Okay. For real.
What’s up with this shit? You wanna know what I did today?
Oh yeah, that would be a whole lot of “nothing”. It’s annoying. Just plain a-n-n-o-y-i-n-g. I seem to remember being more productive this time of year last year, but then this whole Japan thing was brand-spakin’ new so yeah, there was exploring to be done. It was also raining all day, so that kinda deterred things in a way.
But that didn’t mean I couldn’t do things around the house. To be fair, I cleaned my room and the bathroom, you know, ‘cuz I’m insane and neurotic. I finished A Clash of Kings and finished watching a bit of The Venture Bros. so I could brush up my Quote (Fight Club seems to be incredibly fascinated with this program). I had intentions of writing in my fic, but the freaking characters don’t wanna freaking move from the freaking inn I sent them to months ago…and don’t even get me started on Lint Wars. (I blame Mike’s character for this folly…or possibly Vicki of Wau-con-da’s. I’d blame Al’s, but she’d end up hitting me again or something. And yeah, there was a lot of “freaking” there.)
I think it’s my futon. It’s such a happy place, I barely want to leave it. This does not bode well for our little Asian. I’ll soon be getting a bed, like a Western-style bed. I wonder if this will make things better or worse.
Dude, I was really good today (on some level). I didn’t spend any money on food. I made ramen for lunch and spaghetti for dinner. I’m trying to see if I can make it without taking any more money out. We get paid next week, and I have two privates coming up, including a new one I’ve inherited from Rob which pays 8,000 Yen (roughly $80) for one day a month! I’ll get me that iPod some day!
Speaking of private lessons, Tomoya was sick on Saturday, so it was just me and Sakika. I was a little apprehensive about this ‘cuz Sakika doesn’t have a lot of speaking ability, but I kept the questions pretty simple and we actually just spent the whole hour talking. I think I got the greatest kick out of spending thirty minutes going on about Wicked. Sakika is graduation from junior high school on Friday and I asked her about her plans. (ETA: Sakika is graduating from junior high school on Friday and I asked her about her plans. Or even better, Sakikia will graduate on Friday, so I asked her about her plans.) She mentioned she likes going to USJ a lot, and I told her about mine own misadventures there and about how I saw the abbreviated form of Wicked. She was really excited about this, almost as much as I was, and told me she had the CD. Oh man! It was awesome! I don’t know how much of my babbling she actually caught, as I am wont to get really excited and talk too fast about things I love, but I was happy to have connected with her about something. (Tomoya plays in the brass band, so he and I have chatted about band a bit.) It was pretty wicked. (Pun intended.)
So…Buffy Season 8. I’m pretty excited. I think I’m most excited about the “Faith-arc” to be written by Brian K. Vaughan. How freaking cool is that??? I have half a mind to go back to Sannomiya and ask the comics guy to special order the Buffy stuff even though I know it will be waiting for me when I come home next. But at the rate things are going, I’m only making it home once a year, and a year is a pretty long time to wait. We all know how good I am about patience when it comes to all things geek.
In case you haven’t figured it out yet, this post is pretty much a ramble.
I am really digging A Song of Ice and Fire; I know I’ve made mention of this before, but it really has sucked me in. I think I like how brutal it is. It’s honest. Bad things happen to good people, bad things happen to bad people. I still don’t know who I want to win; I have a dislike for the majority of the Lannisters, but Tyrion the Imp is a great character and in the book I’m reading now, Jaimie become of POV character. Perhaps this will give insight into the until now 2-D character.
I know I’m talking over everyone’s head, but seriously, it’s good reading.
I braved people last week. Clint was throwing this sort of shindig on Thursday night, so after catching up on Veronica Mars with Rob, I headed on over. It was actually pretty cool. Mike’s new roommate Edward was there and I have already deemed him a fun guy to hang out with. He’s one dry fellow and that suits me just fine.
I think my greatest achievement was Saturday night, though. I went out. To AmeMura. On a Saturday night. To. A. Bar.
I know. I was shocked my own damn self. But it was Rob’s sayonara (sort of), and I’ll always brave people when it’s a special occasion. Even if it does cost me 500 Yen for a glass of orange juice. But it came with a slice of lime, and ice so I think that’s where all the money went to.
I will be the keeper of Rob’s things for a while. I think one of the things I’m most excited about is his DVD collection. He has all of Angel and some other shiny series…es…(uh, come on, I know about of English teacher type folk — what’s the plural for :series”?) like Scurbs. Once again, this does not bode well for our little Asian.
Did you know I was home in Chicago almost two months ago? Weird.
I really want to go to San Diego Con.
So yeah. That’s where I’ve been lately. Here and there. The weather has been crazy. It was about 60 yesterday and parts of today. I came home from work yesterday and could smell summer. I was really bummed about that ‘cuz that means “humid” is going to return, and with humidity comes Bob. Stupid Bob! I really should move everything upstairs.
Although, Hanami should be starting soon. I may actually brave people again to go out to Kyoto and see the cherry blossoms. And we’ve also talked about going and having a proper Hanami at Osakajo-koen provided it’s not raining like it was last year. I think that would be cool.
Okay. I think I’ve rambled enough.
The Halfway House looks really cool. I wish I could be there right now and school all y’all in Golden Deuce. Someone smack me Da for me, if anything ‘cuz I don’t want him getting complacent. Maybe put a Skittle in his water or something. Or hide his glasses.
Oh yeah. And there’s someone with a birthday coming up. A someone who knows what it’s like to not be home right now, suffering through grad school in the mountains mere miles away from where mountain men dwell, or so we learned in that cinematic achievement Wrong Turn. Does anyone know what this someone might want for her birthday this year? Anyone? 
Dammit. I’m out of Gummi Bears.
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“Well look at this! Appears we arrived in just the nick of time. What does that make us?”
