I Think I'm Turning Japanese, I Think I'm.............
Whew! Boy it feels good to have a keypad beneath my fingers again! Thanks to Jina Manning, our Costumes Guru's kindness, I have a computer to use for a little bit tonight. It's 1 AM Thursday and I'm sitting in the basement of the Akasaka Prince Hotel in Tokyo, Japan fighting to keep my eyes open from fatigue(no shows, just vigerous sight-seeing) and keeping the vomit from escaping my throat as I sit here listening to a terrible Muzak rendition of "Green Dolphin Street". Gag me with a chopstick.
OK, OK, so I've been a nasty about communicating, but, as great as things are here in Tokyo- and they are pretty great- there are no plethera of "P.C.'s" to plop into casually and update you fine folks on my escapades here in the land of the rising sun. Believe me, I can't even figure out how to call home without having to sell a kidney or at least a finger or two(I know I'm a trombone player, but I do need to pick my nose here and there..) As far as Tokyo, it's excellent however rather expensive. I've probably spent more in the short time here than the last two weeks in Korea. The food is high, travel is expensive, and the girls are....well, never mind.....(Just kidding, but we seem to have landed in close proximity to yet another red light district-I gotta find out who is booking these places!) Although near some very "friendly" local girls, we are still in a great hotel. It's where Bill Clinton stays now that he's not the.... Oh, now I get it! It's funny, but the street walkers are very well dressed and you sometimes have to be careful not to offend a genuine female pedestrian with your avoiding glance.
So, again, sorry about the lack of communication recently, but it's been a real uphill run the last few weeks. Plus, we were spending a lot of time doting on our Sally(Katrina) as she finished her run as the "Toast of Mayfair" before Andrea comes in. The first few days of next week are going to be hellish with put-ins and brush-ups, etc., but once we're off and running, our 8 show per week schedule is really going to be OK. that means we have Mondays and Tuesdays off, with our first show on Wednesday at 8PM. That means I'll probably get to visit Hiroshima, a trip I really would like to take that seemed all but unpossable(not a typo, for all you non-Simpsonians out there, although there are many others I'm sure!)
Allright, I'm getting booted by security, so I gotta finish up, but, I understand there's a Kinko's kind of nearby, so I should be in touch, but when, I cannot say. I'll talk to you soon. Konichiwa!
Peace,
Steve
OK, OK, so I've been a nasty about communicating, but, as great as things are here in Tokyo- and they are pretty great- there are no plethera of "P.C.'s" to plop into casually and update you fine folks on my escapades here in the land of the rising sun. Believe me, I can't even figure out how to call home without having to sell a kidney or at least a finger or two(I know I'm a trombone player, but I do need to pick my nose here and there..) As far as Tokyo, it's excellent however rather expensive. I've probably spent more in the short time here than the last two weeks in Korea. The food is high, travel is expensive, and the girls are....well, never mind.....(Just kidding, but we seem to have landed in close proximity to yet another red light district-I gotta find out who is booking these places!) Although near some very "friendly" local girls, we are still in a great hotel. It's where Bill Clinton stays now that he's not the.... Oh, now I get it! It's funny, but the street walkers are very well dressed and you sometimes have to be careful not to offend a genuine female pedestrian with your avoiding glance.
So, again, sorry about the lack of communication recently, but it's been a real uphill run the last few weeks. Plus, we were spending a lot of time doting on our Sally(Katrina) as she finished her run as the "Toast of Mayfair" before Andrea comes in. The first few days of next week are going to be hellish with put-ins and brush-ups, etc., but once we're off and running, our 8 show per week schedule is really going to be OK. that means we have Mondays and Tuesdays off, with our first show on Wednesday at 8PM. That means I'll probably get to visit Hiroshima, a trip I really would like to take that seemed all but unpossable(not a typo, for all you non-Simpsonians out there, although there are many others I'm sure!)
Allright, I'm getting booted by security, so I gotta finish up, but, I understand there's a Kinko's kind of nearby, so I should be in touch, but when, I cannot say. I'll talk to you soon. Konichiwa!
Peace,
Steve
posted by Gags at 11:54 PM
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