Crazy May

It's been 10 days since I've updated. Apologies. But this is a crazy month! Not that that's the reason for no updates - no, that's because I'm lazy. But May is a wild month. Let me count the ways. First, it's my last full month in Japan and basically my last bit of time in Sendai. Second, in correlation with what I just said, I have all sorts of soubetsukai and owakere parties (going away parties) with friends and clubs and stuff, which will soon be keeping my nights busy. Third, again along with things ending, I obviously have to finish my research (for which I have been spending my days in the library for) and the Fulbright Handbook (for which I've been spending my nights inside for). Fourth, it's exgirlfriend month! Last week I saw Joanne in Tokyo with one of her Fulbright Korea teacher friends Carolyn which was a good time. I showed them around Tokyo the best I could, though I think it might have been kind of boring - I'm not sure. I hope they had fun. And this week I'm going back to Tokyo because Hyunjoo is coming to town. We'll see how that goes. That exclamation point a couple sentences ago makes me seem a bit more excited about all this than I actually am. Finally, this is a crazy month because a few new things are coming out that I have my eye on, the biggest of which are the new Star Wars (which is surprisingly getting really good reviews according to Rottentomatoes.com), the new Weezer album (which got slammed on pitchfork yesterday). I think the suckiest thing about it is that I won't be home to see the new Star Wars with my Dad. For those of you who think it's ridiculous to be excited about the movie coming out, consider the fact that as a small child, I ate, breathed, slept, and even wore Star Wars. It's an event in my head.

I'm going to have to come back to Sendai Sunday night (one day earlier than I expected) because the kids in dance are throwing me my first going away party. Yay.