Everybody talks about what we'll do when we run out of fossil fuels in 20 years, but how many people do you know who have asked the more important question: "What are we going to do when the oxygen runs out?"
The wise and future-thinking people at our local 7-Eleven have come up with their answer: Oxygen in cans.
If you look closely, you'll see that it's available in grapefruit and strong-mint flavors.
We walked from Togane to the beach a few weekends back, and on the way encountered a plethora of creatures, including (but not limited to) several varieties of spiders, a snake, and other odd looking bugs. This first one looked alot like a flying spider when we first came upon it, but judging by the photo, I'm now more inclined to think of it as a bee. So we settled upon calling it a Spider-Bee due to its possible eight legs (not to be confused with Spelling Bee - haha).
The caterpillar was cute. Probably it will decimate some entire species of plant this year, along with its mates.
This spider is the freakiest. If you want to go to bed with a case of the willies, click on the picture to enlarge it, and see it in all its fuzzy, wooly glory. Its body was easily the size of a good shot-glass, which is big, for spiders.
Another spider with a sort of mummified-skeleton-with-two-fangs look, sporting this year's fashionable yellow and white stripes. I see this kind a lot.
This last spider was caught making dinner, so the picture isn't as clear as the others, but you should be grateful for that. It's speed and the way it manipulated its victim were enough to creep me out. Just be happy I'm not posting the video.
...And then just this morning, we went for a walk through Showa-no-Mori down to Konakaike Park and around the rice paddies there, during which time we encountered some really tiny frogs.
...and a beetle. I'm not sure of the name for this kind, but I know you can buy them in stores for pets. They're also popular in a video game called ムシキング, or King of Beetles, which is a hyper-simplified fighting game (think Street Fighter II but with less buttons!) that kids love to play.
Went to a going away party for several Chiba ALTs last night. It started at a club in Togane called "Replica" which used to be known for the band (comprised of the owner and his family) that played Beatles covers there.
After that, we moved on to a Karaoke club, Mankeki-Neko until two in the morning (ugh). Tony & Louise let us crash at their place until this morning, and that was that.
