C. Buddha's Hasty Musings

Sender: Justin Yoshida Subject: razor blades bring them to work. It’s not what you think, whatever that is. I want to use them to improvise cutting blades for a Thompson cutting machine. In other news, I am off for eight days starting in approximately one hour. Do you have any idea how long the next 60 minutes will seem? In case I forget about the internet for a while, Happy New Year to you all!

I always plan to tie up loose ends and complete x amount of work by the end of the year; by the time Christmas rolls around my productivity dwindles to slightly above absolute zero and I’ve unconsciously convinced myself that all but the most critical issues can be postponed until work resumes. This is my fourth or fifth salaryman Christmas, but the most annoying thing about the winter season in Japan, even more than work, continues to be Wham’s “Last Christmas” resounding throughout shopping malls, train stations, and other public gathering places near you.