I don’t know if this happened to everyone but suddenly when I turned sixteen I became a magnet for older men’s lines: ‘You remind me of my first girlfriend/ kiss/ wife (ARGH?!?!), or my personally hated line ‘If I was ten years younger…’ one night I actually got that line four times from three different … Read More

There is a woman out there who seems to view the world in the same way as I do…we’re not talking pretty much here, we’re talking almost exactly. It’s just a shame that that woman is Alanis Morrisette. Now I can understand why Jagged Little Pill got to me, it was released right into my … Read More

Well I have felt really needed all day. There was no time for the teachers to explain what they’d planned for me today. They were busy getting equip,emt ready for the lesson ( I carried it to the classroom as they were rescueing bits and pieces from the stores). Fair enough. So it turns out … Read More

I went hiking in the mountains north of Kofu today. Now when Grape-bringer invited me to go on a hike I kind of assumed that the two of us would drive up into the mountains and, well, hike. She said we could go to an onsen afterwards…excellent thinks I. (Onsen: hot springs, naked batheing in … Read More

I haven’t added my two pennorth to the blogs who have despaired over the US election result, partly because I’ve been away. I have blogged about Mr. Bush before. I have said many things about the lack of freedom and democracy in the country which elected him. (Note the lack of an again in that … Read More