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I have not been able to access the Internet from home for the past 3 days, so I am doing a no-no baddy by writing this at work.
I don't know for sure the reason, but I assume it is because the credit card I had been using to pay them was canceled a couple months ago when Next Card went out of business. I had sent them five or six emails asking how to change my account, but apparently they don't read their emails. Tomoe says it's because I didn't say "yoroshiku onegaishimasu" (please be nice to me) at the end.
Anyway, it wont matter for long because I have applied for a real analog phone line, meaning I can get ADSL in a couple weeks. I am moving up to the big time now... It will be a great improvement over the 64kb I get now, and it will also cut my monthly phone/Internet fees in half!
I finally forced myself to buy a big brush for painting yesterday... I hate being so cheap that I spent the last month trying to use the teeny tiny one I had. The problem was always that a wider one costs 1,500 yen. I found a cheap crappy one for only 400 yesterday, and luckily I don't even know the difference between a cheap crappy one and a good one!
Oh! I forgot to write about the big birthday bash! Anyway as you may know, Tomoe and My birthday was Tuesday. We hardly ever go out to eat, and even if we do it is to some cheap izakaya (bar-restaurant). This time we decided to force ourselves to dress up (a little) and go to someplace we would never go to otherwise. As the day went on and we tried to decide where to go, the area of Tokyo we decided on grew closer and closer from the high class areas to Tomoe's apartment (still a very nice area, but not where people expect fine dining).
It was just as well that we did't spend time and money on the train to go too far, as the city was deserted that night. The (supposedly) biggest typhoon since WWII was passing directly over us, and despite the fact that a regular storm a couple of weeks ago had much more rain, and the wind was barely noticeable, the newsman says the word "typhoon" and people get so afraid. Tomoe herself showed up in full rain gear with a hood and umbrella... I had never seen her with a hood before, let alone on a day with no rain. But it was a typhoon, so I suppose there was little choice.
Our fine dinning experience turned into a stop at a little deli in Shimokitazawa, but the food was awesome, and they had great selection. I wanted to sit no the veranda, which was covered with plastic to keep the rain out, but I didn't even bother asking, after all, even thought there was no rain, and hardly any wind, it was a typhoon.
The waitress was nice, and overly happy for us that we have our birthday on the same day, so she gave us some nice dessert for free... I think it was free, but I didn't look at the bill really. She was also very worried about having to go to school in the morning in the big typhoon. I wonder where she grew up... and where she had been all summer. I have not had so much experience with typhoons, but have been through a few in my years in Japan. The one thing that you can be sure of (besides the fact that the amount of wind and rain will be disappointing) is that the next day is always clear and sunny.
I should get back to work.
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