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The weather in Tokyo is so confusing. When I left for Canada it was in the upper 20s which felt more like the 30s because of the deathly humidity and when I came back...same. Then a few days later it's brrrsville. Which is not a bad thing in my opinion because I enjoy not sweating as much as the next girl (maybe more even, I mean there's no accounting for some people's tastes.)and then it was sticky again. And then for the past few days it was lovely and cool and rainy (yes, I'm an island girl...I like the rain) and now today is like the perfect summer day! It's lovely. Not at all fall like. Very confusing. I mean, we have weather swings on the west coast all the time but here they just seem a whole lot more dramamtic. Oh god. For the rest of my life, no matter where I am I'm going to be one of those people that wander around saying, "no, it's not the heat, it's the humidity that makes it unbearable." I hate those people. Gah!

Today's been a pretty good day so far. I woke up early after having a really crappy night's sleep but oddly enough I feel pretty good. It must be the incessant cheerfulness of this damn lovely day. So yeah, I lounged about in bed with my book for quite some time (I'm a big ol' geek - there's nothing better than lounging with a good book) then I washed the dog (actually quite amusing), watched some Buffy the Vampire Slayer (again with the geek) and now I'm emailing and blogging (I really hate that word) and listening to Duran Duran. And what may I ask is better than Duran Duran? Ooo...and when Kohsuke went to do the laundry ( I don't do laundry) he found that someone had left a bunch of really funky pottery planters and stuff outside with a sign saying please take me or whatever (I'm taking his word for it...it was in japanese so it could've said "please don't steal my handmade pottery passed down through my family for generations and generations" I really don't know) so now I have a bunch of groovy planters. It's almost like a special birthday present from the gods. Although one would hope that if the gods were going to be giving out prezzies they'd go with cash. Or diamonds. I have a thing for diamonds. And then I had birthday McDonalds for lunch which differs from regular McDonalds in that it has no calories. Everybody knows that.

So tonight I have no idea what's happening because Kohsuke has been toying with me. I love surprises you see and part of what I love about surprises is trying to figure them out. And I'm usually pretty good at that sort of thing because I'm all about the surprises (but mine are kind of mean...I had Kohsuke completely convinced that none of his friends were going to be able to come out for his birthday this year and he was totally bummed for days) but this time I can't really figure out what's going on for sure because everytime I ask him something he says "yeah, sure" in the exact same tone of voice. I'm pretty sure people are just coming over here but maybe not. And tomorrow I'm almost 100% positive we're going to Fujikyu Highlands Park which has the largest haunted house in the world (it's actually an abandoned hospital theme so I may wet myself because japanese haunted houses are WAY scarier than regular haunted houses, Virve back me up here! and hospitals are scary already). And one of the tallest roller coasters. Did I mention I'm terrified of heights? I just managed to get to the point where I can keep my eyes open on the Disney roller coasters. I would say that this is a definite step up from those. I may pass out. It's the part where the cart or whatever you call it starts climbing that really gets to me. That horrible clicking sound! It starts out fast and then gets slower and slower as though the cart might not be able to make it...maybe there are too many people, maybe it's too heavy for the safety or maybe...yeah. And then there's that horrible pause as the cart goes over the hump, before gravity takes hold...gah! It freaks me right out.

Here's an unofficial site about the haunted hospital...

http://www.dafe.org/attractions/walkthroughs/fujikyu/fujikyu.htm

And here's a crazy site some guy made where he took a video camera onto a bunch of different roller coasters and videotaped the ride. The Fujikyu coasters are on here too! Turn up the sound. It sounds like some of these people were almost as scared as I'll be. If that's where we're really going. I just went to the sight to have a look at some of the coasters again and I think I may throw up. I'm really the hugest sissy. I looked at one of the coasters they have at the Tokyo Dome amusement park and I have never seen anything so horrible in my entire life. Never.

http://www.asovini.com/screamer/e/

Alright. I have to go throw up now. See ya.