More super-hero type shit for your boy...

Sorry about not posting lately, but I've been inundated between work, studying, preparing to move, and partying like a semi-sober Keith Richards. More details will follow soon, but be prepared for stories involving lots of sexually-frustrated crackety-cracks drinking too much and screaming at each other while I made "the moves."

Anyway, a few weeks ago I got the following warning via fax to "WATCH THE HELL OUT!" on Memorial Day. It appears that the US Embassy had good reason to believe that some J-dudes were about to go Anpo hantai on a building or something. Scared my office mates and gave me credibility, although you're not about to catch me rolling around a Navy base looking for a Burger King.

Dig it:

Sent May 24, 2006,

The US Embassay has learned of a possible threat against American facilities in Japan, the credibility of which has yet to be determined (1). Given the upcoming Memorial Day holiday(2), we advise American citizens to exercise caution and report any suspicious activities to authorities.

For the latest security information, Americans living and traveling abroad should regularly monitor the State Dept's Bureau of Consular Affairs web site, where the current Worldwide Caution, Public Announcements, and Travel Warnings can be found.(3)

(snip)

Wild, no? Thankfully, nobody got hurt, and Mao's "paper tiger" pronouncement rang true. Which is good, because I'm not trying to get sent back home because somebody thinks Bill Frist is a dick.

1. This is what happens when you give the British JETs too much free time... they start imitating the Red Army and prank calling consulates.

2. I still had to work on that bitch.

3. How's Tehran looking these days?