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You know what? I'm 27 and tonight I went on my first date* ever! :D There were no real sparks, but the guy is sweet, and it was nice to be treated to dinner and a movie. I'll most likely see him again, but I'm going to be so busy over the next few weeks...

May I recommend Red Cliff (or John Woo's レッドクリフ, as it's advertised here -- it's actually part I, and part II will be out here in April of next year) as a date movie? There's lots of fighting, liberal amounts of blood spurting all over the place, a couple of gorgeous actresses, Tony Leung (for those of you who do not know this, I have a soft spot for him a mile wide), handsome actors being manly in funny hats and flowing robes, lovely Chinese scenery, and a foal-birthing scene. XD

Also, since it's in Mandarin with Japanese subtitles, your date can gallantly offer to answer any questions you may have regarding the plot; still, between my rusty Mandarin (not that it was ever good enough to fully understand a movie!), my so-so Japanese reading skills, and some deductive reasoning, I managed to understand most of it -- and it helped that out of the 2 1/2 hour running time, at least half of it is fighting -- although I did have a question about "what was up with the baby in the beginning? It was never seen again!" "It was a prince, he'll most likely be important in Part II."

* I've only ever been in three relationships, and they were all of the friend-that-became-something-more variety, so there was no "dating to get to know each other" involved. So discounting times I may have gone out with someone when it was clear (to me, anyway, and I tried to make it as clear as possible to the other party!) that nothing romantic would ever come of it... yeah, this was a first.

Mission failed :(

My prayers to the tenimyu lottery gods were obviously not sincere enough, as I failed on all three fronts.

firstlight83 and puzzlepiece: Are you going to be trying for tickets on Sunday?

umbrellaofdoom, kurayamahimitsu and rynn_sama: Will you all be trying for the 13th or 14th?

Tenipuri: creating bridges

How To Be A Rockstar At An All-Girls Middle School In 3 Easy Steps:

1. Cultivate an interest in anime, musicals based on anime, or Japanese boy bands.

2. Collect related phone straps or charms and display them proudly.

3. Sit back and wait for the squealing to begin.

It was pretty hilarious. The first part of my morning was games and conversation in the classroom (I had a grade 9 group), so they asked me basic questions about what foods I liked, which actors, which tv shows... When I brought up テニスの王子様, and pointed out the tenipuri bling on my purse, I got questions about who my favourite character was (one group in particular seemed to find it vastly amusing when I answered, "Ooishi!"), and then when I said the magical word "musical" and said I had seen Hyoutei A on stage and was going on Christmas eve, I got some really excited shrieks and "Ii na~~~~!"

My phone (which has about 394590 Yuu Yuu Hakusho and Rurouni Kenshin straps hanging from it) also generated quite a buzz. I took it out to show the girls pictures of my cat, and was suddenly surrounded by girls pawing at the straps, wanting to know, "Dare? Dare???" and exclaiming, "Ah! Kenshin! Yuu Yuu Hakusho da yo!"

The second half of the morning had all the grade 9 girls gathered in the gym for free conversation, and as soon as I set foot inside, two of the girls from earlier appeared, dragging friends along behind them, to introduce us tenimyu fans to each other. After I'd gotten a picture with all of them, I mingled with other students and, regular as clockwork, each time I produced my phone or showed off my purse, there would be a collective squeal. I really wonder what the other participants thought was going on in my corner...

All in all it was a fun morning, and the girls were so adorable when trying to share their excitement with me. A couple were shyer in the group, but came up to me afterwards to ask me about which other series I liked, and one girl in particular was almost hyperventilating, she was so wound up.

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So. Karaoke Guy just called (I forgot to answer the text he sent me this morning, so I guess that's his excuse) to ask how my day had been, to apologize for keeping me out so late last night (I texted him yesterday when I got to Kichijouji, and it was already midnight), to tell me to please take care because the weather was getting chilly again (yesterday he was very concerned when I told him that I didn't have a heater for my apartment yet), and to thank me again for the pleasure of my company.

When would be a good time for the "I really don't see this getting serious and oh yeah, I'm still technically married to someone*, but let's have sex!" talk? XDDD

I wonder how much of my feelings for this whole thing are extreme caution after having been hurt so badly, and how much are that I kind of really need to get laid. x__x;

*sigh*

* For my part, I've been single ever since I moved out on my own. But I have been asked more than once, when I said I was separated from my husband, whether there was any chance of reconcilliation. While my reaction is obviously "HELL NO!" I can see that people might assume that a separation is not final. Though now that divorce proceedings are underway -- still haven't gotten the affidavit from the lawyer, what the hell is G paying her for, anyway?! -- it's official.