hitting new lows....

i hate to admit it but it has finally happened...I actually got so bored in school I fell asleep standing up during one of my lessons....and even worse, i figured out how to sleep in the bathroom over the squatter....yeah, i know, its gross and wierd, and while i was doing it, I kept thinking that if i were doing heroin this would be the moment that I would realize i had hit rock bottom....but in this case, it was simply a matter of sheer exhaustion, and nowhere else to sleep...believe me, i scoped the entire school. And somehow, i managed to convince myself that it was okay, because at least an hour before the entire bathroom had been thoroughly cleaned by the school kids (they have a daily cleaning job, in lieu of hiring a janitorial staff)....you know what, now that i actually think about it...there are no excuses...it pretty pathetic no matter how you look at it.


New forms of torture by the Japanese school system. So i show up at the elementary school on friday, and the teachers are all like..."go outside now, its time to run!!" And i'm flashing back to the time there was an earthquake drill and i had no idea as to why the teachers were dragging me outside....so i figure, it must be something similar....well, turns out that EVERYONE had to run around the track....and all I had to wear were Doc Marten Mary Janes...so not appropriate for this moment. Anyhow, this is how it all played out...While the 80s muzak blared on the speakers, the students and teachers had to run until the muzak stopped. I kept saying silent prayers that it would all be over soon...meanwhile the 1st graders lapped me, like 3 times. Thankfully, after 4 laps the muzak stopped and I could go back to my inactive self.