The Pursuit of Good Bread.

Hey, ya'll! It's a cold evening here in rainy Osaka. The wife went out out to Umeda - a fairly large, busy section of this crazy town/prefecture/something else confusing - to hang out with some co-workers and grub. I'm considering braving the chill to go to one of the two 24hr supermarkets here.

First there's Max Value - The Stop and Shop/non-dirty Pathmark o' the J-Land. They have tons of food, often with many things that I can eat as a vegan. I - and by 'I', I mean Megumi - have discovered a great sliced bread that's whole wheat and without the animal-voluntarily-donated products. It's really good. Though Japan's sliced bread slices are large and thick, it also means that they're shorter than our garden variety US breads.

Next on the list is Super Tamade. There are usually two or three Tamades within walking distance of each other, and you can easily navigate to them via the gigantic yellow signs that they don. Also, several blocks away, there resides upon a roof-top an immense yellow sign with arrows that point to the two or three Tamades in the area. These signs are not only helpful in pointing the way to grocery-goodness, but also ward of invading extra-terresterials due to the blinding light they emanate.
-- "No Xorakulous! Not to close! Ah hell...." And so another moon crater is born.--
There are also rumours (damn it Canadians! You and your unnecessary extra lettres!) it's run by the mob - which considering that 90% of Japan is, can't be too far from the truth.

Tamade is much closer, but they rarely have bread I can eat. I want bread. Me wants bready.
To Max Value! Hoorah!

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If anyone is wondering, me and the Megumi recently saw 'Children of Men' in the theaters. I don't know if it's still out where you are, but it is definitely something to see. Wonderful movie. That and 'V for Vendetta'. Both are about the Brits who believe they are the bastion of the world vs. those who know better. Hilarity ensues! BOOM!

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I have made some updates to both this blog (Lord, I hate this word. Smite it from the world, we beseech thee.) and my art-blog (double whammy!). Here, you'll notice a dictionary of terms I find interesting or that I just made up. Grumble not - or grumble later. Also, a links page on things that are the funny. To me. Some of it isn't particularly kid-friendly, but, I'm a kid with internet access. Hooray Evolution! On the other site, I have uploaded pages with my fashion of years past and recent illustrations - mainly, the RocketRat image you see on the top of the page. I hope to add more, but one step at a time!

Until next time fair citizens.
Up! Up and aZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ...
Mike, RocketusMusMuris

RocketRat LIVES!

Yeah, I'm in Japan. It's 3:16am here and pretty chilly. I decided to start a 'blog' simply to be able to inform ya'll of my life instead of sending mass-e-mails. I think mass-e-mails are very rude and disgusting and should only be used sparingly. Blogging, I think, is not much better, but at least it removes the thought that you've been tricked. That once seemingly personal e-mail from the guy - the dude if you will - you haven't heard from for ages is in fact one being sent to a million people you don't know. You don't care about. Well, that you DIDN'T care about until you realized that they now have your e-mail address. Bring on the creepy!

I suck at writing letters. I suck at writing e-mails, being a lazier form of sending letters. So I've decided to remove the personal 'Yeah, how have you been? Yeah, that's great! Um, I gotta go, but I promise I'll write, like, later when I'm not being lazy - which is, like never. And by the way, everyone in your non-circle of "who-the-hell-is-that.commers" is reading the same message.', and decided to let everyone take part in this, my wonderful world of RocketRat Blues. Which is not really a world at all, but an underslept attempt at some sort of humor. (I almost spelled it 'humour' - damn Canukians!)

So, as soon as some sleep has entered my body, and then dispelled with my Undead Mage Level +63 sleepiness-dispelling magic, I shall write again, in full of my life here in Jolly Ol' J-pan. Pictures shall be included when scanner is in hand to scan the pictures in my hand. Um, yeah...

Feel free to comment anytime. I'm gonna start another blog for my creative stuff. That is, if I get off my lazy rocket-buttocks and start being creative. Trying to be PG-13 here people.

Laterz
Mike, the RocketRat

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