In the trough.

Everything is fucked, still.

But, since that's the way things have been since complex molecules started matabolising sugars, I'm gonna try real hard to not get too excited about the fact that reality lies between your wildest dreams and your worst nightmares.

And yet, there has to be certain emotional infrastructure in place to even be philosophical about shit when shit sucks, and that infrastructure can collapse right out from under you when your stuck in traffic, thinking about shit that sucks.

The world is fucked, still.

Scientists are now predicting a 6C global rise in average temperatures based on recent data that points the finger firmly at China and India, who are ramping up production of all those goods that keep people shuffling their debt riddled fat asses into Walmart, Target, whatever. By the way, 6C = 42F. That's a hell of a lot.

But who knows what it all means? Is Thunderdome just around the corner? Is civilization accelerating toward collapse? Should I be burrying science text books for future generations to find? Probably not.

But here I am, in a land full of inconsiderate retards. The Japanese really are fucking retarded too, that's not hyperbole. Spend some time here, and don't date a Japanese girl (so you can keep your integrity), and you'll realize that the Japanese really are just a bunch of 12 year olds. That's when they (most of them anyway) stop developing, age 12. Right when they enter Junior High, and the hammer of education fucking crushes them into a kind of spineless, thoughtless jelly. All the safety we westerners wrap ourselves up in, abuse, and can't stop mentioning comes at the expense of intelligence, inquisitiveness, and the kind of anger that keeps people in line.

The trough I'm in though is full of arguments, frustration, and to a certain embarassing extent, laziness. But the good times are coming. I look at my calendar, and I know one thing for fucking sure, I'm gonna be on parole for three weeks, in just 26 days. I gotta drag Michelle along because she's chained up in the lower dungeons of hell and stupidity having to deal with Japanese mothers (who happen to be the most irresponsibly stupid people on Earth, sometimes). Gonna bust her out, and Die Hard it to Maui, L.A., L.V., and then back for some cruise control style exit stratego out this cotton candy muppet fucking retard ranch.

We'll have something like 3 months left on our tour here, and then it's off to Oz. Guess who doesn't give a shit about job performance as of January...

Gotta keep my head above water..........