Kesennuma Rising 2, Trip Planning

This last weekend they had Kesennuma Rising 2 at the Yokocho Yatai Mura (横丁屋台村).  The same people as last time performed and it was pretty cool.  Freiddie (sic) Mercury was once again the best act of the night.  These events are pretty uplifting in this city.

They had a a party for singles the other day in the yatai mura as well, but you had to have tickets to get in, and by the time I knew that they were full... supposedly.  But my neighbor Pierre-A went down without intending to participate and they said he could!  Those bums.  I wanted to join in.  It's so lonely here it's killer sometimes.  The girls, despite my thinking they would be desperate for boyfriends since it's super hard to meet people here, are not desperate.  In fact they push me away at every opportunity (If I have time I'll call you!).  Maybe one day.

Planning for a trip to Tokyo in September.  Going to go see sumo, a baseball game, the AKB48 cafe, the Ghibli museum and some other things too likely.  I also need to find out details on how to get back home for the summer for 2 weeks.  Looking forward to this next year because I'm going to be doing stuff like traveling and essentially going all out.  It'll be my last year living in a foreign country, likely forever, and it's going to count!

合コン【ごうコン】(goukon) Party where singles meet with the intention of finding a dating partner

Golden Week

Golden Week has come and passed.  I planned to take a trip but ended up not doing it, in large part because I am lazy, and in small part because I wasn't sure what was going to happen with my passport (it expired and I had to wait for a new one to get sent to me from Tokyo).  I ended up volunteering one of the days and met some cool people (Maki) and someone I met the 1st time I volunteered (Atsushi) came back also.  We cleaned up the original Koyo high school, which is close to Iwaisaki, and it was interesting as it was the first time I'd really been in a building that was damaged by the tsunami (I had always planned to go into one but never did).  I found a lot of textbooks and stuff washed up that had been used by the students before, and it was sort of a strange feeling.  I stood in classrooms that were now filled with debris and rubble.

I'm quite excited to see what the new JET batch will bring.  I hope it's 2 new good ones.  I've already posted a picture on Facebook about luck that no one got.  Soon we'll know.  I need a good neighbor, I really do.

瓦礫【がれき】 (gareki) rubble