Dame-dame! Zettai dame!

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Today was full of loud, obnoxious middle schoolers. But they were all loud and obnoxious in ways that managed to be cute, so I forgive them.

The windows were all open because it was hot. Naturally, Mee threatened to throw my stuff out them when she lost games. (She never actually did because she is sometimes kinda responsible.) We played a game that used the paper faces - I’ve never made one of Conan, but today I decided to use the Devil’s to represent her. Mee saw immediately that the face was not really her sister: “Conan’s cuter than that!” This is from a young lady who frequently repurposes her homework writing assignments to the important work of maligning her sibling.

Jerkface was finally back today. I was worried that I might have traumatized him, but apparently he was worried he might have ticked me off irreversibly - he was extra-good the whole class, all whispering Ken’ichi and Bonze words they couldn’t get and helping me clean up.

He was still loud and quickly-distracted, because he can’t help that, but he didn’t try any wrestling or shoving the whole class. Maybe I’ve finally gotten through to him on that?

He was asking me a bunch of questions - all in Japanese, of course. He wanted me to explain Alaska to him. This is difficult given his limited English vocabulary. (His problem with Alaska is that it is really big and is not attached to the rest of the United States on the classroom map.) He also asked what my “English name” is. It’s Sarah? You know my name, dude. “No, no, your long name.” It is, indeed, long. I repeated it for him, and added a “the third” to the end. “Whoa! That’s too long!”

After their class (which is my last for the day), the manager came in and asked me to come keep an eye on Leo, whose parents were late picking him up again, requiring that he bug the juku teachers and make a lot of noise.

I can now add Leo to my list of kids who cheat at cards. He lied pretty much constantly when we were playing Go Fish. When the stack was down to six cards and he hadn’t admitted to anything I needed for like seven turns, I said, “You know, if there’s only two players, you shouldn’t bluff at Go Fish.”

“I do not lie,” he informed me indignantly in English. He was, of course, lying. (He doesn’t have what I would identify as a Russian accent in English - he sounds pretty Japanese to me.)

Me having been defeated by his treachery, we switched to Old Maid. When we were down to two and three cards each, he had the Old Maid, and refused to let me draw any other card from his hand. He wouldn’t let go of them. You are subtle, my friend.

In non-middle-schooler-related news:

1) Conan taught Mr. Yodeler the Proper Way To Draw A Melon. There’s only one right way! You’re a bossy child, Miss Conan.

2) Zuzu accused me of being in my thirties, which, obviously, made it necessary that I stop class and write my actual age on the board. (I said, “No, no, no! Twenty-three! Now be quiet!” Cookie observed accurately, “You’re the one who’s being loud.”) Apparently I don’t care what she suggests about my gender, but I do care about the age thing? You’d think it’d be the other way around.

Anyway, youngest sibling - next time you see History Teacher, tell him I apologize for the thing where we thought he was like in his late thirties to early forties.

3) Mr. Sleepyhead is just as bad an ambulance driver as he is a doctor. He stopped to say hi to some dudes. I think he bought some juice, too.

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Comments

[lacrimawanders.livejournal.com]

I want to start a Mr. Sleepyhead fan club. XD

I think part of the not-being-offended-by-mistaken-gender thing has to do with how Japanese women choose to portray themselves...whoa.

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I will join it! He really is hilarious. I found myself wanting to skip some other stuff and keep doing the role-play activity, just to see what other horrible things he'd find to do.

Probably so, yeah. The Japanese conception of femininity is kind of gross? I think I'd actually be worried if one of my male co-workers hit on me.

[lacrimawanders.livejournal.com]

PS DO YOU WANT TO BORROW A YUKATA LOLZ.

I need a hobby other than kimono sniping...

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UH YES SORRY I UH

I'm sorry, this week's been really exhausting (this is kind of my first non-drama day) and I haven't managed to get up early enough to get to the Uniqlo before work. Would you mind loaning me one again? I'm planning to stop there and at the Aeon tomorrow to see what they have.

And, uh, can we meet at the station or somewhere nearby again, as I am not sure I can find my way to the place by myself?

(I did, in fact, get your kimono and related items home safe and dry - my obsessive-compulsive habit of carrying an umbrella everywhere saves the day!)

[lacrimawanders.livejournal.com]

LOLZ no worries at all. Srsly, I am glad they are getting worn. Also, me = disaster-prone. I tore one today. >.< Just the lining, just slightly, but still. Also, Law of Murphy vs. Law of Averages = Law of Murphy it was not one of the cheaper ones.

I, um, may have ran accross a kimono sale at the INTERNATIONAL CENTER in Tsuruoka of ALL PLACES and may have gotten conned into buying a yukata it was only 1,000 yen oh god don't tell my mother

Yeah, let's meet at the station! If we have time, I'll show you the big bookstore on the south side. Let me know whenabouts you think you will get it. I may or may not try to take another swing at that cosmetics store in Furumachi for stickers.

PS. I LIKE _THE VIRTU_ I CAN'T HELP MYSELF, that's a book that I like, to gently loosen the stick from my ass.

I am seriously starting to think Yahoo!Japan or Ichiroya may be the best place to get yukata. Google Ichiroya and Yahoo!Japan is just the auction portion of the site.

DID I FORGET ANYTIHNG? YES? NO?

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Thank you! And I'M CALLING YOUR MOTHER RIGHT NOW YOUNG LADY

Would 4:30-5:00 be okay for you?

I actually messed up one of my good work shirts yesterday. I found this big, mysterious rust-looking mark on the shoulder that I can't identify at all. It couldn't have been kid-related because I found it before my first class, and it definitely wasn't there when I put the shirt on, so it must have happened... before I left the apartment? On the walk to work? I don't know. I'm very confused.

Yay for The Virtu! Have you read The Mirador yet? I actually like that one best, even though I think it could have been about fifty pages shorter due to Gratuitous Plot Threads.

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(And that's a fine hobby! More respectable than bad sci-fi romance novel sniping!)

[lacrimawanders.livejournal.com]

P.S. Also bring the stuff from last week -- if you want to hang onto the kimono/obi for longer, that's fine, but all the little stuff - bring that. You won't need all of it, but I am not 100% what we will be using.

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I'll bring you the kimono and obi back - I feel bad stealing your stuff for so long, and I really do need to buy the things for myself.

[lacrimawanders.livejournal.com]

I think I can do 5. I am going over to a friend's (Troy, of course :P ) to play cards, but unless I am lazy and/or fall asleep, I think I can make 5 just fine. Maybe earlier?!? But probably not. Maybe we can hit the Bandai Uniqlo for some work duds, my work pants all look old and faded, which is concerning considering the fabric content.

I HAVE NOT READ THE MIRADOR. I am still trying to get over my closet nerdyness. I haven't read the first one either. I picked up The Virtu because it was new at the library and I couldn't resist the long-red-hair-lamed-thief thing.

There is a small chance I may have food poisoning tomorrow - I cleaned out my fridge today, and this Pocari Sweat is a bit suspect.

BACK TO FELIX AND MILDMAY OH YEAH