Lightsabers ROCK!
What didn’t happen this weekend? Man I don’t know where to start. I guess I have to start at… Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith. Ok finally went to go see it and… I totally crapped my pants…more than once. I came out of the theater and my pants felt foamy. It was so awesome! The fact that I haven’t really seen a movie in, forever, added to the level of excitement when I went to see this movie. Other than the few weird awkward moments between Anakin and Padme, the movie was awesome. I couldn’t have asked for more lightsaber battle scenes (well I guess I could of) and more action. During the movie I got so excited that I started to run in place in my seat. I know I said that being in elementary school was my element but in a close second is sitting in a movie theater. And I was also glad that I saw the movie on the big screen since the movie theater is the only way to enjoy this movie, it was awesome!
After the movie we had a going away party for one of my friend’s boyfriend. He’s planning on going to Australia for study abroad. It was a nice small party and of course there was music and booze. We left a little earlier than usual to watch a scary movie with Krystal’s sisters. Kum Laude aka Kumiko aka Karyn, loves to watch horror movies so we decided to watch one together. At the rental place they had a large Japanese horror section, which even I was a little nervous about renting (they are super scary) but fortunately many of the good ones didn’t come with English subtitles. We started to look in the American horror section and found a few but nothing that got our interest. Just when we were about to lose hope I remembered a movie that was scary as hell but not in the horror section. The movie is Event Horizon. If you haven’t seen it and like space horror films you might like this one. While watching it I forgot how gory the movie was. They show twisted scenes of nightmare-ish hells and it’s not pretty. Krystal couldn’t really handle so she ended up forcing herself to sleep, a very popular tactic of hers.
Then on Sunday was the big kickball tournament. Krystal took her sisters shopping in Osaka so I was free to kick some ass. When we got there people started to slowly trickle in except they were all from the SHI. We needed more FUs to come but only about 5 showed up. Seeming that they didn’t know how much we wanted to beat them we had to separate the teams so all could play evenly. So it became a regular kickball match. As disappointing the tournament was the actually kickball game was intense and fun. We all played hard and you could totally tell who was a SHI and who was a FU. We played two games and I am proud to say that I was one the winning team, twice. Not because of my own single effort but the efforts of all the guys that came out to practice and scrimmage and were totally on their game. Kickball…I LOVE THAT GAME!!
So Monday comes along and the sisters leave for Yamaguchi and the house is empty again. Krystal does some crazy vacuuming and the house is back to normal. Who would have thought that two girls could shed so much hair?
With the house finally empty Krystal and I decided to go on a small date together. It was nothing too fancy, just some time to spend together. Krystal’s teacher lives near a path called Philosopher’s Road. It’s a popular tourist destination because of Ginkakujin (silver shrine) and many other shrines in the area. Anyway during the humid, hot, and supposedly rainy season part of the summer, the path is a breeding ground for fireflies. .We were really excited to go since neither of us had seen fireflies before. We got on a bus and headed towards the Philosopher’s Road. On the way we decided to grab some dinner and agreed that we find a nice Japanese place. With the sisters in town for the last two weeks or so we didn’t have the chance to eat Japanese food. We found this little diner looking place and it reminded us of home. We couldn’t really put our finger on it but it had something to do with the color of the seats and tables, the menus and/or the TV in the corner. The food was EXCELLENT! I hadn’t felt like that since the first time Krystal and I went to Kura Kura sushi, after begin away from Genki Sushi for a month. Something about the home style cooking that made the meal that much more awesome. Anyway we stuffed ourselves with katsu-don, zaru soba, and shrimp tempura. Ok back to the fireflies.
The rainy season in Japan has been everything but that, rainy. The humidity is at intolerable levels but not one drop of rain had fallen. And the one thing the fireflies need to breed is lots of water and humidity. We walked along the Road, which was about 4 blocks or so but only got to see three fireflies. Yet even the three that we saw were pretty awesome. It was so cool to see these little specks of neon green light just hovering over the water. We definitely plan to go back when the rain comes or if we have to, until next year.
I also started a new school this week. And they have AIR CONDITIONING in the staff room. Finally a school that knows where its priorities are! It’s a super small school with less than a 100 students total. Each grade has some where around 10 students. But because of this statistic they decided to merge the 3rd and 4th grades together and the 5th and 6th grade classes together. The situation wouldn’t be bad except for the fact that I need to teach each block for two hours. So I have two classes a day each being 2 hours long. I guess its not so bad but, it’s just that I need a break between classes to just get my head clear. But they do have air conditioning so I can’t really complain huh?
Extra news: just bought and received my plane ticket home. Its going to be for a while so no worries Dooku is coming home. But the shitty thing is that Krystal will not be joining me. She debated for a long time and it was wiser to save money and save vacation days. If she were to go home with me she would have to take 13 more vacation days leaving her with about 9 for the new year, a year that has many traveling plans and destinations in the works. But the plan is to go home together in the winter so it should be alright.
Ok I don’t know what write so…oh yeah we might go to see Batman Begins tomorrow which for some reason is out in Japan earlier than Star Wars. Weird. Nevertheless it should be awesome. I’ve read some really cool reviews and its going to be a competition of which is the greater summer blockbuster, Star Wars or Batman Begins.
I LOVE THE SUMMER and KICKBALL!!
Break it down
After the movie we had a going away party for one of my friend’s boyfriend. He’s planning on going to Australia for study abroad. It was a nice small party and of course there was music and booze. We left a little earlier than usual to watch a scary movie with Krystal’s sisters. Kum Laude aka Kumiko aka Karyn, loves to watch horror movies so we decided to watch one together. At the rental place they had a large Japanese horror section, which even I was a little nervous about renting (they are super scary) but fortunately many of the good ones didn’t come with English subtitles. We started to look in the American horror section and found a few but nothing that got our interest. Just when we were about to lose hope I remembered a movie that was scary as hell but not in the horror section. The movie is Event Horizon. If you haven’t seen it and like space horror films you might like this one. While watching it I forgot how gory the movie was. They show twisted scenes of nightmare-ish hells and it’s not pretty. Krystal couldn’t really handle so she ended up forcing herself to sleep, a very popular tactic of hers.
Then on Sunday was the big kickball tournament. Krystal took her sisters shopping in Osaka so I was free to kick some ass. When we got there people started to slowly trickle in except they were all from the SHI. We needed more FUs to come but only about 5 showed up. Seeming that they didn’t know how much we wanted to beat them we had to separate the teams so all could play evenly. So it became a regular kickball match. As disappointing the tournament was the actually kickball game was intense and fun. We all played hard and you could totally tell who was a SHI and who was a FU. We played two games and I am proud to say that I was one the winning team, twice. Not because of my own single effort but the efforts of all the guys that came out to practice and scrimmage and were totally on their game. Kickball…I LOVE THAT GAME!!
So Monday comes along and the sisters leave for Yamaguchi and the house is empty again. Krystal does some crazy vacuuming and the house is back to normal. Who would have thought that two girls could shed so much hair?
With the house finally empty Krystal and I decided to go on a small date together. It was nothing too fancy, just some time to spend together. Krystal’s teacher lives near a path called Philosopher’s Road. It’s a popular tourist destination because of Ginkakujin (silver shrine) and many other shrines in the area. Anyway during the humid, hot, and supposedly rainy season part of the summer, the path is a breeding ground for fireflies. .We were really excited to go since neither of us had seen fireflies before. We got on a bus and headed towards the Philosopher’s Road. On the way we decided to grab some dinner and agreed that we find a nice Japanese place. With the sisters in town for the last two weeks or so we didn’t have the chance to eat Japanese food. We found this little diner looking place and it reminded us of home. We couldn’t really put our finger on it but it had something to do with the color of the seats and tables, the menus and/or the TV in the corner. The food was EXCELLENT! I hadn’t felt like that since the first time Krystal and I went to Kura Kura sushi, after begin away from Genki Sushi for a month. Something about the home style cooking that made the meal that much more awesome. Anyway we stuffed ourselves with katsu-don, zaru soba, and shrimp tempura. Ok back to the fireflies.
The rainy season in Japan has been everything but that, rainy. The humidity is at intolerable levels but not one drop of rain had fallen. And the one thing the fireflies need to breed is lots of water and humidity. We walked along the Road, which was about 4 blocks or so but only got to see three fireflies. Yet even the three that we saw were pretty awesome. It was so cool to see these little specks of neon green light just hovering over the water. We definitely plan to go back when the rain comes or if we have to, until next year.
I also started a new school this week. And they have AIR CONDITIONING in the staff room. Finally a school that knows where its priorities are! It’s a super small school with less than a 100 students total. Each grade has some where around 10 students. But because of this statistic they decided to merge the 3rd and 4th grades together and the 5th and 6th grade classes together. The situation wouldn’t be bad except for the fact that I need to teach each block for two hours. So I have two classes a day each being 2 hours long. I guess its not so bad but, it’s just that I need a break between classes to just get my head clear. But they do have air conditioning so I can’t really complain huh?
Extra news: just bought and received my plane ticket home. Its going to be for a while so no worries Dooku is coming home. But the shitty thing is that Krystal will not be joining me. She debated for a long time and it was wiser to save money and save vacation days. If she were to go home with me she would have to take 13 more vacation days leaving her with about 9 for the new year, a year that has many traveling plans and destinations in the works. But the plan is to go home together in the winter so it should be alright.
Ok I don’t know what write so…oh yeah we might go to see Batman Begins tomorrow which for some reason is out in Japan earlier than Star Wars. Weird. Nevertheless it should be awesome. I’ve read some really cool reviews and its going to be a competition of which is the greater summer blockbuster, Star Wars or Batman Begins.
I LOVE THE SUMMER and KICKBALL!!
Break it down
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