Tokyo Life 

KARAOKE!

Now some of you folks living out here already know that Karaoke is a thing that we kinda do from time to time and have alot of fun in the process.For those of you not of JApan,man you gotta know how much fun it is!!! Its so popular here that you find Karaoke on every street corner(not an exaggeration) even in the quietest of towns youll find one.Its a national pass time. Get together ,invariably drink too much ,sing too loudly AND badly and stumble home.Its a wonderful way too vent your day rather than picking on the fella next to you in the bar!
I really cant imagine alot of the people I know back home being comfortable with singing in front of their mates on a saturday night,especially when it comes to the slushie renditions.Theres alot we can learn from the youth and innocence of Japan!
If you can let go of the fact that you dont always hit the note and dont always follow the rhythm and just allow yourself to be as a child again...its magic!!!
Last night spent a wonderful night with some friends singing away in a bali style karaoke room! Heaps of great songs and alot of fun! Thank you guys!

Madness...............Its everywhere!

Okay I had to share this. Purely because there are times when one feels down and we share it ,blog it and talk to our friends about it.There are also times when we are happy.
Today I find myself walking around the house singing love songs and squealing at the top of my voice.This is in part a warm up for Karaoke tommorow but also a deep desire to go forth and express.The funny thing though is, I found myself doing chicken impressions during my vocal vomit..........I realised that for the first time in a couple of weeks I feel peaceful and extememly happy..........a revelation from the chicken god!Thank you.

That Hamlet moment 

One man,5 women!

There are moments in life that you just want to capture.This was one of them.A man amongst 5 women having a hamlet moment.He looked so pensive and wise that I felt I could profess all my sins and beg him for forgiveness and then spill my life story in his lap..........Hmmmmmmm..........thats a little dramatic but all the same you get my drift.All the while us girls were fighting for talking time, boosting each others esteems, playing with our make-up,talking about love,life and the universe and he just sat there listening pensively.Apparently he enjoyed his night out.He said he enjoyed the window he got to look through.........we also enjoyed having him! Thanks Chris! You are Fab!

Enjoy the ride???

It was a 5.2 at 4.46 this morning! I was petrified!!! It was about 45km from Tokyo.Apparently Ibaragi............
I think thats the biggest I have felt here so far and I hope (ha ha) the last! Had me fantasing about places far far away! We had several damages but we are all okay! Well apart from an erratic heart beat now!

Valentines Day

At the risk of sounding cynical,I am kinda over it.
My problem is that I love "events" .Birthdays ,weddings ,Christmas.........I love them all.Especially if they involve the giving of presents or the anticipation of suprise. It brings out the little girl in me.I get excited.I squeal,I jump up and down,I giggle.
There is a downside to all of this,The expectation.I have huge expectation when it comes to these events.I tell people 2 months in advance that its my birthday just in case they forget .I tell jonathan every day for a week that its valentines day.I make lists for christmas so that I wont be disappointed.The problem with this as with all expectation is that it never happens the way you want it too.I am a hopeless romantic.Hopeless.I live in a fairytale world and I am princess of the copper kettle (literally my name translated) I am waiting for my knight in Shining armour to whisk me away to a far away kingdom where I never have to pay the bills,deal with having to contemplate what to have for dinner , or clean the toilet.
Today is valentines day........I'm over it.
Is that sad?
I am getting old.......or am I just getting cynical?

Do not pass Go,Do not collect 200

Yes, Yes Life is a monopoly,Love is a monopoly,Making snap decisions and going with them is a monopoly.........there are so many monopolies that we run in our lives that it sometimes gets overwhelming.
For Christmas I asked for Monopoly.Its the Lord of the Rings version and so has no real geographic relevance. On playing it for the first time with Jonathan he proudly said "This was invented in the U.S" to which I replied .........."Get outta here ,this is a british game,move over american and let me breathe" That was that .I felt sure that it was a british game.
Yesterday I invited friends over to play monopoly and one of my friends said"This is a french game" again the voice of knowledge boomed from my corner..........."I dont think so,its british" Again that was that.
On having a little peruse on the cyber highway this morning I found out that in fact Monopoly is an American game invented in Pennsiylvania or was it Virginia.
Even here there are some grey areas where apparently The parker brothers may or may not have stolen the idea from a woman in the late 1920's.Its original name possibly being "The landlord game"
Anyways history aside I now know that Jonathan was right ,although I am certain he didnt know for sure ,I just think its one of those things where everyone claims it as thier own, as its something that we hold so dearly to our upbringing and therefore must be from our home.
Anyways I won. It didnt feel as good to win as it did 20 years ago mind you. But a heap of fun to see the ways in which we tacticly play!!!
I am a "mine its all mine kinda girl" who realises after she has it all that its not so fun to have everyone around the board shooting very sharp daggers at you! Hmmmmm.I guess its just a game!

Talk to meeeeeeee!!!!

Oh I just love these!!
I think my vocab has just increased by 20 new and spiffing words!!Tell me..which is your fave??? I love arachnoleptic fit,as I have had many of these in my time and although its an amusing site its often quite petrifying!!


1. Intaxication: Euphoria at getting a tax refund, which lasts until you realize it was your money to start with

2. Reintarnation: Coming back to life as a hillbilly

3. Bozone (n.): The substance surrounding stupid people that stops
bright ideas from penetrating. The bozo n e layer, unfortunately, shows
little sign of breaking down in the near future.

4. Foreploy: Any misrepresentation about yourself for the purpose of
getting laid.

5. Cashtration (n.): The act of buying a house, which renders the
subject financially impotent for an indefinite period.

6. Giraffiti: Vandalism spray-painted very, very high.

7. Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the
person who doesn't get it.

8. Inoculatte: To take coffee intravenously when you are running late.

9. Hipatitis: Terminal coolness.

10. Osteopornosis: A degenerate disease. (This one got extra credit.)

11. Karmageddon: It's like, when everybody is sending off all these
really bad vibes, right? And then, like, the Earth explodes and it's
like, a serious bummer.

12. Decafalon (n.): The grueling event of getting through the day
consuming only things that are good for you.

13. Glibido: All talk and no action.

14. Dopeler effect: The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when
they come at you rapidly.

15. Arachnoleptic fit (n.): The frantic dance performed just after
you've accidentally walked through a spider web.

16. Beelzebug (n.): Satan in the form of a mosquito, that gets into
your bedroom at three in the morning and cannot be cast out.

17. Caterpallor (n.): The color you turn after finding half a worm in
the fruit you're eating.

And the pick of the literature;
18. Ignoranus: A person who's both stupid and an asshole .

TEETH!!!