Things I must eat when I go to Japan

Or Tokyo, maybe specifically... I don't know where Standing Sushi is elsewhere, and I don't know the name of the place in Japanese lol.

YAKI SALMON MAYO
Maguro Don
Tomato Ramen
Sweet potato
okonomiyaki
other sushi besides yaki salmon mayo
doria
curry
miso soup
Baskin Robins ice cream
kabob
good tofu
konyaku
creamu pan
Becker's hamburger with egg

What else do I want... it's really hard for me to remember all the things that I want to eat so badly. xD

I kind of wish

Sometimes I wish that I had taken a creative writing class in school.  I have all these super creative ideas but I don't know how to bring them to a finish.  To this date, I have written a lot of things- some fanfictions (about... 5? I think) and I have three or four original stories that I have all overlapping but I haven't ever finished them,  except one fanfiction I finished because I had a huge inspiration for it.  Also, I am terrible at coming up with titles to my writings... chapter titles, as well as titles for the actual story... they always end up sounding terrible.

I guess I just don't really know how to formulate my writings.  It's saddening but true.  Maybe I should ask my writer friends' for advice on the subject...

Just in case you wanted to know...

Since about two years ago, when I speak Spanish I have a Spanish accent.  This makes no sense whatsoever because I only have ONE Spanish friend, and he never really spoke Spanish to me.

The rest of my Spanish speaking friends are from the Americas.  I know, this makes no sense but I think it's kinda interesting.

Also I speak Japanese like a boy.  I know why this is though- I watch dramas that are associated with boys; Gokusen, Rookies, etc. and I also watch programs that are revolving around Johnny's bands (boy bands) so the Japanese that I pick up from the television programs is boyish.  That and most of my Japanese friends are guys due to being in karate club when I was there.

That's all for now. :D

Made a Tumblr and other things

I've gone and made a Tumblr.  I am not sure what I need all these blog pages for, really... but I quite like the way that Tumblr works out.  When I am listening to music and I want to post some lyrics that I really like, I can do it there without spamming my friend's Facebook pages or Twitter.  So that's nice.
I kind of want to keep Tumblr something that I can just... be myself on.  I am really tired of having to be careful of my thoughts and words around people that don't offer me the same courtesy.

I'M GOING TO THROW MY IDEAS AND IDEALS AT YOU, (you being me) BUT DAMNIT IF YOU GO AGAINST ME WE'LL NEVER TALK AGAIN, I SWEAR IT.

I am sick of that.

Also, I am sick of being classified as a person with "Yellow fever" just because I like Japanese guys.  It so happens that is NOT the case.  I am very much not exclusive to "liking only Asians" and if you actually took the time to ask me, you would know that.

AND as stupid as this might sound... some of my Japanese friends that are new on Facebook... It makes me um...　テンシュンアップ when I am their only gaijin friend on there.  Or, in the case of my karate friends... the only gaijin that they are still in contact with.
Which kind of makes me sound like an asshole, but at the same time... I try really hard to keep in touch with my friends who are far from me.

Too MUCH

I have had to write a lot more than I am used to lately.  It's because I got out of the habit of writing in my blog all the time (that poor blog is practically dead really.)  I am struggling to write these essays for not only my class but for job applications.  I hate that I need to write essays for job applications, but I guess it needs to be done to show my interest? Ugh.

Are you ready for it?

I really need to go back to Japan.

I feel like, when I go visit Chrys during Golden Week, I just won't... want to come back here.

I have too many obligations here right now to just pick up and move.  But soon, I won't.  Soon, I'll have all the stuff I don't need gone.  Manga, anime, books, clothes, make-up.  I have too many things and I don't use them.  It's annoying, I need to get rid of them.  I don't know how to though- I tried to sell things on Amazon and E-bay.  Most of those things wound up at a used book store where I got not even 1/16th of what I purchased them for.

Example: Manga
The manga series I have to keep; no way I can get rid of them:
FAKE
Para Kiss
Peach Girl
Hana Kimi
Wallflower
Ranmna
High School Debut

Maybe Card Captor Sakura
But honestly, I can see myself giving that one to Liz.

That's it.  Out of all the manga I have, that's all I want to keep.
*sighs* I have five months until I graduate and have to start looking for a job job.  Five months to get rid of all this crap I have accumulated.  It's going to be interesting, seeing as I have no idea what I will do.

Isn't this what Tumblr is for?

Sometimes I wish that I was a gay guy so that I could have an attitude like some of my gay friends, that only gay guys can pull off.

Bloody Lists!

I am a list maniac! I love to make lists of everything. I make shopping lists, to do lists, goal lists, lists of television dramas I have watched/want to watch, manga I have read, things I like to eat, books I like, movies I like... YES I LOVE LISTS.

Judge me all you want, it's not going to change me.

That being said, let's start out with a list right now!  ...since I have insomnia.

I have been thinking about some things, because well... I do that.
Here is my list of friends that I currently have who I could reside with! :D
-Katie (I already lived with her for one month in Tokyo)
-Kelsey (I practically live at their house anyway)
-Momo
-Emily J (We lived together in the dorm, I figure it could happen again)
-Chrys
-Alyssa
-Naoko
-Ai-chan
-Amber

It's a pretty small list, but I like to keep things small when it comes to who I would live with.  I also have some friends that I could never live with, but I don't want to post that list because even though no one reads this blog right now, it might be read by people in the future.

Also, I was thinking about how I used to do drama critique/summary in my LiveJournal.  I might publish them here, and I also might do some manga reviews but I don't know... I don't read that much manga anymore... I'll figure it out sooner or later I guess.

Obligatory First Post?

Okay, so I made this blog in February.  It is now May, and I have decided that I should write a post.  I guess.

I honestly haven't written a blog in quite a while- life sort of became less exciting when I moved back to Colorado from Japan (study abroad program.)  Later, I will probably use this blog to chronicle the events taking place this summer (July 13-18!) but for now, I am going to offer this introduction post.

I chose the screen-name "Ko-chan" because my good friends that I did study abroad with deemed me that.  It's pretty simple, kind of silly, but I like it better than the other nicknames I have had in the past.

As of right now (May 5, 2011) I am a student in college, but I will be graduating in August and hopefully be moving on to bigger and better things.  My major is Japanese, and my main goal is to attain fluency in Japanese, which cannot really be done in the United States, so along with the fluency goal, I guess another big goal of mine is to go back to Japan.  For the time being, I decided that this summer will be dedicated to practicing Japanese (along with doing school work and my part time job,) which will entail translation, watching Japanese television and playing video games in Japanese.  When I get around to the translations, I will make a separate blog to put them in, attached to this account.  I do like how Blogger does that- it's very convenient.

I just read back on the way I worded that entire post and it makes me sound like a stick in the mud, so boring! I am not really like that at all, I think that is has just come from only writing papers for school this semester and not blogging at all. :( Booo, I am not that boring, I swear!