more years. And I have just finished disinfecting the entire bathroom. After the plumbing problems, it was important to get out the lysol and clorox.
Wheee!
Our apartment is at the top of a big hill, and the supermarket is on the way up. I usually shop every day because we don't have a car, so buying enough groceries for more than a couple of days can be too heavy to get home. Anyway, I recently started buying all my fruit and veggies at the fresh veggie stand across from the market and the veggie man has gotten to know me (not hard to remember me - white lady with a baby strapped to her). He sometimes teaches me the Japanese words for the stuff I buy. So far I've learned carrots, onions, strawberries and a few others - today he told me the word for 'broccoli' is "broccori". I think I got that one memorized. He always tells me Ava is Kawaii, which makes those 50-cents-each strawberries go down a lot sweeter. I love the veggie man!
Not sure what the ad is for, but I've been seeing billboards everywhere here in Kansai that feature Christmas vampires. Weirdness. The best one says "Christmas Fantasy!" In big swirly letters over a picture of a vampire in Christmas gear, holding out a box in a " this present's for you, dear" way; and in the box? Garlic. That is really odd vampire behavior, in my opinion (assuming the present is for his vampire girlfriend). It's like your lover giving you an angry cobra for Christmas. Plus, why is he immune to the garlic? Anyway, happy holidays!
For those of you still reading now that you know this post has nothing to do with the above subjects, there are lots of reasons to love Japan - but here is my top one this week:
At the grocery store today I saw a product that was labeled in English, "Flaming Rainbow Cassette Bombe". On closer inspection I saw that it was a gas canister for a portable stove. It made me wish I was the camping type, just so I could stock up on those babies.
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