Friday

After 3 near perfect days of gym, work, and study, it all came crashing down today as I attempted to get my laptop fixed and was sent from place to place, help desk to help desk. It really wasn't all that frustrating, actually (surprisingly). I kept my patience and was friendly and polite (but clear and firm) with all the staff i met. Most of them were very helpful and even apologetic (you get that a lot in Japan, the I'm-so-sorry-so-sorry-but-it's-difficult-I'm-so-sorry version of "no"). I have found time and again that more gets done and the experience is more satisfying and less scarring if one is polite and friendly to people of whom you are asking a service.

And overall, it was a success ...i think. I have to go in and pick up the 'puter on the morrow and we'll see if they brought it back into this world or just turned it into a zombie. Not a terrible day, just a long, tiring one.

So I thought I would treat myself to a laugh courtesy of Audible.com (awesome place to get digital audiobooks, if you haven't heard).

My choice was not quite as "funny" as i'd expected, but, read by the author, worth every penny:
















"Doing comedy on stage is the ego's last stand."


Symian is: laughing himself to sleep.
Currently Reading / Listening: Born Standing Up by Steve Martin
Kanji of the Day: 気が長い / きがながい / "patient" (idiomatic)