ever have one of those days?
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Date: October 20th, 2006
OK here’s an indication of what I look like today.
nothing special, a bit of creative shaving and my jacket. But hell, why was everyone looking at me on my way into work?
There’s paranoia (easy to have in Tokyo, where everyone looks at you any way because 99.99% of people are Japanese) and there’s people looking at you, directly in the eye. No looking up and down, which sometimes happens and is rather annoying, like someone is scanning you (as some of my tall Japanese friends can attest, first people look to see if they are wearing heels). I counted at least 10 or 15 people look me directly in the eye on the metro and literally stare with a burning gaze until I had past them, as if I had a giant sign above my head or something. In the end I had to burst out laughing, just as the Nth person was staring at me (sadly she was a very pretty girl, that’s omotesando for you). I must have given HER paranoia!
In tokyo, where you see girls dressed up as dolls and mohawk punks working behind the counter of convenience stores, one would think that a tall foreign man might go unnoticed.
Oh to those who I told I was going to shave my head today; apparently I’m not allowed. :/