Yasuo Belushi

Friday was a hoot! I finished teaching over at Gakushuin University in Tokyo and the Economics Department was having a party for their students and their instructors. So, with classes finished I made my way over to the cafeteria where a cornucopia of food and beer has been laid out. Have I died? Is this Oriental Valhalla?

So, after making sure all my underage students had a beer, we got stuck into the food. It was good too, man. There was fried chicken, fries, little ham sandwiches, yaki soba, egg rolls, sushi. I had a few plates in me and felt really good just as it got time to enjoy the entertainment.

A student of mine named Yasuo (yeah-sue-o) is a small japanese guy about 5'5 and 120lbs soaking wet, but holy smokes was he the king of the party animals! During the lessons all the other students thought he was really weird and creepy and didn't like to be teamed up with him. He said some pretty weird stuff, but man he loved talking. He knew what was going on all the time even though his grammar went a bit crazy when he spoke. He could definitely communicate.

So the first thing he does is crack open a big bottle of beer and down in. He then signals his triumph by making a loud "Oi" sound. It's 3:31 pm. He goes around the group pouring drinks and chugging beer. Some old fart from the Department gives a speech and then we get stuck into the food. At one point Yasuo had crammed 15 sandwiches into his mouth. This of course led to the guys in the same class chanting his name, which only encouraged him further. He was running around with beer drinking it, pouring it, chugging it, opening it. He challenged the jock in the class to an arm wrestle, and after HAVING WON, knocked back this bottle of apple alcohol. While this is going on, his classmates who are all finding this hilarious, which it was, have now gotten themselves drunk by egging him on. Mind you I am only taking for the guys. The girls all drank teas and stood at the other end of the table waiting to get the signal to clean up.

So Yasuo is now the ring leader of 3 other very drunk Japanese Students. I had gone outside for a smoke. I bummed a Marlboro Menthol Light ( After a few beers any cigaret is good) of off the other teacher I had worked with. Both of us were there along with a few students and a couple other teachers. After about 10 minutes or so, Yasuo comes bounding out of the cafeteria jumps down the 6 steps to the terrace we are on and does some Kung Fu move. The chicks are freaking out and I'm laughing my head off. He then puts on his Matrix Sunglasses and gives us the "Hello, Mr.Anderson"

I was in and out of the cafeteria and the terrace until the party wrapped up at 5:00. Yasuo was at volume 11 through the whole thing. I think the crowning achievement was when he got the sound system back on and rapped out a few lines on the microphone the old fart used earlier. His breakdancing wasn't as good as Napolean Dynamite though.

As for the supporting drunks. One of them had their part time job to go to and he was totally smashed. The other two had practices for their respective sports teams, but one of them was so buzzed out he decided to shrug it off and go to a karaoke bar with Yasuo. When we all parted ways infront of the Station, Yasuo had rounded up about 10 people to go keep up the good work.

God bless you , Yasuo. You were fucking awesome.