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Geikaiwa

At dinner a friend said that he learned to speak English by watching Full House. He also mentioned how cool he thought it was when Carrie said “absofuckinglutely” on Sex and the City. I told him he should watch Heathers and tried to explain the phrase “fuck me gently with a chainsaw” to him.

I told another friend that I am focusing on communications technologies now in my research, and I was happy to hear him say, without prompting, that the Internet is important to him as a Japanese gay man, because it makes it easier for him to find other gay men.

Ni-chome

While at Advocate’s I overheard a girl tell her friend, in English, “Why are we here? Why did we come to the gay area?” I didn’t get a chance to hear the answer or ask her why.

Josh came by with some friends from San Francisco, and then Josh and I stopped by GB and enjoyed music videos by Donna Summer, Paula Abdul, Kylie Minogue, The Pussycat Dolls, and Towa Tei. This was all while sharing my advice on interacting with strangers.

Denny’s

I had been looking forward to Denny’s, but there was no pancakes and eggs option, so I got tonkatsu instead.

Josh was a little embarrassed when I asked for a doggy bag, since it is rare, if not odd, to take home leftovers in Japan. I probably wouldn’t have done it if we had been anywhere else.

Minutiae

• Woke up around 7 p.m. and went to bed around noon the next day.

Links

• Lesley shared this great prank call.