Random Funny Stuff

I have had several interesting encounters lately...

So, I went to Harajuku last Saturday. I was really excited, because Harajuku is deffinately one of my favorite places in Japan...if you have been there or seen pictures and know how much I love people watching, goth, punk, and shopping, then you understand why. Even though I didn't buy anything other than a few things from the 100yen shop, I had a great time. But...I saw some members of a visual kei indie band handing out flyers and CDs, so of course I wanted one. There were two guys-- one was talking to a couple of girls and giving them CDs, and the other was dressed in a bunny suit and holding the flyers. So, I went up to bunny guy and asked (in Japanese) if I could have a flyer...he said yes as he was turning to look at me and started to hand out to me, but stopped short when he saw that I was a foreigner...then as I tried to take the flyer, he kept holding it and I had to yank it out of his hands! So, yeah, FYI: when you are a band that no one has ever heard of and most Japanese people would never think of listening to or going to see, and someone actually shows interest and ASKS you for a flyer...you better give them one! I mean, WTF? So, I didn't get a CD, but I do have a flyer/poster:

OK, so, there first problem is that their name is "Mega Mega Heart." Also, just so you know guys...visual kei bands are supposed to be good looking and wear awesome costumes...You guys have the fattest, ugliest guy dressed as a girl? And, what is with the plastic, green eyelashes, dude? (that was the guy that I took the flyer from) Oh, and the guy with orange hair is totally wearing a tube top...under a vest...

OK, so on the reverse side, each member is "posing" with one syllable from the word "arigatou" ('thank you') with a montage of live pictures in the background. So, we have:

1. Blond Guy giving birth to the 'a'


2. Fat Guy dressed as chick trying to look cute, but really just looking frightened with 'ri'


3. Host-looking Guy doing God-knows-what kind of pose, shoeless, with 'ga'


4. Orange-hair Guy wearing tube-top and vest, in some sort of cat/Japanese ghost pose with 'to'


5. And, Hideous Green Eyelash Guy doing...????...while looking off camera, oh, and he is also wearing yellow crocs and a furry green tube-top under a pleather yellow vest, with 'u'

So what have we learned? Basically, if you aren't willing to even give me a flyer, not only am I not going to your show, but I am going to make fun of you mercilessly. Also, I think this poster is amazing...I just can't believe how lame they are, while they are thinking they are super hot. I totally have this hanging on my wall right now. It makes me smile everytime I look at it.

OK...funny episode #2: Today in one of my classes, when I asked a 10 year old boy, "What do you like to eat?" he pointed at me and said, "Sarah!" ....um, I guess I can understand why you would say that...I mean, I am pretty awesome...but, sorry kid, it is never gonna happen--you are only 10 years old, and I'm not really into younger guys.

Also, I finally took a picture of a Lotteria sign:

Home of the "straight burger," in case you are tired of all those gay burgers you have been eating lately...

That's all for now!