| HAPPY BIRTHDAY AMERICA! |
[Jul. 6th, 2009|02:11 pm] |
So I'm a couple days late in writing this, but I had a busy weekend, and you can be sure I was reflecting on the good ol' US of A and her fruited plains and mountains of the purple majestic variety. This was the second time, I've been out of the country on her birthday, the first having been back in 2004, when I took that trip to Spain with some of my classmates. Of the two times, I have to say this was much more fun. Not only were there fireworks (for a totally unrelated festival, but still!), I was surrounded by friends and also by Japanese people who seemed very interested to know about the whole idea. Like if I would say to someone, "You know, it's America's birthday today!" a bunch of people would ask me follow up questions and I even had a couple people tell me "omedetou!" which was hilarious. Although with many Japanese I get the feeling that's they're like..."aww, good job! 233 years ALREADY?!?! You're getting to be a grown-up!" you know, like an adult talking to a little kid since Japan is like....OLD. I don't even know how old....okay according to wikipedia, the first emperor declared Japan a nation in 660BC...whew! So like 2,670 years or so. Yeah we're like babies comparatively. Buuuut I don't care. You know how your mom always told you "Be nice to your little brother, he'll be bigger and stronger than you someday!" and you're like Psh, WHATEVER....and still pick on him? But then he DOES grow up and can beat the snot out of you? Yeah....the little brother is totally America. I dunno how much I like that metaphor, but there ya go. They can't all be gems. XD
( Continued here. ) |
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| Tokyo A-Go-Go |
[Apr. 7th, 2009|10:37 am] |
Hiiiiiii~ Minna, genki?
And here we are again. New school year with new teachers and most importantly, new students! Tomorrow is the nyuugakushiki (Entrance Ceremony) for the first years and I'm excited to see them all assembled. It'll be weird to see them all at the middle school jumbled together and not at their respective elem schools. I already plan to make the two Noma-sho boys (the only new students from that school...that's the one with 12 students, lol) my favorites. They are already cool, but I feel like they might be more nervous because there are only two of them, so I'll give them my full support! (Readers: Shouldn't you be supporting ALL of your students though? ^_^;;)
But before all that, I'd like to talk about my Spring Break, which was only slightly less than epic. ( Click here. ) Surprisingly I feel totally refreshed for the new school year! I thought I'd be tired but I guess when you love your job it's not such a chore. Having said that, I'm sure I'll be bitching about the new elementary school schedule once I get it. Oh well, such is life. Plus new dramas should be starting soon. I love the spring!
On a not-so-cool note, while I was on vacation, apprently my brother got STABBED while at school. He's okay now, but he needed 50 stitches and almost bled to death. SCARY! The only thing that makes it slightly funny is where he was stabbed.....right in the buttocks. Oh yes. This begs the question.....who stabs a person IN THE BUTT??? Like....really???? Anyway I'm just glad he's ok, but damn son! I still need to hear the full details from Jack, but it should be an interesting story once I've heard it all.
Mkay, I guess that's sufficient for now. Look for pics on facebook soon! (hopefully by the end of the week!)
<3 Meggu |
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| Weird effing dreams and general excitement |
[Mar. 27th, 2009|09:23 am] |
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| | Okazaki Ritsuko - Chiisana Inori | ] |
Okay, I think I seriously need to avaoid doing ANYTHING strange before bed, though I really can't see how this fits together except for MAYBE the Pokemon part. Anyway, I had a screwed-up dream. Not like TRULY messed-up or anything but....well yeah just read on.
So I started out at what I at first thought was a HS reunion. Pretty much everyone from my graduating class was there, but soon we started having this almost religious service....but it turned out we were all having the Score read....yeah, like in Tales of the Abyss. WTF. But we all thought it was normal. Then afterward we went out of the hall we had been in.....into a giant Tlatchli court....you know, that game that Aztecs used to play using a rubber ball and only their like....elbows and hips? Am I the only one who knows about something that obscure? Anyway, we were all loitering around in that court. Not playing, just loitering.
Just then, a helicopter-like machine lands on the far end of the court...it's basically like a hellicopter with a hot-air balloon type basket hanging from it. So then Amy and I share a look, nod at each other and start running toward it full-tilt, dodging people on our way. Then we simultaneously jump up, do front flips landing inside the heli-machine and shout "CROSSBREEZE SANJOU!" I swear Crossbreeze was never this type of organization....we're criminals but I think we only do lazy and trivial crime. Anywho, after doing that for no reason, we find outselves in this machine that's now lifting off the ground....with...Team Rocket of Pokemon (Jesse, James, Meowth) and Oujirou from Love Shuffle. (I know, WTH?) And then the craft starts flying away somewhere.
After a bit, we pass over this like...GIANT skate park with wicked ramps and stuff....and Oujirou pulls a skateboard and a camera out of god-knows-where (hammerspace) and jumps over the side of the basket. He then lands on the skateboard and starts doing wicked tricks WHILE TAKING PHOTOS. I have no idea how this was accomplished. But it was epic. Like for some reason my brain was fascinated by this for a long time. This was the longest part of the dream by far. And the whole time, we're just watching from the heli, while Team Rocker does annoying commentary...and we want to hurt them. So we knock them out. (lulz, random violence) But then Oujirou ramps off a HUGE jump, comes flying back up to the basket at high speeds, where he is caught by Amy and instantly poofs into a black cat in a style that is very much fruits basket inspiried, since I was listening to that music right before bed.
Instead of being ruffled at all, Amy just starts petting him and he starts purring. And I'm sitting there like "wtf?"
And then my alarm went off. How odd. Seriously an odd dream.
In other news, Brandon and Alex are coming tomorrow and I'm SO EFFING EXCITED. I still have tons to do tonight to prepare, but I'm looking forward to that too, oddly. I have to do a shit-ton of laundry though...Bleh. |
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| Late to the party, but it's still tons of fun! |
[Mar. 25th, 2009|11:16 am] |
So have any of you heard of a webcomic called xkcd?
I had heard of it before, but never had the opportunity to really check it out until now....when I'm bored at work....AGAIN. Anyway I thoroughly suggest you check it out. It's such an interesting mix of like....surreal art, sarcasm, math, romance, science, wordplay, stick figures and the occasional cuss word. I'm also not gonna lie, I don't get many of the ones based on mathematical or scientific principles....but I almost like it that way. It's weirdly humbling...like oh. I don't get that. I'm not actually that smart, lol. Anyway a few quotes that don't need the pictures to be funny:
"Does being a mermaid for five minutes make you gay?" "I hope so!"
"My hobby: Mixing curse levels. What a gosh-darned cunt."
"When I walk past an automated door and it opens for me, I worry that if I don't go in I'll hurt its feelings." - This reminds me SO much of Alyson.
Yeah, that's all for now.....except to say....
I FINALLY SENT IN THE FURIKOMI TO JOIN THE ARASHI FAN CLUB! ::nerdy dance::
Yes, today begins a new era and signals my elevation to a new level of obsession fandom. *^_^* I love Japan and Arashi and my life.
"Viva myself! ::words I don't remember:: Ore saikou! (Uzai!)" ::does a bad-ass MatsuJun moonwalk:: |
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| Blame Jen. |
[Mar. 23rd, 2009|12:43 pm] |
OKAY. I cannot get this out of my mind, so maybe if I write it down, it'll go away. First of all you should know that recently I've started watching the first season of Star Trek: The Next Generation. I seriously forgot how much I loved this show, but I've only ever watched it with my mother before so I've only seen random episodes on TV. It's hilarious to watch from the beginning because there are a bunch of like...crappy we-don't-know-if-this-show-will-last-so-let's-not-spend-too-much-money moments. Classic.
ANYWAY. I was talking to my lovely imouto, Jen-chan about how I'm totally in love with Data (don't ask, it's just always been that way) and she responded with something like...
*puts Aiba in a Data costume*
You can totally imagine where it went from there. Total crack. Long story short, Arashi Trek: The Sexy Generation was born. (I think that's what she called it, XD) The cast? I'm glad you asked. (Everyone: Um....but we didn't....)
Lt. Commander Data - Aibacchin
Cpt. Jean-Luc Picard - Sho-chan
Commander William T. Riker - MatsuJun
Lt. Geordi La Forge - Nino
Lt. Worf - Riidah
Now, you man be questioning my choices, so let me tell you why.
Aiba is basically only Data because I love both of them...and also because Aiba suffers from emotionless dead-fish face (while modeling only) like Data does. Data and Aiba also tend to ramble, but while Data rambles about intelligent (if irrelevant) things, Aiba....doesn't. XD Sho's doesn't fit super well, but like Picard, he's hot and made of win. Plus I had to make Riidah Worf JUST because of the furrowed brow he always has....lends itself well to a Klingon forehead, LOL. Nino gets to be Geordi because they're both adorable and nerds. MatsuJun HAS to be Riker because he's a manwhore and thinks he knows everything, lol.
Without making anyone into girls, this works pretty damn well. Oh man, Jen. Srsly. I blame you entirely for this. XDDDD
*sings* "Captain, Jean-Luc Picard, U-S-S EN-TER-PRISE.......I am Locutus of Borg! You will respond to my questions.....I am Locutus of Borg! You. Are. Borg. ...........M-m-m-m-m-m-make it so, make it so...." |
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| Upcoming Dorama: Spring 2009 Potential Winners |
[Mar. 18th, 2009|09:36 am] |
Ya-ho!
So with the end of Mei-chan no Shitsuji last night (season 2 anyone? All about Mame? In England? No?) Amy and I started talking about how many shows this season were pretty good, and how we know of a lot lined up for the next season that seem....strange but also good. So of course, since I've had a light work load lately (read: slacking off) I investigated the Spring 2009 Dorama line-up. There are a LOT, like always, but these are the only noteworthy ones in my opinion, and I'm fairly generous.
( Without further Ado )
Thoughts? |
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| Graj and the aftermath. |
[Mar. 16th, 2009|12:32 pm] |
Sooooo, since I talked about it ALL LAST WEEK (apologies) I won't bore you too much with more graduation talk, just highlights.
~The ceremony was nice, but boring, until the end when they sang and I cried.
~I didn't cry as much or as long as some of the male teachers. I win.
~Handed out my lovingly-written goodbye letters to exclamations of joy
~Had the girl students exclaim at how kakkoii I look in a suit. They lie.
~Attended the small private graduation party for Mika-chan, the 'encourage' girl. She wrote me a posterboard card thingy about how much she liked talking with me and how she's glad we both love Arashi, but still doesn't see what I like about Aiba (LOL, 9th grader dissing my man! XD). It was funny because one of the other teachers got her the Arashi album "Time" and I was SLIGHTLY tempted to steal it, haha. J/k, j/k I pirated the music already anyway. 8D
~The whole school lined up on either side of the entrance hall and as the graduates walked out between us we gave them a cheery send-off. This was the awesomest thing to happen all day. It was sad, but they all looked so cool and happy. And like 60% of them either high-fived me or said something in English, and one even gave me another card. Oh Ryota-kun. Kawaii. I hope some of them email me. ^_^
~Then the rest of the day was BORING because we had nothing to do.
~Had delicious graj bentou, which kinda made up for the boring. ^_^V
Anyway, then I maybe (read: definitely) drank too much on Friday night, then spent the rest of the weekend recovering, talking to Jen (lol chat marathons), cleaning my house, doing laundry, shopping and watching dorama. (Finished MAOH! Yosha!)
So that's it. But I also promised Amy I'd respond to her associations for me from that same meme. So here that is: ( this link was made for clickin' )
One final note. Yesterday I watched Nino's 2006 tear-jerker special, "Sukoshi wa Ongaeshi ga Dekita ka na" and it was SO good but SO sad. Even though I knew it from the begining, nothing's sadder than having to watch Nino slowly "die" of cancer....(okay there are sadder things, like ACTUALLY dying of cancer, but you know what I mean.) He was so cute, too! The funny thing is that he was 22-23 years old playing a 17-year old HS student. Nino has eternal youth. |
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| ダッシュ！！！涙だらけの卒業式､そして輝く未来へ！！！ |
[Mar. 12th, 2009|02:21 pm] |
Well, today's practice graduation ceremony went off without a hitch....and I spent the rest of the morning helping to decorate for the real deal tomorrow. (They shipped in TONS of real flowers! It's amazingly pretty!) Even though the teacher's room is full right now, everyone seems quiet and subdued. I feel a little better knowing it's not just me who's sad to see the 3rd years go.
So this is it. Tomorrow is the big day. I'm ready. Well, I'm ALMOST ready. I still have about half the grad cards to finish (though I DID finish writing all the names in Kanji on the envelopes.....STRESSFUL because I can't write kanji worth shit and it was all in PEN!) and I have to charge my camera. And make sure my suit is pressed and ready for tomorrow. And figure out something to do with my hair. LOL. It sounds like I'm not ready at all, BUT I meant that I'm mentally ready. As I walked to get my bentou from the conbini today, I thought about how these kids are probably sad enough without my freaking out. So I've resolved instead to put on my best proud sensei smile and witness the culmination of their achievements thus far. They're probably a mixture of sad and excited, actually. I don't remember having any feelings one way or the other about going to HS....probably because my HS was BEHIND my middle school and we didn't graduate really and all my friends were going to the same place. If anything maybe I was worried about being the youngest in the school again, but not very likely. I've never been afraid of being bullied by other kids. Mostly because I was usually bigger than they were and wasn't afraid to fight back. (Though I am a gentle giant, lol.) School doesn't scare me....it's real life that scares me. XD
Mkay that last part was a total tangent. But it's a good lead in to what I've been doing this afternoon. I.e. nothing related to school or life or anything I should be doing. And that is.....TRANSLATING Ohno's new song. I keep checking the awesome Arashi lyrics pages I normally go to, but they're a little slow with it (lol it's only been like a couple days) and I'm impatient so I did my own. I didn't try and make it poetic or anything, just the meaning. Mkay, anyone who cares...( click here. )
I'm actully shocked at how little of that I had to look up to translate. I swear I'm not that great at Japanese....or like... I got okay at it without realizing. Luckily there's always kanji waiting to come along and knock over my painstakingly assembled jenga tower for no reason, so I can't get too cocky. Maybe later I'll make it so the words actually fit in English....but that usually requies changing the meaning at least a little or else it sounds hokey. Hmmm, ten minutes til work's over. Then back to those cards @_@ |
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| Te wo tatake! PAN! PAN! PAN! |
[Mar. 10th, 2009|10:22 am] |
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| | Ohno Satoshi - Kumori Nochi, Kaisei | ] |
Lol this horoscope is the meanest thing I've read in a while!
Sagittarius - Being cheerful is always nice, but today someone else's optimism is going to bug you for some reason. Maybe you're just so set on being grumpy that you don't want to talked out of it. Or maybe this Cheerful Charlie (or Charlene) just rubs you the wrong way in general. Either way, you need to steer clear of them and their sunshiney mood. You are not capable of being swayed, but they don't know that -- and they are not going to stop trying. So get away from them. Feel what you want to feel.
I see what they mean and maybe I'd be all for it, but I'm still riding my good mood as long as possible....before *ahem* graduation on Thursday....T__T
Anyway just thought i'd post that...for no particular reason really.
So finally, here's the meme that's been going around. ( こちらへどうぞ ) |
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| I'm the best.....AROUND! |
[Mar. 9th, 2009|04:19 pm] |
And nothin's gonna ever keep me down if this week keeps up at this pace.
Ever since I was asked to write an article for the PTA newsletter like a week ago, I've been angsting about it. So instead of writing my objective, non-offensive bland impressions like I had originally planned, I decided to write about graduation and all my conflicting emotions that I never expected to have.
OKAY.
After reading it....and also my message on the little card I wrote to put in the 3nen book (handwritten with kanji and everything, lolz) people have been FREAKING OUT. I think they forgot I can speak since I've been quiet lately. But I'm actually almost kinda embarassed at how they keep passing it around and going "Oh what a beautiful sentiment!" and stuff like that. Maybe my American-so-my-feelings-are-totally-out-there-for-all-to-see way of writing is unusual for them? Dunno.
Anyway I'm happy.
Another post about an ego-boost. Sorry! (It's better than something depressing, amirite? XD) |
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| This is the movement. |
[Mar. 6th, 2009|12:26 pm] |
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| | Ya-Chuu | ] |
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| | happy | ] |
| [ | Current Music |
| | Arashi - Believe | ] |
Ya-ho~
How is everyone out there in LJ land? Sorry for the random crap last time, but today I feel like writing a legit update. (Although frankly....unless you're super interested in my life, nothing is that legit.)
TO-NI-KA-KU! (ANYWAY!)
Today my beloved 3rd years are taking their public high school entrance exams. 3年生,FAITO! I really wish them well. These kids have so much pressure put on them. I hope that today (after the exams) instead of feeling scared of the results to come, they'll just kick back and relax for a day. I seriously haven't decided which school system is better in that respect. Yeah the Japanese get better grades overall, but they stress out so much that they miss out on being kids half the time. On the other hand, American kids are so unmotivated half the time, but they get by and (ususally) don't have as many emotional/shyness problems. The shyness kills me because I'm like YOU KNOW IT! YOU KNOW THE MATERIAL BUT I CAN'T PROVE YOU KNOW IT BECAUSE YOU WON'T SPEAK IN CLASS! RAWR! That's probably my biggest frustration as a sensei, but I'm learning to deal. Using my power as a foreigner usually works....as in pretending I don't realize that students are allowed to "pass" if you ask them a question. Sorry kiddies, that one won't work on Megan, Super-ultimate-gaijin-sensei!
So I forget where I was going with this. Well, I suppose I'll just let that train derail.
Nothing else really super important to report. I'm done with class for the day (actually for this week), so I'm just hanging around. Generally very content with life at the moment. Yesterday I went out and had a hilarious time with Rob who I hadn't seen for about a week and I haven't laughed so hard in a while.
Oh! I'm also feeling a *little* cool.....because in the past two days two people have told me as much. Haha, I should be ashamed of myself, a psych major getting validation from other people! Still, you can't help it if someone makes yor day. Yesterday I was leaving school and for some reason there was a group of about 8 HS students hanging around on the school grounds. Predictably, as soon as I entered their line of vision it was like *staaaare* but I'm used to it by now so I just waled toward them. One of them looked like he wanted to try talking to me (but they almost NEVER will on their own) so I said hello in english and when one of them answered, I asked if they've been sudying their English properly. And they not only understood but were able to answer back! (Timidly, but hey!) But then I blew their minds by praising them and starting to talk to them in Japanese. And one of them, no joke, says "Kakkoeee~!" which basically means awesome and another said they wished they'd had a sensei like me when they went to this school. (That explained it...former Yasaka-chuu grads, lol.) I didn't know these kids at all, but I was like...woo hoo! in my own head because I dunno. Sometimes you need people to tell you you're awesome even if you don't deserve the title.
And THEN, today my 2nd year doll of a student, Kazuki told me that I was hilarious and pretty. Not a bad combo. I wonder about his taste in women if he thinks I'm pretty but whatever. As Rob says, I'm the "foreign delight." LOL I have to honestly laugh out loud whenever I think of that because it makes me sound like a dessert. As far as the hilarious part goes, I do try, sad to admit so I'm glad it's not lost on everyone. Humor in a foreign language is HARD TO GRASP let me tell you. You can't read the moment at all much of the time. KY (空気読めない)anyone?
Mkay, lunch time. Love to all mai peepz.
P.S. NEW ARASHI SINGLE WAS JUST RELEASED AND IT IS LOVE. <3 |
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| For all of you hoping for a relevant update... |
[Mar. 2nd, 2009|02:45 pm] |
This is not it. XD
Yeah basically this is just stupid fandom time for me to post something I wrote after a particularly heated rehashing with Amy about how Arashi is in fact the best thing ever and proceeding to watch two versions of La Tormenta 2004 on youtube repeatedly. The conclusion (once again) of this "discussion" was that we MUST see them in concert. To which end I am joining the official Arashi fanclub in order to procure tickets. This week. Whenever I can get to the post office to do the stupid furikomi. They stop doing them at 4 and I get out of work at 4:15...thanks Japan business hours....thanks. Anyway without further ado.....my stupid English rip-off of La Tormenta 2004, cleverly entitled...
( La Tortura 2009 (This one's for you, Ames.) )
I need to get a life. XD |
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| This is not how I wanted to say goodbye... |
[Jan. 23rd, 2009|05:10 pm] |
For those of you who don't know, last week, my dad hit a deer with his car. He was totally fine, but as it turns out, the car is totaled. He's been driving my car and I thought everything was going to be fine, he'd just have to wait until we could afford another car, right? Well, basically he called me this morning to "ask my permission" to do something that I really couldn't stop him from doing, seeing as how I'm halfway across the world.
He's going to sell my car.
When I talked to him, I couldn't say anything, because I'm the mature, sensible one and I have to admit that it's the "hey, let's pull together as a family" way to solve the problem, but I'm sad. I've had that car since junior year in HS, and even though it's had WAY too many ridiculous electrical problems, I love that car. I've had many an adventure in that car. Hell, me and Amy made him into one of the central characters in our hypothetical "if our cars were people" manga. (LOL, I can't believe I just typed that, but it's true.)
Probably the thing that gets me most though is that I won't get to drive it again. Had I known I would have given poor old George a proper goodbye, not just assumed he'd be waiting for me when I got back. Truth be told I was going to save up for a new car when I got back to the states anyway, but still. I wanted to be able to do it on my own terms. Plus technically that's one of the only things back home that was MINE. The house my parents live in isn't mine anymore, my mom's house is sold, most of my belongings are in storage or in the closet on the second floor of my house.....that car was the only thing that was MINE. And now he'll be gone.
I'm weirdly depressed, but just as resigned. I'm too damn practical. Seriously though, someone needs to cut my family a break. I mean, I'm doing great, but they keep getting shit upon. Is this some kind of punishment for being too happy with where I am in life? 'Cause I could definitely think of more than 10 things that make being here really difficult, so if God's up there laughing his ass off, then he's a LITTLE bit of a jerk.
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| This past weekend and other adventures. |
[Jan. 13th, 2009|09:48 am] |
Soooooo, it's been a while and for the sake of recording crap that happens to me, here's an account of the weekend I just had. It was pretty fun. Kinda random, but fun.
Friday ~ So basically, I was doing nothing at home until about 7pm and then Rob calls me up and is like: "Hey, wanna go to the Darts Bar in Mineyama with me?" And having heard about this before, and having nothing better to do at the time, I agreed to go. Turns out the place (aside from being smokey like any bar EVER) was really cool and fun. As we walked in I was like OH! This is cool-looking! One wall is all dartboards and the other is the bar, with tables between the two. Of course we walked in and EVERYONE IN THE PLACE turns to the door and looks and immediately is on GAIJIN-DEFCON-4 alert. It's like being a celeb or something, srsly. But the bartender recognizes Rob and rushes over and says hi, takes our drink order, etc. Then Rob drinks a lot (I couldn't because I was driving! ::responsible pose:: ) And I SOMEHOW whup his ass in game after game of darts even though I fail so hard core. But people were watching us and laughing because every time I had a good round I'd start dancing to the hilarious American rap/R&B music they were playing and taunting Rob. It was great. When I went to ask for the check, I talked to the bartender guy again and asked him his name and he was like SHOCKED at the level of my japanese, once again, nihongo jouzu. His name is Akira and I THINK he might be involved with the yakuza because his entire right arm and the right side of his neck was covered with giant bandages....to hide tattoos maybe? Anyway I don't care if he IS yakuza, that effin' rules and he's nice, haha! Now to get on their good side, marry into the family and become the next Oujou! ::watched too much Gokusen::
Saturday ~ Sushi-turned-nabe party at Kowada-sensei's apt. His apt is NICE, I'm so jealous, haha. So he and Nimbari came to get me because it was snowing and they were convinced it was too dangerous for me to drive alone. (Lulz, I'm from MICHIGAN, but whatevs.) It ended up being us three English teachers, Kowada's wife (I forget her name already, FAIL), another English teacher from the school Kowada used to teach at last year (also forget her name, DOUBLE FAIL) and Tasaki-sensei, the young and dorkily cute science teacher from my school. Basically we had us some Kim-chi Nabe, talked about hairstyles we've had in the past (actually a hilarious convo, Nimbari and Tasaki almost died laughing), I agreed to try snowboarding sometime (I REALLY hope they don't hold me to this), and saw hilarious pictures of Kowada-sensei's trip to Bali where he and his wife were in full traditional Balinese dance costume, complete with makeup and headdress. Awesome. Also we kept having people tell things about themselves....it wasn't a game per se, but everybody kept asking for like "Nimbari-Densetsu (Legend)" or like "Tasaki-Densetsu"....and then hilarious stories kept being told. It was great. Then we all ended up drinking too much and I stayed overnight at the female sensei's apt which was right next door. I slept under a kotatsu.....not my fav experience ever, haha.
Sunday ~ Started out tired as hell and with a headache, but at 9am Kowada sensei came to take me home....and on the way we went and had "Morning Makku" at McDonald's. I swear those people there must think I eat nothing else. Then I went back to sleep, got up in time to make cookies, take Rob the money I promised to loan him and get on my way to Ine for Rachel's nabe party that had been planned since about sometime last week. Rachel, Kate, Natanya and Ian, our PA, were there and they were all KINDA drunk by the time I got there? Since I wanted to drive home and sleep in a real bed, I didn't drink anything, and as some of you might know, hanging out with drunk people when you're not drunk isn't always the most fun. However, it was still a good time and we made up a whole bunch of tracks to what will eventually be Ian's double-platinum Emo album: "Is there something under your foot, or is that my heart?" Including such tracks as "Empurpled," "Shh," and "Nabe Remains." I'm CERTAIN it was funnier if you were there. XD So then I left after we were done and they all decided to go on a walk, but on the way home I got called by Matt and he demanded I stop by to meet his boyfriend Mario on my way. So I did, even though I was initially scared of the kid.....and he's actually pretty nice and hilarious. They told me about their Thailand trip and then at like 2am I was like dudes, I gotta bail, I'mma fall asleep if I don't.
Monday ~ 成人の日 Coming-of-Age Day. Another holiday, thx vry mch Jpn. Ended up doing nothing but going out to kappa-zushi with Rob, Matt and Mario and poking fun at Japanese people, lol. We're so intolerant. Not really, but you know, helps to relieve the stress? I dunno.
And that's pretty much it. I managed not to talk to Amy or Jen like....AT ALL this weekend and I felt bad about that 'cause normally we at least exchange retarded words, lol. Gomen ne, minna. The part of my weekend that wasn't spent "partying heartily" was consumed by watching my new obsession, the Hana Yori Dango j-drama. I love this drama so much, I'm going to write a little about it. Since this post is so long already, ( here's an nice lj-cut for you! ) |
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| あけましておめでと～！ |
[Jan. 1st, 2009|04:14 am] |
HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!!!!
I am super tired because we just got back from Hatsumoude (first shrine visits of the new year) and it's 4:15 am and I'm BEAT. I will totally update (with pictures, maybe?) tomorrow, since I have nothing better to do. Until then, highlights.
~(牡丹雪)Botan-yuki (BIG Snowflakes!!!1 It was so cold but I didn't care because it was BEAUTIFUL!!!!)
~大吉 (dai-kichi) HELLZ YES! I drew a fortune and got the best possible one! This year is seriously shaping up to be great. Honestly, it's my zodiac year, I got the best fortune...the planets are aligning in my favor. (I hope!)
~SHINYA CAME!!!! Uwaaah~ Suteki~ Also, Shinya no shashin, GETTO! He was very tired because he stayed up all night working on a deadline for work.....but still! He came! And he showed me how to ring the bell and pray! And helped me down the like....million stairs covered in ice! And we had a dorky talk about videogames! And we're going for karaoke on Saturday! (I WILL get pictures of him then too. I SWEAR!)
~Amy got home (lol I'm referring to Japan as home....oops) and I got to dorkily talk to her while watching Shuuchishin and other random bands on the Japanese equivalent to New Year's Rockin' Eve. SO FUN. "Ganbare Nippon! Sugoi zo Nippon! Tachiagare ima da Nippon!"
Man, tonight was effin' EPIC.
Also the roads were so bad I almost slipped off the road going to Taiza to get Rob! Good times! It makes me miss Michigan, just a little, haha. Reminds me of home!
Damn I'll have good dreams tonight! 8D
HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU ALL!!!! |
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| MERRI KURISUMASU!!!!! |
[Dec. 25th, 2008|11:02 pm] |
Hey guys!
MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!
I had a SERIOUSLY tough time being away from everything and everyone I love at Christmas, much to my surprise. I miss you all and love you very much!
You know what was able to pull me out of it? Thinking how people back home wouldn't want me sad. So I watched It's a wonderful Life, listened to some Xmas carols (I recommend "Christmas (Baby Please come Home)" by Cher and Rosie O'Donnell. Yes, you heard me. If you've never heard that song, look it up. So worth it. Makes me smile just thinking about it.
I wish you all the most joyous of holidays....and here's another hot pic of Aiba, again because I'm on the let's-cheer-myself-up-wagon! Let me have my fun! XP I'll put it behind a cut to spare you a little bit.
( Hotness, complete with birthmark this time! ) |
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| An Important Announcement |
[Dec. 24th, 2008|09:45 pm] |
MERRY CHRISTMAS EVE, ONE AND ALL!!!
but more importantly
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MASAKI DESU~!
誕生日おめでとう、相葉ちゃ~ん！
I found this photo of him and thought I'd post it in celebration:
Mommy, YES! This photo is just hot beyond words. I'm such a freak, I know. But if loving Aiba is crazy than I don't want to be sane. I also noticed that they almost never show him from his left side. It's because he has like a HUGE birthmark on his shoulder that I had heard about but hadn't seen before today. Of course, being the die-hard Aiba fan that I am, I find it hot. Yep. No surprise there. Plus white tanktops should be mandatory for all boys with nice arms. 8D
So he's 26 today. Man, and just as I had closed the gap on him a year, lolz.
This is also a good time to mention that Baron (my most beloved star dog) was also born on Dec. 24th. Coincidence??? I THINK NOT.
Okay, being alone in a foreign country this close to a holiday has made me go bonkers, I'm convinced.
P.S. Amy! He doesn't look dead! Today will go down in history as the day I found a decent pic of him. Also my kyuushoku sensei asked me today which member of Arashi I liked the best because she saw them on my desktop. And I told her, and she asked why....and for some reason the only thing I could come up with was..."He does stupid things that make me laugh." She found it hilarious but I immediately thought to myself, Why am I so MEAN to him??? Good times. |
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| The birthday/Xmas one-two. |
[Dec. 22nd, 2008|03:32 pm] |
Hey everybody.
I know it's been a little bit, and I had every intention of writing something on my birthday, but somehow it got put off and shoved aside until now. I feel like I'm out of the really super reflective (and consequently always a little depressing) mood that normally accompanies my birthday after the celebration stuff is all said and done, so good for all of you, who now have to read this. As it is I'm in a pretty good mood today because tonight is our school's bounenkai (end-of-year party) and I plan to drink, sing and make merry with all my fellow co-workers. I swear I will make better friends with the younger faculty tonight! YOSHA! But before that some things that I want to remember about my birthday, just because they're memorable now, but maybe won't be when I reach the big two dozen next year. ( Birthday tidbits )
One more thing. Nothing makes you feel younger than getting a confession of love from one of your 3rd year students (9th grade). He told me to wait for him until he's older. So adorable, if a tiny bit disturbing. He's going to be a cutie too. (Heck, he already is!) But sorry, one of us was born too early or too late, methinks. I'm not the cradle-robbing type. Couldn't help but let it boost my self-confidence a little though. ^_~
P.S. Thank you all for not combining my birthday and Xmas again this year. I know I don't make a big deal about it, but the truth is on the inside I can't stand it. Lol, I'm such a bitch, I know. |
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| Somebody call 119! |
[Dec. 7th, 2008|12:03 pm] |
I woke up early this morning (about 3am) to find myself ON FIRE.
This is so not a joke. I wish it were. The comforter I had been sleeping under got too close to the heater and it caught fire. Luckily I was not burned, but I woke up because of choking smoke and extreme heat. SOMEHOW I managed to smother the fire and turn off both the heaters and open some windows to let the smoke out. All of this was done in a daze of half-wakefulness. Unfortunately now my whole place reeks of CHARRED REMAINS. But the only thing actually damaged (and it was completely destroyed) was the comforter. I'm going to have to go buy a new one today.
Some of you might be wondering why I was sleeping with a space heater so dangerously close. Yes, well...JAPAN IS COLD. Literally it's either freeze to death or burn to death apparently.
Man, that freaked me out. I want to go home, like NOW. But instead I have to get some febreeze or something so I can continue living here. I'm also glad none of the Japanese people ever have to know about this. They'd be coming over to check on my heaters every friggin' day if they knew.
In other news. It snowed again. I'd be more excited if I were less cold.
Hope the rest of you had a better start to your day. -_- |
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