back from a hiatus
back in the states, past immigration, past the new york/nj border, quietly settled (or unsettled) into my jerzy life.

first thing i noted: wow... the space under the door in each toilet stall in the bathroom is HUGE. like, why does it need to be so big? the space was higher than my bookbag's height. nuts.

and at the airport in san fran where i had my layover (sadly not long enough to swing by and scare cassie), i had a turkey sandwich with this thick crusty bread and cranberry mustard! TURKEY!!! it's been so long. and bought a bag of cheetos.

and when i came home: mifun (thin stir-fried rice noodles), string beans, and dumplings with corn. and not the flimsy japanese gyoza, but the thick-skinned version with corn inside. mmm.

i think i'm forgetting my japanese quickly. wasureyasui... douspe ne?

and, well, my chinese is coming back to me like a flash. speaking of chinese...

how do those cheerleading girls in the olympics not pass out and not need to go to the br? i see they have water strapped to themselves, but i didn't see any girl take a sip out of them once. (maybe the camera conveniently never caught them taking a swig?). they were dancing for like two hours... in the 90 degree heat, and the "ayashii" air.

they must be some kind of breed of superwomen... or i dunno, have some kind of installed cooling system and diapers or something, b/c if i were them i'd be chugging water like mad and running to the portapotties nonstop. i really wonder if any of them fainted, but was kept on the DL or something.

anyhow, i have suitcases i'd rather not unpack (just too much of a headache now) and things i should eventually get to. but, until them, i'll be a procrastinaut and go to a place where we can watch bees make honey with my sis. b/c, well, why not?

(hopefully the colony won't collapse on us suddenly)