I participated in a date auction last weekend. I was pretty nervous about participating in the auction. I don't have much confidence in myself lately. I invited a few of my friends to come to the auction. I figured that if nobody bid on me they could at least throw together a few buck and bid on me themselves. I invited a girl that I have been crushing on lately. She has two kids that are really cute. Being with her has been one of the first times in my life that I thought that I might want to settle down finally. But, alas I got the "let's just be friends line."
My friends came to the date auction after I tried to explain to them the concept of a date auction. In Japan they don't have date auctions unless they are being put on by foreigners. While I was at one of my schools the previous week, I tried to explain to one of the Japanese teachers the concept of a date auction for about 20 minutes. He finally came around to the idea, but still didn't have any frame of reference to know what would happen at this kind of event.
I was pretty nervous waiting around for my number to be called. I mingled around with a few people and talked with my friends. When it was my turn up on the stage I jumped up on the stage and went all out. I pulled off my tie and threw it between my legs, trying to do my best impression of a stripper, I danced around trying to look as sexy as possible, and in the end it must have worked pretty well.
I must have been in a nervous coma because when I came back to I realized that one of my friends had spent ¥18,000 for a date with me. I kind of felt bad. I don't think I am worth that much money! From what I heard, I guess she wasn't the only person bidding on me. She was just the one with the biggest pockets.
