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Our last dialogue in Japanese was today. My partner Ben and I had planned on using puppets, just for fun; I'd suggested them because I thought it would be cool to do something silly and cute for the last presentation. I had Dad bring over my sea serpent puppet, and he even borrowed a puppet that his girlfriend uses when she does storytime in the library. Ben had promised to bring a monkey puppet (it was Monchichi or something like that). I was psyched about this; puppets are cool, and I figured Azetsu-sensei would think it was funny.
So I got to class early, with the sea serpent folded into thirds and stuffed into my backpack, carrying the dragon in my arms, and sit down in my little corner and start memorizing my part of the dialogue. Liz and Alyssa come in, and we're just sitting around waiting for people to get there.
Cue Ben coming in and stopping dead in his tracks when he sees me holding the puppets, going over my Japanese book. I raised an eyebrow and asked, "Did you bring your puppet?"
"I didn't think you were serious!"
I threw the dragon at him, and he just started laughing. I got pissed and told him to pick up the puppet, and after snarking at me he did. Then I said, "So are we going to do this or not?" and he just shook his head and sat down to memorize his part.
He then spent the rest of the time before class butting into Liz's conversation with someone else about KH2 ("Oh, that's such a button-masher game! You guys are suckers!") and being an all-around jerk. I didn't say much all class period; I glowered throughout the dialogue and only spoke when Azetsu-sensei asked me to translate a sentence. I managed to stay calm until after class, but once I got out into the hall I couldn't help but cry. I know I was overreacting, but it was so damn frustrating.
A week! A week of me saying "Oh, let's use puppets! Let's do this and this and we should use this for Mary's part!" And he didn't think I was serious? Does anyone in that class take me seriously? For fuck's sake, I know I'm not the most likeable person, but I don't joke around nearly as much as some people do. Forgive me for assuming that you'd actually do as you said you would, and that you actually believed me when I said I wanted to do something. Fuck you, Ben. Fuck you right in the nose. If you didn't want to use puppets, you could have actually said something instead of laughing in my face when I dragged all that stuff to class.
My awesome sea serpent:
Darryl, the library dragon:
And the two of them together, cute and toothy as can be:
So I got to class early, with the sea serpent folded into thirds and stuffed into my backpack, carrying the dragon in my arms, and sit down in my little corner and start memorizing my part of the dialogue. Liz and Alyssa come in, and we're just sitting around waiting for people to get there.
Cue Ben coming in and stopping dead in his tracks when he sees me holding the puppets, going over my Japanese book. I raised an eyebrow and asked, "Did you bring your puppet?"
"I didn't think you were serious!"
I threw the dragon at him, and he just started laughing. I got pissed and told him to pick up the puppet, and after snarking at me he did. Then I said, "So are we going to do this or not?" and he just shook his head and sat down to memorize his part.
He then spent the rest of the time before class butting into Liz's conversation with someone else about KH2 ("Oh, that's such a button-masher game! You guys are suckers!") and being an all-around jerk. I didn't say much all class period; I glowered throughout the dialogue and only spoke when Azetsu-sensei asked me to translate a sentence. I managed to stay calm until after class, but once I got out into the hall I couldn't help but cry. I know I was overreacting, but it was so damn frustrating.
A week! A week of me saying "Oh, let's use puppets! Let's do this and this and we should use this for Mary's part!" And he didn't think I was serious? Does anyone in that class take me seriously? For fuck's sake, I know I'm not the most likeable person, but I don't joke around nearly as much as some people do. Forgive me for assuming that you'd actually do as you said you would, and that you actually believed me when I said I wanted to do something. Fuck you, Ben. Fuck you right in the nose. If you didn't want to use puppets, you could have actually said something instead of laughing in my face when I dragged all that stuff to class.
My awesome sea serpent:
Darryl, the library dragon:
And the two of them together, cute and toothy as can be:
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<b>YAROUUU.</b>
Here's a piece of advice, babe. Don't ever rely on anyone. You've got to worry about yourself, and your own grades. Stuff like this just complicates matters.
Oh, and I think that it was a great idea, for the record. The puppets are great, too.
But, wow. That sure is a weird lifestyle... Japanese class sounds fun.
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I wouldn't be so pissed if he hadn't played along and promised to bring the damn monkey puppet; if he hadn't thought I was serious, why did he decide to humor me? Why did he not ASK if I was serious in the first place? Next time I'll just pair up with Liz and Lauren, and he can do the whole damn thing himself. Bastard.
Oh, and the Japanese class IS fun, even if Azetsu-sensei is a little odd. Take more than a couple seconds to translate something, and he'll move on to the next person.