ITS ALIVE!!!!!

私のコンピュータはALIVEです！(Watashi no konpyuuta wa alive desu)！！The mac lives! Thanks to the apple extended protection plan (thank you Daddy!), I was given, get this, a brand new hard drive FO FREE. Yes, these words are true, this is not some fabrication of a down-on-her-luck college student. I did not pay a cent, AND, the young man who helped me both days at the Apple Store was quite attractive. Never does hurt if the hired help has a pretty face!

^This is my "rejoicing-in-the-computer-lab-because-my-computer-lives" face. I like the vistory fist, personally. :)

I got to explore a little bit of Osaka while the computer got fixed on Tuesday and passed by a few infamous "love hotels" which have three different prices listed according to particular customer needs: rest, stay, and the extremely utilitarian "service time". Please see below.


Other lovely sites included the well-known Doutonbori street, where there are many (you guessed it) STORES, where you can blow all your お金 (okane, or money)<-- I'm learning kanji, can’t ya tell? There are lots of bright lights and beaucoup de gens, and to be honest the effect is rather overwhelming. Never thought I'd feel overstimulated, but that was the feeling I was walking with in Osaka.

On Sunday, after dropping said computer off at the Apple store (kind of like dropping off someone at camp... not really), I scooted up to Nara and joined some friends there who were shrine and temple-ing. While on holiday in Nara, I met Bambi, and his entire extended family. They say hello.
Nara is famous for its deer population and for this reason, in addition to its shrines, temples and lovely location, it has become a tourist destination for Japanese and foreigners alike.
Maybe we could get people to pay money to come check out all our friends in the dingle. I knew there was an undiscovered market economy in Longmeadow!

Margaux Frank, blogging live from Hirakata, out!