Spring Break

It is now spring break, and I am doing everything in my power to relax. This includes hot baths, guitar, hacky sack, and Scrubs. That sums up my past couple of days pretty much, but I did do some interesting stuff before I hit chill town. Last Thursday I hit up the Manga Museum in Kyoto, and went to a talk given by Professor Seaman (of UMASS) at Doshisha University. Friday I went to Karaoke, and Saturday a group of us hit up Hard Rock Cafe at Universal Studios:Osaka.
On Thursday I was on my own traveling the trains for my first time, I was anxious and did not want to make a mistake. Surprisingly I didn't, and I made it to the exact stop with 5min to spare. That was a small victory for me, but the ride home is another story altogether. I met Seaman sensei at the museum and we spent the next couple of hours browsing, discussing, and catching up. We had to leave a bit sooner than either of us wanted to, so as to make it to Doshisha on time. We left, saw a shrine, and the Imperial palace on our way over there. The shrine we stopped at, the palace was too big for a pit stop. The shrine was in honor of a story about a guy who was saved from getting his legs ruined by a stampede of boars. Lots of boars. Anyway, we made it to Doshisha, I met a professor from Smith College then attended the talk. It was an interesting analysis about the works of Uchida Shungiku. I had fun, and when it was over I took a stroll around the Imperial Palace. I was dark and all, so I walked to the station and boarded the super express home. The super express was a big mistake, because it blew right by my stop (going in the direction of Osaka). I messed up a bit, and wasted about a half hour of my life fixing it. I got home to a messy kitchen, stayed up to clean, then passed out.
Friday came and went, not much to say here, I'll let the pictures do the talking. Saturday too wasn't much up until dinner time. Hard Rock Cafe is (as expected) a good time. I got to eat Fajitas, the only thing that could satisfy my cravings for Mexican food. I stuffed my self to perfection, talked with Chihiro, Daniel, and Honey for a while. When I returned to Hirakata-shi, the buses were done for the night, and I had to walk home. It was warm enough though. I returned to a quiet apartment, and passed out.
Tomorrow is all day tennis at school, so I'll be preoccupied with that. I want to go to Nara later on in the week (there are deer there), and I've been trying to get a package together since I arrived. Hopefully I can be productive and get it all sorted out.
Peace...