Off and On and Randomality.

So, for the past two weeks or something, I've been busy doing a lot of random things. Some days I went with Marco and Keleih to Toys R Us,



another day I went with them to go play board and card games at Yoyogi-Uehara after stopping in Akibahara first


, I saw a taiko concert live on Wednesday

, and I worked some days. Too many things that I have done that I don't think should require a separate entry, but should just be lumped together.

Still haven't seen Brian much or any of the Taiwanese this week. Didn't even get invited to some of the going away parties for people because of a Japanese custom that guests are NOT allowed to bring guests because it would be rude, despite the fact I KNOW whom the party is for and know of most of the guests. It's the only thing (culture wise) that I am at odds with most of the time because that has kicked me out of doing things several times here. But, I am planing a bowling party thing that will take place tomorrow, and of course I going to let the Taiwanese and some of my other friends join in because this is a rare time where I think the American custom, no matter how it might bring obnoxious guests to an event/party, is way better than the Japanese custom that tries to keep group harmony, because the Japanese one seems to be pompous and elitist to me (and excludes people that actually know MOST of the people at a said event). I may look at this entry down the road and realize how stupid of me was to make a comment about this, but it is something I realized before a lot here, but only recently has been confirmed. I am not really upset, I understand the custom, but it is just strange to me. I think there's times in America which would be like the Japanese custom, but it's still more acceptable for inviting guests I guess. But, then again, I haven't seen the Taiwanese or Brian much for the last two weeks. That could explain a lot more than a custom would.