07/22/2005: "'I want to hold your hand..'"

Current Sounds: Coughing, typing, whipsering.. library stuff.
Currently Feeling: Still in my own little world.

Probably need to get running soon. I need to walk from one side of the city to the other in a few minutes in the hopes of getting someplace by noon. My, a bike would be nice right about now. I might be able to get a ride, but I wouldn't bet on it.. so, I have a roughly 90 minute walk ahead of me. Yayness.

Anyway, I have lunch with one of my students today.. should be interesting. She has a bunch of photos she took when she went to Alaska last year, so it should be nice to go sit down and look through them. I downloaded all the photos from my Japanese trip to my PSP, so I'll have at least something to share. Of course, I don't know when lunch starts, so.. I might be there a bit early. We'll see. Better than late, at least.

Otherwise.. life ticks on, not too much to say. Last night, I ran across a band playing at the train station, so I sat around and listened for an hour. They were by no means a true "band", more some highschool students who got together and wanted to practice playing in front of a group of people.. but it was interesting all the same. We talked for a bit (in my brutal Japanese) and they gave me their website address so I could come to their next performance. Interesting. Also ran into some elementary school students yesterday who decided to walk with me to where I was going for my Japanese lesson so they could talk. Normally, I'd assume that they want to try out their English on the "strange foreigner".. but oddly enough, while alot of people do want to speak with me it seems, most of them just say a few things in English and then want to talk in Japanese. Frankly, you can speak with anyone here in Japanese. Why pick me? Do I look remotely fluent? Actually, most people seem surprised that I can speak Japanese at all, so I guess it's a bonus.

Well, I need to get ready to leave, since I don't think I'm going to get a reply. I'll write again later, when I can. I should be back online sometime tonight.. we'll see.


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