jusco

I just ate a huge plate of fried chicken and now I feel a little ill. It was delicious, but kind of greasy. I really didn't intend on eating the whole thing, just half, but I couldn't stop myself. I wasn't even that hungry.

Said chicken was purchased at Jusco this morning. I got up about 11:30 and went to the store a little before noon and got lots more food than I planned on getting, but it's all stuff I will definitely eat. I was especially pleased to see that they still have the Special K with the strawberries. I was afraid it was going to be one of those damn seasonal products.

Yesterday, I got up early and did three loads of laundry. Exciting, I know, but it needed to be done.

And last night, I went out to Shinbashi with some of the girls and had dinner and got pleasantly buzzed. But then, this table of Japanese guys next to us started talking to us and buying drinks, and I was like, ugh. I hate drunk, middle-aged Japanese men. Drunk, young Japanese men, no problem. But the older guys, no thanks. I don't care if you know a little English. Whatever. After a little while of that ridiculousness, Catherine and I gave the girls money for our share and left. Thank god we live within walking distance.

After I got home, I called my parents. I haven't talked to them on the phone in at least two weeks, so Mom was a little desperate to hear from me, I think. We ended up talking for over two hours. Thanks for being so cheap, Skype!

I told my parents that I'm 95% sure about Virginia, and they were thrilled, because that's where they wanted me to go. So now they're planning on taking a trip up to Charlottesville sometime soon to look at apartments, after I pick a few out, of course. I told them that I want a washer and dryer, a dishwasher, closet space, and preferably hardwood floors. I also want to live alone, because I've come to realize that the only people I can live with and not go insane are Ali and Michelle. I do want two bedrooms, but that second one is just for guests.

I think I might watch Mulan today. I rented it from iTunes a few weeks ago, but I haven't gotten around to watching it yet. And I might watch Independence Day again. I should clean, but I don't feel like it. Sorry, apartment!

*confetti*

Today is my boss's last day. Huzzah! I'm so happy he's leaving. Alas, I will have to see him again, but not every day, so it will be much better. I think this job has been causing me lots of stress which may or may not have been affecting my health, so I hope his departure will make me feel better.

Friday, I went to curry with Lauren. It was delicious, as usual. We also had a nice chat with the guy who runs the place. He's so nice. He's from Nepal, though, so he doesn't speak English much, so we just chatted in Japanese. It was funny. I will really miss that place when I leave.

Then on Saturday, I did three loads of laundry. I wanted to do two more loads, but the clothes weren't drying as fast as I'd hoped. It was a little colder this weekend, I guess. And then it rained all day Sunday, and of course, I'd forgotten to get my clothes down, so they all got damp again. It's sunny today, though, so they should be dry by the end of the day.

Saturday night, I went out for dinner and drinks with Lauren and Jamie at Shinbashi. I love that place, mainly for their chuuhais, but the owner is very friendly, and the food is pretty good for an izakaya. After that, we walked over to Tsutaya and rented Ocean's 13 and watched that at Lauren's. It was much better than 12, but 11 is still the best.

It rained all day yesterday, as I mentioned before, so I didn't do anything. I went to Jusco and got a pizza and some other non-essentials. I got the book I'd ordered from Amazon: World War Z - An oral history of the zombie war. It's by the same guy who wrote The Zombie Survival Guide, which is one of my favorite books. Aside from that, I downloaded several episodes of Numb3rs and watched them. And I played Mario on my DS. So I guess it's not that I didn't do anything, I just didn't do anything important.

Now I will sit and enjoy the final hours of my boss's reign of terror.

i <3 shinbashi

Let me preface this by saying that I am drunk. Not like completely blind, but on the stronger side of buzzed. So whatever typos or sentences that don't make sense can be blamed on that.

Cat and I did gym today. It worked out pretty well. My heart rate was elevated for about 45 minutes, so I consider it a good day of exercise. Also, while I was on the treadmill, I had a clear view into the weight room through the giant windows, and one of the guys in there TOOK OFF HIS FUCKING PANTS and he had on this little speedo/bikini briefs and he just stood there looking at himself in the mirror. I had to call Cat over to look, but make it look like she wasn't looking. Then he put his pants back on, but immediately took his shirt off to look at his other half. WHAT.

After the gym, we came back and showered and got dressed, because Lauren wanted to go for a drink, as her day had been stressful. So we went to Shinbashi, which, aside from Yoro in Owase, is my favorite izakaya ever. Their chuuhais are soooooo good. Which is why I am in my current state. I had a blue hawaii (I don't know what flavor that is, but it's blue and delicious) and Lauren and I split a lychee. Thank god we split it, because it was STRONG. I wouldn't have managed the walk home if I'd had a whole one. Anyway, it was a good time. I love a good buzz. Sorry, liver!

Also, I've been fanatically checking the status pages of the schools I haven't heard back from, and Virginia's was updated today to say that a decision was made and it is being MAILED to me. BLURGH. Don't mail it to me, Virginia! Just use the awesome powers of the Internet to inform me of my fate. They have such a nice status page too, it's very nice, so I don't know why they don't just tell me there. So frustrating.

But oddly enough, I can get on the admitted students site, so either I got in and they're just bad about hiding it, or I didn't and they are cruelly getting my hopes up so they can be painfully dashed. I hope it's the former, as Virginia is one of my two top choice schools, along with Berkeley.

Now I'm trying to decide what to do before I go to bed. I don't think I should play SimCity, as I might drunkenly destroy my city, and I have a lot of money saved up, so that would piss me off muchly. I will probably hang out on the computer a big longer and possibly watch some TV on YouTube or something I've downloaded. Psych could be good.