in two weeks, jonatan and I will show the cool japanese above around in our hometown, let him see a different part of sweden, maybe the 'real deal'? from what jonatan has told me about their conversation, it seems like he's really excited about it, and next week we're going to plan most of what will go down. a few days in skellefteå/skelleftehamn, and a few days in stockholm before he goes back to japan. I look forward to this week. it feels great to meet Daisuke again. it's almost a little surreal that we met over a year ago in Beijing, and now he's coming all the way from asia, just to explore a new country and see a different culture. it's almost a priviliege to show him our ordinary life. people may not appreciate growing up in such a small town, but it most certainly is beautiful when you look a little bit closer.