Wet Wednesday

K, it has not been a "wet Wednesday" (whatever that means) in any way, but I wanted a title with alliteration.

Today I went to Minami Shougakkou for a day of being a lazy-as ALT! It seems to be the theme of the last few weeks at shougakkou, but as long as the kids have fun I figure it's okay. I have discovered the excellence of art projects: keep the kids busy, let them have fun, and just watch them do stuff rather than running around! Now that I am done with the culture board, the art project this week was making Christmas cards. In my defense, I was told my lesson would be called "It's Christmas time!" and I didn't want them to have to learn stupid words such as "reindeer," "stocking," etc. So, Christmas cards, it is! The kids actually ended up really enjoying it, so it was fun. I also made a CD of a bunch of Christmas songs I found off Limewire, and it sadly made me a bit homesick! I love the holidays! And, somehow, the songs didn't drive me crazy? I expected them to release some sort of pent-up post-traumatic stress disorder memories of working three holidays at Barnes and Noble, but I actually enjoyed the songs. Very scary. Holly, I'm sure you're shuddering at the thought of CHOOSING to listen to this music.

While we're on the subject of Christmas music, I have decided that I absolutely despise "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus." There is really nothing good about the song. It is annoying and also a bit inappropriate. The kid's mom is a total slut. I am not positive if his mother is married, but still, kissing Santa Claus? That's just skanky. Plus, I don't like to think that Santa goes around pimpin' on kids' moms on Christmas Eve. That's just nasty. He's about giving, not about making out with sluts!

Also, I have a confession to make...I sadly enjoyed Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas" WAY too much today. I heard it in four classes and rocked out each time. That song fucking rocks. I am not the only one who likes it, tho, as the scary 4nensei teacher who usually seems to hate life was even tapping his feet to the magic of Mariah's Christmas caroling.

I had lunch with my 3nensei today, which was fun for the most part. They asked me what time it was in America, and when I said that it was last night's 9:00, one of them asked "Are you sleepy?" I stared for a second, then informed her that I live in Japan :) Apparently I fly into Narita every other Wednesday to teach shougakkou! Hehe. By the end of the lunch I was a bit tired of being the gaijin monkey, tho. They would literally comment on EVERYTHING I was doing. "Look, he has his hand in his pockets! Look, he is touching his leg!" I am not kidding. It was a bit scary, as half of them were just staring at me while they brushed their teeth. Crazy Nihonjin.

I made up for being a lazy ALT by going to chuugakkou on my one period off to help two 2nensei with their speeches...no breaks today, sad! I am evil and kind of hope they get knocked out in the preliminary speech contest this Saturday so I don't have to practice with them anymore ;) God I am the worst ALT ever!

Anyway, tonight consists of watching lots of TV and never moving. Will hopefully blog tomorrow to summarize last week, as I have been too busy to blog lately.