back in america. erm.

have to print this enormous thing for my wintersession open-faced research project. then I can sleep and unjetlag myself, while drinking some of the sake I brought back and looking through one or two of the books I couldn't resist buying despite the fact that they're in a language I don't know.

btw, if you are a white person who is ignorant of japanese and you find yourself in the greater metropolitan tokyo area, these things will help you:

1) the yamanote line
2) the word "suimasen"
3) the lack of a definitive agenda coupled with the outright desire to be mindfucked at every possible opportunity
4) shitloads of money, preferrably in yen

yeah! more later