Web Log Entry 57, Stardate 66685.9

It has been 68 days since my arrival in this remote fishing village.  The natives seem to be accepting me into their culture; however, I will probably never fully assimilate.  There are a few who seem more accepting than others, but the elders will probably always be suspicious of me.  I am beginning to understand their complex spoken language, but the written language seems to all be in pictures.  If only I had a way to crack the code.

Today I tried to take a shortcut to my favorite grocery store, and ended up never even seeing the store but I ended up at home 10 minutes early.  So I found a shortcut home, which I'll probably never find again!  And I would lie to say that my previous description of the roads around here was an exaggeration, but so far whenever I try to disprove myself, I only further reinforce the description.  The roads aren't straight.  The only ones that are stop immediately at a giant stone wall or a small park with one swing and one kid covered in dust.

It was, however, probably a bit of an exaggeration to say that the roads aren't wide enough for 2 full car widths.  You can see clearly in this picture that both cars fit on the road as they pass each other, they just don't fit in the lines and one car doesn't have anywhere to go but a giant stone wall.  Of course, street signs and telephone poles are often planted in that zone between the white line and the sidewalk or wall, so sometimes if a car is coming toward you, you do have to stop so you can get around the pole.  Also, I wasn't lying about how cars just randomly stop and put their blinkers on on roads like this, but when I tried to get a picture of that it turned out too blurry because I had to throw my camera into the back seat and put my hands back on the steering wheel and get my eyes back on the road so I didn't hit a car parked in the road with it's blinkers on.

Here's a report on my day yesterday, since I didn't blog.  I watched "I, Robot" and then I watched "Snatch" and then I watched "Ocean's 13."  I will admit it wasn't a very productive day, but I will also admit that it was rainy and windy and I was laying in a pile of blankets on the floor while watching movies.  It would have only been better if I could have ordered Chinese delivery or pizza, but I don't have a phone book or the internet.