In the immortal words of Keanu Reeves...wo.

I'm leaving Japan in 20 days. 20 days!! That's crazy talk. I can't believe I'm actually leaving. I'm sad and happy all at the same time. I'm also a little hungry but that has nothing to do with Japan. It's just time for brunch. Because I don't eat breakfast but I"m sometimes too hungry to wait for lunch so...brunch! Isn't it magical? Anyway, I'm leaving. On a jet plane. Don't know when I'll be back again. Sorry. I woke up feeling a little odd this morning. It's going to be a long day of speaking in song lyrics and movie quotes. I can feel it. I'm such a dork. A neo-maxi-zoom-dweebie even. Yup. Movie quotes. So what was I talking about?

Right. Leaving Japan. It's strange. I wish I was staying but I'm thrilled to be leaving. Yesterday I left for work early and went down to Harajuku and Shibuya and wandered around a bit. I bought a funky yet affordable watch and was hit on by a tall and kind of sexy black guy who pestered me until I took down his number which I will not be calling because...well, I'm just not interested in numbers right now. Especially when they belong to people who follow random girls around Harajuku trying to pick up. You see where I'm coming from? But he was kind of cute so I'm flattered. And while I was wandering around in the happy sunshine, window shopping and all that I felt really happy and I thought about how much I would miss Tokyo. It's a really amazing city. And there are so many things I haven't done yet! We have this big, long list of things we were going to do when we had more time or more money or more whatever and now...yeah. It's sad. Not hamsters gnawing at my belly sad but sad nonetheless. I've never seen a sumo match. Or a noh play. Or kabuki theatre. I've never been to Hokkaido or Okinawa. Or the crazy fish market. Actually, I think I will do that before I go so I can cross that one off the list. It's always sad to leave a place that has so much to offer. You could live here for your entire life and never do everything. I'd like to come back sometime and see Tokyo just as a tourist without the pressures of everyday life.

Most of all I'll miss all the great people watching. It's so good here! I've been trying to get out to take pictures of random people doing their thing as often as I can lately. I spent a good deal of time bonding with the Rockabilly guys in Yoyogi Park last weekend. It was great. And by bonding I mean I took a lot of pictures and they did a lot of posing. I find them oddly compelling. It's disease. There should be a 12 step program for that. No! If loving the Rockabillies is wrong, I don't wanna be right! Tee hee.

This weekend I'm going to station myself in some cafe in Shibuya or Harajuku and take sneaky shots of people passing by. I have Kohsuke's swanky camera with the crazy zoom which is perfect for the sneaky shots. Perfect I say! I should become a private eye. Then I could spend all of my time taking sneaky pictures and I'd get paid for it. Plus I could become a master of disguise and wear wigs and stuff. And hats. Hats are key. Okay, food now.