so.. from my balcony window, i can see through the slats down into my neighbors bathroom... despite the cold, he has taken to showering with the window open.. so every night as i am studying or eating or watching tv or reading or doing other such unsuspicious and very innocent things, i get a 20 minute view of a young virile japanese man scrubbing himself down and then soaking in the bath..
fortunately the window cuts off at groin level so, SO far the view is PG 13 at best... i am really trying not to look, i mean, it isn't sexually satifying at all, but i stil feel really lecherous.. i have tried shutting the drapes but the curiosity gets the best of me...
esp as he seems to own a rubber ducky and takes it into the tub with him... and he sings these mournful japanese ballads as he does it.... if i shut the drapes i cant hear the songs and really, i can hear you all clucking your toungues but you wouldnt shut the drapes either...
deanna is thrilled with this story. she thinks i should try to catch him on video ....
the last time i tried to videotape the neighbors they were having the new year's bath.. they built a huge wooden tub with a fire under it, and then they all got naked and scrubbed off outside the tub, toting buckets of hot water to rinse with from inside, and then all got into the bath together.. the little bare 6 year old bottoms running around in the grass were cute but the old men were straqight out of a horror movie...
and i guess i'll admit i was envious and hurt that i was the only one not invited to the "get naked and sit in the tub" party... but when i tried to video tape it from my window they got really flustered.. i wonder why? i mean, if you're gonna have a neighborhood bath, why not video for posterity?
kiche [email] said at 1:40 PM 02-01-2003: i rent a room and share a bathroom with 3 other people. for a while, at least one of them was leaving the bathroom window wide open.
this has been a very cold winter, and it would really fucking piss me off. there is nothing like getting up in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom and getting hit with a blast of ice cold wind. i think whoever it was, was a hardcore exhibitionist. either that or complete fucking idiot.
i'm not sure who it was, but i think they moved out. someone keeps opening the very large kitchen window, though.
evan [email] said at 2:08 AM 02-02-2003: speaking of surreal, who has seen the surreal world on the WB. check this shit out: emmanuel lewis (webster), corey feldman, vince neil, mc hammer, the nerdy girl from 90210, a playmate, and a girl from Survivor (the show) living in a house together... fucking awesome
No face here said at 4:28 PM 02-03-2003: Emmanuel Lewis (webster), is the Dr. Hibbert of that show, always laughing. Did anyone see the Vegas/Church show? Awful...
evan [email] said at 2:09 AM 02-02-2003: kaycee... im making you a mixed cd to send to japan along with a letter i've been working on for 4 months or so... are you in the mood for anything in particular?
kaycee incognito said at 8:00 AM 02-02-2003: any music is good music evan!!!! i am worn thru of six part seven but i miss good instrumental stuff... you know what i like, though.. look for your package late next week ok? you too, josh, and cricket!
as i type, he is in the bath... i tried sliding the curtain aside and catching the songs at least but he isn't singing tonight.. i wonder if i should clap or something?
kaycee incognito said at 8:02 AM 02-02-2003: any music is good music evan!!!! i am worn thru of six part seven but i miss good instrumental stuff... you know what i like, though.. look for your package late next week ok? you too, josh, and cricket!
as i type, he is in the bath... i tried sliding the curtain aside and catching the songs at least but he isn't singing tonight.. i wonder if i should clap or something?
kaycee incognito said at 8:06 AM 02-02-2003: ha hah.. sorry i am dumb, my internet cut off and i didnt know if my response had gotten through... sorry!!!!
oh, and speaking of surreal, mc hammer has nothing on the man i met on the train today.. he had six fingers on one hand.. we had a pleasant conversation about popcorn and how much easier it is to eat with an extra finger... HUH???? well, i guess i know i can now talk about popcrn in japanese.. did you know here you have to specify sweet or salty popcorn at the movies? i said sweet once and got a nasty suprise!
courtney [email] said at 3:31 PM 02-02-2003: kaycee, you need a spycam or something... x10, perhaps? ;)
Maybe your neighbor knows exactly what he's doing, and enjoys making his little bathtime show. Who knows. The rubber duckie part is especially endearing.
The whole public bath thing is interesting, but kinda cool. I mean, heck, Japanese come off as some of the most demure people, but they'll willingly go to public baths and get nekkid with their neighbors. Go fig.
kaycee incognito said at 5:11 AM 02-03-2003: i have no clue what that is all about.. the onsen are sooo trippy, these shy people walking around totslly naked and happy and steaming... i think my neighbor is just a freak. last night after i got offline he started tossing his soap into the air, from hand to hand, for about 15 minutes... i cant figure it out...
kaycee incognito said at 5:14 AM 02-03-2003: i dunno either... and my neighbor now has taken to juggling his soap bar... maybe i do need a spycam... hah hah... as far as the onsen, it is strange to me too, that theis shy culture could walk around naked and happy and steaming together.. of course, i stick out like a sore thumb but they are actually quite addictive.. i heart onsen!!!! i can't wait to go to a unisex one so i can laugh at the funny japanese business men in thier little hand towels!
