Halloween Year 3

Hey blog world! Long time no see! Do you remember me?

It’s finally that time of year again where things get busy and there are many events, so stay tuned! I will be trying to update frequently from now through January. In case you were curious, the past few months have been quiet and consisted of me spending time with my boyfriend and settling into my new school…ok, so there were a few crazy party nights tossed in there as well. ;) Gotta keep my Osaka AJET “Biggest Party Animal” award intact!

Rocking our awards from best dressed and
biggest party animal.

This post’s topic is Halloween. Like last year, this year Halloween consisted of two all night parties on consecutive weekends. Let me tell you about them!

The first weekend before Halloween, my friends and I started off by gathering at our izakaya that we always go to in full on costumes. This weekend, I literally threw together a sexy party devil costume consisting of stuff I bought at the dollar store haha! Shinya even came for that part of the night (he’s not one for big crowded events, so he caught the last train home). Little did our friend Yuki know, we were also celebrating his birthday along with Halloween. We surprised him with cake and presents. In two hours, we downed as much beer, hot sake, and plum wine as we could to prepare ourselves for the night.

You sexy devil, you!

Hey, it's all-you-can-drink!

Yay!! Shinya came too!

Happy Birthday Yuki!

Happy Halloween!

A few people went their separate ways after the izakaya. Joe and I actually left the izakaya before everyone else to meet my coworkers who I invited and bring them to the bar we were going to next, Balabushka. Somehow we arrived at Balabushka before everyone else though. It turned out that they went to check out the scene at Triangle Park before heading to the bar. For those who don’t know, Triangle Park is the place to be on Halloween. Hundreds of people in costumes gather and party right on the street! It a good chance to take pictures.

Balabushka was packed when we arrived as it always is on Halloween. The drinks were cheap and there was a DJ. Mostly I chilled with my coworkers while also chatting with various acquaintances I ran into. My friends from the izakaya didn’t actually show up at Balabushka until my coworkers and I were ready to head out to a club.

I found a pikachu!

...and a Mario!

We decided to go to Wax. We danced so hard until morning! I really do enjoy the rush of hopping on stage when you favorite song comes on and giving it your all! It was a good Halloween round 1.

Halloween round 2 was the JET Halloween event and another one of my friend’s birthday. This birthday gathering was smaller. Four of us gathered and went to an upscale izakaya. The white wine on the all-you-can-drink menu was actually delicious! …not like the cheap crap they give you at regular izakaya. I was the only one in costume at this time. This costume, in fact, was my main costume that I put thought in to. I was Jessica from the American drama, “True Blood.” I actually made a lot of the costume myself.

Jessica from True Blood

This is the only picture my True Blood bottle
made it in to.

After the izakaya, we stopped at Don Quixote so the guys could randomly buy some costumes. Before heading to the JET party where I was supposed to meet more of my friends (the ones from the previous weekend), we stopped at Balabushaka for birthday cake time and tequila. It was pretty chill. Once we were nice and saucy, we headed to the JET party. This year it was on the top floor of Big Step. They had it done up nicely. The line to get in was so long! It took at least a half hour to get in. While waiting in line, my friends who I was supposed to meet were heading out to go somewhere else…oops! I at least got a quick picture in with Lisa! There were plenty of fellow JETs inside who I wanted to see though as well.

Birthday cake time!

...and tequila time!

Sacred Lisa picture. Haha!

Once we got in, we all kind of did our own thing. I chatted with JET friends, danced with Ken, and admired everyone’s costumes. The party had more of a relaxed feeling than I expected. It probably had to do with the fact that the DJ’s weren’t playing hits but house music no one knew instead. I didn’t mind that much though. After a while, Ken (as usual haha), got blackout drunk. I dragged him out and took him to the one place I knew would cure him, a ramen shop. I wasn’t really hungry, so kept him company while he ate his ramen and fell asleep on the counter. The two other guys who I started off the night with ended up joining us.

It's a JET party up in here!

Dancing~

Ramen: the magic cure. *Note-check out
Haru's airbrush tattoo that he got at the
party haha random?

When it came time for first train, I tried to lift Ken’s dead body out of the chair like I always have to, but this kid is like a foot and a half taller than me and is freaking heavy despite how thin he is lol. I usually somehow get him on his feet, but this time he refused to move because he just wanted to keep sleeping at the counter. :P I made sure he was ok (he always ends up getting home fine one way or another) and left his ass!! I’ll be damned if I ever have to ride a train home past 6 am. I’ve done it before, and it’s not fun. First because you are tired as *explicit*, and second because once it’s past 6am, people who are actually up and going to work and whatnot are on the train and look at you covered in sweat, cigarette ash, booze, and god knows what else and judgeeeeeeee youuuuuu…also, I once ran into my own students going to club practice that early… definitely don’t want to repeat that experience.

So, in conclusion, Halloween turned out to be just as fun as it is every year. Now please enjoy some of the adorable pumpkins I had my students make:

First place.

Second place.

Third Place.

There's some really awesome ones!

Top third from the right is Luigi's Manson themed!