Wednesday, October 26, 2005
Exhausted
Whew! It was a very busy Wednesday for me today.
I capture my own shadow against some modern art on campus. Pretty cool.
Today was Kazu's birthday and we had lunch together along with a pair of Japanese girls. He congratulated me on forging a relationship with Mako. Similarly, the girls actually applauded when they saw her picture on my camera. In our conversation he made passing reference to "second base" which confused the two girls. Naturally, they insisted that I explain to them what that meant. I didn't have to say much actually, one you explain first and second base the last two are easy to guess. Still, I can't believe Kazu put me in that awkward position. He has no sense of when not to talk about something.
Anyway, the explanation launched a whole conversation of shimoneta ("indecent talk") which sadly was almost entirely in Japanese. I'll bet these girls had some great stories to tell, they were cute. I couldn't help but notice when one of them said "G Spot" in English (I guess there's no Japanese word for that). One of the girls didn't know what it was so the Kazu and the other girl tried to explain it. I offered to help by means of a crude hand gesture or two but surprisingly, my help was refused. Kazu made some kind of demonstration using two lunch trays and a tube of ChapStick but that didn't make a lick of sense. Eventually I think she got the message but along the way she made some hilarious facial expressions.
In my Japanese class I got a bit of a surprise: we've got to write and perform a skit and the script is due on Tuesday! I knew there would be a skit (it's on the syllabus) but to receive the assignment today and only having a few days to gather up a team and write a whole script is pretty short notice. I've got a few ideas kicking around, most of them involve me playing a drunk. I love acting!
After that momentary shock came a genuine marathon of work: two midterms back-to-back. The first one was pretty hard as it was all essay-questions (no choices either). I was writing the entire class period so my hand was quite uncomfortable by the end. The second test was mercifully shorter and mostly multiple-choice which was a relief. That one only took about half an hour. I think both turned out OK but the first one was a real drain.
I hustled straight from school to the station to meet Mako for another date. I've made mention lately that I have a lot of unresolved thoughts concerning me and Mako; nothing bad, I just feel like I need more clarification of what we have before I feel comfortable "letting go" and possibly falling for her. Well there weren't many "answers" tonight but I think the more time I spend with her the more I'll simply explore the matter in my own head. What did we do? We ate some surprisingly good Italian food and had a little fun alone in Osaka Castle Park. That castle sure is beautiful at night. I tried to take a picture but it turned out all blurry.
OK, that'll have to do for today. I need some sleep. Thursday is a light day but I still have to wake up at a decent hour.
I capture my own shadow against some modern art on campus. Pretty cool.
Today was Kazu's birthday and we had lunch together along with a pair of Japanese girls. He congratulated me on forging a relationship with Mako. Similarly, the girls actually applauded when they saw her picture on my camera. In our conversation he made passing reference to "second base" which confused the two girls. Naturally, they insisted that I explain to them what that meant. I didn't have to say much actually, one you explain first and second base the last two are easy to guess. Still, I can't believe Kazu put me in that awkward position. He has no sense of when not to talk about something.
Anyway, the explanation launched a whole conversation of shimoneta ("indecent talk") which sadly was almost entirely in Japanese. I'll bet these girls had some great stories to tell, they were cute. I couldn't help but notice when one of them said "G Spot" in English (I guess there's no Japanese word for that). One of the girls didn't know what it was so the Kazu and the other girl tried to explain it. I offered to help by means of a crude hand gesture or two but surprisingly, my help was refused. Kazu made some kind of demonstration using two lunch trays and a tube of ChapStick but that didn't make a lick of sense. Eventually I think she got the message but along the way she made some hilarious facial expressions.
In my Japanese class I got a bit of a surprise: we've got to write and perform a skit and the script is due on Tuesday! I knew there would be a skit (it's on the syllabus) but to receive the assignment today and only having a few days to gather up a team and write a whole script is pretty short notice. I've got a few ideas kicking around, most of them involve me playing a drunk. I love acting!
After that momentary shock came a genuine marathon of work: two midterms back-to-back. The first one was pretty hard as it was all essay-questions (no choices either). I was writing the entire class period so my hand was quite uncomfortable by the end. The second test was mercifully shorter and mostly multiple-choice which was a relief. That one only took about half an hour. I think both turned out OK but the first one was a real drain.
I hustled straight from school to the station to meet Mako for another date. I've made mention lately that I have a lot of unresolved thoughts concerning me and Mako; nothing bad, I just feel like I need more clarification of what we have before I feel comfortable "letting go" and possibly falling for her. Well there weren't many "answers" tonight but I think the more time I spend with her the more I'll simply explore the matter in my own head. What did we do? We ate some surprisingly good Italian food and had a little fun alone in Osaka Castle Park. That castle sure is beautiful at night. I tried to take a picture but it turned out all blurry.
OK, that'll have to do for today. I need some sleep. Thursday is a light day but I still have to wake up at a decent hour.
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# posted by 
: 27 October, 2005 08:56
: 27 October, 2005 08:56
Sorry you had a hard day. But at least you got to see your little sunshine. She's so cute. Wednesday is my hard day too. Just too much going on for one day today. How's the weather in Japan. Is it still warm enough to sit in the park at night? Lucky you, it's freezing here in NY.
I would love to see you act in class. Just don't keep it too real ;o)
I would love to see you act in class. Just don't keep it too real ;o)
The weather in Japan is still quite warm although not unbearably so. Average high this week has been 22C (72F). The evenings are getting cooler (16C/60F this week) so I can get away with wearing my long coat (aka The Duster). It definitely came in handy last night as I spread it out like a blanket so we could sit together in the park.
I suppose if we were just talking it might have been a little too cold but we found ways to keep each other warm. ^_^
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