Tokyo

Tokyo

Leaving On A Jet Plane

We got into Tokyo airport at 8am.
It took over and hour and half to catch the train into Tokyo.

We found our Airbnb cell for the week without too much trouble. We had screen shots of every moment of the walk from the metro station to our Airbnb, only problem was that the first instruction of turn left as soon as you leave the metro station should have been turn right, but somehow Sam found a guy who spoke mandarin and they discussed the directions in Chinese in Tokyo and found which way we should be going.

It rained on our heads as we found our way. Tired, hungry and wet, don't you just love travel, I thought at one point as we made our way.

We ate at a fast Japanese food restaurant. We had our second cup of shit coffee. We went to a supermarket and bought fruit. Everything and I mean everything is wrapped in plastic in the supermarket. Every piece of fruit was in gladwrap. (Ironic that they use the term glad)

We bought strawberries which were already in a plastic container and the cashier put them in their own separate plastic bag before she put them in the plastic carry bag. That was three different plastic wrappers for the strawberries. Thumbs up for the planet.

We fell in a heap and slept until 6pm.

We're heading to the airport in half an hour to head to Japan. Buddy is sitting next to me, he has no idea. I'll miss him and Brun, who has gone to a friend's place to be looked after as he is still too young to leave at home with Buddy unsupervised. We have house sitters, but it won't be the same thing for Bud. Pat pat.

I don't believe in god in the same way I don't believe in Santa Claus or the Easter Bunny and it seems to me that you have to believe in both to believe in god. It is the same suspension of disbelief.

I celebrate New Year and Mid Year, or the summer and winter solstice. Easter and Xmas don't mean much to anyone. Let's face it, Santa was invented by Coca Cola.

Now we have got all that other nonsense out of the way, let the chocolate festival begin.

Ah, yes, the nonsense that I speak of.  Let's look at one christian's message

"As a Christian, I believe that God sent his one and only son Jesus to die on the cross so that anyone can come to have an intimate and personal relationship with him.” In what universe does that make any sense at all. He committed infanticide so we could be closer to him? What kind of evil madman is this god? Only some illiterate cave dweller would believe this.

"This is the core message behind why I believe we celebrate Easter. I also believe that we are all sinners, that no one including myself is exempt from this and this is why Jesus died for us so that we could all be forgiven by God.” He killed his son so we could all be absolved of the evil we have done. That is the thinking of a psychopath.

"God is a loving God The above indicates anything but love and I pray that everyone will come to experience that same love Are you serious? as I have. No wonder pedophilia is acceptable to so many priest, well, arguably it is kinder than infanticide? 

In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made He him. So God is a single cell amoeba?

It is all unintelligible nonsense

Happy Chocolate Festival everyone!

You know what the most liberating idea is in this era? I don’t, actually, have to have an opinion

I love the smell of fresh cut grass in the afternoon

The whole notion of heaven is vanity, bordering on narcissism. The whole idea of Christian belief is wilful stupidity

Everything that comes out of Scott Morison's mouth is a lie

I saw Tim Wilson sprinting towards Spring Street passed no 1 Treasury Place. She’s a really fat queen.

Hey Israel Folau, God's plan for fuckwits is Centrelink.

Japan’s 100  million dollar stealth fighter disappears without a trace mid flight? Oh, the irony

Anti abortionists challenge clinic safe zones in court... you f’ing nutjobs... go... a... way!

and they lost

This idiot Liberal Government gives the Adani coal mine the all-clear... they couldn't give a shit about the planet.

Brun

I'm way more taken with my new puppy than I would ever thought I would be. He's an adorable little chap.

Of course, he is like a young gay boy, everything goes in his mouth.

Apparently, My No Filter Approach To Life Upsets Some People

The mist hangs low over the flat pond. Little Christian lines up his eye with his hand and then flicks his wrist. 

Ch, ch, ch, ch, ch, the smooth stone kisses the surface of the water repeatedly as it sails off into oblivion. 

And the assembled faceless masses bring their hands to their faces and form Os with their lips.

Little Christian holds his hands in the air in victory.

Then he bows to the cheering crowd.

 

If You Believe Vaccines Lead to Autism, You Are A First Class Idiot

Some anti-vaxxers are increasingly making the same unfounded claims about pets and vaccines they’ve been repeating about children and vaccines for the past 20 years. 

They are refusing to vaccinate their dogs for fear it will make their dog autistic.

Seriously?

My theory is that climate change is melting our brains. Probably by the time climate change is having its full effect, we’ll all be brain-dead zombies anyway.

Some of us, clearly, are already there.

(Ed note, for the completely stupid amongst you, there is no such thing as an autistic dog)

Mother Hubbard

I went to the cupboard to get some more coffee beans to fill the coffee machine this morning so I could have my third coffee, but there were none.

"What the fuck!" I, actually, heard myself say as my search of the pantry became more and more frantic. Shelf to shelf. I moved everything. 

"They must be here some where?"

And we weren't, actually, out of coffee beans, but we just nearly were, the machine was nearly empty.

"What the fuck!"

I caught myself being cross, frantic, if I was honest. How could this happen? I think I even had a little sweat on my brow. Then I laughed at myself, ah, the fail safe. Everything is serious until you see the funny side. Just take a look at yourself, I thought. Chuckle. 

First world problems, I thought. 

If nothing else, Coles is only a 5 minute walk away.