Starting now, I'm going to have text updates on Fridays and image/inspiration/video updates periodically throughout the week.

Wednesday I had to teach my Japanese class how to cook something. I was nervous, because I thought we'd be standing there with everyone watching. Not so much. Turns out, it was just sensei flitting around and watching, while the rest of us did our own preparations and watched if we wanted. I was still nervous though, because I cannot make chocolate chip cookies to save my life. D.J. found this extra chewy recipe on FoodNetwork.com, I believe. The dough ended up runny and the cookies were super dark. I guess some kids liked them. According the Brandon, they were delicious and he proceeded to take two handfuls. But I thought they tasted like ass. Overall, the project went well, except for a few stumbles here and there. Nick and Ryan made Kool-aid and mud pie (oreos, chocolate pudding, and gummy worms). When Nick tried opening the gummy worms, the package flew open and the worms flew everywhere. Ryan picked them up and dropped them in the pie. Then, Ryan couldn't figure out how to open the Kool-aid, so he ripped the side and continuously whipped it against the pitcher side until all the powder was out. It was hilarious. Then, when a group was going, I reached out to put something away and knocked everything off the counter. I tried to grab for it, but I failed hard core. Carly laughed and said she was glad my group was so graceful (D.J. tripped over the mixer cord earlier).

The rest of the week was fine, more work on our papers. And then I heard about Japan. Honestly, I didn't think the earthquake was that bad, not that earthquakes aren't bad, but fuck. I didn't want to see the images at school, because I knew I couldn't handle it. To make matter worse, we found out Shiho, the exchange student from last year, lives in the prefecture that was hit with both the earthquake and tsunami. No one's heard from her yet. At the moment, I've calmed down from earlier (running to the bathroom to stop from crying), but I'm still a bit emotionally unhinged until I hear from Shiho.

And that's how my week went.

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