Shikas in the garden.

Early morning TV here is always a bit of a risk. Early morning TV is, i think, an international phenomenon but it seems especially bad here. Okay, the "deers are eating my garden" segment is kinda funny (ominous gothic-industrial background music--- are they the deer of Satan??) and the reruns of variety shows are... Well, Japanese variety shows. There are the usual children's shows and all... Home shopping... i think it's more the attitude than the content. Everyone is super-genki and more squeaky than usual. i still do not understand the squeakiness. i mean i understand that its meant to be more childlike and hence more "respectful". But its still annoying. Subway announcements should not be made in a squeaky-little-girl-voice. And why does every comedy/variety voiceover guy HAVE to talk like that? i suppose i will never get used to this particular cultural difference.

ah. Now we have people sorting out their drawers and bookshelves. On TV. Being watched by experts with computers.

i can't wait to see how mom reacts to a lot of this stuff. I'm looking forward to rediscovering a lot of this stuff through her eyes. For every quirk i am still not used to, there's a lot that is just normal to me now, and i think it'll be interesting to have that newbies perspective again. also, it'll be fun seeing all this stuff again with someone else from home: people here are great but they're not"home people". In any case it's more fun to explore with someone else...