|
|
| The bar at the furo bar |
|
| No Super Bowl but a good crowd at the Furo Bar |
Shodou continued this week as well. Inagaki Sensei told me that I understand the stroke order all right but I need to take it slowly and use more of the brush. I also picked up another DVD, a movie called "Out" which I found on a Japanese movie top 10 list for 2002. It was called a black comedy but it was more a drama to me. If there were jokes, I didn't understand them anyways and on the most part, it still was pretty serious, I thought. It was a good movie, some on the internet calling it a Japanese "Thelma and Louise" thought I didn't quite see it that way. Coincidentally, the book it was based on was announced this week as a nominee for an Edgar Allen Poe suspense writing award. I may have to check it out, since I found out that the book has been translated into English.
I also tried an anime called "The Beautiful World", an interesting-looking series that seems to take place in a world that mixes the past and future. The series follows a boy on his motorcycle as he travels to towns and villages and the stories that develop in a world where people seem to be losing their ability to relate to each other. I may want to follow up on it when I get back home. There, the DVD may at least have sub-titles.
Beyond all this, there was the Snow Festival trip to get ready for. Been looking forward to it for awhile. Despite the start of the week, I know I've been lucky already to be able to do as much as I've done with this time here already. That ace-high full house does bug me a little though.