view from the balcony at blues hiro, sakata, sunday
i still feel sick. i feel light headed. my body hates me. and my flat still smells a bit like vomit and beer. and no, i didnt puke.
the lovely yuka is moving to sendai to teach at an international school! so, the ekaiwa group got together to have a going away party for her on saturday. she and martin came over early and we ate dango and began to drink beer, eventually walking to the restaurant with beer in our hands. we ate a bunch of food, i ran into tera, and then satomi and miwako ended up at the restaurant too. totally separate and not expected. so after stuffing our faces and drinking we went to karaoke. because, well, when in japan...
and yuka says she doesnt sing at karaoke!?
yousuke is so serious about karaoke. and terribly cute i might add.
so, after the karaoke yuka and i were dangerously drunk and we walked back to my flat where we consumed way more beer, a bit more dango, and some tofu. at about 4am the sun began to rise and we decided to go to bed. it was so nice being able to have girl talk no matter how drunk we were and i really love yuka a lot and will miss her. but it is the best reason to go to sendai as much as possible.
sunday morning i woke up at 10am to shower and get on the train to go to sakata. but, when i walked into the bathroom the toilet was totally backed up, though it didnt go over the edge, thank god, and i had to (still drunk) get on my bike and go to the supermarket to buy a plunger. im happy that yuka didnt puke all over the floor, and did get it in the toilet. but just not something i wanted to deal with. now my flat is pretty clean, and doesnt really smell. phew.
i was so drunk on the train and pulling into yamagata. because of the stupid lack of transportation to the west coast of yamagata, my intended lunch with bec turned into just coffee a doutour where we showed each other our yonezawa pictures and i complained about how drunk i was. i ended up spending the entire bus ride to sakata (just over 2 hours) fending of a hangover and feeling really sick. so, i rested in the apartment while jason practised his songs for the show, and we just hung out and chilled. it was really nice. he's leaving in about 5 weeks, which is really good for him, but i will miss him a lot.
this is jason and takashi playing their set in blues hiro. it was really good. ive only heard jason play one of the songs before, at other shows, which is a ryan adams song. it was nice being able to see takashi again. he's really nice. and i just feel really welcome in sakata.
takashi asked me if i liked coke or pepsi. and i prefer pepsi. but he likes coke. so i took a picture of him with said bottle of coke.
the wonderful hiro-san. the owner of blues hiro. kept my oolong flowing and cooked up a stellar meal. so delicious!
the boys from the band zoo station. they were fabulous and fun. though i couldnt really communicate with them that well. but they were really cute and fun and we could joke around enough. and the band was tight. tanoshimikatadesyo!
and then at 11pm jason and i drove back to yamagata, arriving at 1:30am, where we drank whiskey, played chez geek (a card game), and finally went to sleep. i didnt really drink all that much, couldnt even finish my one whiskey and coke. i just felt like shit! and now, sitting in my cool flat that is airing out i feel like shit too! sweet!
the weekend aside i feel like im finally getting on top of myself and have just been getting so excited about things and people that ive fucked some shit up, or just havent done things the way ive wanted to. i feel like some people i dont know at all, and they surprise me in a bad way everytime i see them. [sap alert!],but then there's those who amaze me in fabulous ways (yuka, martin, and jason in particular) that i feel like they enrich my experience here and that maybe my memories of japan wont be based on being in japan, but will be highlighted by my friendships with them.
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