August 31st (Sun.)
The Feast w/Yi

Sept. 1st (Mon.)
The Feast w/Reggie

Sept. 5th (Fri.)
Drove Emily & Ed to St. Val's Fest in Bloomfield
Hung out @ Ed's

Sept. 7th
Green Jade w/parents

Sept. 13th (Sat.)
Drove Emily to Tick Tock
Ate dinner
Drove to her place, then she followed me in her car to my place
Went to Mom's
Went to my place
Reggie arrived
All hung out
Emily went home
Reggie slept over

Sept. 18th (Thurs.)
Drove to Fort Lee
Dr. Hori picked me up
We drove to airport, he paid for parking
I bought a pannini (meat), Snapple, and parfait
Paid $13.88
Everyone was really polite
We boarded
Lady asked if we were together, I said yes, well we're traveling together but we're not together, and she said oh I thought you two were married
Ate & drank for free on plane
Arrived in SAN
Took a taxi to the SDCC (Dr. Hori paid)
Drank Yakult, had booth, I was nervous about not having a suit, he said WHY, it looks GOOD!
Went to hotel in Dr. Unal's car
Checked in priority line LOL
Dr. Unal drove us to the Black Angus
Ate salmon at the Black Angus
Drank a sour appletini at the Black Angus
Paid $32.20
Dr. Unal dropped Brian off at hotel
Dr. Unal drove us into downtown
I think Dr. Hori paid for parking
Went to a Mexican Cantina
Drank a Diva Tini
Somebody paid for my Diva Tini

Sept. 19th (Fri.)

Sept. 22nd (Mon.)
Lunch w/Mr. Oota @ 9W Deli

Student Universe:

• EWR -> MSP -> NRT
• $524.37
  

JAL

• JFK -> NRT
• $998.60
  

Delta:

• EWR -> Seoul -> NRT
• $1,324.40

United:

• JFK -> SFO -> NRT
• $1,953.40

Continental:

• EWR -> SEA -> NRT
• $2,042.40

NWA:

• EWR -> DTW -> SEA -> NRT
• $2,322.40

ANA

• JFK -> NRT
• $2,731.60

California
Drove from my house at 4:30 AM on Wednesday, August 6th
Drove into my parking lot at work in Fort Lee at 5 AM
Boss came like 5 minutes later and was amazed that I wasn't late (-_-);;
He drove us in his car to JFK airport
We proceeded to our flight's gate
I bought food (free cuz company reimburses)
He bought food
We boarded plane
We flew to LAX (Los Angeles, CA)
We called さくらレンタカー(Sakura Rent-a-Car)
We waited for a van lol everytime he thought it was it I was like nah then I saw one and was like maybe that's it he's like nah and then the guy knew his name
I called the office and they said they had free food I was like wooooooooooo we're going there lol
We went in the van
4 more Japanese people went into the van (boss was like I'm sitting here as he skooches over to me lol)
We got dropped off @ the car place
We rented a car (lol they had actual car seats like from cars with the seatbelts sitting in the lobby)
Boss drove me to the office
I met everyone there, had nice conversation & free food
Work
After work boss was like Dear are you coming with me and he jingled the keys LOL I was like Yeah!
Boss drove me to Kappo Seafood somewhere near or in Torrance
We all ate and had fun chatting and all.  We sat in a Japanese-style room.  Like wafuu-heya?  Or wafuu-shitsu?
Then he drove me to the hotel
We checked in like after 10PM lol
Were a bit lost, but eventually found our rooms
Uh my hotel room was awesome
I woke up Thursday morning
I checked out
I asked for directions to the dining hall in Japanese, and was told in Japanese
I got lost and ended up back at the reception desk
I asked again determined this time to get it right and not rely on English
I found it!
I didn't have enough time to eat everything so I took the main tray and skipped the rice and soup
I sat in the last available table
A Japanese couple came in and there wasn't any room for them.  I was thinking they were welcome to sit with me but I wasn't sure they would.  But sure enough they did come over and ask in English if they could sit with me.  I said, "Douzo!"  and thus started a fun conversation in Japanese.  It was nice talking to them about like who I was, where I worked, what I was doing there and all.  I ate as quickly as I could too.  The meal consisted of fried chicken, broccoli, and carrots with mayonnaise.  It  was coming close to 8:15 so I told them I had to go meet my boss and they were like go go go!  Haha.  I ran downstairs and found him waiting on a sofa.  He asked me if I checked out already and I was like, "I checked out, AND I ate breakfast!!"
So we went into the car and I told him briefly like what I talked about with the couple.
We arrived at the office, and I took a few pictures outside of the gardens.
Then I went into the office.
They had more food!  I had 3 bottles of product, a slice of Kings Hawaiin cake, and a daifuku :)
I worked for awhile.
I happened to look into my bag and realized I had my health insurance cards still in there, un-punched out!
So I punched them out and went to the other SM to ask about it, and he told me to see the HRA.
I went to see her (the HRA) and asked her to help with me it and she said suuuuuuuuuure.
While she was doing that I went back to my cubicle and then my boss came up to me and asked if I was ready
I was like ahh... I'm having my insurance cards laminated ^_^
He was like ...............
Then I was like it won't take long I'll go over and see how it's doing
I went over and was like uhhh he's sort of rushing me
And she's like "Him?  Oh just ignore him" LOL
Then he started staring at me
Then the other SM started staring
And the other SM's SA just followed what he did
So now the 3 guys are just staring at me
I was like ".........Stop staring!"
They just kept staring to make me feel uncomfortable LOL
Then the cards were ready - it's not like they took that long, and it was still early!
I said bye to everyone they were all hugging me and whatnot
We left
My boss drove us to the car rental place
We each sat on either end of one of those car seats in the lobby
He stood up and the thing started tipping down towards my end like a sideways seesaw >_< I stood up really quickly though so nothing happened
We waited around for the van
A Japanese guy told us to follow him outside
We walked past a perfectly good van and my boss was looking around like wtf
We literally went to the furthest van HAHA
We went into the van
He drove us to the airport
We were totally early too our flight was scheduled for 1:15PM and it was like, 11:45 or so
We went through security no problem
I checked a monitor and it said for our flight 32 our gate was gate 47A
I spotted the last 2 empty chairs and made a beeline for them, putting my stuff on one and sitting on the other
Boss gave me a thumbs up hehe
We sat and then took turns buying food.  I went first.
I knew that today I had $19 to spend.  I went and selected things to add up to around $19.  When I saw the final bill it was $18.53 before tax, $1.53 tax, and $20.06 total which I figured was okay.  I literally gave the woman a $20 bill, a nickel, and a penny to try and make things easier for everyone.  As I was walking away she said wait and handed me $1.53.  I was confused and asked her if there was tax on it.  She said, yes, we do tax.  I was like, alright.. and just walked away with basically the tax.  So basically I bought it tax-free and it ended up really being under $19!
I went back to my boss and told him the story LOL because we always joke around that I'm poor and cheap.
He was laughing so hard and thought I was crazy.
I was like, maybe she likes me!
His face was priceless
Anyway then I was like okay now you go
He's like "I go to Burger King!"
I was like "I don't believe you"
He's like "I LOVE JUNK FOOD!"
I was like "no way!"
And he's like "watch me!"
So he goes over and then comes back with this like huge bag from Burger King
I was like..... how are you so skinny?
So I was holding onto my food for the plane, but he was eating his
Then he happened to turn around and look outside and he's like, Dear, the plane isn't here yet
I was like eh this is America (our inside joke because nothing in this country ever works properly)
And he's like but shouldn't it be here by NOW?
I was like, well, there is a different gate # on our boarding pass but -
His eyes like widened so much and I was like RELAX I was starting to say th emonitor said this gate
He like runs over to look at the OTHER monitor by the desk, and then he comes back and sits back down
I went to the first monitor to double check, and yeah it was the right gate.
So I noticed it said departing 1:15P NOW 6:30P
And I was like, hmm, does that mean the time in NYC?  No, that would be 4:15P.  Is that when we're expected to land?  No, that would be like 9P.  Oh, maybe it's around the PST that we will land in NYC?
Like I wasn't understanding it too well, so I just walked back to him and was like, yeah it says this gate and all and it says 1:15P but it says something like now 6:15P I don't know what that means
He didn't think much of it, as long as we were in the correct place.
Then this lady at the desk said, "I don't know how to say this".  I was like, uhhhhhhhhh..... then she went, "This screen........... is CORRECT."  And I felt like I was some alien, completely oblivious to what everyone else was doing.  The screen's correct?  Should it be incorrect?  What is the issue here?  When she said that, everyone ELSE went "Ohhhhhhhhhh!!????" and "WHAT!?" and "AHHHH!" or stuff.  I was so confused, and I took another look at the screen and - THEN I realized what it meant - the DEPARTURE time FROM LAX had been changed from 1:15PM to 6:30PM.  Then I was all like ahhhh shit and then I listened to what she was saying carefully.  My poor boss looked like a ferret he was looking up and around at everyone from his seat cuz he had NO idea what was going on.  I heard her say, we have another flight, flight 22 leaving at 3PM, I'm not authorized to give you the gate number but if you go to our customer service center at gate 42A you can ask them there.
Well, I wasn't stupid.  With the flight number, I could figure out the gate # from a monitor.  Lucky me, I've had dozens upon dozens of experiences at airports.
I ran over to my boss and was like, "WAIT HERE.  Just please stay here and don't go anywhere."  He was like okay
I ran over and checked the monitors - found out flight 22 was leaving from gate 46A.
I ran over to gate 46A, there was nothing there.
I asked someone again where AA customer service was, they told me down at gate 42A with the enclosed glass walls.
I ran down there and found a packed glass-enclosed area.
I went through the door to find customer service giving a customer an attitude and then walking out of the room.
So I stared around and was like, "Did customer service just walk out of the room??"
People were like "Yeah.." and they all looked so lost
I started talking to the African-American woman who the customer service was getting an attitude with
Another woman overheard us and asked if we wanted a telephone number for platinum members
I was like, well I'm not a platinum member I'm just a regular whatever but it can't hurt =D
I thanked her very much for the number, wished the other woman luck, and started calling the # as I walked out of the room
As I listened to the recordings I picked the best numbers I could think of
As I listened to the music, I wondered if I was wasting my time and if there was a better way to try changing the flight, and if they would help me since I wasn't a platinum member, and-
A voice spoke.
I immediately snapped to attention and clearly explained the whole situation- "Our flight 32 from gate 47 A was scheduled for 1:15PM but it's been delayed until 6:30PM, but there's flight 22 leaving from gate 46A at 3PM" and I like asked if we could be switched to that flight.
She said, sure that's not a problem.
I was speechless.
I was like, REALLY?
I was like, I'm travelling with somebody too, it's two passengers and she said okay what are the last names?
So I told her, and then she said, okay, I have the last 2 seats, they're next to each other (at this point I had walked back to my boss who was looking up at me expectantly) and I was like "THEY'RE THE LAST TWO SEATS?????"
He looked SO happy when he overheard me say that to her and I was like okay yes we'll take those!
Then I asked her if I needed to do anything or activate anything for this new flight and she said she was going to make sure eveyrthing was in the system before hanging up and that all I needed was the new boarding pass.
So she said I would find the new boarding pass at the new gate.
I swear this whole day was like some sort of crazy RPG.
I was like OKAY THANK YOU SO MUCH!
So then I told my boss, okay, we're on!  We just need our boarding passes so let's go wait over by the gate!
He carried all my stuff lol and we went over there
And who did I see but the very same lady who I had been talking to earlier who customer service had been rude to!
Her and I started talking and then there was a nice Spanish guy standing behind her, in front of me and we started talking too
There was a caucasian family standing like behind my boss and they started talking to me too
Everyone started flocking to me it was kinda weird
Some Asian guy came up and asked if this was the line for flight 22 and I was like yeah join the party LOL
My boss was amazed at how social I was and how many strangers just started talking to me
We overheard them start boarding the next flight from gate 47A
I was like oh, gate 47A
The woman said our old gate
The guy said that good ol' gate!
We were all laughing haha
I was like yeah I liked that gate, there were people there, I had a chair, I had a flight...
Lol I was like a comedian I was making everybody laugh
We made fun of customer service cuz they kept walking up to the desk and not helping us or even looking over
I was like, what are they being paid to do, honestly
The woman was like oh yeah just ignore us pretend we're not there
LOL we were so funny
At some point I found out from somebody that they give us FOOD VOUCHERS when our flights are delayed!
I was like WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH!
My boss like slapped his forehead and said, that's not important!
I was like yes it is!  It's free food!  WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
He was like oh my gawd..............................
A worker came over with some people she was already helping and she's like okay I'll help you guys come with me
And I started imitating the customer service worker saying "Oh I'll help you guys cuz I like you guys but I'm not going to help anybody else, oh no"
The woman was practically crying she was laughing so hard
We were like, this is ridiculous!  There was an ENTIRE line of people at this gate, and nobody was even like addressing us
I was thinking, yeah, well, it's AMERICAN Airlines, I guess it's living up to it's name in full
FINALLY a worker came to the desk and started asking us to come up
When that happened, my boss was like okay I'm going to listen really carefully cuz I have to know how to do this next time
I was like, next time don't fly American Airlines - ZING!
We went up to the desk and I said something along the lines of "Hi we were on flight 32 scheduled for 1:15PM but it was delayed so I called and had us switched to flight 22 leaving at 3PM and I just need the boarding passes" to which she said okay! and printed the boarding passes and the VOUCHERS!
I asked her if they were good on the plane or just in the airport and she said only in the airport
So then I gave my boss his boarding pass.
I was like can we go buy food can we can we can we?
He's like yeah let's buy
I was like YAAAAY!
I just assumed he was gonna stay there and want me to bring it back
But I turned to my right and realized he was walking with me, bringing my stuff!
I was like, oh you're coming with me??
He's like, yeah 'ill go with you!
I was like AWWW!  So what should we get?  Burger King was the fastest and closest
So we went there and I was like what do you want and he was like whatever's $10
So I spotted a meal that cost $9.09 before tax and I was like BOOYAH!
I went on the line while he held my stuff and I asked him, what drink do you want?
He grinned and was like a Diet Coke pleeeeeeeeeease
I was like haha ok
I saw the same woman again coming behind me!
My boss finally learned a thing or two from me and said hi to her which was nice
I said hi to her too and I was like you should come stand by me and she was like .........nahhh but I could tell she wanted to hehe
I ordered the food and used the voucher
I waited awhile for it
It eventually came
I poured our drinks
He still helped me carry everything and we walked to the gate
We FINALLY boarded the plane!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I put my suitcase up in the bin
I sat in my chair
My boss sat next to me in his chair
I yawned (heaven forbid)
He's like "YOU TALK TO EVERYBODY THAT'S WHY YOU'RE SO TIRED"
I was like *blinks*
Then the kid who had been with his family behind me on the line saw me and was like "HEY, you made it!" *big grin*
I was like "Oh yeah we did!" *grin*
My boss was like .........
I said to him in Japanese, everyone wants to talk to me, it's not my fault, it can't be helped!  (皆さんは私と話したがっています。私の背じゃありません。し方がありません！)
We flew, he took out the food for me from the bag and had it on his tray for me, I ate a lot (I still had my daifuku from the morning!)
He slept while I watched Kung Fu Panda without sound
There was thunder and lightning so we couldn't land
He literally woke up and the first words out of his mouth when the plane was shaking were, "It's your fault!"
I was like WOW
I told him there was bad weather
He was like, maybe we can't go home tonight
I was like, well, I can
LOL
We landed eventually and the weather was fine
We each used the BR
We walked out to the car
He started driving
We went onto the Van Wyck Expressway
We literally ended up in a stnadstill traffic jam
We spent an hour and a half on the same road
We listened to music and told jokes lol
I was so tired I was like blahh
My boss kept trying to scare me by pretending he was gonna hit the car in front of us and I was screaming
Eventually he was like we're taking I-95 South!
And I was like yeah cuz we're north of where we're going!
He was like..............
I was like I don't know why I said that.........
We arrived in the parking lot in Fort Lee at 1:50AM
I drove off
I arrived in my space at 2:20AM
Prolly fell asleep around a quarter to 3AM
Woke up whenever and drove BACK to Fort Lee for work at 9AM Friday

Friday (7/25)
My boss drove me to a nearby Indian restaurant and treated me to lunch ^_^
After work I drove to Bottle King and bought 2 bottles of Pinot Grigio and a 6-pack of Smirnoff Ice Raspberry flavor
I drank @_@
Nicole and Reggie came
I drank @_@
I did Nicole's makeup
Reggie and Nicole gave me $5 each, then Reggie drove my car to the Harrison PATH
We took the train into 33rd St., stopping along the way because I needed to pee and was drunk and I wandered around not knowing where I was in Jersey City around the station... THAT was fun >_< NOT
We wandered around NYC
We walked past the Waldorf-Astoria HAHA
We found the area that those "clubs" were supposed to be in... too bad there weren't any clubs
We took a bus back to somewhere near Times Square
Determined to do something Japanese-related that evening, I FINALLY ate at Yoshinoya for the first time :) I was very happy to have finally eaten there.  I ordered the most delicious thing that they had - SHRIMP!  :)
We took a taxi to Penn Station
We walked to the PATH station
We saw Kendra there and talked to her
We took the PATH back to Harrison
Reggie drove us in my car back to my place

Saturday
Felt sooooooooooooooooo sick with a hangover
Much later in the day, Mom came over and we ordered pizza for delivery.
We ate pizza and watched Hana Yori Dango

Sunday
I drove to Nicole's
She drove to Newport Mall's parking lot
We walked through the mall, receiving free pretzel samples, and continued on to Babo
I had 3 of her chicken teriyaki dumplings - mmm
Then we walked back to the car (she paid for all the parking :) ) and she drove us back to her place
I drove home
My mom drove me to the Green Jade
We met my dad outside the place!
We ate
We left lol

Monday
Worked with my crazy Japanese boss
Our other Japanese friend in the building suggested going for pizza for lunch
My boss drove us and we parked in the same parking lot as we did th etime we ate at the Thai restaurant - I remembered!  They said I was so smart and a genius AHAHAHAHA
We ate pizza :)
We drove back lol

Tuesday
Worked with my crazy Japanese boss
Went to Japanese class
Drove home
Watched "I Survived a Japanese Game Show"

Wednesday
Worked with my crazy Japanese boss
DURING LUNCH, I DROVE TO MITSUWA ALL BY MYSELF
I ordered Shrimp Tenpura Udon
I bought 2 an-pans for me and my boss
I ate the Shrimp Tenpura Udon
I bought the last 2 5-packs of Yakult
I looked in Sanseido - No August Duet yet (of course)
I DROVE BACK ALL BY MYSELF
Drove home
Watched "So You Think You Can Dance"

Thursday
Worked with my crazy Japanese boss
DURING LUNCH, I DROVE TO MITSUWA ALL BY MYSELF
I ordered the Katsu Karee (Fried & breaded pork cutlet w/curry and sticky white rice) set
I took free green tea
I ate the Katsu Karee (Fried & breaded pork cutlet w/curry and sticky white rice) set
I took free JAL and other stuff things
I DROVE BACK ALL BY MYSELF
After work ended at 6 PM, I did my Japanese homework
Went to Japanese class which ended at like 9:15 PM
Drove home
Watched about 5 minutes of "So You Think You Can Dance", only to find that my favorite guy was going home :(

Friday
Worked with my crazy Japanese boss
DURING LUNCH, I DROVE TO BATTEN RAMEN ALL BY MYSELF
People were nice and helped me understand the meter lol.  I ended up spending 75 cents instead of 50 cents cuz it didn't print me a ticket for some reason the first time, but I found a quarter in the coin return... I figured it was worth the extra darn quarter rather than having a $50 ticket.  So I just left a cheap tip later HAHA
I ate at batten Ramen which was delicious as usual.  I ordered their Friday special which was their signature ramen (delicious except for the fact that there was half an egg in it, which I promptly removed and threw away.  Can't tell you guys how many eggs I've put in the trash in my life.... Next time I'll have to remember to ask for it without a stupid egg.  Ugh eggs are disgusting) and a mini katsu curry set.  What was awesome was that it's basically what I ordered at Mitsuwa, just with a smaller katsu set, but it's like the same exact price.  I love Batten Ramen because it's really close to my job and has some good Japanese food.  So the bill was like, $9.99 and maybe there was tax to make it $10-something, but I just left $11 after the parking thing lol.
I walked to the bakery and bought cream puffs for me and my boss
I DROVE BACK ALL BY MYSELF
Reggie IMed me through Gmail about tomorrow cuz it's his birthday - I said we're going to the Hambiltonian
Drove home, on the way stopped at the Bank of America ATM and awesomely received gas
I called Reggie about tomorrow for his birthday, had to leave a voicemail message
Emily called about Talent Time which I did remember was starting Thursday night and was on Friday night and would be on Saturday night and blahblah - I said thanks but I'll pass for Friday night, but think I'll go on Saturday night
Mom came over and we watched Hana Yori Dango

Saturday (today)
I'm planning on driving my mom to the Hambiltonian
I remembered that I never received the memory card from Yi, and it would be nice to take pics at the horse races today....
I IMed with Nicole - she wants to go to the horse races!
I called Yi
I IMed with Nicole
I called Yi
I IMed with Nicole
Basically the end result is, Nicole is being awesome and is walking to Yi's place to pick up the memory card for me, to save me driving there now because Yi is going into NYC soon.  Then I will drive my mom to Nicole's place and pick her up on the way to the horse races!
I also tried calling Reggie again about today for his birthday, but had to leave a voicemail message again
So now the plan for ME is:
Prepare for going out
Drive Mom to Nicole's
Pick up Nicole & receive Yi's memory card gift
Drive to the Meadowlands
Go watch the Hambo
Drive everyone... somewhere
Eventually go see the Talent Time showing of "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat" tonight at Bloomfield High School with Emily, possibly Nicole and Reggie, and others
MAYBE do something afterwards?

Monday - Friday
Work was awesome, my boss said "Dear, after the meeting let's go to lunch.  I'll treat you!" :) and he even bought me a cake on Friday.

Friday
After work I was like really lazy I think.
Well kinda all week I'd been calling friends, and I prolly talked to ppl on Friday night.
I mighta visited my parents, I don't really remember anymore what I did on Friday.
I don't think I went anywhere.
I think I played Tekken 5.

Saturday
I woke up at 8:33AM.
I think I played video games or something.
Probably called people.
Found out from Mom about the Mt. Carmel Feast.
I drove Mom to Yi's place, picked up Yi, drove them to Montclair, someone was pulling out on the street so I took that space, and we went to the festival.
Yi took lots of pictures for me :)
We had fun there.
Listened to good Italian festival music and left it as a voicemail to a bunch of my friends LOL
I bought amazingly cheap things at the flea market.
Then I drove Yi back to her place, and I drove Mom home.
Then I went to my parents' place and helped Mom with stuff.
Then I was IMing with Yuichi and arranged to talk to him Sunday morning @ 9AM.
I went to my apartment like after midnight and was sooooooooooo tired.

Sunday (today)
I overslept!
I woke up at 9:24AM.
But luckily it timed itself perfectly with Yuichi.
He called me and we talked for about an hour and a half.
After we were finished with our convo, I called my mom.
She came over and brought some stuff for me, and we watched Hana yori Dango together.
Emily called during it cuz I'd made plans with her earlier in the week to go see Dark Knight.
Turned out we both had the same idea to scrap going to the movies and instead rent - enter my idea - Batman Begins!!!!!
So she went and it turned out that the store was out of ALL the Batman movies, so after a lot of thinking we decided to rent Spiderman 2 and order pizza.
So Mom and I watched up until the last episode of Hana yori Dango which was a little after 2PM, and then she went home.
Then eventually Emily came over with Spiderman 2!
Then I called Vinnie's and placed an order for pizza.
Then we watched ep. 11 of Hana Kimi.
Then we started Spiderman 2.
Then the pizza arrived!
Then we ate and watched the movie.
Then we watched bloopers.
Then we watched the last episode of HanaKimi.
Then Emily went home :( hehe it was already 8:30PM on a Sunday night though.
There's still 2 slices of pizza left over!

I kinda felt weird all weekend.  Like, tired, dizzy, lightheaded, SLIGHTLY gloomy but not really.  Just sort of bleh.  I think I didn't eat right at all.  I'm not eating a lot lately which is probably going to affect my mood.  But at least I'm losing weight!

I also didn't drink any alcohol this weekend, which would explain the more serious feelings and stuff.  I want to drink alcohol but I don't have any right now.  I guess it's just as well because it's not really good for you, but when I drink it really makes me so happy.  I look forward to drinking, teehee.

Lastly, besides going to the festival at like 6:30PM on Saturday, I was indoors from the time I got home Friday until now.  Being shut in will make you depressed.

So, I dunno what my upcoming plans are.  Um, it'd be cool if I could get a bunch of ppl to go to one of those NYC Japanese clubs.  I still gotta research them more...

I gotta do my Japanese homework too....

I just feel a lot more unmotivated lately than usual...

I was also thinking about how I really wanna meet a guy and start dating again.  I used to hang out with lots of guys and now I hardly see any guys.  And definitely no new guys.

Well of course there's also my wanting to go to Japan, but that's like, just a dream, it's probably not able to happen with my job.  Although I can't say that for sure.  I mean there's more of a likelihood that I would go to Japan through my job than most other jobs in America.  I speak Japanese everyday, and like, most of the company is Japanese workers, and we're based in Japan and all.  Who knows, maybe if I work hard at learning the language I could go back to Japan.  I AM content with things here in a lot of ways; I love my family, friends, and my job.  But the general lifestyle and everyday little things, just the environment and way of life in America, is something I don't ALWAYS like.  I mean some things are better in NJ than in Japan, that's for sure.  But the things that are better in Japan... I think they end up outweighing things that I prefer here.  Sometimes I wanna just jump on a plane and go to Osaka.  Well the next time I go it'd probably be to Tokyo but, yeah, it's a small country so it's easy enough to get around.

Well my life in America is already taking shape, I mean, I have a warm, loving family, a lot of friends, a career going w/a good salary, health insurance and other benefits, my own apartment, own landline & cell phone, own car & license, GPS, nice computer w/internet, external w/all my fun shows and stuff, camera, video games galore, and the promise of moving into a nice area near my job.  All things considered, I should be so happy and content with my life.  I'm not wanting in any technology category really.  But like, I'm still discontent and I can't really explain why.  When I look around at strangers, I'm not impressed by like anybody I see.  I feel no companionship; you know how even when you're in a crowd with people you don't know, you sorta feel good like there's a nice energy in the air?  I don't feel that anymore.  I mean I'm polite to strangers but I dunno, I'm just not interested in anybody around.  Like it's so depressing sometimes that I can't find a guy that I like here.  The few times me and my friends went out, I sorta checked around, and all the guys were so unattractive, they're either guids or old-looking and balding or fat or ghetto or just not really attractive, or they're gay.  BLAH I mean I KNOW there MUSt be guys SOMEWHERE around here but like I don't see them!!!!  Where are they???????  Where are they all hiding?????????????  Where should I go??  Well I mean that's part of the reason I wanna go to these clubs.  I am long overdue for a night out with some hot guys!

Thank goodness work is enjoyable.  I look forward to that everyday actually.  Sometimes it's almost like backwards of most people; I look forward to work, then the weekend comes and I have to think about what to do and never know what's gonna happen, lol.

Weekends are usually impromptu, spontaneous, and fun, but sans hotties.

This weekend was a little quieter but was still nice because I was able to spend it with important people.

I hate drinking and driving.  It's so hard to get drunk now cuz like how ya gonna go anywhere without a car?  It's not like Japan where we could walk drunk through the streets like it was nothing.  I felt so much safer in Japan than I do here.  I don't even wanna walk outside by myself here.  Japan was like a playground to me, I just wandered everywhere like it was nothing.  I was so free!  It was the most amazing time of my life.  I was thinking, even if I go back to Japan and work, it's gonna be different than when I was there as an exchange student.  Cuz I'd be working possibly long hours, and you know, not have as much free time.

Well I have neither the time nor money to go to Japan.