No, no....don't worry, I won't subject you to the horribleness (okay, awesomeness) that is the Bruce Springsteen song, but with my departure to Japan slowly looming, I'm reflecting more and more on the things I'm going to miss from North America. I say North America, because Canada and some of Mexico have similar amenities to the US...so here goes...the list of things I'm going to miss. I hope when I get there and have lived there for a year, I can amend this list and say, "Japan has all of these things!!" Or maybe I will have just learned to live without them...
1. One-stop shops. Yes, I'm talking about the Wal-Marts, Targets, and other places where you can get all of your groceries, clothes, and car parts in one 60,000 square foot warehouse style shopping center. As much as we love to complain that they're crowded, underneath the complaints lies the truth that they're convenient and cheap.
2. American Television. I'm sick of people telling me that Japanese Television is supposed to be cutting edge and wacky. How can you not love wacky?! My response is, "You try watching TV for three years in a language you are trying to understand." Sometimes you just crave the cruddy reality filled, trashy people screaming, detective talk shows.
3. Dive bars. Where you can get a cheap drink AND have the smell of puke infiltrate your nostrils. Maybe they have these in Japan? We shall see.
4. Driving on the right hand side of the road. This one is a doozy. Wish me luck with that.
That's all I can think of for now although I'm sure I'll think of more when I get there. Let me just remind you, readers, that if I come across in the first two weeks that I'm there that I'm hating Japan, just bear with me. I hated San Diego the first two weeks I lived there. There's a certain amount of adjustment that shocks the system and the best way for me to deal with it is to rebel and complain. Hopefully I won't complain too much.
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