You ever go somewhere and sit and look at it and go, whatever, and feel all guilty that you're not Making The Most Of It but just want to sleep? After a long day at a well-known Japanese high-tech manufacturer and a long evening eating and drinking with two pairs of Japanese and Chinese engineers, I woke to the onset of jet lag's promised worst day and now just want to take a sleeping pill. (I slept terribly. My subconscious knew it was really daytime back where I belong.) I've never taken a sleeping pill, never will, so that tells you, well, what does it tell you? I dunno, but fortunately for me, since two of my companions didn't speak Japanese and the other two didn't speak Chinese, they had to do all their arguing in English, so as I sat there nodding off into my sashimi it wasn't due entirely to incomprehension. Didn't effect my beer arm much either.
All right, so the plan is to go get beat up by another well-known Japanese high-tech manufacturer but first, I really must shake off the lazies and go for a run along that lovely river outside. The sun actually showed itself today and shines off the Yodogawa, lined with parks and highrises. One- and two-man racing shells scull along occasionally. I'm sure someone somewhere is walking a dog. I mean, what could be better?
Sleep. I don't really like running. I do it because I must. I refuse to go soft and flabby into the long slow slide of middle age. So I will, I will. Geez.
But first. As usual, I am more than nerd enough to find where I'm at and pin the location down to a thousandth of a degree. So the green arrow is pretty much exactly where I'm at right now. Click on it to get to a zoom-able map etc. Woo hoo.
Okay, so here's the view ...
... and here's what I usually see.
So I guess the title means, no matter where I am, I'm really just inside my head. Gawd. Let me out.
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March Movie Madness 2008. Get over there, Don!
You ever go somewhere and sit and look at it and go, whatever, and feel all guilty that you're not Making The Most Of It but just want to sleep?
I so know this feeling. Every business trip I ever took. I'd go to these fabulous places and everyone would be like, we need to go out and see the whateverthingie (or at least drink), and I'd be all, um, I'm going back to the hotel to order room service and read. Two-tired. So I have this long list of places I've been to but not really seen.
I feel guilty when I think about it, but, eh. It was US travel mainly, and let's face it, Starbucks is the same everywhere. Every city here is the same now, especially in the space of a few hours. You need to live in a city or see it with someone who does to get any real glimpse of what sets it apart.
Anyhow, love the pic from the car. :)
Hi Don! ~ waving from Nevada.
Well, here in Kansas City, the Mac Donalds' don't have Big Macs. They call it a "Royalle." But other than that, it's just like a small Tulsa.
i also do the map thing before i run in a new city, but also some cities (HELLO ST. LOUIS) also have maps where you can see all the crimes committed where you are about to run.
i always thought it would help me run faster to know i am trotting along bloodtrails but good times are hard to come by with a heavy heart.
I'm with teacake.
(That's a sentence I didn't expect to use today.)
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