• Failed to find a dougu store in Ikebukuro that I'd found online on Thursday; walked around for about an hour, looking for it... Which wasn't so bad, as it was my first time exploring Ikebukuro at all.

• Went, the next day, to a store in Ueno. Chatted and conducted business in Japanese, got what I needed, awesome.
• More classes... They were okay. Hopefully Monday and Tuesday will prove more inspiring. They at include have Boccha-sensei and Yaguchi-sensei's classes, which are sure winners.
• No internet at home again. Probably my fault this time. Not all bad.
• A hectic and memorable incident on Friday wherein, trying to get a student rail pass (some 13000 yen cheaper than the normal one) which students with special status (like me) aren't normally allowed to get, we raced against the clock, scouring the campus and our mobile phones' contact lists in order to outwit the authorities of TouDai and take advantage of the (temporary - hence the racing) security gaps of the rail company. In the end, we got them~ It feels so good not to pay to go between Kichijouji and KomabaTouDai Mae again (I also managed to get one last semester, though it was a lot easier, since the various officials weren't as well-informed about the rules back then).
• Went to the kendo circle on Saturday. Today, everything is still sore. XD I'm sure I was a nuisance to everyone, not understanding the commands in Japanese... But it was fun, and good, anyway. It's hard to believe that it's been about a year since I went to a kendo practice, except that I was so much worse than normal/before. XD Afterward was nomikai, which was quite enjoyable. I only remember a few names, after many, many introductions, but that's alright. As one kind of amazing side note, one of the girls I met is a graduate of the very high school I went and talked at last month. +O My only complaint was that Ralf, who also went, stuck so close to me all the time. He's a nice and interesting guy, but I want to talk in Japanese, and to the Kenyuukai members~ Anyway, I was nervous before, but now I'm really excited about it. :D
• Rental CDs banzai!
  May Tsutaya live for 1000 years.
  I rented five CDs (Suga Shikao, Spitz, Angela Aki, Core of Soul and Exile) for 1050 yen. +D
  It's terrible/great. They rent them for such a short time - there's no question if you're just going to rip them (like I did). They even sell MP3 players there in the rental store, next to the rental CDs.
• Also, I bought some kinako spread last week, forgot about it, and finally tried it yesterday. Fffffff so good. This makes up for the lack of good peanut butter in Japan.
• Today I got to campus around 10:30, thinking I'd study Japanese (i.e. read manga in Japanese and occasionally input things from it into SRS), and then go to fourth and fifth periods, the only classes I have (or might have, anyway) on Monday. There weren't many people walking around... But it was raining, so it wasn't too surprising... And then weirdly few people in the information technology building... And then building one seemed empty? What? And then I finally realized, around 2:30, that today is TouDai's entrance ceremony, and there are no classes. Hooray, more Japanese time for me~
  

On Saturday I wrote, very fast:

今日（しかも今から十分後に）一年ぶりに剣道の修行に行ってみる。日本では、新しい学年が始まったばかりだか ら、今こそ大学の剣道サークルに入るチャンスだと思っているんだ。

自分の国で一年間大学の剣道部で修行していたけれ ど・・・その大学の学年が去年の四月に終わってから、ずっと練習していない。

ここの剣道サークルの部員は英語ができない ということは、日本語の勉強という点から考えればいいことだけれど、私、ちゃんとコミュ二ケーションできるのかな？！

何 か緊張するなぁ！

Translated:
Today (actually, in ten minutes), for the first time in a year I'm going to go to a kendo practice. Japan's school year has just begun, so I'm thinking it's a good chance to join a club.

In the US I practiced kendo for [about] a year, but... Ever since the school year of my school there ended in April, I haven't practiced at all. The members of the kendo circle here don't speak English, which, considering it from the point of view of Japanese language study, is good, but I wonder if I'll be able to communicate well with them. ;;
For some reason I'm really nervous!