I had Burger King today

As you may be aware, I'm quite the loner out here (or "lone wolf" as I'd like to call it). It comes with the territory of being a foreigner, no big deal to me. And Purgatory is full of loners. So to coincide with this notion and in conglomeration with all my free time, I've decided to become a "cafe guy." This is basically anyone who hangs out in a Starbucks or similar establishment for more than 30 minutes. People tend to read, do homework, or just rock out on their laptop. I've never really been into this because a) I don't drink coffee; and b) I'd have stuff to do. But things are different in Japan. Therefore I have started drawing again. Inspired by the works of Chris, I'm now doodling in the inside cover of my agenda as the hours fly by. It works on the train and in restaurants too. And just to let you know, parkour and breaking have taken a back seat to drawing due to the sudden burst in this month's temperature and humidity. We're in the 30's here, with relative humidity sitting at a sticky 80% or more.

Speaking of restaurants, I eat alone most of the time here in Tokyo. It's cool. Everybody does it. I'm into Indian food and I sometimes pass this one Indian restaurant on my alternate route to and from the train station. I've been there a couple of times and there are never any other people eating there. I feel sorry for the guy as he's got a staff of at least 5 on hand making and serving my meal. When I do pass by, I always see him and his wife sitting at the back booth, waiting for patrons (ala "Two Guys from Kabul"). I don't know how these types of places stay in business. Tokyo seems to be festering with small businesses on the brink of going belly-up but I have yet to see it happen. I sure hope this guy otherwise stays in business otherwise I'll have to go all the way to Koenji for my Indian craving.