Why I am so bad at blogging

Because my life is a circus!

And I've found some down time finally, at work (shh!), during the busiest week of my life! My college friends A & L are visiting this week, and it is my complete responsibility to show them a good time! I think so far I'm doing a pretty satisfactory job.

During just their first 2 days here, they have already taken umpteen photos of Mt Fuji, cabled/roped/boated around Hakone's Lake Ashi, breathed enough sulfur from the volcanic geysers to think Japan smells like farts, and partaken in every kiddy exhibit possible at the Hakone Open Air Museum. It gets better. We were arm's length away from Shaggy at the annual CLSA party, which began with open bar and ended at Velours at nearly 4am. Almost all the normal stomping grounds have been hit, and it's a sign that it's the end of a very busy week.

Tonight we are topping it all off with another party - my combined "pre-birthday" + friends visiting party, which should be a 60+ person extravaganza. I hope I stay awake through it all! The plan is to finish up at the fish market, where god-willing I will not be lying passed out in a pile of fish guts and octopi.

I'm almost asleep now, dreaming of... sleeping maybe?

zzzzzzzzz