I was awake at 8 and got up by 8:30, and if I'd dashed I could have had an early ride to the post office etc but I didn't do that. I looked at stuff online and was considering getting out of here before 11:30, and a FedEx truck came by; looking for someone or just turning around and I flagged the guy down and asked if they can take a package and the guy said, "As long as it's not Express" so I go the 75-lb package and offered to help him load it but he actually got it on his own OK. That saved me a lot of work!
So now I could relax a bit, I packed a couple more things that were small, and left here about 20 after noon. I stopped at the green lunch truck and got a few chicken wings and a little fried bean burrito for $4, then rode to Japantown and sat down and ate on the steps of the Issei building. It was grey but not all that cold and rather nice.
The next stop was the post office, made more entertaining by a Black lady who was really using the old "cell yell" to share her conversation on the phone with everyone in the vicinity. I just with people who do that, would make the phone louder so we could hear both sides.
The reason for going downtown was to go to Wal-Mart mainly because they sell some inexpensive cellophane tape that I really like, but I'd find other things too. I bought Ziploc bags and some Scotch brand tape because the cheap stuff was out of stock, a can of foot powder, 4 little bottles of rubbing alcohol of which I ended up getting only one because it was one per customer, and other odds and ends. The wait in line was for-ev-er. As I stood in line and then waited while the the cashiers worked out how to cashier and stuff, I pondered my situation.
The only thing I'd really come for was the tape, as everything else can be bought elsewhere. I can probably find comparable tape on Amazon just fine. Why do people even come here; this place is miserable. I realized it only makes sense for those who are un-banked, who don't have any means to go on Amazon, or if you've got a bit family you can indeed save a lot of money by going to Wal-Mart. But it makes no sense for me.
To try to cheer myself up again, I looked around in Big-5 but didn't see anything I wanted to buy very much.
I swung by the Amazon Hub and picked up 6 or 7 bubble mailers, and got a look at the burned-out building. You can see right through it. It's amazing that the fire was contained so again, congrats to the SJ Fire Dept.
On the way back here I stopped at Nijiya for the usual things. Included among those things were a wonderful sashimi don bowl and a nice tall can of Asahi "Super Dry" beer. The sun had come out by now and it was really nice outside. I'm really digging on the elaborate Victorian houses in this town. But what makes it even better is the "quirky" architecture houses that are often sprinkled right in amongst them.
I got back here and put things away and enjoyed my fish-on-rice and beer and watched stuff on YouTube. Last night I watched a bunch of stuff about sumo so I watched more stuff about sumo.
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