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It’s been a long time since I last posted here, and I am going to try to ensure that the gaps are not so large from here on out. I have been working on launching a new business, and it has taken nearly all of my time. I have been getting home at about midnight or 1 o’clock, a trend that will probably continue for at least another couple of weeks, and that can make it tough to post with all the other stuff that I’ve gotta do when I get home. Enough excuse mongering, on to a little bit of news about my life.

The weekend arrived, and I thankfully had Sunday entirely free, because my private English student that I usually teach on Sundays had to go in to work because his office is moving. My charming girlfriend and I took a walk around Zushi on our way to get some luch. We came across a little flea market, and there was a Japanese Playstation for sale there. It had no controllers or cables, but because I have some of that stuff at home for my English Playstation, and because Johnny’s Xbox acquisition made me insanely jealous, I asked about the price. She told me I could have it for 300 yen, and also offered me Final Fantasy 9 (Japanese Version) for 200 yen. The total came to 600 yen, which I don’t really understand, but 600 yen is about $4.76 US so I didn’t gripe. We then had some lunch, and did a bit of shopping and came home so I could try out my purchase. It turns out that the video/audio output that I was using for the english playstation, wasn’t available on the Japanese machine, and the power cord was shaped differently, so I had to run down to the local game store and make a quick purchase. The cords were about 1,400 yen ($11.11) bringing my total to 2,000 yen ($15.88 … yes I know it doesn’t add up exactly, but Yahoo’s word is law!) I had an adaptor on my English playstation that allowed me to play Japanese games, but for any games with multiple disks I couldn’t go past the first. Now I am duly prepared, and the two playstations look kind of cool sitting next to each other in our entertainment cabinet, identical except for Eigo and Nihongo on the lids, written with care in my badly formed kanji handwriting.

I’ve been playing FIFA soccer ‘99 a lot lately, getting in shape for the upcoming World Cup. What are you guys playing?