Wednesday, November 1, 2006

   This is Halloween
Current Mood: Happy
Current Song: Physical by Nine Inch Nails

Oi, minna-san! How was everyone's Halloween? Mine was pretty nice, except for the first part. I had a whole lot of homework (69 problems @_@) but only did 20, I just said "fuck it." By the time I finished posting on MyO, Mom came home and wanted my brother and I to get ready for Halloween. So I got my mom's yukata (actually, it wasn't even a yukata. It was more like a thin Japanese bath robe with a design on it) with a skirt and tanktop so I wouldn't get cold. I also put on some of this crappy makeup my brother got from Wallmart, but I ended up taking it off because I couldn't stand the oily look and feel. Plus, my face looked grey and I seemed more frightening than elegant. XD So I went as a senior geisha (just with lipstick and eyeliner) and Mom put my hair up in a bun and put chopsticks in them. X_X I felt like I was wearing forks in my hair, considering that I EAT with the chopsticks she put in my hair. I just stayed quiet because she was being nice. -_- Also, I put socks and my flipflops on. XD I looked more like a guest at an onsen or ryokan than a geisha, even with my uchiwa. @_@ So I went to my grandma's church and everyone was telling me how beautiful the yukata was and how pretty they thought I was. XD I would hate to see their reaction to a REAL geisha... they would faint of shock. Actually, they'd be more shocked by an oiran, unfortunately. -_- Anyway, my grandma kept on parading me around and showing me to her friends and telling me to tell them something in Japanese. Mostly I just laughed and said "konban wa." I was a little annoyed whenever the youth minister came and started telling me about their program. I'm a Wiccan/Buddist, I would prefer not to. I can't really blame my grandma, though, because she doesn't know that I'm a pagan, it'd break her hardcore-Baptist heart. My aunt was there, and it was fun to see her there. She's so sweet, I love her. :D Eventually, we left after about 30-45 minutes being there, and so did my aunt and she gave me and my brother candy bags. XD After that, we went to one of my dad's friend's neighborhood, and trick-or-treated there. You always get the best candy at the rich people's houses. ^3^ It was kinda hard trick-or-treating because I was wearing my yukata, and I'm not really used to walking in it. Logan (my brother) kept on making fun of me for it, because I kept on shuffling my feet, but I kept on telling him it's how Japanese women wear kimono. He just laughed at me again. -_- The worst part was walking up stairs, because I had to hike up the hem of the yukata but I felt like a whore for it. ;_; My brother and I got a whole lot of candy, but I was really cold (but sweaty @_@) afterwards, and one guy said we were too old to go trick-or-treating. I would've kicked his ass if it weren't for the yukata. XD Eventually, we went to my dad's friend's house who has the biggest and best Halloween display in the city. It had been about two years since I last saw Tom (my dad's friend), so I was happy to see him again. Tom, my dad, and I talked for a little while before I walked off and started daydreaming. Eventually, we left after about two hours, and I had to go home since it was 10. X_X


This is a geisha...


And this is an oiran, or prostitute. You can see why gaijin would be more startled by oiran.

Today hasn't really been special at all. The best thing that happened was that whenever I woke up, Dad said that he had taped Marilyn Manson's performance on Jay Leno last night, so I crawled out of bed to see the T.V. I watched that and listened to "The Beautiful People" while I got dressed, so I had a Manson-tastic morning. XD All I've really done today is daydream. Honestly. When we weren't playing in Orchestra, after taking the test in Algebra, and during Civics, that's all I did. I payed attention in Health class just because they were showing how to perform CPR and that pretty important. But OMFG, Thai was soooo cute today. He always wants me to teach him something in Japanese, so whenever I bring a Japanese book, he grabs it immediatly. He was so adorable trying to pronounce the words, I wanted to cuddle him. XD All I really wanna do is rest my tired feet, stop feeling sick from the candy I ate (I can't eat a whole lot of sugar-just two pieces makes me feel naseaus X_X), and watch DIRU videos. And that, my dears, is exactly what I'll do.
+Momo+
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