Notes from Osaka

Free range is chicken who likes to play!

Office Sex February 24, 2007

Filed under: Journal — notesfromosaka @ 4:48 pm

Ok guys, so I figured out why you aren’t supposed to sleep with someone you work with…. other than obvious it’s awkward at the office when you see each other (which by the way, I totally got over). It turns out the reason you’re not supposed to is:  when you change the birth control pill you’re on - it affects your hormones, this can make a girl temporarily insane…. thinking it’s ok to go over to her man friend’s apt at 2 in the morning to discuss an emotional crisis. Yes, my friends this is the reason you should not casually sleep with someone you work with. Because when you see them at work now, you will cringe at what an ass you made of yourself and run to the nearest toilet to avoid talking about aforementioned social faux-pas.  You have been warned.

I know that this is supposed to be a blog on Osaka. It’s taken a personal turn recently, I know. I will try and write something about Japan soon. My life has recently been work and drama :) Still loving the job. Got some training on different types of classes, so am teaching a few different things now…. keeping my days interesting. And the nights (see above).

So the other day I was walking to work when I crossed paths with a cowboy. Seriously. A little Japanese man dressed head to toe in light brown leather cowboy apparel – leather hat, fringed jacket, fringed pants, and boots. He was just rambling down the street to the 7-11. It was a truly surreal moment. He looked so serious, I half expected his steed to come galloping down the street after him. Only in Japan.

 

Happy (belated) Valentines Day! February 16, 2007

Filed under: Journal — notesfromosaka @ 5:12 am

So, it’s been a while…. sorry guys. I’ve been embroiled in my on-off-sort of on again office romance. Do I have any idea what I’m doing now, no! Hahaha, but at least I’m having fun figuring it out. Went out to Bubba Gump Shrimp on V-day with some guy friends (a girl shouldn’t spend it alone when there are men and margaritas to be had) After food we went bowling. I love bowling….. am not at all good, but it is so much fun. After one too many beers one of my guy friends confessed his feelings for me. Ick ick ick. I was aware of them, but thought we could just be friends without needed to have THAT talk, but I guess you can’t. Seriously, I mean I know it was Valentines Day, but come on, I have enough drama with the office sort of romance! Anyway, it’s all good because he’s leaving the country in a few days. Ah yes, avoidance… the solution for all of life’s social problems.

So back to the sort of boy – it’s not like i can just turn off my feelings for him. I mean you can’t turn off your feelings for someone once you have them. Although my fantasies of my ex almost always involve some sort of high speed automatic weapon – feelings change over time :) But the present boy is so sweet and somewhat confused that it melts my heart. Note to men: complexity is such a turn on. Why???? I don’t know it’s the stupid I must fix everything gene. Right ok, off to work and play.

 

It was the best of times… February 2, 2007

Filed under: Journal — notesfromosaka @ 4:38 pm

Ok, so I love my job teaching. I’m just having a mini-crisis because I don’t know what I’m going to do after teaching English. I don’t even know if I want to go back to my environmental career (what career really?). I’m starting to get bored but I just don’t know what’s next, expecially after being unemployed for so long. I’m having a lot of fun here but I just kinda want to feel settled somewhere. I know that sounds old and boring, but maybe I’m becoming old and (shock!) boring!