It's just like that article that Ella gave us to read! That one class!

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I just heard some really loud noises outside. I looked outside and there were motorcycles repeatedly revving and driving up and down our little street. It's 12:27 AM. Not that I mind; I'm awake. But I think they might be bousouzoku, which makes me happy because they're something from my Japanese Culture class that I haven't seen yet. (And okay I still didn't really see them - it's dark out. I saw their motorcycle headlights.) But it's funny that they're here in my semi-rural suburb. This makes me want to go outside and like be a participant observer, ask them questions, etc. Good thing I am too lazy because they are probably dangerous.

But. Japanese teenage rebellion is just so *cute* somehow. I think it's because they just try so *hard* to be tough. To *look* tough. Like that one article about Japanese fashion that I read awhile ago. How they appropriate the markers of disadvantaged youth from other countries, but really are affluent. But that article makes a good point when it talks about consumer culture vs. delinquent culture. I guess the bousouzoku were just "keeping it real" by terrorizing the neighborhood and waking everyone up. Heh. I wonder if they're local. I wonder if they just randomly wandered here or if they purposefully came to a suburb from like Osaka or something. They are *committed* to their delinquency. Hee.

ETA: Oh, I hear sirens now! It's kind of stupid that they basically doing this right in front of the police box (which is not far from my apt).

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This makes me want to go outside and like be a participant observer, ask them questions, etc. Good thing I am too lazy because they are probably dangerous.
Yes, for once your laziness was probably a good thing. Though the image of you striking up a conversation with a dumbfounded Japanese biker dude is rather amusing...

It's kind of stupid that they basically doing this right in front of the police box (which is not far from my apt).
You mean the officers in the police boxes actually do things? Silly me, I thought they were just for giving directions.

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Yeah that and montitoring traffic. Not even directing, just...standing there. Although now that I think about it, I think it's more of a police *station* because there are always police cars going in and out of it. And it's like a building. So yes. Even more stupid.