Public Workers (Late Post #2)

Why do all public workers in America hate their jobs? Okay, that was extremely general, but FUCK! I can't understand why people who work with the public are so rude. I have major issues w/North Carolina's DMV right now. MAJOR ISSUES! My DL expired on my 25th birthday but I didn't notice it until the beginning of November when I was making rental car reservations for my trip home (next week). #1 I have a Japanese DL and don't need the NC one here and #2 when I lost my wallet in August, the card was in it so I haven't seen it for it to jog my memory to renew. Well on the 1st of Nov, I mailed the DMV through this online contact chat thingy about my situation. They mailed on the 4th saying a packet was in the mail. On the 29th, still NOTHING had come. So I called this time and explain my situation. Do you know these fuckers hadn't mailed me anything! The said something had gone out in that morning's mail. What that means is they didn't want me to cuss even more so they told me they'd sent something out but in actuality they were mailing it out as we spoke. Fuckers.

So, the papers come yesterday and there is a very vague Vision Application that needs to be filled out by a Japanese doctor. I call to get some clarification and everyone who works in teh office is a total moron EVERY last person.

NOTE: (This is where the entry ended...wow, I was pissed)

Owari ni narimashita! (Late Post #1)

The test that has been causing me loads of stress and deprived me of many nights of clubbing and fun is finally over.


I am making out my Christmas lists now. I am awful at buying things for people although I like to do it. I just don't usually have a lot of confidence that they'll like the things that I get. This year I'm going to put extra special effort into choosing things for people. Since I'll be home for 3 weeks and will be doing a lot of moving around, I'll be spending a good bit of money I'm sure.

Note: After a 6 month hiatus, I've come back to my blog and I have two 1/2 finished blog postings I never published for whatever reason...today is the day for them to meet the world.

Dreams

Last night, I dreamed that I was an assistant to the Crowned Prince of Japan. He was giving soup to some needy people and it my job was to ladel out the soup and pass him the bowls. Then, he gave the bowl to them and drink a little out of it at the same time as the person he gave it to. I guess it was some kind of ritual.

Well then, he told me to get some soup. He ladeled it for me and I sat politely in seiza position and bowed as I waited for him to give me the soup. We were talking in English. Then some woman who was nearby, maybe his sister complimented me on how Japanese I looked and how my manners were better even than the Japanese. The Prince agreed and told me that he would take me for his wife. Wait..now that think about it, the woman was a Korean woman who he was to take as his wife. He had the lady escorted away and then finished serving me soup.

At this point I started freaking out a bit and getting nervous because I was just being polite. I had no intentions of being his wife. Just then I felt a hand on my shoulder and BB's voice say, "It's me, I need you to wake up now." He just held my shoulder and kept saying it over and over again but in this intense wheezy voice. It wasn't comforting at all. It was rather scary. It wasn't a posessive thing like, "you my woman, you betta wake up" it was like he was in trouble.

Shortly thereafter I woke up, and realized it was a dream and 5am! But his tone scared me so bad and gave me such an awful feeling that I called him anyway. He was sleeping fine. I told him I'd explain the dream later and we both went back to bed.

What a freaky dream. I could just blog about my dreams as of late. They've been quite vivid and really off the wall. But, I have a feeling that would make for a whole new blog. Off to do something productive at work... Jah.

BB's Guest Blog

Hello world. Today is my very first blog experience. I wouldn't be blogging at all if my girlfriend of 5 weeks didn't force me. So, I'm here.

I've read a few other people's blogs and usually find something interesting. I really need to be studying for this Japanese Proficiency examination I take in 2 weeks. I've been procrastinating about studying because 1) I really hate studying, 2) I may not pass and if I put alot of work into studying and don't pass I'm going to be pissed, 3) I have the attention span of a 10 year-old and spend about 40% of my waking hours daydreaming. I try to start studying but after about 10 minutes my mind drifts to me winning the lottery, being physically enhanced by aliens and becoming an all-star basketball player, joining the US National Soccer team and also winning Wimbledon and the US Open all in the same year. I can go on for hours with these dreams and sometimes actually get mad if someone disturbs me for something like....work.

So, enough procrastination! I should go study, but really want to go and play basketball. However, due to the fact that I have contracted some kind of nasty bug that is causing all kinds of phlegm to congest my chest, it is probably best for me to chill in the house and continue to let my girlfriend clip my toenails.

Until the next time.....

I love Japanese TV. I'm supposed to be studying...I know. But I absolutely love the randome-ness of the television programs they have. They have this one Trivia show, where they have these different Stars come one and they present Random facts to them. I think its called "Heeeeeey". In Japanese, you say "Heeeeey"when someone tells you something you didn't know before or shocked you or...well its tough to explain. Sorry.

But my two favorite trivias were as follows: "What is the sex of the sports logo PUMA's cat?" They called the PUMA headquarters...they didnt know. They went to the zoo in Japan that cares for African PUMAs (not sure if they are actually from anywhere else, ignorance on my part) and asked they could tell the sex of the logo animal. They didn't know either. So then went to America and gathered 6 scientists who specialized in the cats who then enlarged the logo from a sneaker to the size of a blackboard, then actually made a life size scale of the enlarged outline...and after much debate (hours i think) they finally agreed that it was female.

The next was..."Did you know that there is an All Japan Grocery Clerk Conference" And in this conference 23 finalists compete for 1st prize in a "Clerk-off" contest. It was ridiculously funny. Very difficult to describe in English, because the whole grocery shopping experience (and you can justifiably call it an experience) is one that we don't experience in America.

Anyway...not sure how well I described my Japanese TV experience tonight, but hey...I enjoyed it. The highlight of the night is certainly my 10pm date with Sydney and my friends on ALIAS. I really look forward to Wednesday nights and watching ALIAS and tonight was no exception. That damn Syd is my role model. They were in Tokyo for a spell in tonights episode. Her accent was horrid, but who cares...she's SYDNEY for goodness sake.

I'm done babbling. Showering. Washing my belly. Going to bed.

JA.