A full week of sightseeing had gone by rather quickly, and it was time for Joe and Anju to fly back home to the States. What about me? I’m crazy awesome, so I got to stay longer.
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For my Japanese lit class, we wrote 5 tanka poems for an assignment. Tanka poems have five lines, following a 5-7-5-7-7 syllable count.

There were five catagories we had to write our poems on: The harvest, Love, Return to school, Equinox, and Falling leaves. Guess which ones of mine belong in which catagory.

Summer warmth has left
blown away by cold Fall winds
The ever present
homework returns to torment
those who wish the Sun return

Your sweet golden skin,
Too hot for mere hands to touch
Glistening red flesh,
My eager blade reveals you
Sensual taste, cherry pie

I know you like that innuendo.

Firm and delightful
My hands extend to receive
Graced with your presence,
Your sweet scent fills me with warmth
A taste beyond expression

Laying hand in hand
warm colors rain from above
An autumn carpet
softly supports our embrace
Is this truly not a dream?

The days grow shorter
Sharp winds blow relentlessly
to bring forth the moon
Under it’s cold silent gaze
I long for your sunny warmth

I am the poet, but what is a poet without his muse?

Spent the morning lazing around a bit, and then met with Kevu and Mr. Olsen, Daphu’s old high school teacher once classes were over at Daphu’s old school. We went on another biowalk, in a different area of Yangmingshan.

Say hello to Audrey!
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Watched Satoshi Kon’s 2006 movie Paprika at a local art theatre. It was about an hour and a half long, with subtitles running along the bottom. The story flows well, and the animation is happy.

I like the art style of his movies, and they appeal to me more so than Miyazaki’s work. (Not that I don’t like Hayao Miyazaki movies) This movie did give me some Miyazaki vibes during the parade sequences with all the characters involved. Satoshi Kon has also directed: Perfect Blue D:, Millenium Actress, and Tokyo Godfathers.

Anyway, I watched it, enjoyed it, and thought enough to write about it. So go watch it.

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Another long post!

After a lazy morning, ate some 水餃 “water dumplings,” for lunch. Some had corn on the inside, which was interesting.

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