Was it Something I Ate?

Have noticed some strange trees around town with orange-colored tomatos growing on them. Turns out those tomatos are really persimmons, and they are neither acidic nor poisonous, as their appearance had convinced me. I was given three today, and shared another with the teacher who had picked them at his father's farm. It was sweet and fleshy, like a peach, but had a flavor closer to honeydew. Another first time experience. I hear they're not the same as American persimmons:

http://www.hort.purdue.edu/ext/senior/fruits/persimmon1.htm

Right now, I'm in school. Actually, I'm alone in the staff room. It's pretty rare that the staff room is empty, but everyone is off preparing for the school festival next Sunday. I won't see it. I'm taking a trip to Kyoto, but I'll also have switched into my second junior high(appropriately named 'Arao Junior High School #2') by that time.
I'm glad that the staff room is empty right now because of the spider on my face. People can't stop staring at it. Of course the whole point was to make them curious, but I'm happy to have a short break from all the attention.
As you know, Halloween, the mother of all holidays, is just around the corner. And as you may or may not know, Halloween holds a special place in my heart. So I decided to make my feelings known, and to aid in the education process I drew a spider in its web on my face. I had to do it with a stubby brown eyeliner pencil and some impossible yellow and black stuff that was labeled makeup in the store... but the kids know what it is and it makes them say 'ehhhh??' really loudly when they pass by. I wrote a short Halloween story and had it translated into Japanese so they can read it and understand that there is a method to my madness. Anyway, Happy Halloween everyone, hee hee ha ha...