And then I realized, I'm just slutty.

Many thanks to littlealex for reintroducing me to the whimiscal idiocy that is KAT-TUN. I am set for viewing until the "new" Himitsu no Arashi-chan starts at 10. :D

I really like my job sometimes. I ran into one of my favourite students on the way home yesterday. Minami-chan from the Araragi class last year, she graduated and is going to school in Chiba now (I think). She said she wished she could go back to first year and having English class with me again~ ♥ What a sweetheart.

I was looking over some worksheets from the third years (they are learning "It's ~ for (me) to..." right now). The best sentence ever: "It's easy for me to talk with girls." They also played Ashita no Kioku that day at lunch. :D

They played Kumorinochi Kaisei at lunch today! I also had 2 of the Himawari students (the special class at elementary school) in one class. They can't keep up with my speed and I feel bad but the girl (I don't know her name, it was the first time) enjoyed it. She said thank you especially to me after school. I wasn't even going that fast--numbers larger than 20 are still hard for them--but it's tougher for the Himawari kids. I wonder how they'll do later on.

There's going to be a principal's meeting in a few weeks, where a bunch of the neighbouring school principals will come to my school and watch me teach English with Yahagi-sensei (the English co-ordinator for grade 6 this year). We've decided to cut out a bunch of the current lesson because it's stupid and not very involving. I'm glad he shares my sentiments on some of the draw backs of this course.

I sent off the ballot for 見知らぬ乗客 today for shourai, vintage_belle and myself. I chose the matinee (14:00) on the 23rd of July. My logic is that weekday matinees won't be as busy because people will have to work or be at school still (maybe?)... You only got one choice, but you could say you were willing to take anything else that opened up to increase your chances. Lucky for me, I'm on holidays and have absolutely no plans for summer so I can (theorectially) go to any show. Fingers are crossed; we'll find out in 2 weeks.

It's 6pm. I'm going to make chicken teriyaki for dinner to go with my salad. No carbs... which is going to come back to bite me in an hour or something. Maybe I'll make some miso soup to go with it. I've still got some kimchi nabe left too.

I love my conbini. The wife is such a happy person. She made sure I realized I was buying mirin (I ran out) and then was kind of shocked that I was cooking... I guess I get dinner from there more often than I realize (or would like to admit). I'm going to make a teriyaki chicken sandwich for dinner. OH YES.

Actually, yes.  Every blink there is pain right under my left eye because my sinuses are so swollen.  It's starting to throb right under my cheek.  I'm very nearly close to tears.  I already knew I was going to the doctor tomorrow.  I just hope it doesn't get worse before I can leave at 430.  I might even try and duck out.  There aren't any classes tomorrow anyway; it's the chorus contest.  It's an all day affair... fuck.  I'm going to bring my camera and take some pictures and video.  It should be fun.  My third year class did a preshow for us today instead of studying English.  They didn't leave us with much choice in the matter. 

I'm going to get a shitton of antibiotics (at least I freaking hope so) so that pretty much shits on any plans I had for Hallowe'en.  I was still on the fence about whether to go to Andrew's party or go see Bryan et al play and drink my face off.  I would probably not want to die so much at Andrews.  I very much doubt the smokey bar would be very beneficial for a sinus infection.  Andrew wants to go to the Yamanote party again but is humming and hawing about that.  It would be fun to say I went, even for a just a couple stops, but I hate being in crowded trains regardless and I hate being around drunk fucks when I'm sober (or at least not as drunk as them) so I don't anticipate having much fun when those two things are combined.  We'll see what kind of cocktail the doc dishes out tomorrow and how I'm feeling.  Won't be able to drink either way and I have come to realize that I don't actually like wearing costumes.  Even if everyone else is too, I still feel like a fool. 

At this point, if I'm still feeling like this on Friday, I'm just gonna come home and rent a movie and stay in my bed.  Maybe get pizza again.  Fuck.  I haven't grocery shopped in weeks.  I need to do that too.

I talked with Tezuka-kun on the way home today.  He used to be one of my favourites last year when he was in first year but this year it has become painfully aparent how much he sucks at English.  He caught up with me on my way to the station and we talked (in Japanese) all the way there.  He's a good kid, I really like him.  He's got a sister in grade 5 at Ni-Shou so I'll get to see her (even though I won't know who she is) on Friday!  I should have asked him if he actually likes English.  He asked me where I live and how I like Kashiwa, and if I can drive... it was nice actually talking with a student.  And he didn't make a fuss about me speaking Japanese like most of the time.  I don't know why they can't make that leap when I can clearly understand what they are saying to me (most of the time).  Anyway, it made me feel good. :) 

I really don't know what I can do to make myself feel better at this point.  I thought I was getting over this and was keeping my nose clean (even tho I didn't do that lavage thing... I couldn't find plain saline solution -- typical Japan).  The snot was clear and thin so I thought it was getting better... now (at least on the right side) it's thick and sunflower yellow.  Well, I guess this is what I get for having stayed healthy for the last six months: when it rains, it pours.       

→ Work was good. 6th graders had "career day" (they went to visit various jobs to watch) so they changed my schedule around but it worked better for me. Four classes of grade 2 and the last of grade 3. Did "classroom instructions" all day but it went quick.
→ There were a few trouble kids in 2-4 who got sulky and the teacher had to pull them aside and they sat out for the rest of the class. Then during lunch break, she dragged them into the teacher's room and made them appologize to me for giving up in my lesson. XD I was like, "Uh.. okay! Let's work harder next time, okay?" It was so cute and yet... kind of like, WTF at the same time. She's such a cute teacher (shorter than me and about my age) so I guess she has to be a hardass with her kids.
→ I LOVE 3-4. They were so well behaved! When I asked them make lines or circles they didn't chat like all the other classes. AND THEN. AND THEN. When I told them to make a line, these boys were like, "Make a line! Like EXILE!" and started doing the Choo Choo Train dance where they're lined up and rotating!!! XDDD I DIED. BEST DAY EVER.
→ I escaped right after that class so I got home 2 hours early~!
→ FINISHED FIC GAMES. FINALLYYYY.
→ Ryuusei no Kizuna in 1.5 hours!!