Ch Ch Ch Changes

So its pretty late right now but I had the urge to blog. yes, the urge to blog. Currently eating dried banana chips and I find it amusing that the moister chips are in fact more delicious. Wouldn't you think that the drier the dried banana chips the better? Well you are wrong. again. It makes me think that if the moister banana chips are in fact the tastier ones, then why the crap am I not simply eating a extremely moist, not dried banana right this second?!? The answer is I should be. But I'm not. Damn the "I get brown in less than two days time" Japanese bananas.
Well, now that I'm done talking about banana chips, I can move on to more important and mind blowing topics. Just kidding!! we all know my conversations are pretty superficial afterall!!!
The weekend was great. Amazingly fun times occurred (which at some point in the future I might describe, but for now thats going to be a no-go). The most important part about this weekend was gaining a sense of belonging. This weekend was the first time I felt at home completely here. I didn't feel like a foreigner, I didn't feel like a tourist, I didn't feel lost or like there was a language barrier (even though there still was), and I felt at ease completely. Between hanging out with some awesome friends, spending the weekend at an art show (I had my own art in), seeing an Iranian film at a small hole-in-the-wall movie theatre, and experiencing enlightening conversations with native-Japanese speakers in English at coffee hour, I felt extremely alive and for once in a long time, a lot like myself (who I truly am back in the states, not the "will have to settle for the best" Japan Kim). I met some very motivating people this weekend that have changed my whole outlook on perhaps why I am in Japan currently (as I was questioning this a lot this past week). Additionally, I'm slowly starting to get those "oh crap I'm leaving soon" moments during the day. Weird how when everything clicks into place, it is then that I must leave.