Today I met a really really cute boy. But I'm getting ahead of myself. Just thought I'd start out this entry with that statement just to ensure that you will read the entire post. Haha.
So the summer language program is quickly coming to an end. We only have two more weeks left, and the final week we have to give a 10 minute presentation about any aspect of research, academic or not. Since I am sort of pigeon-holed as the "tattoo guy" I suppose it is my duty to fulfill my obligations (oh how Japanese!) and give a presentation about tattooing. Since I don't want to just rehash my last presentation from two years ago (there are teachers who would probably call me on that--believe me, the thought crossed my mind!) I thought I'd present a brief case study of why tattooing is popular among a new generation of Japanese young people and what this says about Japanese society on a broader level. That's a fancy way of me saying that I decided to just interview a couple of my friends to get their thoughts about why they like tattoos and take pics of their ink for a powerpoint presentation. Which I tried to do today, but one of my interviewees had to cut the interview short cuz he was gonna check out a concert. Oh well. Maybe the "brief" case study will be even briefer than I expected.
So after the interview, which was pretty interesting---well, the parts that I could understand, at least...a lot of it was me trying to infer what they were saying since my Japanese still sucks. (Don't worry, I videotaped it, so I can slowly translate it more carefully later.) Anyway, after the interview, I hung around a while and just chatted with my friend, who works at Peace Maker. (Yes, same friend I blogged about at the beginning of my trip--see older post.) A bunch of people came in and out of the store, including this one really cute guy. Turns out he's a dancer (ballet and popping), speaks English (lived in NYC for 2 years), and is vegetarian. Oh man, so hot!! He's headed to Europe next year to dance, but we planned to hang out some time before I leave Japan. We exchanged numbers and email, so he better contact me!
In case you are wondering what happened to the strange rockabilly punk who kept inviting me to his apartment, well, the day I was supposed to head over to his place, he totally flaked. He told me the next day that he fell asleep, but even then, wouldn't you at least contact the person when you woke up and apologize? Suspicious behavior. My friend Chen-san--who is convinced that this guy likes me and wants to get into my pants--says I should be cautious. But I think that might be more her background in domestic violence work than any real threat that this dude poses. But what's funny is that he tried to get me to come over again on Friday but I told him I couldn't cuz of school. I asked him if Saturday works, but he said he was going to a festival with a girl. I asked if it was a date, and he said yes and sent me a pic of a girl with a lot of make-up on. Hmmm, is he posing as straight or just playing games? I can never tell with Japanese guys. (Not to overgeneralize or anything, just my experience.)
Anyway, now that I have met dancer dude, I can scrap rockabilly-punk guy and focus my attention on someone who *seems* a bit more sane....
Tomorrow, I'm headed back into Tokyo again (three days in a row!) to hang out with my friend Saito-san and his band Gate is Dope. They are will be composing some new tracks for their upcoming full length record tentatively scheduled for release early next year. I get to visit them in the studio to watch them rehearse. I'm excited, should be fun!
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