2.20.2005

super cute in japanese!

oh my oh my, what a week! by the time that ive arrived in front of this computer more has happened today of significance that it seems to overshadow my week. so, this post will be long. and there will be no order, as there never is with me. i was always told that my academic papers need more control. ha ha.

so, today. the update on the diesel-is-not-good-for-gasoline-cars fandangle. my shame wore off when i found out that ppl in my family, that i hold in high esteem have also done the same thing. so phew. i regained some of my composure. ha ha. just as i was typing that i knocked over my cup of soda and spilled a bit on the table. ha ha. but its all good. the tank was emptied. and gasoline put in. and its running fine. and im only 12000yen lighter. about 140cdn. which is fine. really. its just better to know that it was fixable. and we learn from our mistakes. okay, so now that shaming is over, on to better things.

this week started off really low. i suffered a terrible bout of homesickness after my last major posting activities/checking emails, and was dead lonely and worked the bare minimum all week, and just did absolutley nothing really. but then, two days ago i started to feel a lot better, and am honestly on the upswing. on wednesday naho-san and i went for tonkatsu. basically breaded meat. and it was really good. and we had quite a bit of fun. my classes went okay on thursday, but friday and saturday were really good. so the following are the two big fabulous things that happened this week, yet they happened only in the last 36 hours.

1. yesterday i went to a new shop called chank. we always drive past it on our way to shirataka, and its in miyauchi, really close to nanyo, they're actually attached, but its a good distance from my flat, so i never really went on my own. anyway, on saturday i had access to a vehicle and went. there's a scooter in the window and that was what always got me. i went in and the cutest guy was working the counter, late 20s. and i assume owner. but anyway, chank is this sort of stationary store that also doubles as a store with cool shit. like faux ghetto blaster bags, and punk gear, and sunglasses, and retro stuff. but also this mass of stationary. the guy and i talked very little. as i cannot speak japanese and he cannot speak english. but we communicated that im from canada, and that i live in akayu, and that today i have a car, and that in canada they drive on the other side of the road. and then i couldnt just leave without buying anything, and i didnt really want to buy anything b/c im going to sendai, and i didnt really need another black bag. but ive been playing with the idea of skulls lately and have started to think that they're actually pretty cool. and this tote was only 1000yen. ive posted a picturekokoここ. and its a way to make an impression (thanks kalin!), and he probably has a girlfriend, but damn, im going to make every excuse to get there and buy shit, and practise my japanese, just so i can talk to him. gaaa! and maybe ill get my first "first date" and in japanese!

okay, 2. im in love with this place in anacortes, wa called the department of safety. anyway, ive never been there and have only admired them from afar. but, i approached them about doing an artshow in november, and they said okay! yippeee! my first show! im so excited and am not going to talk about anything that im going to include, but im totally enthused and its just so so so fabulous. i cannot even explain it. oooh, and a link, to check out the coolest stuff ive seen in a while, black bird fashion. i especially love the skull hoodie, but as i said, im enamored with skulls.

okay, as a final note, i got the new gwen stefani cd in the mail, and truthfully, sadly, its awful. terrible. but more passable than xtina's stripped, and i just love gwenniegwengwen, though she could gain some weight. the cd is pretty much a write off but for "whatchyawaitingfor?", and two songs, "serious" and "danger zone". both produced by tony kanal. they have a good 80s feel to them. and i will deem "danger zone" as my favourite song of the moment. oh gwenniegwengwen. why do you have to try and be so hip hop? its disgusting.

2.19.2005

well, i definitely know the kanji for diesel.

b/c im a retard and didnt know sooner. and then it got too late, and presently im sitting in jason's apartment while we wait for the lovely people to drain the tank of the diesel and replace it with shiny new, non-diesel GASOLINE!!! its gonna cost me a 10000yen, but that's okay. ill post in a few hours, later tonight. when my fingers arent so cold, and the car is running. and please dont laugh to my face. i know that im retarded. but im sure you dont know the kanji for diesel, and i swear, ill never forget. xoxo di.

2.13.2005

four posts?

i only intended to do one post, this one, but i got carried away, and thought it would be more fun to split it up. i mean, i havent been near an internet connection in two weeks. thus, im a little overwhelmed and dont really know where to start. ill start with, "i posted new pictures on my pictures site" see link at the side. not many, but a few. (maybe ill make the following like a list, a rounded 10...i must be terribly boring.)

1. nihongo. the language. its picking up. i still dont have any lessons whatsoever of anykindwhatsoever, but im still picking it up. im trying to acquire a new verb everyday, and try and conjugate it. ie. kaimas. kohi no kaimashta. i bought a coffee.
or mimas. geisha no mitai! i want to see a geisha. or hanashimas. nihongo no hanashitai. i want to speak japanese. or ikimas. kyoto ga ikimasho! lets go to kyoto.

2. homesickness. for the last week or so i have been somewhat glum (on the inside), just a bit homesick, etc. basically i just needed to talk to my mum on the telephone, which i did, and i feel much much better.

3. money money money. i got paid, but this also contributed to my glumness. but, it seems that im not going to kyoto anymore. which is fine, so i might do a weekend in tokyo? im not too sure. its just that im making so much money and owe much more, so i cant really spent it. but im paying out my $800cdn/month in debt-bills, and living okay. but i should definitely stop making international calls on my cell. my bill was $160!!!

4. books. i read "widow for one year" by john irving. and "memoirs of a geisha" by arthur golden. im going to start "alias grace" by the atwood, tonight.

5. package. received goods from canada. they made me tremendously happy. strawberry shortcake bubblebath, scarf/toque set from my mumma, chocolate, sarah deleeuw's book, pants! i feel like a spoiled brat!

6. sento/onsen. did my first sento visit. ive never felt so comfortable so fast with being naked in a room with a bunch of people. women only. and a rosemary herb bath. wonderful!

7. have been spending time with friends. its nice. and making others. which is also nice. eiko and i are going to sendai this month. to shop. yeah! and naho wants me to learn japanese as much as she wants to learn english.

8. works been going well. i think im getting better at my job, thought im trying to be modest about it. i have one class that goes terrible. but that's b/c it has a rambunctious (spelled wrong, i know, sorry) three year old in it.

9. i'm shrinking.

10. my back hurts.

inspired by alex

a. First, recommend to me:
1 A movie
2 a book
3 a musical artist, song, or album

b. I want everyone who reads this to ask me three questions, no more, no less. Ask me anything you want. No kidding, ANYTHING, I'll give you the absolute honest truth, to the best of my ability.

c. Then I want you to go to your journal, copy and paste this allowing your friends to ask you anything.


to him i commented the following:
a. 1. elephant. b/c your angsty indie heart'll love it.
a. 2. beautiful losers. leonard cohen.
a. 3. anything julie doiron. especially from the wooden stars cd.
b. 1. why do you like ginger beer?
b. 2. did you know that i am grateful to be your friend (and pseudo older sister?)
b. 3. can you bend and put your palms to the floor?
c. 1. did it. but blogged it.

2.12.2005

the men in my life.

i emailed kalin the other day, from misdo telling her about this boy who just walked in, and im transcribing my email.

"i'm in mister donut working on my kana and my DREAM japanese guy just walked in. aaah!! and i cant very well do anything about it. its dead awful!! he's got a messy hipster haircut, dirty denim, old man shoes, costello glasses, and a black pinstripe blazer. and he's not even in good view. gaaa!! this is torture of the most terrible kind."

so, in all honesty im not constantly longing for a partner, companion, sex, cuddles, etc. im actually quite happy on my own thankyouverymuch! but, i still look dammit, and in akayu there are two men that i see once in a while that i cannot approach (self esteem, linguistics, etc), but stare at. 1. this young guy that catches the train. probably my age. havent seen him in quite some time. wears a red jacket, jeans, chucks, messenger bag. glasses, messy hair. always the same clothes, really. very arty. listens to music. gets off in kaminoyama. 2. the yakitori man. he works at the yakitori stand in the parking lot of the grocerystore. he's dreadfully cute, and greasy. ga. i havent even ordered yakitori from him. ha! i need self esteem!

more narcissism

Inspired by my darling Celia, I thought I deserved to do this too!!

THREE NAMES YOU GO BY:
1. diandra
2. di ("dee")
3. d-funk? i dont know!

THREE SCREEN NAMES YOU HAVE HAD:
1. india blue
2. lemon
3. d-funk

THREE THINGS YOU LIKE ABOUT YOURSELF:
1. i look hot damn in chocolate brown.
2. i feel that im quite introspective, in a good way.
3. my constant commotion of creation.

THREE THINGS YOU DON'T LIKE ABOUT YOURSELF:
1. "fat"
2. that ive acted horribly in the past and there's nothing i can do about it.
3. i change myself so others will like me.
4. huzzah! an added one: my terrible low self esteem.

THREE THINGS THAT SCARE YOU:
1. never seeing my mum again.
2. falling down stairs.
3. making mistakes.

THREE OF YOUR EVERYDAY ESSENTIALS:
1. blush (in a pinkiepinkpink!)
2. a scarf
3. badger sleep balm.

THREE THINGS YOU ARE WEARING RIGHT NOW:
1. my amber-toned crystal earrings that i bought from an old woman at a flea market.
2. my lovely faded jeans with the black sequined lightening bolt.
3. my "you rock, rock" baseball tee.

THREE OF YOUR FAVORITE SONGS AT PRESENT:
1. julie doiron - "the songwriter"
2. tegan and sara - "if i met me"
3. b52s - "mesopotamia"

THREE NEW THINGS YOU WANT TO TRY IN THE NEXT 12 MONTHS:
1. catching the train to tokyo. not the shink, but rather local trains. all 8 hours!!
2. biking every morning for 1 hour.
3. ...reading a japanese fashion magazine. cover to cover...

TWO TRUTHS AND A LIE:
1. i showered this morning.
2. i almost cried on the train because the view was so beautiful.
3. i eat copious amounts of meat.

THREE PHYSICAL THINGS ABOUT YOUR PREFERRED gender(s) THAT APPEAL TO YOU:
1. hands. worn, worker hands.
2. pelvis.
3. collarbones

THREE THINGS YOU JUST CAN'T DO:
1. approach people.
2. save money.
3. forget my past

THREE OF YOUR FAVORITE HOBBIES:
1. creating, creating, creating.
2. riding a bike.
3. day dreaming.

THREE THINGS YOU WANT TO DO REALLY BADLY RIGHT NOW:
1. see my mum.
2. repierce my labret.
3. get one of frances birdsell's tear-inducing massages.

THREE CAREERS YOU'RE CONSIDERING:
1. mother.
2. artist/writer/historian (they're combined, b/c for me they cant be separated).
3. apothecary owner.

THREE PLACES YOU WANT TO GO ON VACATION IN THE NEXT YEAR:
1. Poland (duh!)
2. Anacortes, WA. to go to the department of safety
3. hokkaido, but it just aint gonna happen!

THREE THINGS YOU WANT TO DO BEFORE YOU DIE:
1. be a mother.
2. ride a bicycle around crete.
3. be a published author.