uzauza

i went camping with an-senpai and tachibana-san for a bit in kumamoto. 

an-senpai's matress got onto the lake somehow, i do not know how. she woke up when the mattress was at the middle and screamed, and then fell into the water laughing. and because she got wet she pushed me into the lake when she made it back. tachibana-san was with me the entire time though, so the idea that i could have done the thing is obviously a false accusation.

the cousins also climbed on me a bit again, and i still can not understand most of what they are saying when they speak very fast.

i am now in osaka, so i am curious to see who else is here.

it is probably not smart to be distracting myself just yet, but if i try and study more i will get a headache. so i am looking at my summer plans instead, which is now getting to be a big notebook with phone numbers and addresses i might need for my road trip. i am renting a car, so i will be mostly on my own schedule, which is nice.

the longer place i will be staying is in nagoya, because i want to trace some of the things i did back in school and try them again without a teacher overlooking things.

i was not the only one who japan left an impression on, because one of my old senpai from the exchange program apparently also lives there now? he and the old team captain have both offered me to stay with them a few days, so i will at least have a place to stay without it going out of my travel budget, which is nice. apparently the not exchange student part of the old regulars is still in a lot of contact? it's a bit awkward because i did not interact with them much at the time, but i will be meeting all of them there as well this time. it might help put some old things away.

after that, oshitari-san has given me a few things to look for in osaka already, and i know i will go to hiroshima and then down to kumamoto. an-senpai, tachibana-san, i do not know when i will be there exactly but let me know when you will stay there? i will see if it can work that i can come and visit for a bit.

are there other things people recommend doing while i am on the route?

do people here who go on many airplanes have advice for what to do on long flights? i have my switch with me and my homework, and an-senpai will be sitting next to me so i think i am probably set, but i think it could be interesting to compare what people do during the trips.

i do not think many of you care much for this, but yesterday (or late last night, more exact) the eurovision song contest was having the first semifinal. since i am from europe i decided to watch it on the livestream even if the time was not very convenient. i have not missed it in years, and i am not going to start missing it because i am now in japan.

my favorite entry was israel last night, as well as the lady in the really shiny pantsuit. i forgot the song and the country, but the suit was so shiny i could not look away. both made it through, so i am content for the night. germany does not show until the finals because rules are stupid.

the semi finals are probably too much for people to wake up for since it is not so relevant to japanese, but the songs that go to the finals should be the best anyway and the final is on Saturday so people might be able to stay up. would anyone want to do a viewing party or something with me?

there has been so much going that i have forgotten to write here. 

recently, my parents ended up coming over from germany without telling before. i wasnt expecting it because i assumed they would be going to meet up with my brother instead, but it was that they wanted to know the city i am living in as well. 

it is kind of fun because i got to show them around, which is different from the normal way things go where the other people are showing me things. but it also made it more difficult to prepare for the start of school and i get a little overwhelmed. they meant well, but i am glad they have gone back home now.

i hope i have not missed too much important things? how has everyone been?

((ooc: hi I'm not dead))

i have finished putting all my things away. it is very strange being alone home here now. i hope i will run into someone who remembers i remember.

japan already looks very different when i can read most of  some of  a few of the street signs. in nagoya we were not supposed to leave school without senior older students, and most people at the dorms were changing  switch  also from other countries. i am not sure where to go to find something good to drink. can i ask one of you  someone?

i've been trying to brush up on my japanese, but its definitely more difficult than my practice books. i would like to practice, but if im more understandable in english to people that is okay too. maybe that is easier for people who can speak it? 

(ooc: strikethroughs are alternate phrasings or words he couldn't remember that didn't actually make it into the post. italics are things typed in english.)