Today was long yet productive. I sold 2 Self-Study Courses and got one student to renew her contract, and one of my assistant managers said, "Sara! You are genius!"

But she says that with a smirk when I figure out the stupid Japanese-language copy machine, so it's meaningless to me at this point. :)

My Odyssey class (advanced discussion-y course) was an atrocious amount of ass-kicking tonight. Not because of me, but because of Kumiko, the lone student. The lesson was on was on "Reproaching" and included such useful new phrases as:

"How many times do I have to tell you?!"
"I wish you would/wouldn't have___..."
"I can't believe you ___!!"
"What's wrong with you?!" (my addition)

So I created a talk show with a picture of a host that I drew all by myself. I was aiming for Jenny Jones and ended up with Bruce Vilanch. Kumiko and I were friends on a talk show and the topic of the day was "Oh no you didn't! - CONFESSIONS!" We "confessed" all sorts of atrocities to each other. When I was creating the activity I considered making some lame confessions for her to parrot. But then I remembered how kick-ass my student was and figured it'd be better to leave it to her. I wasn't disappointed. Among the gems tonight...

"Um, Sara... I have something to confess to you. You know how your salary was lowered recently? It was because I told the Japanese staff here that you were a terrible teacher. I just thought you needed to work harder!" (she emphasized the end of the conversation with a, "I'M JUST KIDDING.")

"I have a terrible confession to make. Do you remember when you told me about your boyfriend two weeks ago? Well, I read your diary and found his phone number, and called him. So...We went out on a date last week."

We were giggling like 13-year olds for the better part of 15 minutes, as our "confessions" got more and more ridiculous.

Then Derek and I drank cheap red wine and watched Robot Chicken and The Family Guy.