Yeah, you bet it's better.  Today I was suckered into a community activity
which turned out to really be a devout zen cult, with all the white
japanophiles.  I so wanted to strangle them and say Japan is nothing like
what they imagine -- it is a place obsessed with fashion, money, and
alcohol.  The only people into zen in Japan are white tourists.


"Jim Magell" <jmagell473@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Because it's soooo much better now that you're gone.
>
> ifignow wrote:
> > Boy am I glad to be back in the USA.  Ah, space. Ah, people who say
> > excuse me. A car to drive, big rooms, wearing shoes indoors. No more
> > J-pop blaring from speakers everywhere, no fishy-smelling hair tonic.
> > I feel like a real person again. How do people live in that hovel
> > called Japan??
>
>