From the moon

Oh hey! I have some pictures! Sorry, been busy fighting demons with swords, fending off a harem of double-D schoolgirls with multicolored hair, beating gyms with my pokeymans, and getting killed without dying, like any other Ordinary High School Student.

So, pictures. They're high quality, and they're BIG, so bring lube, it's like downloading digital watermelons.

...Okay, it just took about 6 minutes to upload this one picture. I'm going to have to find another way.

Anyway, this is my class, it's a picture of a copied picture, so bear with the quality.
Targets:
Top row, right of middle.
Second top row, 2nd from left.
Upper right corner.

Be back later! Oh, and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVMDpw4QYkk&fmt=18

EDIT: 9th of May

Yo, resized some pictures, but they still take a while to upload.
This is my father and mother... Whose actual names escape me at the moment, as I refer to them as otou-san, okaa-san, or Sonoyama-san.

The two people from the AFS camp I miss the most, Tryggvi from Finland and Anna from DK(!).
GET IN CONTACT WITH ME YOU BISHES
Also woah, my hair is short

Sakura! Yeah, this is from back in March. Sakura, cherryblossoms, only blossom for a week, but they did a damn good job showing off for me.

This is a road I bike down every day on my way to school. It takes 40 minutes (35 if the wind is favorable, 1 hour if not), and I -could- go by the train, I just .. cba, I guess, heh. Though there are a LOT more girls on the train. Hm.
To be considered.

Uniform! I'm sexy as hell, yeah. no










An example of what goes on on the blackboard in math lessons.
THIS IS LITERALLY ROCKET SCIENCE

So I spend my math lessons drawing on my hand or thinking about the origin of the universe.

This is the dog of the house, Tsukasa. He's an 8-year old Shiba-ken, a Japanese so-called "samurai dog". These cute-looking devils were bred from wolves and foxes, and samurai would train them to kill. They still do. This guy, too, I have proof on my hand that those teeth he has aren't just for show.
Relax, mom, Huan actually did more damage than Tsukasa when he was 3-months old, haha.

Anyway, I've taken a liking to him, and have walked him when he'd cry and scratch at the door, everyone ignoring him, so he's become quite fond of me. Gotta watch that tail, though, if it's not waggling, step away. lal. There's excitement everywhere here, even in the house!




Now for a video. This was taken right after the final lesson, last Friday. After the last lesson is over, everyone pulls their chair and desk to the end of the class, and proceeds to designated locations around the school they have to clean up. Good chance to meet new gir-, uh, people, who don't come around my classroom often.

((PICTURES ON THE RIGHT HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THE FOLLOWING TEXT. READ ABOUT THEM AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS POST.))

As for dialogue, who is who:
First up, the girl turning her head, Sakura, head of the chorus club. I often go and participate in their club, just because they're so friendly. The songs they sing are boring as hell. I affectionately call her "buchou", meaning "club head." She's occupied, btw

Yeah, Japanese people ALL initially turn away from cameras when they see them pointed at them at first, but afterwards, almost by reflex, flick out a "peace" sign. Well, I didn't give them enough time here.

Yeah, you can understand "video". The boy with the hands in his pockets, walking away like I was going to scold him, is Kento. He's an avid basketball player, and has the personality for it, too. Pretty hostile towards me the first week, going as far as throwing volleyballs after me in the gym lessons (Which I reciprocated by hitting his ball out of his hands continously).

One day, his mobile got taken away (Against the rules to use them in class), and he was in complete despair. I asked him what's wrong, and he told me he wouldn't be able to contact his girlfriend over the weekend now (I've seen her before, cute girl, but damn, Japanese girls put up with a LOT, it looks like.. oh wait). After that, he's been acting really friendly, and likes to talk to me about his girlfriend for some reason, haha - It's like the time with Omy and the LoZ music.

Eeh, moving on. "Maruta" is the guy I.. was talking to. "Not now, not now, man. I'm really sleepy." The students very often sleep in class, btw.
Next guy, at the table. "Yuusuke.. Working with all he got at- *bites tongue*"
Next guy, Agou. He's really shy, always avoids my camera, lol. I always have it in my shirt pocket you see, ready to flip out and shoot someone. SHANK

Stuff on the blackboard is Japanese History.
Around 55 sec, pause! Girls. Yeah, 28 of the 40 students in my class are girls. I'm on very good terms with ALL of the guys (I notice some of them seem rather dismissive in the video), make no mistake. I've yet to have a proper conversation with .. around 14 girls in the class. I have this little book with pictures, name, info and various data on every person in my class, so I don't forget who they are.

There're 1000 students in this school, it's hard work remembering! Back to the 55 sec-ish. The girl going "Uwah" because she almost bumped into another girl; Yuka, she's in the chorus club too, nice girl.

Camera turns to the right... STOP, 56 secs, short hair, dark skin. Manami-chan. Dreamy eyes, lovely smile. Damn hard to approach though, but I'm working on it.

People walking out of the class.. "Who is it?" "Hm?" "Who are you taking pictures of?" "Who? Oh, nonono, video. I want to show the school.. to.. my.. home.. *Crushed by oncoming students*"
Hum hum, walking outside.. Yeah, the school is made up of several buildings, one for classrooms, one for teachers/misc, a gym hall, sports class building, and friggin' HUGE outside 'sport areas' for football, tennis, running and baseball.

Up the stairs.. Yeah, girls here have really damn long skirts, AND they wear shorts underneath. Pf.
I greet EVERYONE I make eyecontact with with a smile, bow, and "Hello". My image at school is simply superb. Bwahahaha.

Err, okay, lessee. After I turn right at the red box-thing, 3 guys. Leftmost, senpai (Upperclassman, even though I'm the same age of my upperclassmen, but I'm in the second year, but is technically a first-year at the school) who is also in the chorus club. Really really nice guy. He's the one hiding his face like some criminal caught on camera in the next few seconds.

In the middle, Yoshida. Bigass guy, but very shy and quiet. He can answer anything with a nod, and you'll still get his point.

Guy entering the room, Kawauchi. He was the one asking who I were taking pictures of before. In the back, a teacher, not sure who though.
Oh yeah, in my class, there're 3 groups of boys. The "cool" boys, the "nerd" boys, and the "sport" boys. I'm part of all of them, but they generally don't talk to each other. Kawauchi is in the "nerd" group.

Oh, and the next bit.. Yeah, I think you get the idea of what's going on. They've taken to call me "tosatsu-yatsu" (Literally "illegal photography guy") because I always snap pictures of people in school, haha.



Yeah, I put up some pictures to counter the wall of text. Lemme round them up from top-to-bottom:

Some girls I hardly knew at the time I took the picture, me, smug look, maccha, a kind of green tea, acquired taste though, and candy on the side, a crane, some boys from my class, the "cool" group who I always eat lunch with.
Upper left, Kento (Part of the "sport" group though, he was the guy with the hands in his pockets in the video), right of him, Shiragami (Also sport group), lower left, Yuusuke, he sits next to me in class, right of him, Hata, friendly guy, apparently has 5 girlfriends. Right of him, Maruta, guy you saw in video, next to him, Yuuji, who is the biggest pervert I have ever met. Also, he fell asleep in the last lesson today, and was snoring loudly. Was very amusing, the teacher was there too, even.

Next picture, Izumo Taisha. The prefecture I live in is called Shimane, major city is Matsue, my city is called Izumo, which is home to many legends and famous shrines and places, popular in Japanese history and mythology. Big rope, huh? If you throw a coin into it and it sticks, it's good luck.

And last, but not least, some of our friends. When I say "our", I'm referring to me and the girl next to me, Vannarin, AKA Nyuu. She's the other exchange student here in Izumo, and is from Thailand (Woo!). Her English is -great- for a Thai, and we often go out somewhere just so we can have a proper English conversation with someone.
We look too much like a couple when shopping together though, makes it hard to pick up girls, bleh. Ah well, she's a good girl.
The three others in the picture are, from left, Kaori, Kentarou and Sugar, AKA Satou. We met them at a welcome party for us back in March.

FUN FACT!: EVERYONE was scared of the me in the "AFS exchange students coming to Japan" papers. It had a picture from my graduation day thang back in school, last year, where I had my brother Alexander shave my head, so I looked like some delinquent. I also gave the camera a pretty nasty look, to add on top.
But hey ho! The dreaded yankee from Denmark was actually an extremely handsome, tall, friendly, and well-spoken young man! Plus, his Japanese is epic. And he can literally -trip- bypassing girls on the corridor with a tactical stare and some pulling of the cheek-muscles.

Next Tuesday I'm going to meet the mayor of the city, so I'll be in the newspapers, or maybe even TV, don't know for sure yet. I was actually interviewed by a newschannel in the dune place picture on the right, they wanted to know where I was from. I missed the actual report though, tch.

Final note, I'm taking requests of what I should take more pictures of. PLEASE LEAVE A COMMENT, and I'm already working on the panties thing, taisa. j/k

Trivia
-I'm the oldest in my class.
-I am not the tallest guy around, but still quite above average. (175cm)
-All boys are closed otakus, i.e. watch anime and read manga.
-The exchange student before me, a guy named Miles from Germany, didn't manage to get a girlfriend during his year. I feel sorry for him. ;-;
-You can tell what year a student is in by their slippers, which we must wear while inside school grounds at all times. Boys: 1st year; lightblue. 2nd year; dark blue. 3rd year; brown. Girls: 1st year; purple. 2nd year; red. 3rd year; pink. I got my shoes that a graduated student left behind - the color is turqoise-y, and looks very much like the 1st years'. That was, until I wanted to be special, and got my hands on a black marker.
-I don't have any siblings at my homestay family.
-There are raccoons, wild cats, giant centipedes, cockroaches and many, many other nasty things living here. The house is right at the foot of the mountains.
-The wind here in Izumo is legendary.
-My nicknames include Malfoy, Harry Potter, tosatsu yatsu (Illegal photography guy), Kushami (Sneeze), Fuusuke, Fuutarou, Fuumaru, Mike (Previous exchange student was named Miles, think someone got something messed up here), and hagane no egao (Fullmetal/Steel smile).

P.S.: I picked up a recorder flute today at the local instrument shop, because the piano in this house is half-dead. It's pretty fun, and fairly simple to play, but it's a bother to hold. Expect videos in the future!