Other than all the drama last night I did, before hand ,have several good chats with several good people......One conversation was with a couple who had just got married. After the perfunctory congratulations I asked them when we might hear the patter of tiny feet.They replied or rather he did.Oh.........there are so many things that we want to do together before we have children that it may be a while!
I was touched but it got me thinking.What do you do when you get married? Do you get married to have kids? Is that the main motivation behing the big M? Whats the purpose of marriage? I never really gave it much thought.Its seems like something I would do.I would love to be someones wife it sounds so nice. But why do we do it? Is it a necesarry step to take in this day and age? Does it give us anymore security? and whats the first thing you do together as a married couple? I would love to hear other peoples stories on what they did when they first got married.............
Friday, March 18, 2005
What??? In Tokyo???
Everyone who lives here in Japan knows that violence is something that doesnt happen that much.There are never loud and raucous outbursts or tense moments which may or may not end up in getting your head kicked in.Its a civilised Country with civilised individuals who dont like to stand out from the crowd or make a scene.Its a country about the whole and not the individual.They keep the peace.
Last night being Paddy day and all we decided to head to the dubliners,our local little Irish pub and sup a few bevvies!Much fun and revelry until a man came flying past us dashing out the door covered in blood! It didnt take long to discover that someone had hit him with a glass.Hmmmmmm..............very unusual event . So we continue to drink and ponder how unusual this is and then after a short trip to the loo..........Wheres Jonathan I think to myself?
Where did he go??
He is not hard to miss in all of his 2 meters..........but no sign?? I find the barman who is a friend of ours and ask him if he has seen Jonathan.
Erm yeah Sarah,he wasnt involved in the fight but he was trying to calm the assailant down outside while the police arrived..........Ah okay..........so where is he??? Bar man .........erm I dont know? Sarah............you dont know? Barman..............no..........sarah...oh dear this is not good.
My little mind running at a thousand miles an hour thinking in true adventure style that jonathan has been kidnapped or Beaten to a pulp and left in an alleyway somewhere.Its not something that I worry too much about usually.With his height he doesnt ever have a problem and he,s not a stick em up kinda guy.
It turns out the guy who had glassed the other fella had tried to do a runner and Jonathan went after him to bring him back to face the music ,the assailant turned and punched Jonathan in the face and ran off.Jonathan in hot pursuit followed him on the train for 15 minutes before he lost him. A nice effort I thought but 5 hours later an ambulance ride and two hospitals addaed to that a 70 thou bill and a compressed fracture in the nose and a very dubious looking eye I am not sure it was the best paddy day I ever had.
Last night being Paddy day and all we decided to head to the dubliners,our local little Irish pub and sup a few bevvies!Much fun and revelry until a man came flying past us dashing out the door covered in blood! It didnt take long to discover that someone had hit him with a glass.Hmmmmmm..............very unusual event . So we continue to drink and ponder how unusual this is and then after a short trip to the loo..........Wheres Jonathan I think to myself?
Where did he go??
He is not hard to miss in all of his 2 meters..........but no sign?? I find the barman who is a friend of ours and ask him if he has seen Jonathan.
Erm yeah Sarah,he wasnt involved in the fight but he was trying to calm the assailant down outside while the police arrived..........Ah okay..........so where is he??? Bar man .........erm I dont know? Sarah............you dont know? Barman..............no..........sarah...oh dear this is not good.
My little mind running at a thousand miles an hour thinking in true adventure style that jonathan has been kidnapped or Beaten to a pulp and left in an alleyway somewhere.Its not something that I worry too much about usually.With his height he doesnt ever have a problem and he,s not a stick em up kinda guy.
It turns out the guy who had glassed the other fella had tried to do a runner and Jonathan went after him to bring him back to face the music ,the assailant turned and punched Jonathan in the face and ran off.Jonathan in hot pursuit followed him on the train for 15 minutes before he lost him. A nice effort I thought but 5 hours later an ambulance ride and two hospitals addaed to that a 70 thou bill and a compressed fracture in the nose and a very dubious looking eye I am not sure it was the best paddy day I ever had.
Wednesday, March 16, 2005
Thwe Rweason for my silewnxcwe!
As you xcan twell morwe ansd morwe of my kweys arew gwetting infwexctewsd!!! Hewnxcwe no we-mails or blogging! Off to buy a nwew onwe tommorow as an wearly birthsday prwesewnt to swelf! Will bwe baxck again soon!!
Tuesday, March 08, 2005
Starfish? Lion or Pig?
There are some things that go a long way to giving you something to think about.I was tolsd by my friensd the other dsay that I hasd given her some thought for her otherwise munsdane Frisday afternoon so heres some more! Enjoy...............
Oh ansd by the way as you xcan tell my keyboarsd is not yet fixesd!..........ands now that my sixck non-smoking boysfriend is on the mensd(poor sweety) I am now sixck.............blrppppppp.
DID YOU KNOW:
>
>
>
>
>
>
> If you yelled for eight years, seven months, and six days, you would
> have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee.
>
> (Hardly seems worth it.)
>
>
> **********
> If you farted consistently for six years and nine months, enough gas
> is produced to create the energy of an atomic bomb.
>
> (Now that's more like it!)
> **********
> The human heart creates enough pressure when it pumps out to the body
> to squirt blood 30 feet.
>
> (O.M.G.!)
> **********
> A pig's orgasm lasts 30 minutes.
>
> (In my next life, I want to be a pig.)
> **********
> A cockroach will live nine days without its head before it starves to
> death.
>
> (Creepy.)
> **********
> (I'm still not over the pig.)
> **********
> Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories a hour.
>
> (Don't try this at home, maybe at work)
> **********
> The male praying mantis cannot copulate while its head is attached to
> its body. The female initiates sex by ripping the male's head off.
>
> ("Honey, I'm home. What the....?!")
> **********
> The flea can jump 350 times its body length. It's like a human
> jumping the length of a football field.
>
> (Thirty minutes, lucky pig! Can you imagine?)
> **********
> The catfish has over 27,000 taste buds.
>
> (What could be so tasty on the bottom of a pond?)
> **********
> Some lions mate over 50 times a day.
>
> (I still want to be a pig in my next life, quality over quantity.)
> **********
> Butterflies taste with their feet.
>
>
> (Something I always wanted to know.)
> **********
>
>
> The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue.
>
> (Hmmmmmm......)
> **********
> Right-handed people live, on average, nine years longer than
> left-handed people.
>
> (If you're ambidextrous, do you split the difference?)
> **********
> Elephants are the only animals that cannot jump.
>
> (Okay, so that would be a good thing.)
> **********
> A cat's urine glows under a black light.
>
> (I wonder who was paid to figure that out?)
> **********
> An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.
>
> (I know some people like that.)
> **********
> Starfish have no brains.
>
> (I know some people like that too.)
> **********
> Polar bears are left-handed.
>
> (If they switch, they'll live a lot longer.)
> **********
> Humans and dolphins are the only species that have sex for pleasure.
>
> (What about that pig?)
> **********
Oh ansd by the way as you xcan tell my keyboarsd is not yet fixesd!..........ands now that my sixck non-smoking boysfriend is on the mensd(poor sweety) I am now sixck.............blrppppppp.
DID YOU KNOW:
>
>
>
>
>
>
> If you yelled for eight years, seven months, and six days, you would
> have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee.
>
> (Hardly seems worth it.)
>
>
> **********
> If you farted consistently for six years and nine months, enough gas
> is produced to create the energy of an atomic bomb.
>
> (Now that's more like it!)
> **********
> The human heart creates enough pressure when it pumps out to the body
> to squirt blood 30 feet.
>
> (O.M.G.!)
> **********
> A pig's orgasm lasts 30 minutes.
>
> (In my next life, I want to be a pig.)
> **********
> A cockroach will live nine days without its head before it starves to
> death.
>
> (Creepy.)
> **********
> (I'm still not over the pig.)
> **********
> Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories a hour.
>
> (Don't try this at home, maybe at work)
> **********
> The male praying mantis cannot copulate while its head is attached to
> its body. The female initiates sex by ripping the male's head off.
>
> ("Honey, I'm home. What the....?!")
> **********
> The flea can jump 350 times its body length. It's like a human
> jumping the length of a football field.
>
> (Thirty minutes, lucky pig! Can you imagine?)
> **********
> The catfish has over 27,000 taste buds.
>
> (What could be so tasty on the bottom of a pond?)
> **********
> Some lions mate over 50 times a day.
>
> (I still want to be a pig in my next life, quality over quantity.)
> **********
> Butterflies taste with their feet.
>
>
> (Something I always wanted to know.)
> **********
>
>
> The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue.
>
> (Hmmmmmm......)
> **********
> Right-handed people live, on average, nine years longer than
> left-handed people.
>
> (If you're ambidextrous, do you split the difference?)
> **********
> Elephants are the only animals that cannot jump.
>
> (Okay, so that would be a good thing.)
> **********
> A cat's urine glows under a black light.
>
> (I wonder who was paid to figure that out?)
> **********
> An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.
>
> (I know some people like that.)
> **********
> Starfish have no brains.
>
> (I know some people like that too.)
> **********
> Polar bears are left-handed.
>
> (If they switch, they'll live a lot longer.)
> **********
> Humans and dolphins are the only species that have sex for pleasure.
>
> (What about that pig?)
> **********
Sunday, March 06, 2005
Saturday, March 05, 2005
On the subject of smoking.........
Tokyo has a campaign against smoking in the streets and I kind of liked this one.....I relate to it right now( due to the sick non-smoking boyfriend!)GIVE ME STREGNTH .........another xciggie and a glass of wine and a quiet plaxce where I xcan just relax!..........(fuxck my keyboard too......) ............................................WAHHHHHH
HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.........
oh that feels better!
I realised that the picture is a little small so this is what it says.......
"Inhaled.Burned.Thrown away.If it were anything but a cigarette it would surely be crying."
MEET LOVE THE END
HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.........
oh that feels better!
I realised that the picture is a little small so this is what it says.......
"Inhaled.Burned.Thrown away.If it were anything but a cigarette it would surely be crying."
MEET LOVE THE END
Gosd SDamn this XComputer
If you think its bexcause I have susdsdenly got an attaxck of sdyslexia or some kinsd of spelling sdysfunxction....well SDAMN IT I havent!
My keyboarsd has sdecxisdesd to put an 's' in front of a 'd' and an 'x' before a 'c'......
I xcould of xcourse spend hours running through all my emails deleting the unnecxesarry xconsonants but damn it I have a sixck boyfriend who has given up smoking..........get my drift! Wondering exacxtly how muxch patienxce I have right now...........So forgive the spelling and well done if you xcan read this!
My keyboarsd has sdecxisdesd to put an 's' in front of a 'd' and an 'x' before a 'c'......
I xcould of xcourse spend hours running through all my emails deleting the unnecxesarry xconsonants but damn it I have a sixck boyfriend who has given up smoking..........get my drift! Wondering exacxtly how muxch patienxce I have right now...........So forgive the spelling and well done if you xcan read this!
Thursday, March 03, 2005
Hooley Doolies
Look at this!! I love it!! Its wonderful! Amazing ! A freak Of nature! (Well not so freakish I am sure ,a little shaped yes!)
You may all think that its genetically modified or that its got some 23 trillion chemicals in it to make it like this,but, to make it square (and we are just talking about the squareness here not the taste)there is nothing added.
Japan heralded this new technique in 2001 apparently to save room.Yes! the dimensions are those that would enable you to fit the damn thing in your fridge without taking up too much space! Its height is perfect to sit it on your fridge shelf .
To make a square water melon??? Well encase it in a glass box while its still on the vine and Voila!
I had the exciting honour of seeing one of these last summer and had to take a pic! It was mighty pricey tho! We were looking at 7 thousand yen for this puppy! Ha, a mere $70 or 50 pounds! I think I'll take 3 please! Oh and heres another interesting fact.The watermelon originates from Egypt and is believed to be about 5,000 years in history and makes an appearance in ancient hieroglyphics......rock on watermelons!!!
You may all think that its genetically modified or that its got some 23 trillion chemicals in it to make it like this,but, to make it square (and we are just talking about the squareness here not the taste)there is nothing added.
Japan heralded this new technique in 2001 apparently to save room.Yes! the dimensions are those that would enable you to fit the damn thing in your fridge without taking up too much space! Its height is perfect to sit it on your fridge shelf .
To make a square water melon??? Well encase it in a glass box while its still on the vine and Voila!
I had the exciting honour of seeing one of these last summer and had to take a pic! It was mighty pricey tho! We were looking at 7 thousand yen for this puppy! Ha, a mere $70 or 50 pounds! I think I'll take 3 please! Oh and heres another interesting fact.The watermelon originates from Egypt and is believed to be about 5,000 years in history and makes an appearance in ancient hieroglyphics......rock on watermelons!!!
Giraffes in Shibuya
Shibuya. A thong of people.Young and old alike. Lights teeming .Pachinko machines blaring on every corner. Girls with makeup like pandas.Skin golden brown.Starbucks and Macdonalds wafting through the atmosphere,curling its way around the senses and grabbing hold of your wallet.Pedestrian crossings so daunting that you need valium to cross alive or risk being squashed as the man turns to green.Stick out the elbows take a deep breath and walk.The sounds of trains beeping and tooting as the yamanote leaves bound for Shinjuku,please mind the gap.The clip clip clip as turned in shoes make along the pavements............and a giraffe making its way slowly down the street looking each way.I think he lost his mummy.......but no-one stops to take a look or ask him if he's lost his way........most strange.Did I enter Alice in Wonderland or did I just leave?
(This really did happen..........I saw a small giraffe,stuffed of course walking down the street in Shibuya)
(This really did happen..........I saw a small giraffe,stuffed of course walking down the street in Shibuya)
Wrap up warm now ya hear?
Its a sad fact that over here it gets rather chilly in the winter.We have supposedly passed the threshold of the coldest time of year and are swiftly moving onto the spring! Joy! Joy!!
I can exchange my winter woolies for more revealing and more fitting outfits,put away those thick and not so attractive socks ,pull out the sandals and feel a little less bound.......
......and so can all those little pooches too!I will be so glad to stop seeing little dogs walking around in Versace and Prada.It sickens me,no, in fact it bemuses AND bewonders me that people think that their little pet pooch with the oh so warm BUILT-IN coat needs Chanel..........Whats next?? Pet hamsters with Nike? Minor birds with microphones? Bunnies with ear warmers? ..........
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.........Now I am wondering..........theres money in that there idea!
I can exchange my winter woolies for more revealing and more fitting outfits,put away those thick and not so attractive socks ,pull out the sandals and feel a little less bound.......
......and so can all those little pooches too!I will be so glad to stop seeing little dogs walking around in Versace and Prada.It sickens me,no, in fact it bemuses AND bewonders me that people think that their little pet pooch with the oh so warm BUILT-IN coat needs Chanel..........Whats next?? Pet hamsters with Nike? Minor birds with microphones? Bunnies with ear warmers? ..........
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.........Now I am wondering..........theres money in that there idea!
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