So, Japan has a thing about covers for toilet seats because there's no heating or insulation in the bathroom. It gets freaking cold in the winter. That or you get one of this futuristic washlets that will buff your ass for you while you're on the can. I don't have one of those.
So the last time I went to take my cover off to wash it, I noticed a crack in the seat. I never noticed it before but when the cover was off it was pinching my butt. This is bad, I thought, I should find a new one before it breaks. I went to a couple department stores and the catch-all Donki Hote (Don Quixote) but couldn't find a simple seat!
And tonight, I go to lift the seat and it snaps clean off.
Sadface. I'm going to email my landlord now and see if he can bring me one cuz I have no idea where to find one.
In other news, Tatsuya Ichihashi, the man who killed a Nova teacher in March 2007 might have finally been arrested. I'm going to check the news at 11 to see if there are any updates. I hope you're all keeping well; the flu is ravaging Japan but I'm still healthy. The kids obviously are obviously doing something wrong.
Anna's on her way. I've got the tickets for This Is It.
So excited!
I checked the website this morning and the 2pm show is already half full! Anna said last night she wanted to eat Thai for lunch today but then we wouldn't get to the theatre til 1pm or something and I didn't want to get stuck at the front or worse, have the movie sell out. The next show is at 4:30pm but she has to be in Meguro by 7. I had to use my credit card, which I don't like to use here because I have to pay exchange but they raised my credit limit again. Surprise, surprise! It's still stupidly low for someone with a six-year credit history (I guess?) but it's still more than enough for me. Even if I don't manage to pay it off before I leave Japan, I can still buy my ticket home and bum around China for a few weeks.
Last night ended up being really fun. I can't wait for Ginny and Anna to upload all the pictures. I wasn't even going to dress up but at the last minute (in the shower an hour before leaving the house) I realized I had all black clothes so I could be a mime. The first thing Anna says to me when I get to Andrews is, "Oh! Are you supposed to be French?" Close! I borrowed Ginny's beret and heaped on the eyeliner and that was it. Pretty good, for me. Anna was Courtney Love, Ginny was a Shinigami from Bleach and Andrew was Captain Jean-Luc. Oh yes, he went all out, it was amazing. We got stared at very much on the train and some guy in Harajuku actually whiped out his phone and goes, "Samurai!" and takes a picture of Ginny. It wasn't so awkward once we got to Harajuku and we were greeted foreigners and Japanese people alike with Happy Halloween greetings. If only our salaryman friend in the park hadn't been dying beside us, it would have been a perfect night.
In other news, I don't have to move. My landlord replied and said cuz I'll only be here another 6 months, I just had to pay the contract renewal only. Such a relief! I also had to my regular rent on top of everything so that would have been really painful. There are nice people in the world.
