Yeah, I took a quick trip back home. A very quick trip– just 4 full days in total, which is the reason I didn’t really post in advance that I’d be there. My schedule was chock-full as it was, and I didn’t want to get an inbox on fire with the angry emails of people I didn’t have time to hang out with.
Things I didn’t realize I missed:
-spending time with, well, pretty much everyone
-Super Smash Bros. Melee (Cody will know what I’m talking about)
-BBQ pork sandwiches
-roast beef sandwiches
-Austin’s turkey and gravy on sourdough, plus half a milkshake (what a delicious heart attack)
-Mi Nidito (damn, it’s even better than I remember)
-wide roads
-good, cheap beer
People kept asking me if I was jetlagged, but the truth of the matter is that in order to be jetlagged you have to actually sleep. So if you get 3 hours of sleep per night, you’re not jetlagged but instead are sleep-deprived.
Interesting tidbit: on the flight over, I sat behind two young college-age Japanese girls visiting America for the first time. We chatted for a bit and went our ways, but by some weird coincidence they were on the same flight back with me to Tokyo. Bizarre.
The flight back wasn’t too bad, I guess. They didn’t ask whether I wanted a window or aisle seat, but they gave me an exit row so I could stretch out. The movies were crap, and the food wasn’t good at all, but I read through all of “Norwegian Wood” and it was great. I’ve decided that I’m never flying another trans-Pacific flight on a 747. The seats are uncomfortable, and it’s no fun to watch the movie screen when people are always walking in front of you. Much better on a 777 with individual screens that you can turn off and seats that actually lean back far enough to sleep in.
