Random Observation/Comment #20: Just bow, nod, and say “hai” if anyone talks to you…

There would be no reversing tonight.It would be as quiet as you’d expect from a capsule with no door (or a curtain as a door).Instead of sleeping at 4AM, as in my previous experience here, I slept around midnight after visiting all of the hotel’s accommodations again.I sat in the massage chairs, watched some TV, played some video games, and tried to read some manga to pass the time.The onsen is actually really nice considering it’s a capsule hotel onsen.They had an American newspaper (but I didn’t bother because it wasn’t the wallstreet journal).

I wonder how the market is doing anyway.Maybe the escape from America was also a small escape from the financial life.It had been too big of an obsession to try and predict the stock ticker depending on our current events.It would mostly be with gadgets and new releases or leaks of information about next generation technology, but my predictions were mostly correct.It’s too bad I don’t even condone legalized, socially acceptable gambling.Even though the stock market truly does make it possible to give companies that go public a large share of money to further develop more advances, I never really liked the idea of gambling.If you’re smart enough, you could make a lot of money from the 80% of anxious people who want to be another “I got rich from the stock market” statistic.It’s like they think they’re missing out on a piece of the pie if they don’t get involved with this beast.To be honest, they are the ones that are helping the small investors who actually have a background and know what they’re doing make money.Thank you for buying shares in completely useless companies with a team of really good salesmen.

It doesn’t take a lot of time to make the predictions for larger breakthroughs, but you have to keep up with the latest news every second of the day if you want to notice the small changes in the market.The key is to think like your peer investors and the investors with the most money. These entrepreneurs make things happen.There’s nothing wrong with being a frontrunner here.Next time you read the paper or see the fresh internet breaking news, just pull up Yahoo!Finance and see if the companies that are involved in these transactions are actually pulling the weight you expect.As you can imagine, it drains a lot of time from internet usage and directly causes the carpel tunnel, RSI, blurry vision, tearing eyes, and hunched back.Imagine how bad these side effects would be if I actually cared enough to put all of my effort into predicting the next trends.Ah, and I digress.

I noticed a few more things in the capsule hotel that I overlooked at my last stay.The TV there was separated into four different channels.These channels were baseball, soccer, wrestling, and porn; as expected from a mainly male dominant atmosphere.The porn was nothing hardcore, or even softcore (actually I wouldn’t even go far enough to give it a core rating).It was just a cute Japanese girl with large breasts in PJs reading magazines and painting her toenails.There was some soft music in the background which was relaxing, but sometimes these clips would be interrupted by an impromptu interview or quiz with the girl that would involve an abundance of giggling.Maybe the cuteness factor is being exploited here, but I don’t really understand how this show gets viewers.Perhaps the old guys that watch it can’t get hard anyway, so they just do it to remember their youth?It would be a good way to sell products that she’s using on the side, but all the tags were peeled off and the swimsuits or other tight clothing line didn’t show any indication of having a brand.Mystery desu.

The night was uneventful – no capsule dragons, beasts, or lions were there to bother me.I slept well and moved on to my next adventure in DEN DEN town…

~See Lemons Survive Another Night