Happy Tanabata!
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tabular_rasaHappy Tanabata!
Tanabata is the Romeo and Juliet holiday, of Japan, lol . . . It varies with every telling, but, basically, it's about two lovers-- Orihime, a weaver, and Kengyuu, a cattle rancher, whose devotion leads them to shirk their duties. In punishment, the gods separate them by the river that is the Milky Way. They were so piteous, the two of them, weeping over the loss of one another, that the gods took pity, but they were still fated only to see one another on one tonight: the seventh day of the seventh month. Orihime is represented by Vega and Kengyuu Altair, and I believe the actual stars themselves come together in the sky tonight.
Talk about star-crossed lovers, lol . . . heeheehee . . .
I made this Andromeda Black's birthday in one of my roleplays, too, lol . . . since it was so symbolic . . . stars . . . Romeo and Juliet-like romances . . . lol . . .
Anyway, I also hung wishes on the tree in our yard. That's what they do in Japan; that's what we did over there several times during my month-long stay. We did it at a temple (which is typical temple behavior anyway, lol . . . ), and at the kindergarten, with the cute little kindergartners, lol . . .
Wow, I really miss Japan today. We took a walk, and, sometimes, I can just feel it. I miss it, and then I miss everything associated with it.
Sometimes I wonder if I really loved things, or I just loved them because wonderful things happened there, or wonderful people were there. Then, when I go back, I'm disappointed.
I spent Tanabata on a balcony once, acting out the fight scene in a yukata. I had spent the afternoon singing Evanescence for the first time with Anne. I had spent the evening singing karaoke with people who didn't think my singing was bad, and even let me come up and sing with them, belting it out in what must have sounded horrible. On the balcony, Anne and Matt watched the stars. I called for a nonexistent Romeo down below. Alicia came out and I talked about Romeo and Juliet and she said I was weird. I was proud; I knew Alicia, for once, was the weird one for being the most wary of weird people. Alicia was annoyed when others showed up, people she was annoyed with; at first I thought it was a sensei but then I didn't realize she actually didn't like some of the people on the trip until I was already talking to them, laughing and completely in bliss. I talked about Romeo and Juliet again; I never tired. I got Kaylene and Anne and Michael and I to act out the fight scene. I slipped in my tiny indoor slippers with no traction on the soles, and I slipped and fell backwards into my yukata, and started laughing. I utterly soaked my back, soaked it in the green astro-turf like a fake golf course that carpeted the floor of the otherwise concrete and rather contained balcony. Michael helped me up, and though the sensei thought I might have been hurt, I thought it was the most hilarious thing ever. I went to bed still laughing.
It was a nice night.
Tanabata is the Romeo and Juliet holiday, of Japan, lol . . . It varies with every telling, but, basically, it's about two lovers-- Orihime, a weaver, and Kengyuu, a cattle rancher, whose devotion leads them to shirk their duties. In punishment, the gods separate them by the river that is the Milky Way. They were so piteous, the two of them, weeping over the loss of one another, that the gods took pity, but they were still fated only to see one another on one tonight: the seventh day of the seventh month. Orihime is represented by Vega and Kengyuu Altair, and I believe the actual stars themselves come together in the sky tonight.
Talk about star-crossed lovers, lol . . . heeheehee . . .
I made this Andromeda Black's birthday in one of my roleplays, too, lol . . . since it was so symbolic . . . stars . . . Romeo and Juliet-like romances . . . lol . . .
Anyway, I also hung wishes on the tree in our yard. That's what they do in Japan; that's what we did over there several times during my month-long stay. We did it at a temple (which is typical temple behavior anyway, lol . . . ), and at the kindergarten, with the cute little kindergartners, lol . . .
Wow, I really miss Japan today. We took a walk, and, sometimes, I can just feel it. I miss it, and then I miss everything associated with it.
Sometimes I wonder if I really loved things, or I just loved them because wonderful things happened there, or wonderful people were there. Then, when I go back, I'm disappointed.
I spent Tanabata on a balcony once, acting out the fight scene in a yukata. I had spent the afternoon singing Evanescence for the first time with Anne. I had spent the evening singing karaoke with people who didn't think my singing was bad, and even let me come up and sing with them, belting it out in what must have sounded horrible. On the balcony, Anne and Matt watched the stars. I called for a nonexistent Romeo down below. Alicia came out and I talked about Romeo and Juliet and she said I was weird. I was proud; I knew Alicia, for once, was the weird one for being the most wary of weird people. Alicia was annoyed when others showed up, people she was annoyed with; at first I thought it was a sensei but then I didn't realize she actually didn't like some of the people on the trip until I was already talking to them, laughing and completely in bliss. I talked about Romeo and Juliet again; I never tired. I got Kaylene and Anne and Michael and I to act out the fight scene. I slipped in my tiny indoor slippers with no traction on the soles, and I slipped and fell backwards into my yukata, and started laughing. I utterly soaked my back, soaked it in the green astro-turf like a fake golf course that carpeted the floor of the otherwise concrete and rather contained balcony. Michael helped me up, and though the sensei thought I might have been hurt, I thought it was the most hilarious thing ever. I went to bed still laughing.
It was a nice night.
