Let's party like it's 1999.....
And we really did. I can't remember the last time I was out that late! :)
After a long couple of days at a conference, we decided to whoop it up at one of the local "gaijin bars".
It was the longest period of time I've spent in a bar in years--the highlight of the evening was Ryan and I winning a POCKY eating contest, and getting special access to the VIP (and in Japan you say it as a word, not as individual letters!) room. It was the "valentine" night at the bar, so they gave us a big bottle of MOET and a couple of bouquets of flowers.
I gave one of the bouquets to Alisha who put it down on a table when she went to dance. Unbeknownst to her, some crazy Russian guy had picked them up and told his equally crazy Japanese girlfriend that he had bought them for her. They then put them on the table, and when Alisha came back from the dancefloor she picked them up and took them with her into the VIP room.
Suddenly the room was full of a lot of Japanese and Russian swearing, and Alisha and the girl were getting into a tug of war over the bloody flowers. I, of course, thought it was the funniest thing I had ever seen (I think the 1/2 bottle of MOET helped me along there).
With a little help from our new best friend the bartender we sent the coo-coo couple on their way, and finally dragged oursevles out at 4am.
We then hit up a Yoshinoya (cheap, mystery style meat dishes) and tried to get into a cab home, although the Australian we were with (he had been one of the speakers at the confrence) tried to convince us he needed to hit a Karaoke bar before his flight at 8:30 AM.
It was quite the night. I think I'm set for a while now!
After a long couple of days at a conference, we decided to whoop it up at one of the local "gaijin bars".
It was the longest period of time I've spent in a bar in years--the highlight of the evening was Ryan and I winning a POCKY eating contest, and getting special access to the VIP (and in Japan you say it as a word, not as individual letters!) room. It was the "valentine" night at the bar, so they gave us a big bottle of MOET and a couple of bouquets of flowers.
I gave one of the bouquets to Alisha who put it down on a table when she went to dance. Unbeknownst to her, some crazy Russian guy had picked them up and told his equally crazy Japanese girlfriend that he had bought them for her. They then put them on the table, and when Alisha came back from the dancefloor she picked them up and took them with her into the VIP room.
Suddenly the room was full of a lot of Japanese and Russian swearing, and Alisha and the girl were getting into a tug of war over the bloody flowers. I, of course, thought it was the funniest thing I had ever seen (I think the 1/2 bottle of MOET helped me along there).
With a little help from our new best friend the bartender we sent the coo-coo couple on their way, and finally dragged oursevles out at 4am.
We then hit up a Yoshinoya (cheap, mystery style meat dishes) and tried to get into a cab home, although the Australian we were with (he had been one of the speakers at the confrence) tried to convince us he needed to hit a Karaoke bar before his flight at 8:30 AM.
It was quite the night. I think I'm set for a while now!
posted by Danerator at 7:07 p.m.
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