Reboot

Apparently my reader(s) are demanding that I continue my blog, so more monotony for the world, YAY. Today started out not so great, woke up in the morning and half slept through my 1 hr buffer time only to have a tiff with the g.f. before heading off to school. I couldn't concentrate in class, and at first I thought it might be because I was tired, but I also kept thinking of the argument. While half listening to prep questions for my oral final next week and playing peggle on my ipod I came across a solution that would make me happy, and I figured that if she truly loved me she would come back with the right response. Of course, she always knows what to say so just a couple words in a text immediately changed my outlook for the day.

I then went through the tediousness of class and ran into some old friends from the place I shouldn't have ever left and made half plans to hang out with them again soon. Unfortunately they're both of the opposite gender and I am still trying to find partners for man dates so I'm hoping I can get them to introduce me to their boyfriends, or some other male friends that they have.

After eating lunch I headed downtown to meet up with my student with the apparent speech impediment for what I though was going to be a long session. I got there about 40 minutes early and decided to check out the electrical district that was hidden just beyond a place I frequent. When I got there I stumbled upon a store that I thought didn't exist in Kyoto, and picked up some materials for a project that I hope to start with the help of the electro-geeks in my family.

In the middle of my nerd hunt I got a call from the SIS stating that he wanted me to meet him at the restaurant where we normally do our sessions instead of a 20 minute walk away, so my day got a little bit better. It only improved from there as I got to the restaurant and found him in a suit with a large bag that looked like travel. I then found out that he was going to cut our normal 4 hr session short to 2 hrs(woohoo!) which meant that I now had time to grab that ring I saw on the way down, and finish my nerd hunt.

On the way back I ran into a hidden 100 yen and grabbed a couple more things(cheese grater & tape cutter) because I seem to be defenseless against the idea that you can get something that's useful for only 100 yen.

On the way home I discovered a new way to tie my scarf that makes it extremely easy to tighten/adjust so that I never have to worry about stopping to fix it while riding again. I finally got home and decided to try on the ring(stupid me for not trying it on before buying) to find that it doesn't fit exactly right, but it's good enough for now, and I may have found out how to resize it myself.

After doing a little internet research I lazed around for a while before finishing up my homework due by the end of the night, but have yet to make any progress on the essay(motivation:fail).

I think I may have found the perfect way to cook chicken, with a nice mix of ponzu sauce, garlic, paprika, and pepper that burns into a nice black ooze that then seeps into the chicken to give it a very strong flavor all throughout.

On another note, spending all my time writing essays in Japanese and not getting enough practice with my English finally seems to be affecting my spelling. I found my self writing "works saited" when trying to make a note on a new word I learned. At first I thought to myself "silly Kevin, that 'ai' sound is simply an 'i', I can't believe I messed up something so simple" before looking at the word again and noticing that "cited" is spelled with a 'c', silly English(almost wrote inglish) and your spelling rules(rools).