忘年会 Bounenkai

Where, Oh, where has the time gone?
It has actually been a few days since I posted anything. Right?

Lets see...
Fridays Lesson: My Neighbor Totoro(トナリノトトロ). Yeah, instead of doing anything our teacher let us watch that movie without subtitles. Yeah that's all I wanted to say about that.

Haircut: The guys really coool!!! I also finally got my haircut after, what? I guess about 3 months... yeah. Okay, back to the guy. He actually chatted with me the entire time he was cutting my hair, which he did by means of only a pair of scissors and a comb. You know how they occasionally show the over expressive artist as having his or her whole body move along with the actions being performed be they painting, hair dressing or whatever. Well, this guy did that as he was cutting my hair. It's not like the person is just standing there and casually doing the job. He had every part of himself in it. Despite that he would occasianally chat with me but his eyes never strayed from his project. That was awesome, but at the same time could be an example of his extremist trait. Hmm.

Classical Concert: Takuma invited us to a classical concert consisting of members from school. One of his friends was in the concert. The music was awesome. I don't have too many words for it, mostly because I forgot to get a program. I also can't name any of the songs except one; t=0. It was the intro to one of the coolest songs I have ever heard. It was really long but it was supposed to be a representation of the universe. "t=0" was the intro, but it was really unique because it occurred before the conductor appeared. True to it's calculus based, time equals zero meaning. Before anything occurred or any action happened. The "t=0" part consisted of mostly darkness, no conductor and all the players start out at the same time building to a crescendo and then falling back to silence. Then the conductor came out as the lights lit up and the next movement let up to a real crescendo that was called the big bang. Then it progressed through time. It was really cool!
For an encore at the concert they did Christmas songs, or should I say a medly of them. That was funny because they all put hats on that looked like santa hats. Plus the conductor got really animated during that part. :)

Gusto (ガスと): This a restaurant chain that Justin introduced me and Ouji to. For 180en you can attach an all you want to drink drink bar option. Also, they have this thing called a Hamburg. No, it is not a hamburger. It is more like meatloaf in the shape of a hamburger and is actually filling. :)

Bounenkai: Hung out with the Karate Circle for a nomikai(飲み会) then did all night karaoke...midnight until 6am. I actually expected that to happen so I slept until noon Saturday, so that I could just stay up all day... I hope it goes the way I planned.
Well, near as I can tell a bounenkai has no speciality to the group I was with. It was just an excuse to get together and eat and drink. It was a lot of fun for me because I actually seem to get to know these people at these things, and I speak japanese for hours on end!!
In actuality this kind of party is a "Forget the year" party. Since the new year is coming the theory is that you talk about anything and everything you want to forget from this last year to clean your slate before the new year.

Well, the last thing I should say is that because of the all night karaoke thing I was able to witness sunrise here from the roof of the dorms. It is soooooo cool!!!!

Tonights Christmas Eve so remember to put your stockings up!! :)