fuji san and my sleeping roommate
The other night I was pondering my extension decision (SEE BLOG BELOW - AND IF YOU HAVE NOT COMMENTED YET... DO IT ALREADY! THEN COME BACK AND READ THIS!) when it dawned on me, I haven't climbed MT. Fugi yet. I totally want to climb mount Fugi, but it's really expensive and none of my Japanese friends are interested. Which I can understand, since I've never climbed Mt. Rainier. Yet, when I learned that I was coming to Japan, one of my first thoughts was "Oap, gotta go climb Mount Fuji now. That's just what you do."
Also, I haven't been to Tokyo yet, ot Hiroshima, or Nara, or even freaking Osaka-jo. What a lame tourist I am. I spend all of my time studying, talking with friends and hanging around bars. Not exactly different behavior than the states. Well, I don't have a job here, that's different at least. But anyway, if you want to come climb Mount Fuji with me, go ahead and let me know - I'll even buy you a bento, now isn't that an appealing offer?
****And now for something completely different****
I was studying my nihongo in the wakakusa shokudo this afternoon (for hours! muzukashi! ugh!) when i went upstairs to get something out of my heya. (just thought I would drop some terribly UN-impressive Japanese vocab there. You know, impress the ladies - hehe)
Well, to my surprise the whole room was dark and quiet. Megumi was cuddled up in bed taking a little afternoon nap. Call me crazy, but I was just so happy! She looked like a cat, or a baby, or some other such cute sleeping creature.
I almost took a picture for the blog, but I didn't because 1) I'm already misunderstood enough on account of linguistic limitations, I don't need to make myself any weird-er AND 2) I think it's an unwritten rule of roommate mutual respect that you not photograph one another when you are rendered physically incapable of expressing consent.
So, I didn't take a picture, but let me tell you, it was soooo cute!


4 Comments:
Mo,
Bring a coffee one of these afternoons and I'll bore you my tales of Fuji-san.
You know, they say you are nuts if you come to Japan and never climb Mt. Fuji, but absolutely insane if you climb it twice!
How do you take your coffee?
...and what is your office hour/ location?...
Mo,
I like the coffee black, and my office is 1206. Hope to see you there.
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