Exoskeleton

Whats been happening lately. Well not a lot of much. Fully into the married life. Its pretty cool. I recommend it to everyone. Actually, as long as you are sure about the person your with, then the act of getting married isnt all that big a deal. And I get to wear a ring which has this power of attracting all sorts of frightening Japanese women, who then launch into some sort of inquisition about my life. Women are freakin' weird. Kaori is getting bigger, which its weird because when someone tells you they are pregnant then its all well and good, especially in our situation where while earlier than expected, its just what you want. However, seeing your wife get gradually bigger and bigger, looking very much unlike herself and you just sit there and think "jesus, I did that!". Everytime I have thought that I just feel like saying sorry to her! Baby is shit-kicking the crap out of her too......wakes up in the middle of the night suddenly with a sound that none-too-surprisingly sounds like the inverse of someone punching you right in the guts, if you could imagine that. Happened to her in the middle of an exam the other day..........

Oh, and the baby is probably a boy! Last time we looked on the ultra-sound we finally and probably saw some dangly ball action. A few months ago the doctor thought he saw a penis. This thing was the length of his body, and while he may well be a son of mine, that is just ridiculous. I mean, guys, you dont all have penises the length of your bodies do you.....do you???? Anyway, after logically inquiring as to whether or not that was actually his umbilical cord, the doctor conceded that this was indeed so.......we changed doctor a month later. Japan for all the amazing amount of technological coolness it does have (for example my new phone that I will get next week is more intelligent than Dave), it is extraordinarily backwards in some ways. Did I tell you the one about the doctor that was about to give someone's wife an injection that could have killed an unborn child because he believed that the woman must have appendicitis (for no reason other than she has a sore stomach), despite the woman being in her late 20s, sexually active and with her boyfriend, naseous and sick and not on the pill, and then only tested when the foreign boyfriend, who is not a doctor but knows what any normal person would know as to what correct medical procedure is asked that a pregnancy test be done. I didnt tell you because its not a joke. That would stupid and irresponsible, especially for in a 1st world nation, for such a situation to happen. It happened. To us. Anyway, we found a good hospital who people we actually know have actually given birth in, and its famous and its from the Meiji area of Japanese history, which is cool except with good technology. Except they dont have those 3D ultrasound machines, which is actually good, because you can totally see the outline of the kids face from those things. Kinda gross when its still inside.

Here is a Japanese plane. Japan is a nation that contains adults. Go figure.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/73/Ana.b747.pokemon.arp.750pix.jpg

This also existed in NZ up until 500 years ago. Maori would have met it. And it would have probably eaten them......

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haast_eagle

On other matters, its weird to live in a country that is potentially under threat. Not realistically, but I can tell you that when some country fires missiles over the top of the country you live in, it kind of emotively shifts the focus of your thinking. While I can in a rational mood still agree that diplomacy maybe the better solution, there are times when I quietly wonder to myself "why the hell didnt they take out North Korea instead of Iraq, that Kim really is a fucking asshole.....really". My wife says openly she would turn the knife on him herself. Fair enough, he really is a pain in the regional geo-political ass. Even the Chinese are pissed right now. New Zealand really is a great (but really more than anything else very very very lucky) country, where we can be so decadently lovely and nice as we are............I miss our ignorance!