American House

I woke up today because I had received a message on my cell phone. One of the teachers at my school sent me a message asking me what I was going to do today. I had told them that I would be going to visit a friend’s workplace to try some tacos. I heard they were very good, so I wanted to give them a shot since I haven’t really eaten good tacos in Japan yet. We sent messages back and forth, but I would have liked to have some company. But I wanted to be noble and go to visit my friend since she had suggested that I go last night. I would hate to be a bum and not follow through on my promise. So, I thought that was something like an opportunity cost. Or at least I made a decision to follow through on that. So I was happy about that. But that wasn’t until 4pm. I was talking to the teacher for maybe an hour or two just sending messages through the cell phone.

I didn’t do much besides that. I had to restart my computer because it was really lagging and I didn’t like it. Microsoft sent me something awhile ago that I needed to update, but since I haven’t restarted my computer, it hasn’t done that. So I guess that was the problem, since after I turned off my computer it’s been running much better. I think it might be overheating, since today was a bit warm. I’m starting to get really tired of being on the computer, which could be a good thing, and a bad thing.

So I decided to unplug a little early and head out to Sakuragicho station. My friend works at the American House in Queen’s square. I have never seen it, and realized that there are a lot of good foods in that area. So, I was happy about going there, since I never noticed there were so many places to eat and shop before. I found the place pretty easily, but I couldn’t find my friend. I think the people there thought I was a bit crazy because I spent like an hour and a half to eat 3 tacos and to drink a sprite. I was waiting and waiting for my friend to come, but I guess she didn’t. So I was wondering if I had heard the time correct. I’m not sure if she said come at 4pm, or that she worked till 4pm. But either way, I didn’t get to meet her. I ordered the Tacos Platter, which are two crunchy tacos and one soft taco. Actually you could choose, but I liked what was in the picture and went with that. I didn’t end up leaving till 5:30pm, but I was a bit annoyed. It was about $17 for the meal, but that wasn’t the reason why I was annoyed. I could have spent the day hanging out with one of my teacher-friends and talked about her trip to Boston. So it didn’t turn out the way that I had wanted it to be. So that sucked a little bit.

It was weird because today, as I was walking through queen’s square, I ran into a friend of mine from Grossmont. It was the strangest thing because I was walking and then something caught my eye, and caught her eye too, and we both turned around. Since we were walking in the opposite direction, but it was cool that we ran into each other and talked for a little bit. I was surprised that she recognized me and we both just stopped in our tracks. Her name is Tamie, so I don’t forget for future reference. She lives in Totsuka-ku, which makes her the 7th or 8th person I know that lives there. Actually it could be more, but a lot of my friends live there. It’s a bit interesting that we all live close to each other.

Then I decided that since I wasn’t feeling too good, I should go for a long walk. I walked all the way to Ishikawacho station, via Aka-renga soko, world porters, Yamashita Park, Chinatown then to the station. I mean I took the long way and went around buildings, pretty much the same route that I take my friends on the Yokohama tour. Today, it was just for exercise and because I have a lot of things on my mind. I wouldn’t say that I have bad thoughts or anything, but I wanted to clear my mind. I’m not sure if it worked, but at least I got a good workout out of it. I bought a drink in Chinatown and then dinner on the way home near Hongodai station. I’m not sure, but today has been a weird day. I do not like it so I’ll probably get to bed early to get my sleep schedule in line for this upcoming week.

When I got home, I showered then ate dinner. The feature tonight was Big Daddy. I felt like I needed to get a movie in there today. I needed a laugh, so I thought a comedy would be in good order. You could always rely on Adam Sandler on that. It’s funny, but not as funny as his other ones. It’s a bit cheesy too, but you know, it’s an Adam Sandler movie, so it’s always a bit cheesy. Then I came here and typed this. I think I might go into a chatroom just to talk to the outside world for a little bit. It was nice to do that yesterday. I think it would be better than actually talking to my friends. Things have been pretty messed up lately and well, its better if I just let things blow over. I think everyone’s emotions are running high and there’s burnout on the way.

Another thing that I noticed when I was reading the news today, there’s been a lot of plane crashes in the past week. I’m a bit worried now since I’m about to go to Thailand, and well I’ll be flying on a plane. Japan Airlines is commemorating a plane crash in 1991, which happened to be the worst in its history. And this week, they had to call back a plane because its engine caught fire. There’s the whole British Airways dispute and strike. Planes are flying now, but not so frequent and people are still left stranded. Then I read tonight that there was a plane crash in Greece with everyone on board dead. There was one last week in Canada, I think, where the plane slid off the runway, but everyone survived. But you know, as I’m about to fly, this is a bit scary. But I guess, if you go, you go right. There’s no controlling that, so whatever.