Feeling hefty

Watching some tv, and once agan it's an eating contest. Groups of people labouring over tempura, chops, rice, all sorts of things. The camera zooms in on their mouths and gobbling, it obsesses over it. I have noticed a lot of food programmes on tv. The camera luxuriates in the food, like porn movies, scanning over the glistening textures, loving the shine and gloss. There seem to be game shows about guessing certain foods. The sets are fantastically complicated and there is text (kangi), on three sides of the screen. I have seen a couple of game shows that feature panels of guests, all in a comedic fashion, guessing something. There was one that had a laquered table in the center, and on it, a bed with a paper cut out of a man, with a sheet over the body, when the answer was correct, the sheet blew off. Another show featured a circular table and when an answer was correct, I assume, the chairs went spinning very quickly, around the table. Very quickly! I loved it, but the guests looked scared.
Today I felt tired and laden, so I worked at home for a bit, then went for a walk and found a regular park and sat under the trees with my "Learn Japanese" book. Small children were happily screaming, and searching for acorns, and it just seemed the right thing to do on a Sunday. Found a baseball match near-by, and watched the players off the field smoking. They love their baseball uniforms here, and their cigarettes. Have been seeing kids in Scouting uniforms alot around, and stumbled on the hall today, full of eager safety captains.
Today was the first day I didn't fear getting lost. I have wandered around enough to gauge my whereabouts, and after going in one direction long enough I know a few landmarks enough to see where I need to head to get to more familiar territory.
Got some takeaway okra and some sort of fish, at least I think it was fish, or scallop hopefully it wasn't pork fat. It was delicious, and only cost about $3.50.
Figured out how to print my own business cards, as there seems to be some cult about giving them out, and if I ever meet anyone, I want to be ready.
Still can't figure out how to download music onto my I-pod...urgh! I am so sick of Elton John, even though 'Goodbye Yellow Brick Road' is a great album, I have had enough of it. I have been listening to it since I was 7 years old. Thats 36 years ago.
Crikey I feel like an old lady. Found a toilet in the skating rink up the road, went in and actually asked in Japanese, (phrasebook in hand), and of course, the woman replied in English. Funny seeing the skaters, all in their costumes, taking it seriously, but having fun as well I suppose.
I am trying to find a building I can see from my window; The Excelsior. Its sign seems exactly like the one in Sydney, and I want to see it for myself.
Been cutting out pictures of Asian art form the catalogues I scored yesterday, they are so cute.
I wonder if heating the toilet seat encourages bacterial growth. Is a cold toilet seat really so bad?