yesterday was really really fun."... and that's why i'm so great."

"i look like peter with no bones."

"i'm so nature."

"click."

jason and steph got married.darren made out with jensen.and then he had some lady drinks.i was beautiful with my red hair and my new top.lisa was beautiful too. she had a headache though and left early. poor lisa.later on, jensen and booberella, i mean nadine, left.and then everyone was all "Y M C A" but they had to sit down because they were very drunk. i mean they were happy about all of the love that was present. very happy about the love.

i'm going to supervise a rugby team kegger tonight. wish me luck...oh, i have new hair. well it's the same hair... it just looks slightly different. only slightly.

sorry if you are seeing a popup ad for some casino. something has added crap to our blog. we're working on it... not too good with the html though. don't click on it. DON'T DO IT!!

it's mother's day. and that means that me and mama did the mother's day walk with auntie d.a. we rule. and since it is mother's day, here is a picture of our baby. she is one smexy automobile.
that is all, you crazy mothers you...

henrietta we got no flowers for you

music in the car is possibly the best music there is. for example:

bad astronaut: better in the car

nofx: didn't realize how much i missed it until i heard it in the car

the fratellis: so good in the car that i haven't been able to take it out of the cd player since we bought it so i guess i don't really know how it sounds out of the car but i do know that i love listening to it in the car.

facebook is ruling my world.

i love my job. i do not love my job title. i also do not love that one of my girls feels it's necessary for her to bring a knife to school for protection.

oui oui, mon ami...

blood, sweat and beers.

well... now it's my turn.

chrissy starts her new job today. she's going to be great. how do i know? because she is great.

saturday was name that tune night at the legion. it was my first full night of work. chrissy, jennifer and the roommates made an appearance with D.A. and somehow all the wine disappeared. all in all it was a good night and i only made 1 guy bleed.

we still have to get a picture of our sexy, sexy car to show you.

ok

we are home.

we are busy.

we are the owners of a brand new car.

we are tired.

we both have new jobs.

we will write more sometime.

just a taste

hida-takayama
kyoto
hiroshimalucky for you, our hostel has a computer with a memory card reader. and now, it's nap time.

winding down

we got here like 4 hours ago and i've already cried. we walked down the flight path of the plane that dropped the bomb. tears just came. nothing else. just tears.

it's beautiful. d thinks it's the best of all the places we've been. speaking of d, right now he is sitting on tatami at a little table with 2 japanese guys and they are doing origami.

my throat is very very sore. i'm not complaining though. i'm cool like that.

yesterday, i was nearly attacked to death by monkeys. i'm not joking. "don't look them in the eyes!" what if they won't get out of my way? what then?!?!?!

i've been feeling guilty lately that we didn't stay long enough for more people to come and visit. i hope everyone understands. i also hope that what we've done and what we've seen will push people who want to see japan to come and see it. it really is a place that has to been seen in person.

now there are 4 guys sitting on the floor doing origami.

i need fizzles for my nizzles. (aka pop for to make my throat feel better)

kyoto

it's so beautiful here. the pictures that we have aren't going to do it justice. i can't even believe that we are here. the cherry blossoms are in full bloom. there are japanese and foreign tourists everywhere. we saw maiko today at a temple. now it's nap time and then out again to gion to hopefully spot a geisha.

ps
kyoto is lucky it's so beautiful or else i might really be upset that i totally ripped my pants today.

so long...

yo. and also, sayonara.

we are heading across the country starting tomorrow so you probably won't hear much from us until we get back to canada. so be prepared to be flooded with pictures of our adventure when we get back.

ok? ok.

finished. i thought today would be my last day at work. nope. i made 3 speeches on friday, they gave me some very beautiful flowers, and on my way i went. finished.

now onto the busy.

today: cleaning and laundry and packing
tuesday: tokyo tower and ueno zoo
wednesday: disney sea
thursday: move out
friday: maybe nothing
saturday: our goodbye party
sunday: the adventure begins

it makes me tired just to look at it...

classic

the day of many things. ok, maybe not many things. how about just a day of things.went to yoyogi park and met up with guys i had training with when we first got here. man, i have a GIANT mouth...this thing was on a leash. what is it?!?!then we went to a tiny little bar for guy's show. the first band was some japanese businessmen...
when they first got on stage, they pointed at us and introduced themselves as "handsome men". and then they started to sing. imagine a soft spoken elmer fudd doing covers of pink floyd...then there was guy with his lady bass doing covers of cream songs. the dude on the left is inaizumi. i taught with him at my last school. he likes the rock.oh, and we thought you should all know that james brown is not dead. he is alive and well and working the door at terra live spot in tokyo.and in case you're counting, it's 24 days...

eat this

they tried to make me eat pig liver today. they put it with vegetables and covered it in a delicious sauce. lucky for me, i eat around the meat if i don't think it's chicken.

nice try, japan.

nothing is new. time is going fast.

we are going to disney sea on the 27th. we have to move on the 29th. we are adventuring as of april 1st.

i have a new job. i start april 16th. i hope it's everything i think it'll be.

d and i have taken to playing cards to kill the time. he really is lucky at everything.maybe we'll start packing things this weekend. we should. will we? who knows...

good and not good

do you know what is a good movie? stranger than fiction.

do you know what is not a good movie? miami vice.

that is all.

cocobat and adidas

i loved it. it made me sad that we are leaving soon. no more shows. bah!!ryo is the drummer. no english. gave us shirts and stickers and high-fives and hugs... and showed me pictures of his cat.between songs there is no yelling or sounds of excitement. sometimes there is not even clapping. at the end of the band's set, everyone golf claps and then the lights come on. that's it.we don't stand out at all when we go to small, intimate gatherings with our japanese friends... no, no, especially not darren...so yeah. thursday night was fun.

now let me tell you about yesterday.

yesterday on the train... just before we get on, this guy sees d's jacket that has 2 stripes down the sleeves and thinks that 2 is the same as 3. he gets very excited because he is wearing an adidas jacket. he YELLS to d in japanese that they are the same. d just smiles and nods... we get on the train and dude sits right across from us. the whole way back he randomly YELLS stuff at us: where the adidas store is he goes to, he does judo, he is a weightlifter... at one point he got up, came over to us and shoved his adidas watch in d's face. all this because d had stripes on his sleeves... oh, he also YELLasked d "are you a beautiful girl?" that's the best part. the whole train was totally silent... so funny.

new pictures on flickr... or here for the slideshow. just some more shots of the show and some from around my school...

japanese metal show

we are going to see cocobat tonight. tokiko is dating the drummer and he gave her free tickets for us. sweet.

yesterday she said "it's small and dirty. is that ok?"

it's perfect.

AH HA HA HA HA HA HA

d just went to the store with his shirt on inside out.

AH HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!

yet again

friday was another night of karaoke.

yup... i sang backstreet's back. alright?

guy's in a band and he plays the lady bass.

on our way home from karaoke we always seem to be funny and camera happy.
see what i mean?that's me being a dinosaur.

that's darren being a fruit stand.

me: that table won't hold you.

d: why not? they put watermelons on it all the time.

me: not once has there been a watermelon on that table.

d: i know.

i love that dragon. it makes me want to eat at that restaurant.

people are starting to realize that we are leaving soon and it's making them want to hang out with us at every possible moment. last night we had a trivia night at the school and then went to watch our friend rob spin. did we bring the camera? no. why? we are stupid.

that is all.