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Day on

5:55pm JST Wednesday 30 April 2008 (day 13916)

Work work work today, chasing the almighty dollar so I can chase the all nighty holler.

Today fukin' around with DB's that were written in a crap manner so I can output a CSV file. Hmmm; actually I can change the DB structure. I wonder how fruitful that would be.

And at 7pm I'm going to be in some dumb little PSP ad. I'd rather gtf out of here so I can volunteer at PB, cause my time with the PSP shit is volunteer. I invited Maruan to model for it (my work asked if I knew of any non-Japanese peeps who could do it, so I ask Maruan) and fortunately for him, he got 10,000 yen. I don't see that I'm getting jack shit except being anxious to go to PB where I'd rather be.

A pissy part of this is the dude with whom I'm working is pissing me off by speaking to me with his sorry ass English in an attempt to communicate with me. My Japanese is better than his English, so as he's like, "your friend phone please," I have to sort out that he means for me to give him Maruan's number.

Yes my Japanese is shite, but damn I do know some basics. I wish I knew enough that I could do the equivalent of repeating his question to confirm his intention. "Would you like me to give you Maruan's phone number?" (I mean I can say that, but even moreso: "Are you trying to ask me to give you Maruan's phone number?" or some shit like that.)

ANY

WAY

The other pissy part: they're just using my ugly mug for the video because I'm not Japanese. Fucking racist crap. "We're trying to show that PSP can be enjoyed by people around the world." Grrr. I don't want to be used for my looks and not get paid for it. fuckers.

I'm ready to get the fuck out of here, and I can only imagine this bullshit is going to run later than 7:30. fuck.

"What's with all the f*** bombs, man?"

Model

10:47pm JST Wednesday 30 April 2008 (day 13916)

My volunteer modeling session was decent enough. I semi enjoyed having all attention on me, and no one unduly told me how well I was doing. (*)

I mean, I can appreciate compliments and encouragement, but when they're unfounded, they piss me off.

Anyway, I played a stupid PSP game under a table for the shot, and then look at the camera and say かりにでようぜ！ in various manners (fast, slow, loud, whispered, etc). Went into the studio after the filming part and just did whisper versions of the line.

PS: Monster Hunter (or whatever it's called) is stupid, despite my modeling for the shot; don't go buy it. I "had" to do it for work.

(*) (e.g. though I've lived in Japan 5 years, and my Japanese is crap compared to where it could be, strangers are like, "oh your Japanese is so great!" after I say a single word. Though I've used chopsticks since I was 11 going to vietnamese restaurants with my parentals, people are all like, "oh, you're so good with chopsticks!" Come on, people. Chopsticks are not that hard to use!)

PB

10:54pm JST Wednesday 30 April 2008 (day 13916)

I'm on the train headed home from Shibuya; Ami just called me; I apparently just missed her in Nakameguro. I shoulda let her know my precise arrival time.

Dammit; there's that "shoulda" and desire for perfection.

At PB, I basically bisected a couple thousand sheets of paper. We're keeping the yellow halves, and the white halves are going to be used as scrap sheets. PB is careful to reuse and recycle a lot.