Konnichiwa, Chicago – I have arrived

Arrival was a success! Ok guys, fess up, those of you who thought i’d chicken out…i’m waiting….still waiting…..well, i’ll continue to type while i wait.

I wrote some things in my notebook on the airplane, but I’m too lazy to dig that out right now and transcribe – will add that on my “to do tomorrow” list
haha, a “to do tomorrow” list could be hilarious, considering that whenever you read the list, you’ll always have an extra day to do it…ok, i thought that was funny…anyways

So one word so far. WOW…despite significant reading I did regarding tokyo, i’m in a state of shock. I got to go out a little bit tonight with a friend i made at the hostel here who’s from Israel, and we walked around Shinjuku which is a similar idea to that of the magnificent mile ave. in Chicago, but this would be a complete joke to compare (no offense, chicago, i love you dearly.) Ugh, so many things just in the last 2 hours I could type. But i think a lot of that will wait till tomorrow. But for now, here’s a few things to wet your rice (rice should never be soaked in soy sauce or combined with other dishes, unless it is meant to be):

Toilet in hostel has 12 buttons, a couple of which I know their function:
One sets the temperature of the toilet seat that you sit on
Another activates the man bidet, another the female
Another plays classical music while you drop an exposition or two
Another plays jazz, so you feel all groovy while taking your…poovy (sorry, that didn’t work)
still have yet to find out about the other 8

I tried Haagan Daaz green tea ice cream tonight from a haagan daaz vending machine – will post the picture tomorrow.

What a day
Anyways, small lame post tonight, but big unlame post tomorrow evening – i’m incredibly fatigued right now. Take care, guys