I took a Juhachi trip over to Osaka. Did some shopping. Found most of the items I wanted for building a desktop computer. Even at prices I could deal with. Then I found a Nikkor 200mm f/4 Ai for 6800 yen and paid 6500 yen for it. Good price for a lens is fantastic condition. I’m quite please. I also found a really cheap CD-rom for the busted Dell notebook. I also took too long to find me the HD I was looking for. I got the deals I was looking for and scouted all I wanted for next week’s visit. I also know now that I no longer need to bring a map.

Then I took the wrong train on the loop line and that delayed me. Then I might not have taken the Special Rapid and just took the Rapid. That might have further delayed me. Though I am not sure if in the end it mattered.

So here I am stuck in Kamigori from about 11pm til 6am the next morning when the next train started. Kamigori doesn’t have shit. It has a koban and that is it. There is no combini or restaurant. I ate breakfast before I left for Osaka and didn’t get to eat until I got back home at 7am the next morning. Fucking coldest (or amongst the coldest) night of the winter too. There was frost which is unusual.

I’ve decided not to not build the desktop. And right now I’m fixing the Dell notebook and I will get some other stuff (wireless mouse, usb pcmcia card, webcam) to make my network function the way I want it. Still, I am not sure if the system can play the h264 files that are the rage now.

I wasn’t able to find a 28mm f/2 or 2.8 close focus lens for a good price this round.