Tea!

I thought all webpages brought up by googling "Datta-Barua" were references to my immediate family, but I just discovered the first one that isn't!

Speaking of tea, I've grown quite fond of a cold, canned vending machine variety called "Mousse Milk Tea." It's 120JPY a pop (a rather small pop), but I still buy it. Ah well...

I'm forcing myself out of my apartment today, despite not having much money. I'm going to go to Harajuku and try to find this hair salon called Panorama. It's way more money than I would ordinarily pay (seeing's how I've cut my own for the past year), but 1) I figure I've saved up by not paying for a haircut for a while and 2) I don't want to risk going to a place that has no experience with gaijin hair. And if you want to know why I'm not cutting it myself anymore 1) I already stick out enough as a gaijin, 2) I just can't reach the back and I've accepted that it looks bad, and 3) being around all these stylish people has actually made me self-conscious about my odd haircut. I'm a little ashamed to admit it, but... that's how it goes.
Hopefully Panorama accepts walk-ins. (And if it goes well, maybe I'll get my picture taken again, just like all the kids who get dressed up Sundays.)