Bushes and Such

I don't think I have laughed this much in one day in.... who knows how long. Today, as I mentioned, I went around town and to the next town over (they are all connected and run into each other but are labeled by the train stops) to do some shopping for the Halloween party the stinters are throwing as an outreach for the students here. I decided I am going to be a cat because I have everything I need except a tail and cat ears... so its much cheaper and easier than trying to buy a whole new outfit.

Ok so you are probably wondering about the title of this blog...

This is yet another hilarious incident involving bikes and unsuspecting Americans... although this time... it wasn't me!! I was riding behind Laura, going towards the student center, and we had to ride through this park. Well there were about 6 or 7 1ft tall posts in random order in the entrance to prevent cars from going in....well for us inexperienced Americans swerving in and around them quickly is very... hard... and exciting. Well, Laura was in front of me and as we turned into the "obstacle course" she yelled out "Be Careful!" just as she said it... she ran her bike straight into a bunch of bushes!! Not only was she in the bushes she went up a curb right into them. It wasn't like she turned into them or tried to turn and fell into them... she just went straight into them instead of turning around them. It was so funny I was laughing for about 30Min's after it happened. Yeah.

Another thing that was really funny today was a guy named Jared who came with Laura and I shopping (dad don't worry... he is engaged...and no... not to me)but anyways... he has no emotion in his voice at all, pretty much ever. He is also very tall and watching him ride his bike through all the little areas that are hard enough when you are little like me set me to laughing more times than I can count. His face was so serious when he was trying to go through and around everything... so funny!!!

Ok so about my jacket... it took three guys, a bicycle-repair-man, and 700yen (roughly $6.50) to get my jacket out. Everyone that looked at it laughed (and the Japanese men went...ooooooiii)ha ha. It was jammed in the worst place and the whole chain had to be taken off the sprockets and the gear changer thing on the bottom of the back tire had to be taken apart!!! Mom... it was my black jacket.... but its not in that bad of shape... its greasy a bit and has a few very small holes, but I am looking forward to finding some really cool patches... and excited about how it could turn out. Plus I have a good story to tell.

I wish I could say that was the first thing I got stuck in my bike chain since I have been here... but my pants won first prize on that one...hehe.

I am getting the hang of this whole bike thing though and now I feel much more comfortable riding around...so even though it sounds like every time I get on a bike, disaster follows, I really am (not going to finish that... because I don't want to jinks it...) haha.

Alright I am going to go. I'm borrowing someones laptop in the student center and I am going to watch a movie! Score! English movies!

peace!!