Pachinko, Porn and Puny Parcels in the Land of Pot Luck

Now I know that almost everything has already been written about Japan. From apocalypse to anthropomorphics, cybernetics to super-economies of scale. From longevity to love hotels and every tid bit of cultural trivia has already been written....hang on there is one new thing...no one told me that men in blue boiler suits wave strange wands around measuring radioactivity or air density or excitement levels...and nobody told me that when sitting in the sauna at a sento you should fold your arms across your body and shiver like you in an igloo. Nobody told me that stuff! And although it has been well documented, even by my philosophical phallus-a-phile partner in grime Kimba, that some Nihonno blokes have puny pork parcels, nobody told me that they could be so puny that they don't even peek out from the pubic-flora. Woah. Nobody told me that!

And another thing for all you bargain hunters. If you go to the suupermarket at about 8 o'clock at night, you can grab some serious discounts on sushi, fried yummy stuff and fishy bits. No discount on melons - they fetch a pretty penny at a minimum of 10 bucks a watermelon. Sometimes a particularly juicy one can fetch up to 100 bucks. Woah. Though I have to admit someone did tell me about that.

We went to a club last night. Metro. Hip joint. Still pooey though. Not used to hanging out in clubs when I'm not playing. Also not used to paying for drinks. Perhaps I am now paying for my indulgences in Melbourne. Either way, we shmoozed the promoter and gave him our CDs and told him that we were finalists in Australian Idol and he better give us a gig or else we'd get Marcia onto him! He didn't understand any of it so we just smiled and nodded a lot. Language is a big one here slowly slowly, we'll get there.

So I dunno why I called it Pachinko, Porn and Puny Parcels cos I ain't got nothing to say about pachinko or porn except they are both very close to my heart. But as for pot luck I hope we can come across some this week as we hunt for some lucrative shigoto (work) and stuff.

Until the next post...