Girls, Girls, Girls, McDonalds and Beer

Aug. 31st
So skipping the routine of waking up, Monday was fun. After finally being able to leave the Seminar House (the dorms basically, which are just glorified Japanese dorms) I managed to just walk aimlessly around the surrounding area passing all sorts of people and just sights. Found a great slide, rather the Great Slide, being 3-4x the length of the one near F&M at park. Though I wonderit's level of fun, seeing as I could't go on it (age limit of 12) and the groundskeeper was right around it. Further wandering led me to rice fields in the middle of town, to which I was enamored of the fact very much so. Now as to whether I could have been more fascinated, it must have been possible, for I was soon met with elemntary age kids with book bags on walking in groups and lined processions to school situated amidst most of the rice field. So it was a great walk. Got back, chatted with the roomies, headed to the 100 Yen store for groceries seeing the Supermarket magically had vanished or closed up at 11am. We ended up going to the university for some orientation program and dues, then just came back to pass out.

Sept. 1st
So pretty much my roommates are awesome. Well not prety much, they are, I was just keeping with the whole being humble thing. But yeah, they are a truly entertaining bunch especially the new ones as well. And the new starting line-up is *que drumroll* well I seem to have forgotten the new ones names and only know their country of origin, the state if they are from the States and that we have high bets on Chris being gay. Also that Chris and Tim are decently quiet, and by decently I mean Tim is unnervingly quiet and Chris is blaise about it. Though I've convinced some of the other roomies (read Pedro, Jeff and I) to force an interaction with Chris anyway such as we were walking in from a busted park party and passed the computer room where Chris was, while me and Pedro knocked on the glass and proceeded in the exagerant waves stereotyped of some Japanese handwaves. To which I believe this forcing interaction is just me setting out on this goal, but a goal is a goal and enabling people is kinda my thing. Well that periods of high energy, lined with weird humorous stories and never giving direct answers. Anyway coming back to the point of awesome roomies let me provide two examples relevant from the Sept. 1st.

Event #1 McDonalds
Now if you don't know already, I hate the place and fastfood in general. So the fact of me going there, and in Japan of all places is insane. How? Well I have a speaking partner, Ayumi, who suggested we go to McDonalds to eat seeing I didn't have lunch yet. Ok first off I don't have the heart to shoot down her suggestion, just out of that whole polite courtesy. Second, I secretly wonder, well no longer secretly anymore, if she suggested it as I was American. Third, I find this point funny that I was to get Jen McDonalds, which major difference: the fish sandwich actually has whole small shrimp inside it along with other fish. Anyway during the course of my 2hr and 38min (2hr and 38min I couldn't finish a fish sandwich, medium coke and medium fry. These being sizes they use here, though are one size down from the American standard. I tell you fastfood and me, is a no go area.) conversation with Ayumi, oh I timed seeing it started at 1 which made the time tracking damn easy. So it's a McDonalds inside the same area as Seattle's Best, which the whole area plays clearly Western music such as Michael Jackson to Sister Act 1 and 2. The Sister Act is important, for you see unbeknownst to me, Pedro had been singing the song "I will Follow Him," from the 2nd movie as it played over the speakers. Also they were trying to get a picture of Ayumi slyly which proceeded in getting picture of Pedro's shirt and his chair. Because it would seem a lot of the guys I meet, are of the thought line, "Asian women are hot." This actually was wonderfully characterized by one roommates story of coming into the country at the airport. The phrase was, "So I was walking in and saw the lady holding the sign for Kansai Gaidai and was like you shouldn't be woring this job and rather be a model." The heckling I get, all in good fun I woud suppose though the lines are rather iffy, deals with that issue, my speaking partner and her supposed hotness.

Event #2 Park
Vending machines serving alcohol, no alcohol in the Seminar house policies and a nearby park are clearly going to present an issue for university. So some 70 people, all foreigners were in the park just sitting in circles, drinking till the man in khaki pants and a white shirt announced to the group they were too loud and forced us to disperse.

So ok, these events don't reflect their awesomeness, but rather the dialogue that occurs with them before, during and afterwards makes their awesomeness. Heck the conversation I got them on sex, was wonderful. If only I could record the conversations, in a non-creepy way, I would be set for some wonderful dialogue, stories and ideas.

Oh, no blips on the radar map of love and sex.