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Thursday, July 08, 2004
sounds of summer
there`s a simon and garfunkel song called the sounds of silence right?
anyways.
5 Essential Components for a Japanese Summer
1. insane humidity (check)
2. baseball season in full swing (check)
3. the endless cries of semis [cicadias] (check)
4. people shouting "ATTSU!!!!" every 17.3 seconds (check)
5. air conditioners cranked without mercy in every possible area that could sustain human life, EXCEPT for the classroom (check)
it`s summer!!!
i haven`t used the air-con yet... mainly because it`s broken. partially because i am in voluntary training for malaysia/indonesia, where i fear the heat will be even more intense. but i am using my fan, and that`s been keeping me sane.
anyways, the heat hasn`t been too overwhelming. i`m surprised i`m not more tanned though...but i`m definitely more tanned than the average japanese female. they have sunscreen with SPF 120!!!
i usually have a pretty spectacular t-shirt tan going by now.... mainly due to softball? which brings me to my main point... i miss playing softball. i practiced a couple of weeks ago with teachers at nakamoto, but that`s been about it for this year. i feel myself becoming more incapable and weaker which makes me bery angry yo! i.e. i feel way more girly (ick). i am so grateful to Ots for making me do those countless baseball drills when i was younger cuz i can at least throw a baseball without wanting to run away in shame. but achiles heel will always be fly balls and tricky, erratically hopping ground balls.
and since every night there is at least one baseball game on TV, it makes me want to play even more. or at least like do a hardcore practice so i can feel more comfortable. sigh. i know a lot of ppl don`t like baseball... and i can see why. it`s a bit slow, and the athletes themselves aren`t always the epitome of fitness *cough*johnkruk*cough* and yeah i`d definitely like to play instead of watch a game... but baseball still has its charm. it`s a game of degrees. probably one of the only sports where you can attempt perfection in constant, tiny increments. it involves a classic duel, embedded within the more modern invention of army. one body, desiring perfection. and the perfection is never forever, (which makes it ripe for Where Are They Now? conversations). and really, how could it? baseball is a sport of the summer... that season of fleeting emotion, of goodbyes and change.
there`s a simon and garfunkel song called the sounds of silence right?
anyways.
5 Essential Components for a Japanese Summer
1. insane humidity (check)
2. baseball season in full swing (check)
3. the endless cries of semis [cicadias] (check)
4. people shouting "ATTSU!!!!" every 17.3 seconds (check)
5. air conditioners cranked without mercy in every possible area that could sustain human life, EXCEPT for the classroom (check)
it`s summer!!!
i haven`t used the air-con yet... mainly because it`s broken. partially because i am in voluntary training for malaysia/indonesia, where i fear the heat will be even more intense. but i am using my fan, and that`s been keeping me sane.
anyways, the heat hasn`t been too overwhelming. i`m surprised i`m not more tanned though...but i`m definitely more tanned than the average japanese female. they have sunscreen with SPF 120!!!
i usually have a pretty spectacular t-shirt tan going by now.... mainly due to softball? which brings me to my main point... i miss playing softball. i practiced a couple of weeks ago with teachers at nakamoto, but that`s been about it for this year. i feel myself becoming more incapable and weaker which makes me bery angry yo! i.e. i feel way more girly (ick). i am so grateful to Ots for making me do those countless baseball drills when i was younger cuz i can at least throw a baseball without wanting to run away in shame. but achiles heel will always be fly balls and tricky, erratically hopping ground balls.
and since every night there is at least one baseball game on TV, it makes me want to play even more. or at least like do a hardcore practice so i can feel more comfortable. sigh. i know a lot of ppl don`t like baseball... and i can see why. it`s a bit slow, and the athletes themselves aren`t always the epitome of fitness *cough*johnkruk*cough* and yeah i`d definitely like to play instead of watch a game... but baseball still has its charm. it`s a game of degrees. probably one of the only sports where you can attempt perfection in constant, tiny increments. it involves a classic duel, embedded within the more modern invention of army. one body, desiring perfection. and the perfection is never forever, (which makes it ripe for Where Are They Now? conversations). and really, how could it? baseball is a sport of the summer... that season of fleeting emotion, of goodbyes and change.
// posted by naomi @ 1:31 a.m. 
