I keep spending weekends away! This time I went to Shimizu to watch an S-Pulse game. S-Pulse is a pro soccer team in Shizuoka (the other team is the Iwata Jubilo). Fortunately enough, it was that very league game - the Derby (much like CU vs CSU back in CO). Both groups of fans came out in strong numbers, but they behaved very politely. No riots or drunken brawls. Just compelely heart-fueled cheering.
Much like the Suisan vs Chuo baseball game, each team has its own respective cheers and fight songs. And every fan knows every one, and they all do it in eerie unison. Very strong and did I say powerful?
The game was a tie (1 - 1), and they didn’t do a shootout. Silly league games. [clicky]
Also spent a lot of time looking for new glasses. The contacts are running out, and considering my current specs are over 8 years old (and very geekily wired together), it makes sense to make a replacement. So, I’ve been doing a lot of walking and looking. Turns out my head is really narrow. All of the Japanese designers make wide glasses, and half of the European ones are similar. There’s some hope, tho, and plenty more stores to hit. Japan has as many glasses shops as convenience stores or onsen or izakayas. The service is top, too, so shopping isn’t so painful, tho I did jump back when a guy tried to hand me some Nike frames. It’s bad enuf CK and Gucci and Boss make frames, but Nike? Where are the lone designers?
I like how when you’re in your head too much that things get stretched too large. Problems are not nearly as big when you’ve get some proper perspective.