At the pool with Minnie Riperton

Pool day: I started going to the pool earlier in the day so that I don't hit a large population of skinny Japanese swimmers. Not only are they skinny, they swim for 30-60 minutes after they have ridden their bicycles to the pool. I am exhausted just talking about it!!! So I go earlier, because I stand out like a BIG FAT sore thumb. All there bathing suits are scoop neck. The Japanese women don't flaunt anything they have like American women. If they wear a low cut tank top, there is always a tshirt under it. I find it interesting and to be honest, I really like the way they dress. I dont feel like you have to show the world what you have, just show it to that one special person. My bathing suit, on the other hand, is a bit stretched out from usage and very low cut with cleavage showing. I feel like my ta ta's might fall out in front of all those Japanese people and of me making a cultural faux pas. When in the States, I like to tan as much of my body as possible and to be honest, I hate tan lines. To top this whole thing off, I have to wear a bathing cap, and the only one they had for me to buy is LIME FREAKING GREEN. OH, what a picture! If I was looking on at me, at the pool, I would be laughing my ass off. Thank you Japanese culture for not being as rude as I might be! And NO, there will be no picture of what I look like at the pool. I am going to rest for 15 minutes and then run errands. I am getting food for dinner, coffee so we have it for morning. Then I will bring it back and go pick Monica up at her job. All this walking around the city, no car: remember. I hope I lose weight doing this! It would be a great start for me!

Oh yeah, Minnie Riperton: they play this at the pool:

This was one of Alvina's songs, oh how I miss those days!