so during a study break, i was perusing through some of my old pictures from last year and found this:


miss you ladies.

wow.  was that really almost a year ago? crazy.............

"My work's on the right track and I'm confident.  It's been hard sometimes, but I love this town." -Kiki

yumi: i love that...so honest...he's  hilarious

for real.

yumi came back to our beloved gunma this weekend...
girl is crazy. 
"i decided not to go to osaka cuz i'd rather go to gunma." -yumi.
wow.  once in a life time quote.

thanks for coming out, yumi.  ちょう~ 楽しかっただよ。

thanks for the flowers, ikebana girl.  i love them.

martown
i finally went back to martown after a 1 1/2 month hiatus.  i missed martown like crazy but i was broke for the past month, so i had to stay home and cook everytime i was in maebashi.  it'd been awhile since yumi had been back, too, so we both decided to go to martown 2 days in a row.

"mmm! that was so good.  i can't wait til tomorrow."
hahahahahahhaha.

rebecca and kenji also came with.  it was nice to see kenji again.  it'd been about a month and a half since i saw that fool, too.  haha.  it was chill.  we have to 食事soon.  .  hai hai.  saisho 藤wopwop.  then, 前橋、ね。

ダンス祭り
such a strange and at the same time funny night.
it all started with the awkwardly large and sterile 太田station.
"i don't feel like i'm in japan."
"me neither.  i feel like i'm in... (i can't even remember what random U.S. city i said)."
weird.

poor little masaki: 「やばい。やばい。やばい！しゃべない。」
what is your job?
"um... SILVER!"
"silver?"
"hai." 
then some five million mime actions and a squishing of the face.
"you dig silver?"
no.
"you... Oh! you engrave silver!"
"the wall?"
no.
what?
"old people.  he helps old people."
"oh.  old people."
"wait, what? what does silver have to do with anything?"
"oooh... like centrum silver!"
"oh man.  this is going to be an interesting night." -yumi.

and that it was.

earlier in the week:
"oh, can you give me directions to the club from ota station? 
my friend and i don't wanna drive cuz we wanna drink."
"oh ok.  i can pick u up from ota station."... "oh wait, i can't.  i'm going to drink too.  my friend is going to drive me.  i'll ask him if it's okay if he picks you and your friend up too."
"oh ok thanks."
"but... after, i dunno.  i will drink too, so i duno.  i might not care about you afterwards.  i dunno."
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAA.

@ the club...
the 1 shot wonders had their fair share of tequila shots and a cassis orange.

nicely buzzed.  then some performances.
the first girl group was so bad.
"it seriously hurts to watch them."

yumi loved red that night.
we both loved the guy that cross dressed.  funniest guy of the night.
brazilian/peruvian/mexican guys loved yumi that night.
"dude, yumi.  check out dude to your left.  spandex top & bee sunglasses on."
"oooh, yum.  i want him."
"go lick him."
"ooh yeah.  oh fuck.  he caught me looking twice."
then he hit on her in portuguese.  hahahahahahahahahaa.
"why do we keep getting all the peruvians?"
"brazilians!"
"why do the mexicans keep coming up to us?"
HHAHAHAHAHAHAH, brazilians...!

3 of my dance teachers performed with their dance teams.  they were soooooooooooo good.
m@ijia, fulton street, amazing.
soooooooooooooooooooooooooooo good.  i was so proud and impressed. "

end of the night...

"so where do you live?"
"midori-shi.  do you know omama?"
"oh yeah.  omama!"
"yes.  mushi."
"bug?"
"mushi kin!..."
"what?"
"ahh, nan toiu."
"yusuke, mushi wa ...?"
"bug!"
"mushi kin!"
*end conversation.
yumi & i: 

"ehay isay aygay.  eshay ayingsay hattay ehay antsway enispay. that's why he's sucking on that lollipop.  it isn't big enough, but it'll have to do for now."

"hm, yea?"
HAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAAHAHAHAAHAHAHAAHAHA.

"oh... we're going to... gohan now."
"ohh, ok."
"yeah, we're gonna gohan- eat,   so byebye!"
"uhhh-? ok. bye." 

"oh what the... and the only one that talks is the gay one with the bright green belt."
HAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAAA.

hahahaha. what a weird night.
but... tanoshikkata nonetheless.

i'm retarded and i charged my camera battery, brought my camera, but left my battery in the charger.
so... no pictures or video clips of the night or the performances.

but i took a picture of the aftermath. 
i finally wore this top.

"I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have."
-Thomas Jefferson

as little as i really know about it, i'm proud of this 1/16 of my heritage.

i don't have all the pictures i want for this entry, but...
here's a preview of my first trip to kansai:

Osaka
has normal sized people, better/not-so-effeminately dressed guys, rude ass bikers & drivers, good shopping, gorgeous views of the city & harbor...

good eats...

jen & my beloved tako-tacos.

negi-cheese taco sen... daisuki da yo!

hiphop culture & clubs...

                                                                                                             *bling bling

hanshin tigers...

umeda sky building & floating garden...

osaka aquarium...

a ferris wheel with the best view of osaka...

cute cafes...

here are a few highlights from osaka:

ross wearing my pants.

poni eats the cookie of his people.

some perverted fun.

gawd, johnny depp's hot.

Kyoto
has gorgeous views of Japan's history, culture and religion.

fushimi inari taisha

kinkaku-ji
    

me: ...itd make for an interesting group of friends/drama.

mm....

yummy & delicious.