So I came down here under the presumption .. or the pretext .. the uh, premise? That I`d be working 2 jobs right away, which would allow me to save up for a place to live within the first month. Turns out I was only half right. I`ve got the night job, slinging absinthe, mojitos and shisha at cafe .. Absinthe, which is nice because it`s like 6 nights a week and I usually finish around 3AM, perfect timing for some late night partaking of house music and tequila (I pay for nothing since for some reason every person I hang out with over here is a local DJ), and then when the sun comes out, a trip to the gym, the coffee shop, and eventually either the library or park for a nap. That`s nice and all, but hardly something I`ll have the strength to keep up for more than a few weeks, one reason being that my giant yellow bag weighs too much for my bike rack and is making it increasingly difficult to get around.
I`m losing my train of thought because that Will.I.Am version of "Mas que nada" is now playing in the cafe, and for some reason I know all the words .. did I tell you I met him at a club in Osaka last month? He`s short, and he seemed bored to be there.
Anyway. So yeah, 1 job, and not 2, is not going to cut it at this rate. It came as a pretty big blow when they didn`t give me that other job I`d applied for (I told you I`d jinx it by actually trying for it), but immediately afterward I found another similar one and applied to that .. we`ll see how that goes this week.
My year of leisure in Tokyo is finally catching up to me ... it`s time to pay the price!
2007年10月7日日曜日
2007年10月5日金曜日
Status
Employment? Check.
(surprisingly nice for Japan) Gym membership? Check.
Big-ass public library, with comfortable places to nap? Check.
Place to use free wireless and drink cheap coffee? Check.
Approximately $100 to last me the rest of the month? Check.
and most importantly ...
Yellow Oakley house?
You`d better f#$%ing believe it.
(surprisingly nice for Japan) Gym membership? Check.
Big-ass public library, with comfortable places to nap? Check.
Place to use free wireless and drink cheap coffee? Check.
Approximately $100 to last me the rest of the month? Check.
and most importantly ...
Yellow Oakley house?
You`d better f#$%ing believe it.
2007年10月1日月曜日
I am ...
... about to take my yearly plunge into something new and different. Though I suppose if I do it every year, it`s not so new or different, is it? You`d think I`d be used to it by now but at the moment I`m actually uncharacteristically nervous.
Tonight, I leave for Osaka (again), only this time, I`m not looking back, save for an occasional glance to check on my stuff that I`ve left scattered throughout Tokyo at random friends` houses. Sound familiar so far? The only thing that continues to surprise me is how I amass so much junk in the mere space of a year. As usual, a lot of it gets given away or thrown out during "crunch time," filtering my possessions down to the bare necessities -- at least whatever I can fit into carryable boxes and, of course, my yellow Oakley house.
I`m leaving tonight because tomorrow I start a new part-time job, which I am actually fairly excited about, and Wednesday I have an interview for another part-time job, which I am more excited about, and my chance of obtaining is pretty high (I`d say 80%). I don`t want to go into the details of the latter position just yet because I don`t want to jinx it more than I already have (by hoping for it, and, well, applying), and I don`t want to talk about the first one yet either because, honestly, you will probably all think "that doesn`t sound like anything to get excited about," and I secretly want you all to think I am living the most awesome life imaginable over here.
I think it`ll all work out nicely, if only because it`s all stuff that randomly falls into my lap, as opposed to things I go out of my way to try for. Effort never got me anywhere, and I think I just said that in my last post as well, so I`ll expound a bit by saying that
things have usually worked out better for me when I`ve sort of gone with the flow as opposed to carefully trying to orchestrate my own fate ... meaning, even though I did try for them, I`m glad I didn`t get those other jobs I`ve been applying for over the past few months because it felt unnatural, forced, as opposed to this, the current result, which feels .. right.
Why am I nervous, then? Unrelated to matters of employment, trivial things involving my current apartment which I`m about to abandon this evening even though I`m supposed to be here for another month and was therefore supposed to pay rent last Friday ... hahahaha. Let`s just say I`m trying not to leave anything here that I ever expect to see again.
Sometimes I wonder what it`d be like to live a legitimate, prudent, safer lifestyle ... then again I also wonder what it`d be like to fall off a building or get shot.
Tonight, I leave for Osaka (again), only this time, I`m not looking back, save for an occasional glance to check on my stuff that I`ve left scattered throughout Tokyo at random friends` houses. Sound familiar so far? The only thing that continues to surprise me is how I amass so much junk in the mere space of a year. As usual, a lot of it gets given away or thrown out during "crunch time," filtering my possessions down to the bare necessities -- at least whatever I can fit into carryable boxes and, of course, my yellow Oakley house.
I`m leaving tonight because tomorrow I start a new part-time job, which I am actually fairly excited about, and Wednesday I have an interview for another part-time job, which I am more excited about, and my chance of obtaining is pretty high (I`d say 80%). I don`t want to go into the details of the latter position just yet because I don`t want to jinx it more than I already have (by hoping for it, and, well, applying), and I don`t want to talk about the first one yet either because, honestly, you will probably all think "that doesn`t sound like anything to get excited about," and I secretly want you all to think I am living the most awesome life imaginable over here.
I think it`ll all work out nicely, if only because it`s all stuff that randomly falls into my lap, as opposed to things I go out of my way to try for. Effort never got me anywhere, and I think I just said that in my last post as well, so I`ll expound a bit by saying that
things have usually worked out better for me when I`ve sort of gone with the flow as opposed to carefully trying to orchestrate my own fate ... meaning, even though I did try for them, I`m glad I didn`t get those other jobs I`ve been applying for over the past few months because it felt unnatural, forced, as opposed to this, the current result, which feels .. right.
Why am I nervous, then? Unrelated to matters of employment, trivial things involving my current apartment which I`m about to abandon this evening even though I`m supposed to be here for another month and was therefore supposed to pay rent last Friday ... hahahaha. Let`s just say I`m trying not to leave anything here that I ever expect to see again.
Sometimes I wonder what it`d be like to live a legitimate, prudent, safer lifestyle ... then again I also wonder what it`d be like to fall off a building or get shot.
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