Dragon Balls

I'm collecting them.



So far I only have the five star ball, but that just means that I'm one step closer to collecting them all. After I get the other 6 I'll have one of my wishes granted. I'm not sure what it is. I think I'll try to cheat the dragon by writing on a sheet of paper all the things I want and then being all "I want my life to be like the things written on this paper." I dunno if that'll work or not, they never tried to exploit that loophole. He might just screw me over and make the world two dimensional. Or just me. That'd probably hurt.

I didn't do anything today aside from use my supernatural senses to determine that I should probably buy more toilet paper, so let's show some pictures:




This may not look like anything special, but I assure you it is. Okay, well maybe special should be in quotes. It's "special." There, that's better. That's pretty much how I describe Japan anyways. But this is a glass door, in the middle of the mall. FOR NO REASON. I looked around. There aren't any panels to connect to it to block off the area, and the door is locked. It's just a door in the middle of the floor. I've always wanted one, but for the purpose of my amusement, and probably somewhere in my yard or inside my house. Or I'd just build it in the middle of the woods somewhere. But it makes even less sense to be in a professional structure.

Also holy crap I just realized there is a tags list box on the bottom of this window. 40+ blogs in and I just notice this now. I should probably start putting things in there. Maybe I'll make some money off of it or get a book deal or something. Sweet. Anyways, more pictures:



Hurray! It's an import store! Called Deli for some reason. And since I'm in Japan their primary import is....American things! Oh god sweet succulent heaven. They have pringles there, AMERICAN pringles. None of this miso soup boiled squid flavored crap. Thank God for silly western trend stores. They also sell a lot of Disney stuff in there. Apparently America = Disney, cause I've had a good amount of people ask me about Disney World.



This is a pastry I bought today. I ate the left ear first, for anyone who was dying to know. The thing was filled with chocolate pudding/frosting/filling/stuff so it was delicious through and through. Japan is cool that way.

Now, back to my fortress of solitude.

[whoosh]

Stardate something.something.pancakes

Man I miss pancakes.

That probably doesn't make sense....

Well I wanted to get pancakes before I left for Japan.

And, well, I forgot.

Damn.

Oh well.

I should probably say something about Japan.

Well, flying sucks. That's one thing. I'm going to say this: I'm not one of those people with the "Speak the language or get the double F outta my country" but I will say that if you work in an international airport, then you should fluently speak the two languages that the majority of your flyers do.

I know Japanese enough to ask them questions and have them point to things though, so I managed to get through that way. The guys that they left to meet with me collectively knew less English than my baby cousin though, so that was irritating.

Ah well, hopefully I'm speaking fluent Japanese when I fly again so this won't be a problem. Or at least fluent enough to explain to them when I ask where to pick up my baggage.

To anyone who I said I'd lose weight being in Japan: I lied.

So far I've had a can of C.C. Lemon that only has 40 calories and has vitamin c in it.

But for 25 yen cheaper I can get a 32oz can of Mountain dew. And then use that extra 25 yen to go buy this... this... W roll concoction and eat it.





Oh well. I think I'll join the taekwando and kyudo clubs. I think it's called Kyudo. Japanese archery. Looks badass and there is nobody in it really. 15 people, so it'll be easy to meet friends.

Which you'd think I wouldnt have a problem with, what with the 12 or so people that have come up and just randomly introduced themselves. Too bad I can't remember any of their names (aside from my RA but he's the Avatar as far as I'm concerned).

I had more things to say. I did, I really did. I think I flunked the japanese proficiency test but that doesn't really matter cause apparently I could enroll in the native fluency courses if I want. The proficiency test is just a suggestion of where you should enroll. Woohoo.

I need to find a place that sells digital cameras cause I can't get them on campus. When I do there will be photos of more than just my snacks. Like the campus. Oh god is it pretty. So pretty I wrote it a little song:

On top of some mountains
All covered in trees
I came to Oita
To learn Japanese

The first test was real hard
I think I have failed.
But if I try real hard
In the end I'll prevail

The people are nice here
The soda is cheap
The weather is so hot
I think I could weep.

This song is real crappy
I think you'll admit
But, hey look right at me
See if I give a

Song ends there cause I'm too lazy.

Lemme know how much you hate the blog name. If enough people hate it I'll change it. This is on an alt e-mail account anyways so hurrah.