I can has social life?

[dr4b]

Dude, so I was stuck by myself for a good part of the day today -- two afternoon classes and then Eri arrived at like 6pm. One of my afternoon classes was with a lady who just took a long trip to Europe. She brought me back these weird syrup wafers from Holland, and told me about how she visited the house Anne Frank lived in during the war, and stuff like that. Also she apparently went to Belgium and drank, as she called it, "cherry beer". (Meaning fruity lambics, which are like the only beers I actually truly enjoy drinking.) I was like, "Why didn't you bring me some of THAT?" :)

But AFTER work, I met up with the2belo, who is in town on a business trip. And we went to Anrakutei and ate a TON OF YAKINIKU and talked about baseball and work and random crap. It almost felt like having a normal social life! You know, hanging out with a friend after work! Wow! Of course, we only got to hang out for an hour and a half before making a mad dash for the last trains home, but that's okay.

Also, WE ARE FOREIGNERS WHO CAN USE CHOPSTICKS. FEAR US

I decided my over/under on Masa's 200th win is August 11th, his 43rd birthday.

Comments

[sinthrex.livejournal.com]

Stroopwafflen are awesome. Got some everytime I went through Amsterdam.

[dr4b]

Now that I have actually eaten them, I have to agree. DAMN! They are really soft and sweet and not like the waffle cookies I have generally disliked in the past.

[zqfmbg.livejournal.com]

Hanging out with a friend after work? What's that? I am unfamiliar with this funny tradition of yours.

[bhudson.livejournal.com]

I was kind of struck in Montreal by a pair of quebecers eating lunch, gesticulating wildly with chopsticks. That didn't used to happen.

I can't stand kirsch and framboise, because they taste exactly like the cough syrup I grew up with (except that the lambics have less alcohol). However, I *love* the strong belgian beers, and there might be fruit lambics I like that I just haven't tried.

[guitarcries.livejournal.com]

Eeeeeeh?! Ohashi o tsukemasu ka? Shinjirarenai!!!!

[klari.livejournal.com]

You don't like stroopwafflen? Yummy! YOu can also find miniature ones that aren't quite as fresh at Trader Joe's. (More for your readers than you, dr4b.)

[genuinekfc.livejournal.com]

WE ARE FOREIGNERS WHO CAN USE CHOPSTICKS.

Hahaha, I refused to use forks while in South Korea and China, but they would mysteriously appear on the table at my place. At one dinner, my Chinese hostess stole the fork because she had trouble holding the slippery veggies with her chopsticks.

[katybeth]

Which is to say, they are different tools, and suited to different jobs. Neither is particular good for pounding nails.

[tadzilla.livejournal.com]

+1 yosomono (~=gaijin) who can use chopsticks.

Not only that, but I went from never having used them to proficient in a matter of seconds.

[the2belo.livejournal.com]

Not only are we foreigners who can use chopsticks, but we can also ORDER ALL OUR FOOD IN JAPANESE JUST TO WATCH YOUR BRANE ASPLODEY BWAHAHAHAHAAHHAHASKDJAKLSJDHKJADSKJ.

[amaena.livejournal.com]

heheh lambic is totally the only beer i like to drink too!

yummm now i am craving some