Archives: July, 2005

kat — July 29, 2005, 9:33 am

it smells like home here today

Usually it is sticky. Usually it is hot. Usually the rain here just adds to your sweat factor. This is the first rain since I have been here that is both cooling and has that hint of a fall folliage scent to it. And, I passed a bakery on my way here. The combination made […]

kat — July 27, 2005, 2:12 pm

to be fashionable in Japan

for women:
1.) You must wear layers. And, I am not talking a twin set of sweaters with a vest and an oversweater. Nope. I am talking a colorful tank top under a long terrycloth, brightly colored, spaghetti-strapped outfit (all straps MUST be visible). Over that, you need that little sweater, preferably buttoned wrong. (Yes, […]

kat — July 26, 2005, 1:43 pm

a day off

Ah. The lovely openness of a day off. Perhaps we will go to the beach, if the typhoon doesn’t wrap rain around the backside of the island here. Or, perhaps I will spend all afternoon in just a t-shirt watching movies and napping. Oh, the possibilities of the great laziness I so adore.
So far, […]

kat — July 25, 2005, 9:58 am

what a long, strange trip it’s been

So, let me tell you about this little adventure the roomie and I had last night.
I get back from work at about 5:30. She has everything packed because we had already planned to go out to the beach. (I have been in Hamada nearly two months and haven’t been yet, for a variety of […]

kat — July 20, 2005, 11:13 pm

a link to my fave sumo wrestler

I have developed a serious obsession with him over the last few days, especially after he just flipped a man twice his size over his shoulder (when he found that a frontal push wasn’t working). He was born in Bulgaria and is ten years younger than me. Perfect dating age. (wink)
Kotooshu