Immigration Adventure

Second trip to immigration today.  Woo.  This had better not take up my entire day.  I wonder when they'll let me go... really they isn't any point to my being at school, once I finish what I have to do.  I can't remember when they sent me home last time.  I think it was after lunch.  That's good enough, I have a feeling the immigration office will be less busy after lunch.  I wish I had something portable to write on.  It would be a perfect oppourtunity to hash out the bulk of this chapter.  I could be old skool and handwrite it... but we'll see.  Or I'll bring some kanji to study?  Or a book to read?  I should update my iPod with One Love.  I should do a LOT of things... I need to look through this guide book Ishizuka-sensei gave me last year for Kamakura and make notes of all the things I want to see on Saturday.  I thought I read somewhere that we'll be having the 6th typhoon of the year/season this weekend?  I hope not.  That would just suck too much.  MSN weather says it'll be cloudy on Saturday.  I can deal with that.  I just hope it doesn't change by then.

Sent money to JE for a ticket ballot yesterday.  September 5th, come on!  That's the same day the photo book is released and I'm getting mine delivered COD but I don't know when.  I said "evening" and Japanese "evening" extends well into night.  My Visa card was delivered around 9pm.  That works.  I'll be dead tired for the Sports Festival but at least I won't have (or had) a 4 hour bus trip this time.  I also left my good (and new!) umbrella at the Post Office when I was sending my money. :/  I should go by on my way to the station today (Yes, I am going to be lazy and take the Noda line one stop to Kashiwa station to get on the Joban) and ask if they have it.  I'm sure they do... I just need to figure out how to ask for it.  忘れ物ありますか？昨日私はここに傘忘れた。 That's probably not even remotely grammatically correct but all the important words are in there.  "Lost thing", "yesterday", "my umbrella", "forgot". 

I think Andrew leaves for Canada today?  Or tomorrow.  Chelsea left yesterday, I hope she had a good flight. 

This has very quickly turned into quite a rambling entry.

JUST CALL ME KING RETARD.

I AM SO FUCKING DUMB. 
GOD I HATE MYSELF RIGHT NOW. 
SHIT SHIT FUCKING SHIT.

So, I was busy ALL morning at work and didn't have time to write a lick until about noon.  I was doing my plan for elementary school which took a hell of a lot longer than I thought it would (Prepositions II - between, across from, in front of, behind).  Making your own map is a pain.  But I have a nice pretty one that I can use from now on ready to go.  And then Imai-sensei gave me a stack of exams to mark... all 5 classes... but only 3 questions and 150 papers took me... mmm.. fifteen minutes.  Maybe.  No big deal.  Then exams were done for the day, lunch rolled around.  They didn't tell me there was no lunch and I only figured it out when everyone left.  They did the same last time but I didn't remember.  Didn't matter, they let me go and I thought all was well.

It was cold today and threatening to rain but didn't.  I went by the post office and retrieved my forgotten umbrella and got on the train.  I missed about every fucking connection on the way to Chiba Minato after getting on the Joban line at Kashiwa.  Shit.  You have switch at Shin-Matsudo for the Masuashino line and I went up the wrong side so I had to wait... then you switch to the Keiyo line at Minami-Funabashi and then the one I was on decided to terminate in the middle and then I had to wait again after realizing my train wasn't going to be moving anytime soon (nor in the right direction)... then I got to Chiba Minato fianlly and got to the immigration office (after daydreaming about running into someone famous who hails from Chiba who might happen to need to go to the city hall today... lame, I know) and then got my number, got my payment stamp and then REALIZED I LEFT MY FUCKING PASSPORT AT HOME.  UAAAAAAFLKAJSDASLDJF.  I think I scared the Aussie (I think -- other white person anyway) by saying "SHIT!" really loudly and then stormed out.  I am still fucking pissed off.  I didn't even remember my phone today I couldn't spam everyone and their second cousin with ranty mails.  There goes fucking 3 hours of my life and 1200 yen for nothing.

Sent an email to Tatsuya saying I am a huge loser instead of just taking initiative and cancel my afternoon tomorrow and go again.  Fuck.  At least I have until the 9th of July to go... But fuck, if he had just let me go at the beginning of the month when I wanted to, I wouldn't have fucking forgotten my passport, I'm sure.  In the end, I still have to take another afternoon off.  I could have had a nice relaxing half-day today (becuase they would have sent me home anyway) but nuuuuuuuuuuuuu.  FUCK YOU GODDAMN WORK.

I am going to use this pent-up anger to write now.  I hope to have the bulk of Five done before Himitsu.  And I'm going to be fat and have McChucks for dinner.  That's how pissed off I am.

Edit:  I'm calm now.  Can't change what happened.  Tatsuya will just have to suck it up and I'll have to go another day.  One thing that didn't suck today was that I got a call from Mori-san at Cool Japan and they still want me to come for an interview.  But it's in Roppongi and he didn't say what time.  He will call back but I already told them I can't come until 7 at the earliest so that's probably why he wants to talk to me personally. 

Himitsu

Ahhh... not an episode of pure gold but there were some gems.  Sho proudly entered the set with his hands held high.  "Look mom/fans!  I'm okay now!"  Aiba and Nino do the AgeAge princess thing and Nino nearly busts a gut trying not to piss himself laughing.  Another installment of Hana yori Matsujun: Ojima Miyuki and Jun's "date".  I really couldn't tell if he was acting some of the time.  But the ENDING!  Priceless!

Miyuki: Tsukasa!  Watch out!  -shot-
Jun: ... -don't bleed on me-
Mao: Miyuki!  Miyuki!
Miyuki: -slumps on Jun- Take care of Tsukasa for me...
Mao: Un, I will.
Nino on VTR: HURRY UP AND DIE ALREADY.

Ahhh that cheers me up after my royally shitastic day and retarded emails from Tatsuya.  I managed to write a shiton as well, I'm up to 2,132 words.  Yahoo~ 

Finally heard from Stephen... isn't it supposed to be 3 days after the date?  Whatever.  I... fobbed him off with excuses.  Saying I'm busy (which isn't entirely a lie) and I feel kind of bad.  It's not like I didn't know we were gonna have sex before (and I know he did too, since he came prepared with condoms).  But staying straight up: "Hey man, the sex was great but I don't want to date you.  Let's just be friends."  Isn't that a bit harsh?  Mahh I don't know....... I don't really want to date someone for the sake of dating someone.  I'll be as bad as the Japanese.  It's not a lie, I am busy - Kamakura on Saturday and I have to clean and do laundry etc.  Having a shitty 9-5 really only means you can go out on weekends (if there are sleepovers involved, anyway).  But after watching Himitsu, I have a sudden urge to go bowling.