With Gusto

What Have I Been Doing?

As many of you know, we are moving. I couldn`t be more excited. There is nothing where we live. Empty buildings and houses that you can`t see into. Twisting roads that end with rusty bicyles. There is a nice walk along the river. My younger brother, Joy and I got absolutely wasted along the side of it. The rivers are paved here. After a litre of sochu I crawled up the side of the paved river and fell down about ten feet. Fuckity. My goddamned foot nearly broke right off. I so so drunk though it felt like a massage.
More about the new neighborhood. It`s a ten minute walk from work. Cheap as shit rent, and my commute entails neat little alleyways that appear out of nowhere yet bustle with foot traffic. In the same buliding as my work there is: a bowling alley; a dollar store; a grocery store; a few restaurants; a bar. A minute walk down the street there is a 99 cent food market. Everything a poor boy needs.
Also in the same neighborhood is perhaps the coolest bar I`ve ever set into. The Antique and Junk used to be an antique store, but the owner made shit money so he converted the breadbox sized store into a bar by putting in two tiny tables and a bar with a coupla stools near the back. You can get sashimi there and drink draft beer amidst a but-load of japanese antiques. Frequented by actors, directors, and musicians of repute. Whithin minutes of walking in the bar I was playing Johnny Cash and the bartender and a Korean actor were drumming along, laughing and having a great ol` time. I may have set up a show there and I want to learn a few new songs (wake me up, before you go go) and the like.
Went exploring in Harajuku and Shinjuku. Harajuku sort of trendy but filled with awesome shops and crowded people. Tired of the people I walked down this random alley and came across a full-fledged statue of ELVIS. Behind ELVIS was an ELVIS STORE, named LOVE ME TENDER. You can buy old style elvis jackets, the white one with the black collar and black pockets, and hawaiian style shirts with Elvis faces all over. Elvis mugs, candy, there are some Johnny Cash collectibles, bowling pin clocks and the like. I bought an argyle wrist band and planned on spending some yen there once the yen rolls in.
Shinjuku. Busiest train station in the world. Outside is very metropolitan. Stores that go for miles. Restaurants, bars. A seven storey building will be filled with bars. Skeevy dudes trying to sell `sex massage` (no thanks). Cheap kitchy stores and people. Always people.