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So... wow, it's going to be hard not to write this entry in Japanese. But for the benefit of those few* of you who remain among the unenlightened, I'll do my best. ;D
*actually, most people don't speak Japanese. but it's surprisingly easy to forget.
There are two main things I've noticed recently. One is that more or less throughout Japan, or at least my small sphere of it, there is inexplicably a festive atmosphere as Christmas draws nearer. True, less than 1% of Nihonjin are Christian. And even the secular celebrations are a little odd by our standards - Christmas in Japan is a time to take your loved one, singular, by the hand and go out on the town, where the two of you will find a romantic restaurant and partake of the traditional Christmas feast of... kentucky fried chicken. (You can't make this stuff up.) Single folks have no choice but to sit at home and hope someone will give them a Christmas Cake. (What is a Christmas Cake, you say? Examples I've seen pretty much just look like cake.)
Okay, so I'm exaggerating the differences a little bit. They also exchange presents, and sometimes even have trees, although they don't put the presents under the tree. But more importantly, they also decorate with colored lights - not so much red and green as white and blue, but it still makes things feel like Christmas, especially the restaurant that has a set of bells rigged up to play Christmas carols. And warm fuzzy Christmas feelings make me look forward to being home with the family for Christmas. To my knowledge I haven't missed one yet, and I don't intend to.
December also brings with it the end of classes, and me having to face the reality of going home. For every point on which I think "Come on, man, just a little more, you're almost there," there's another area where I think "Wait! I'm not done yet!" For example, I still haven't sent any postcards. With any luck, I'll get them out by Saturday, but it still hardly matches up with my intentions to be arriving home before my mail. (Speaking of, mom sent me a pizza in the mail, with a nice card. I am amused.)
There's also the whole friendship thing to consider. Partly because I didn't realize the importance of purchasing a cell phone right away, partly because of certain social conventions that took time to get used to, and partly just because of the natural curve of relationships in general, I feel like in many ways I'm just getting started socially.
On the other hand, I have commitments back home. And it's not true that I haven't made any progress, although being myself I don't always realize it. For instance, today I was talking to my friends in the IFC, whom I fondly refer to as my "entourage" based on the nature of the discussions we have. I asked today about plans for break - theirs include mostly バイト, or part-time work - and mentioned that I was returning home on the 20th, then going back to Middlebury in early January. "Wait - aren't you coming back after break??" When I confirmed that I was just here for the one semester, they were dismayed - I've made no secret of it, but I suppose I may not have mentioned it with this group. The immediate, and collective, reaction was "oh, this is terrible, I thought sure you'd be here until next September, and when are you free between now and then? We must have a 帰り会！" I was touched, really. Here I don't even know most of their names (although granted that step comes much later for me than for most people), and they're planning a going-away get-together and getting Facebook accounts so we can keep in touch after I go home. The first time I heard someone describe the end of the semester for us ryuugakusei as 帰ってしまう, I found it odd, but recently I've been thinking it fits - I really don't want to leave these people behind. I just remembered something I read in my research for going abroad - Japanese social groups are indeed tough to break into, but once you're in, you're in. That's very comforting for someone as socially insecure as I am.
Along the same lines, Marie gave me some peppermint tea today, because she is clearly the nicest person ever. And it's perfect, really, because my cold is almost gone except for a tiny lingering cough/sore throat. Also, apparently her fiancée is one of the previous ryuugakusei my host mother speaks so highly of. The world is indeed a tiny, tiny place. And it feels a lot smaller - in a good way - when you have friends. ^____^
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One of the things I think I haven't really talked about in detail here is the subway. At rush hour, there are times when it's kind of a pain - especially since, interestingly enough, nihonjin are actually not very good at riding the subway. What I mean by that is, people don't move in towards the center of the car, so it'll be so crowded you literally can't squeeze in next to the doors, and there's empty places to stand (or even sit) in the middle. Compounding this is the fact that, when guys attempt to be macho and ride without using the handholds, or there simply aren't enough to go around, people don't shift their weight appropriately, and so every time we accelerate (in the scientific sense) they fall over. It's almost a daily occurrence, in fact, to see some high school guy standing with his arms crossed, looking cool, then lurch to the side, panic, and sheepishly grab the railing. XD
But on those days when I come home early, or on weekends, it's actually really awesome, because of the people you-- well, not so much meet as see. There's the old guy I met who's traveled all around the world, including Europe. He enjoys going new places and seeing new things, he said. I mentioned how nice it must be to be able to lead that kind of lifestyle after retirement, and he said, "Well, I've earned it." If he's anything like your average Nihonjin, he's undoubtedly correct.
Then there are the kids - particularly younger kids. I think part of what's so great about kids is that they seem to find everything fascinating, in contrast to the adults who just stare straight ahead. Even cuter than kids are parents with children, both moms and dads - yesterday, I saw a mother teaching her kid Cat's Cradle, the two-way game, and today there was one playing pattycake with her son. Well, not quite pattycake - it's that mysterious thing girls do with their hands. "miss mary mack, mack, mack all dressed in black, black, black", and so forth.
Also, at one point a few weeks ago I was sitting on the train, doing hw, and the college student next to me kept sniffling. I didn't think much of it, but after a few minutes it was clear she didn't have a handkerchief or anything, so I just casually reached into my bag, pulled out a tissue, and handed it to her. I was kind of distracted and forgot to say "douzo" or anything, so for a second she didn't realize what was going on - then she practically lit up and said 'あっ！サンキュー！' It was such a small thing, but she seemed really surprised. She was still grinning by the time we got to my stop, and waved as I got off the train. In fact, judging by her expression, in all my life I will never meet a happier person than that sniffly girl with her tissue. XD
In other news, Aoyagi-sensei - whose handle is シロクマ, or Polar Bear - did something today that raised my respect for him, already high, another few notches. We were discussing flexibility of word order in Japanese, and he wrote the sentence 太郎が本をテーブルに置いた。 (Tarou put the book on the table.) He then proceeded to write down other variations of this sentence, all with the same meaning, but different word order - in Japanese, 'tarou', 'book', and 'table' each have grammatical markers indicating their relationship, so you can move them around without messing anything up. After he'd gotten 5, he said "Any more?" Silence for a few seconds. I look at the board and before I can stop myself, blurt out "There should be six." His response? "Right. There are supposed to be six." And the next thing he wrote on the board was 3P3=3!=3x2=6. ^______^
I guess it's not technically that big a deal, but my mind is so interdisciplinary that it makes me do a little happy dance whenever my religion professor digresses into etymology, or my German professor puts on an opera, etc.
Well, looks like you'll *still* have to wait to find out about janken, cuz it's really time for me to sleep. Night all!
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Well, it was bound to happen - after yesterday's thoroughly cheerful post, the pendulum swung the other way and today hasn't been quite as fabulous.
Last night I couldn't concentrate, so I went to bed hoping to accomplish things this morning. Things didn't go according to plan, but I did get up, take a shower, and actually get out the door and inside the subway station before I realized that, with the cold and all, I just couldn't go to school today. Actually, the cold is fine; it's embarrassing to admit that I always manage to forget how this works. I catch a minor illness - cold, flu, 24-hr stomach bug, whatever. I'm fine *while* I'm sick; symptoms don't usually prevent me from going to class, although they make life uncomfortable outside of it. Then, just when I think I'm getting better, my CFS kicks in, and wham. I'm down for the count. Witness this week, when I had the tiniest hint of a sore throat on Mon, sniffled through class Tues-Thurs, and then today I haven't even been able to sit up much.
I try not to laugh at the people who think love is a beautiful dance - but she keeps missing the rhythm, and he's got a rip in his pants. :)
Still, the day wasn't a total wash - I did manage to send in (just now) the script for our presentation that was due today, as well as rediscovering some of the simple joys in life: Brian Jacques and "Ever After." It's funny - I really like that movie, but I hadn't realized before that it's so ( full of spoilers. )
It also has Leonardo da Vinci as the most delightfully kooky old man ever.
Granted, it was frustrating that even after I watched the movie, and enjoyed it, I still couldn't sit up. But, hopefully tomorrow will be better. I'm listening to Rebecca Angel and Jars of Clay, and that tends to make me feel better. ^__^
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| My super exciting travel blog, 11/25: Who Was That Masked Man, Anyway? |
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Hey folks.
Today's title is a reference to the fact that I have a bit of a cold, so I finally get to participate in the wonderful Japanese cultural activity of wearing sanitary masks. It's not that bad (pic), but come to find out they're not really designed for guys with big bushy beards... Also, it traps a lot of heat & humidity. Which makes me less dehydrated, I guess.
Anyway, that aside, things are going well if not spectacularly. Lots of projects coming up, of varying degrees of difficulty. More on those later, if I can find the time. Also, I've written a lot of a post about this weekend, so sometime I'll finish that and post it - probably not backdated, so that y'all can see it.
Also, Mark sent me the first draft of the generic reference letter I asked him to write. It's highly complimentary, as one might expect a reference letter to be, but it reminds me that I really took the bull by the horns for that internship, and it paid off. Not everyone would volunteer to do a major project in Java with no more preparation than good genes, but I really enjoyed it. And it taught me the value of the concept of a "work day", which I will be able to put to better use once I return to Middlebury, where I have more control over my schedule.
( Congratulations, schedule is the secret woid! )
In the meantime, I have to come up with a conclusion for our group presentation about Miyazaki vs. Disney sometime in the next 8.5 hours. Night all!
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[20 Nov 2009|08:03pm] |
"So, do we have 30 completed surveys? They're due today, y'know."
"We will, as soon as I finish writing this one."
It was perfectly legit - a couple people didn't have time to fill out the surveys in person, so they texted me their results and I copied them onto blanks - but the look on her face was priceless. XD
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[19 Nov 2009|04:15pm] |
such conflicting emotions. on the one hand, there are only two weeks of classes left.
On the other hand, there are only two weeks of classes left.
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So, between my preparation for this group project we're working on and a certain amount of emotional turmoil, I got to bed pretty late last night. It was okay, though - it felt good to be actually DOING something, instead of just sitting around, even though it did make me late for bed.
Then comes today. I think this may be the longest consecutive span of time spent using my brain that I've ever performed. Heck, even during finals week I take a 20-minute break here and there. Let's break it down, shall we?
( two hops this time )
I'm actually in a pretty good mood, partially because there's no regular HW for any of my classes tomorrow, and partially because even though it was tough, I enjoy feeling like I'm back in the game after a relatively brain-dead weekend. As you can see, my emotions are all over the place in Japan - but I much prefer that to not having any. Also, I don't have my class ring here, but if I remember that it exists I still feel better, because of what it represents.
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so tonight, as an unusual thing, we had dessert. Chocolate cupcakes, fresh from the oven.
and they were delicious, objectively, but it hurt to eat because it was all wrong. not because the paper was weird or I was drinking water or even that we ate them with a knife & fork.
no, it was the fact that we ate, as always, in stony silence. and with Japanese food, I'm sort of used to it. but to me, baked goods - especially just-finished delicious chocolate baked goods - mean warm and cozy and chatting and raising hands and nerds and laughing and TEA and wisecracks and charleston and dinosaurs and get down mister president and hugs and most of all friends.
i want to be home.
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[13 Nov 2009|01:45am] |
I haven't read The Campus in a while - it seems it hasn't been coming to my inbox, for some reason. Tonight I took a few moments to look at it, and in lieu of what I was planning to write, I'm going to share a few excerpts.
The first is from an article that isn't relevant for several paragraphs, and then all of a sudden comes this gem:
But my point here actually has less to do with the imaginary holiday of RPW, and more to do with the incredibly bizarre ideas that we, or at least I, perceive as "normal views." Despite disagreeing with these perceived normal views on most subjects, I tend to take them into consideration in my daily life - and I've spoken with several others who expressed anxieties in this vein - as if an imagined group of Normal People were following me around and tsk-tsking at most of my actions.
I know people who subscribe to this view. In Japan it's such a part of daily life that it's difficult to even discuss, because people don't consciously comprehend it. Myself, I don't buy it. The author of today's Japanese reading relayed a situation where the heating/AC in a library was set by looking at the calendar, rather than the weather, and thus would frequently be either too hot or too cold. The reason? ｢きまりですから。｣ "It's been decided," or "Those are the rules." そんなことに私は賛成できない。 "That's the way it's done" is NEVER sufficient reason to explain any process. In fact, it's not a reason at all; it's tautological that the policies of an institution dictate how it should be run. Saying such a thing is tantamount to admitting that there is no logical reason for continuing some policy other than inertia, the simple fact that it would take (in some cases) marginally more effort to change the rules than to follow them.
Number two refers to the fact that Parton Health Center will no longer be open 24 hours a day, forcing students to care for each other or call the hospital if they get hammered on a Friday night. But it's also the only information I've ever heard from someone who actually knew Nick Garza. The comments, I think, are revealing as well.
http://www.middleburycampus.com/story/open-letter-president
Number three is a two-parter - an article given by the Campus's regular alcohol columnist (yes, we have one...) and an editorial response from one of our own.
http://www.middleburycampus.com/story/waters-wine-mike-waters-perplexing-metamorphosis
http://www.middleburycampus.com/story/letters-editor-111209
I find it interesting that in as little as two weeks, this Mike has realized both how inconsiderate the stereotypical college student can be, and how futile their typical weekend activities are - yet he denies this, referring to himself as "sanctimonious." Amazing. "Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing ever happened." ~Winston Churchill
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more serious/detailed things after dinner/registration. but first!
-The mafiaa keeps saying that piracy hurts the music industry. That's actually not true; the music industry as a whole is up, even in the current economic situation. It's only the recording industry whose sales are dropping - people are going to live concerts more, because they have better ways of finding artists they like.
-On the way home there were flashing lights and sirens and a vehicle saying, ただいま、全国に一切-- and then it turned the corner and I didn't catch the rest. But I would kind of like to know what comes after, "Just now, throughout the entire country, there is absolutely no--"
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It's no secret that I like Japanese. There are certainly plenty of frustrating moments, but there are also times like these, when I've just written an e-mail to my advisor, who happens to come from both the town I'm living in and the college I'm attending.
名古屋についてのご質問ですが、実は名古屋は京都よりすばらしい都市だと思います。大須で買い物したり、夜に栄を散歩したりすると気持ちいいです。その二つは全然違う雰囲気でも、両方も日本らしいと感じて喜びます。そして南山大学の授業は面白いし、友達が作れるし、今学期は本当にいい経験だと思っています。一方で、私は心でいなかっぽいの人だから、都市のうるささや天気に慣れていないから、バーモントの山が私の名前を呼ぶという気がすることもあります。でも日本に来るのはとてもいい機会だと分かっているので、日本にいているうちに一期一会と思って、毎日を大事にして、最後まで楽しんでいきましょうと考えています。
I'm so glad I was able to do that. ^__^
Annnnd Danielle hasn't e-mailed me a survey, so I guess I won't be getting up super early to print out a bunch before tomorrow. Oh darn.
Night all. Hyvää yötä ja kauniita unia.
～海賊のシューツ
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[08 Nov 2009|08:48pm] |
So painfully, struggling under his pack,
The small Snoodle inched up the big mountain's back.
He crawled over boulders in rain and in lightning.
He trudged on and on though the journey was frightening.
'Til finally, Sunday at quarter past two
He spied all the meadows of Gilda-manju
And realized he was on top of Mt. Ginchez.
Alone with the wind, and his thoughts, and the finches.
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This is another one of those love songs that I like even though the lyrics represent a completely incompatible worldview. To my mind, saying "You're like a growing addiction that I can't deny" is hardly complimentary.
On the other hand, it came into my head tonight, and I think I know why. After the "australian friends night" (delicious Western-style food and good fun, more or less) at church, I went to Sakae. I was in a good mood and wanted a snack, so since it was on the way I decided to get out and wander around for a bit.
Well, come to find out the McD's was closed, as were all the other stores in Oasis 21. This was a shock to me, since it's usually pretty busy at all hours. But the first thing I noticed, after all the dark windows, was the sound. Nobody was shopping, so the usual hum of conversation was missing, and the music, in contrast to their usual upbeat let's-all-buy-stuff pop mix, was quiet and ethereal. The glow of the lights really seemed magical - heck, even the Coca-cola billboard was somehow endearing. Around 10:45, even the overhead lights went off and folks still inside the center (I was outside by then) were oh-so-politely requested to find the nearest exit. ^__^
And after that, I realized something: it was quiet. There were still people walking past, and cars on the street, etc., but the shopping center takes up most of a block, so for a ways around there was much less noise than usual. It was wonderful... almost enough to make a guy wish he had someone to share it with.
I went to find some food, and I ran across a very Japanese style of eatery: a bar facing the street where you walk up, order, and eat right there. Since they also had customers sitting inside, I figured the place was probably pretty reputable, so I ordered a skewer of something and hoped for the best. (Fact: Just because I can read the menus enough to order something doesn't mean I actually understand what I'll be getting. It's more fun that way.) I was a bit miffed when I found out that, even though the menu listed 1 stick-100 yen, you had to buy them in a set of two. But I felt better when the next guy to come along, a Nihonjin, was equally surprised. XD
Come to find out that ton'yaki, although it is delicious because of the way it's cooked, isn't necessarily the most edible part of the pig. (What do they call that in English? Pork rinds?) Given that I had already eaten dinner, though, and just needed something to chew for a while, it was perfect. And way more of a legit thing to do than getting a burger from Mickey D's.
So, putting all this together, I remembered that actually, I love being outside at night. Yes, yes, you'd think I would know that by now - I'm a night owl, always have been, probably always will be. But, not being in any clubs [that involve work] and having regular classes with a consistently minimal workload has removed a lot of variables, you might say, and allowed me to keep track of how I'm feeling this semester in a way I haven't been able to since I first got sick in high school. And come to find out that, as easy as it is to joke about it, sunlight actually does make me uncomfortable. Not that there aren't times when sunlight makes me want to just burst into song, of course, but for me it's like a rollercoaster - fun only when you're at your best. Similar revelations include: - My aversion to so-called "continental breakfast" turns out to be based not only on personality, but on the fact that it's actually not enough food for me;
- I'm much better able to concentrate at the beginning of class if I leave enough time to walk there at a leisurely pace (I also sweat a lot less, which is just better for everybody);
- I don't actually hate shopping, I'm just usually miserable while shopping because it's exhausting - if I take enough breaks to sit down and eat, I'm fine;
- I love rain, and especially wind, but days with bad weather in general actually do make me sad. (Someone who knows more than I do might be able to explain the connection between blood pressure and barometric pressure.)
So maybe the rest of you already knew all that, but for me, it's just been one thing after another that, if I remember and pay attention to, will make my life a heck of a lot easier in the future. ^__^
But, where were we? Yes, writing a very short entry about this song before going to bed, that's it. So there I was, in Sakae, at night, admiring the building-screensavers and the UFO benches (i swear I'll post pics someday) and the billboards, and this song came into my head. I couldn't quite think why for a moment, but pretty soon an image popped into my mind of a dimly-lit killer whale.
The explicit memories I have of when my family went to Orlando are mostly of Disneyworld, but I do have one very strong memory of SeaWorld. It's not a memory of events per se so much as feelings. It was night, and we went to see a show - possibly Shamu. And for one of the routines, they played this song. I guess I had heard it before, it being the 90's, but it took on a completely new meaning for me there - with the show going on, it really set the perfect mood for the night. I wasn't necessarily paying attention to the stunts, although it wouldn't have been the same with just an empty pool. All I can remember is that, at the time, it felt like the most wonderful evening I'd ever had.
So now, whenever I hear this song, I tend to remember that night. And conversely, it would seem, this song comes to mind when I'm taking the air at night and see colored lights. What a glorious thing it is to be in downtown Nagoya after dark. I'm truly blessed to be able to have this experience.
Still and all, although I'll continue to make the most of my time here, it's also moments like this when I can hear Vermont calling my name, with its soft breeze and its blanket of stars.
Goodnight all. Sweet dreams, and when you go to bed tonight, I hope it's in a place where you can really appreciate being there. I know I do. <3
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I was just listening to a Mannheim Steamroller song, and suddenly thought "Shoot! This song has English in it!!"
oh Middlebury Language School. what a wacky effect you have on the psyche for years afterwards.
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Not much to say today except I really need to get my schedule back on track. At the moment, I'm feeling simultaneously overwhelmed and frustrated by a lack of challenges, which seems somewhat contradictory and may be the result of befuddled thinking (since I'm no longer in high school, where that was actually the case.)
Also, I'm really enjoying this series of commercials for Fog Bar, even though I don't approve of the product they're selling:
http://www.shiseido.co.jp/uno/top.htm#/cm
TTFN.
Oh, one more thing - those of you who missed it when I posted this on FB need to watch this video. If you've already seen it, I'm pretty sure you need to see it again. ^__^
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| My super exciting travel blog, 11/4: 君を、もっと君らしく。 |
[04 Nov 2009|02:12am] |
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One of the ads on the subway has, as the only clearly readable text, 君を、もっと君らしく。 The subtleties of grammar aren't preserved in English, but it means something like "You, more like yourself." I feel that's really what's happened on this trip - meaning this trip to Japan as a whole, but it sort of crystallized for me on the trip to Kyoto.
( never enter your PIN number into an ATM machine; you might get the HIV virus )
Hmm, seems I haven't described much of what actually happened on the trip. But then, perhaps where I went is less important than what I figured out while I was there. The rest can wait - I have to get up in about an hour and a half if I'm to finish my homework before class. Cheers!
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Okay, so I admit I'm a little slow, but I just watched the first 2 minutes of the latest episode of Castle* and it is SHEER GENIUS. "What exactly are you supposed to be?" "Space cowboy." "One, there are no cows in space. Two, didn't you wear that, like, five years ago??" XDDDDD
SO AMAZING.
(i am, possibly, a huge fanboy.)
*For any of you who haven't heard of it, as I hadn't until this episode premiered, Castle is a show starring Nathan Fillion, of Firefly fame. For the Halloween episode, his character cosplays dresses up as Malcolm Reynolds - as in, the character he played, like, five years ago. ^_____^
Also, a brief note before I start on my real update, which hopefully will get done sometime today, but after my hw. When I sent my computer back to the States to get it fixed, Mom needed my password in order to check and see if it was working, so she called Big Sis, who was able to guess it. (If you know me, the username kind of suggests the password - to anyone else, it's gibberish.)
Now, granted I should have just told her the password - it simply didn't occur to me that that step would be necessary. On the other hand, my computer intentionally has exactly that level of security, and although this isn't precisely the scenario I had in mind when I set it up, I'm pretty proud of the fact that it worked.
Now it's time to take a shower and get busy, since I did nothing yesterday. I had thought I'd be able to go to the 学際 (school festival) today, but apparently not since I didn't wake up until 1:30. Apparently recovering from travel in Kyoto takes 2 days. Let's hope it doesn't take 3 - I have school tomorrow, if only a little bit.
roger, roger. over, over.
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[28 Oct 2009|11:13pm] |
This tends to come to mind whenever I have to walk through the pouring rain, as one occasionally must in Nagoya:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNpWBMNyC0w&feature=related
Also, a fun thing I think I haven't mentioned yet: in Japan, you never have to buy tissues. なぜかと言うと、they hand them out as promotional materials. I also get a free magazine most every day as I step out of the subway. I've actually gone to the bank not to make a transaction, but just to get more tissues. XD
Gonna try and upload pictures tonight, not least because I need the space on my camera if I'm going to take any pictures in Kyoto.
While the files are transferring, I've been reminiscing by looking over the Youtube videos of Kitties on Sunday. The comments are awesome - and, amazingly (especially for a YouTube video) mostly positive. One guy actually went so far as to redub the actual opening theme of One Piece with our performance. That, my friends, is glory, right there. And it's how I justify my "I'M FAMOUS ON THE INTERNET" shirt - almost 30,000 views on our most famous video, and over 9,000 on a couple others. (Yeah, you heard me.)
My favorite, though, is this guy:
Dear God, I like anime but please don't let me turn into this when i grow up.
*looks @ guy in high waters and Jesus hair*
AMEN!!!!!!!
XDDDD Like I always say, if you're not offending someone, you're not doing it right.
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