Upstart

A lazy weekend. We went to my school's soccer game. The team is terrible-- we've been to a decent amount of games and not only have they never won, we've never even seen them score a goal. But then, the two coaches have never played soccer before. And the students man the sidelines and sometimes even referee. Interestingly, there are rarely any parents at the games. We've only seen one mother once, so when we attend, we really stick out.

After the game, we fought the wind and biked out to the recycle shop and Gyomo Super. Went home, did the weekend clean, had dinner, watched "The Dirty Dozen."

Sunday we went out to lunch with Mari, where the other patrons gawked at us. Two years, and still lots of gawking. We decided the gawking meant we deserved ice cream, so it was off to Lilac where we sampled sakura [cherry blossom] ice cream. I saw a flier for Upstart, a local teen band. The guitarist had asked me to go, but I'd completely forgotten. Luckily, it was today, so we went and watched. Not bad, pretty fun, and it was great seeing all the students in their real life clothes. Hilariously, the boys lined one wall, while the girls took the other. Not much mingling in Japan.

The rest of the lazy weekend will be spent watching movies and reading. And tomorrow I meet the new teachers.