About time, i guess...

so it has, not dawned on me, but occured to me why i have spent so much in the last few days. First, i needed things that i will only need to buy at first but not everyday. Like a trashcan, laundry soap, clothes hangers, the meal plan, tissues, pencil case, erasers, kanji notebooks, slippers (surprisingly, you need a couple pairs. i figured one would be good enough), and etc.

soon i think it'll all settle out. i still have some more things i need but soon it should be better. and i decided to just buy a box of drink mixes and sugar powder so that i'm not spending a dollar every time i'm thirsty.

the rest of my shopping list.
a pan/baking tray/or teapot
more of those cloth boxes that unfold to sit upright.
dry foods because there are no dorm meals on sundays and no lunches ever
socks that go above the ankle (my new shoes are high-tops.)
extension cord
that wrinkle-out spray that you spray and wrinkles are gone, like magic
boxes to mail stuff home (to nephews/nieclings/family/friends/and to special mommies.)
more sport tape/gauze/and any protective wraps (my feet are broken and literally bleed through everything)
and maybe a tiny little book i can write how much i'm spending in to keep better track of it

anything that you want to send to me from the above list, comment and i'll hold off buying it. except the sport tape stuff, i'll still buy more even if you send me some. but anything else, feel free to buy it for me. i will not refuse it. especially that wrinkle-out stuff, i don't think they have it here.

anyhow, the club was really fun. i felt like a complete dork dancing next to people with acutal skill and rhythm but the japanese people didn't seem to notice if i was bad or not, i was american and we were listenting to english songs, including Sexy back which is a really good song. but my friends were nice and i had a good time.

after we left the club, we walked around for a while, played some claw games(rigged here too i guess), ate a crepe-y pizza-y thing, and then went to do karaoke. it's so great here because while you're doing karaoke the drinks are all free because it's like a covercharge thing, or it could have been that we were a 9 group party and all of us paid like 25 dollars for a couple hours of singing. we sang really awesome iconic classic songs like michael jackson's black or white, Venus by bananaorama, domo arigatou mr. roboto, and such. i think the karaoke was my favorite part. we were all sitting around and laughing and singing and i really felt at home. it's like i have this community here too. and even if i am dork, they accept me and want me to hang out with them and take care of me. (don't worry mom, i didn't need taking care of. it was just an expression)

anyways, i think it's because i'm so far out of my comfort circle that i feel like even more of a dork. because in america i know the limits for acceptable dorkiness but here i'm not sure. so if i dance in my grandma style in america, i feel ok. but here, i kept having to stop because i got too paranoid about people watching me to have a good time. and literally, if you're a foreigner at all then you attract everyone's attention. i've always kinda liked attention but i have realized that there is a limit and i do want to kind of fade back in the background a little.


anyhow more picture to come and i am going shopping for a cellphone tomorrow so i should have one soon. Abu is coming with me so that i dont get fast talked or get a plan i don't understand. Then i'm going to his house and i'm going to meet his mother. He said she really wants to meet me and i want to meet ehr but i don't know what to bring. common courtesy here says that i need to bring a gift to show respect and grattitude for being invited.

oh and i met a lot of korean students. most of them speak english too and their japanese is amazing. it's kind of daunting but i'm trying my best. Well, i gotta go. i'm staying in tonight and moving my furniture around and then i'm gonna watch a movie and do homework. so goodnight, oyasumi!

love you, all my hugs and kisses.
me