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aideI wanted just to post pictures but my camera is further proving to me what a piece of shit it is and not taking nice pictures so I gave up.
I actually made it up on time this morning to get to the speech contest which I had doubts about after falling alseep sometime around 3am. I guess I'll be fine when it's time to go back to school again. We only had two entries - a boy and a pair of girls from first year - entered since the one of the third year girls pulled out because she got some offer from Avex for dance apparently. Hell, I would too. And the other... because I thought there was two, I don't know what happened to her. It was interesting. The level of English was pretty standard across the board, except for the few kids you could tell lived overseas for a bit. I don't think Toyoshiki won any prizes but it was nice to support them and they saw me there so I hope they felt good with their performances.
Met Andrew in Harajuku and had a shopping day. I was kind of dreading going because I realized on the train that this is like my 5th time at Harajuku in the last month and I don't actually have a good time when I go there. Especially not in the summer when it's jammed with tourists and kids and stupid people who get in my way. To make matters worse, it was raining so the umbrellas hinder progress through the narrow Takeshita-doori. I managed to come away with some good buys - one impulse and one I've been looking to find for a while.
I got a new watch - a girly watch. It's got a small square face and a light green strap. What's interesting is that one band is twice as long as the other, so it wraps around my wrist once before tying. I saw someone wearing something like it on TV or on the train one day and I saw it and it was only 3000 yen so I splurged. I don't have a girly watch and I love green. The other thing I got was a new bag. I love messenger bags but the one i have is huge for my non-scholastic needs and even when I was in school, I hardly used it beause my books were too heavy. I found one that's a decent size (bigger than the one I have now) and a bit more "mature" looking than the one I have now. It's not a messenger per se, there's no flap over the zipper, but it's over the shoulder which is what I want so I have my hands free and don't have to worry about it going anywhere off my shoulder, and it was only 2000 yen. Andrew got a few shirts, pants, and a tie.
We went to see the Sex and the City movie and I don't know what everyone was going on about, but I liked it! I shed more than a few tears and appreciated Samantha's wonderful puns that were lost on majority of the Japanese audience. It was a nice add-on to the end of the series - not really necessary but nice to see how things have moved on down the line. And the pretty (heinous) outfits and shoes. If only I had that kind of money and determination to wear the shiny heels those girls did.
I got an idea for a drabble/fic thing on the way home and have started writing it out but I think I should turn in before it gets stupidly late again. I only have Keigo's lesson tomorrow but I should get the rest of this freaking laundry done and tidy up the house since I'll be out and about pretty solidly from Thursday on.
I actually made it up on time this morning to get to the speech contest which I had doubts about after falling alseep sometime around 3am. I guess I'll be fine when it's time to go back to school again. We only had two entries - a boy and a pair of girls from first year - entered since the one of the third year girls pulled out because she got some offer from Avex for dance apparently. Hell, I would too. And the other... because I thought there was two, I don't know what happened to her. It was interesting. The level of English was pretty standard across the board, except for the few kids you could tell lived overseas for a bit. I don't think Toyoshiki won any prizes but it was nice to support them and they saw me there so I hope they felt good with their performances.
Met Andrew in Harajuku and had a shopping day. I was kind of dreading going because I realized on the train that this is like my 5th time at Harajuku in the last month and I don't actually have a good time when I go there. Especially not in the summer when it's jammed with tourists and kids and stupid people who get in my way. To make matters worse, it was raining so the umbrellas hinder progress through the narrow Takeshita-doori. I managed to come away with some good buys - one impulse and one I've been looking to find for a while.
I got a new watch - a girly watch. It's got a small square face and a light green strap. What's interesting is that one band is twice as long as the other, so it wraps around my wrist once before tying. I saw someone wearing something like it on TV or on the train one day and I saw it and it was only 3000 yen so I splurged. I don't have a girly watch and I love green. The other thing I got was a new bag. I love messenger bags but the one i have is huge for my non-scholastic needs and even when I was in school, I hardly used it beause my books were too heavy. I found one that's a decent size (bigger than the one I have now) and a bit more "mature" looking than the one I have now. It's not a messenger per se, there's no flap over the zipper, but it's over the shoulder which is what I want so I have my hands free and don't have to worry about it going anywhere off my shoulder, and it was only 2000 yen. Andrew got a few shirts, pants, and a tie.
We went to see the Sex and the City movie and I don't know what everyone was going on about, but I liked it! I shed more than a few tears and appreciated Samantha's wonderful puns that were lost on majority of the Japanese audience. It was a nice add-on to the end of the series - not really necessary but nice to see how things have moved on down the line. And the pretty (heinous) outfits and shoes. If only I had that kind of money and determination to wear the shiny heels those girls did.
I got an idea for a drabble/fic thing on the way home and have started writing it out but I think I should turn in before it gets stupidly late again. I only have Keigo's lesson tomorrow but I should get the rest of this freaking laundry done and tidy up the house since I'll be out and about pretty solidly from Thursday on.