Catching up Quick

So on Monday night I met some people in the common room of the hostel and we wound up talking about music, etc, and playing cards until around 5am. Alex got up around then and we decided to make another attempt at seeing the fish market. Pictures were taken this time. I think that this extra-early hour was what lead to it being very calm and reasonable.
So I saw more fish and had a tuna set for breakfast. The fatty tuna is really good. Afterwards I went back to the hostel, didn't sleep, and then went out to the Tokyo National Museum slightly later in the afternoon. It was so hot and humid outside that I thought I would faint before I made it across Ueno Park to the Museum. There were good scenes to photograph, like Japanese Christians leading a prayer thing in front of a bunch of homeless people. They even mimed Jesus getting his feet washed by Mary Magdalene and then him carrying his cross up the hill and getting nailed to it. It was very odd, especially since these were young Japanese people and old homeless people in a tableau of music and dancing. I didn't even manage to take pictures of the architecture of the museum's various buildings- and they were very decorative also.
I really enjoyed the museum but it would have been much better if I hadn't been so tired and ill-feeling. There were many lovely pieces of ceramics and calligraphy works that were entirely lost on me. They did have a game section that was very interesting and included segmented metal dragons, a snake, and a hawk and a shell matching game. There were also what I suppose were like role-paying games for the career of an official or a samurai. After seeing the archeology exhibit that started in the earliest Jomon period, I decided I would be better off going home to sleep, so I missed the trip to Roppongi Hills.
On Wednesday we all slept in late and then did a split load of laundry. I was really surprised how quickly the laundry dried in this really humid weather. In the afternoon we went to Shibuyu, which was the epitome of quirky Japanese shopping district. We went into a thrift store called Chicago which wasn't very thrifty, but was very interesting. I found most of their fashions horrifying but I suppose the were OK looking on Japanese people. At the insistence and with the help of Alex and Katrina I tried on a fabulous kimono for young women. I will add the picture later. They helped me put on the whole outfit from inner shirt to obi, but no one could manage to tie my obi properly so I just held t while the picture was taken.
Then we went to Kiddyland which was hilarious. I got some good souvenirs for people so I feel like I have accomplished some of my mission for Tokyo. They had fan items for everything from Carebears to Naruto- it was highly amusing and also very overpriced.
On Wednesday night we engaged in a mission to go karaoke and we did. Until around 2:30 when Dylan got us kicked out of the place because he was wandering around bothering other people. After I spent at least five minutes making sure that I understood that we were being kicked out, we sang 3 more songs before we left. However on the way out we lost Dylan and while Katrina was settling the bill I went to try and find him. This resulted in me getting separated from the rest of the group and spending the next 2 and a half hours on the roof of a 9 story building. After dawn, which wasn't picturesque at all, Dylan and I caught the first train back to the hostel at 5am-ish. I never thought I would be so high up in Japan, or on a Japanese building. It was a very interesting experience, especially since it was practically next to the Ueno Station so it was very industrial seeming. Today I slept until 1ish and then we fiddled around until we went out to the hostel we will be staying in Friday Saturday and Sunday. Nico is staying there tonight and he was the one who recommended it, since Alex and I had only reserved rooms in this hostel until friday and we couldn't get rooms for the rest of the weekend. It is in a much more central location for seeing the sights of Tokyo. Tonight we were going to go see the Pillows, but of course since we didn't get tickets ahead of time it was sold out. Nico managed to get a scalped ticket and the last I saw of him and Dylan they were trying to buy another one. I ate the most disappointing meal of my stay in Tokyo tonight after we parted ways. Alex had decided she was hungry and ready to go back to the hostel and I and everyone else were just hungry. So we wandered back to the station and ate at an Italian restaurant. After the bad meal it was too much work to find another decent club so we all went back to the hostel. Now I am listening to a bunch of people speak french while I type.