Long Awaited Update

So, I was in North America (MN, WI, Toronto, LA) for a month from the end of June to the end of July. I had a great time visiting family and friends, many of who I hadn't seen for 2 years! But, since this blog is supposed to be about my life in Japan, I won't go into details here. Interested parties can see pictures of my trip on Facebook. Also, while I was visiting, I got yelled at by many people for not updated this blog enough...whine, whine, whine...so, here you go, I hope you are happy knowing that I am sitting in front of my heat-spewing computer in the middle of muggy Japanese summer with nothing by a mini-fan to cool off, sweating to bring you this post.

I haven't been doing too much since I've been back...catching up on work, going to the beach for body surfing and sun burns, and hanging out with friend. One highlight from the other day: I inadvertently found a new way to kill cockroaches--death by washing machine! I don't know it got in there on its own, or was in the pile of clothes I put in or if it was dead or alive at the time I started the machine, all I know is that as I was hanging my laundry I found the decapitated head and then later the body, some legs, bits of wing...you get the disgusting picture. I wouldn't recommend trying it at home, unless you have really good vomit control.

After that exciting adventure, I found something awesome in the convenience store: US "street" themed Pringles! The one I got was "LA Street--BBQ Chicken," which was delicious BTW. Other flavors include "NY Street--Cheese Dog" and, breaking with the "street" theme, "American Flavor--Hamburger."

Why didn't I spend my time in LA rollerblading around eating BBQ chicken wraps!? Next time... The girl on the can's speech bubble says "limited time only!" Hooray!

So that's pretty much all the interesting things as of late...Oh, but check out this really cool blog I found, definitely worth following: http://penispants-in-nihon.blogspot.com/