alicia and i met up at shinjuku station at our usual exit and headed to mcdonalds to get some lunch. of course it was quite tasty! then off to NS7 dept. for my tattoo appointment. the lady who works there booked me early so that she could be told what i wanted (she speaks english too) and then tell the guy in japanese what i wanted. she was booked ( Read more... )

woke up a little later this morning, at about 9:30AM and got ready to go to takumi's halloween party. he was a superhero, pretty cool. they walked around the neighborhood in their little costumes and headed to the nearby park for games, food, and candy. i was there till about 12:00PM and headed to school. mario dressed up as super mario and looked ( Read more... )

got up at 5:30AM and got ready for the day. jumped onto the yamonote (sp?) line and transfered at tokyo station onto the keiyo line which goes to tokyo disneyland! yay! got there and bought herman and my ticket, and waited for everyone to arrive. everyone (yu, herman, and mike) got there just in time for the park to open. and off we went! yaaay ( Read more... )

today got ready for the day, but we (host mom and boy) had to rush to the JR train station via bikes. made it to our train just in time, and later had to transfer onto different trains. today we headed off to okaasan's (host mom) uncle's house. we got there and had some tea and crackers with the grandma, the great grandma, uncle, boy, okaasan, and ( Read more... )

got up early to go to school - even though we had the day off. a bunch of us american kids signed up for a cultural and english exchange with warabi highschool. the first thing we did was, breaking into groups and talking with the students. our group (me, naomi, victoria, and jesse) was pretty shy, only the same few girls answered questions or ( Read more... )

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mishkuu's Halloween party:

amberxenon dressed as a junior corporate spy department janitor.

angryface03 dressed as Ashlee Simpson riding a camel.

djnaughty dressed as Barney Gumble.

horse2424 dressed as something drunk, but what, specifically, you can't tell.

kodokumousou gets drunk, strips naked, and somehow emerges dressed as a new superhero: Elasti- ( Read more... )

yesturday classes went well. talked to mom, nicki in between classes. it was pretty cool! i hadnt heard them in a while, i could hear my mom calling my sister a dumbass. haha, i miss it. (and got a MEH from a de kat) got lunch (alicia, jess, satomi, and i) at our little japanese cheapy place, 'twas tasty. then hung around school for a bit, watched ( Read more... )

got up and wondered around the neighborhood exploring, found some neat little places that i didnt know existed before. then around 11AM dad and teresa called me - i hadnt heard their voices in so long. it was nice to chat. we chatted for abit, then it was off to meet alicia in shinjuku station. man, that station is confusing!! took us almost an ( Read more... )

went to school early (8:45AM) to go to a talk - given by the same guy who owns the 'how to draw manga' series, and my 'manga de kanji' books here in japan. the drawing books have been used a lot by me, and the kanji books used often for practice and quizzes for school. it was a nice talk, learned a lot about the company, globalization of anime/ ( Read more... )