Miyakonojo

Tomorrow there is a hang gliding event on a mountain pretty close to my place. I got special permission from the organizer to show up and crash the pre-party tonight. I found out about this a few months ago, and because I pretty much feel like I am on vacation here, I want to try to do everything at least once. The deal was that I was originally allowed to invite a few other friends with me, but then a few days before I found out that wasn't gonna fly. But because of my extreme interest, the organizer was going to allow just me to show up. I didn't have to pay the dinner fee either, yay. So the plan was to crash the party, and then quickly make friends with everybody who was going hang gliding the next morning. Then being the super awesome cool guy that I am, people would be begging me to jump on their backs while they jumped off a mountain.

Slight problem. In Japan, I am a fat ass. I am about 22lbs over the limit of being able to tandem with somebody. The drunk Japanese men at the party seemed to think they had the answer to this problem though. They swore if I cut off my private parts, it would alleviate the extra 22 pounds. I want these dudes as my wingmen if I'm ever trying to pick up a chick...

So I won't be able to go hang gliding tomorrow, but I will still go and watch them. I won't be able to take pictures, cause I still have not bought a new memory card for my camera... sorry. I'll buy one this week.

But thats not the end of this story. I was debating whether or not to get a motorcycle next year sometime. But now I am thinking I might pick up hang gliding as a hobby instead. I still need to figure out the costs involved, and where and how often I will be able to go. Normally it takes 3-6 months before you can fly solo, but these dudes know of a place where I can do a week long intensive (crash?) course and get my solo license in one week! I can't start until spring cause winter has winds that are too strong I've been told. But that gives me time to get the logistics worked out.