I am cold.

I rode to my school today. It was fun. I got up, ate some, and got on my bike. I really had no idea where I was going, on a vague idea of streets. 33 kilometers later I rolled up to my school gate. It takes about exactly the same time to ride there as it does to walk and take the train. About the time I got there, it started to rain. No biggie, Im from Portland. Riding back, I decided to take a different route to see if it was shorter. Well, Japanese streets dont really have street signs, so I got crazy lost. The return trip was over 10 kilometers longer than the coming one, and took a lot longer. By the time I got home, I was absolutely freezing. I took a nice warm shower and put all my warmest clothes. Riding home, not thinking I would be out that long, I bonked. I get home, shower, and eat. I had some generic chocolate corn flakes, some fried shrimp (a couple days old, the japanese dont throw food away), and a big bowl of last nights nabe. Now, if I were to translate that straight to english, I would say that I had a bowl of pot, but that is not true, as Marijuana is highly illegal in japan, and I dont smoke. Nabe is the japanese word for pot, but it is also the stuff that you put in the pot, so it is a soup that has whatever you want to put in it. It was good, but I am still really hungry. My eating habits have super changed since I got here, it is really weird.

oh well

Peter