can you read my mind?

" . . . i don't mind, if you don't mind . . . "

a slow start to my first full day back at home. it is another warm one. my sempuku (fan) is on high. i can hear kids splashing and playing in the pool. i still need to unpack. and go thru mail and bills. and answer a few "welcome home" emails. and look thru some new and old photos. and maybe add one or two images to this blog. oh, and i have a Netflix video i received yesterday in the mail. i am not sure what it is but surprises are always nice too. i think it may be a new British mystery which reminds me i need to catch up on Aishiteru. my Life is so busy. and i think you know what is going to start on monday after the big Labor Day Weekend.

". . . i don't shine, if you don't shine . . . "

" . . . the stars are blazing like rebel diamonds . . . "

there is just something about this video that gets to me. the melody. the lyrics. it's in Japan. and it captures many of things that make me want to return to Japan; besides the beauty, and the people, and the wonder of not knowing what you might see next . . . it has Gachapin!

" . . . can you read my mind? . . . " (not Gachapin)

or my mind? (Yamato-chan not Gachapin)

The Killers and . . . Gachapin?

another fun day of doing this and that in my big small world.  throw in a little exercise and some organizing, music, a podcast and Monday Night Football, and then a call from Mike and that was my monday.  this morning on the Tom Morton Show, i heard a catchy song called "all these things that i've done" but the main lyric was "i've got soul, but i am not a soldier."  perhaps i am a year or two behind the times but i had never heard this song.  the name of the band singing this song is The Killers. i did a quick google and youtube search and found out more about The Killers and this song. that was this morning.  after a nice workout out at the gym in the early afternoon, i checked my "work" email when i got home and found out my friend Mike from Florida will be here tomorrow on an "overnite".  he called during the Steelers/Ravens game and we made tentative plans for tomorrow.  last time he was here i downloaded some Debbie Gibson into my iPod for him.  i told him i would find something interesting for him this time.  and then i remember Gachapin. i bought something for his son the last time i was in Japan with the character of Gachapin on it.  i think it would be called a "pencil carrier" and i thought he could use it on his first day at school.  so,  thought i should find a video on youtube featuring Gachapin.  and to my surprise i found another cool song with an even cooler video by The Killers with a special appearance by  . . . Gachapin.  check this out: Read My Mind

2 more looks back at the sky above Abbot Kinney Boulevard yesterday