And another thing!

First of all, comments where the simpsons are quoted or their actions are quoted are more than welcome.

Second. I meant to mention that I've been listening to the new Modest Mouse album "We were dead before the ship even sank" and it's fantastic. So if anyone would like to have a discussion about the fanasticness of this album just let me know, I'm game.

Third. I've been meaning to post about toilet seats in Japan for ... I dunno ... at least since that fateful night of February 25th. Did I post about this already? Who cares, it excites me so much I'll double post.

Toilets and their operations were fairly uniform in my mind before I left for east asia. This is no longer the case. Squatters, no toilet paper, little spray nozzles, no little spray nozzles and no toilet paper and just a shower? It was always a crap shoot going into a bathroom and it was like hitting the jackpot when you found a sit down toilet with a spray hose and tp. This "pinnacle" of bathroom amenity was overtaken in Japan. The heated toilet seat. And not awkwardly warm like someone just sat on it, it was more like getting in a hot tub hot. At first a little too hot and you want to get out but you know that in a minute or two it will feel just right. Thats the kind of hot it was. But thats not even the beginning of it. On this toilet seat, just off to the side there are some buttons. One that has a black square on it, and then several that have a little spraying water icon along with another icon that looks like a bum. Hrm, what could this be? Of course I had to try it. I have no idea what the other two bumspray buttons did, but the one right beside the black square shot a warm spray of water directly at my "anuse" (think borat because it's funnier that way). How the heck did it know exactly where but butt whole was? I have no idea but it was delightful. So you wiggle your tousch around a little to, you know, clean up, and then you expect the spray to end? Right? It's going to stop? Dear Lord, it's starting to tickle. Ahhhh, I can't stop laughing. Ahhhhhh. Ok, this is getting out of control, I'm going to have to do something, maybe push another button. Oh, I'm stupid, the black square icon looks suspiciously like a "stop" button on any type of media player. And then the pleasure ended. I did not stop laughing though, and the water was so warm, pre-heated I found out later.

So as soon as I get enough money I will be on a quest to find this perfect toilet attachment. Fun for all ages!

thats it for now, I'm really gonig to go read the paper now.
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