| I've got a lot of catching up to do |
[25 Nov 2009|02:23am] |
OK, so yeah, I'm gonna try to wrap up these stories because it's already almost Wednesday and that means I'm halfway to the weekend and I'll have MORE stories to tell after that. Damn-o, life really does fly by.
Warp 20th Anniversary Party Part II( Read more... )
Good Meeting Turned Pointless, Karaoke and a Getting a TINY bit of Ass( Read more... )
Yesterday evening was pretty eventful but I'll try to write about that in a separate entry. Jeez. I wrote a lot today and I still have more to say! XD
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Wow, after reading some of these on my friends' page, I came to realize that some of you may not know a lot about me because I was surprised to read a lot about you. So here we go.
" I said this looks like a job for me; So everybody, just follow me; Cause we need a little, controversy; Cause it feels so empty, without me "( Read more... )
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| I said it on Twitter during the party and on Facebook but I'll say it again |
[22 Nov 2009|05:51am] |
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That party fucking blew my mind. Wow. That was a damn good party. The music was top notch for the most part and ridiculously cutting edge and progressive. The decorations and lasers and visuals were also stellar. The venue was big enough to hold everyone and I still had room to poi. Therefore, I give this party an A+
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| Warp Records 20th Anniversy |
[21 Nov 2009|01:01am] |
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So this is the party I'm going to tomorrow night. Yuki told me I should go and she's never told me to go to a bad party. Plus, it's Warp records-- you know, the label that Aphex Twin and Boards of Canada is on. It's kinda pricey ($95 at the door) but I think it'll be worth it. Plus, I get to spin glow poi with my friends and the party is in Chiba so I don't have to travel for 1 million hours to get there. And if I get fucked up at home, well, I won't have to worry about buying drinks. I usually spend about $100 going out on the weekend anyway so it's not a big deal. I'm wondering what a Warp Records party is like oO I guess I'll find out tomorrow. lol. Hopefully, I don't have another awkward encounter with Masa or anyone who knows him but it's almost inevitable with how big this party is going to be. Thankfully, he's not into IDM so I doubt he'll be there but his friends are a different story ;p
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/fm20091113a1.html
Tokyo has spoiled me rotten with the artist I get to see. I can't think of many places in the States besides LA or New York that would throw a big IDM party.
I'm also having coffee with Brenna after work tomorrow. I get to kick it with Brenna, which is something I don't really get to do much anymore and I get my iPod back so that's a win^2 situation.
Hiroko is picking me up early tomorrow so I need to go to sleep soon. Here's a quick run down of my week.
The rest of Sunday-- I stayed as long as I could at the party in the park and spun LED poi with the Shinjuku fire kids. Then Nic, Conor and I bounced. Conor and I had Indian food for dinner and then we watched The Last of the Mowhikins together.
Monday-- Good day with my good class. No complaints.
Tuesday-- Met Nic and Dan for dinner to say farewell before they left for Vietnam. They'll be gone for a bout a week. We went to a delicious, really cheap and ghetto izakaya. The area was really sketchy and it was practically a red light district. Dan was skeptical of why Nic led us there at first. He said, "Nic, this is a place where people come to fuck, not eat dinner with their friends." HAHAA.and Dan, being half Japanese, ordered a ton of delicious food for us and we feasted. It gave me diarrhea but nothing serious so I'd still go back there and eat again. lol.
Wednesday-- I had a really weird dream about Masa on Wednesday morning. I dreamed I went to the train station near where Riyo used to live in Mie to meet Masa. Masa ran down the steps and right into my arms and we fell onto a bench. He was wearing his suit, which I found kind of weird because I usually dream about hippie Masa, not salaryman Masa. We embraced each other tightly and he said, "I'm sorry I forgot the present I was going to give you." I replied, "I don't care as long as you're here with me." When I woke up I was like, "This is retarded. I wish I could get over him. "So that put me in a bad mood for a while and I ended up having a good cry because I've been holding back my feelings about him leaving me lately in an attempt to make it go away. But at least I got to get my emotions out and I felt better after crying. My classes were really good and that also cheered me up. All of my Wednesday classes are very enjoyable because my students are really clever, enjoy learning and like to have fun. Conor and I went to Karaoke after work and we sang a lot of new songs. I sang "Love Shack" and I will sing it again. It's a good song! After karaoke I drank one of the energy drinks that fucked Conor up. It gave me a bit of a head change but I wouldn't type random letters of the alphabet to the ABC song at work on it like Conor claims he would. lol. Conor played a bunch of classical music when we got home and I went into my kotatsu oven. We also had a sing-a-long with some of our favorite karaoke songs. I passed out at the kotatsu and Conor passed out on the couch. Then I had a weird dream in which Conor and I were running through this weird outdoor party that reminded me of UMF in Miami back in 2006. Then we flew up into the sky (I don't know why but whenever I dream about Conor we go flying oO) and there was a meteor shower. It was beautiful. Then we came back to earth and the Queen of Hearts started bitching at us for causing trouble because we made her young son fall down and scrape his knee. She had an army of chocolate bunnies and she was telling them to arrest us. Conor started speaking perfect Thai to the Queen of Hearts but she wouldn't listen and ordered the bunnies to attack. However, I was too fast for that. I grabbed one of the bunnies' arms and broke it off. Then I started smashing the bunnies to pieces. While I was fighting them, I thought, "I wonder what would happen if I laughed at them?" So I started pointing and laughing at the bunnies and they started to explode. That dream was fucking hilarious.
Thursday-- Conor and I woke up together on Thursday morning and that was nice. I miss waking up next to someone, even if he is on the couch and I was on the floor next to the couch it was nice having him there when I woke up. He was in a really good mood and we spent the morning together. Work was actually really good up until Dan's fucking class. All my brats were good sans Dan (he usually doesn't come on Thursdays anyway. I think I'd lose my mind if he always came on Thursday ;p) who I was ready to give him a proper spanking.
Today-- I did a lot of laundry and went to work. My kindergarten class decorated their art projects we started last week. Everyone was happy. My students love me to death. Sometimes they even come early just to see me and I get tackled with big hugs. When they're happy it makes me happy and that class has a very family kind of feel to it because we're all tight. Every other class was fun too. I came home, cooked dinner, did laundry and tidied up a bit. Now it's bed time.
And yep. And yea.
And yea :)
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I got really angry at work yesterday and almost told Dan's (not my party buddy, my annoying student)mother to get the fuck out of the class room. Dan's mother never
controls him and she always teams up with him and bullies me. Sometimes she will deliberatly encourage him to disobey me and I feel like she comes to class to torture me because no one has fun during that class. I don't have fun. Hiroko doesn't have fun. Dan has fun when he's disobeying me and although his mother has to deal with his screaming and crying and throwing a tantrum like a 1 year old, she keeps bringing him back even though she's made it apparent that she can't stand me. I mean, honestly, Luka-chan isn't even 2 years old yet and she can speak more English and co-operate much better than Dan. If I were Hiroko, I'd tell Dan's mother to put her fucking 4 year old son in the baby class because that's where he fucking belongs. He has maturity of a 2 year old.
I always thought she was a stupid bitch but yesterday she showed me how evil she can really bed. First, she canceled last week's lesson. That's OK. But during Tuesday's lesson she went behind the desk and started snooping around and found my schedule and told me exactly what time she wanted a make up and showed me when I was free. I was shocked. I was like, "What kind of bitch does that?" Conor saw her snooping but he didn't say anything because he didn't want his students to comment oO I would have been like, "Can I help you with something?"
Anyway, yesterday's class was a makeup lesson and she brought THE FATHER. I was totally taken off gaurd. They dragged 2 chairs over and sat them right in front of my table and and they sat there and watched me TRY MY DAMNEDEST to teach Dan like I was on TV. Dan kept
refusing to listen to me or do what I said or repeat after me. And the whole time I was trying my hardest to get him to work with me, both of his parents just sat there and did nothing. They just glared at me. It's like, HOW CAN I MAKE YOUR SON CO-OPERATE. HE'S DISOBEYING ME BECAUSE YOU'RE HERE. When his mom isn't around, he works with me. But they put me on the spot and I felt like I was being mocked and made a fool of. His mother comes to class all the fucking time and never once has she tried to discipline him. I was so ready to grab Dan by the ankel and give him a good spanking. I usually don't think you should lay a hand on a child when you're discipline them but I'm starting to think some kids need it. Needless to say, I haven't felt that embarrassed in a very long time and I know that's exactly what his mother was trying to do. She wanted to embarrass me in front of her husband. I almost want to tell Hiroko that I personally request that they do not come back because his mother is a really a very nasty woman and Hiroko has come to agree with me about that. She didn't believe me at first because she's Japanese and Japanese people are always so polite to each other but she showed her true colors to me right away.
Hiroko told the bitch and her husband to leave when they were staring me down and trying to humilate me because she knows he will co-operate if his parents are there but they REFUSED to do it. I was ready to slam my hands down on the desk, look her straight in the eye and shout, "YOU KNOW WHAT? YOU NEED TO GET THE FUCK OUT OF HERE YOU NASTY BITCH AND TAKE YOUR SPOILED, ROTTEN, EMBARRASSMENT, SORRY MISTAKE FOR A CHILD WITH YOU!" During the whole hell hour She
kept smirking at me like, "Aren't you embarrassed?" I gave her a look
back like, "Actually, this embarrassment of a child isn't my son so
NO."
I told Hiroko that I think Dan needs to be moved to a group
lesson so he's pressured into behaving by other students. He's very
spoiled and he acts like a baby because he's coddled too much. If he
were with other children he'd be pressured by the group to fit in with
them or risk being an outcast and risk being whispered about and
humiliated, which is what he needs. If he cried at my group lesson on Friday or refused to listen I KNOW my students would be like, "What the fuck is wrong with him. He's a baby." My Friday kids are all really good and sweet and they have actually disciplined other students who were misbehaving for me by calling them out in Japanese and embarrassing them so I think that's a good place for him. Dan's mom says he knows too much English to be in that class but he doesn't use it so what's the fucking point. He needs a group class because Japanese society focuses a lot ongroup harmony and if he breaks the harmony he'll lose face. Even young
children understand this, which is why group lessons are really easy
to teach. I don't care if I lose the $20 I get from his private if he
moves to a group (because I get paid by the hour, not by the student
number). He is driving me crazy and his mother won't quit. I think she
just enjoys torturing me at this point. Hiroko was really nice about
it though. She knows I'm not the problem anymore. And my student after that class is a total angel so it was good working with someone who actually co-operates and enjoys learning. I don't have problems in any other classes execept that one so I know it's not me. It's that fucking terrible, aweful bitch. Damn, I hope karma bites her in the ass. If she treats me like this, god knows how she treats other people ;p I dunno, I've met some nasty people in my life but this woman is UP THERE on the list.
I have to go to work now. Damnit, I spent too long ranting and now I'll probably have to take a cab to make up for lost time. Shit
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| Hark! A Mem! |
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1. I'll respond with something random about you
2. I'll challenge you to try something
3. I'll pick a colour that I associate with you
4. I'll tell you something I like about you
5. I'll tell you my first/clearest memory of you
6. I'll tell you what animal you remind me of
7. I'll ask you something I've always wanted to ask you
8. If I do this for you, you must post this on yours
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LJ went down the MINUTE I pressed the "update" button so I had to e-mail this entry to myself so I didn't lose it. That's why the text formating is fucked up. I really don't like saving LJ entries on my hard drive because I kinda think it's a waste if I'm going to upload it onto the interweb. So this is what I wrote last night.
Today (yesterday now) was a pretty A-OK day. I hit the pillow last night and slept
really soundly because I'm kinda sick. Then I woke up and went to
Japanese. I totally fucked up on all the exercises today and it got me
down. But Yuki Sensei (I guess I'll call her Yuki Sensei to
differentiate between my Japanese teacher, Yuki and fire friend, Yuki)
did boost my confidence because she gave me a practice test for the
next level of JLPT test and told me to try it. It was her way of
saying, "I think this is too easy for you." I dunno, I think part of
the reason I really like Yuki Sensei is because she really gives me
positive encouragement, unlike Sumiko, my tutor on Wednesday. I don't
know if she knows it or not but she talks to me like I'm stupid and
she sort of has this, "Of course you don't get it! You're a
foreigner!" attitude. She also cringes when I sneeze because of my
allergies, whereas Yuki Sensei brings tissue packets to give to me.
lol.
After class I came home and took a 30 minute nap in the kotatsu, which
is a Japanese low table with a heater underneath. It's fucking
heavenly in the winter. When Hiroko came over brought our new
stove over she also set up the kotatsu area. She made it super cute and cozy with with pink and purple blankets, hence why I can't be mad anymore. She really treats
Conor and I like her children and along with that comes the roles that
male and female children are supposed to play in a family. Unforutuantely, I know how female children are treated in Japanese families when there's also a boy in the family. The girl always gets the short end of the stick even though the family loves her, they always love the boy more.
Anyway, Omg, was my fucking nap heavenly. I went into REM sleep and
had some weird dreams that I've already forgotten. I woke up and I DID
NOT want to go to work but I jumped on my bike and made it to work in
time even though I snoozed 10 minutes longer than I should have. Haha,
I have gotten faster at bicycling!
School today was OK. My problem child canceled and that was a relief.
I amused myself by wasting money at the dollar store on materials that will
help me study, like a white board. My last class was really funny. Meg
and I were reading a boring passage from her boring text book (that we
always end up cracking jokes about because it's easy to make fun of)
and all of a sudden Conor burped. That sent us into a 10 minute giggle
fit. I was laughing so hard I was crying. I swear to god, Meg is
really quiet but get that girl laughing and she won't stop. She's had
me in tears before in a giggle fit. lol. She's a nice girl and I enjoy
teaching her.
I came home and saw the stray cats that live by the canal when I was
passing through. I bought some tuna fish for them at the store when I
bought my groceries to make dinner and then went back to the canal feed them. There
was an old lady standing by the cats when I arrived. They all seemed to know her and they were purring loudly. She started talking to me and I had a really long
conversation with her in Japanese. I'm always astounded when I can
have long, fluent conversations. It's like, "Where did that come
from???" I guess it depends on the situation and how comfortable I am with the person I'm talking to. You see, I have terrible social anxiety that I manage to hide REALLY WELL, but honestly, I'm scared shitless of people and talking to strangers. People are always shocked to hear that but it's true. People scare the crap out of me because I'm really sensitive and a lot of people don't understand that. If someone says something I don't understand I get nervous and I just freeze and forget Japanese sometimes. It's happened in really important situations and I want to kick myself in the ass every time it happens. I also feel embarrassed sometimes if I can't say something almost perfectly and I have to make motions with my arms and throw random words out to get my point across. If I'm comfortable talking with someone, it feels OK to do that. But if I don't, I usually clam up and get out of the conversation as fast as I can ^^ Miki told me that she thinks my Japanese is really good and I told her it's only good when I'm not nervous. I usually keep it a secret that I can speak because I don't want to make a mistake and feel embarrassed.
Anyway, the old lady was really nice and I didn't feel nervous talking to her. told me all about the cats and what their names
are (she named them). She told me she feels so sorry for them because
they get hungry and cold in the winter so she comes to feed them every
morning. I told her that I look for them at night and she said that
they're usually out in the morning. I told her that they're probably
out tonight because it's warm and the weather is good. She also
mentioned a couple had gone to the pet hospital oO I'm not sure what
she meant because she was using big words at this point because I guess she thought I'm my Japanese is more fluent than what it is. But I know for sure they aren't her cats because she told me they're strays. She taught me the
word for stray cat but I forgot ^^ She also showed me a kitten that
I'd never seen before. Apparently it hides a lot. She said it's
eyesight is bad and it can't see very well, especially in the dark.
She was a really nice old lady and I'm happy I made a new friend. She
listened to me speak retarded and talked to me like I was a human
being. I was really hungry so I told her I needed to dump the tuna out
of the cans and take the cans with me because I had to cook dinner.
She told me not to worry and she'd throw them away. So now I have a
human friend and lots of cat friends in the neighborhood. lol. It's
about time I made some friends around here.
Oh yeah, and the caught the freak face guy who killed this British
teacher two years ago!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/coventry_warwickshire/8352230.stm
When the crime happened, the murderer literally walked right past the police
while they were waiting for him outside his apartment and they didn't do JACK SHIT. Jeez,way to go Japanese police force.
When I walked in the house his face was all over the TV and I asked Conor if they finally caught the guy and he said, "Yep." It's about damn time. That poor girl's family had every right to be upset about the lack of investigation in the case.
The police wouldn't even give the family details about the investigation. Man, the only thing the cops are good for here is giving fucking directions. For serious. Once there was a hostage situation near my university in Nagoya and the cops just ran in
circles with riot gear trying to look busy outside the house. They
didn't do jack shit. Useless, useless, useless. No wonder they make such a big deal out of busting that poor singer, Noriko Sakai, for drug possession. She went to Amami Oshima. Haha.
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20091027a2.html
Way to go guys! Way to get the job done, team! Jeez.
So now I'm just chillin. I went on a cleaning rampage and now there
seems to be order in the house.
I'm excited for tomorrow because Wednesdays are always fun. I have
Japanese class, and then I usually have lunch with Miki. After lunch I
teach Luka and then I have good students at work. Wednesday is also
pay day and Conor and I always go to karaoke. But this Wednesday is
even more awesome because I'm meeting up with Coco for coffee after
work! Yea! I haven't seen Coco in so long! So tomorrow will be a very
good day. Even if it's raining, I can enjoy it because I have my
rainbow rain boots and I won't have to worry about getting my feet wet
:)
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The weekend was a lot of fun. I went with Miki and Taka (her boyfriend of like, 10 years or something crazy like that) to a small hippie event. Masa wasn't there (thank god) but a lot of people who know him were ::smacks forehead:: When Miki would introduce me to people, they'd always ask her how she knows me and she'd say, "This is Masa's ex-girlfriend" and then everyone would laugh and I'm not sure why... I bet he's sick of hearing about me from his friends. har har. Anyway, I got to spin a solo fire show and that was fucking awesome. So I was reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaally happy about that. Everyone really enjoyed my fire show and since it was a candle art show, it was also appropriate. I liked being able to be part of the art I was appreciating :) I spent the night at Taka and Miki's and then I spent all day at their house yesterday. They're such peaceful people. The vibe in their home is just incredible.
This morning I woke up to a text message from Brenna saying that she FOUND MY iPOD THAT'S BEEN MISSING SINCE FEBRUARY!!! I was like, "HOLY SHIT?!" I was SOOOOOOOOOOO upset when it disappeared because my mom got it for me and it was expensive. However, I had a sneaky feeling that it wasn't gone forever, it was just somewhere in Brenna's house and I was right. So tonight, I may go to Tokyo to fetch my long, lost friend and bring it home and then ::gasp:: I'LL HAVE MUSIC TO LISTEN TO WHILE I'M ON THE GO AGAIN!! I'm a lucky girl today! That's for sure despite the fact that I have a TERRIBLE sinus infection. I guess 2 out of 3 ain't bad!
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I tried to do Shawna's voice post thing because it looked like fun. I made a video and then I realized how much the fucking mic on my computer sucks so there's no point in actually posting it :( Sadness.
Anyway, Martin fb msg'd this to me. It's pretty fucking amazing, actually. It starts out kinda stupid but give it a minute and it gets REALLY COOL. You gotta watch it if you're into spirituality, meditation or psychedelic philosophy. Even if you're not, the visuals and the frequencies are still pretty cool :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fB_XI8HxI00
I think everything I've gone through during the past six months is coming together and finally starting to make sense to me. I've had a lot of hard lessons I've had to learn and I think that I'm becoming a better person because of all the bad things that happened. I enjoy anger and sorrow too much sometimes and I've learned that those destructive emotions are not emotions that bring love and light to my life and I really want to change that. I've been thinking recently that I may not finish my contract here...that maybe I'm seeking something that I have to find. I'm starting to really feel that I need to go back packing and I've also been feeling that I should go down to India because all the people I know who have been there say it's amazing. But I have to make money for all of this first so I need to stay here long enough to make that money.
My dreams this week have been full of messages and they've all been really vivid. This current dream season I'm in has been giving me so much insight into the dark time in my life I'm starting to come out of. Things are changing, that's for sure.
OK, I have to go to bed so I can get up early and CLEAN tomorrow. Hiroko wants to come over and look in our closets for that fucking stove even though Conor has gone through all of these closets and says it's not in any of them. Oh well. There's nothing I can really do about that.
Oh yeah, Saturday I'm going with Miki to this hippie thing. I'm not sure what it is, actually, but I'm going. lol. I'm sort of nervous because the the guy who's organizing it is a mutual friend of Miki and Masa's. Miki went to the guy's art show last week and she said she wished she'd invited me. I told her I was gonna ask to come but I was afraid Masa would be there and he'd be like, "What's that crazy bitch doing here?" Miki replied, "Don't you want to see him?"
"Of course I want to see him," I said. "But he doesn't want to see me." I think she really wants Masa and I to talk and that's why she's started inviting me to things he'll be at but...I don't know if I'm ready to talk to him. I'd be so happy to see him but at the same time I'd be so scared to even say, "Hey, what's up?"
Miki actually invited me to do a fire show at her art exhibition in December (Oh god, I don't know what I'd do if Masa showed up ^^ He probably won't come if he knows I'm spinning and though ^^)! I'm really stoked! She requested that I use palm torches and there will be a live painting happening while I perform. I invited some people to perform with me and so far, it's Janika and Yuki. I'm actually really flattered Yuki accepted the invitation because she's a professional and she won't be getting paid for this. I also contacted Brian in Osaka about the goth show and so I may have a show down there soon as well. That would be really nice.
Anyway, I'm feeling tired but excited for the good things that are happening. I feel like the healing progress I've made lately is starting to show. Let's hope it continues.
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Hope everyone had an amazing Halloween! I'm not gonna lie, I look damn hot in this picture and I love the costume the girl next to me is wearing. We look like we're ready to fight bad guys. Hell fucking yeah. No one can defeat Pink Kiss Power! lol.
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I have a lot to say but I also have a lot to do before I go to bed tonight.
My Fucking Halloween Costume is Going to Suck Balls This Year. Booooo!( Read more... )
The Past Two Days in Brief( Read more... )
The gas man came to do a safety check of the house this morning and told us we need a new stove. Our stove almost explodes every time we turn it on. I told Hiroko he said we need a new one and she said, "its fine," and I said, "No, he said it's dangerous." I then told her that our house almost blows up every time we turn on the stove and she said it sounded dangerous but I doubt she'll do anything about it ^^
One of my students made my day because she showed up dressed up like SAILOR MOON! And not just any Sailor Moon, ETERNAL SAILOR MOON, from my favorite season, Stars. I really, really wanted to have my picture taken with her but I ran out of time because I let the kids stay 15 minutes longer for the Halloween party since I had some free time before my next class and everyone was having a good time. She showed up and I walked outside to see her. "Are you Sailor Moon?" I asked. "I love Sailor Moon," I said in a very amused tone of voice. Her mom started cracking up. I added, "I used to watch Sailor Moon when I was a little girl." Dude, I can't count the amount of times I've been Sailor Moon for Halloween. So yeah, having Sailor Moon in class today was a real treat.
The Halloween parties have been going really well. Everyone really enjoys it and there's enough structure to keep things in order yet enough freedom to have fun. I threw the idea for these parties together so fast and I'm REALLY HAPPY it's working out. I knew it would be awesome or it would be a disaster. Here's how we do our Halloween parties. First I bring my class over to Conor's class. Then we go over Halloween vocabulary for Halloween Bingo and make sure everyone knows what pictures match the vocabulary they hear. Then we play a couple rounds of Bingo while we play this terrible kid's Halloween album that I bought off iTunes because Hiroko wanted music and I couldn't find any good kid's music online. Luckily, Hiroko loves the album. After Bingo is over we make trick-or-treat bags. I made like, 50000 examples of all the different things they could draw or make paper art out of and paste on the bag. The kids enjoy my art work, which is another plus because my art sucks balls. I downloaded Nightmare Before Christmas and we watch that while we make the bags so once everyone is finished making the bag, there's something to look at. Everyone also really likes Nightmare Before Christmas, including Hiroko and Conor so that's also a win. I'm surprised most of the kids have never seen the movie, considering the Japanese are APESHIT about Disney and Jack's face is on the bags of all the goth kids, much like in the States. lol. Conor and Hiroko and I have been singing Nightmare Before Christmas songs all week. Hiroko was walking around yesterday singing, "Nantoka, nantoka, This is Halloween, Halloween, Halloween!" Nantoka is what you say when you don't know how something goes so I thought that was fucking hilarious. Likewise, I sang, "This is Halloween" at karaoke on Wednesday and that was fucking awesome! It's a really fun song to sing! Conor, however, likes, "What's this" the best and bitches about "This is Halloween". Whatever.
After work Conor and I went to Lala Port, a HUGE shopping mall in Chiba. I bought him a really nice $70 jacket with pot leaves on it. He has been ranting and raving about that store since he found it a couple months ago and how he wished the clothes weren't so expensive because he really likes them so I decided to get him something nice. We walked around and ate Takoyaki and laughed at people. lol.
Tomorrow I'm going to Tokyo after work to meet Kyoko, who I haven't seen IN AGES. Then after that I'm meeting Janika in Kawasaki and we're going to the Halloween parade. Then after that I guess I'm going to a Halloween party but I'm not sure which one yet...there's a few I know about but I want to go to a good one. If only I could wear the costume I want to wear but I just don't have time for it! ::cries::
I need to shower and then clean the house and put together a costume. I also have to fucking write this essay for some program my sister is applying to because she doesn't have the confidence to do it herself and she won't fucking leave me alone about it. Although with the way my mouse hops around on the computer, my writing won't make much sense either. I just caught it moving my text around without me knowing and it fucks my writing up all the time! I should seriously charge her $50 for this because I don't have time to write an essay for her. Writing is easy for me but it's not like I can write a good essay in under an hour. I'll knock off $10 from my usual private lesson going rate and charge her $20. My time is actually worth money these days ;p
Last year Halloween in Chicago was STELLAR. I hope Halloween in Tokyo can come close. There's no fire spinning so there's no way it will TOP last year but I hope it's a good fucking time. I dunno, I sort of feel like Halloween in Japan is like Nightmare Before Christmas reversed-- meaning if Santa Clause stumbled into Halloween town and tried to bring Halloween to Christmas Town. I can tell you one thing, the Japanese DO NOT understand what Halloween is about because it's only been in Japan for a few years. That's why I think this parade tomorrow will be REALLY INTERESTING. So I'll forfeit a good costume just to check it out since who knows if I'll ever spend Halloween in Japan ever again.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpvdAJYvofI
I love the part when Jack eats the fire and catches on fire. That's so fucking awesome. I wish I could do that and not die. lol.
Happy all Hallows Eve Eve, kids. I'll be back the first week of November, no doubt with some crazy story to tell. lol.
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I’m Just Wake Walking Through My Dreams( Read more... )
Fake Halloween and Scary Movies( Read more... )
So I need to shower, wash my hair and take out the trash. Then I'm going to bed. Another fun filled morning of allergy problems coming right at me. Oh boy, oh boy. I can't wait. Right now, if someone offered me a bottle of Flonase or awesome sex I'd TOTALLY take the Flonase. No doubt. I miss my allergy medication so much! ::cries::
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I really love my mom. Even though I've talked a lot of shit about her in the past she's done everything she can for me. I'm so happy I can talk to her and she'll listen to me <3 I'm lucky to have my mom.
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| Standing Up for the Lonely |
[22 Oct 2009|01:38pm] |
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Everyone told me to stay away from you
But I couldn't listen, I couldn't shake the way that you move
I saw the warning signs from the start
But I never thought you'd break my heart- my heart
I'm standing up for the lonely
and the lovers that you left behind
and baby every time...
You said you're sorry and call me
Oh, if only you could read my mind
you'd figure in time
My dirty angel you've done it now- it's too late
You put your footprints into the ground- a careful mistake
I lay in your bed cold, craving the sun- Oh no...
And I used to think you were the one- the one
I'm standing up for the lonely
and the lovers that you left behind
and baby every time...
You said you're sorry and call me
Oh, if only you could read my mind
you'd figure in time
Feeling down and so vulnerable
we're calling your bluff
give me a reason why you can't keep your story straight-
And babe I've had enough!
I refuse to get emotional
No, this will take more...
Put fire out with fire- dirty liar gonna even up the score!
I'm standing up for the lonely
and the lovers that you left behind
and baby every time...
You said you're sorry and call me
Oh, if only you could read my mind
you'd figure in time
Oh pop dance music. Love it.
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[18 Oct 2009|11:44pm] |
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I had a fucking rad day. It was like, one of the best days I've had in a long time. I went to a camp out beach party with Conor last night and we had a blast through the night and all day today. We stayed at the beach all day today and watched the sun go down. I'm so lucky Conor is in my life. We love each other so much. Some people spend their entire lives looking for this kind of love and never find it and what's the most awesome thing about our relationship is that we don't need physical contact or even words sometimes to express our love for each other. I hope that everyone can find that kind of love somewhere in their lives. <3
Some other really phenomenal things happened to me today but some of it is really spiritual and I'm always hesitant to write about spiritual things because I know not everyone agrees with my take on spirituality. I'm very private with my spirituality and I intend to keep it that way.
Today was a beautiful day. The weather was beautiful, the ocean was beautiful, the people were beautiful, the music was beautiful. Life is beautiful. I needed to have an experience like this. It's been far too long since I've felt this way. It's days like this that recharge and helps me put my life in perspective.
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| "Shop Til You Drop at the Spooky Boutique" (actually, there's nothing spooky about this entry XD) |
[17 Oct 2009|12:18am] |
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Omg, I went on a shopping spree this week. On Wednsday I thought, "Hum...I wanna look around in Shel'tter." Shel'tter is hands down my favorite store in Tokyo. The look is kinda like Shibuya girls with super short skirts and spike heels and crazy hair but I style it a little differently because I love their clothes but I can't flaunt it like that, I'm too much of a Tomboy ^^ Their clothes are usually EXPENSIVE (we're talking like, $40 for just a T-shirt and I've seen jeans in that store that are $200) so I don't shop there much. I splurge when I see something that is just too fantastic to pass up because a lot of things in that store are really, really cool. Well, low and behold, they were having a SALE and a whole bunch of REALLY AWESOME CLOTHES were on sale for $21 a piece! My first trip into the store on Wed I spent fucking $63.
I love this shirt. The pattern strikes a nostalgic kandi kid chord in my heart and the sleeves have a little poof like a princess sleeve. I wore it Thursday with a little bit of kandi I still have laying around and I looked adorable but fat so no pictures of me! XD
More Awesome Clothes (and a Couple Pairs of Boots) Here!( Read more... )
There. Done. No more. And I need to STAY OUT OF SHEL'TTER. It's always a BAD IDEA for me to go into that store ;p
I talked to Sven today for the first time in a long time. He asked me about Masa and I was like, "...you didn't hear about that..." When I told Sven that Masa and I broke up he was shocked. Everyone who saw us together was surprised. I dunno, maybe everyone else fell for his stupid lies too. Anyway, Sven asked for Masa's contact info and at first I was like, "NO." But then I retracted with the statement, "Maybe Masa won't think I'm such a BITCH if I give you his contact info."
It's like, no matter how hard we try we're still in each other's lives. This is so dumb. I wish we could just be cool with each other ;p
Anyway, I'm meeting Brenna in Tokyo for coffee tomorrow afternoon and then Conor and I are going to a part in Kanagawa. It's a beach party and I don't like cold beaches but it may be the last camp out I go to this year so I wanna enjoy it. I just need to bring some warm clothes ^^ I hope there's some fire spinners there! I don't have any fuel and I want to spin fire!
Time to go to sleep. I slept for 10 hours last night and I'm still tired. As my dad says (in his cute Southern accent), "I was born tired and never got rested."
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I'm fucking exhausted. Jeez. I need a break. I can't do anything tonight. I'm going to bed. My schedule is just too full.
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