Golden Week Hilarity.

So we're doing all this last minute floundering for hotels. Beggars can't be choosers and what not. And now we're up to a seven-day trip, and that's not too shabby. While you might not give a damn about where I'm going (a handful of islands), I figured you would enjoy seeing the hotels I'll be staying at:

And this is the view from another hotel. For once I hope I don't get a bayside view...

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BBC is better than CNN.

Well, the website at least. Don't ask me about content or layout or writing style (although I feel that the BBC does a better job of reporting, rather than sensationalizing); just let me illustrate my point, excerpt from a BBC article on David Blaine:

Nothing special right? Did you read the caption? Read it.

Oh non-sequiturs. There's another photo talking about how Blaine is training near the Cayman Islands for his latest look-at-me-look-at-me stunt. That's relevant to the article. (He's going to try living underwater for a week, and then try to break the world record for breath-holding.) Being friends with Leo is not.

And another thing--"Blaine is to get a two-way audio link" blah blah interview? Interview? He's going to be underwater, how on earth do you talk underwater? And where will he crap? I hope he farts. And I also hope that the fine people of New York City heckle him just as much as the people in London did.

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What I Learned Today

Oka Udon, an udon shop that we often go to, is closed on Tuesdays. We found this out after driving 15 minutes in the hills to get there. Boo. Apparently they're famous for their niku udon, and I'm inclined to agree.

Ministop strawberry parfaits are disgusting. Frozen strawberries. I knew better, I so knew better, but all the other teachers were getting parfaits. Well, two of four. Yep, that's right, on the way back to work after udon (at Kompira Udon, which is like Hanamaru in its restaurant chain blandness), we stopped at a combini for ice cream. Man, I'll miss this.

There's some song out there that goes, Wookie Wookie in the kitchen, Superboy is on a mission. I'm not kidding. It's very Aqua, but I can't seem to find out who it's really by. And even though I loathe it, it's catchy, and I want it.

There's another song that I heard on FM radio (radio! how retro!) today that I totally know, and it's called Only You. There are at least three songs out there with that title, but this one is a cappella. I was a bit shocked when I heard it on the radio, because I always thought it was some college group. It totally has that sound. Well, I got home and found it, and realized that it's a Yaz/Yazoo cover (depending if you're from the US or the UK). And then I got some Yazoo, and realized that I totally know a lot of these songs, but had no idea who the group was, what the titles were, or that the singer was a woman.

Why does Alison Moyet sound familiar to me? I'll never know. Great voice though.

But yeah. FM radio. Mostly English songs. And thanks to google, I've found it. Fantastic. The current program is called SCHOOL OF LOCK!!! Yeahyeah!

[edit: HOLY SHIT! I finally figured out why Alison Moyet is so familiar! I have an Alison Moyet song. What song? There Are Worse Things I Could Do. ::sigh:: I feel so much better now.]

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