September 10th, 2009
Bits and pieces
So August has ended with Nature Wind (which I’m in the process of scanning, so please wait a moment), and now we are already a third the way through September. Have I been working overtime? No, not since August. Have I been spending a lot of my non-working time drinking in September? Yes; for better or worse, yes.
I ventured to CEDEC last week and took a rare trip to Chinatown in Yokohama. I got to hook-up with dear friend Hirota-san again. Saturday I went to the park with a friend and played guitar in between cranberries and sips of wine. Then Saturday night I went to Hirano’s Venetian dinner party. It was a bit of steep investment in terms of money (sixty dollar entrance fee), and time (an unbelievable five hours), but somehow my sanity didn’t degrade noticeably and I ended up scraping by with a terrible headache and rolling in bed Sunday.
This week I’ve been out drinking three nights in a row, and honestly considering I’m leaving for Vietnam tomorrow morning, I think I’m just going to call it an early night (which isn’t to say I won’t be meeting someone for drinks… it’ll just start at seven-thirty as opposed to ten).
September is the month of aki-aji beer in crimson and gold cans, of the Dara Dara Matsuri (ginger festival); of lying in the cool morning sun and eating kaki (crisp persimmons). September is a number of vacation days, of cat-sitting for my best friend while longing for another dazzling rave.
September is the last full month of my glorious and storied twenties.
