Ping, ping, pingpingping!

...that's the sound my supervisor makes as she walks along. Well not really, but in my head I mean. Today was the official end of the Japanese school year (which doesn't mean much since the new year begins next week) and so I had to sit through a two hour graduation ceremony in the freezing cold gym wearing nothing but a thin suit (at least I looked hot). Not only was it cold and damp (and I already have a cold) but it was also boring as hell. I mean graduation ceremonies are always boring as hell, but the fact that I couldn't understand any part of the speeches just made the problem worse. In essence I had nothing to distract me from the utter misery my body was in. As a result, after the first half hour my mind dissociated from my body and started making sound effects for people walking around as a means to stay sane. Because my supervisor is a tiny woman with an adorable little hop of a walk, her movements were given a high pitched "pinging" sound in my head. Shut up, it was entertaining.

So I haven't really posted anything for a while. Not really because I was busy, but more because there wasn't much to post. Last week I went to Fukuoka again and continued my efforts at seducing a certain individual. Seduction, I can report, is going well. God, I love Fukuoka. The whole weekend there I pretty much got no sleep and was completely wasted the whole time (but I had some amazing Mexican food). Healthy, I know. Last Monday to Wednesday was a lot of fun though, because Jenny and I went to a seminar/intensive at Siebold University that was held in a really nice hotel near Nagasaki. The university paid for everything and we pretty much just had to entertain a bunch of university kids. It was good times. There, we also became better friends with a Canadian/Portugese chick named Lima, who is frickin' awesome! I haven't laughed that hard in a while coz this girl is totally nuts (in a good way of course)!

Other than that, the past weekend was quiet. I excercised, onsened, and got a massage. It was nice to have a quiet weekend for a change. I am still sticking to my excercising, which is good, but I gotta watch it so I don't burn out before the Iaido tournament that I'm competing in two weeks from now.

Ok, my iaido sensei just told me we have to go practice. Yay, more time in a cold, damp gym. I swear it'll be a miracle if I make it through today without getting pneumonia.....