"Now I can grow up and work for Karl Rove in peace."

It seems to me that my entries' contents and titles are getting further and further apart. In this case, there is no relationship.

Last night involved a nabe party out with Sarah, Joon Woo, Yisha, Zoe and Eriko and Ryoko of Chabishara. Sukiyaki and Shabu-shabu tabehoudai... Holy cats, so good. I have no idea when the last time I ate so much meat was. I barely touched my rice and ate a fairly minimum amount of vegetables... Ohh, so many tabehoudai meals. I'll definitely get fat in Tokyo if I'm not more careful.


Annual Fellowship Party between Mitaka dorm residents (such as myself) and Mitaka city citizens this afternoon. I skipped the lecture given by a Toudai professor at the start (partly because it was in Japanese, so I'm not confident I could follow it, and partly because I didn't want to get out of bed). The party/reception afterward consisted of having food thrust upon me by the (senior-)citizens of Mitaka, going manically between three languages in order to chat with them, and being very thankful for nametags. There were also some performances, including, memorably, one by part of the Toudai Ouendan team. Ouendan is like Japanese cheerleading, only completely unlike cheerleading. Where cheerleading in the US is done pretty much exclusively by girls, Ooendan was the most over-the-top macho thing I've seen in Japan, by far. It was really something to see. I almost couldn't believe it was real. XD I also met several really nice Toudaisei I'd never met before, including a friend of Takafumi's and Miyamoto's, and one of the Ouendan guys. XD

Afterward, Sarah, Joon Woo, Wu (Kinoko) Di, Yang Rei and I went to karaoke (karaoke in the afternoon, as opposed to evening, is quite cheap), which was great fun. Wu Di and Yang Rei are really good, liek whoa. Not that the other two weren't, but I already knew that. As for me, I sang some Juanes, Masayoshi Yamazaki, and... Mariah Carey, since it's December 12th and someone has to sing All I Want for Christmas is You.
...No, that's untrue. I totally wanted to sing it. XD The whole afternoon was great fun.

And then, coincidentally, another nabe party, but this time in the MSC room. This was was low-budget, so it was almost all vegetables with minimal meat. So I guess it balances out. Stayed there until just before writing this.

This coming week will be another long, tough one, in terms of schoolwork. キモイ. I guess I'd better actually do some work tomorrow. I had so much fun playing all day today, though...