AHHHHHHHHHHHH!
Tomorrow will make my 3rd B-shift in a row, and that's followed by a full 5 shows on Monday, with at least 2, if not 3 "All of Me"s. Which means that I'm not even getting a break at work to compensate for all my partying!
Quickly, because it's 2 AM and I need sleep, I shall attempt to chronicle the insanity.
Friday was a relatively normal day at work, which was merely the placeholder before our complimentary tickets to the main event: the "Mega Thanks" party for all the TDR entertainers (foreign and Japanese) at Club Ikspiari. Free food, free beer and soft drinks, 100 yen alcoholic drinks (that's insane!) and lots of entertainment and giveaways.
I mean, we are talking sushi, curry, beer, a wall of desserts, western and Japanese style buffet, and $1 anything you wanted to drink? That's CRAZY!
It turned out to be a lot of fun and it was especially exceptional because I got to see so many of my Summer Party friends both on the bus on the way to work (since Halloween special events have started -- yes, we really had a Halloween party on September 18th -- welcome to Tokyo Disney) and at the party! And since nearly every cast was represented I got to mingle with my amazing Horseshoe friends and a lot of the new and different casts as well as some new Japanese friends! I mean, I worked that circuit like the WRF opening night party with the producers in Tulsa, OK!
There was an AWESOME dance battle, a bunch of skits and transformations I didn't fully understand, raffles for a bike, a Wii, Ikspiari gift certificates, and everyone else received a lottery ticket with a chance at 1,000,000 yen! Now that's what I call a free party!
We naturally took the party back to the Hub and I spent a bunch more of the night mingling and socializing, and I may have ridden home slightly intoxicated. Which is a crime in Japan, but unlike driving, the only person you are endangering is yourself. Not that I'm proud of my actions, but I made it home safely.
Which meant that today was slightly less fun than usual to get up, though I was more dehydrated than hungover. And a little sausage kolache pastry similar to the delicious ones in Houston, a hashbrown from MickeyD's, and some coffee set me straight! And then I had a few hours at work to nap and do yoga before I actually had to work! Woo hoo! And I was by far one of the better ones...
And I really had to snap it together since it was my first time having a friend coming to see the show when I was doing All of Me, which is pretty killer, especially after a night drinking and in a smoky bar (BOO JAPAN). But I thought I did a rather swell job for Loz, and seeing her in the audience really cheered me up.
Which is my subtle way of hinting that you should come visit me!
After work, I ate at the SOGOII OISHII Freshness Burger, which I am so shocked I haven't discovered yet, and rushed on down to the onsen to meet up for Patrick's day-of bday celebration. It ended up being a Guys' Night Out which was really fun because then we didn't have to split up to enjoy the Men's Only Naked Section.
Although apparently 12 year-old girls are fine with their dads in the men's section.
I'm not so sure Japan...
But Tom, Evan, Patrick and I had a LOT of fun and a great time relaxing...
We also tried a CRAZY new experience, but I'm going to wait to blog about it until I get the pics from tonight, because, well, it just wouldn't be the same without the evidence.
And then Loz had us all over for a delicious cake, presents, ice cream, and curry popcorn to keep ringing out Patrick's bday. And I'm just having so much fun that it kills me to come home at 1 AM and see that...
I haven't done the dishes. Or cleaned up my room. Or finished putting up pictures. Or written my blog for the day. Or written an email. Because I've been in my room for less than 8 hours a day and that includes sleeping, showering, getting ready for work, etc.
So seriously, if you are feeling unloved. Don't. It's just that I finally have a social life in Japan that happens to have 4 nights of partying in a row.
That force my normal 8:30 PM dinner/home time to check my email to be postponed until I'm a little tipsy at 2 AM. And well... there's only so much a guy can do before he passes out!
I need a day off stat! And I still am going clubbing tomorrow night in Shin-Kiba with the whole of E-Village and then karaoke-ing on Monday night after 5 shows for Joe's bday which basically means my day off will consist of rehydrating and sleeping.
And maybe finally buying my high tops!
Oh! And great news! My camera is ready to be picked up tomorrow so I can start photoblogging again, AND I got my new shoes today.
Insert sigh of happiness and exhaustion here and that's my life. Whoa.
