Inspiration

So my darling kouhai has inspired me to blog more regularly so that you can all get a glimpse at the daily shenanigans that I manage to put myself through.

Tonight the girls and I went to Book-Off again. We took a different route this time but didn't get lost or anything. We were successful in our venture in that we found some of the things we were looking for (I apparently grabbed two copies of a volume 9 when there had been only one copy of the other 8 volumes...) and then went to get sushi for dinner down the street like last time. Apparently one of my students was leaving right as we sat down to wait for our number to be called, but I didn't notice him until Kachiu pointed him out to me since he'd been saying my name and she'd heard it. XD I felt bad not recognizing him right away, but he was out of uniform and he's not generally friendly with me at school. Meh.

While we were paying for dinner, Kachiu decided to try for some cotton candy at the machine again and managed to fling pieces of rock sugar at the other people in line. Some kind soul took pity and her and showed her how to use the thing properly without putting someone's eye out. Chowder and I, being the loving and supportive friends that we are, laughed at her the entire time.

On the walk back home Chowder mentioned wanting to stop at a convenience store for dessert and mentioning how she wants her sweet sugar fix for the night, which prompted talk about sugar fixes in general. ....We then took it upon ourselves to demonstrate sugar-flailing walks (eg, http://stream1.gifsoup.com/view/526066/jim-carrey-dumb-and-dumber-o.gif) and Kachiu, after recovering from her laughing fit, wanted to see me combine that with my thug walk from before. More laughter ensued.

Once home I put my books away on the shelf, only to find that my apartment had managed to absorb the two books I had bought the last time we went. This has become a recurring theme with me since moving here. It absorbed $1500 and my DVD case, a tape measure and some swiffer duster refills. Thus far I've found everything that has been absorbed, but the two books are still MIA. I don't have a large apartment and there are only so many places any one particular item can be, so that I manage to lose the things that I do manage to lose is quite a feat.

Spring cleaning

My weekend was to be spent in the company of friends watching anime and eating cookie dough like fatties. I had proposed moving my PS3 and TV downstairs to the larger apartment, because my apartment is not only small but also typically cluttered if not out-and-out unfit for company. Well, it turns out that it simply made more sense to just clean the damn place, so I did.

I spent the better part of my Saturday picking up, throwing things away, tying up my recycling and setting it neatly aside, sweeping, vacuuming, dusting, vacuuming again, putting laundry away, and doing dishes. My efforts were deftly worth the sweat and fatigue, and I may even make an attempt to maintain the cleanliness that I'm learning to appreciate.

Sempai came over first; I entertained her with video games while I showered, and then we did some light grocery shopping for her before the other two girls came over. Once they arrived, we all got settled with our snacks and I put on The Kids on the Slope, or Sakamichi no Apollon. A darling coming of age anime that another friend had turned me on to, and I turn them all on to. I was impressed by how much everyone enjoyed it. :3 We ended up watching all 12 episodes that night.

Afterward, the two rookies went home (they live in the same building), and sempai stayed the night. We played more video games and watched some more anime the next day, as well as went for a quick walk to the book store and media store.

Excellent weekend overall. :3