and when it sails away you'll hear the people say, "you'll never get no play from the cheap seats boys"Ah. So it is getting late. I have to finish my senior seminar paper tonight. It is due tomorrow. I have a 20 oz vanilla latte as my partner in crime tonight. I hope it's enough. I had a helluva time trying to find a coffee shop that was open past 9pm. I found one that is open until midnight every day. That's good to know. I hope in the future I won't be staying up this late on a Sunday night, though. I am looking forward to when I have my degree and I can go back to being a weekday worker with nothing to do after work but what I choose to do.
So Arch-Nemesis Hagan was here this weekend. I've decided to start calling him our transporter. He had a box of manga from Doom, and we sent back two boxes with him. One box is returning video tapes that Doom had loaned us, but the other box is chock-full of manga for her. She is well-supplied, so she will have much manga to read before the next "Great Manga Exchange" in June.
I've been thinking lately about life in Japan. I am still aiming to go in 2009 or 2010 (<--doesn't that look weird?), but I am already fearing being called "baka gaijin" ("stupid foreigner"). It made me think about the different attitudes that countries have to foreigners and immigrants. I was trying to think of how Americans (in general) react to immigrants. It was hard, because it's not something I've ever tried to notice before, so I don't really know how people here are regarding the issue. It's kind of sad, because if/when I go to Japan, I want to be accepted. I want to embrace the culture as far as I am able, but I fear that I will always be left cold on the outside.
Hm...I guess that's about it. I have a terrible short-term memory, so I really don't remember if I was going to post anything else. *rolls eyes* Well, I hope everyone is having a not-too-terrible Monday. Ja ne!