Im on the train to Mayu's. I just downloaded to my Kindle last night "The Savage Tales of Solomon Kane" but Im too deeply engrossed in Weston Price to care. My kindle would be so much easier to commute with but I cant put Price down. Im almost 4/5 of the way done and it is truly fascinating.
I spend all my time looking at the faces and jaws of everyone now and I can SEE the deformities he talks about... in everyone! Even what we consider supermodel beauty or the perfect face is based on exactly the same deformity as the standard! It is truly mind blowing to see how far we have fallen from "The Garden of Eden" in terms of what we eat and how it has warped us.
Absolutely amazing... I remember my best friend Khanada saying, slightly stunned when she finally finished this book, that she "will never look at the human race the same ever again... "
It is shocking to see that the tribal patterns of heredity have all but been wiped out of "modern" society and we are left with but a shell of our former selves... pretty much entirely due to our extremely poor understanding and activation of essential nutrition.
"Nutrition and Physical (and mental) Degeneration" couldn't be more bang on.
Dr Weston Price stands up there side by side with Dr Otto Warburg, in my opinion. It is such a shame that both of these men were not taken seriously in their time, in the 50-70 years hence their time and even now time!
Wow...
Cam
P.S. My face too, of course, The jaw, pinced nose, narrow air passage, mouth breathing, dental arch that is too narrow for all the teeth (removing wisdom teeth is not natural as we were designed to have them not pull them), crooked teeth, cavities and more. We all fit this pattern and it has nothing to do with heredity as I have learned and everything to do with diet. Price proves that as any scientist worth his weight in beakers would try to do. *shakes head in utterly stunned amazement*
Saturday, October 31, 2009
Happy Holy Evening
As I was coming down the stairs to the platform the doors to the train were closing so now I have to wait 10 minutes which feels like a long time. It's the holiday schedule. On weekdays they come every four minutes. Must have been that last minute pee...
Oh well. It gives me time to tell you all how much I love and appreciate you! What an awesome way to feel while waiting on the next train!
Cam
P.S. Plus I get to feel the air forced through the tunnels as the train on the other side comes and goes. And here's my train!
Oh well. It gives me time to tell you all how much I love and appreciate you! What an awesome way to feel while waiting on the next train!
Cam
P.S. Plus I get to feel the air forced through the tunnels as the train on the other side comes and goes. And here's my train!
My Second Kindle Book
The Savage Tales of Solomon Kane by Robert E. Howard, the creator of Conan.
The sample writing blew. my. mind.
Last Stop!
After I left Tokyo Tower I rode the Oedo line to Morishita Stn and then transferred to my Shinjuku line. Instead of getting off at my station I got off one before, Mizue, where my gym is and went to do some shopping at Don Quixote. On my way out of the station I saw a rescue fireman and police officer. No big deal. Or so I thought...
It was the first time to go up to the third floor of Don Quixote. I did some grocery shopping and finally discovered where I don't have to pay... a left nipple for extra virgin olive oil. Good stuff! And it was. I got two bags of stuff to put in the pantry (spaghetti sauce etc.). I then went down to the second floor and got some simple cotton tight, thin boxer brief gotch to wear for work. Don't get me wrong, I love my BWs... but sitting in a suit and tie all day in an office that is about 28C or 85F is not fun in hightec POLYESTER anything no matter how "wicking/quick drying/highly absorbent" it is claimed to be. Cotton rules.
Then I walked to the garden center to see if the plant I liked was still there and if so I thought to buy it. Sold! Next time...
So I went to have a coffee outside and fiddle with my Kindle for a while. It was then that I noted the pile of people at the station and the pile of rescue firemen at the station and the pile of police at the station...
I heard someone who had just walked back from the station say to a friend that someone had died on the train.
And they were right. In fact someone had died on the 15:15 train into Mizue. My train...
Well I hope their last day as a human being in their present form on this 2009/11/01 day was a pleasant day. I think it would be a great way to go after having a great day! Don't you think so? After all, they got to end this adventure we call "Life, Oh Life" and start on the Next Great Adventure that we all get to go on at some point in our lives!
See you tomorrow!
Cam
It was the first time to go up to the third floor of Don Quixote. I did some grocery shopping and finally discovered where I don't have to pay... a left nipple for extra virgin olive oil. Good stuff! And it was. I got two bags of stuff to put in the pantry (spaghetti sauce etc.). I then went down to the second floor and got some simple cotton tight, thin boxer brief gotch to wear for work. Don't get me wrong, I love my BWs... but sitting in a suit and tie all day in an office that is about 28C or 85F is not fun in hightec POLYESTER anything no matter how "wicking/quick drying/highly absorbent" it is claimed to be. Cotton rules.
Then I walked to the garden center to see if the plant I liked was still there and if so I thought to buy it. Sold! Next time...
So I went to have a coffee outside and fiddle with my Kindle for a while. It was then that I noted the pile of people at the station and the pile of rescue firemen at the station and the pile of police at the station...
I heard someone who had just walked back from the station say to a friend that someone had died on the train.
And they were right. In fact someone had died on the 15:15 train into Mizue. My train...
Well I hope their last day as a human being in their present form on this 2009/11/01 day was a pleasant day. I think it would be a great way to go after having a great day! Don't you think so? After all, they got to end this adventure we call "Life, Oh Life" and start on the Next Great Adventure that we all get to go on at some point in our lives!
See you tomorrow!
Cam
Friday, October 30, 2009
250m Up
Im up at the 250m observation deck of Tokyo Tower which is 333m tall and is the world's tallest self-supporting steel tower. The Eiffel Tower is 320m. It is much lighter than the E-Tower at 4000 tons (ET is 7000t). It opened in 1958 which is the year that Brazil won its first World Cup and the year that instant ramen was born. This observatory has a 360 degree view of Tokyo. This is my favourite shot. Here you can see the gorgeous Izumi Garden Tower. Due to the smog it may not show up all that well but the colour is a deep green that one would find in precious stones.I'm hungry so time to go back to ground level and find some food...
"Socialize Me!" The adventure continues...
Wow...
That actually hurt more than the piercing even though the dr used a local anaesthetic. The pain lasted longer and was so sharp I couldn't get to my "safe space" this time like I did when I had my nipples pierced back in March.
Unfortunately the heat and huidity and sweat of Fukui led to infectons I could not shake. I went to a skin dr twice then to a breast specialist and got to experience an echo and a mammogram (the lump growing was neither mastitis nor cancer I was informed). He told me that if I didnt remove them (the nipple rings not the nipples) likely they would not heal.
I tried a while longer. In Winnipeg where it is dry they did fine but as soon as I got back to the high humidity and constant dripping-with-sweat Fukui in August both nipple pierces AND my belly pierce (done in January) got infected pussy and goopy/custardy again.
The final straw was when blood came out of the one "good" piercing. I took them all out at the end of August and all the holes closed up. Enough was enough. I gave it the old college try as best I could and have great and sexy and erotic memories of this great adventure.
The only problem is that the infected left nipple had nowhere to drain the pus so for two months it has been building in a sac under my skin. The swelling finally got too uncomfortable to ignore so I came to the Tokyo version of the Saiseikai Hospital (read: big, modern, safe) to have it taken care of. Little did I realize...
The doctor looked, proclaimed that the area was swollen with bacterial pus accumulation and it would have to be cut. He had me lay down on the examination table, swabbed, injected with anaesthetic to the point where the area was extremely distended like a golf ball (read: intense high-pitched long-lasting pain), cut with a scalpel, squeezed out all the accumulated pus, stuffed the hole with gauze, covered it with copious quantities of yet more gauze, and told me to come back on Sunday, Monday, and next Saturday to have it cleaned and inspected.
I look like I've had a mastectomy as I have a definite B-cup sized left breast with this gauze (now I know how women feel with one breast larger than the other - talk about another great learning experience!).
I will get a prescription now and then have to come back Sunday, Monday, and Saturday again for follow ups. That will probably cost less than $5 a pop.
My gotch is soaked from the sweat absorbing the pain. Good thing I always carry wet wipes in my "Doraemon Pocket of Infinity"!
Man that hurt...
Time to go pay... JPY 2730 or about USD $25 only.
....
Now Im waiting in a pharmacy for my prescription... a little sign says, "wait time is about 20 minutes"... but I have a sneaky suspicion it won't take that long. The medicine will be for five days...
I got my medicine in less than 20 minutes and it only cost JPY800 or USD $7.
So the entire process today took me a grand total of about two hours and cost less than $33.
How's that for "socialized medicine", eh?
It's a gorgeous day. I think I'll go eat some food so I can take the medicine (pain killer included... and my nipple stings!) and then go get myself fitted properly for a bra!
Thanks for coming along on this adventure and I hope you didn't lose your dinner in the process.
I love you!
Cam
That actually hurt more than the piercing even though the dr used a local anaesthetic. The pain lasted longer and was so sharp I couldn't get to my "safe space" this time like I did when I had my nipples pierced back in March.
Unfortunately the heat and huidity and sweat of Fukui led to infectons I could not shake. I went to a skin dr twice then to a breast specialist and got to experience an echo and a mammogram (the lump growing was neither mastitis nor cancer I was informed). He told me that if I didnt remove them (the nipple rings not the nipples) likely they would not heal.
I tried a while longer. In Winnipeg where it is dry they did fine but as soon as I got back to the high humidity and constant dripping-with-sweat Fukui in August both nipple pierces AND my belly pierce (done in January) got infected pussy and goopy/custardy again.
The final straw was when blood came out of the one "good" piercing. I took them all out at the end of August and all the holes closed up. Enough was enough. I gave it the old college try as best I could and have great and sexy and erotic memories of this great adventure.
The only problem is that the infected left nipple had nowhere to drain the pus so for two months it has been building in a sac under my skin. The swelling finally got too uncomfortable to ignore so I came to the Tokyo version of the Saiseikai Hospital (read: big, modern, safe) to have it taken care of. Little did I realize...
The doctor looked, proclaimed that the area was swollen with bacterial pus accumulation and it would have to be cut. He had me lay down on the examination table, swabbed, injected with anaesthetic to the point where the area was extremely distended like a golf ball (read: intense high-pitched long-lasting pain), cut with a scalpel, squeezed out all the accumulated pus, stuffed the hole with gauze, covered it with copious quantities of yet more gauze, and told me to come back on Sunday, Monday, and next Saturday to have it cleaned and inspected.
I look like I've had a mastectomy as I have a definite B-cup sized left breast with this gauze (now I know how women feel with one breast larger than the other - talk about another great learning experience!).
I will get a prescription now and then have to come back Sunday, Monday, and Saturday again for follow ups. That will probably cost less than $5 a pop.
My gotch is soaked from the sweat absorbing the pain. Good thing I always carry wet wipes in my "Doraemon Pocket of Infinity"!
Man that hurt...
Time to go pay... JPY 2730 or about USD $25 only.
....
Now Im waiting in a pharmacy for my prescription... a little sign says, "wait time is about 20 minutes"... but I have a sneaky suspicion it won't take that long. The medicine will be for five days...
I got my medicine in less than 20 minutes and it only cost JPY800 or USD $7.
So the entire process today took me a grand total of about two hours and cost less than $33.
How's that for "socialized medicine", eh?
It's a gorgeous day. I think I'll go eat some food so I can take the medicine (pain killer included... and my nipple stings!) and then go get myself fitted properly for a bra!
Thanks for coming along on this adventure and I hope you didn't lose your dinner in the process.
I love you!
Cam
Bypassing 10,000 Years...
10,000 years of accumulated wisdom are already lined up waiting for their turn at the doctor so they can be told everything they already know... things like "you are sick" or "the pain comes from age". This is also the place where the elderly gather to catch up on other geriatric gossip and find out who's alive and who didn't make it through the night. So much wisdom... so little use of it...
I got up at 5am so I could catch the 6:57 train to the Saiseikai Chuo Hospital. It is about three or four stops past the hospital that Mayu's dad was in for the past two or three weeks. That hospital is right across the street from the world famous largest fish market in the world Tsukiji. Many foreigners make this a tourist visit on their trip to Japan as there is nothing quite like it anywhere else (though as one might expect the huge influx of nosey tourists has caused a lot of problems for the market where the majority of Japan comes to buy their seafood...)
I got here to the hospital 15 minutes before they open the reception and grabbed the next available number: #36. Good thing I did because it looks like another 10,000 years of accumulated wisdom has trundled in since I finished my registration.
Lucky me I requested from the same hospital in Fukui that I had gone to several times over the years for the bumps and scratches (infections, rashes, severed fingertips etc.) of my many life's adventures a letter of introduction! It allows mke to jump forward in time... by about ... 10,000 years! Talk about a quick learning curve!!
We will see how long I have to wait now, though, even though I have already presented my documents...
It's probably a good thing I brought my 500+pp book "Nutrition and Physical Degeneration" by Dr. Weston Price D.D.S. to keep me altering my life through mind-blowing knowledge from the 1930s that should have been incorporated into our life and diet by now but has been swept under the rug just like Dr.Otto Warburg's revolutionary knowledge on the definitive cause and prevention of the primary cause of cancer was pretty much ignored for... even now it's still pretty much ignored!
This book really should be read by anyone out there who likes to challenge themselves and all the wisdom they have accumulated over their decades of life. It cannot be refuted and once again proves how wrong current knowledge is and how the ancients had an infinitely better grasp on what our bodies truly need for proper nutrition than the sugar & Wonderbread society in which we live.
Wonder Bread is an excellent name for the poison: It is a wonder we aren't all dead already from this nutrient-leaching processed non-food money-grubbing product!
Well they moved me to the newer part of the hospital where we must submit our carte. I'm sitting in front of #3: Internal Medicine / Surgery / Cardiology / Cardiovascular Surgery. It looks like I'm #5002 now and they are lining up #46 at this time...
Time to loosen my shoes to give my feet some fresh air and settle in with Dr. Price. I'll let you know how this adventure turns out. I hope they do something more than just make me wait a gazillion hours to have a doctor look at the infection and tell me to come back in two months for an operation. I figure a needle inserted into the sac to remove the accumulated fluid and pressure followed by an antibiotic aseptic wash and followed up by a course of internal and external medication should do the trick. But that may be an oversimplification of the situation. Who knows? Maybe an emergency nipplectomy is called for! Talk about another adventure.
Just got moved to the "C-Section". I hope they don't start calling from #1!
Thumbingly yours,
Cam
I got up at 5am so I could catch the 6:57 train to the Saiseikai Chuo Hospital. It is about three or four stops past the hospital that Mayu's dad was in for the past two or three weeks. That hospital is right across the street from the world famous largest fish market in the world Tsukiji. Many foreigners make this a tourist visit on their trip to Japan as there is nothing quite like it anywhere else (though as one might expect the huge influx of nosey tourists has caused a lot of problems for the market where the majority of Japan comes to buy their seafood...)
I got here to the hospital 15 minutes before they open the reception and grabbed the next available number: #36. Good thing I did because it looks like another 10,000 years of accumulated wisdom has trundled in since I finished my registration.
Lucky me I requested from the same hospital in Fukui that I had gone to several times over the years for the bumps and scratches (infections, rashes, severed fingertips etc.) of my many life's adventures a letter of introduction! It allows mke to jump forward in time... by about ... 10,000 years! Talk about a quick learning curve!!
We will see how long I have to wait now, though, even though I have already presented my documents...
It's probably a good thing I brought my 500+pp book "Nutrition and Physical Degeneration" by Dr. Weston Price D.D.S. to keep me altering my life through mind-blowing knowledge from the 1930s that should have been incorporated into our life and diet by now but has been swept under the rug just like Dr.Otto Warburg's revolutionary knowledge on the definitive cause and prevention of the primary cause of cancer was pretty much ignored for... even now it's still pretty much ignored!
This book really should be read by anyone out there who likes to challenge themselves and all the wisdom they have accumulated over their decades of life. It cannot be refuted and once again proves how wrong current knowledge is and how the ancients had an infinitely better grasp on what our bodies truly need for proper nutrition than the sugar & Wonderbread society in which we live.
Wonder Bread is an excellent name for the poison: It is a wonder we aren't all dead already from this nutrient-leaching processed non-food money-grubbing product!
Well they moved me to the newer part of the hospital where we must submit our carte. I'm sitting in front of #3: Internal Medicine / Surgery / Cardiology / Cardiovascular Surgery. It looks like I'm #5002 now and they are lining up #46 at this time...
Time to loosen my shoes to give my feet some fresh air and settle in with Dr. Price. I'll let you know how this adventure turns out. I hope they do something more than just make me wait a gazillion hours to have a doctor look at the infection and tell me to come back in two months for an operation. I figure a needle inserted into the sac to remove the accumulated fluid and pressure followed by an antibiotic aseptic wash and followed up by a course of internal and external medication should do the trick. But that may be an oversimplification of the situation. Who knows? Maybe an emergency nipplectomy is called for! Talk about another adventure.
Just got moved to the "C-Section". I hope they don't start calling from #1!
Thumbingly yours,
Cam
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Big Day is finally here. The customer is coming to listen to the presentation that I have been working on with the team for TWO MONTHS! Sheesh! I was telling Kyoko late last night (we were there until 11:30) that I couldn't believe I've been working at SMR for 2 months already! Talk about flying time!!! Well, my job is done. Today I just look pretty and pretend I can speak Japanese when the president asks me to translate stuff if the specialized paid interpreter can't. Have to leave 30 minutes earlier, also.
Sunday, October 25, 2009
A Monster Complex!
I'm @ LaLaport... I'm finally sitting down to have some food...
I've been walking two levels only and I'm STILL not done...
I've been walking for over three hours...
This has to be the most ginormous shopping complex I have EVER experienced! "seen" does not do this place justice... You don't SEE LaLaport; you experience it. Wow...
I bought a black tight-fitting stretch dress shirt and an awesome purple tie from Zara. I intend to push the limit at work in terms of real fashion... NOW fashion. I almost got a really awesome shimmering purple dress shirt as well and a diagonal striped black/grey/white tie to go with it. It looked awesome. Slim around the waist... not boxy. Not cheap either but definitely awesomely sooo not conservative. They had a really cool bowtie there too in an excellent black with deep purple designs in it. Just think of me pushing their limit at work in a tailored black double breaste suit with a crisp white shirt and a bowtie... Future considerations.
I also went into a suit shop and got them to explain to me, measure me, and show me styles that would best fit my body. I want a tapered jacket this time. I am too hot at work so need summer material (about 225g wool as opposed to the 375g that they have lots of material in for winter). For a jacket and pants it would cost about USD $650 but would actually FIT me. I'll think about that for another day.Or month. Maybe just before spring.
Today's highlight though (not including this 230g grilled hambaagu - not a burger but on a plate and not with any buns) is the JPY 950 black rubber soapdish that will stick to the sink back by suction. I have been looking for something just like this since I moved here.
I'm not at all happy about the food stain I just got on my sweater, though... not happy at all. Those of you who are habitual "splickers" like me will know exactly what I mean when I write, *sigh*...
The meal is done so it's time to head out in search of the entrance in which I came. That in itself will be an adventure.
Cam
P.S. Oh! I found THE most awesome gotch shop! They put BodyWild to shame! I'll load up the two photos I took at the shop when I get home. You HAVE to zoom in on this gotch and read it to really understand how frikkin' awesome it is!... amazing this place... stores and shops everywhere... Over 200 shops I think... (too engrossed in the shops to notice all the high boots and short skirts... I must be getting old...)
Saturday, October 24, 2009
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Life-Altering Reading for a Digitized Future
I received an email from Amazon saying that my Kindle has been shippped.
Last night when I got home there was a "delivery notice" in my post box from UPS but no package. Soo... I figure it is the kindle that got hit with some sort of duty. Otherwise they would have put the package in the electronic package storing section of our apartment.
I have to start considering new electronic books to purchase and "download within 60 seconds on the whispernet". Not all books on Amazon are available in my area.
If you could do me a great favour, I would love to collect a list of "life-altering reading", books that really changed your life over the years. These are the kinds of things I want to read. Would you mind writing in the comments section, one or two of the books that truly made a HUGE difference in your life? Maybe add a little blurb letting me know WHY you feel the particular book you chose had such a huge impact? (i.e. personalize the choice for me).
Once I receive that list I will start to look through Amazon and see which ones are of interest to me, and which are downloadable...
Gotta run; Life as a cog calls...
Thanks a lot!
I love you!
Monday, October 19, 2009
Going Going Gone!
It took a while for us to get this going but it is in the works now. The shippers will be coming to pick up the seven parcels on Saturday.
After that, unless it is raining, I’ll be going riding. I need to get out!
Also, we are working very hard on getting our Power Point presentation done for the “big day” coming up. It is a lot of work because the printing company that “sold” us a “template” didn’t deliver what we were expecting and now we have to rush to make it all ourselves. No gym tonight.
Kyoko, the woman I work with is amazing with her computer skills, and VERY fast with the mouse. She is doing a fantastic job. I’m confident that it will be done, and VERY high quality when we are done. Who knows if the customer really cares or not, but our bosses want it “glossy”. So “glossy” we deliver. I really do enjoy working with Kyoko. She is straight forward, laughs, makes irreverent comments, and is a technology weenie like me. We make a good team. I’m glad she has been working in the industry for a few years.
Time for dinner: salad, pork chops, and sauteed (EVO) mushrooms and eggplant.
I love you!
Friday, October 16, 2009
Sticker Shock Japanese-Style
Excuse my English but Holy Cocksucking Mother Fucker did I get sticker shock today!!!
I picked up my mail on the way out to get some mout wash and get my new watch band shrunk to fit my elven-thin wrists. There was some junk a few bills and some old insurance-use notification.
After getting the mouthwash and some toothpaste I sat outside my apt and opened the keitai phonebill for Sep. This is the first bill with my new phone. As you know, this is the only net access I have had for 1.5 months and I have been using it like a PC... with a vengeance.
Let's just say that it is a damn good thing I opted for the JPY 6000/mo internet plan that limits my bill at max JPY 6000 (about $70 now) because when I looked at my actual use it had come to a whopping JPY 120,168 ($1500)!!!!!!! And that was the net alone! Holy cocksucking motherfucker is right!!!
In addition to that my email sms use was about JPY 13,000 ($150) and my calling was over JPY6500 ($75). Add to that my monthly fee of JPY 2500 ($28) for two years to pay off this baby and you get a pretty good idea why the previous expletive non-deleted showed up in this quick thought.
Twice!
2ell I was wondering if I had gotten the right plan at the beginning as it is always hard to "beat the cellphone carrier system" by upping minutes or lowering plans; they have that all figured out.
I must say that my chosen plan makes me pretty darn happy right now.
Of course only a fool would buy a phone plan and not take advantage of buying into the plans. It is an amazing way for the carriers to make a heap more money rather than just on phone use. Phone use of course has costs for the carriers but "plans" are pretty much free money in the bank once you get them set up and running. Then you can raise your full retail rates sky high as an incentive to buy into the plans. And anyone stoopid enough to think they can beat the system... well all I'll say to that is "good luck trying to explain away THAT kind of bill to a significant other!"
My watches are done and my new all black aluminium Swatch Irony fits great and looks even better! And the guy got my Jacob Jensen running again. It had mysteriously stopped the other day when I tried to adjust the time, even though the battery was new. He opened the back, took the battery out, put it back in again and it's running smoothly. I guess the crystal movement inside is going funny. That's too bad because this watch is a piece of international art.
Time to get my ass off this chair down here in the bowels of my station and head back home. I really do want to go for a ride. I just have a ton of things todo that I cannot get to during the week now that I am playing the roll of "just another cog".
I love you!
Cam
P.S. Jen Ill get your birthday present in the post as soon as I can but first I need to find an accessible stationary shop to get a card! Excuse me if it is late, OK? I don't even have time to send back the Flat Simon and Flat Silas I am currently hosting. The kids are waiting and I feel terrible because it's the first time in my life that I cannot freely access private activities!!!
I picked up my mail on the way out to get some mout wash and get my new watch band shrunk to fit my elven-thin wrists. There was some junk a few bills and some old insurance-use notification.
After getting the mouthwash and some toothpaste I sat outside my apt and opened the keitai phonebill for Sep. This is the first bill with my new phone. As you know, this is the only net access I have had for 1.5 months and I have been using it like a PC... with a vengeance.
Let's just say that it is a damn good thing I opted for the JPY 6000/mo internet plan that limits my bill at max JPY 6000 (about $70 now) because when I looked at my actual use it had come to a whopping JPY 120,168 ($1500)!!!!!!! And that was the net alone! Holy cocksucking motherfucker is right!!!
In addition to that my email sms use was about JPY 13,000 ($150) and my calling was over JPY6500 ($75). Add to that my monthly fee of JPY 2500 ($28) for two years to pay off this baby and you get a pretty good idea why the previous expletive non-deleted showed up in this quick thought.
Twice!
2ell I was wondering if I had gotten the right plan at the beginning as it is always hard to "beat the cellphone carrier system" by upping minutes or lowering plans; they have that all figured out.
I must say that my chosen plan makes me pretty darn happy right now.
Of course only a fool would buy a phone plan and not take advantage of buying into the plans. It is an amazing way for the carriers to make a heap more money rather than just on phone use. Phone use of course has costs for the carriers but "plans" are pretty much free money in the bank once you get them set up and running. Then you can raise your full retail rates sky high as an incentive to buy into the plans. And anyone stoopid enough to think they can beat the system... well all I'll say to that is "good luck trying to explain away THAT kind of bill to a significant other!"
My watches are done and my new all black aluminium Swatch Irony fits great and looks even better! And the guy got my Jacob Jensen running again. It had mysteriously stopped the other day when I tried to adjust the time, even though the battery was new. He opened the back, took the battery out, put it back in again and it's running smoothly. I guess the crystal movement inside is going funny. That's too bad because this watch is a piece of international art.
Time to get my ass off this chair down here in the bowels of my station and head back home. I really do want to go for a ride. I just have a ton of things todo that I cannot get to during the week now that I am playing the roll of "just another cog".
I love you!
Cam
P.S. Jen Ill get your birthday present in the post as soon as I can but first I need to find an accessible stationary shop to get a card! Excuse me if it is late, OK? I don't even have time to send back the Flat Simon and Flat Silas I am currently hosting. The kids are waiting and I feel terrible because it's the first time in my life that I cannot freely access private activities!!!
PEOs ― The Ultimate Natural H1N1 (Flu) Eliminator
Hi there! Long time no see. How are you doing lately out there in the Blogosphere, my friends?
I am busy at work. I am busy at life. I don't even have time to get to the post office these days where in Fukui I would just hop on my bike whenever, enjoy a leisurely ride down to the post office/bank, chat with everyone, do my thang, and head back up the hill to the beautiful home in which I resided for five years. Gah I miss that!
Tokyo seems to have a slightly higher "pace" than Fukui, and since I am a Fukui-jin @ heart (I miss my boar babies!) it's taking some time to adjust to this. More time is needed, but I know that in the end I will not be dying in a megalopolis unless it is from trauma.
I hope that your kids aren't struggling with flu problems running through the schools like they are here. And of course when the kids pass it around, the parents get it, and they pass it around too.
The "hiney" (H1N1) flu virus seems to have mutated to the H5N1 which is a much more virulent strain that is getting passed around like crazy. There are several people at work who have children that are sick with it. Everyone around that person has to wear masks (corporate orders) to prevent catching and spreading it further. I doubt if it will make a PERFECT guard, but it will help. However... because it is so damn hot in the office wearing a mask on the face and a necktie around the neck is NOT pleasant.
I'm lucky I am not sitting around that person! I think if it works its way around to my island, and they tell me I have to "mask up", I may just "tie off" and tell them to "take off" regarding their mandates. White people have higher body temperatures than asians so the office really bothers me.
Here is the latest special edition of the Newsletter that Brian Peskin puts out for us all to stay healthy. Think about this... it may be worth giving his PEOs a try considering how many other amazing benefits there are to them!
I love you!!
Cam
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PEOs - The Ultimate Natural H1N1 (Flu) Eliminator
Special Edition - Oct/Nov Edition
The Science Not Opinion E-Newsletter
The following comes directly from EFA expert Paul Beatty of Canada who studied with the late Dr. David Horrobin ― world renowned EFA scientist who pioneered and advanced our understanding of EFAs and their metabolic pathways.
I edited his material with respect to derivatives and fish oil because those of you familiar with my work already know that derivatives are made "as needed" by your body. Please view the startling video, "What's Wrong with Fish Oil;" at brianpeskin.com
Science has much more to offer people in protecting us from the "impending Swine Flu Pandemic crisis," than washing our hands and coughing in our sleeves.
The reason for this lack of shared knowledge and non-communication is simple---there is no money to be made in telling people what to eat to protect themselves and what not to eat to keep their immune systems functioning correctly. Furthermore, changes in lifestyle meet with poor compliance by consumers.
Enveloped viruses (most viruses we know of) are coated by lipids (fats) and enter our cells by tricking themselves into the lipid structure of our cell membranes. It is the composition of our complex cell membranes as a barrier that determines resistance to the viruses gaining access to our cells. Long Chained Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids and Medium Chained Saturated Fatty Acids prevent viruses from entering our cells by disassembling them. LCPUFA (Long Chained Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids) metabolites like GLA, Arachidonic Acid, EPA and DHA are the most powerful at inactivating viruses because they have been desaturated by the Delta 6, 5, or 4 enzymes.
A deficiency of both PEOs ― parent Omega 6 (Cis-linoleic) and parent Omega 3 (Alpha Linolenic) in their BIOLOGICALLY ACTIVE FORMS has made the general population more and more susceptible to viral infections.
The reason for this has been the large amounts of processed oils and transfats (biologically inactive) consumed in today's processed food. Most of these processed oils have been Parent Omega 6 (Linoleic Acid) but these oils are biologically dead for the most part and will not desaturate and give rise to critical eicosanoids that regulate cellular activity including the immune response (i.e. PGE1). Since over 90% of the North American food consumed is now processed--it is easy to see why almost everyone is deficient not only in biologically active Omega 3's but more so deficient in biologically active Omega 6's.
Furthermore, the ability to convert parent EFAs to metabolites has been impaired by diet and lifestyle factors such as--too much sugar, too much stress, deficiencies of key co-factors like zinc, magnesium, B12 etc. and disease states like diabetes and cancer that all impair Delta 6 desaturization. (Contact the author for a list of further impairment factors.) Deficiencies of EFA parent biologically active lipids (PEOs) and the subsequent deficiency of metabolites along with lack of sunshine (vit. D3) has made us more vulnerable to viral infections than ever before.
To protect yourself against contracting enveloped viruses like the H1N1 the following recommendations should be followed:
1) Eliminate as much processed sugar from your diet as possible (impairs Delta 6 desaturase).
2) Reduce stress (cortisol and other stress hormones impair Delta 6).
3) Avoid toxic chemicals (smoking, alcohol, household cleaners and detergents, toxic drugs etc) toxins that impair Delta 6 desaturase.
4) Eliminate transfats and processed oils in processed food (block incorporation of biologically active PEOs into our cell membranes.
There is a long spotted history relating the effect of viral infections and essential fatty acid metabolism. In 1935, soon after the discovery of EFAs, it was published that viral infections were associated with an abrupt fall in the iodine value of the blood, which indicated a fall in the plasma concentration of EFAs.
It wasn't until some 40 years later that Stoesser and his group found that infection of human cell lines with certain viruses could interfere with the ability of those cells to desaturate linoleic acid. More recently, it was found that Epstein-Barr virus infection in young adults (mono) is associated with prolonged falls in the plasma levels of both Linoleic Acid and its metabolites (GLA, DGLA, AA).
Finally, the now deceased eminent scientist Dr. David Horrobin (my mentor) brought these research results to clinical practice with Dr. Peter Behan in a randomized double blind placebo-controlled study of "Essential Fatty Acids in the Treatment of Postviral Fatigue Syndrome" published in 1990. What does this have to do with the H1N1 Flu---well just about everything if you understand EFA metabolism, flu symptoms, and the actions of viral replication at the cellular level. Observations by Dr. Horrobin raised 2 important effects of EFA's on viruses.
1) EFAs themselves can disrupt and inactivate those viruses that have a lipid envelope---the effect is greater the greater the degree of desaturation. (references available upon request)
2) The action of interferon against viruses requires the presence of the cyclo-oxygenase enzyme, which suggests that prostaglandin metabolites of EFAs might be required for the full expression of interferon action against viruses. (references available upon request)
If the above is true (research supports these facts) then this science would also explain why atopic people are abnormally susceptible to many viral infections and patients with certain viral infections like EB and AIDS viruses develop full-blown atopic syndromes. Viruses attempt upon entering the cell due to an EFA deficiency in the membrane, to inhibit Delta 6 desaturase so the cell cannot make enough EFA metabolites to deactivate the virus. In this way our cell becomes the host of the virus.
Current research (U.S. Patent # 4,841,023) applies to the inactivation of viruses in blood plasma. According to the patent--unsaturated fatty acids with at least one double bond in the cis configuration (biologically active) and containing 16-20 carbon atoms are effective in deactivating viruses that are enveloped. (i.e. FLU viruses). The patent includes a list of fatty acids, but the most important for the purpose of this paper are: linoleic, linolenic gamma-linolenic, arachidonic and palmetic fatty acids. Small concentrations of these fatty acids will deactivate enveloped viruses like Herpes, influenza etc. within minutes. (see patent for details)
Research has shown that long chain saturated fatty acids and short chain saturated fatty acids have NO anti-viral effect. But, Medium chain saturated and long chain unsaturated fatty acids deactivate enveloped viruses. The loss of the ability of the virus to spread and infect is attributed to the disruption of the lipoprotein envelope of the virus and has been observed many times under electron microscopes. (references available upon request)
With this information in mind, it is the individual's choice as to whether they wish to be vaccinated with the new H1N1 vaccine or not. In my opinion, it is one big experiment that my family will not participate in especially knowing that mercury, formaldehyde, and aluminum derivatives are in most vaccines. In my family; the proof is in the pudding and it has now been 16-19 years since anyone had a full-blown cold or flu in our household.
In closing; if you really want to avoid catching the H1N1 flu and don't want to experiment with your families health with the "safe" vaccine, then do this; eat like your great grandfather; get rid of the BAD fats and processed food and get some Evening Primrose oil, Coconut oil, vit D3 and a good multi-min/vit into you. This is even more critical for people with compromised immune systems (impaired Delta 6); my advice to "sick" people is to avoid being vaccinated.
Paul, thanks so very much for your understanding and recommendations!
Brian Peskin
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Digitize / Analogize Me
Lying in bed and drifting off... I kind of prefer sharing my thoughts through my keitai these days...
Tonight I decided to buy the Kindle. An electronic book reader from Amazon. They now have the V2 out which is an international model that works in Japan. I decided to make this purchase in spite of being a hardcore paperback reader for two reasons: I love being on the cutting edge of technology. And I read to and from work every day so having an electronic book that can store 1500 books really appeals to me.Im looking forward to using it while commuting.
I also decided to buy the Swatch Irony black&Red watch that I saw while windowshopping on Monday.I got it from Amazon also as it is much less expensive than in shops.It is black aluminum and looks quite professional and unique.
I will let you know how it rates in my books when I have time.
I'm going to bed.Starting to have empty gaps in my conscious.
(This didnt make it to Multiply last night...)
I love you!!
Cam
Tonight I decided to buy the Kindle. An electronic book reader from Amazon. They now have the V2 out which is an international model that works in Japan. I decided to make this purchase in spite of being a hardcore paperback reader for two reasons: I love being on the cutting edge of technology. And I read to and from work every day so having an electronic book that can store 1500 books really appeals to me.Im looking forward to using it while commuting.
I also decided to buy the Swatch Irony black&Red watch that I saw while windowshopping on Monday.I got it from Amazon also as it is much less expensive than in shops.It is black aluminum and looks quite professional and unique.
I will let you know how it rates in my books when I have time.
I'm going to bed.Starting to have empty gaps in my conscious.
(This didnt make it to Multiply last night...)
I love you!!
Cam
Sunday, October 11, 2009
Loving My Sexy New Ironing Board
It is a great ironing board. I would like it to be about 25% longer to handle my long shirts but with a bit of practice (i.e. five dress shirts a week for xxx amount of time) I am confident I will be able to overcome that minor annoyance.The width is good and the edges are rounded allowing you to iron over the edge.
Opening the midget legs that fold into the body when not in use, and putting it on the table was the perfect height.
Those of you who do a lor of ironing will know the importance of "glide". The material on this board provides the perfect amount of glide with very little stick that is experienced when you iron direcrtly on a towel (which I have been doing since moving to Tokyo as my ironingboard no longer has the original cover and so I was forced to iron on a towel).
The metal mesh backing allows for the escape of steam bot it is essential to be careful with the steam as it could damage your countertop unless you put a towelunder your workstation.
I love that it has a hangar boilt into it so that I can hang it on my clothing rack for a very low-profile storage option.
I must say that this ironingboard would be espoecially beneficial to women who own s lot of curve-hugging or form fitting shirts because of the way the central part of the board has a curve, just like women.
For the price and novelty, and in spite of the limiting size, I would definitely recommend this to anyone living in close confines who would like a bit more space.
Have a great afternoon.
Cam
Friday, October 9, 2009
Great "Iron Balls" McGinney, Batman!
The new ironing board's here!
The new ironing board's here!!
It's ubercool!
And... ubersmall!
Cam
The new ironing board's here!!
It's ubercool!
And... ubersmall!
Cam
I'm Board
I am waiting for the courier to deliver an ubercool ironing board I bought from Amazon. It sits on
fold out midgit legs and rests on the table. It is in the shape of a tailor's suitcoat dummy. It didn't even cost $30 and will hang unobtrusively in my closet next to the hangars when not in use.
The courier will redelivery today before noon as i missed them when they came on thursday. It was too big to fit in the autolocking delivery boxes downstairs in the lobby.
All ironing boards even the monster NA ones are too short for my pants anyway so I am used to scootching things back and forth on the board anyway.
I'll let you know how it goes.
I love you!
Cam
fold out midgit legs and rests on the table. It is in the shape of a tailor's suitcoat dummy. It didn't even cost $30 and will hang unobtrusively in my closet next to the hangars when not in use.
The courier will redelivery today before noon as i missed them when they came on thursday. It was too big to fit in the autolocking delivery boxes downstairs in the lobby.
All ironing boards even the monster NA ones are too short for my pants anyway so I am used to scootching things back and forth on the board anyway.
I'll let you know how it goes.
I love you!
Cam
Sea Chicken Sushi to Go, Please
When I was at the gym the other night I caught a snippet of a TV show talking about the perpetually increasing price of maguro (the kind of tuna used for sushi) and how the catches areso slim these days they might need to put a moratorium on maguro fishing in hopes that a break in fishing MIGHT help bring the populations back up.
This is shocking news to Japanese because to them maguro is just as plentiful as seawater and it is a resource that "cant run out" (they consume it like North Americans consume petrol).
Unfortunately we cannot blame Japan entirely for this. How many of you out there have never had sushi? Yes... it is a food that has become popular around the world. Very popular because frankly it is frikkin' delicious!
And now countries like China are moving up the economic ladder as well and getting a taste for the "good life". When you take a country as populous as China and India... well one might say that rather than "nibble" away at our resources they devour them "wole hog"! We in the west cannot stop them as we did the exact same thing during our massive growth phases in decades gone by. Oil, water, wheat, steel, it's all going to feed a ginormously starving country whose peoples can finally sit down at the table and order a piece or seven of the global resource pie. We have no right to say no. It would be akin to spanking your child for smoking while your sucking on a fag yourself.
The Japanese are, needless to say, alarmed by this sudden understanding. They feel it in their dwindling wallets, where we humans often are forced to go before we finally act on something. This alarm is a good thing actually because it may force at least one country in the world to rethink how the finite resource we all love and take for granted actually do have limits.
But you know... people of any race creed or colour never grow from good times; we grow from our hardships. It is through loss, pain and suffering that we have our greatest life lessons. And if we listen, think and learn this is how we grow to advance our understanding of life, to advance our cultures and our spiritualism.
All this just to say that I FINALLY opened my 2kg (4.5lb) can of Taiji dolphin --- oops! I mean foreign imported tuna that I have had sitting in my pantry since this past June or so and am enjoying it immensely with a huge salad for breakfast!
Now get out there and do something that scares the fuck outta ya then come back and tell me what you know!
Time to hang the laundry then get ready to go to work. Im on a team that is working on an important project and the deadline looms menacingely like a baby seal waiting to get clubbed to death by a Canadian sealing industry man. Those baby seals are dangerous!!
I love you!
Cam
This is shocking news to Japanese because to them maguro is just as plentiful as seawater and it is a resource that "cant run out" (they consume it like North Americans consume petrol).
Unfortunately we cannot blame Japan entirely for this. How many of you out there have never had sushi? Yes... it is a food that has become popular around the world. Very popular because frankly it is frikkin' delicious!
And now countries like China are moving up the economic ladder as well and getting a taste for the "good life". When you take a country as populous as China and India... well one might say that rather than "nibble" away at our resources they devour them "wole hog"! We in the west cannot stop them as we did the exact same thing during our massive growth phases in decades gone by. Oil, water, wheat, steel, it's all going to feed a ginormously starving country whose peoples can finally sit down at the table and order a piece or seven of the global resource pie. We have no right to say no. It would be akin to spanking your child for smoking while your sucking on a fag yourself.
The Japanese are, needless to say, alarmed by this sudden understanding. They feel it in their dwindling wallets, where we humans often are forced to go before we finally act on something. This alarm is a good thing actually because it may force at least one country in the world to rethink how the finite resource we all love and take for granted actually do have limits.
But you know... people of any race creed or colour never grow from good times; we grow from our hardships. It is through loss, pain and suffering that we have our greatest life lessons. And if we listen, think and learn this is how we grow to advance our understanding of life, to advance our cultures and our spiritualism.
All this just to say that I FINALLY opened my 2kg (4.5lb) can of Taiji dolphin --- oops! I mean foreign imported tuna that I have had sitting in my pantry since this past June or so and am enjoying it immensely with a huge salad for breakfast!
Now get out there and do something that scares the fuck outta ya then come back and tell me what you know!
Time to hang the laundry then get ready to go to work. Im on a team that is working on an important project and the deadline looms menacingely like a baby seal waiting to get clubbed to death by a Canadian sealing industry man. Those baby seals are dangerous!!
I love you!
Cam
Thursday, October 8, 2009
Even a sardine would have been uncomfortable
Well I made it to work on time today by taking one train earlier. The typhoon that hit us this morning was a very strong one I hear. I did have trouble getting out of my apt because the winds were so strong.
The train was so packed with people that even a sardine would feel uncomfortabke. All the momentum from a large number of people shifting back and forth when the train stopped or went all went to the weak link of my body: my waist. While everyone else is gettong it in their upper body, me being a good 30cm or more taller pt me at a distinct disadvantage.
However the good thing on the flip side is that it never LOOKS crowded as I am a head above everyone!
Have a great day
Cam
The train was so packed with people that even a sardine would feel uncomfortabke. All the momentum from a large number of people shifting back and forth when the train stopped or went all went to the weak link of my body: my waist. While everyone else is gettong it in their upper body, me being a good 30cm or more taller pt me at a distinct disadvantage.
However the good thing on the flip side is that it never LOOKS crowded as I am a head above everyone!
Have a great day
Cam
Monday, October 5, 2009
Sunday, October 4, 2009
I am standing in the open-to-the-elements lobby of my 11th story apartment with PhoEeebe precariously balanced on one of the waist-high walls. I found somewhere out there a very weak unsecured wifi setting and have decided to leave a brief note letting everyone know I am actually still alive inspite.of.no.net.access. Sigh...
Saturday, October 3, 2009
Hazukashii!
I went to the gym tonight. It is the first time for me to go on a Saturday. My membership only allows me to go from 7pm to closing but not on Sundays or national holidays. That's OK by me as I don't get home from work until 7pm anyway and I'd rather be doing something else on holidays than shutting myself in with a bunch of sweating Japanese people (though the hardcore exercizing women are kind of sexy in their gym gear that is two tone colours from their sweat). I digress...
Tonight was a lower body and lower back night so the weights I use are quite heavy (big muscle groups) and I make them heavier every set. By the end of the workout when I am doing my final floor stretches and deep meditational breathing, I often doze off.
Tonight's doze was for about 30-45 minutes and when I opened my eyes I saw I was the only one left. I looked at the clock and wondered why everyone left so early as there was still about 1.5 hrs remaining before they closed at 11:30. "Oh well, more Zen and the art of showering for me", I thought.
So I went and had a shower, washed, shaved and took my time. I didn't think much of the guy rushing through his shower beside me other than that he was rather noisy in his actions.
As I was in the middle of shaving my chest, one of the staff members came up to me and said, "Excuse me but it's 10pm and we are closed now."
I was out of their building with wet hair in five minutes!
As I was rushing to get my clothes on my semi-wet body, then going out to get my member's card, then down the stairs to the reception to get my shoes and finally seeing all the staff with big bags of trash holding it in the elevator until I left standing, smiling, saying, "Otsukare sama deshitaaaa" I really think my cheeks were their bright pink from the embarrassment moreso than the lack of cool off time!
Talk about being "hazukashii"!
Have a wonderful day totally free of stress on this third day of the month!
I love you!
Cam
Tonight was a lower body and lower back night so the weights I use are quite heavy (big muscle groups) and I make them heavier every set. By the end of the workout when I am doing my final floor stretches and deep meditational breathing, I often doze off.
Tonight's doze was for about 30-45 minutes and when I opened my eyes I saw I was the only one left. I looked at the clock and wondered why everyone left so early as there was still about 1.5 hrs remaining before they closed at 11:30. "Oh well, more Zen and the art of showering for me", I thought.
So I went and had a shower, washed, shaved and took my time. I didn't think much of the guy rushing through his shower beside me other than that he was rather noisy in his actions.
As I was in the middle of shaving my chest, one of the staff members came up to me and said, "Excuse me but it's 10pm and we are closed now."
I was out of their building with wet hair in five minutes!
As I was rushing to get my clothes on my semi-wet body, then going out to get my member's card, then down the stairs to the reception to get my shoes and finally seeing all the staff with big bags of trash holding it in the elevator until I left standing, smiling, saying, "Otsukare sama deshitaaaa" I really think my cheeks were their bright pink from the embarrassment moreso than the lack of cool off time!
Talk about being "hazukashii"!
Have a wonderful day totally free of stress on this third day of the month!
I love you!
Cam
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