me: also, I solved our green problem me: since then, he's been kind of aloof me: won a scholarship to Pratt Andrew: yo, how is my dog? Andrew: leaving tokyo today for kyoto Andrew: indeed me: conventional and dull, I imagine? me: how's Japan? me: on and off, yeah Andrew: still cold I see ... Andrew: hows NY? Andrew: thats cool Andrew: i c me: haven't sent it yet me: yep Andrew: did the xbox box come? Andrew: ding ding ding! me: by buying green from Nin, who apparently still sells it me: did you guys go out and play DDR? Andrew: it was bizarre me: I see Andrew: kai told me if I made eye contact with him or acknowledged his existence after that, he wouldve followed us to our hotel me: wow, the exact opposite of Brooklyn! Andrew: then he followed me onto the train, walking up and down telling everyone how good I was for giving him a dollar Andrew: so I did Andrew: kai told me to "grab him and force the money into his pocket" Andrew: he kept pushing my arm away Andrew: but he refused to take it Andrew: so, I gave him a dollar Andrew: kai said he wanted money, that he was saying that he was homeless and broke and dying of cancer and his family had rejected him and whatnot Andrew: he kept slapping my ass and talking to me Andrew: and there was this homeless guy at the train station Andrew: so, we went out with kai 2 nights ago me: oh, good Andrew: kai describes it as the 'most conservative place in japan' Andrew: the entire museum was essentially "western imperialism forced the japanese to invade russia and japan, and fight the british and US, so its ok" me: they should nuke it Andrew: I can see why the chinese may be a little pissed about that particular shrine me: in some ways me: I guess that's literally true Andrew: theire description of the nanking massacre was something along the lines of "after the nanking gnereal refused to accept japans generous truce, he fled the city and instructed all citizens to fight the japanes to the death. After the japanese were forced to invade, they had to impose strict marshal law in order to maintain order" me: lol Andrew: with a unique interpretation of WWII me: and yell "USA!!!!" Andrew: so, they have a museum there Andrew: the war shrine Andrew: yeah me: yep me: you should go to the war shrine and dance around there Andrew: heard of it? Andrew: we did go to the yachitori shrine Andrew: no, well do that when we get back to tokyo Andrew: according to kai, they essentially do not teach japanese history in school here Andrew: I think most japanese would agree with that me: he's lying me: claiming that he isn't the sun god doesn't make it so me: no, he's still a god Andrew: I guess that makes him just the sun Andrew: indeed, but he lost the god part Andrew: we weren't allowed to take pictures me: the important thing is that the sun god remains on the throne me: well, it was definitely interfering with Jap imperialism Andrew: "... because eventually the japanese state was preserved, sortof" Andrew: whatever me: tek war me: it's future history Andrew: at least tekworld was in te past ... Andrew: akira took place in the future ... me: Well, they have to learn about Akira sometime