More Observations

I watched eXistenZ with my host family tonite after a trip to the video shop because a typhoon is coming. There was a cool rain all day which wasn't too uncomfortable compared to the usual hot and humid weather. I have been studying Hiragana pretty heavily for the past two days, so as far as that is concerned I consider myself literate and can read at a decent pace.

In school during "International Social and Human Being" class, which is usually a class about world cultures, there was a section where we split into groups and played charades about topics in the news. A student from each team went to the front of the room and the teacher showed them a picture which they had to convey to their team without using words. Some examples were a picture of Ichiro, the Japanese baseball player for the Seattle Mariners, and another of a Japanese film star. During my turn, I was completely confused when my picture showed two cartoon cats riding a unicycle. I was so dumbfounded that I sort of stared at the photo for a minute trying to figure out what to do. I got my team to guess unicycle but the teacher said they had to guess the entire picture so one of the other kids just drew the picture on the board. I still don't know the significance of unicycle cats, and why they would be in a game about current events.

Last night during our drive home from the AET party Shoko and I heard scratching noises coming from outside the car, but we just assumed it was a tree branch or something. We get home, step out of the car, and start to go inside when I spot the sun visor stuck in Shoko's door which we dragged outside the car in the rain for about 3 miles. It was dark so I guess she didn't see it when she stepped out of the car. I really hope someone saw the car while we were driving home and it made them laugh.