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! :)