I had a nice sleep in and lots of coffee.

Then out to dad’s house for some visiting and working on the photo project. He’s started doing his electronics hobby again and taught me some about chatting batteries.

After some lunch I went to see mom for the first time since June. I’ve been calling and sending mail several times a week, but thought that maybe I could emotionally handle seeing her.

It was hard. She was having an off day, and I was glad to be wearing a mask. That way I could cry without her noticing at all. After more tears in the car, I went home to continue the movie marathon.

Kind of a mixed up day, dealing with the suckiness of my emotions. They are soooooo troublesome lol

Nice day in the end, a beautiful day in Oregon as it always seems to be in August.

Love to all

It was good. I’m over the day drinking…what a headache lol

Watched a bunch of movies on my list, and had dinner with a friend

Sorry it’s not more exciting

(SAD WALKING AWAY MUSIC PLAYS)

Lol life is good and I’ve lots of snacks

Froggy says hello, and that he’s thinking of going up to Clear Lake on Thursday.

Well, its 2020 and the novel coronavirus has halted all international travel, so my vacation is now a staycation.

With 10 days to kill, well, let’s just say that I’m out of things to do already.

Here’s day 1. Got drunk

Day 2 apocalypse/zombie/dystopia/future imperfect/space movie marathon. Movies include:

Alien Quadrilogy

Shawn of the Dead

Dawn of the Dead

Zombieland

Blade Runner

Mars Attacks!

Robocop

Total Recall

All the Star Trek moves I own

Terminator 2

Dark City

Cyborg (JCVD rules!)

Land of the Dead

Looper

28 Weeks Later

Minority Report

The Running Man

The Terminator

Soylent Green

Planet of the Apes

Dredd

I believe that I’ll get through all of them.

It may take more than a day

In China anyway.

Tried out a trip to Yokohama. Its part of the greater Tokyo metropolitan area. I’d have to say it’s the lesser part. Tokyo rules forever!!

It was okay, but it didn’t have that big city buzzy feel. The Chinatown is the best I’ve seen, though. Solid restaurants and shops, and the mood felt a lot like Hong Kong.

There’s a lovely seafront park, and good connections to other big cities in the area.

On the way home, I found some type of craft fair in a temple. So neat.

After that I bought a shirt so I’d have something clean to wear home tomorrow, and dinner again with a friend.

I’ve been coming home early every day to watch the televised sumo matches with this Korean guy at my hostel. He’s taught me a lot about sumo.

I’ve really enjoyed staying at this hostel. The coffee in the morning is real coffee, and the beds are more comfortable than Asian beds usually are. I’d stay here again.

I’ll take a walking tour in the morning to fill up a travel day.

See you on the flip side