6.02.2004
I Heart Mormons
Or Latter Day Saints, or whatever they are. They come up and talk to you on the street then let you practice your Japanese on them for free and use polite (enough) Japanese. They'll even follow you if you keep talking to them so you don't have to stop what you're doing. Way better than a Walkman.
"Hello"
"Hi"
"Going home?"
"Yeah, just finished work. You're Latter Day Saints?"
"Yes" (look of hope--perhaps just glad not to have to explain why they're talking to you, a stranger) "Are you interested in LDS?"
"No, but I saw your nametags. Where are you from?"
"Fukuoka"
"Pretty good deal, traveling with LDS huh?"
"Oh yes."
"And they didn't send you abroad? That's too bad huh?"
"Oh yeah, but we get to go abroad next time. We're in Osaka for a year and a half"
"So where you going next?"
"Just everywhere."
"What do you really do?"
"Physical therapist."
(insert standard foreigner introduction questions i.e. where are you from / how long have you been here / do you teach English / etc)
"So (this is me) do you have any luck with people?"
"Yes, (big smile) some people."
"That's great. Well good luck! Bye!"
exuent
Single serving lesson. Simple stuff, but good enough for me. Everybody's happy. Yeah I'm in that "love the world" mood again for no good reason. And they weren't pushy or anything, so I can't really fault them too much for wanting to spread the word of whatever it is they're into as long as they're polite. And lest you think I was using them too much, I didn't drag them halfway to my house and you know, I meant it when I said good luck. Everybody's got to be on some kind of trip.
That and I'm feeling a little holier than thou on account of taking the political compass quiz and ending up halfway between the Dalai Lama and Gandhi--which is a departure from my performance on the Libertarian quiz but this one's not a marketing tool*. In fact I don't really understand it but I actually think it's worth figuring out. Any advice for the political-wise unastute would be double plus good. I'm afraid in my ownlife I'm becoming an oldthinker and definite-wise getting sucked into doublethink because of my bellyfeel.
Listening to: Johnny Cash, The Mercy Seat (...a crime for which I am Totally Innocent...and all things either Good or Ungood.)
It all makes sense in it's way.
*Okay I just looked back at that post to get the link and I had forgotten it was about polygamy. Coincidence? I'm a little wierded.
"Hello"
"Hi"
"Going home?"
"Yeah, just finished work. You're Latter Day Saints?"
"Yes" (look of hope--perhaps just glad not to have to explain why they're talking to you, a stranger) "Are you interested in LDS?"
"No, but I saw your nametags. Where are you from?"
"Fukuoka"
"Pretty good deal, traveling with LDS huh?"
"Oh yes."
"And they didn't send you abroad? That's too bad huh?"
"Oh yeah, but we get to go abroad next time. We're in Osaka for a year and a half"
"So where you going next?"
"Just everywhere."
"What do you really do?"
"Physical therapist."
(insert standard foreigner introduction questions i.e. where are you from / how long have you been here / do you teach English / etc)
"So (this is me) do you have any luck with people?"
"Yes, (big smile) some people."
"That's great. Well good luck! Bye!"
exuent
Single serving lesson. Simple stuff, but good enough for me. Everybody's happy. Yeah I'm in that "love the world" mood again for no good reason. And they weren't pushy or anything, so I can't really fault them too much for wanting to spread the word of whatever it is they're into as long as they're polite. And lest you think I was using them too much, I didn't drag them halfway to my house and you know, I meant it when I said good luck. Everybody's got to be on some kind of trip.
That and I'm feeling a little holier than thou on account of taking the political compass quiz and ending up halfway between the Dalai Lama and Gandhi--which is a departure from my performance on the Libertarian quiz but this one's not a marketing tool*. In fact I don't really understand it but I actually think it's worth figuring out. Any advice for the political-wise unastute would be double plus good. I'm afraid in my ownlife I'm becoming an oldthinker and definite-wise getting sucked into doublethink because of my bellyfeel.
Listening to: Johnny Cash, The Mercy Seat (...a crime for which I am Totally Innocent...and all things either Good or Ungood.)
It all makes sense in it's way.
*Okay I just looked back at that post to get the link and I had forgotten it was about polygamy. Coincidence? I'm a little wierded.
