Clarification; or, getting wasted in Nozomi

Hi all, so for those of you who were confused about my last post, I was referring to my co-teacher Makie, she wanted to see if I wrote anything in my blog about her (which I had) and while I was showing it to her, I decided to memorialize her craziness in print. She is wonderful and truly a gem to work with...plus, the other day, she asked me out of the blue, "do you want some cock?" Of course, she meant "do you want some coke." But that didn't keep me from laughing for about twenty minutes while she looked at me queerly and said, "nani? nani?"

Anyway, I spent this weekend camping with Tomomi, Yoshi, Yoshi's friend Hishi Hishi, Kate and Ossian. Needless to say, fun was had by all. I drank a ridiculous amount - a bottle of wine, a bottle of plum wine, and a can of beer - and was thus completely ridiculous all night. We went to an onsen and had to change our clothes behind just a towel. I couldn't stand up straight and was thus rolling around the rocks stark naked in front of like thirty people (thank god it was dark). I also remember a certain incident where I had to pee outside the car while everyone laughed hysterically inside. Not exactly my best moment here in Japan. The best, though, was that I was feeling a bit "amorous," shall we say (in drunken people talk) and passed out on poor Hishi Hishi's shoulder (who was by the way, married and like 40) and at some point I woke up and I was holding his hand. I am officially a hand whore, and Gary is planning on dumping me within the week (gomen nasai, baby!). The next morning I woke up thankfully with no hangover but immensely embarassed - thankfully Hishi Hishi was a good sport and did not resent my drunken molestation.

Besides the completely embarassing drunkenness, it was such a fun night and spending time with Kate and Ossian for the last time was sad but, as usual, always fun. They have been such good friends here, and I will miss them (well, ok, I'll miss Kate, I can take or leave Ossian, he's a pip ;-).







Only two more weeks. Strange. Crazy. Sad. Wonderful. I'll update with more soon.