9:57pm セミナーハウス
天気：晴れ
Today turned out to be pretty good... I woke up a bit late this morning, so I rushed to get ready. At precisely 9, the van came to pick up the extra parts Dell had sent Diego for his computer. Of course, Diego wasn't in the room at that point, so I took out the boxes for the guy, before rushing out the door. I made it to class just on time, and waited anxiously to start. I'd expected to go first, but in fact, sensei had us draw from cards to designate our turn; I was third. I went okay I guess. Giving a presentation in English is one thing; Japanese is so much more intense for me. Felt good to get it out of the way though. After class, I met up with Jo in Floresta and we quizzed each other for the quiz in Reading and Writing; that helped a lot. CEL was... bleh. We watched a 30 minute video and the narration was absolutely shocking. This guy is an anthropologist, someone who is constantly socialising with people, and he can't read from a script; it almost put me to sleep. Just so you know, it was about a small neighbourhood in Tokyo; what interactions take place, and the changes that have happened.
After class, I finally got some books out of the library to start my research on Murasaki Shikibu for History. I'm going to get a few more tomorrow I think. I had something to eat in the cafeteria, then stuffed around until koto. I realised I'd forgotten my tsume. Actually, I was more worried that I'd somehow dropped them; I thought I'd put them in my bag this morning. So, tsume-less, I helped Charlie with hanagoromo, before the kimono sensei showed up; they were a little late. It must have been after 5, because Niky doesn't get out of class till then, and she showed up right when they arrived. The two women, were so helpful, a praised all our kimonos; Niky's especially. It's a beautiful peach-orange colour. They helped us all dress and I felt a lot better about my kimono. They even had a brown obi for me to borrow, which suits perfectly. The only problem was, when I got it out yesterday to air out a bit, I didn't fold it back up properly, since I was in such a rush in the morning. The kimono, haori, and jubun were all really badly creased; I felt terrible about it. Luckily, one of the sensei will take it home and iron it for me; sooooo grateful.
So now we're pretty much set. Sean managed to get a new kimono set for $200; a little much. It does look good though, maybe a little plain; both the kimono and haori are grey. Charlie's not participating in the festival; he'll be in Tokyo. Maarika is borrowing a kimono, and I don't know about Brittney; I think she left part-way through for some reason. The sensei are even making 草履 (zori - flat scandals) for us. We're allowed to just wear regular white socks underneath; finding 足袋 (tabi - the traditional socks) in our sizes would be impossible. We packed up soon after the sensei left, and I made my way home worrying about my tsume. It was all good though; they were waiting for me in my desk. I had dinner; defrosted stew, which still tasted really good. It's shopping day tomorrow, so hopefully I can get some good deals. Deigo's got to chose his classes for next semester at his university. The problem is, classes don't open until 10am, so he has to wait up till 1 this morning to get in fast! I'm going to go have a Milo now, and then probably get some sleep.
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