Politics and Vodka,

At the end of this election I've seen a lot of things happen that didn't surprised me. It did not surprise me that Obama won and it did not Surprise me that the democrats cheered with a bit of smug satisfaction while many republicans treated it as the doom of the country.

Naturally both sides will never agree on whether this election has turned out good or not. The Bush years are over whether you like that or not. And as much change as Obama will try to bring, the world is going to move at the same pace it always has. A leader can inspire you with his words, but what weight those words carry are detirmined in hindsight by the validity and consequences of his actions. Our government can shape our day to day lives, but how much of that do we really want?

I love my country, and I will continue to believe in our country the same way i did when Bush was elected, and the same way I did when Clinton was in office before him.

I was inspired by an old friend of mine who wrote in her facebook blog about how she hated the division between people after the results, and I absolutely agree. Even those who don't like Obama should rally behind him and participate in the system because in truth, thats the only way our system works.

Thanks to everyone who voted, and lets put forth our best efforts to be Optimistic about the future.

And more importantly, Lets all have a drink.

Tech blip

I saw the coolest thing I think I've ever scene phone wise on TV.

It was a flip phone that can fully disconnect the top and bottom half from one another still functions and actually has some really sick video game features where the top half would be the screen that you could pun anywhere or even hook up to a TV and the bottom half would turn into a video game controller, and both sides being touch sensitive rather then having actual buttons the bottom half would actually physically take the lay out of a controller. It was very intense.

Just something to be excited for in 7 years when that phone might come to America.

Rain

I can't stand constant rainy weather. In Tokyo for the last two months its been raining nearly non stop. Every other day there's more and more rain so much to the point where sometimes it doesn't help to have an umbrella because its raining so hard you're getting soaked slowly from the bottom up.

Also with this back and forth of rainy and sunny weather its been going back and forth from cold to hot to cold to hot again, which means that sometimes you might bring a jacket somewhere only to be met with hot sweaty weather and by contrast you might go somewhere wearing flip flops and shorts and end up soaked and freezing.

I hope it isn't this raining finishing out the year.

Tech Japan #1

Ok, lets talk about the Japanese tech world for a second. The tech world in Japan is very different from that in the US. All the little techy things that we swoon over in the US are everyday devices in Japan. For example lets look at Cell phones:

The iPhone made waves in the US being one of the first Phones to intergrate the use of full Email service and complete web browsing software into a phone in a User friendly and stream line manner. In Japan who cares? Japan has phones that, while they may not have complete touch screen phones that eclipse the iPhone, have enough features to not make the hugely expensive data plan worth it. To illustrate this point I bought the Cheapest model phone I could without sacrificing my desire to have something cool and my phone has full email, web browser, Media player, and fully functional (not a mobile modification) TV.

Hell even my crappy prepaid phone that I had for a month or so had full Email and Web browsing.

I'll just throw this out there. US public transit needs to start taking notes.

I'll continue this on a later date but let me say for now that I could go on and on.

Bears...

To quote a great figure in American Journalism:

“Bears are giant, marauding, godless killing machines.”

~ Stephen Colbert on bears

That is all.

Oh shit how time flies

I have to say that I'm sorry for kind of ignoring this blog for the better half of a month. Since then I've had a birthday, started classes and done all kinds of shit. Its been a really slamming summer but now its been work work work for the past few days.

Thank you to everyone who sent me birthday wish's. My birthday was on the 4th and My facebook was flooded with comments and I went out and had a great night here in Tokyo, and I want to thank everyone who made that possible.

I've been seeing GT-R's left and right and I have to say as many times as I see them that car never stops impressing me. Everything about its design is 100% flawless. Its become my dream car and I'm totally shooting for one.

and Street fighter fans have the 4th installment to look foward to. I think it will be a pretty smash hit on console in the states.

Thats my short for now, until next time.

Tokyo Thus far

Tokyo is an amazing city and I have to say I'm having a great time so far. First of all its a massive place, second of all you have a lot of freedom in general. And my god when you find a gem (no matter what form it comes in) you found a Gem. I was here with a bunch of people up until now, and I have to say I was definitely Sad to see them Leave. Although I realize I'm pretty new to city life. I've never actually Lived in a City and I realize that living in the city is really weird. You have no sense of personal space. I mean Granted I'm living in a hotel (I've been here for a month so staying and living are kind of blurred), and I move into my own place this Friday). My personal space is really is the size of my bed and a desk.

I have to say I'm getting a much better grasp of the language. And I'm getting used to the Not America-ness of Japan.

I hope everyone is having a good time at home. I miss everyone Damn. Good times though, I'll catch you on the flip side possibly next Christmas.