Old Career in a New Town

I wrote this yesterday:

I'm in my new apartment and my internet's not working yet so I don't know when I'll be able to post this. My new apartment has exactly the same layout as my old apartment. No-one does homogeneity like Japan. It's pretty convenient. I know exactly where to unpack everything.

One difference between this and the old apartment is the floor is almost entirely covered with tatami. I've heard how difficult tatami is to take care of so I wasn't especially excited about this feature. I'm looking forward to discovering its advantages. According to google, tatami absorbs humidity and releases it on dry days. We will see.

This apartment is very near train tracks. So far the sound of the trains going by hasn't bothered me. I slept easily through the night. The trains kind of just sound like wind. There's also an old shopping mall with a movie theatre nearby, which of course I'm really excited about. It has a supermarket on the bottom floor and they sell Guinness, which I've recently decided is my favourite beer. So I'd say pros are outweighing cons at this point.

X Sonnet 1936

A distant space resembles here and now.
No travel broadens minds at ease in lochs.
No dinosaur was found to break a cow.
Across the heath, we hear the mournful fox.
He stole a goose whose feathers poison gods.
A little paw has stopped the ghostly train.
A whisp of smoke betrayed the morning odds.
A growing fire pleads the clouds for rain.
Across the stars, a hapless few would fight.
No other troops could stomach running guns.
In addled kids, we see the future light.
In baking bread, we see the heavy buns.
Your path was built of ebon kitten plans.
The marriage rule is like a chain of cans.

I'm posting this from McDonald's, using their wi-fi. I foolishly thought I'd be able to get internet up and running after work but it was not to be. I'm thinking it's unlikely I'll have internet 'til the weekend, which is annoying. It would have to happen just when the new season of Andor was about to premiere. I suppose I can head back to the manga cafe to watch it. Maybe I'll even try posting blog entries on my phone. I don't relish the idea.

Since I can't watch blu-rays without an internet connexion, I've been watching a DVD, Hammer's The Abominable Snowman, one of Peter Cushing's best. I keep falling asleep during it because every day seems to find a reason to make me stay up late and get up early. It's not the movie's fault, though.