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Wow. Whirlwind tour of the past 24 hours...

Woke up at 11am on Sunday, and spent most of the day being a nerd and playing computer games. That is, until a blaring announcement from the loudspeaker woke me from my mental slumber, and I lumbered downstairs to see what was the matter. Answer: one taiko concert, in the middle of the lobby. Twas just the start of an odd 24 hours.

Fast forward to around 8pm when Lane phones me up; apparently Andy from Tokyo (host of the infamous Tokyo trip from several weeks ago) was in town for a visit, so we were going to go downtown for sushi, most likely to be followed up by a drink party. Though I had already had dinner and had class at 8:50 the next morning I decided to join them.

So the swaggering crew of Andy, Lane, Yuta, French Kristophe and his girlfriend formed an entourage, a walking caravan bound for downtown. Now perhaps I haven't explained this before, but Kris is the master of all persuasions relating to women. He can entertain a group of girls and have them wrapped around his little finger in less than 5 minutes usually. So of course Kris and Andy set the tone early by waving to and hitting on every girl they passed. I joined them towards the end, figuring I had nothing to lose-- it was a confidence builder if nothing else.

Half an hour later, and the group was getting bigger; I was waiting outside after everyone finished up their sushi, and the group was trying to decide where to go drinking. This of course took half an hour, because the not-quite-discussion had to be restarted whenever a new party member arrived. So quite bored out of my skull, I happily waved to a pair of beautiful women walking out of the sushi restaurant.

They waved back.

I don't remember who started talking first, or who invited them to come along with us (it might have even been me, but I don't think so) but someone swooped in with a Jedi mind trick, and they just fell right in. You want to come drink with us. Snap.

So we started the long haul to our first choice, the Irish Pub. Yuta and I paired off with the two girls on the way, and started up conversations. To be honest, Yuta did most of the talking, and I tried speaking in English for awhile (because it's cool, ya see). Then switched to Japanese when I realized they didn't understand much of what I said. Turns out both of them were from Akita (which is a region known for its beautiful women) and they were both going to a vocational school in Sendai.

Upon arriving at our desired pubbing location, we discovered that lo and behold, it was Sunday and the pub was closed. To me, there was one clear alternative, the only other one suggested that evening: go to an all you can drink place. However, the rest of the group couldn't seem to make up their minds whether they really really wanted to go or not, and with a group that big (15 people?) it takes forever to come to any consensus. I was determined not to let these hard-earned women get away. So I took the role of the hard-liner. "I'm going to Kokubuncho. If you want to follow me, come right along." Without further delay, Yuta and I took the two girls, and nobody followed us. And what do you know but the party of four was just right for the rest of the evening.

I drank conservatively, not wanting to blow my cool, and both of the girls showed a lot of class in that regard as well. Restaurant's check led to karaoke, karaoke's end led to us walking them back to their parked bicycles at the sushi store. Since it was 3 in the morning, we started walking with the girls, originally to their homes. I remember the fog being so thick you could cut it with a knife. Somehow them going to their homes turned into them coming to our dorms.

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Her name is Kei. She's absolutely beautiful.