I’m sitting here flipping between the travel channel and the news, Every shot of any even mildly exotic location is framed by my the knowledge that I’ll soon find myself there, in a place that would normally exist as a pleasant half-hour viewing experience–not a place where you would actually be living and breathing in each and every day. It makes me anxious in a “I want to leave right now” sort of way. There’s nothing that frames how little you currently have going on in your life than when you have nothing but time to think about the great things that lay just on the horizon. Things that just can’t come soon enough. And don’t think I’m exaggerating here. Everything is going to be great. You know that scene with Jon Stewart in Half-Baked? Well, Japan is my enhancement drug. Have you ever gone shopping… in Japan? Have you ever gone through a walk in the park… in Japan? Have you ever drank a sake bomb… in Japan? Yeah? Well, neither have I, but better late than never, and better sooner than late.