Friday, December 8, 2006

Hey guys. I haven’t updated in forever! I feel bad about that. Sorries! Don’t hate me pleeeeeeeasse! I am humbly apologizing with a new avatar… well, actually an old one, just a change from the one I’ve had on for so long.

So, did you hear about IRC’s boy issue? Is it an issue? I don’t know who the guy is, but he sure seems important. I wish the best of luck to her and whatnot.

Me and guys, on the other hand… None such luck. I’m going to be leaving for Kyoto in less than two weeks. We’re going to stay for the majority of the Christmas break. I want Tony to go with us, too, so he doesn’t have to be alone with his aunt. He lives with his aunt because he never knew his dad and his mom just left one day… out of the blue. He doesn’t get along well with his aunt, but she’s not like a monster, you know? She’s just… his aunt, all he has left except for the Yimou family (us). If Tony can pay most of his fare, we can take him with us. I think he can, and I hope he can.

On Monday, I think, I was at lunch with Tony. It was just the two of us because Ashland had to make up a test, Emmett was skipping lunch (I think), and Élan (what a name), the girl who normally sits with us at lunch, was sick. So, we were joking around with each other and we kept saying each other’s full names.

Anthony Tyrone Benson
Paula Ai Yimou (technically it’s Yimou Paula-Ai)

I wish I had a more Japanese name. I’ve already discussed this with Tony and in a post on here before, I think. Any ideas on what I should call myself? Tony said Ryoko or Tatsuya. I think Tatsuya is a last name, but I’m not certain.

I am so excited about going to Japan again. I haven’t been in over five years. In total, I have been four times in my life. We always go to Kyoto, where my mother is from and where my grandparents and aunt and uncle live (Masami’s parents). I went when I was one year old (can you imagine!) so that my grandparents could meet me, then when I was five, again when I was eight (we went to Tokyo that time to visit my cousins, the twins Fuyumi and Soichiro), and the last time was when I was 13. We have to get new passports. And if Tony wants to go, he’d better let us know so we can help get him one.

-Paula


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