windchill and old men goosebumps

"samui...samui...saaamui."* all day, from the moment i left for work until i got back. it really wasnt that cold just a little reminder that tomorrow is december (the weather`s been really mild over here; if it werent for the red-orange leaves everywhere youd think it was late may). everyone else was walking all fast and running back into their buildings but i loved it; it reminded me of boston and how much im looking forward to the winter. if i had a pair of mittens with me plus a little snowfall it wouldve been perfect.

`family guy`, `ichiro from the back`, and suzuki-san were on the train/bus today. they always make commuting more enjoyable especially when you really really dont want to get on the bus and then equally dread getting off. i named ichiro, complete stranger, after the famous japanese baseball player in the u.s. (he plays for seattle, all over the news this fall for breaking homerun records). he`s gorgeous and so naturally does alot of japanese tv commercials. unfortunately my ichiro only looks like the real ichiro from the back and i have to squint a little and imagine the rest.

family guy, works at my company, really does bear a striking resemblance, head to toe, front and back, to the main character of the cartoon. i know it sounds crazy since one is obviously white and the other japanese, but i swear everytime i see him i can hardly keep from laughing not at him but at the few episodes of family guy i remember seeing.

suzuki-san works in the same labs so i see him almost everyday. he is the most adorable, funny middle-aged man ive ever met. and he has these great hazel eyes that make him look even younger and playful. and, i wont deny it, his butt is probably better than mine. i also wont deny that my department leader reminds me of my thing for peter jennings. yes 60-something suave, charming peter. honestly a couple of times when jennings took the night off i didnt know what was going on in the world; the news just wasnt as interesting with tom whatever his name is.

*it took me a while to find the " symbol...it`s still a little weird that i have a japanese keyboard.