I am a champion

The reason I havn't updated is because I was furiously trying to finish reading my first novel in Japanese. Now I am definetly not one of his huge huge fans, actually I find him extremely overrated, but if you're learning Japanese Haruki Murakami is definetly on the easier side as far as grammar goes and he is nowhere near boring so its not painful or anything. The book was Sputnick Sweetheart and unlike all his other books, this DID NOT have a prostitute that could see the future and it only had one crazy cat bit.

I understood about 95% of the events and about 80% of the grammar but theres about 25 pages of words I didnt know that I'm studying now.

Let's see how the next one goes. After I reread this to make sure I keep all those words in my head. :-\

And since you all love culture lessons in the form of complaints let me feed your need:

I understand trying to save energy. I respect it. Alot. But why the hell is heat the FIRST thing to go. I'm sure the pollution created and energy used from rampant consumerism hurts the environment enough. Is not having any hot water really going to make THAT much of a difference. Sure turning off your heat is a nice gesture but is that really the first thing that has to go? What about all the electricity constantly running everywhere in Japan? What about all those lights in Shinjuku. Yeah I like them too, but I hold heat in winter very dear to me

And open windows! WHY! I get it, "changing the air". Thats a great idea....WHEN YOU HAVE THE HEAT ON! Altruistic gestures are so much less impressive when they are contradicted as soon as company profits are involved. If the department stores aren't worried about conserving the millions of watts of electricity the use every year, I don't see much difference in you killing a couple to keep from BEING SO F-ING COLD.
Once again, America's got its problems too but I am not in America and as a member of the human race I think it's my right to say HEAT RULES. If you want to save the environment destroy......capitalism. If you want to be realistic and save the environment, stop support for things that hurt it the most. This is like a bunch of people using headbutts as an attack against tanks. The tanks being pollution and dwindling resources. Hope you like my metaphors.

Love the Japanese desire to save the environment. Don't love how its done. Love the idea of fresh air, but don't love it when theres no heat or hot water. at all. I AM SO COLD.

If at any point you feel like there is too much bitching, just ask me to tell you something good. There is, after all, so much that is GOOD.
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