Sweating to the oldies
In this case, an oldie is a book about a guy who was born in the 1870s. Still working hard on it; this weekend I finished up one long chapter I was wrestling with for some time and then got a shorter chapter out of the way as well. Another weekend, another 10,000 words out of my fingers and into the computers.
Sweating, in this case, refers to sweat. It was another scorcher of a weekend. On Saturday we closed off the door to the tatami room (the one with the air conditioner in it) and cooled off. That evening we headed out to Musashi Koganei to see the awa-odori festival (Japanese site) and to drink some beer. Megumi wore a yukata. We took pics. Some will go up later.
Today was another day for work, but we went without the AC. Pant, pant. Lots of water to drink and lots of showers to take. In fact, after I post this I'm going to get this toasty PowerBook out of my lap and go take another one.
In other news, Jessica had knee surgery on Friday. I talked to her that afternoon (outpatient now, wow) and she was doing fine. She had a robo-knee, though--a knee pad that automatically circulated ice water through it, a little pump that stuck painkillers into her leg every once in a while, and a brace of some kind. Hope everything knits nicely!
An update: There's a video of some of the dancing and crowds over on this page.
