It will have to wait

The events of this past weekend, the Yonago history tour and the Matsue festival, will have to wait for another posting.

Tonight there was a party for all the past Temecula visitors from Nakayama, at the Yo-Kyu-Kan.

Yukio Hayashibara-he first came to Nakayama Juugakoo to meet me in the morning, then picked me up in the afternoon for the party. Hung out with all the ex-junior high kids all night, who mercilessly referred him as the beast to

Yoshiko`s beauty-met her at the supermarket, where we shopped for all the snacks and drinks for the party. She`s hot, for someone who`s probably older than me(she`s 28, I think). Wore hip-hugging jean skirt and black sleeveless tee with black bra-strap showing, very risque for this part of Japan, from what I`ve seen. She`s past the typical marriage age for Japanese woman, though I doubt it`s from a lack of opportunities. She`s tanned, as opposed to most Japanese woman who hold paleness as the height of beauty. She also spoke loudly and assertively, and didn`t try to act shy and reserved at all. Very un-Japanese, which makes her even hotter.

Sachiko and Megumi-sisters. Megumi is married, as Fukunaga-san gladly pointed out, so she ceased to be interesting. Sachiko, who studied in Canada (Megumi-English Lit., Sachiko-American History/Culture), is single. Her English was the best at the party, and we had very little problem communicating. Very important, even for a cutie like her (she is 23?). Had HUGE eyes unobstructed by eyelashes, so huge they seemed to stare at me with passive-aggressiveness. I didn`t feel

Chiaki Tanaka-who works at the city hall with Yukio and Yoshiko. She`s definitely 23. I thought she was the cutest girl at the party by far. Wore heavy eye makeup, but was extremely quiet and reserved and sat in the corner, always cleaning up the table every few minutes. She is the reporter/photographer for city records, and that was the most I could get out of her. I had this mental picture of her being the quiet girl sitting at a party and filling everyone`s drinks (there were junior high/high school kids present so no drinks were present). I dont think she`s the type of person to speak unless spoken to, which is too bad.

The ex-junior high kids-there were three of them. None of their names I could remember. There was the one with gapped front teeth, who actively shoved me everytime I cracked a joke. I swore she was trying to flirt. There was the one who was loud and laughs loudly, and sat on a stool with hitched-up miniskirt. I wonder if it was intentional. There was one who has a ichinensei brother in my school. And there was one who the hitched-up miniskirt always cracked jokes to.

Julie-the only girl who introduced me with English name. Buckteeth, but otherwise not unattractive. Did not get a chance to talk all night.

The 19 year old metal rocker-who professed that his English is mostly dirty. Which was cool. Likes Battery, a metal band whom I pretended to know. Plays guitar in Scott`s band.

That guy with the towel-his towel has the name of a metal-works shop embroidered on it. Sported a full fu-man-chu, a little bit shorter than me but almost twice as stocky. Played soccer in high school, seemed to be interested in ultimate frisbee. Was also an exchange student in Temecula for a year.

Yamauchi-san-made layered cheesecake which was, excuse the homo adj, divine. It was really good. Passed the recipe to the hitched-up miniskirt. Oh by the way, the hitched-up miniskirt also had freckles, which aren`t as uncommon in Japanese women as I previously thought.

There were a few more people. Two older men, one of which is the boss of the Nakayama international exchange, the other one unknown. There was the girl who came with the ironworks towel. That`s about it. Back at Fukunaga`s house (who is giving me homestay for the night and whose computer I`m now typing from), she showed me lots of pictures involving some of the above-mentioned people, reemphasized Sachiko`s single status and offered to give me her number. I refused, but I got the picture. It looks like these people were all involved in the Thursday night adult English class Melissa (the JET whose job I`m replacing) was talking about. So I guess in order for me to hit on any of these girls I would have to teach the class.