[jaPANA]

greetings,

its been a good day and a half since we arrived. where do i start...

it was a good 18 hour plane ride, 2 hour bus ride, and 10 minute taxi to the hotel. since then we've been pretty out and about. i don't speak a lick of the language but i got chris and mike to basically lead the way.

i don't think i ever walked so much in my life until today. went by ruppungi, akehabarra, and probably gonna drop by shabuya tonight.

i completely misspelled everything above by the way.

fuck it, i'm a tourist

....that's pretty much the theme of this whole trip.

until next time.
-matt

[chelsea pier]

way past due, i know...

the company i've been working for this summer recently had an outing at chelsea piers in manhattan. all expenses covered for the sports club...i faired pretty well at most of the sports. got my ass handed to me in boxing though...

(reenactment)

the company hired a sailing company to take us around the hudson. passed by newport and the
statue of liberty.

for the past few months i've been working as a marketing and customer service rep for ISI Emerging Markets. we handle internet and software based products delivering real-time news, statistcs, and hard-to-get information.

the 9 to 5 grind has actually been treating me well. i've learned a lot in such a short amount of time. and i'm glad to be on board for the years to come.

and hey, i got my own cubicle.

these people are taking me places...literally

[BOSTON]

a spontaneous trip up north became a pretty memorable 4th of july.

the drive up wasn't that bad. spent a breezy 4 hours on a greyhound bus listening to john-flor on repeat. way to pass the time huh?

i had no one else to be unnecessarily belligerent with for the first time in awhile. special thanks to lexi for the food, hospitality, and putting up with me for a good 36 hours.

here are some revelations from this past weekend...

i am officially lexi's straight gay-best-friend. (damn you tight pants)

sig ro brothers aren't that bad.

there are a lot of asians in boston.

rooftops.

the T is probably the most comprehensible means of transportation i've ever seen.

i am terrible at poker.

northeastern is to the celtics, as seton hall is to the lakers...totally owned.

babies.

there are a lot of gays on the style network.

...we watched the style network.

where's joe garcia?

good times, friend. good times.

[and so it is...]

the countdown to japan begins

7*24*08

take..me..to..tokyo