slowly becoming integrated i suppose

So in the past few days, i got a new roommate from Tasmania, and he is a regular obnoxiously loud guy of Oceanic persuasion, like the ones you see on tv. Like that guy who puts his head in crocodile's mouths. Except this guy is nice so far, but my pessimism gives him a few weeks. But he knows about thylacines somewhat, or at least what they look like. When we talked of the current project to clone one from a preserved embryo, he said he thought they would inject the zygote into a canine, because they were the closest relatives. It really amazes me how little Australians and others in the area know close to nothing about marsupials. A koala is more related to a thylacine than a dog, but i didn't want to embarrass him too much. So i tactfully corrected him. I love being a bio-snob.
if you want to be a bio-snob just like me, here's a good place to start! (by the way, for best effects, only study things that are thought to be extinct, and firmly believe they are still alive)
http://www.naturalworlds.org/thylacine/
More interesting news: My republican roommate from Florida is gay. I learned through a third party. I wonder what zany adventures we will have--a loud-mouthed Tasmanian guy, a gay republican from Florida, and an arrogant self-centered pretentious bio-snob who thinks he's indie... it would make for an excellent reality show.
I went to a few bars with my roommates yesterday and enjoyed the neon-sex nightlife of downtown Tokushima city. The places we went to were actual normal bars, one with karaoke, that are mostly packed with nova kids and foreigners. Almost all the others have something conspicuously seedy going on inside. Young men in tuxedos stand outside and rush up to you on occasion to point convincingly at pictures of showgirls they hold in their hands. I usually ignore them but sometimes i let them talk until they realize i dont understand a word they are saying. Then they stop and walk away. Non-violent protest.
If my roommates and i were a crime fighting team, who would we fight? And what would our name be? I will take suggestions. For all you aspiring comedians, this situation is a goldmine.