sailing to Girlland

many of you may not be old enough to remember a TV mini-series called "Shogun". The series was interesting for one reason - when the main character finds himself marooned in Japan before Japan had much if any contact with the west, they showed the first couple of episodes without translation - no subtitles, no voice dubs, the Japanese spoke Japanese, and the audience was to be drawn into the main character's confusion.

Well, like that character, I was washed up on the shores of a strange country called Guyland, and I had little choice but to try and learn the language and culture so I could survive. Now, many years later, I have set sail for Girlland, but I realize that for a while I'm going to be a stranger in a strange land - I'm going to have to unlearn the habits I picked up on Guyland, and re-learn the language of Girlland almost from scratch.

But I can do it, I know I can.