http://www.dearscotty.com Mon, 30 Jun 2008 04:20:39 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en You may remember last summer's soda sensation Pepsi Ice Cucumber, well, this year Japan has moved away from the chilled pickles and have brought us Blue Hawaii. Blue Hawaii would seem like an awesome fruity drink, but sadly, it leaves a lot to be desired.  But, it smells great!   As you ... http://www.dearscotty.com/2008/06/30/pepsi-blue-hawaii/ "Do you smell that?" I inhaled deeply but found no mysterious smells. The teacher next to me was on to something. He was quite positive that something funny was going on. So, I gave it another shot and nearly singed my nose hairs trying to detect the hiding ... http://www.dearscotty.com/2008/06/16/egg-salad/ rain rain rain rain rain rain rain rain rain rain rain rain rain rain rain There goes spring. Here comes rain :( http://www.dearscotty.com/2008/06/03/rain-is-here/ I'm no longer wearing sweaters or jackets but the downside to that is having to iron clothes. I used to be able to hide my wrinkled clothing under a nice sweater or jacket but not any longer. It's just the price one has to pay for nice weather. ... http://www.dearscotty.com/2008/05/23/spring-is-here/ It's been awhile since my last post. I suppose one gets used to living here and the humor and mystery that is Japan slowly vanishes. But here are some random things I've experienced this past month: Last week I didn't wear a jacket for the first time in the ... http://www.dearscotty.com/2008/05/01/randums-2/ This past weekend Theresa and I took a few days off and vacationed in Okinawa. What makes Okinawa special? What if I told you Mr. Miyagi told Daniel-san that his home country was Okinawa? This Japanese territory is made up of hundreds of islands south of the ... http://www.dearscotty.com/2008/04/03/okinawa-march-madness/ While cooking pasta on my 3-hour lunch break I felt a disturbance in the Force which caused me to spill half the pasta down the train. A delayed "FUUUCK!" tardily filled the silence. I was about to discard it all but I was able to save some of ... http://www.dearscotty.com/2008/04/01/april-fools/ March 31, 2008 marks a special date in Fukuoka history. I was going to post our Okinawa trip report but that'll have to wait as there are more important things to share. Today, Fukuoka welcomed a new American food chain to their downtown. Prior to this date, ... http://www.dearscotty.com/2008/03/31/subway-eat-fresh/ Over the course of my time in Japan I've managed to collect quite a few humorous text messages from some of my local acquaintances. I thought I'd share some of them here. I'll keep the senders' names anonymous in case any of it comes back to haunt me. ... http://www.dearscotty.com/2008/03/21/lets-sms/ Over the past year and half I haven't been able to get into Japanese pop music. Sure there are many avenues for me to find out about J-pop but I'd really like to steer clear of those dark alleys: 1.) I could talk to ... http://www.dearscotty.com/2008/03/10/j-pop/