Milky Way

It's sixty thousand trillion miles from one end to the other, you know.

Yeah, I'm listening to music from Animaniacs. Wanna make somethin of it?

So today was... weird. The last day of classes, woo. I showed up late because I couldn't find my textbook. I decided that I had left it in class the day before and would need to go to the security office in order to get it if somebody turned it in. Turns out one of the girls in the class saw that I left it behind and handed it to me when I walked in. Thank you Yoyo-san.

Also, the teacher was a callous wench today. She tossed my papers at me when she had stuff to hand back, refused to look at me or comment on my stuff (we were doing a board activity. AGAIN) and she didn't even call on me to answer anything (that part I kinda liked). Honestly, it's one thing for a kid to be rude to their teacher (which I wasn't. I disliked her but she's still my professor, ya know?) but there is something about being a professor that ensures that you act with a certain amount of dignity. Chrissakes woman.

Guess I should ace the final exam to show her up or something.

Also got a call from the guy running the job the other day. He can't pick us up so we need to take the train there. It's a fifteen dollar train ride. We're going to pick up our paychecks. The paycheck is only for 60 dollars. The train ride is 15 dollars each way.

Wow, how generous of them! Argh...

I also got bored of being on campus and went for a walk. And then I kept walking. And then decided to go walk down the mountain, cause I haven't done that since last semester.

So I walked.

And walked.

And walked...

And remembered how long of a walk it is.

And then I got attacked by a GIANT HORNET!

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!

Then I ran the rest of the way down the mountain. Those things are huge, mate.

Also picked up enough groceries to last me til I leave so... that's covered.

Which is about 15 days from now, actually. So, hurrah!

Also as an aside: Sorry this blog hasn't been as exciting as it was at first. When I got here everything was fresh and new and wacky, but now that I've been here for a year things just... don't stand out as much. The scenery is still beautiful from campus, Japanese people still can't use English properly, and there are things at the store like banana protectors and breast enhancing juice drinks. But at this point I've shared enough strange foods and merchandises and complained about the brutality of 母 Nature. When unusual things crop up I try to put them in here but really . . . You live in one place long enough and it's the same as living in any other place long enough.

That's why I like traveling. Traveling allows you to see everything around you with fresh eyes. To the person that lives there that's just the am pm convenience store, but to you that's the am pm in Tokyo where you ate a pizza bun with your friends on the way back from Akihabara. That's not just some temple you pass every day on the way to work, that's a piece of culture foreign, unique, beautiful and interesting apart from the culture you come from.

I feel a need to make a distinction between "traveling" and "tourism" as well. A traveler sees everything around them. A tourist looks at them.

That's all I got for tonight. Thanks for keeping up with my crappy blog that never updated on time, was rarely interesting to read, but had some decent pictures.

Hold in there for a few more updates. The trip is almost over, and the best part is coming home, which is coming up. Countdown on the right.