I just have a little update for you guys. Too much to write about so I will write about one thing :)
MY RICE COOKER IS AMAZING!
And it plays a little tune when it turns on and off!
I thought it wasn't on, but it just magically cooked the rice to the perfect level!!
I can't believe it was free! I wanted to buy one for the longest time, but then my friend randomly didn't want his and gave his rice cooker to me.
Thanks Ettiene :)
The best part is the Mary Had A Little Lamb tune that plays when it turns on.
It's so happy to feed me.
So magical.
(It plays a little song when it finishes cooking my rice too, but I don't know what it is. But it's cute.)
I want to write a song about my rice cooker.
By the way, there is a Japanese band called Sex Machineguns that I absolutely love. Yusuke gave me so much good Japanese music a couple days ago! I cannot thank him enough. He is the best RA/fellow band member ever!
The song I love by them is called みかんのうた. Literally, orange's song (mikan is a little different than an orange maybe but it's all the same to me).
It's crazy super hardcore screamy headbanging metal singing about the glory of mikan, and when it is good to eat them, and how it comes from some province in Japan, etc etc.
This is the kind of shit I love listening to.
Friday, October 29, 2010
Monday, October 18, 2010
Possible Book Titles
How To Get Into a Prestigious Japanese College as a Foreigner
Getting a Life in Japan
Rocking Out in Japan
Getting Drunk in Japan
A Student Guide to The Best Clubs in Tokyo That Won't Burn a Hole in Your Wallet
Taking Advantage of Businessmen: A Historical Account of Getting Free Drinks
Getting Laid in Japan: The step-by-step guide to fulfilling your Gaijin destiny
I think I could write any of these books.
Easily.
ahahahaa.
Trying to decide if I'm gonna drop a class today. Consensus is: probably not. I think I will be too lazy otherwise.
Here's my schedule thus-so-far.
Monday: 1-2:30 (at mita)
Tuesday: 9-12 (at hiyoshi)
Wednesday: 10:45-4:45 with a lunch break from 12-1
Thursday: 2:45-7:40
I really am considering dropping my monday class, but I just found out that it counts for psychology credit so I guess I shouldn't do it. I guess if I don't want to go to school cause I want to take a vacation to Kyoto I can just have my friends sign the class list schedule or something on Mondays.
I'm just feeling so lazy since I really just wanna take a break and do nothing like I feel half of my other friends are doing. Most of my friends have class three to two days a week. It would be SO nice to have monday and friday off. A four day weekend every week?! However, I feel like they are taking bullshit classes because this year doesn't even count for them anyway D: how random and lame.
I guess at least it's good that I know two of my psychology classes will count for me.
Class list:
Monday:
Human Resource Management From A Psychological Perspective (super easy and we never have homework and I think I could probably sleep in the class, heard it's a super easy A) Also we learn a lot of tips about getting hired which I feel is hella important since I was having so much damn trouble with it last year.
***Taking it for a Letter Grade, counts for Psychology Credit***
Tuesday:
Japanese Class from 9-12. I hate going to class early, but at least it's at Hiyoshi and I won't be wasting the day because I will have the rest of the day to do whatever I like!! :) I'll have to go to bed early the night before though but usually that won't be so bad on a Monday night. I also like eating lunch at Hiyoshi campus cause the students are nice. Homework sucks and the quizzes are hard. But I want to learn more Japanese since I'm here. I don't think I'll take Japanese next quarter though. ***taking pass no pass***
Wednesday:
Independent Study 10:45-12 (bleh on the time!!! cause it's at Mita)
I am studying a really interesting topic but I already feel kind of unmotivated. Maybe I want to do it next quarter. I love my mentor though.
Japanese Lit: Pretty cool, pretty easy, just doing a project and we never have homework. I need to find a topic for my project though! I love literature. Need to take a Literature class too.
American Studies: Awesome class, maybe two/three readings per class after the class, but it's not that bad and i don't think the teacher would care if we didn't do it, and a summary each week on the readings. It's a very interesting chill class. Fulfilling the American Studies GE with this one.
Thursday:
Japanese Psychology in Contemporary Japan 2:45-4:15
Don't really like the class and I don't know if it'll count but it should probably count for Culture and Thought as a GE so I think I can make it work.
Culture, Cultural Identity, and Cultural Adjustment: 4:30-6
Cool class, applies to Psychology suprisingly, fun class and interesting material! I think we have to do a group project and that's it. Should be fun and not too bad.
Art Class: I want to do it but I don't really need it. I've been considering auditing, or taking the class pass no pass, or I don't know what, but the field trip we went on was really fun, and I feel like I need a class like this to keep me inspired and keep me going. Also it ends in December and we don't have much shit to do, it's mostly individual work and it's super relaxed, so... i think I will be okay! plus a couple of the thursday classes don't even happen because the teacher is busy or we have field trips. Should be an easy A unless I forget to do something. But I think the teacher is coaxable hahaha. Goes late on Thursdays but I probably could skip if I have something going on. The more I think about it, the more I think I will want to do the work since it is interesting.
There is my class list! And my appraisal based on my laziness schedule. Maybe I think I will be okay. I just don't want to be too stressed out. I want to have a life here too.
Getting a Life in Japan
Rocking Out in Japan
Getting Drunk in Japan
A Student Guide to The Best Clubs in Tokyo That Won't Burn a Hole in Your Wallet
Taking Advantage of Businessmen: A Historical Account of Getting Free Drinks
Getting Laid in Japan: The step-by-step guide to fulfilling your Gaijin destiny
I think I could write any of these books.
Easily.
ahahahaa.
Trying to decide if I'm gonna drop a class today. Consensus is: probably not. I think I will be too lazy otherwise.
Here's my schedule thus-so-far.
Monday: 1-2:30 (at mita)
Tuesday: 9-12 (at hiyoshi)
Wednesday: 10:45-4:45 with a lunch break from 12-1
Thursday: 2:45-7:40
I really am considering dropping my monday class, but I just found out that it counts for psychology credit so I guess I shouldn't do it. I guess if I don't want to go to school cause I want to take a vacation to Kyoto I can just have my friends sign the class list schedule or something on Mondays.
I'm just feeling so lazy since I really just wanna take a break and do nothing like I feel half of my other friends are doing. Most of my friends have class three to two days a week. It would be SO nice to have monday and friday off. A four day weekend every week?! However, I feel like they are taking bullshit classes because this year doesn't even count for them anyway D: how random and lame.
I guess at least it's good that I know two of my psychology classes will count for me.
Class list:
Monday:
Human Resource Management From A Psychological Perspective (super easy and we never have homework and I think I could probably sleep in the class, heard it's a super easy A) Also we learn a lot of tips about getting hired which I feel is hella important since I was having so much damn trouble with it last year.
***Taking it for a Letter Grade, counts for Psychology Credit***
Tuesday:
Japanese Class from 9-12. I hate going to class early, but at least it's at Hiyoshi and I won't be wasting the day because I will have the rest of the day to do whatever I like!! :) I'll have to go to bed early the night before though but usually that won't be so bad on a Monday night. I also like eating lunch at Hiyoshi campus cause the students are nice. Homework sucks and the quizzes are hard. But I want to learn more Japanese since I'm here. I don't think I'll take Japanese next quarter though. ***taking pass no pass***
Wednesday:
Independent Study 10:45-12 (bleh on the time!!! cause it's at Mita)
I am studying a really interesting topic but I already feel kind of unmotivated. Maybe I want to do it next quarter. I love my mentor though.
Japanese Lit: Pretty cool, pretty easy, just doing a project and we never have homework. I need to find a topic for my project though! I love literature. Need to take a Literature class too.
American Studies: Awesome class, maybe two/three readings per class after the class, but it's not that bad and i don't think the teacher would care if we didn't do it, and a summary each week on the readings. It's a very interesting chill class. Fulfilling the American Studies GE with this one.
Thursday:
Japanese Psychology in Contemporary Japan 2:45-4:15
Don't really like the class and I don't know if it'll count but it should probably count for Culture and Thought as a GE so I think I can make it work.
Culture, Cultural Identity, and Cultural Adjustment: 4:30-6
Cool class, applies to Psychology suprisingly, fun class and interesting material! I think we have to do a group project and that's it. Should be fun and not too bad.
Art Class: I want to do it but I don't really need it. I've been considering auditing, or taking the class pass no pass, or I don't know what, but the field trip we went on was really fun, and I feel like I need a class like this to keep me inspired and keep me going. Also it ends in December and we don't have much shit to do, it's mostly individual work and it's super relaxed, so... i think I will be okay! plus a couple of the thursday classes don't even happen because the teacher is busy or we have field trips. Should be an easy A unless I forget to do something. But I think the teacher is coaxable hahaha. Goes late on Thursdays but I probably could skip if I have something going on. The more I think about it, the more I think I will want to do the work since it is interesting.
There is my class list! And my appraisal based on my laziness schedule. Maybe I think I will be okay. I just don't want to be too stressed out. I want to have a life here too.
Saturday, October 16, 2010
Directionless? Or too many directions?
I've really been thinking about what I am doing with my life and what I am doing in school. I think I need to go somewhere to clear my mind and think about what I want to do in the future. I have this image of me going to a peaceful park and lying there to daydream for hours about my future life and maybe coming upon a decision or at least a list of ideas from that sort of productive daydreaming.
I am losing direction.
I still want to be a psychology major because I find the classes intellectually stimulating and very interesting to learn about and apply to my own life and the lives of others. But I am wondering if a music minor is still an excellent choice. It probably is since it's not too hard to get done. What about global studies too? I have no idea.
Deciding classes for school is stressful.
I got an email today (FINALLY) from the psychology department telling me exactly what classes would apply to my major here. I have 4-5 classes left to do, and two of them I cannot do while abroad cause they're UCSB located only classes. So 2-3 I need to do while abroad.
I found out that of the three classes I submitted for psychology major credit (plus independent study), two count for psychology major credit (two is better than none I guess) but the one I totally thought would count for psychology major credit totally doesn't at all. What a suprise! I enjoy the class though, and I think it will count for culture and thought ge credit, so I will continue taking it.
It's hard to think about what classes will fulfill ges, and what classes will fulfill what major stuff, and what classes will be too hard, and am I taking too much, and yadda yadda yadda.
I have a lot of general education classes to fulfill here, but I think I will be getting those out of the way easily. I'm not entirely sure yet though. UCSB hasn't given me any definite answers on those. Studying abroad feels like kind of a gamble with education, you know? You could waste SO much time and units. I guess it's life experience though. But you know, they really should make it easier if they want students to have an easier time transitioning. It's hard enough with EVERYTHING else about acclimating and having a normal life and joining clubs plus GOING TO SCHOOL AND TAKING CLASSES. And probably getting a job too so I can afford things more than just eating really cheaply everyday. I want to look good. And actually maybe even make some damn money.
College is stressful, ne?
I feel less and less connected to the institution of college/high school education everyday. It seems as if knowledge and personal growth is meaningless to prove your worth, it is merely the classes you have taken and the grades you have gotten and the asses you have kissed of faculty and staff which will determine the way employers view your potential worth and hire-ability for their company. I don't even want to work in a company, I think. I want to be one or many of these many things:
A) a therapist (practically self-employed, just need to get through college and grad school with a master's degree and relatively good grades, however to get into a great grad school like Columbia or UChicago (IKITAIIIII!!!!) I must do really well in college and get some good recommendations)
B) a singer/musician (no degree necessary but I want one for the knowledge and in case things fall through. I should also be taking musical classes and doing at least the minor to expand my horizons and learn more)
C) owning a company (business would be useful but I think I could just get an MBA in the future if I decide to go on that track, graduating with a psychology degree will be semi-useful, maybe global studies would be helpful as well to increase my foreign expansion potential if necessary)
D) a writer (no degree necessary but I think I should get one for the knowledge and the expertise)
E) a professor/teacher (a master's degree or Ph.D I think is necessary to fulfill this, and a good educational standing. But I don't have to be perfect)
F) a dreams or social psychology researcher ((a master's degree or Ph.D I think is necessary to fulfill this, and a good educational standing. But I don't have to be perfect. I should also work on getting lab credits and independent research, and perhaps writing some extensive lab reports in the field if so)
For half of those occupations, college is essential. But it appears that I will have no typical company-working job, for that matter. I will either be working for a school, or be self-employed, or be working as a performing/creative entity of a company, which is much different than office work.
At least I aspire to never be doomed to that fate. But what if I end up there?
I consider everything life experience. I just don't want to be wasting it right now, and I want to be making the right decisions, especially since I am so young and my life could go in so many ways right now.
At first I thought I would try to get out of college as soon as possible so I could figure out what to do with my life after and just get out, but now I am starting to realize that I don't necessarily need to do that. I think it's because I didn't really like UCSB and I didn't like the academic reputation and I didn't want to spend four years of my life there wasting my time or anything. Now that I am here in Japan things are different. I can take my time and consider things.
Also, my mother recently said that she would like me to take as much time as I want in college, as long as I accomplish the things I need to do, like getting an extra degree such as global studies or music. I thought that would be just wasting time, but maybe this isn't a bad idea. Maybe I should take my time really getting my degree jampacked with job opportunities. Or maybe I shouldn't. I hear more and more that the major/majors tacked on a college degree mean less and less, unless it's in a highly technical and specific field, such as engineering or computer science or the like. Which I am not a part of. It's more of a set path for them, but it's damn hard for us humanities kids to figure out what the hell we are going to do after college. I guess I should be happy to be able to make these decisions. They're just so weighty and time-consuming.
My mother also seemed to think a psychology degree would get me nowhere. I've heard this from many a person. Maybe it's true, maybe it's not. I think it's just what you choose to do with it, but I have a sinking feeling it will get me in to many fields, but not very far since there are so goddamn many of us psychology kids out there. But I really do enjoy the major. I just need things to set me apart.
To add to the job list: I could also work as some foreign diplomat or something too, if I get more global studies experience and continue studying Japanese and brush up on my Spanish. I really enjoy learning languages. And that sounds like an exciting but tough job.
It is becoming more apparent to me everyday that getting a job is not only based on your credentials, but the way you present yourself (which I am getting much better at), your conviction to the job, and your CONNECTIONS. I need to make more connections. I am trying :)
Networking is SO important.
Being here in Japan is helping me to realize this.
You will get a shit entry level job in a place you do not like if you do not have connections. You will not get into the college you love without connections (unless you are the most qualified candidate in the world). You will probably never meet your future husband without connections. You will never become a musician or singer without connections. (trying to make those here now!)
So many apparently closed doors or doors you never even could dream of can open from these networking connections. So many of these opportunities would be lost to you without proper connections.
Man.
It's crazy.
I need to keep a list of everyone I meet, and how they might be useful to me in the future. Being at Keio University (a school based on prestige, social connections, and whatnot) and being here in Japan has been teaching me this. Obviously, friends are extremely important, and perhaps their value, more than just as friends and as social support/fun/whatever, will come into play later in my life/future endeavors. I'm sure this list will be extraordinarily useful to me in the future. If not, at least I had the right idea. Or maybe I can help another friend succeed using my connections. You never know.
I am thinking so hard right now it hurts. I just got back from clubbing and I need to sleep since I have a field trip at 1 pm today and I need to leave my house by 12 noon to get to Nippori.
Can't wait though, it should be awesome. Should be taking hella pictures and going to some artist's gallery. Galleries are so amazing, especially when they're really intellectually stimulating.
I just want to LEARN!!! I think this is my problem in college. I have too many interests. I want to take classes in every subject! D:
Regardless, I just hope I will be awake and not requiring the use of coffee as an extreme stimulant just for an art class field trip...
Monday, October 11, 2010
Wrote some lyrics like ten minutes ago
I'm going to write lyrics more often. You'd think if I was a singer I'd be writing lyrics everyday. So I'm gonna prepare by having a shit ton of lyrics to show people if it's necessary. Even if they're bad, I'm sure some of them won't suck. It's just like if you spend an entire day taking photos of everything, chances are that some of the photos will turn out well. I guess writing is just like taking photos of what's inside your head and converting them into words.
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Sitting in my room eating greasy pizza with the lights out
thinking about what I did yesterday with this knockout
brought him back, cooked him eggs and made him pancakes
I’m much too nice, I’m much too nice to make your heart break
ohhh…
I’m your type of girl
Who wants to be someone
But I don’t understand
exactly how I’m supposed to do that
I’m your type of girl
Who wants to have it all
But I don’t understand
why it seems just out of reach
I guess I really just need to be a bitch (musical note: crazy punk rock guitar)
And tie you to the bed
and make you buy me clothes
and yell at people on the phone
who really piss me off
and tell that girl who talks shit
to shove it up her ass
and I’ll win at everything
no one will fuck with me
Whenever we’d go out, I always wondered if you really liked me
Sure you did, but I always let you have the last say
You tied me up and left me hanging day after day
I felt so bad, I cried and cried until my heart was made out of clay
Shape it if you want
I don’t really mind
Touch it if you want
I’m okay with whatever you are
Break it if you want
I’ll mend the cracks and tears later
I'll be okay
I'll be okay
I'll be okay
ohhh…
I’m your type of girl
Who wants to be someone
But I don’t understand
exactly how I’m supposed to do that
I’m your type of girl
Who wants to have it all
But I don’t understand
why it seems just out of reach
I guess I really just need to be a bitch
And tie you to the bed
and make you buy me clothes
and yell at people on the phone
who really piss me off
and tell that girl who talks shit
to shove it up her ass
and I’ll win at everything
no one will fuck with me
no one will fuck with me
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Sitting in my room eating greasy pizza with the lights out
thinking about what I did yesterday with this knockout
brought him back, cooked him eggs and made him pancakes
I’m much too nice, I’m much too nice to make your heart break
ohhh…
I’m your type of girl
Who wants to be someone
But I don’t understand
exactly how I’m supposed to do that
I’m your type of girl
Who wants to have it all
But I don’t understand
why it seems just out of reach
I guess I really just need to be a bitch (musical note: crazy punk rock guitar)
And tie you to the bed
and make you buy me clothes
and yell at people on the phone
who really piss me off
and tell that girl who talks shit
to shove it up her ass
and I’ll win at everything
no one will fuck with me
Whenever we’d go out, I always wondered if you really liked me
Sure you did, but I always let you have the last say
You tied me up and left me hanging day after day
I felt so bad, I cried and cried until my heart was made out of clay
Shape it if you want
I don’t really mind
Touch it if you want
I’m okay with whatever you are
Break it if you want
I’ll mend the cracks and tears later
I'll be okay
I'll be okay
I'll be okay
ohhh…
I’m your type of girl
Who wants to be someone
But I don’t understand
exactly how I’m supposed to do that
I’m your type of girl
Who wants to have it all
But I don’t understand
why it seems just out of reach
I guess I really just need to be a bitch
And tie you to the bed
and make you buy me clothes
and yell at people on the phone
who really piss me off
and tell that girl who talks shit
to shove it up her ass
and I’ll win at everything
no one will fuck with me
no one will fuck with me
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
The second week of Keio University, now!
Keio started! I love my classes (mostly) and I have class four days a week. Monday to Thursday, that is. Pretty nice, huh? I might even drop my Monday class, so I can have a four day weekend (:D :D :D). Wouldn't that be amazing?
Generally my classes seem really interesting and informative, and they don't have so much homework, so I don't think I will have too much trouble with school. The hardest part is getting there! I have a 9 am class on Tuesdays for Japanese, so it's been a little difficult already getting there on time. But hopefully I will perserve in the future!
I've been sick for the last week now as well, suffering and coughing and sniffling through the days... for a couple days my throat was really sore too and I was afraid it was strep and I was going to go to a doctor, but it went away, luckily. It went away after I took some throat medicine a japanese pharmacist recommended to me, so maybe it worked. I'm happy I have some medication that works, at least!
I'm going to join a music circle, and I've been a bit stressed trying to contact them and see if I can join. Luckily the two I've gotten a hold of so far have agreed to meet with me, and I met with one group (Folk Freedom) for lunch one day. I had the most awkward experience trying to find them though, more about that in my next post perhaps. I want to make pancakes right now since I'm sick and on my period and I want to just have something delicious and chocolatey right now so I'll make this post quick :)
But yeah, Folk Freedom is a rock band that performs a lot of covers of American and European rock music and also some original stuff. It's for Keio students, and I could sing in it cause they seemed interested and excited in having me as a singer, and they were really nice and cool and ONLY spoke japanese of course, but I'm going to go meet with them on Sunday and come to a practice and "see what their atmosphere is like". Yay! I'm excited. I just hope my cold goes away by then so if they want me to sing I can sound good!!! So I'm going to take it easy so this cold goes away completeeeeely.
Also, the other group, that I can't pronounce the name of, is a rock band also and they produce original music and jam and stuff. How exciting. I'm going to have lunch with one of the members on Friday and she's going to tell me about the group and how I can join and the practices and everything. That should be exciting too. I guess my dream of being a singer here, at least at the non-professional level, looks like it will be realized!! *crosses fingers* Wish me luck!
As for Sony Music, I got my application done after much stress and re-recording myself and getting my friend to take photos of me and printing them at the conbini, etc etc etc. So much work! But it was so worth it! I feel great that I did it. I send it in on Friday the 24th of September, so hopefully I hear from them soon! If not, I can try elsewhere, or keep asking people and letting people know of my dreams!
Telling people I love singing and want to be a singer is actually really helping. Mentioning it gets the idea out there and sometimes I can make random networking connections that I wouldn't have known about had I not very openly mentioned it. My friend that I made when I went to Akihabara to get a new phone (she's also learning Japanese, she speaks Chinese and so did the salesman, she got us discounts on our phones, she's super nice, etc) took me and another one of her friends to Tokyo Tower this Sunday, which was an AMAZING and perfect day. Her other friend, Jing, was also really nice and fun and we all had an amazing time together. Apparently she worked at a record company here in Japan, and she knows people who want new female singers. She could put a good word in for me at the higher levels! This is really how you do it, I think, at my level. How exciting, ne?
Also, the more I talk about my desire to become a singer, the more people mention opportunities. A japanese girl I met today said she applied to a company to be a singer, and she could facebook me the company and how to apply! She said she thought I could have a really good chance as a pretty American girl *blush*. Also, my friend Laurel texted me today saying she met a girl at Sophia University who is a singer from Sony Music, and she's going to talk to her for me to see what she had to do to become one and if she can help me out! How wonderful!
I'm so glad my friends are looking out for me and my goals. Every day, I realize more that I really just want to be a creative soul and doing what I want to do and creating things and singing/making music and laughing and spending time with friends and writing and doodling and having fun and living a wonderful life. Being here has made me realize I could never work a corporate job. Maybe for like a little while, if I was completely out of money and I couldn't survive another way. I just feel like it's not my purpose in life to be a mindless drone slaving for some goal I don't even care about. I feel very driven to find a field of work that I love and I am passionate about and I feel has a greater overwhelming purpose in humanity for the betterment of society or individual's lives and my own life. I have a mind and I love using it! :)
Generally my classes seem really interesting and informative, and they don't have so much homework, so I don't think I will have too much trouble with school. The hardest part is getting there! I have a 9 am class on Tuesdays for Japanese, so it's been a little difficult already getting there on time. But hopefully I will perserve in the future!
I've been sick for the last week now as well, suffering and coughing and sniffling through the days... for a couple days my throat was really sore too and I was afraid it was strep and I was going to go to a doctor, but it went away, luckily. It went away after I took some throat medicine a japanese pharmacist recommended to me, so maybe it worked. I'm happy I have some medication that works, at least!
I'm going to join a music circle, and I've been a bit stressed trying to contact them and see if I can join. Luckily the two I've gotten a hold of so far have agreed to meet with me, and I met with one group (Folk Freedom) for lunch one day. I had the most awkward experience trying to find them though, more about that in my next post perhaps. I want to make pancakes right now since I'm sick and on my period and I want to just have something delicious and chocolatey right now so I'll make this post quick :)
But yeah, Folk Freedom is a rock band that performs a lot of covers of American and European rock music and also some original stuff. It's for Keio students, and I could sing in it cause they seemed interested and excited in having me as a singer, and they were really nice and cool and ONLY spoke japanese of course, but I'm going to go meet with them on Sunday and come to a practice and "see what their atmosphere is like". Yay! I'm excited. I just hope my cold goes away by then so if they want me to sing I can sound good!!! So I'm going to take it easy so this cold goes away completeeeeely.
Also, the other group, that I can't pronounce the name of, is a rock band also and they produce original music and jam and stuff. How exciting. I'm going to have lunch with one of the members on Friday and she's going to tell me about the group and how I can join and the practices and everything. That should be exciting too. I guess my dream of being a singer here, at least at the non-professional level, looks like it will be realized!! *crosses fingers* Wish me luck!
As for Sony Music, I got my application done after much stress and re-recording myself and getting my friend to take photos of me and printing them at the conbini, etc etc etc. So much work! But it was so worth it! I feel great that I did it. I send it in on Friday the 24th of September, so hopefully I hear from them soon! If not, I can try elsewhere, or keep asking people and letting people know of my dreams!
Telling people I love singing and want to be a singer is actually really helping. Mentioning it gets the idea out there and sometimes I can make random networking connections that I wouldn't have known about had I not very openly mentioned it. My friend that I made when I went to Akihabara to get a new phone (she's also learning Japanese, she speaks Chinese and so did the salesman, she got us discounts on our phones, she's super nice, etc) took me and another one of her friends to Tokyo Tower this Sunday, which was an AMAZING and perfect day. Her other friend, Jing, was also really nice and fun and we all had an amazing time together. Apparently she worked at a record company here in Japan, and she knows people who want new female singers. She could put a good word in for me at the higher levels! This is really how you do it, I think, at my level. How exciting, ne?
Also, the more I talk about my desire to become a singer, the more people mention opportunities. A japanese girl I met today said she applied to a company to be a singer, and she could facebook me the company and how to apply! She said she thought I could have a really good chance as a pretty American girl *blush*. Also, my friend Laurel texted me today saying she met a girl at Sophia University who is a singer from Sony Music, and she's going to talk to her for me to see what she had to do to become one and if she can help me out! How wonderful!
I'm so glad my friends are looking out for me and my goals. Every day, I realize more that I really just want to be a creative soul and doing what I want to do and creating things and singing/making music and laughing and spending time with friends and writing and doodling and having fun and living a wonderful life. Being here has made me realize I could never work a corporate job. Maybe for like a little while, if I was completely out of money and I couldn't survive another way. I just feel like it's not my purpose in life to be a mindless drone slaving for some goal I don't even care about. I feel very driven to find a field of work that I love and I am passionate about and I feel has a greater overwhelming purpose in humanity for the betterment of society or individual's lives and my own life. I have a mind and I love using it! :)
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