How do you say "cool" in many different languages?

ZIMA!


That's right, folks. Add Zima to the list of things-that-never-really-took-off-in-America-but-are-wildly-popular-in-Japan. Already on that list are the Backstreet Boys, the Carpenters and that homeless layered look that many girls sported in the 80s. I expect I'll see Clear Pepsi make another appearance before I return to the States - and frankly, I'm kind of excited about that. Clear Pepsi was such a headtrip!

So Aaron, Will and I decided to be awesome and order some Zima last night at dinner. It was the three of us and like 10 Japanese folks. And one dude actually told Makiko how cool the foreigners were for drinking Zima. We get way more credit than we deserve, but I'll take it. Anyway, we decided that the three of us are going to be the gaijin faces of Zima: Japan. We are hoping to get jobs as promoters so we can hand out Zima frisbees, lighters and trucker hats to our students when they win BINGO in class. Also, what an ice breaker - we'll never be without friends again!

All this typing has exhausted me... I'm gonna go have a cool, refreshing Zima!