Last week was a whirlwind!

Things I've learned in the last week:

1. Japanese college is easier than American college, but my Japanese sucks.
2. You can be cold and sweating at the same time.  WTF?
3. Clothes dryers do not work.  Ever. 
4. Shoving on the train is not considered rude, it's expected.
5. Young people stare at foreigners.
6. Old people really stare at foreigners.
7. Everyone assumes that if you're not Japanese, you speak English.
8. People dress way better / more fun / sillier here. 
9. Fried chicken is cheaper than vegitables.
10. If you drop money, people will give it back to you.

College courses here are 1.5 hours long each.  Back to back, that's 6 hours of class on Monday.  Three of them are Japanese language and culture classes, so I'm getting the full immersion.  I can almost form sentences in a reasonable amount of time.  It helps that in Japanese, a conjugated verb is a complete sentence on its own!

I'm starting to get the n00b headache.  These last few days I swear steam has been rising from my head.  And not just because it's ballshrivelling cold in the mornings.  But this is good - it means that the mousewheel is still turning - right?

And off I go to study!  I am so far behind in Japanese...べんきょうしますよ！