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| I placed everything behind a cut because this entry has been in the works for many many days now! :D Well Slaying the Dragon was produced in 1988 .. so its kind of old. Ok by old I mean outdated in ways, but it still was very interesting to hear what they had to say about asians in cinema. I want to go watch a lot of these influencial videos now (The World of Suzie Wong .. er The Good Earth, The Thief of Bagdad .. geeze i need to rewatch and write down the movies they talk about .. i can't find any online >.>;;). It was interesting because I'm not one to really notice race. Like one of the biggest shocks in my life was when I learned Dain was asian. I still remember that morning so well. Us lounging around and I said "Dain, your eyes look weird from this angle, you are freaking me out." "Its cos I'm asian" "::me falling off the couch:: uh .. no .. you are swedish? ::the cruel reality hitting me that not all swedish people look just like dain::" >.> .. <.<.. -.- I just don't notice stuff like that.. So to hear asian women complain about how men notice and hit on them because of their race, because they are exotic, because they -must- genetically know how to pamper men, well that was just woah, weird for me. And they were talking a lot about inter-racial marriages and how it effects the kids, and I kept thinking about Jenn, even if I don't want to think about her. I'm going to get up tomorrow morning and re-watch it. I feel it had a lot of info and I didn't absorb it all. I want to write a really good paper for hester. In class on friday he gave us a lecture about how he "can tell when you write your paper and just turn it in." and how he likes revisions.  Good morning Japan! So I was overly paranoid about being late and hasseling Dan, so I left early, ran by Mr Donut to pick us up munchies (but they were out of Maple muffins! alas! so I left empty handed D:) And met with him at the station, hopefully right on time -.-;;. We had fun train hoping. And just chatting. Once we got there we window shopped and wasted a little bit of time. At 10 we were outside the gates .. and nobody shows up. Dan was really pacient with me and we waited. Maybe they were meeting at the train station? Wait .. Wait.. Wait. Nothing. You know it'd be impossible to miss a huge group of Gaijin being given a tour. I worry I'm stupid and forgot the correct time. I worry about everything. We deside to tour on our own. I had a ton of fun alone with Dan, and I hate big groups AND I LOOKED AT THE FLYER AND I HAD THE RIGHT TIME! (-.- but we were meeting at the train station, but still they should have showed up within ten minutes tops, I don't know what happen! ::flail::) I hate sucking at life .. Here are pictures >.>  We return! Dun Dun dunnnnnnn!  These little old ladies gave me a feather to wear. And I gave them money .. yeah I don't know.  And dan purifies himself at the gate.  And I purify myself laters at a private shrine!  Dan wanted to find a pillar as old as him, but I wasn't very good at remembering what we were looking for! Kanji is hard! But we found one with Joe's birthyear AND month!!  Its the faded one! And then we found mine!!   I saw a lot of new shrines and walked a whole bunch of new paths.  This is my new favorite! And these places are cool <3   And I mimiced some Japanese people! I have no idea what they were doing but i touched the red thing and then rubbed my wings and wrists and forehead.   And then I crawled underneight! Yup .. no clue whats going on. After inari mountain, me and Dan rode back together on the Train, but I got off at Kuzuka (sp?) station and went shopping .. Will update with pictures and details of that later! And now something fun! Hard things to say in Japanese! I'll be lazy and leave it in Romanji .. most of you guys can't read it anyways.. This is a list of the top 10 hardest words radio djs came up with to say on the air.. 10)kaseitansasha - Mars Rover 9)atata - Warm (ok this gets tricky when you put it into conjugated forms) 8)roonyakunannyo - men and women of all ages 7)tochinonada - a sumo guys name 6)shutsujyo - to enter(for an event) 5)shiroshyoozokushuudan - a cult group in white clothing 4)torizatasareru - to be much talked about 3)kakyakusenmangyonbongoo - a cargo-passenger boat 2)shujyutsuchyuu - undergoing a surgical operation 1)koosokuzooshyokuromonjyu - the Monju fast-breeder reactor And a few kiddie games you are suposed to try saying three times fast. 1. namamuga namagome namatamago - raw wheat grains, raw rice grains, raw eggs 2. akamakigami aomakigami kimakigami - red, blue and yellow scrolls 3. tookyoo tokkyo kyokakyoku kyokakyokuchyoo - the manager of the tokyo patent license agency 4. kaerupyokopyokomipyokopyoko awasetepyokopyokomupyokopyoko - from what I could gather .. this is a sound effect a frog makes as it hops away >.>;;; | ||||||||
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