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Dec. 17th, 2005 01:22 amThere was a party tonight. It involved bowling, which is always exciting. There was about 23 of us, so it was even more so. I think my team was a bit unbalanced though, we had one good bowler, one person who had never bowled before, one person at a slightly, but not much better skill level than mine, and me. I am very, very bad at bowling.
We finised bowling with a little free time before our reservations at the ikazuya, so we hung out in the arcade for a while (read: I wasted money.) I think I must have fed at least 600 yen into a UFO catcher game because I was convinced that I would be able to get a Plusle plushie. This was stupid because A) The UFO catcher games in Japan tend to only have 2 tines on their claws, which makes them even harder, and B) because after I picked up and dropped the plushie for the 4th time, it was in a REALLY BAD position. (I had actually picked up the plushie on the first attempt, which had given me a false sense of hope.)
The rest of the party involved drinking, cocktails, a lingeree print apron, a santa apron, potentially embarassing photos, and bar snacks. Honestly, this is the most that I've drunk in my entire life.
This is what I drank: 1 Kahlua milk, 2 Apple Gingers, 1 bit of sake in a cup, one shot of warm sake, and a blueberry yogurt. (The blueberry yogurt seemed to be "drinking yogurt" with a bit of blueberry liquer in the bottom of the glass. The apple ginger was...I'm not sure what it was, but it was sweet and a bit stronger than the Kahlua milk, which is what I usually drink. The shot of sake was because everyone was drinking shots of sake- I don't care for the taste of it. Chanting and cheering is rather fun and if you drink it quickly, you don't taste it much.)
I think γγ§γΌγ thought I was drunk, because I was using the "can I recite the alphabet backwards or not test" as an example of why I am not drunk. I don't think she understood what that test meant- it seems a bit out of place, but in actuality, it is a fairly typical example of my logic. Granted, the fact that I was talking in third person might have also been a factor, but using one's name as a personal pronoun is perfectly reasonable behavior in young females. I tend to generally keep myself in check, but tonight was the kind of night where I thought it was kind of okay. I was also trying to make the 'I am very sleepy' excuse to get out of drinking any further, because though I am a tad tipsy, I don't feel like being drunk.
The true test would probably be "WHETHER I AM HUNGOVER TOMORROW." I'll have to wait and see. Right now, I'm waiting for the people who have pottery class tomorrow to get out so I can take a shower. My hair smells like smoke. Just my luck! I happened to choose the one table with people smoking!
Edited to include (On the other side of a shower, only change to the main entry is the spelling of someone's name): 1) I don't know how to spell the shortened version of Frederica's name. Seriously. Actually, I don't know if it's spelt correctly there, either.
2) I was planning to mention that I wore something with a bare midriff today. It was only a little bit though: think short tshirt under a button down shirt under a shorter sleeveless hoodie. A picture would explain it better, but I don't have any at the moment.
3) It sounds like everyone else has just gotten back. They sound drunk! (Just my luck, I have the room nearest to the front enterance! It also faces the bicycle parking lot. (Actually, it's pretty convienient.))
4) We placed 5th in the bowling contest. The prizes were all things that you'd almost but not quite want to have. (There were also prizes for the worst finishers and most regressed.) Except for a few of them, which were actually good. Like the swords (me: wait a minute, that sounds like real metal!0___O It is real metal!) or the booze (The booze was not actually present at the party, seeing that it was held at a bar.) My share of the my team's prize was a bag of senbei; there might be a pen for me, but I'm not sure if I'm going to get it. At least it wasn't the lingeree apron.
We finised bowling with a little free time before our reservations at the ikazuya, so we hung out in the arcade for a while (read: I wasted money.) I think I must have fed at least 600 yen into a UFO catcher game because I was convinced that I would be able to get a Plusle plushie. This was stupid because A) The UFO catcher games in Japan tend to only have 2 tines on their claws, which makes them even harder, and B) because after I picked up and dropped the plushie for the 4th time, it was in a REALLY BAD position. (I had actually picked up the plushie on the first attempt, which had given me a false sense of hope.)
The rest of the party involved drinking, cocktails, a lingeree print apron, a santa apron, potentially embarassing photos, and bar snacks. Honestly, this is the most that I've drunk in my entire life.
This is what I drank: 1 Kahlua milk, 2 Apple Gingers, 1 bit of sake in a cup, one shot of warm sake, and a blueberry yogurt. (The blueberry yogurt seemed to be "drinking yogurt" with a bit of blueberry liquer in the bottom of the glass. The apple ginger was...I'm not sure what it was, but it was sweet and a bit stronger than the Kahlua milk, which is what I usually drink. The shot of sake was because everyone was drinking shots of sake- I don't care for the taste of it. Chanting and cheering is rather fun and if you drink it quickly, you don't taste it much.)
I think γγ§γΌγ thought I was drunk, because I was using the "can I recite the alphabet backwards or not test" as an example of why I am not drunk. I don't think she understood what that test meant- it seems a bit out of place, but in actuality, it is a fairly typical example of my logic. Granted, the fact that I was talking in third person might have also been a factor, but using one's name as a personal pronoun is perfectly reasonable behavior in young females. I tend to generally keep myself in check, but tonight was the kind of night where I thought it was kind of okay. I was also trying to make the 'I am very sleepy' excuse to get out of drinking any further, because though I am a tad tipsy, I don't feel like being drunk.
The true test would probably be "WHETHER I AM HUNGOVER TOMORROW." I'll have to wait and see. Right now, I'm waiting for the people who have pottery class tomorrow to get out so I can take a shower. My hair smells like smoke. Just my luck! I happened to choose the one table with people smoking!
Edited to include (On the other side of a shower, only change to the main entry is the spelling of someone's name): 1) I don't know how to spell the shortened version of Frederica's name. Seriously. Actually, I don't know if it's spelt correctly there, either.
2) I was planning to mention that I wore something with a bare midriff today. It was only a little bit though: think short tshirt under a button down shirt under a shorter sleeveless hoodie. A picture would explain it better, but I don't have any at the moment.
3) It sounds like everyone else has just gotten back. They sound drunk! (Just my luck, I have the room nearest to the front enterance! It also faces the bicycle parking lot. (Actually, it's pretty convienient.))
4) We placed 5th in the bowling contest. The prizes were all things that you'd almost but not quite want to have. (There were also prizes for the worst finishers and most regressed.) Except for a few of them, which were actually good. Like the swords (me: wait a minute, that sounds like real metal!0___O It is real metal!) or the booze (The booze was not actually present at the party, seeing that it was held at a bar.) My share of the my team's prize was a bag of senbei; there might be a pen for me, but I'm not sure if I'm going to get it. At least it wasn't the lingeree apron.