life on a stratovolcano ^{oshima edition}

Just watched Spider-Man in Japanese. Mom’s coming in tomorrow. This evening I just saw the most beautiful sunset I’ve seen in a while. On Oshima, a few minutes after the sun sets, there’s a period of about three minutes where the entire sky explodes into color. I haven’t seen anything like it anywhere else in the world.

Life is good.

I tried to get on the jetfoil to help mom get in, but unfortunately the ships were canceled due to the insane wind and waves. My neighbor told me that one of the teachers got stuck at sea on the jetfoil for four hours, and everyone was getting horribly sick. Glad I wasn’t there.

So mom’s on the ship alone right now. I hope she sleeps through the ride and doesn’t eat too much jet lag — especially since I reserved the ticket weeks ago and I still couldn’t get her a reserved spot. She has to sleep on the floor.

Damn, I’m tired. I just wanted to get something up here.

Lata.