I worried most of the day on Wednesday about her. I know's it's a dream, but still... why would I dream about something like that?
Tuesday was a random holiday (on a Tuesday of all days, I don't understand...) Japan is so interesting- we get the autumn and spring equinox as public holidays. If it's a Tuesday, then so be it- no school. In the US, I think that holiday would get moved to the nearest Monday and be deemed "the (second) Monday of the month" rather than the number day.
I also apparently made a mistake on the form for the Arashi lotto too. (I followed their damn directions, I don't really know what I messed up and they didn't tell me either!) They sent me a (quite rude) postcard stating so, saying that I have to not only 1) not be entered in the lotto period but 2) I have to pay 840 yen to get my money back and 3) it will take up until November 20th to get the refund. Well, eff you too JE. I was on the fence about renewing my membership with them in the first place but now it's decided: I won't be. I probably won't be supporting them anymore either, in any way out of spite. They (probably) won't get any of my money if I rent the CDs from Tsutaya instead of buying them. And it'll save me money too, because the CDs are so damn expensive anyways. The only reason to be the in the fan club (which is 4000 yen per year too, by the way) is to get tickets.
So sad. I was so willing to give them my money too. Oh well, I guess.
On Monday night, I finally heard from boyfriend again. That boy... he's been sick again. That's what happens when you're far from your girlfriend and she can't take care of you (hah- not really, he works way too much and that's probably much more the reason than anything.) But, I'm happy because I got to talk to him and he said he's going to try and come home next month for a few days to meet with the person in charge of moving people. He wants to come back (to me! Yay!) (Soon!) I don't understand why (or how it's affordable for him) to come all the way to Japan to meet with someone for a day or so, but I asked him if it was better to meet in person and he answered "I think so" so I'm not going to question his choice, especially if it means I can see him.
Tuesday night, we made a chicken dish that Momsey recommended to me. We made some substitutions, but it turned out REALLY good so I am going to file it away (in my brain?!) to use in the future. We also had mashed potatoes with it , but I would love to figure some kind of vegetable dish to go with it instead, that way the starch can be rice or noodles. It was a bit light for a normal dinner, too.
Recipe (taken from this site here.)
12 chicken drumsticks (sub: 10. Because things don't come in 12's here)
Sauce:
-2 tablespoons of
- shoyu
- BBQ sauce (sub we used tonkatsu sauce because BBQ sauce is hard to find. Recipe called for 1 tablespoon, oops)
- Sweet and sour sauce (sub: we had to make this too, because we can't find that either. We used this recipe here.)
-1 tablespoon of
- honey
-1/2 teaspoon of
- sesame oil
-2 tablespoons of sesame seeds*
-1 teaspoon of crushed garlic**
-1/4 cup of green onions**
*sesame seeds and green onions are garnish and go on last.
**one of my roommates is allergic to onions and garlic so we added this after her portion was made
The site says to preheat the oven to 450 degrees F, then turn it down to 400 once you put the chicken in. We kept the oven at 220 degrees C because once it's pre-heated and you open the door, my oven has this habit of turning off. (It's an asshole.) And because under-cooked chicken is the worst, we left it at that 220 degrees for an hour.
While the chicken was baking we made the sauce. Originally I wanted to eliminate the sweet and sour sauce altogether but after mixing the shoyu and the tonkatsu sauce, we realized that it was necessary because the shoyu was way too overpowering.
After the sauce was mixed, and the chicken was finished and cooled, put it all in a bowl and pour the sauce on, mix and then add the sesame seeds and the onions and then it's done!
It was very delicious!
