April 24

Today was a day of sightings. First, there was a blue corvette driving down the street on my way to the train in the morning.

At school, Japanese was unbearably long. After the chapter ten test (which I think I bombed) we had three periods of practice for the final exam. Fukatomi sensei must have been sick because her voice sounded different. It must be a horrible thing to say, but I like her sick voice a lot better than her normal one. The sugar content seems closer to normal. In Hanashiro sensei’s class, we did weird reading practice (by trying to find the encoded message in the passages).

When class was over, David, Joe, Briemansan, and I went to Briemeansan’s ryou to practice as a band. We had practiced Linda Linda the day before, but today we got a ton done!!! I had to throw away some trash before we began though, so I went to the kitchen of the ryou and I found lots of people eating lunch there (only half-surprised). I was a bit embarrised though because it’s an all-guys’ ryou and they invited me to eat with them, but I told them (in Japanese!!!) that I had to practice with my band. Our practice went really well and we added Weezer’s Island in the Sun and Sixpence None the Richer’s Kiss Me to our set list. I’m really excited to sing on Tuesday!!! We had lunch at the Ryou and okaasan, the Vietnamese landlord, made us Pho and rice. :D

Afterward, David and I went to art and culture class. It was kind of interesting this time because everyone was presenting their term papers (I finished mine the night before at about 11:00pm). When class finally finished, we walked back toward my eki and on the way I saw a giant black poodle (that I really wanted to pet) and a schnauzer (which was the most annoying of the three barking).

Afterward, I made my normal trip to Yagoto Nisseki and on the way, there was a Japanese business man running from behind me, so I gave him room on the sidewalk, but when he ran by, I realized he wasn’t a business man at all. It was Ryouhei all spiffed up. We exchanged greetings before he dashed into the Lawson’s.

On the walk home through my neighborhood, I saw the friendly cat and gave him/her some attention before continuing on my way. Okaasan was not home when I got there, but otousan had set three place settings, so we decided to wait for okaasan to get home. I accidentally took a nap (and I think I drempt in Japanese) until otousan called me to dinner. We had his spicy kimchi nabe (I almost coughed because it was so spicy, and okaasan actually did when she tasted it) and pepper cabbage. Okaasan got home at 8:00 and was very surprised to find us still eating.