outta here

I wanted to update a few times this past week but I was just way too busy. I'm off to Los Angeles for E3 in a few hours, so let me give a brief recap of the past few days:

- 5/7: My birthday. What started out as an innocent dinner with a friend of mine from America turned into a crazy night of partying when some of my Japanese friends came over to join us and decided to take me out for my birthday. We went to a club in Ishikawacho and had a blast. Got home the next day around 11:30am. Names are being withheld to protect the innocent, but H, N, A and Y -- thanks!!!

- 5/8: Went to a friend's birthday party in Harajuku. Afterwards, most of the party moved on to karaoke until around 2:30am. Totally lost my voice, but we had a lot of fun, so it's OK! Crashed at Gregg's place, got home around 12pm the next day.

- 5/9: Met up with a friend in Nakameguro fully intending to actually come home for a change, but I lost track of time and wound up missing my last train by about five minutes. Moved on to Shibuya to meet another friend and stayed there until about 4:30am. Crashed at said friend's place and wound up coming home around 1pm the next day.

-5/10: Finally, my iPod showed up! Isn't it sexy?

And that's that. Next up is E3 in Los Angeles for a week, and then it's back to Tokyo to sleep for a month.

PS - As you might have noticed, the site has a new URL (nokonoko.net). In Japanese, "noko noko" is the sound a turtle makes when it drags its feet. It's also the Japanese name for the little turtle dudes from Super Mario Bros. (you know, "Koopa Troopas" in the West). Neither of these factoids mean too much to me; the main reason I chose it is because I like the way it sounds. :)

Posted by john tv at May 11, 2003 01:53 AM