In Other News

Later that night I went to Rob's going away party. These are always the best parties, and there always seems to be one or another taking place at any given point throughout the year. The turnover rate here is pretty high, and pretty reliable too. Most everyone leaves at about the one year mark, thanks to the wonderfull episodic contract length. Though I chose to renew, I know most don't. That makes me a fossil, as far as this company goes.

Anyway, the party was good, as far as going away parties go. Rob and Eleni rented out Air, the same place I rented for my birthday party, and plenty of people came. It was the usual, students come and see their instructors in street clothes for the first time, and are shocked to see them as real people. Well, that and we're all drinking, so that's funny too. Saki was there, and so was her mom, which was funny, cause they're both fun in their own right, but then together, lol, you get this great, mom likes me so we talk, and Saki and I talk, and mom I think wants Saki to like me cause she likes me, and they're both drunk, but moreso mom cause she's older and doesn't drink all the time and ahhh haha it was great.

Natascha was there, of course, and it was more or less how J predicted. I was talking to some people, she came up and made a comment, I kinda tried not to look, she said "hey!" I looked over, she asked if we were ok, I said, ummm, she said, cause I think we're ok, everything's fine here, and I said, well, I guess that's up to you if we're ok, so, if you say we are, we are, and she said, ok good. we're cool. And that was that. We weren't exactly chatty after that, but, we were friendly and with that out of the way at least I know if nothing else we've paved a polite cheerful social bridge.

At midnight when the darts bar turned back into the proverbial pumpkin, a bunch of us cruised out to Warter, the dance club in Minami Kashiwa, for some afterparty. I think I made it all over 20 minutes there before my body just completely shut down. With as little sleep as I had gotten the night before, and the stress of it all, I was beat to shit, and my body wasn't about to let me owe it any more rest. I caught a taxi back to my place, which oddly enough, was only like 600 yen more than from Shin Matsudo, and called it a night.

Highlights from the night:
I couldn't lose at darts. Nothing I did prevented me from counting out. I was trying to lose for Saki, but I couldn't.
Toshimi hearing me speak Japanese. Haha what a crackup, he was so shocked.
Takuma and I playfighting in and outside of the bar. I.e. slapping each other. I have to teach these people now lol.
Got Saki's number, but I'm not gonna be able to hang out until I get back from America. *sigh*