why I blog:

I got a wonderful, heart-warming email from a Kokochi reader:

I've been reading your blog for years (since the Tokyo

Tidbits days)--I stumbled upon it while researching

about Tokyo and your posts were so good I kept

reading. Anyways, I actually saw you at Burning Man

last month, at the tent near where Oakenfold was

spinning, but I didn't want to bug you and your

friends. Then I saw you at Love Parade this weekend

too, from far away! OK, if I see you a third time,

I'm gonna have to come over and say hi...

Anyways, congrats on your wedding and have a happy

fall!

Now, ain't that cool? I do hope to meet this person (we've exchanged some emails). I simply LOVE the online to offline connections. Sharing my ramblings online isn't just for record keeping (although it does keep details much better than my brain can these days), and it's not interesting to be doing this just to show one person's life. It's the real reaching out I get from time to time that makes it all worth it. Yay for blogging!