Rain, rain go away

Well I'm back at that place with the computers you can use for 40 minutes. Today, despite the fact that it took me 15 minutes to figure out what I was supposed to do with the internet setup information page KDDI sent me (they are setting my internet up on Saturday, October 16; Jesus), I still have a luxurious 8 minutes left to type as much as I freakin can.

So yesterday evening, I went down to the Seiyu grocery store. It's interesting shopping for groceries in Japan. I have no idea if Seiyu has reasonable prices, I have no idea if the products I'm buying are any good, and I have no idea how much of anything to buy (though, those of you stockwatchers know Seiyu is now a Wal-Mart brand, so watch for falling prices!). After buying about 25 pounds of groceries, I put my liter of water and liter of Calpis into my backpack, and the rest of my groceries into my handy-dandy bicycle basket (I knew having a mama-chari was useful for something), and began to ride home. I thought riding that damn bike was hard enough with just me on it, but when it's front loaded with rice, meat, and vegetables, it's even worse. But I made it home, pedaling the whole way, even up the hills. And then I made myself a spaghetti dinner which was not only edible, but actually tasted good. I was very proud of myself. I then just lounged around all Saturday night because, hell, I ain't got nothing better to do. My phone isn't exactly ringing off the hook. And I only have 6 channels on TV, so it wasn't even good lounging. And then it started raining which was ridiculous considering I just finished my first load of laundry and had just hung it out on my balcony to dry (I have no dryer). This is going to be an interesting winter.

This morning, I slept. I woke up in the afternoon and made myself eggs and bacon (I wonder how long I can hold up this domesticity) and headed out to buy myself an umbrella from Lawson because it's raining and I needed to come here to use the internet. OH! And when I was waiting to use the internet I went back downstairs, and the musical comedy duo "Tetsu and Tomo", who were incredibly famous last year for their song "Nande Darou", were performing. It was pretty cool to see them, since they were pretty much ubiquitous last year. I wonder if this is what happens when celebrities in Japan head for "where are they now?" territory: they travel around doing small, free performances for local audiences. How sad.

Okay, I have 0 seconds left. Back again tomorrow after Japanese placement test.