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ok, so am home now.

my route home: kyoto-osaka-brisbane(three hour stop)-sydney(four hour stop)-melbourne. there are many things in life more exciting than my flight home, clearly.

i almost brought home a cute korean girl in my suitcase, but decided it's easier to go to korea in february and visit here there, so i've booked my tickets as of today.

photos are on facebook, kind of. if you want to check them out, let me know! i am lazy.

hey

guess the highlight of my trip to japan so far, given the three following choices.



a) the ten hour plane flight and delay due to security concerns at melbourne airport

b) the six hours spent having my soul destroyed by the most painful tattoo ever in osaka

c) the guy with a t-shirt that read `new kids on my cock' in shin-osaka station



actually, it's completely awesome. facebook is down otherwise i`d post photos there. yes, i have been converted.

i'm off

so long, farewell, auf wiedersehen, goodbye!



i'll be back in two weeks, you won't even notice!

ahhhhhhhh

oh man, what a week.

but the most exciting news to report was that i won two tickets - via myspazz - to see bloc party play to an audience of 160 people at the abc studios in ripponlea. it was amazing - i think they've got to be one of the most impressive sounding (live) bands i've ever heard.

this is what you get for mistaking a phone camera for a real camera:









look out for me dancing retardedly on jtv soon.

hey there, sugar

so, that's about the last time i decide to go overseas on a whim. my passport had expired, i couldn't find my trusty backpack... blah. that said, while i'm chilling in osaka in thirty degree heat with a beer in my hand, i may indeed feel slightly better about the whole thing.

who am i kidding? i'm still very much in the 'wooooo, japan!' phase. speaking of which, WOOOOOOOOO, JAPAN!

*ahem*

also, i've made a new friend! old highschool buddy of housemate who moved down a little while ago from cairns. he's a laugh, enjoys a beer, and we've sorted out a bridge road pub crawl encompassing thirteen venues for the first weekend of august. this and the fact that the new tegan and sara cd is out on the 6th is making me a very happy dude. and does anyone else think the spoon album is one of the best things they've heard in '07? i mean seriously. it makes me dance, in the pants.

my 'ultimate work crush' has returned. she is literally the perfect girl. i cannot fault her. i don't know what it is - i mean, objectively i can say there are cuter girls, and smarter girls, and funnier girls... but when i'm in her company, these thoughts go out the window. she has a boyfriend who, i'm guessing, is annoyingly great. fucker. but she stayed back an hour at work tonight just to chat to me, so i can always hope. i mean, not really, i'm not that much of a retard. but still. you know.

domo!

wow. because work was driving me up the wall today, i called up a friend and booked us both flights to osaka midway through august.

that's right, i'm going to japan for two weeks!

to celebrate a few of us went out to matsuya in fairfield to get some awesome japanese eats. i murdered a plate of tempura and drank more than my share of sake. it's like i'm in training. also looking forward to getting more ink in osaka at three tides tattoo, and in tokyo at inkrat.

yayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!



also, i'm changing fonts. bit easier on the eyes for all you oldies, eh?

*poke*

i'm not dead.

although, transitioning from night shifts to day shifts initially makes me feel as though i'd rather be dead. but that's not quite the same thing.

had a job interview for a public service position this week and was offered the position, which was nice. i've got the coming week to think about it. i was mostly looking at other things because of the insecurities of the upcoming merger/purchase thing, but being offered the only position i actually applied for has given me a little more confidence about my employability and now i'm in no rush to switch.

so, in summary:

job offer
was sleepy
read blood meridian, finally
met lots of cute day girls at work
bought way too many t-shirts.

and that's about all.