Long Weekend (and long-ass post, I apologize)

So, I will catch you up on my weekend, but first I must share much more important news.....I am currently listening to the motherfucking Rent movie soundtrack, bitches! Someone leaked it online and this is my second listen of the day. Holy fuck, it is sooooooooooooooooo good. I was worried it wouldn't be good, 'cause the sound clips online sounded like shit, but all worries are gone now. SO GOOD. *sigh* Orgasmic.

Anyway! So, it has been a while since I've been able to blog, so I'll start with Friday. All of the Ota ALTs had the Ota English Speech Contest in the afternoon, so we got out of school early. I was excited 'cause it would be a really easy day with only 1 1/2 classes, etc. However, it turned out to be the longest day EVER! I ate lunch an hour and a half early because we had to leave by noon. Yabuzuka kyushoku (school lunches) usually range from pretty good to good. However, Friday's was the least inspired, crappiest meal I have ever had. It was a big pile of rice, the smallest piece of fish you can imagine, and a fucking teeny pudding cup. Um, hello, that is a light snack if anything! I was not amused.

So, I went to the BOE for the contest with my JTE and my three students who were participating. I have been working with them on the speeches for a month and a half, so I think I was as nervous about it as they were! Hehe. They all did well. One student I was particularly worried about, as she just memorized it for real last week, but she did okay, although she was very obviously nervous. My other two students did really well. In fact, Kana got fourth place!!! I was really excited for her. I knew she would do really well, she's fucking amazing! Her pronunciation is crazy good, and the speech itself was good, too.

Anyway, the contest went WAY over time. I didn't get home 'til 6:30, which doesn't really sound that late, but everyone was fucking exhausted from listening to countless speeches (might I add they are all the same in the end), and because there is no food in the city of Ojima, apparently!!! We were all so hungry that I think we were eyeing which person in the room would be the greatest source of nutrition. I was hungry after my kyushoku, let alone seven hours after it! Those of you who know me well know how grumpy a Santilli can get when he or she is hungry! Not advisable! I need lots of snacks for maintenance, thank you!

Anyway, I finally got home and picked up a bottle of wine at Fuji Mart (saw students there and felt like an alcoholic), then relaxed for a bit before heading to Jenny's for a very yummy dinner. She invited Jill, Takeshi and Sean. Jill was the shougakkou ALT a couple years ago and still lives in Yabuzuka. She teaches at the Ota English School and is married to Takeshi. They are really nice. We had a fair amount of wine, and I ate about seven meals' worth of food. Seriously! I literally had seconds or thirds on every single dish Jenny made. Sorry, Jenny! Next time make less yummy food :)

Saturday I had to wake up early and go to the Minami Shougakkou undoukai (sports festival). It was a bit early for me on a Saturday, but I'm glad I went 'cause the kids were soooooo cute! It is amazing how much time the students and teachers put into the undoukai. They literally practice for over a month for it. It is hardcore. But yeah, it was a lot of fun.

After the undoukai I felt fat from eating so much food on Friday, so I biked around and explored some, then cleaned around the house. Saturday night Jenny came to Yabbers and we had dinner and watched Frida. Yes, we know how to have an EXCITING Saturday night! Hee hee. I hadn't seen Frida in a while, so it was good to see again, tho it made me miss my Mexinugget even more! But I was glad 'cause it made me want to visit Mexico and see him....hopefully I can do that soon-ish!

On Sunday I tried to sleep in to rest up for Paradise Ball, but the damn Yabuzuka Shougakkou kids were practicing for their undoukai and were blasting music and shit at like 8 in the morning. Some annoying ho kept yelling "ganbare!!!!" through the speakers in the typical Japanese announcer high-pitched voice and it destroyed all hopes of me sleeping in. Ganbare, indeed.

Anyway, I headed to Tokyo at 1 and got into Shibuya at 3. I had forgotten how fucking hot Tokyo guys are, by the way. Holie! I also didn't realize how much I missed the city. It was good to be back. I wandered around Shibuya and window shopped a bit. I did make the gayest purchase of my entire life, which was this big-ass Japanese magazine about Broadway and stuff. It had a big thing on Rent, hello, how could I not buy it? There was a book I wanted as well, but I will hold off :)

I met up with Grant, Mami, Minako, Canadian unmarried Jeff (too many Jeffs) and Nicky in Shinjuku and we went to a bar in 2chome (gay area). It was a big crowd for a Sunday and was fun. The straight people then left and the mos headed ever-so-slowly towards Paradise Ball, no thanks to Mos Burger apparently killing the cow that would be my hamburger in the back room!

Once we finally got to PB, there was a long line but it went pretty quick. The place was huge, especially for Japan! There was a big main bar area, a huge dance area, an outside area with food and drinks, an outside dance area, a VIP beach part (with sand), and a pool area. Damn big! It was a ton of fun. There were a ton of guys there, and they were all pretty damn built for Japanese guys! I was impressed. There were a fair amount of gaijin, too, I suppose. I was a good boy and wasn't too slutty, tho I did have my first dark room experience. Those places are kinda weird ;) I also had my first typical gay dance club shirtless experience, as you had to take your shirt off at the pool. I'm surprised they didn't make an exception in my pastey-ass muscle-less case, but whatever! It was fun anyway.

Oh! There was Mexican food there, too! Hello, drinks, gay guys and Mexican food in the same place?! Orgasm, indeed. I had a chicken taco (I use the term taco loosely, however) and taco rice, whatever the hell that is. But it was good! I missed my Mexinugget even more, too! Honey, get your ass to Gunma! It's the place to be ;)

Anyway, we left at 5something and I got back to Yabbers at 8. I was SO tired. I kept falling asleep on the train and falling against the window. I'd wake up to a big "BOOM" and notice all of the Japanese people actively ignoring my existence.

Reluctantly biked back to my apartment, assed out, and woke up at 2:20. Good day off, indeed!

Anyway, that's my weekend. Thanks, Granto-san and others for a fun time!!!! Must do it again some time.