Promised Umeda, Danjiri, and Idiocy (of course)

Okay everyone, photos as promised. Top left is a picture of me, my friend Joel (the weirdo who went into a salon and told them to dye it red), my friend Amber, me, and my boyfriend being a teensy bit creepy! Top right: A picture of the edge of Osaka at sunset from the Umeda Sky Building. It was GORGEOUS. But I already told you that. Seriously, a must-see for the Osaka area if you want a view of the city and bay. The bottom one is self-explanatory for you Miyazaki fans. Ponyo! This is Joel standing next to me. i look so short!

Alright: last friday night I went to a danjiri festival with my host sister, Yoko. It was a lot of fun. Okay, well, the food was lousy. Shrimp cracker with an egg that was way too close to raw for me to eat (and yes, I've been eating eggs again...) slathered with mayonaisse. Eww. The festival was pretty fun, sorry, the pictures aren't that great. I uhh...did make my Grandpa proud. Then promptly disappointed him by nearly gagging on it...I tried sake. Yes, I'm legal to drink in Japan. Am I going to drink that stuff again: shoot me first, please! It was nasty! My lips felt swollen, and it burned! UGH UGH UGH! No drinkie, no drinkie...lol

Today was the idiocy. I uhh...forgot to email my paper to myself---so it's 2 hours before class and I'm like.....oh no....RAN from school to the train station 20 minutes away (cuz I missed the bus I wanted, then never managed to catch one again---seriously, open the doors when someone is standing there!) and made it round-trip from my home to KG in about an hour and forty minutes. I wore myself out.... because I normally take an hour each way....and that time included 5 minutes spent at the house: take shoes off, call out tadaima in case okaasan is home (don't want her to think someone broke in), send email and make sure i sent the correct document, shoes back on, lock door, and dash....bleh!

Double-checking everything a billion times from now on! Not doing that again!

Okay, you've all had your laugh. Yes I got the paper in on time. And yes I am kind of tired now...

oh yeah---it's midterms this week and next. So not a lot of fun stuff is going on. I might do something fun one day next weekend, but the other is totally to be devoted to studying. No fun!

Alright, a short little tidbit on life in Japan for you,

Love you all! 

Jessi