Weirdo

Well I’m super cool and was tired tonight because I woke up at 7am for some reason on a Saturday when the evening before I went to bed around 12:30. So I decided to go to sleep around 8:50pm. I woke up because I had to pee and since then have been tossing and turning for a while so finally decided to look at the clock and it was only 11pm. So now I’m awake from my power nap and what not, made some organic peppermint tea. Lately I have been hanging out in my room in the evenings, like always but now it’s starting to seem repetitive. I mean all I really do is hang out on the net because I have nothing too inspiring to do other then that. I would draw but I’m not too inspired here at times. It’s not like I can go out in the evenings and do things anyways because it’s expensive to go into Namba more then once or twice a week (which I prefer to do on the weekends) and then the only thing to really do there is go shopping; I’m not into shopping.

Today Michelle and I went into Umeda and went to an exhibition of like…preserved body parts via orient style. I was expecting it to be like the one the Vancouver was hosting for a bit from the German artist who was using the bodies in various normal activities and such but this one was different and oriental as all of the specimens appeared to be of such decent. It was really interesting to look at and made me what to point out to everyone how bloody disgusting it is to eat meat. The people meat looked like some sort of thick beef jerky. So yeah vegetarians you meat eaters are disgusting, I mean really unless you produce your own meat you really might be eating a human. So although the exhibition was pretty cool (I wish I could have read the information) it was also somewhat disturbing as they were real people at one point. I was also amazed at how little they were, half the time I kept thinking they were 12 year olds bodies but it’s just because this culture is built so much smaller then North Americans.

Tomorrow we are going up to Minnow. I don’t think it’s spelled like that but it should be fine. So hopefully the weather will be decent enough. This morning it was unbelievably warm out for Dec.1st I was almost in disarray. The afternoon/evening cooled right off though. It’s odd to be somewhere where there is maybe 3 months of winter and mostly summer; complete opposite of Dawson Creek.

The old man that teaches me last block on Fridays definitely does not really like me. Ha he totally got mad at me and told me I was a bad student or incompetent. Even though his class is not a formal class and we basically talked about what kind of food he likes. He also basically told me I was difficult to try and show Japanese culture because I can’t eat any of the food, which he often reminds me with such disappointment in his voice. He was mad at me because I did not know the name of the temples I went to in Kyoto and was upset that I don’t carry a notebook with me 24/7 and write down everything I see. He also told me that my parents must be disappointed in me that I can’t tell them what temples I am all seeing when go to Kyoto. My parents don’t care which temple I have gazed upon, nor would it really register in their minds, like in one ear and out the other. He also ragged on me for not being interested in what kind of dead fish there are in the markets, or looking at them. Even though I pointed out I’m vegan, he still thinks I should go look and find out what kind of fish they kill. It’s really depressing seeing large fish in small tanks and over crowed tanks at that. Not to mention knowing their fate. I did not argue with him, I just agreed and took it. So I’m going to try and a carry a notebook with me tomorrow and take “notes” on things, I think I’ll draw beside it…so to appease the old man. Once he left though the lady in the room that over heard my lecture agreed with me that it’s so unnecessary or unimportant to take such notes down. I mean if someone actually finds something that interesting they tend to make mental notes, or go out of there way to make sure they remember such information. I don’t know, whatever we are just too very different people with out personal views and interests which kind of blows because I’m into art, nature and equality and he so is not. Oh well! It’s still somewhat interesting the things he tells me about when he’s not lecturing me on how incompetent, unsuccessful and useless my information I give to other people must be/ I am.

So I’ll write tomorrow again about Minnow. Loves you people, come visit me for X-mass. Oh yea I also found out my tattoo is going to be about 70,000yen. So that’s like $700.00…with the exchange rate I get though it will end up being around 620$ or something I reckon. Feel free to send me X-mass money so I can afford the tattoo! Love you