FICTION OF THE NINJA KIND

Well, I thought I should update my livejournal although I have nothing to say really. I'm trying to find stuff out about Gackt's movie Moon Child as I might get to watch it, but it's not going very well. I think I know enough where I just want to go insane. Why are all the Gackt sites closed?

Oh and where is Abby? Hello, are you still out there? I'm worrying about you so please tell me if you're out there. I need to know. I sent you my new address, send me a letter or something.

I went to Tokyo Disney Sea that was interesting. I'm coming home at the end of July, I have a ticket now. In some ways I'm looking forward to it in others I'm not.

I have a ton of homework I have to do, and not all that much to say. Sorry.

Well, winter vacation has started here, and I am enjoying it very much. I have been spending my spare time listening to Gackt and reading Yami no Matsuei which I almost understand. Yea for me! I am also debating buying a Kaiba deck to go with my Yugi deck. Slightly less happy is the news that I found out my card is not as I first believed a chaos mage. It's something else involving the dark magician and buster blader. I think. I hope I'm reading it right. I still have no idea what it does. Someday I'll figure it out. Really.

In other news starting January first I will be going to Okinawa with my host family. NIce warm weather. I am really looking forward to it. Really.

Well, I think that's all I'm going to say for now. I sitll have e-mail to check.

Well, another week in Japan. Life is good, and I am glad. After a week of cold weather it warmed up this weekend until it was positivly spring like. Which right before winter is kind of crazy. I feel bad for people back home, as it's cold there. I like the warm weather, a lot. This week has been really nice and I have been getting lots of support from all over the place which is really nice.

Things with Rotary and me have gotten better. They talked to my school and learned that my school wasn't planning on kicking me out because I don't speak Japanese. Always nice to learn. So everyone feels a lot better. Which is good because it means a lot less stress for me. I don't like stress so I'm a big fan of all the talking that went on in the last week.

This last week also brought about two more earthquakes. This is becoming common and no longer freaks me out, although I still don't like them. As long as the earthquakes stay small I suppose that I don't mind, and will live with them. Not really much that I can do about them anyway. I guess there was a big one somewhere off of Alaska, but I don't know for sure. May there not be any large one's here.

Saturday I had a Rotex meeting where I got to see all the other exchange students. That was nice because I learned that I am not the only one who has had problems with their host families and learning Japanese. I felt bad though becuase my Japanese is still clearly the worst out of all of them. I will keep trying though.

Yesterday, I went shopping in Sakuragicho with friends from school. That was fun. Sadly, everything costs so much money here that the only really interesting thing that I got to buy was a Gackt single called Last Song. I kind of saw him singing it on tv on Friday. It's very pretty. Now if someone would only explain why everytime I say I like Gackt people freak out I might be much happier. Really, is there something that I should know?

Oh, in Sakuragicho there is a very small rollar coaster which we all decided to go on. Miho said she didn't like rollar coasters and I didn't really believe her, I thought she meant she kind of didn't like rollar coasters and would prefer not going on it. Miho said she would go though so we all got in line. It cost seven dollars just to ride one rollar coaster, I reapeat Japan is expensive. Anyway, I told her she should scream if she was scared. Well, we got on the rollar coaster and it started and she screamed, and never stopped screaming the entire time. She was terrified. I mean I have never seen someone so scared by a rollar coaster. It made me feel kind of bad. I say kind of because I loved it, but if I had known that she was really scared I probably wouldn't have made her go with us. Bless her, she's a good soul.

Anyway, that's about all that I've been up to in the last week. Actually, pretty eventful. I enjoyed it. Oh, and becuase I was so long without internet my hotmail acounts got deleted. Which means I don't have those addresses anymore, please keep that in mind for the future.

I hope everyone is doing well, and that the weather back home isn't too cold.

Okay, so things in Japan are almost great. I'm still having problems with Japanese, which is very frustrating to me and to my Rotary club. Needless to say I'm working on it. I am making progress, it's just very slow progress. Thank you to all of you who have been supporting me through this rather hard time.

I found out yesterday that I will be changing host families on Sunday. This came as a big surprise. I knew I was going to switch eventually, but I didn't think it would be this soon. I am in no way ready. Hence the subject of this post. Anyway, I don't know my new host families address yet, but if you want to know when I know let me know. That was a scary sentence. I do know that my new host family lives in Yokohama and not Fujisawa. It's going to be a long move. I have no idea how I'm going to pack everything up again. I'm not looking forward to trying.

I am still really enjoying life in Japan. This Saturday I am going out with friends to see Matrix Revolutions. That makes me happy. I didn't know if I'd get to see it on the large screen or not.

Well, that's about all for this post. I have lots of stuff I could talk about, but I figure that if you really want to know you can write me, or I'll post it later when I update people about my new address.

My host family would like me to learn Japanese faster, and to help me in this process they would like me not to go on the computer anymore. So, this is going to be the last update for a long long time.That's okay with me. I'm sorry to those of you who I told I would update. Maybe once I get a better grasp of Japanese I'll be able to get on the computer more. I am also not checking e-mail so please don't e-mail me. If you want to contact me write to me. I promise to write back.

I still love Japan, it's loads of fun. On Friday I got to go to Shibuya with Ena and her friend Mao (who is very nice, I hope I get to do more with her). Shibuya is a popular place to shop in Tokyo. That was really fun. I hope that I get to go back. I found Sour Starburst. For those of you who know me, this made me really happy. Sadly, I have already finished them. ON Saturday Ena, my host mother, and I went to a Christian Dior fashion show (yes, with a runway and models) in Tokyo. While I was there I experinced my first Earthquake. I am fine. At the time I told myself I was being silly. Today is Wednesday and I just found out that it actually was an Earthquake. So, I guess I handled it well.

Tuesday we had off of school for a national holiday. That was neat.I went back to Kamakura with my host family. Oh, I forgot it rained all weekend because of a typhoon. On Sunday the school called to say they might cancel school on Monday, but they didn't. It's not fun to walk to school in really high wind, in a pleted skirt. Really. Take my word for it. I found out today (Wednesday) that it's even less fun to walk in high wind and rain.

Well, that's all I can think of for now. I'm sorry this is not longer. If you want a more detailed idea of what is going on send me a letter. I really do write back. I hope all of you are doing well, and that school is going well for you. Or, if you don't go to school life in general.

Oh, wait one last thing. Yesterday, I got to do karoke for the first time. Yeah, my host family was not impressed. They really didn't have that many songs that I could passablly sing. I wish that they did.

Well, I've been in Japan for a little over two weeks now. For those of you wondering, yes I still love it here. This week saw many firsts for me, and some endings as well. Saturday was my last day of language school. That was sad because I had to say goodbye to all the other exchange students (I'll actually see them tomorrow). It was fun hanging out with them everyday. Plus on the last day I got to try fran which forgive me those of you who know me, and know what I spent last years study halls doing, might actually be better then pocky. Yes, I will go and hide now. Hopfully Caitlin and Melanie aren't reading this, they might hurt me. I still love the pocky stories though, I almost started to write another one, and I must admit that I am tempted. I have aquired a lot of study halls (they call it free time) at me school, and maybe when I'm not studying Japanese I could do that. Someone better stop me.

On Wednesday I started school here. It was an experince that I won't soon forget. I do like school here for those of you who are wondering. I just don't really understand any of the classes that aren't English classes. Wednesday we only had to go to school for the morning. That should have been in the morning sorry. That was the day I had to give my speech in front of 1,000 Japanese girls in Japanese. It went well. Afterwards in once voice all the girls screamed Kawaii (which means cute or pretty). I was amazed at how loud they could be. Then they proceeded(with all the best intentions) to mob me and try to introduce themselves all at once. So far I have remembered four of them. If anyone has name memorization tricks they would like to share that would be wonderful. There are 43 other students in my homeroom class which meets before and after school to pray and go over general information. I got to a Catholic school. Almost every other day I have to stay after to help clean the Language Lab. Not today though, just yesterday. I don't have to cut my hair. They appear to like it. However, as the only classes I can understand are English and gym those are the classes I get to take. And throw in Biology (not that I understand anyting) for fun. Yes, I take three different gym classes. In all of them we are playing volleyball. Which makes me think of Sara. Although she doesn't play volleyball anymore. Oh, and if I didn't mention this last week (although I have a feeling that I did) I have four different pairs of shoes for school. One pair is to walk to school (and I walk for about 15 minutes) another pair is for inside the school. The third pair is for gym inside the school, and forth for gym outside the school. So, that's fun. There is a very nice girl in my class named Keito, who speaks English. She has been my guide.

I also attended my first Rotary club meeting that was fun. I made a speech there too. They seemed to like it. I had to answer 17 questions on the application to be an exchange student, and they translated those and read them out loud. Which was a long process as most of them were short essay questions. I also got to meet my other host families. They are all very nice, and I look forward to spending more time with them.

I got letters from several people in the last few days and I thank all of you who have been sending them to me. I am replying it just takes time for me to get them into the mail. I sent out a batch yesterday, and another batch will go out on Monday. So if you've written me a letter and you don't get anything in two weeks yell at me. You are wonderful and I should reply.

Okay, well that's all I'm going to write for now I still have to answer e-mail.

Well, I hope this works. Everything on the screen here is in Japanese except for what I`m writing. I reached Japan safely after a long flight. I thank all of you who were wishing me well. My host family is very kind, and I really like it here.

Abby, I couldn`t reply to your comment for some reason. Sorry. I miss you too, and can`t wait for your letters. So far the only anime I`ve seen is Kirby which I thought was just a video game. My first day of language school was today, so hopefully soon I will know more Japanese. Well, I promise to write more when I get the chance. Bye.

It's Saturday. Yes, I realize those of you reading probably knew that. It makes me sad. It's now starting to sink in that I'm leaving. I finally realized I'm not going to see a lot of people for a year. Like Abby, that made me cry. I have friends that are really great, and I'm going to miss them soooo much. Then again, I know this is a once in a lifetime type of opportunity so I'm looking forward to going. I hope that I'll be able to keep in touch.

I realize I haven't been updating my livejournal very well lately. Sorry, I've been off running around. This has been an interesting week. It involved the starter on my car dying. Abby was there, I'm starting to feel sorry for her, she's always with me when I have car problems. That got fixed. My sister turned out to be a little evil child, and so she got herself in lots of trouble. LOTS of trouble. Ah well, she took the news that she has no life rather well.

I tried to watch Anthony duel in a tournament, but that got cancelled so instead a group of us just hung around by a Cousins and spent time dueling. That was fun. Yesterday I went to get my sister from camp. Also fun, although not so easy on the hair. I drove up in a convertable with the top down with my sisters friends dad. Wow, that was complicated. Today I did some last minute shopping to get ready for Japan, that went well. Got more booster packs, that went really well. I am happy. Sadly this means I now have a 57 card deck. Really, it's not my fault.

Also I got the first Gravitation manga, and the first Wild Act manga. I like them both. Wild Act I just got because it was cute and funny. MARS ends soon so I won't have that to read anymore. By the time I get back though D.N. Angel should almost be out in manga form. That will be cool. Well, that's all for now.

Yes, well. Today I had to go back to the dentist. It was supposed to be for a routine cleaning, but no. They surprised me and decided they wanted to fill cavities as well. Which was fine, only it made half my face numb for the second time this week. Not fun. Only this time when the numbness went away all that was left was pain. Lots of pain. I don't like pain. Anyway, now it stopped hurting, and that is good.

I'm going to see Bend it Like Beckham again later today. Happy.

I took Caitlin (or rather she took me I just gave her directions) to duel Abby yesterday. She lost. While emotionally satisfying for me to watch her lose, she liked it because at least Abby was a challenge. Some days I just feel so unloved. Anyway, I dueled her and then won, and now my deck is down to 40 cards. I don't know how people did it, but I did. Tomorrow I plan to beat Caitlin with it as well, and maybe Abby. We shall see.

Well, as anyone who follows horse racing knows Funny Cide lost the Haskell to Peace Rules. I know this horse is in the same barn as Empire Maker, but I love this horse so much more. Not only does he have a cool name, but he has dignity, and actual talent, unlike his stupid stable mate. I really don't like Empire Maker. Stupid horse. He lost the Jim Dandy today. That was fun to watch. Sky Mesa came in second in the Haskell and then Funny Cide was third. I was okay because at least Peace Rules doesn't go around talking about how much better he is then other horses. The poor horse is considered to be the bad horse in his stable. I really think it's sad, because honestly he looks and performs better then Empire Maker. Poor Cailtin was over, and she had to watch this and listen to me rant about it. Then again, I haven't beat her at duel monsters lately so I suppose that made up for it.

Ick, tomorrow I go to the dentist. Not fun.

Seabiscuit. Good movie. Really liked it. It's nice to see movies about horses. I'm sure that the horse in the movie was actually a lot better looking then the actual horse though because by all acounts the actual horse was not good looking. The story was nice though, and very moving. So if you get a chance to see it, take it. Trust me, you'll like it.

And next time I duel Caitlin I will win! Witness my determination.