BWA HA HA
I'm at the Ginza Apple Store right now, where I played "stump the Genius" and proved that, in fact, ALL the 15GB iPods (including boxed and floor models) make that stupid noise, had my iPod remote replaced (all the things in the box are covered under warranty!!) and discovered that the totally awesome gaijin Genius lives, literally, ONE BLOCK from me in Nakano (we're gonna kick it sometime soon). All this after morning lessons getting paid to play with crayons and an afternoon of Hanami boating on the Imperial moat...

It is one crazy, small and happy world I'm in today.