the Cure
Christmas in Japan is improving, but still very very weak.
Last year I went to a teeny tiny all vegetarian restaurant in Tokyo with a friend that doesn`t like Christmas, and another friend who doesn`t approve of vegetarian food. Afterwards we stopped at another place where we met my old roommate and his old girlfriend, and the 3 of them ordered/ ate a plate of whale. I had my eyes closed for about an hour.
This year I went to work, …and snuck out about 40 minutes early.
Then I went to City Hall to pay for my health insurance. In the evening there was a party with 10/15 other non-Japanese people, who also had to work that day. Everyone was slightly sullen, and continuously waiting for the 2 (poor) turkies they`d procured to be finished. I only brought 1 block of tofu, which was excellent, but there was only my 1 block of tofu, and several desserts for me to eat. It was of course better than sitting at home alone; My home is very cold.
On Christmas Eve there was a very good party. The only thing wrong with the party, was that I had to leave the Christmas Eve party early – to get up early to go to work on Christmas. I won at “Twister” again, …as I always do!
On Christmas Eve – Eve, I had a party at my house, and people seemed to have a good time at it. My Friend from Cornwall came to Japan to visit his wife`s family for Christmas + New Years. He came to see me that afternoon, + we started drinking later in the afternoon. I also invited the travel agent that always walks through my school, her friend from their travel company, and the 3 drinking friends of my Newer drinking Canadian friend. I invited a lot of other people as well, but those were the ones that came. They were loads of fun!
The day before that, I had a date with a girl who canceled at the last minute, because she`d gotten a boyfriend. I went to that little bar near my house to drink with the loud/ but congenial old lady that waits for me there. (It`s better than sitting at home alone, …and cold). The nice guy that works there gave me a little dish of noodles for free. They were meatless, but I don`t think they were entirely vegetarian `cause I started to feel sick when I got home, I was sicker on Christmas, and I am still sick now.
I am supposed to go back to my old city tomorrow to see my Cornish friend/ his wife/ and baby. – so it might perhaps be better to NOT be sick. I`m supposed to go to a party of one kind or another for the next 5 nights.
I`ll be staying at the home of a young pretty pharmacist, whose mother didn`t mind the company, while this girl was away in Australia for a year (even though the company was little “me”) – so perhaps it`s better that I am sick, …but probably not.
This girl I met last year, just before New Years day, about a week before she moved to Australia. She came back to Japan 2/ 3 days ago. I don`t know if she knows that I`m invited to come sleep on their floor for a few days. I`m still not sure what to do with myself when my Cornish friend and his family go back, …and the girl that went to Australia goes on to Korea but, I think it will entail some amount of shivering, and probably some dancing.
My father sent me some article about these scientists that had a funny idea about diabetes, …and cured it, (…in mice). They noticed that diabetics happen to have more nerve endings in their pancreases, so for “the scientific fun of it”, they took those diabetic mice and injected them with Capsicum (pepper extract). Those mice woke up the next day – not diabetic – and remained “not diabetic” for past several months. They intend to perform further studies.
Encouraged by this news I have decided to drink a bottle of hot sauce every night, until I run out of hot sauce (probably 2 nights later).
I`ll take this new wonder medicine: “Hot sauce” and rub it in the eyes of the thankful (once) blind. I`ll sprinkle it on burns, cuts, and bruises. I`ll use “Hot sauce” to cure the uncomfortable numb mouth, sweat, and dizziness caused by injesting too much hot sauce.
Will hot sauce heat my house?