Oh My Lord!

I actually had a real conversation with one of my teachers this week. And no, it wasn't "Can you use chopsticks? Isn't it hard for you?" or "You eat bread every day, right? Do you have rice in America?"

No, he actually asked me what I thought [!! an opinion soliciting question!! amazing!!] about the Mohammed cartoons. Wow. Well, honestly he opened with asking me if I were Catholic or Protestant, so it took awhile to get to his real question. We had a good talk for about 10 minutes. Then he asked if the religious situation in America was delicate- meaning, would there be riots over a disrespectful cartoons [my answer was no. Americans get mad, talk a lot, write letters, and protest, but rarely riot over pictures/articles/cartoons]. This conversation is a major breakthrough for me, as
1. This teacher is not a JTE, but a social studies teacher
2. First time any teacher actually initiated a real conversation. Even my JTEs usually limit themselves to talking about weekends, plans, the weather... y'know, polite small talk.

As a result, the day totally rocked. I was thrilled to talk about something interesting with a new person. And after school I was off to a fab girly party. Onsen, Mexican food, girly talk, how could it not be great?