Drunken Blog GO!

Quick, before it wears off! What kind of things does one blog about when their bloodstream is full of nihon-shyuu, lychee chuu-hai and White Russians (made with a single drop of milk)? Weird that it didn't hit me till I was halfway home, and even weirder that I felt nothing at all till the White Russian. Damn you, Aaron, for turning me into this beast.

Anyway, I was thinking as I ran today, There goes another week ... what do I have to show for it? The answer was eluding me for a while and I freaked out, but then I thought, "I had a couple Capoeira lessons, I read The Great Gatsby (this took 1.5 evenings), I 'hung out' out with Tomo a few times, I exercised a little .. hmm, that's not very impressive." Tonight made things a little better, though .. originally I was reluctant; this random dude comes up to me in the gym and invites me to some party .. I accepted without really thinking about it, then regretted it this morning when I thought of the other stuff I wanted to do. Turns out to have been well worth it. When I first got there I saw at least 3 other white people and almost went into stand-by mode .. oh shit, it's everyone-bring-a-gaijin-night! But quickly I realized that, even though they all worked for JET, they were actually socially functional human beings I could talk to without feeling like I was dealing with a different species. Plus it helped that they all spoke flawless Japanese, and most of the evening, with the exception of the Karaoke songs, was conducted in 日本語 so I was not forced to level down. I met some cool people tonight, whether it be Katsuki, Hitomi, Kubo, Eric, or Jacqueline (hawt), and that makes everything worth it ... tomorrow I think I'll go to Nagoya with Jacqueline .. also I bought a couple new books today, immediately before it was demanded that I read Shogun and Memoirs of a Geisha (are these both by James Clavell?) Oh well, I've got time. Have a swell weekend.