why...

Yesterday I made a pitstop at Starbucks before my Japanese lesson, cuz I DESPERATELY needed the caffeine and the sugar. Anyhow...I sat down for a few minutes and the woman in front of me was swishing the hot coffee in her mouth before swallowing. Like what kids do with their milk when they're 6. But here was a grown woman, in a business suit, SWISHING HOT COFFEE!!!! in her mouth!?? Come on, isn't that a little weird?
Like I realize, the difference between merely sipping and swallowing, and adding a few wishes and washes around the teeth for a minute might actually be small, but still, doesn't it just feel more dirty? Like, you've just stained your teeth 26 times faster. And it's hot. It's hot coooooffee. Not ... mouthwash.
My god.
Not juiiiice...or water. hot. coffee.
haha. sorry, couldn't get over it. And she just kept doing it. In front of her business colleagues. With a nice little nod and smile on her face the whole time.

Well, that's that.
Next why...

So, as I mentioned before, and as is a well known FACT to all Japanese people and people living in Japan....trains always arrive exactly on time. here in sapporo, 4 minutes, to the dot. Ok, so I wondered, how is this reeeeeeeeeally possible, cuz you have to account if more people get off one stop and less people get off another stop, averagely, per specific ride...there are too many variables, it could always change, etc etc etc...whatever. I dunno...the dudes controlling the trains have it down. They've got it figured out. No worries. So anyway....always on time.
So, WHY then....in the morning...EVERYday...and I say this in a sincerely curious amused tone...when you see a CROOOWD of junior high kids and business men climbing up the stairs, bumping into you, and crossing your paths....do you think, that RUNNING down the stairs, will somehow, get you on...that train (that they've all clearly just gotten off of)?? or the next train sooner???
Do you see what I'm getting at?
So let's calculate...from the top of the subway exit steps (where the street/sidewalk is)....down to the actual subway gates/platform, I'd say it's uh....3 flight of stairs around 3 corners. That's about...maybe...40 seconds?
Now...if you're at the TOP of the stairs, and you see a FLOOD of people (by flood, I mean like...hundreds. this isn't just a few spersed peeps walking around. So CLEARLY a train just emptied out) pushing by you, as you enter to go down the stairs....that means, they are already 40 seconds off that train...which means, in those 40 seconds, new passengers have already boarded. which means by the end of those 40 seconds, the doors have closed and that train is ready to leave.
Meaning...why run?? Why push your way past me and everyone else, down the stairs, to FRANTICALLY try to make the gates and catch the train. You NEVER do. You won't catch the current train, and you won't catch the next train, any sooner than I will, as I casually take my time (cuz now I've got 3 minutes and 20 seconds to get to the platform).
Does this make sense???
EVERY single day. EVERY single person runs.
I dont get it.
They don't get it. I guess.

NOW, if....you're at the top of the steps, and the stairwell is empty. and there isn't a wave of people running up in your direction...then that means a train hasn't JUST arrived...meaning....you have anywhere from 2 seconds to 3 minutes to get to the platform. Well then, NOW you have a reason to run. But do people run? No. This is the time when people take their time.
It's simple math and physics people!
=P

DOES THIS MAKE SENSE!! Am I the only one who sees the sense in this?
Well...it sliiiightly irks me now. only cuz it's every. morning.
whatever.
ha. its funny. it's human group social behavior. If you see others run, you run. Even if they're going in the opposite direction, you follow the crowd. Even if there's no logic to it.
Extract yourself from the collective and think...does this make sense for me?

eh??

lol

annnnnd...lastly...(not a "why"..just a "is"...)
it's snowing. and it's beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeautiful. I could watch snow fall for HOURS and still be completely mesmerized by it. It's beautiful. It's heart-stopping and heart-racing all at once. The flakes fall and rise and fall and rise. And tweedle and drift. And everything is laced in a pure white lining. Everything feels quiet and peaceful. Snow falling is like the American Beauty bag, but with snowflakes. Yes yes, the human immune system or whatever is incredibly intricate ;) but this is fucking beautiful nonetheless.
Breathless.
Makes me breathless. =)