It is 4:19 AM

Why am I still up? That's a good question. Last Thursday, I stayed up until 5 in the morning, trying to finish one of my essays. I halfway succeeded. I ended up finishing the essay on Friday evening, even though it was due on Monday. :) Meaning that I had a free weekend. :) But yes, that messed up my sleep cycle. Not that that's an excuse for my staying up this late. But it does tell you why I'm not tired at all.

I'm updating with probably one of the most ridiculous things that's happened to me in a long time. One of my friends, Bernadette, is an art major from UCLA. She needs to relate her study abroad experience with her major somehow. We both took Japanese theater together and have this strange kind of Kabuki obsession and thus, she asked if I could help her out. I told her that sure, I'd love to since, after all, I did a Kabuki mie in public and she did a pose from Aoi no Ue in public (with her right sleeve off and everything) so hey, why not?

I later asked her about it, asking when it was. She replied, "Next year, probably?" I was really confused. I thought that we were just going to dress up and she was going to take some pictures. But no, this was not the case.

It turns out that upon my saying ok, she rented out a space to showcase whatever she's doing. She's not entirely sure yet but it's going to involve me, some white face paint (I hope that she can get the real thing :D), and... Kabuki. Yes, this has turned into something that I did not expect but I'm ok about it.

So yes, I'm extending this invitation to whoever wants to come out to this event. 'Cause apparently, I'm going to be dressed like an onnagata. Or something. I don't know, she needs to figure out what she's going to do first. That's all she knows about it right now. Hahaha.

And this talk about doing a mie in public-- here is proof. (Bernadette dared me to do it. It was not my idea. And note the girl in the corner, giving me a strange look.)


Me.


Ichikawa Danjurou

Yeah, I tried.

YES

I'm done with all my written exams! All I have left is that paper that's due on Monday! :D :D :D My Japanese exam went much better than I thought.

Anyway, I got a new webcam! I'm installing the program right now so I can't plug the webcam in yet but I will be able to soon. :D

I have a yakiniku dinner at 5:30. That means that I have to go all the way back to school again. >_>;; I was just going to go straight back to school after getting the webcam but figured that since I have time to kill anyway, I could just drop by home for an hour then head back to school.

While I was on the train, I saw the cutestttt thing ever. There were little elementary school children, in little herds, all wearing these yellow hats. I didn't want to whip out my camera (one of the chaperones was standing right next to me on the train) and just snap a picture. So I used my phone to take it. The thing is, with phones in Japan, even if your phone is on silent mode, the phone will make a noise when a picture is taken. This is to prevent perverts from taking pictures up girls' skirts-- if they take a picture while going up on an escalator or during rush hour on the train, the gal will know. My phone made a beeping sound as it took but I figured that it wouldn't be that creepy anyway. :D Here's the picture that I got:


All the boys crowded on one side (which is what I got a picture of) and all the girls crowded on the other. Hahaha. So cute!

I am officially addicted to mitarashi dango. You've probably seen it in anime (even if you have minimal anime exposure). I want to learn how to make it but it seems like the recipes online aren't very good. I need to buy a Japanese cook book while I'm here or something. D: But here is the new love of my life:

This brand tastes better than the one that I buy at the grocery store, which, by the way, is 7 yen cheaper.

And since this is turning into a mini picture post, I asked my friend to leave a book out in front of my door for me and this is what I found. I asked her to put it in a bag or something and write, "To Moon Choi, rm. 319" so that the staff wouldn't think it's anything dangerous...:


What the heezies? A close up:

Thanks, Bernadette. (She's my twin, as we say... we say the same things at the same time. It gets really creepy sometimes. I'm not kidding. Hahaha.)

And just 'cause I can (and because Kabuki's awesome):

I want to strike this mie. It's awesome on so many levels. And the fact that the pose is derived from Aoi no Ue (a very famous Noh play), when Rokujo comes back in her demonic form makes it that much better.

Ok, that's all. :D I think that I'm going to have a tourist-y weekend so I'll be sure to post pictures!

Oh, btw! I'm going to be speaking at ICU's Worship Night tomorrow. The students kind of take turns and share a very brief message with the theme centered around worship. I snatched this opportunity when asked just because I wanted to share the gospel. I didn't hear a single gospel presentation the entire time that I've been in Japan (except at TMEFC <3)

Just thought that I'd post a video since I haven't talked to Grace in a long, long, long time. (Thank goodness for LJ!)