Too hot to argue
Last year this very day = 2nd of August, I was in Germany at Wacken, yeah! I wish all the metal heads loads of fun and good music 
It’s August and insanely hot. Well, that’s what it’s like every year in Japan, but last year I escaped for most of August from Japanese heat. There was some decent German heat though as well, especially in Wacken day 2 and also in Prague, Jaromer and during Summer Breeze.
No big adventures are planned this summer due to work issues, only 5 days on a remote island. Reports from Niijima will follow. I’ll miss London’s SciFi Worldcon too, but am actually not sad about that, part of my book marketing block, I suppose. Been there, done that, know it doesn’t help. And it’s also way too expensive.
I’ve flown to Europe already twice this year for business trips, have no desire for a third long haul flight, and especially not during one of the most expensive times of the year with the yen having weakened and things feeling cheap in Japan.
The stay in the downtown Tokyo (Shibuya) hotel this week for that big work event was not cheap though, I paid actually less in Istanbul for a 5 star hotel and the one in Shibuya was tiny, old and crappy by comparison. But hey, it was right above Shibuya crossing. (see twitter pics).
Hanging out with a group of Germans (plus one Indian and one Turkish guy) showed me again my preferences. Movies, concerts, restaurants – yes, that’s what I like. Thougn mostly also the time spent in restaurants is too long for my taste. But going to a bar or two after dinner? That is so not my cup of tea. I managed to escape from the bar-hungry visitors and went back to the hotel room every night after dinner.
I might be an ENFP according to Myers Briggs type indicator (e=extrovert, n=intuition, f=feeling, and I forgot what the P was but it means I don’t like fixed plans), but I do have some introvert streaks, because I definitely recharge batteries alone. Lock me in with my books, my music, my movies, my computer and, as of recent, my keyboard and I am happy. The constant presence in a crowd of people from Sunday to Wednesday last week including dinner events – eek! Wanna get out and be alone.
I’m really looking forward to the island stint in 10 days where I shall wander around in the heat by myself enjoying the ocean view, the woods and trying to escape from mosquitoes 
And now the introvert part of me wants to go back to correcting Hagen 3 and practicing piano. Cheers!
