On our last date my date asked me “What are you doing on Christmas?”

And after thinking I gave my signature smirk with and said

“I was planning on Hanging with you” . . . hehe that was smooth. She laughed and smiled as she thought of her answer, looking me in the eyes she said.

“I actually have club that day” that’s a bummer. . . not only was that the failure of one of the smoothest things I’ve ever said, but I actually really wanted to see you again. Christmas wasn’t even really a holiday a holiday here in Japan, it was actually really understandable that she was still busy, I was actually working like normal on Christmas.
Steering the conversation in another direction
“クリスマスプレゼントほしいの物ある？” (Do you want anything for Christmas)
After some thought. . . more time than it would take me to think about things I wanted (maybe I just wanted to much). Although I’d always say stuff like “I want a girlfriend” to my viewers when I ran my livestream. She smiled, nodded, and gave me a simple answer
“フワフワブーツ” (Fluffy Fluffy Boots)

Uggs

were the things I was thinking about, while sitting on the train. I hadn’t realized how expensive they were until I wanted to buy them. Girls in my highschool would wear them like they were nothing. . . just how wealthy were they?
After much thought I’d realized although I wanted to buy a nice gift, UGGs would be an irresponsible purchase for two reasons.

• If I bought them she would start to believe that I was something I was not, coming to expect that I had more money than I actually did.
• Next A Girl’s heart cannot be purchased . . . and if it can keep that girl away from me.

My Phone buzzed one day and it read”Let’s have a Christmas Date”
it turned out she was free on Christmas Eve.

Making Someone Feel Special

Isn’t about buying them the most expensive thing, it’s about putting time into something. If you’re a good entrepreneur(I’m not but I’m trying!) more money can be found somewhere, but not even Warren Buffett can buy more time. So how could I use my time, skills, and creativity to show my feelings?
Cue one of My Favorite Anime Ops Because it’s time to prepare.

Prepare

For me I’m a little disorganized, but I really wanted to impress my date before I confessed so I mulled over plans in my mind before coming up with this one two weeks in advance.

The first thing to do was buy a gift, so on one of my days off I strolled around the mall looking for furry boots. I actually ran into one of my friends at the mall and she gave me her input. Someone else’s opinion on clothing items is probably a good thing for me considering I’m wearing either shorts or Joggers on my days off. While I couldn’t afford the most expensive boots, I didn’t want to buy the cheapest one’s either. If you go too cheap on these kinds of things they are often shoddily constructed and made with cheaper material, the soles of the cheaper shoes also made me feel like someone was gonna bust their ass wearing them. I bought some boots that were moderately priced because they were waterproof, fluffy, the sole looked solid, and they looked good.

Although most of the time having a good memory sucks(you remember a lot of bad shit!) in our small conversation about her cute american flag socks she mentioned her shoe size. So I don’t have to make it obvious to her what I’m getting

Wrapping

isn’t something I’m particularly skilled still I wanted to do the best I could at so I headed to the dollar store. As extra as my family can be it wasn’t enough for me to pick out paper that I liked, I wanted to make my present a little more unique so I also found this felt paper with a sticky back. I was able to make it look nice and pretty, well I have shoddy craftsmanship outside of the digital medium of ones and zeros, but it’s the thought that counts right?

The End Result

I also picked up some other stuff but we’ll get to that later.

For the first part of my date preparation the plan is to get a fresh haircut and wash the car because. . .

The First Part Of Any Date

Is meeting each other and from that moment I want it to be special for her. My plan is to pick her up in the sweet new ride! I’m grateful I was able to receive my car in time as opposed to driving around the Minica.

My plan is to take her hand kiss it and hold her hand to the car as I open the door, inside there will be a white and red christmas themed blanket waiting for her on the passenger seat. . . the first gift.

Keys and Coffee

Since we are meeting at two, the first thing on the plan is to go to my friend Chris’s Cafe not only because does he make killer bagels, but the environment is nice. A thing that Chris share’s with me is his passion for music so his cafe has multiple instruments that are allowed to be played. After having some snacks and drinks the plan is to play around with the instruments maybe jam out a little bit.

The Next Thing Is a Visit To The Shrine

One of the things that made me like her a lot was her Philosophy on existentialism and religion. . . she said she wasn’t really much of anything, sometimes she was shinto, sometimes she was buddhist, and during christmas she said she was Christian. This philosophy on the unknown is something I share as well as I believe if there is a god trying to cram whatever it is into human words is clumsy at best.

So I’d like to go to the shrine and thank whatever the force is that connects us all for the date that will be going well.

Christmas Cake

Is an entirely new concept to me. . my family has never eaten cake, it was always some sort of pie or a hand baked good from our local baker(Thanks Karina.) Is it something white people do?
Here in Japan Christmas cake is a staple, so I even reserved a cake at a small bakery near my house.

Where we will eat the cake is something I still haven’t determined yet I’m thinking the easiest place to eat it will be my apartment so I have to make sure my apartment is really clean. I should probably buy another spoon too!

Pit Stop

At my house the plan is to eat cake, relax for a little bit, perhaps play guitar for her. And then prepare a little snack package of sandwiches, pocky sticks, salt and seaweed potato chips(her favorite yay for memory), and hot tea in a thermos for our trip to see . . .

Illumination

are displays of Christmas lights that are set up in places. Luckily to me Azumino park, a city only fifteen minutes away, is one of the top five places in Japan where they have these displays. Bringing her to that is something special because usually in order to get around places like that there is a lot of walking involved because the train station is really far away.

The Move

During the illumination I’d like to find a shorter tree and ask her to stand under it and close her eyes. After she closes her eyes I plan to hang the custom made mistletoe in the branch above her. Retrieve the present, card, and santa hats which will have been hidden in my backpack. Put the santa hat on and kiss her on the cheek and tell her to open her eyes. (She said she wanted to see santa) Presenting the present. . . and giving the speech.

You said meeting me was a miracle

but meeting you was a bigger miracle for me

when I’m with you I feel my heart in my chest

I feel the air as if I were flying

at first I wanted to run to kyoto chasing my dreams

but now I want to stay here a bit longer with you

your voice is like a melody, beautiful like the piano you play

you guide me through the night, like a fire so warm and bright

everyday with you feels new and exciting I want to keep tasting new things

I want to see through your eyes, learning japanese and it’s culture in attempt to get closer to you.

I want to keep feeling the sun’s rays

I like you Please Go Out With Me

I was actually planning on just buying a mistletoe, but I couldn’t find one anywhere so I using my college educated brain I just made one.

Card

After Confessing

Things will go one of two ways either she says yes
or I’ll have one of the most awkward dinners of my life. Even if things don’t go well I will have been happier to try and attempt, living a life of here and now being true to myself and express my feelings. Sometimes if you wait to say things you want the time passes and you never get to say anything. Take it from me of living with 15 years of living in fears shadow, bearing the weight of regret is a lot harder than facing the fear of rejection.

I Made Reservations For Dinner This Time

After going through not making reservations once I made reservations for dinner at this place in the city up north.

Last Minute Preparations!

There are a couple things I still need to do! Because I want to hand write the letter and say it out loud I have to write and rehearse it.
I want to make some detailed illustrations that I plan to give to her.
Lastly because I dj and we will be riding in my car I plan to make a Date Mixtape to play.

I made sure there was enough Gaps in the plan to allow for spontaneity and life to happen.

Anyway All this stuff might sound over the top and cheesy, this idea might not work in America, but here in Japan girls like this over the top stuff apparently wish me luck.

Much Love <3 LaidbackMarco

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