Sometimes I think that figure drawing makes me feel perverted :< Not in a bad way, but maybe I'm a little prude? I don't know. I love figure drawing though, so whatever.
I don't know, this is a pointless journal! I just felt like sharing that thought.
19.2.10
Midterms
Might kill me. And I only have one hahah!
Actually, it's not so bad anymore. I thought my English paper would be like, horrible and she would be all "OH GOD YOU SUCK" kind of things, but she actually said it was exactly what she was looking for from me. Which is good. I was worried it would be too long because I went 1000 words over the assigned brackets, but she said she didn't mind long papers at all. :'DD
So now I just have a few things to tweak and then it will be amazing hahahah~
Now Japanese makes me nervous, if only because i don't like oral testing. I'm confident in the written test, but the oral... I just hope I don't choke up.
Right now ... I think it might be nap time. The Giver gave me strange dreams/nightmares so I can't say that my sleep was all that restful. I guess that's what i get for reading it until 3 am and practically passing out with it in my lap hahahahaha.
Nap and then history homework. Sounds good to me!
PS Sorry I fail at blogging lately. I've just been really out of it lately! I think my state of mind is finally getting better.
Actually, it's not so bad anymore. I thought my English paper would be like, horrible and she would be all "OH GOD YOU SUCK" kind of things, but she actually said it was exactly what she was looking for from me. Which is good. I was worried it would be too long because I went 1000 words over the assigned brackets, but she said she didn't mind long papers at all. :'DD
So now I just have a few things to tweak and then it will be amazing hahahah~
Now Japanese makes me nervous, if only because i don't like oral testing. I'm confident in the written test, but the oral... I just hope I don't choke up.
Right now ... I think it might be nap time. The Giver gave me strange dreams/nightmares so I can't say that my sleep was all that restful. I guess that's what i get for reading it until 3 am and practically passing out with it in my lap hahahahaha.
Nap and then history homework. Sounds good to me!
PS Sorry I fail at blogging lately. I've just been really out of it lately! I think my state of mind is finally getting better.
13.2.10
Akiba
Akiba = Akihabara
I went out with friends to run around Akiba for a while. I'm really tired now, but in a few minutes we're going to walk to the local bar and chat with people anyway haha.
I splurged a little bit today, but now I'm going to do my best to not spend much at all for a while. I think it's possible if I stop eating out especially. We found a wig shop, and they did a neato deal on the wigs where it was buy one get the other half off. I really missed my wigs, and mom couldn't find them to mail them to me, so I guess that makes up for that!
During the adventure through Akiba, we stopped for food, very hungry but too large of a group to really all go to one place. Splitting up, we each wandered for a place to eat, deciding originally on okinomiyaki, then changing it last minute to sushi because a woman overheard us speaking and informed us that the sushi place down the hall (her friend was the owner) happened to be half price on a certain menu!
We went and had quite a bit of sushi for a good price. I think I had seven, and only spent a little over 800 yen. And it tasted SO fresh. Usually I hate fish, but the fish here is so different. I might have to eventually try some other types of fish, not only raw.
I had:
2 Egg (tamago). The sweeten their eggs here.
Sweet Shrimp
Sea Eel
Scallop
Crab
and Medium fatty tuna.
The Eel is still my favourite, it just MELTED in my mouth and it tasted soooo very good. The shrimp were wonderful, but sweet is not a flavour I like on my fish hahah!
This is my friend's plate!!
12.2.10
Woohoo
I think I might party a bit too much.
We went out Wednesday night (in the neighborhood, but still) to a local bar near the dorms. It was Lisa, Belle, Michael, Matt, Dave, Abby, and me all sitting around in a tiny bar with a handful of Japanese locals. I went with the idea in my head that I would only drink two (four at max) drinks.... I should know better than that by now.
Sitting around with them, Michael and I managed to down four drinks before we left, and on the way back to the dorm, we kept debating over the idea of going BACK for just onnneeeee more drink. By the time we got to the dorm, Michael and I were convinced that we had to go back... So we did.
We returned to the bar (not even 15 or 20 minutes since we had left haha) and got welcomed back rather warmly by everyone who was still there, and a few new people. We ordered our drinks and got to chatting with the two girls beside us (in Japanese!) and it was actually a lot of fun. We finished our drink and Michael decided that one more couldn't hurt.
It was definitely a lot of fun, but I much prefer getting drunk and dancing than getting drunk and... not dancing. Because when I'm just sitting around, the effects are far, far, farrrr worse. Once we left the bar (despite protest by the girls haha) we stumbled back home and made asses of ourselves in the lobby while everyone was trying to watch Kiki's Delivery service. It didn't take me long to collapse on the couch against Lisa however and pretty much passed out.
Once everyone was done and ready for bed, Alex assisted in getting my computer up to my room while I stumbled up after him so I could sleep it off now. It was fantastic, because once I was in bed, alone and very drunk, it occurred to me I was going to vomit up my dinner and all the booze I had just downed that night. I rushed myself to the bathroom, swallowing it all back before finding the toilet and spewing my guts four times in a row.
Now Michael and I have pledged to not drink for two weeks. We'll see how that goes, I almost broke it today by trying to get Lisa to go back to the same bar! Hahahaha.
I also finally got my hands on my beautiful tablet. I now own the Bamboo Comic pen and touch. This weekend I am going to play with it, but tonight was homework time, and tomorrow morning too. I can't wait to draw things that I can post again. Fantasticcc.
Good night~
おやすみなさい
We went out Wednesday night (in the neighborhood, but still) to a local bar near the dorms. It was Lisa, Belle, Michael, Matt, Dave, Abby, and me all sitting around in a tiny bar with a handful of Japanese locals. I went with the idea in my head that I would only drink two (four at max) drinks.... I should know better than that by now.
Sitting around with them, Michael and I managed to down four drinks before we left, and on the way back to the dorm, we kept debating over the idea of going BACK for just onnneeeee more drink. By the time we got to the dorm, Michael and I were convinced that we had to go back... So we did.
We returned to the bar (not even 15 or 20 minutes since we had left haha) and got welcomed back rather warmly by everyone who was still there, and a few new people. We ordered our drinks and got to chatting with the two girls beside us (in Japanese!) and it was actually a lot of fun. We finished our drink and Michael decided that one more couldn't hurt.
It was definitely a lot of fun, but I much prefer getting drunk and dancing than getting drunk and... not dancing. Because when I'm just sitting around, the effects are far, far, farrrr worse. Once we left the bar (despite protest by the girls haha) we stumbled back home and made asses of ourselves in the lobby while everyone was trying to watch Kiki's Delivery service. It didn't take me long to collapse on the couch against Lisa however and pretty much passed out.
Once everyone was done and ready for bed, Alex assisted in getting my computer up to my room while I stumbled up after him so I could sleep it off now. It was fantastic, because once I was in bed, alone and very drunk, it occurred to me I was going to vomit up my dinner and all the booze I had just downed that night. I rushed myself to the bathroom, swallowing it all back before finding the toilet and spewing my guts four times in a row.
Now Michael and I have pledged to not drink for two weeks. We'll see how that goes, I almost broke it today by trying to get Lisa to go back to the same bar! Hahahaha.
I also finally got my hands on my beautiful tablet. I now own the Bamboo Comic pen and touch. This weekend I am going to play with it, but tonight was homework time, and tomorrow morning too. I can't wait to draw things that I can post again. Fantasticcc.
Good night~
おやすみなさい
9.2.10
7.2.10
Camelot
Yes, I went clubbing two nights in a row. It was fantastic and now I'm exhausted and drowning in homework. I wondered to myself how it is that anyone parties all the time and still manages to get through their classes, but I'm pretty sure their blood must be made of coffee. Which is something I am lacking at the moment. I could go to the store, but that would waste valuable homework time--not that this isn't doing the exact same thing. Oh well.
We returned to Camelot last night, and it was fantastic fun. Much better than the previous night at Atom. I did drink more last night than I planned, but I left the club with 3500 yen left (went with 10,000yen, Only because we could not find an ATM that would take Michael's overseas card, he's paying me back tomorrow morning).
I seem to be good at pissing Japanese girls off when I dance, though I never seem to notice it. I'm kind of in my own world, I suppose ahahah. Michael told me that one girl tried to mimic me, failed horribly, and then when she saw he and I grinding, tried to get her boy to do the same and failed yet again. I'm sad I always miss these events hahah! I'm such a drama starter it seems.
We left around 3:30 am because I started to feel sick and cranky when it got too crowded. I tried really hard to stay and put up with it, but it was too hot, people were too drunk and being stupid and rude. We kept getting shoved and stepped on, elbows in sides and backs, it was pretty horrible. It did not, however, ruin the night. I want to go back... just not this weekend. It's too expensive to do that every weekend, even if this club seems to give us the best deal.
We've decided that because Thursday we have no school, we're going to go to Yokohama, which sounds fun. I wanted to go last time, but I'm really not fond of huge groups. I ironically feel more isolated and alone in a large group than I do when I'm just hanging out with a handful of people (or even just one friend).
Anyway, I forgot where this was going now. I should write my paper instead of this blog hahah, so I think I will go back to working on that! Wish me luck! XD
We returned to Camelot last night, and it was fantastic fun. Much better than the previous night at Atom. I did drink more last night than I planned, but I left the club with 3500 yen left (went with 10,000yen, Only because we could not find an ATM that would take Michael's overseas card, he's paying me back tomorrow morning).
I seem to be good at pissing Japanese girls off when I dance, though I never seem to notice it. I'm kind of in my own world, I suppose ahahah. Michael told me that one girl tried to mimic me, failed horribly, and then when she saw he and I grinding, tried to get her boy to do the same and failed yet again. I'm sad I always miss these events hahah! I'm such a drama starter it seems.
We left around 3:30 am because I started to feel sick and cranky when it got too crowded. I tried really hard to stay and put up with it, but it was too hot, people were too drunk and being stupid and rude. We kept getting shoved and stepped on, elbows in sides and backs, it was pretty horrible. It did not, however, ruin the night. I want to go back... just not this weekend. It's too expensive to do that every weekend, even if this club seems to give us the best deal.
We've decided that because Thursday we have no school, we're going to go to Yokohama, which sounds fun. I wanted to go last time, but I'm really not fond of huge groups. I ironically feel more isolated and alone in a large group than I do when I'm just hanging out with a handful of people (or even just one friend).
Anyway, I forgot where this was going now. I should write my paper instead of this blog hahah, so I think I will go back to working on that! Wish me luck! XD
6.2.10
Atom
Okayyyy, tonight was long. Fun at first, but in the end it was just drama, long and I'm glad to be sitting in my bed finally! Even if it is 6 am haha.
We went to nomihodai (spelling?) which is pretty much all you can drink (on a selected menu) for 1800yen (about 20 USD). I got pretty 'smashed' I suppose you could say, but I remember everything. Walking was a chore (and yet they had me running hahah!) but I was relatively coherent, though perhaps goofy.
I didn't count how many drinks I had tonight, but I know I got my money's worth hahahahaha. There were so many people, service was slow--I wouldn't mind going again with a smaller group. It was fun, nonetheless, and I clung to Michael a good portion (if not all) of the night for some sort of support to keep me from falling on my drunken ass. Which... I did do once Hahahaha. Didn't realize there was a step! And bam, right to the pavement. It was pretty epic.
We didn't make it to club Atom in time for the discount, which was mildly annoying because entrance was 3,000yen. That's pretty freaking expensive. It was a good time until one of us had a little too much fun, got kicked out of the club, fell, hurt himself and eventually had to be escorted home in a taxi by Michael. Most of us left the club at 2 am instead of staying until the planned 4-5 ish am, and after all of us got split apart, a small group of us wandered the area in search of a place to be for a while.
We walked all the way to Aoyama--where the fuck ever that is--and finally sat ourselves down at a McDonald's that was open, ate and dozed until first train.
I have got to stop doing this hahaha. I think if I go to another club (which I'm sure I will, because they're fantastic when in a small group), it's going to be just a few of us, MAYBE nomihodai before, and definitely not Atom again D: I would much rather go to Camelot. It was more fun and cheaper even during the later time (at least for girls, and it was a little cheaper for guys too!).
Anyway, I think it's bed time.
Here are some pics of me Michael took! Just a couple, but hey~ better than none! Hehe
5.2.10
Fuck you Mother Nature
It's been a while since I've felt this fatigued. I'm exhausted, couldn't sleep last night because of the pain and just utter restlessness. My body still aches and just like yesterday, all I want to do is sleep.
I think I need to find me some super wonder pills to keep the pain at bay, but that doesn't help with the fatigue. It's reminiscent of mono, but I know it isn't. Fortunately, mononucleosis doesn't cause bleeding.
It figures tampons would be hard to find in Tokyo. I still have a few left from when I came, but I must admit that my supply is dwindling quickly. I finally caved and bought some pads from a nearby drug store after giving up my search for the ever-so-evasive tampons in three different stores.
Maybe I'll continue the search tonight. Probably not. I should have a few more to last me, I'll just have to suffer for a bit with those horrible pads D: Ugh.
3.2.10
FML
Well, not really. It's just a frustrating life sometimes.
Today L'Naia left us. D: She's headed back to the US early, which sucks because she was pretty awesome.
There are a lot of others who got the short end of the stick too and seem to be planning this to be their only semester here. I'm rather enjoying myself, to be honest. I want to come back in the fall, maybe a little early to find myself a good apartment/get moved into anywhere I find before I leave or something.
Today I am also sick. D: *sigh* I woke up, felt wonderful, I had even slept in two hours longer than usual. I ate lunch, did my homework, sat around, but when i went to wash my face and get ready for class, I started to feel lousy D: It's not like we had anything I was dreading in school--it was a normal day, nothing out of the ordinary, so it couldn't have been the reason for the sudden change.
My eyes had/have big, dark purple rings around them too now, it's annoying. I'm exhausted, and it's sounding a lot like what the girls on my side of the floor seem to have all been going through. I knew it would find me sooner or later, this 'girl plague'. D<
I made dinner though. And it turned out to be AMAZING. I wasn't expecting it to taste good at all because it was just me throwing a bunch of stuff in a pot and going "LOOKS GOOD!" xD
I put shrimp, basil, garlic, onions, green onions, leek, broccoli, soy sauce, eggs, pepper and salt into a frying pan and just stirred it until it was done. It was probably the best thing I have ever made. Really.
So here it is, 8:30 pm, when i am usually getting home from school... I went, did Japanese, did English, and made it through the first 30 minutes of art before my teacher allowed me to leave and rest up. Don't know if he docked me any for missing class or not, but I did stay through four or five peoples' critiques and commented as well before I left, so yeah. If I got a little docked, no big deal. At least I tried.
Now I'm going to go to bed. :'D Because my body demands it.
Today L'Naia left us. D: She's headed back to the US early, which sucks because she was pretty awesome.
There are a lot of others who got the short end of the stick too and seem to be planning this to be their only semester here. I'm rather enjoying myself, to be honest. I want to come back in the fall, maybe a little early to find myself a good apartment/get moved into anywhere I find before I leave or something.
Today I am also sick. D: *sigh* I woke up, felt wonderful, I had even slept in two hours longer than usual. I ate lunch, did my homework, sat around, but when i went to wash my face and get ready for class, I started to feel lousy D: It's not like we had anything I was dreading in school--it was a normal day, nothing out of the ordinary, so it couldn't have been the reason for the sudden change.
My eyes had/have big, dark purple rings around them too now, it's annoying. I'm exhausted, and it's sounding a lot like what the girls on my side of the floor seem to have all been going through. I knew it would find me sooner or later, this 'girl plague'. D<
I made dinner though. And it turned out to be AMAZING. I wasn't expecting it to taste good at all because it was just me throwing a bunch of stuff in a pot and going "LOOKS GOOD!" xD
I put shrimp, basil, garlic, onions, green onions, leek, broccoli, soy sauce, eggs, pepper and salt into a frying pan and just stirred it until it was done. It was probably the best thing I have ever made. Really.
So here it is, 8:30 pm, when i am usually getting home from school... I went, did Japanese, did English, and made it through the first 30 minutes of art before my teacher allowed me to leave and rest up. Don't know if he docked me any for missing class or not, but I did stay through four or five peoples' critiques and commented as well before I left, so yeah. If I got a little docked, no big deal. At least I tried.
Now I'm going to go to bed. :'D Because my body demands it.
1.2.10
Manga Cafe + Other things
Okay, so Friday night I went out with Alex to see his friend play at a little studio in Okigubo. Took some pictures, went partially deaf, y'know, all that fun stuff.
Afterwards, we all went down the road to a little tomato ramen shop and has some REALLY good food.
I burned my tongue on it because I didn't want to wait any longer to eat it D: hahaha. We stayed and chatted for a while before we decided to start heading back. At this point it was late enough we figured we wouldn't be making it home before last train, but we planned on getting to one of the more populated night life scenes we were used to. This would have been a brilliant plan had we not missed the train LEAVING Okigubo. I guess one should always remember to check the last time at the station you're at before assuming it's like all the other ones hahaha.
We wandered in search of a cheap way home and gave up shortly after, taking a moment to wander around the area in search of a 24 hour place that was not food related seeing as we had just eaten dinner.
Our search provided us with a manga cafe (comic and internet cafe) that was REALLY cheap for the overnight (five hour) price at 880yen a person. So essentially we spent about 9USD or so for a safe place to sit/crash until the trains started up again.
We got home around 7 am and crashed (again) for a while. It was kinda fun though. I'm glad I got to experience a manga cafe hahah~!
Saturday night I went to the local public bath with Lisa and some of the other girls in the dorm. I was a little nervous at first--after all, it IS a public bath. The genders are not mixed at this one, but still, I'm not used to sitting around, naked with strangers. It wasn't as bad as I thought it would be though. And to be honest, when we left, I felt the cleanest I have felt in a while! It was relaxing and kind of purifying in a way.
Today.... It is snowing. At first I thought it was just going to snow and melt, but now I can see that it is STICKING D: I cry at this. I really do despise snow, it's not my friend at all. I came here to stay away from the evil white fluffy wet stuff. Dammit D: *sighhh!*
I'll have to update with snow photos in a bit... my card reader is made of fail and frequently refuses to read cards D: WTF *eats it* I think it's my computer demanding that I actually restart it, but I don't wanna. Maybe later.
So yeah....
This is something I did today in my art class. I didn't finish it, if it's not obvious, but it's pretty close.On another random note though.... I have been playing WoW again. Mostly when I have 'free' time and within the next day I should finalllllyyy be at level 40~ This makes me super happy haha. I think it's kind of something that keeps me sane here--I love it here, but man, sometimes you just need to kill things hahaha.
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