Guuh.. the morning after...
i'm slipping off the chair and my head is throbbing. You must know what I mean. hehe. But anyway, yesterday was a ball, man. Yuki and her pal took me over to Harajuku for a while and hung out and checked out the parade. It was awesome. The Japanese here seem to like Halloween a lot. I saw the craziest costumes. Unfortunately I didn't bring my cam out cause the battery was dead and I didn't have time to recharge it. But oh well... it was still an amazing experience. I said I would dress up like Spike or Ninjai, but that didn't really happen so much. Instead, I just came along with them dressed as some crazy scientist. I know... totally lame. But it's okay. I didn't care so much. I think I still have the make up on.....

So later on they brought me to a Halloween party nearby and that was awesome, too. Got some strange looks though since I'm a foreigner and had quite a bit of attention. That was interesting. Got to practice my japanese... show off some judo skills... just kidding... haha. We did some karaoke afterwards and fooled around. That's all pretty much. But it was fun anyway. I'll never forget this Halloween. Oh yeah, we stayed up late at their friends house and watched some really freaky Japanese Horror film. It was crazy! I don't remember the name of it but man... it was nuts and disturbing. But luckily I was kinda out of myself so I don't remember the worst parts. It was like some B movie or something. I don't know. Actually in fact, most of us were just laughing the whole time at the bad effects and acting. Haha. But anyway... good times good times... :)

3 more days till Halloween! yay! Can't wait to see the Halloween Parade at Harajuku!

Onigiri!

I made onigiri once again today. And they look better and tastier. However they are far from perfect. Did I mention that my favorite type of rice ball is the one with the sour plum? Those are the best. I love the sour taste of the umeboshi. Anyway, from now on, I think I'm going to just make my own onigiri instead of buying them at the store. I'll probably still do that, but I must get better at making onigiri... 

i'm really crazy... haha... :)

Hyah!

Today I went to the Dojo to practice some Judo. As usual it had me sweating like a pig, but what the heck - it was still fun and worth it. My sensei is saying that i've gotten better and that I should come more often like I used to. I just nod and bow. :) I will try. 

I can't wait till Halloween this Friday. Or was it Thursday? I can't remember. But Yuki has invited me to a party that night and it's gonna be so much fun! I wonder who I'm going to dress up like. I mean, it has to be someone or something familiar to the Japanese people. Hmm... perhaps an anime character??? I don't know. But I gotta figure it out this week. Actually, I can't really do anything real fancy simply because to get a costume here (a good one, at least) is quite expensive. So maybe something simple... SPIKE SPIEGEL! But where can I get a blue suit?? Hm... 

But anyway, Yuki and her friend Shigure are going to take me to the bridge by Harajuku station so we can see all the really cool costumes! Woot! ;P

Cool Beans

It's raining today again and I've just been at home, cozing up on the couch watching shows online. There isn't much else to do on a rainy day. I like to sit by the window and just watch the people and cars pass by. I opened my sketchbook, only to close it again when no ideas came into my mind. Recently my Nikon has been sitting alone on the table by my bed. I hope to have another oppurtunity to use it soon. :"] I was thinking of going by the dojo today to practice judo but I'm kinda on the lazy side today. But I should probably go since I haven't been there in a while. I've been a little busy lately. Though I can't even remember why. Haha. 

So here I am, couching around the house with the Ninjai hat ridiculously hanging off my head. I had that Prison Break marathon last night and I didn't sleep until 2 or 3. I'm feeling kinda woozy so I might take a nap. In fact... that's just maybe what I'll do for now. And then later I'm going to cook some spaghetti. That's if I can find the right ingredients around here. :) zzzzzzzz

Wow.

I just found this little 'hack' online that can enable viewers outside of the US to watch websites for US viewers only! Hope you get what I mean. But it's totally neat. Now I can catch up to my fave shows like Prison Break, Lost, and Pushing Daisies! I've seen Prison Break here in Japan but it's dubbed so I don't understand everything they're talking about. It's a good practice, though. but I've been careful simply because I don't want to run into any spoilers!!!! haha. Anyway, so now I can check out the new crusoe on NBC! Gah! Cool. I remember really enjoying the adventures of Robinson Crusoe when I was a kid. So I'm pretty excited to check it out. Haven't seen the pilot ep yet but will soon.

Well, that's one thing that I miss terribly about home. It's the drama shows! Well, it's good I can watch them now. Tonight I'll be on a Prison Break marathon so I gotta be prepared.

Unfortunately I haven't heard back from Costco so that sucks a little. But I will not give up!

YAY! I to Akihabara again yesterday but this time with my friend Yuki. She showed me all these really cool manga and anime stores. They have tons of the those in Aki. Like, seriously, dozens. Non stop. Most of them practically sell the same stuff, too. But, yeah, there were just blocks and blocks of anime. I guess that'd be great for the anime/manga fan. Which I AM one. the only thing is that I can't read japanese other than hiragana and katakana! haha. I guess I'll have to learn one of these days how to read kanji. Yuki laughed at that. But I DID buy some souvenirs to send back home while I was there. I bought some anime action figures of Naruto and Inuyasha to send to my little cousins back in California. Apparently, they like those popular anime shows. Anyway, she also took me to an interesting Indian inspired restaurant in I forgot where. HAHA! But it was good. I love indian food. But the only thing in the restaurant was, was that the rice was japanese rice and not basmati. It was good. But I have to say Indian Food is not Indian Food without the thin basmati rice. :) 

So it was fun. We stopped by some other shops but mainly the otaku parts, too. Her tour of Aki was a lot more fun than my little guide book.