So, apparently some things in Japan are still a little gender-biased...and we womenfolk had to stand and watch while the mens pulled this giant floats for the Otsu (yes, el capital aka where Hiro Nakamura on Heroes is RIGHT NOW!) Matsuri (Festival)! However, as you can tell, we were having a pretty kickass time. From left to right: Megan (a JET from Cali), Rie (a very cool local, she works in tourism), Haruko (a JET from Virginny), Kaori (a crazy local who will soon be moving to Las Vegas- exciting but sad), and last but not least, my new BFF Emi (another local).
See, don't they look all tired and hung over? The pointer is John (JET from Britain, he has an awesomely hard to understand regional accent), the middle guy is Jon (JET from...Delaware? I think, he cheerleaded...or is it cheerLED?...in college so I love making him fun of him about it, though he could probably kick like anyone's ass), and the last dude is James (also a JET from England, but he has a posh accent).
The reason for their tiredness! What you can't see is the giant trunk of squid and beer at the back, which the men pillage every half hour or so. Yes- drinking heavily and consuming seafood while operating large floats...it makes sense, no? You can sort of see the cute little boys playing their instruments in the float- Megan and I kept trying to make them laugh, and we made one give a Mona Lisa smile- which was as good as gold to us!
This was my bulletin board before it become Halloween-ized! It's basically all about New Jersey and New York. The vice principal (who, by the way, totally looks like Japanese version of my dad! Sometimes I even feel like calling him that, but I think he'd be a little weirded out.) said he found it "enjoyable." Other reviews ranged from "Nice" to "Interesting" to "It blew my f*cking mind."
This is Azuchi! It's a small town in the south of Shiga with a lot of archaeological sites. A bunch of us went biking around the random fields checking out Azuchi Castle (be warned, there's nothing actually there- just a bunch of stones- the foundation- but an amazing view of the surrounding cities!). We also did a LOT of biking. I also got injured when my leg collided with someone else's pedal and I still have the bruise!
Here we are inside this crazy ancient hut thing. It apparently said you weren't supposed to go inside, but we're crazy gaijin (see Jamie's impression of "craziness") who don't know any better! By the way, this is Jamie, Jessie and Elisa. Elisa lives in Azuchi and did her degree in Japanese Archaelogy so she was all helpful and gave us a tour of her town!
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Holy crap, I should have proofread. I am super tired! Off to bed I go!
And sorry about the sideways pics, I didn't know how to turn them upright!
Is it weird that I wanted to say John was hot b/c you said his was hard to understand? For some reason, I find people who enunciate incredibly lame, and unintelligible mumblers to be cooler than cool.
You're Japan friends don't read this, do they?
haha Nah, none of my friends here will read this, so no worries. Yeah, John actually hates me because I continually tell him, and I quote, "You just don't like the fact that, unlike every other woman you know, I refuse to act like I won the lottery when you talk to me." That...and I hit him. In other words, you are not alone in thinking that he's hot and he's usually intelligible except on the phone and in loud rooms. And when he's super drunk, which is pretty much all the time.
You deleted a post! What did you say!!!???
Shite, I totally misread your comment and thought you meant NOT hot because of the mumbling...shite. Yeah, I guess I could see that...go mumblers!
I just had a typo so I deleted it, even though I realized I had another typo still...but I was like, whatever.
Hahaha, good for you, I'm guessing if I met him in real life, I'd feel the same.
I'm confused...you read that I said not hot, but already said "you are not alone in thinking that he's hot..."
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