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On bus stops and primaries
Jan. 30th, 2008 08:28 pmSo, I used to be able to walk up to the bus stop closest to my house in about 15 minutes. I'd cross the bridge over the canal, cross the railroad tracks, walk through the park and over the hill and there I'd be. Sometime recently, however, they went through and put fences and padlocked gates across the bridge and canal. What the heck? The result of this is that I'd have to go around three sides of a square just to get up to the bus stop... more than doubling my walking time. Hiss!
It's just as efficient now to go to the next bus stop down, in front of Toyama Daigaku. It's an extra 40 yen per bus ride, which is lame, but on the other hand it's actually more pleasant to come through town on my way home. There's a conbini and other shops, and the university, so there are always people walking around and it's less lonely and isolated than walking through the park. In the snow. Uphill both ways!
I've started going to Japanese lessons at the CIC building every Tuesday night. I didn't go last night, though, because I was feeling sick and it was freezing rain, and I didn't want to make myself sicker. The caution does not seem to avail me, however: today I had to come home from work early (after my classes were done for the day) because it hurt to breathe and I was cramping so bad I could hardly walk. Feeling better now that I'm at home, drinking tea and eating oranges and will go to bed early.
In other news: Been following the primaries largely through political cartoons. The satirists seem to be harping pretty fixedly on the theme that if Hillary gets elected, she'll only be a mouthpiece for Bill, who will be the one really running the country.
One problem with this: Wasn't Bill Clinton actually an incredibly popular president, even despite the sex scandals? So how is the idea of him returning to the office in some form or another supposed to be presented as a bad thing?
It's just as efficient now to go to the next bus stop down, in front of Toyama Daigaku. It's an extra 40 yen per bus ride, which is lame, but on the other hand it's actually more pleasant to come through town on my way home. There's a conbini and other shops, and the university, so there are always people walking around and it's less lonely and isolated than walking through the park. In the snow. Uphill both ways!
I've started going to Japanese lessons at the CIC building every Tuesday night. I didn't go last night, though, because I was feeling sick and it was freezing rain, and I didn't want to make myself sicker. The caution does not seem to avail me, however: today I had to come home from work early (after my classes were done for the day) because it hurt to breathe and I was cramping so bad I could hardly walk. Feeling better now that I'm at home, drinking tea and eating oranges and will go to bed early.
In other news: Been following the primaries largely through political cartoons. The satirists seem to be harping pretty fixedly on the theme that if Hillary gets elected, she'll only be a mouthpiece for Bill, who will be the one really running the country.
One problem with this: Wasn't Bill Clinton actually an incredibly popular president, even despite the sex scandals? So how is the idea of him returning to the office in some form or another supposed to be presented as a bad thing?
