Sociological Perspectives

After a million hour flight back to Japan in which I sat in an area smaller than a coffin, I am home. Yes, I just left home for my other home. Here are a few differences between my American and Japanese homes:

1. My cat in America is bigger than most of the dogs here in Japan. I think my cat needs his stomach stapled.
2. In America, you have to sit on the floor when there are no more chairs left. In Japan, they don't believe in chairs.
3. In Japan, I have to invent storylines to go with TV shows. In America, I don't have that luxury.
4. Monday Night Football is aired on Tuesday nights in Japan.
5. In America, bowing is a rare sight seen only on Broadway and occasionally at sporting events. Here in Japan you get to bow after saying your name correctly in Japenglish, after you meet people, and just about any other time you are unsure if you should bow or not. My favorite bow: bowing to an empty baseball field after practice.
6. Door frames (and, not surprisingly, my cognitive abilities) are higher in America.
7. Rice is served with basically every meal in Japan. In America: cholesterol. Rice is saved for weddings.
8. Japan hasn't discovered one of the greatest inventions of all time: fire. That is why sushi is in existence. True story.
9. In Japan, kamikaze means "divine wind." In America, it means "you're nuts."
10. In Japan, obese people are athletes (think sumo). In America, athletes are the only people who aren't obese.
11. In Japan, I am blonde. In America, I am the brown-haired boy with tainted Scandinavian blood.