Let's see, the night bus isn't SO bad, but Mark got a crappy seat with a guy basically leaning back between his legs, so that wasn't so much fun. But it was cheap, and we arrived in Kyoto around 7am on Saturday morning. We found a bathroom and then got some breakfast and then hopped on the train to Fushimi Inari Taisha .  It was only about 8am ( Read more... )

here we are, the Maiko and the Samurai. I pretty much hate all the studio photos that they took of me at Studio Shiki. But the ones that I took outside aren't bad. Here's one, there are more on flickr and I'll try to write about Kyoto tomorrow, but I'll be pretty busy at school.


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I don't think I'll have any problem sleeping on the night bus tonight. I'm exhausted! And I'm not done yet, I'll run home after school and get my stuff ready. Then, go to Mark's and get him, then go to Satoru's and say happy birthday to Takato, then go take the car home and possibly get a shower, then walk to the station and take the train to ( Read more... )

At City Hall today, Akiyama decided that it didn't matter that Mr. Furuya had said I shouldn't go. He decided the school could just move up when I have to give my speech and all that. Then he had the board of education call the school. He was still waiting for the principal to call back when I left. I don't care what I do, but I don't want ( Read more... )