Allo Allo

Hey guys,

I know you are probably full from my previous post, alerting you to the use of "caliculate" and "equilibriate," but I have decided to add another post, 'cause I'm that nice a guy.

I am still mostly at my office this week. I have the schedule for my inaka (countryside) schools, but the majority of my time, spent in Hachinohe, has yet to be divided up. What did I do? Fight ninjas, of course, it's Japan...Ok, actually, I just studied. Whatever, I now know how to write emminent, concave, and wither in pictograph (kanji) form, so HA!

And "when will this be useful to you, Greg?" you might ask. Well, it's useful when you are fighting a wizard and you can only draw upon the power of kanji to summon creatures and enact spells! "What?" Weldon and I have been emailing each other from the POV of our wizard-selves, and we have created a good basis for a story. Our wizard fight is just taking off, but rest assured, it is already of epic proportions.

And how far shall I delve into fantasy during my time in Japan? I fear to admit it. You already know too much- in for a penny, in for a pound. DnD. Yes, I wrote it, and I mean it. If you check the link though, maybe you'll think twice about who plays it and who doesn't! In order to limit your exposure to any harmful nerd-rays, I'll limit it to a few things. 1) I'm using the world I created for a book I was writing, ergo, I am in charge of the game and couldn't be happier stretching my creative muscle. 2) I am really looking forward to it.

There's a rainbow! I just took a picture with my phone. It's huge, and beautiful.

This past weekend was good. Friday night I met up with Seth and got a drink near the station/where I live. He was headed to Tokyo, so we decided to chill for awhile at a ramen/sushi/bar place. It was pretty good. Interestingly enough, when they poured out Nihonshuu, they kept pouring until it spilled over and started filling the saucer. You are supposed to sip off the top, and then pour in the stuff in the saucer to refill that sip you took. Pretty cool. We also talked to a guy who's accent is the equivalent of this in English:
"Hwhay herrow, whatcha ood ewe fawks laik for dinnr?" He actually had the sushi-chef translate his Japanese into normal Japanese so we could talk to him. Side note, for the first time ever, someone thought Seth was older than me! Rock on!

Saturday I went to the biggest farm in Japan, Koiwai Farm. It was cool, and the homemade ice cream was even cooler. Hilights of the farm include chasing sheep, climbing a jungle gym, and being all manly and shooting arrows at a target (while grunting at times). Laura got on a horse and conquered her fear of horses! Or heights! Or...something like that.

Afterwards we hit up Morioka, a big city nearby. We went to a tree that grew to eventually split a boulder in half. It's called Ishiwarizakura. Awesomeness. Afterwards, we hit up the mall, walked around, and then called it a night. I got home around midnight.

Sunday was good, we hung out for Natalie's birthday party. It's time for me to go home, so I'll continue this post tomorrow. Mata, ne!