And so my time here comes to a close.

In about 29 hours, my jet lagged self will sit itself down in a bed at the holiday inn. I doubt I'll sleep much, as that will be noon Osaka time.

This blog is drawing to a close as well. There will be a few more posts of stuff I never managed to get up here (mino, farwell party's, karaoke, along with a handful of other things), but that will be more to put all my thoughts in one place than anything else.

So in closing, I'll leave this with 'things I'll miss'. Alot of these won't make sense to someone who's never been here, so if you're curious, just ask me and I'll tell you at least a mildly interesting story :)

I'll miss:
Doors that push open.
Trains.
Katsudon.
The bakery across from the post office with the super nice people.
Hot chocolate out of the vending machine, that is indeed hot.
raiding the fare adjustment boxes.
singing and breakdancing like no one was wathing them.
sushi ro.
japanese maples. there's no color they don't turn.
kyoto.
my labmates. all twenty of them.
engrish. 'hair is fiber'
living in the future.
convenient convenience stores.
heated seat toilets.
souvenirs.

I'll miss a few phrases, too:

"I will try"
"maybe,,"
"so des ne"
"victory!"


in closing, I'd like to ask anyone who's reading this to add a final quick comment,, I'd appreciate it,, so I can have a record of everyone who read my Japanese story.

Thanks all- be back with you guys soon*,

joey


*by soon, I mean I leave 1:15 P.M. tuesday (local time), and get into columbia around 10:15 p.m. tuesday (local time). The time change creates the illusion that there won't be nearly 24 hours of airplanes/layovers :)