MysticalDreamer

It's the start of a new school year in Japan and it's the last semester I'll be here. Only four more months and I'll be back in America once again. I got into OSU's (Ohio State University) East Asian Languages and Literatures graduate program and will be attending there from September.

A lot sure has happened in a year and my outlook on the future has changed a bit. So I'm ready for the next step in my life though saying goodbye is always a bitch. Thank god I'm almost getting used to it. (Haha, yeah right.)

So here's to the future, where who knows what lies ahead.

Well I turned 23 and I'm excited. So much has happened in the quickly passing year. I graduated, I got a job in Japan, and I've been teaching for over half a year. Everyone has been supportive especially my <3 ~0vrxp0zd

I hope to make more popular plushies like Tickle Me Bender in the future and continue to make quilts and cosplay. This new age and year is sure to bring its trials but I'm ready for them! Bring on life! I'm waiting with a needle and thread in one hand and an English book in the other! ( Of course to smack my bad students and sew their lips shut ^_^; )

So I've been in Japan for the past 2 months and so far everything is fine. I've settled into my apartment nicely, I have furniture, I'm staying busy with work, and so far time is flying by.

The one thing I feel like I am starting to fear is getting into that menial routine of life. Wake up, eat breakfast, get ready, trudge up the hill to school without causing an asthma attack, teaching, planning for the next class, staying till its close to dinner, going home, figure out what's for dinner, keeping myself busy before I get tired, and going to sleep. I want to have something like a club activity to go to so I can meet friends and have something to look forward to in the day. I want to meet people my own age.

People here at the office are really nice but they're all older than me, married with kids sometimes, so it's difficult to be able to just go out with them and have fun. I need to go to the university next to our school and see if I can't join one of their clubs. I just hope they would be understanding to my situation and welcome me with open arms. But in Japan it's so different to get into that group of people without knowing someone to get you in first.

But I'll try my best and make sure not to get into that daily life routine.

Now that I graduated, my next step in life is creeping up on me. For those who don't know, I'm going to Okayama, Japan to start a job as an English teacher at a middle school. I'll be there (I'm planning on...) for 3 years.

I'll visit the states with limits because of how expensive it is to fly back.

To make that decision though to go to Japan was the hardest decision I ever had to make in my life. Between hurting myself and above all, other people around me, I had too much on my mind for weeks on end and stress levels I never experienced before. I broke down or cried almost every night, my appetite fell, I started to snap at people without reason, and everything that happened seemed to make my mood collapse.

I do need to apologize to a certain someone (you know who you are) because I put him through a lot in these last few months. He was always there to support me, hold me, comfort me, and make me keep my head up and focused. Every time I seemed to loose hope or start beating myself up over something, he did anything he could to ensure I was fine and that I wouldn't let something so menial destroy the rest of my senior year at college or my sanity.

To that person, if I have hurt you in any way, I'm sorry. I'm sorry for making you worry, I'm sorry for putting you through any pain... You've helped me in more ways than anyone.

Thank you.

And now to the future. No one knows what lies there, no one knows what will happen. I will try my hardest to go without regrets and do what I can to ensure happiness, not only for myself but to those I love as well.

今日いい事があるそうだ！　
将来に行こう！
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With the Bleach cosplay now completed, my boyfriend and I are now looking for what cosplay we want to tackle next...

The only problem is we have no idea what to do. He refuses to do those costumes which entail couples...
We don't want to do anything that is extremely overdone...
Since we've already done Naruto and Bleach... we aren't doing any other characters from that...

I told him that he should be Yusuke from Yu Yu Hakusho because his hair could look exactly the same but he says there's not much to the costume. True... but he looks like him.

There are also some anime's that we both refuse to do... like Rurouni Kenshin, Trigun, Samurai Champloo, Gundam Series, and anything girly like Escaflowne, Ouran, Fushigi Yuugi, etc...

Games is another problem... I say Soul Calibur, he says no, I say Dynasty Warriors, he says we're not Asian so we can't pull it off...

So I'm at a loss with no idea what do do for cosplay next. I really want to do Tsubasa but he say's people have already done it well so we shouldn't attempt it.

If anything, I'LL pick what I want to do and he can just follow or not.

We'll see.