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I think I’ve become a housewife.

I mean.  I work from home, so it’s easy to do the laundry / dishes, etc if I need to step away from my inbox for a few mintues. I make jon lunch and breakfast, and if we don’t go out, I make dinner. I clean because our housekeeper’s a deadbeat. My feminist 17-year-old self would be appalled.

Eff that.  I’m buying some overpriced wine and going on strike.

Beer

You know the sentiment, “you don’t know how good you have it, until you’re gone”? Beer. As I keep moving around, beer seems to get more and more expensive. In Milwaukee, I would never have considered $12 for a six pack a bargain. On a good day in Denver I could buy a six pack of fat tire for $6.5. Seattle brought that number to $9.

So why, in Yokohama, am I *stoked* to find Kirin for $2/beer? (That makes a $12 six pack for all you fellow art-school kids.) It’s absurd!

On a similar note, yesterday I was out at a cafe and the sodas / juice / sparkling water was all in the $5-$7 range. I ordered a gin and tonic for $6.5.

Tell me, what is the incentive to stay sober if EVERYTHING is expensive?

Dear Japan, I love you.

What’s that he said? "Broccoli Ocarina! Big Size!" For a little bit of Christmas magic…

Thanks to chief, and the slog, for the link.