Only 26 days of work left for me now; 8 optional days off remain.

I've been in Japan so long, I actually started feeling guilty even just thinking about using them. So I asked the top office lady, the one who really makes things happen around here (you know the type, every Japanese office has one), whether I should use them or not.

She said, straight up, "I can't say - that's totally up to you."

Magic words, music to my ears.

.............

Actually, as I watched her lips move, all I could hear was, "you never have to work another Monday in Japan, ever again, if you so desire."

Fucking A.

Got stung by a rogue mosquito in the back of the head last night and now my neck is all sore from its virulent nerve toxin-saliva or whatever. Told my fellow office drone about it and he said, "don't worry it's probably just encephalitis - haha!"

Haha! Very funny, motherfucker.

When you were away from your desk and your client called, I told him you got fired for being a crack whore.