Ippai Yo! So. I had an "open class" today with Tamaki sensei. Basically, this means that we taught a more complicated lesson than usual, under the meticulous scritinization of all the "hoity toities" in Fukushima prefecture. Then we had a meeting about it afterwards (in Japanese of course). Unfortunately, instead of concentrating on what was being said and even attempting to understand it, all I could think about was how badly I wanted to eat Velveeta Shells n' Cheese. Woops. After the forever-long meeting, though, I am happy to say we DID get a hot lunch. Compliments of our "congratulations, you did a good job" money collection (that's how Tamaki sensei explained it to me anyway). Unfortunately, there was no Velveeta. I did, however, get to enjoy dandelion broccoli, squid-accented soup, and runny-egged spinach. I think I've been in Japan too long, though. Except for the squid soup, I actually liked it all. And, to my delight, the last peculiar piece of food I tried, a hush-puppy looking thing, turned out to be a sort of "fried macaroni and cheese pancake." I think it's about on the same level as fried ho ho's. Insanely unhealthy. Extremely yummy. Long live open classes! Man, I'm full.