Today was another school day (obviously), but I have school tomorrow too.

In English, we had a webcam conference with a man from Iraq about different types of discrimination.  We had already done one with a woman from Hawaii, and they work out pretty nicely.  It’s to practice their English, and learn more about different cultures.  However, today’s man knew almost no English.  In fact, he knew Swedish and resides in Sweden because he fled Iraq.

Now, out of the 6 billion people alive right now, could we have picked someone who didn’t require a translator?  Especially when they’re practicing ENGLISH?!  I’m just wondering here.  Part of the practice is actually trying to understand the answer the person gives on discrimination in their culture to the questions we ask.  Things really are lost in translation.  Not to mention the guy really didn’t seem to be interested in what was going on, but it was midnight in Sweden.  I’m just really wondering why the teachers purposely chose someone who didn’t speak English.  It seemed counterproductive and didn’t work out well.

Mmm, besides that, fun day overall.  I had Japanese lesson, where I started ‘Classical Japanese Recitation’.  Many Japanese students find it boring, but the words are difficult to pronounce, so it’s actually a challenge for me.  End result; it keeps my interest.

Instead of going home though, I decided to go back to school, because my MP3 player was out of batteries and I had nothing to do on the train.  ESS club was still in session, for y’know, 5 more minutes by the time I got there.  It was worth the 15 walk.  I just love hanging out with my friends.

Tomorrow after school Yudai is going to try to do my hair like a Japanese guy.  I’m honestly not sure what he’s going to do, but it will prove funny at the very least.  Guys doing each others hair here really isn’t out of the ordinary.  Neither is shaping your eyebrows, but I’m definitely not going that far.

I’m going to be tired tomorrow.  Good news is that I have art though, and through inspiration, I actually fairly like my piece of work.  Right now it’s tentatively called ‘Heaven Got Nuked’.  Somehow that seems sacrilegious (it’s NOT, seriously…figurative heaven, not God’s heaven), but it alludes to the world’s lack of morals and turn from religion, so, it fits in a creative sense, and if you see the painting, it does make sense.  I was in a bad mood, so I almost completely repainted it in a day to fit what I wanted to show, and I’m satisfied.  I had been having an art block.

The original painting was a feather in the center, with a sun in the bottom right-hand corner, but I didn’t know what else to do.  It was an ode to that old Greek story about the boy who flew too close to the sun or something.  The feather and the sun stayed, but now everything else is gone.  Also, first time I’ve painted on canvas, it’s fun.

Otherwise art class is just talking for two hours with friends.  Definitely can’t complain.