12-23

12-23 – 10:51am

So…hungry….must…connect…to…internet….

For the last two days I’ve been unable to connect for whatever reason to the internet that has been, until now, so readily available on the porch. I can only assume that someone has gotten wise to my scheme and set up a specific MAC address allowance, thusly preventing me access, or specifically denied mine. Which simply means that I need to find a way to spoof my MAC address to test if that’s the case, or something equally devious. Now that I’ve decided to move, it makes even less sense to sign up for internet access, and I really have little interest in using an internet point like the one near the station to do get my daily fix. Especially for the purposes of updating my journal, not having access from my laptop is particularly inconvenient, and I really don’t want to wait two months until I’ve moved to have it.

Help. *gasp*

9:24pm

Well. I got hit on at work today. I went outside to have a cigarette, and a couple of girls that work at the mall came outside shortly after to have a smoke as well. As they went to sit down, they both said hi to me, as in, they actually said “hi.” So I said hello back, and the one closest to me started to talk to me. She didn’t quite look fully Japanese, and I noticed she had a distinctly South American accent in the English she spoke, which was very good. As I was sitting out there chatting with them, Syotaro and Moe from my kinder class just prior came outside and I said hi to them, and they were very happy to get the recognition. The girl I was talking to asked me if I was a Nova teacher, and I said yes, and that they were my students. She asked me my name, and she said hers was Angela. When they found out I was 23, they, as seems to be the case often here, were very surprised and excited, mentioning they were 21 and 22. Of course, afterwards they asked if I was single, to which I said yes, and then all of a sudden the real interest came out. They asked if I liked to go clubbing, and if I had plans for winter break. The fully Japanese girl said they should get my number, so I gave my card to Angela, who said she would call me to hang out during the break, and wanted to know if I had other American friends who could come. She was very talkative, and energetic, and clearly very outgoing. I was surprised to see such forward behavior, but, then again I don’t think Angela was fully Japanese. I was tempted to start speaking in Spanish to see if she understood.

Anyway, I think I might be hearing from them. Either way, the work at Love Me, the shop adjacent to mine, so it’s entirely likely I’ll see them again soon enough. I’m just amused I got straight hit on in between classes.