Libraries, Fat Rain Clouds

I have this view outside the fourth floor giant fourth floor windows of the library of these big, fat, grey clouds trundling along, awfully low and blurred by the solid whiteness that they fade into. These are rain clouds. Real rain clouds- not the slate grey, can't tell if they'll rain on you or snow on you or just drape you with a general sense of dreariness and misery, clouds. These are real; heavy air, visible edges, bloated, slightly foreboding (but not storm-like), accented by stillness rain clouds. I am having this lingering notion of being back home in Japan. Or out in the Texas countryside. It really depends on which eye I'm looking through and which memories I'm loitering in. But it feels nice. It feels like home! Rain in Scotland is so...lazy. I want storms, unpredictability, menacing stillness, these things! I remember absolutely hating being in the library during a rainstorm in Tokyo, because the library was so damn hot and you always got soaked and then had to work soggy and steamy, while you couldn't tell if you were trickling rain or sweat from your neck. I have nothing else for today, except that my computer has a crippling virus and is completely unusable, and so I have been forced to relocate to the library for any writing, work, or computer related activities. Sad computer. I'm going to buy some cookies now.

The Newest Journey of a Scarf Brigader, with cohort!

Well, it's time for the next adventure of the eastern world, starring a scarf brigader and her fellow kimono crusader! Tomorrow we will begin a journey south, our goal being to hitchhike from Tokyo all the way to Hiroshima by Christmas day to play a show. The first leg of the trip will be tomorrow, the 23rd, and will consist of trying to get our asses out of this huge crazy city and all the way to Kyoto. Today went to get the finishing touches on our journey gear, a bottle of whiskey and a small bottle of Baileys, to keep us warm while we go! We're taking instruments along, so this promises to be a musical journey (hopefully we won't get thrown out of any cars due to our singing).
Will post updates and photos along the way!