I like being an alien. I got an alien card in Iceland, and I finally got my alien card here. This alien card means a little more to me, though, because now I can get a keitaidenwa (cellphone) and bank account. So now I can start to try to pretend to be a productive member of society here.

Also, I went back to the Mamechan izakaya tonight. No one else was there but the nice proprietor. She’s quite a nice person and I hope to be able to understand a lot more as time goes on…