I had a nice weekend. I went over to Tara's place and hung out with her. She's been a big help to me as I've been trying to combat this culture shock.
We went to Okayama City and got tickets home for the holidays. IT TOOK FIVE HOURS. These people had issues, seriously. If you're a JET, and you don't have tickets home yet, I don't care how far away December seems... get them now. Everything was booked already, and I lost an extra vacation day just to make sure I could get home.
I also saw my first movie in Japan, which is "Nana." It was pretty good, even though I had trouble understanding a few things.
Ah yes, and my depression has slowly turned into a constant state of aggitation. This is good because it means that I'm moving on. It's bad because I'm ALWAYS PISSED OFF.
Oh, and today was just great. On my way home from Tara's, I was waiting at a crosswalk to get to the bus station. I was already feeling the aggitation because everyone was staring and pointing like a bunch of monkeys. But no, that wasn't the problem here. The best part ever was when the crossing light turned green. That was when a woman coming around the corner in her car says, "What the hell?! A foreigner! In MY country!" and proceeds to run the red light. She stopped inches away from hitting me. I stopped, turned slowly, and gave her the death glare of a lifetime before slowly continuing on.
I am NOT in the mood for people's crap right now. Which means that school is going to be loads of fun. There are students who are jerks to me just because they want me to "go home." I've had one death threat so far, and one student who likes to turn around in class... pointing and laughing at me or calling my name at inappropriate times. Normally I can shrug it off and just plain don't care. But I dare them to pull something this week. I really do. Getting fired would be a blessing.
...Or maybe I'm just angry because I almost got hit by a car today. Who knows....