It was dry?

 I drank, practiced a bit, drank some more ... 

I woke up at maybe 1PM and it was dry outside. What the hell. I got myself together and chewed gum to get ride of my dragon breath, and got out of here around 2, went right to the bank. 

It was super cold, and the ride downtown was a slog because the wind was coming from the South. I deposited my check, then went over to the Amazon place where I only got 4 or 5 bubble mailers but that's still 4 or 5 happy customers. 

I went to Nijiya and locked the bike, and went into Kogura's to look around, Nikkei Traditions where I'm happy to see they got a bunch of new Reyn Spooner Aloha shirts in, so I'll need to buy one. They're about $100 but I'm gonna need one. At least kukui nut leis are only about $12 but I suspect they're not from Hawaii at all. The nuts are way too small. 

I got a piece of peanut butter mochi at Shuei-Do, and looked at the offerings in the poke place. I was irritated by the raggae music they play in there, they play in all Mainland "Hawaiian" place and told the gal there, Why don't you play some actual Hawaiian music? That my dad was a huge fan of Hawaiian slack-key guitar and because of this I know there's a ton of material out there, hours and days worth. She sounded open to checking it out, so I gave her some names off the top of my head, the Makaha Sons Of Ni'ihau, Cecilio & Kapono, any of the Beamers... now I'll have  to find a good list or make one and print it out and drop it off there. 

Also they make butter mochi and Shuei-Do makes butter mochi, so now I have to get some from each place and see which I like better. Butter mochi became a thing after I left home, so I'm out of the loop on it. 

Finally, I went into Nijiya and got a big bento and some extra smoked salmon sashimi, 2 big bottles of sake on sale, some interesting dried/smoked little fish, and a bottle of beer. I had to go in a 2nd time for the beer as I forgot it and how can you have a big bento without beer (or, frankly, hot green tea). 

Finally, I stopped off at the temple to see if I could buy a ticket for a dinner the boy scout troop is holding. I got there the same time as the UPS man which was funny. You have to use the intercom to announce your business, so I said the UPS man was there. A gal came and opened the door and took the packages, and I asked if I could buy a ticket for the dinner, but she said they were sold out. "Oh, well ... but they met their goal! That's good!" I said. As I turned my bike around, following the UPS man, I said, "UPS started out as a bike messenger company" but he gave no sign he even head. Poor guy, probably pretty overworked. No Fun Facts about UPS for him. 

My plan had been to stay home, and read the 2nd half of "Unfamiliar Fishes" by Sarah Vowell in bed, listening to the rain. Instead, while really cold, it's stayed clear.