Well, it's officially cold now. The transition was really quick, as if there was no transition at all. This last week, the weather has actually been up and down a lot. Especially, it has been really cold in the mornings and then really hot in the afternoons. Irritating.

The last time I went to Judo practice was two weeks ago, because last week was a holiday. Two weeks ago it was almost too hot for practice, and I was very sweaty. This week, I feel like it's too cold and I don't want to leave the house to go. But if I don't go, I won't go again until April, so I have to. What I am really worried about it my toes, especially the big toe on my right foot. I kinda broke it or something in the practice two weeks ago, so badly that I actually screamed and scared the other judo people that I was dead. It's been sensitive since then. I am going to tape it up and try to go easy in it this time, but I have very weak toes. And the cold should just makes them stiff and brittle.

The other day I went down to the Apple Store in Ginza to check out some stuff in person. Specifically, I have a 15 inch PowerBook now, but I am thinking of getting a 12 inch instead, because it would be so much smaller and easier to carry everywhere. With the money I saved getting the smaller version, I could get a second flat panel monitor, to use in my house. I know for a fact that the 12 monitor is too small for me to use all the time by itself. My dream would be to get the 12 Inch PowerBook and one of those Cintiq flat panel display tablets, so I could draw right on the screen and use it as a second monitor too. But I think it's too much money, unless I get a second job doing illustrations and can somehow justify it that way, or if I get a second job selling other people's kidneys and have so much money that I have to use it before the police catch up with me. Anyway, that's what I am thinking about for my next computer. that's not even the point of this post though. At the Apple Store, I saw a whole bunch of dorky foreigners, and not just in the mirrored portions of the store, thanks a lot. And all of them had Japanese girlfriends with them, who the used to communicate with the clerks and such. It was such a stereotype. It made me think about my life after this teaching thing has to end. I really enjoy the life of a teacher as it is now, but would I enjoy living a regular life in Japan? What's the real advantage of it for me, besides the perks of this job? Am I just going to fall into the same hole as all those other dorks?