Sick!

I'm pretty sure I'm sick. I can't be sure,probably because I haven't been legitimately sick in god-knows how long, but I know I my nose is congested, I'm coughing and sneezing a lot, and my head hurts. Good thing I'm not placed otherwise I'd be tempted to take a work day off (ししし). But other than that things are going super rad over here. Since I'm trying to find a real job aside from this McJob of Asia that is "teaching english", I've been doing a bit of mixing business and pleasure and have started connecting with some bands and some promoters during and outside of concerts, and they've been introducing me to other's in that scene. There's one guy especially, puts together a lot of shows in Shinokubo's Earthdom, that really knows his stuff and he's been quit forthcoming with the probably-juvenile questions I have about getting shows put together/asking bands to come over from abroad. Its going slow, but I'm learning a bit and, at least, meeting a whole slew of different people so I figure its a pretty good thing I've got going (plus being guest-listed drastically reduces entrance fees).

But for the most part I'm still bumming around Kashiwa, bidding my time in the company of locals and co-workers while I continue to wait to be placed. Its not bad at all, and I decided, at least for now, to stay up here rather than move down to Tokyo proper - why? I figure even though I'd be spending a good deal less on housing, I'd be spending a lot more on everything else, and its also kind of a pain in the ass because I'd have to re-register myself at the post-office/bank, and with the local authorities. This is made doubly painful by the fact that its probably at most only for a few weeks, and I'd prefer it if things didn't get lost in the mail etc.