rice vinegar is delicious

It really is. It has spiced up my cooking the past few days. And i have just started to experiment with daikon, and by golly, it sure is something.
The days have been boring, but mostly fulfilling. I've been reading a lot, mostly Rabbit Redux, and the saucy subplots keep my blood flowing. If not for Updike, i may have died from asphyxiation already, caused by the oppressive winter air and the lack of anything to do here besides drink expensive coffee and catch a cold outside. My heater keeps chugging away, i wonder how long it'll last. Japan does not condone central heating, at least in residences, so i have my own personal heater that i've come to befriend, as it keeps me alive during these short but merciless winter days. Nope, it don't need to snow for the weather to be cold.
Well, ain't nothing more to blabber on about. Things're the same as they were before, and i don't 'spect 'em to change anytime soon. Down here in Tokushima, things're mighty slow compared to the big city, but us country boys don't mind much, we just whittle away at our woodblocks, pay respect to our ancestors at the shrine, and cook our rice like the rest. We don't need no big city hodgepodgery, no fancy shenanigans.
over and out.