Well that sucks

I /thought things were betting better... :(

I'm feeling better

I was kinda down yesterday, after a dramatic counseling session and an epic failure on an exam, I decided to take the radical step of withdrawing from a class.

Fortunately, my father, who supports me big time with College payment (as it is typical in Japan I think), was quite supportive.

I have another session tomorrow, and Spring Break is finally here. I hope I'll be able to loosen up and give myself some time to think about how to survive in the future, and how I could solve the stuff I'm facing.

Good ol' Berno says hi from the "Celebrate a Dream Come True" Parade at the Magic Kingdom, which I haven't gone to in a while. I have a lot of things I want to do at Disney World, including practicing artwork and meeting some people, and shopping (I have absolutely no money though).

Hiro

My fursona, Hiro. He's the mouse in my Profile Image.

Some info on him, I guess.

Full Name: Hiroyuki-Benjamin

Species: Mus Musculus

Birthday: December 18

Age: Late-Teens

Place of Birth: Tokyo, Japan

Nationality: USA

Ethnicity: Japanese American

Religion: Agnostic

Orientation: Bisexual

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Likes: Cake, Rainbows, Pillows, Anywhere that's warm and cozy

Dislikes: Being ignored, Cold and Rainy,

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Theme Music: "Forest" from "遠音 Tone" (Pacific Moon Records)

Theme Song: Level 42 (Kaela Kimura)

Ideal Voice Actor: A Female that could play a Male Role

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He usually wears a Blue Sweatshirt, but he has a different style that he gained from back home in Tokyo.

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He has the ability to go around different worlds, but he doesn't know about it himself, and he has a world he comes from but he doesn't know which one it is either.

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He loses his speech when he's incredibly happy. Thus he has never said "I love you" with his own voice before.

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Hello

Greetings. So, things have been going on while I was absent. There were terrible earthquakes in 3 different regions, Japan's favorite Ladies Figure Skater, Mao Asada won Silver Medal at the Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver, American Idol began and I am supporting Didi Benami, and yeah 2010 started.
Hopefully I'll write more stuff here, since I'm enjoying talking about myself and other stuff. So here's a picture of Fab 5 at Epcot. I took this photo. In other words I was special enough to get a picture of all 5 of them at once.

Alright, have a good night everyone!

A Japanese person talking about Japan

http://dailynews.yahoo.co.jp/fc/world/australia/?1254610769

According to this article, out of 33 countries surveyed, Japan has the "lowest self-image" for their country.

I am one of those exceptions that show patriotism (and make jokes at the same time) about my home. I think it's ironic that a lot of people in the world respect Japan when Japanese people don't really feel (or rather show) patriotism. I put my entire Senior year learning about that in my Japan Seminar class and it's long and complex. I'm not going into details 'cause I promised myself I wouldn't be unnecessarily deep.

Anyway, I think Japan has a lot to offer for the world, but in my opinion Japan's development mainly came from its sense of inferiority and fear towards the Western countries. If you go to Japan, you will see that the Japanese people admire and respect western culture so much. Their interpretation of western culture, whether it be fashion or attitude, has made the Japanese people distinguishable for a Japanese person living in the US (i.e. me).

Often times I can make a wild guess that some of the Asians I see at Disney World are Japanese even before I listen to them speak the language. It's their clothing, their Disney accessories, their unnecessarily famous branded bags, and finally, their cameras. I have no idea where all of this comes from, but Japanese youths are invading places all over the world just so they can take a sip of Western honey. I also think Japanese people are very conscious about their appearance.

This sounds horrible (and it is) but when I see Japanese people at Disney World, I feel like competitors are invading my territory. Disney World really seems like a care-free place unlike Tokyo, where if you're a Disney fan you have to wait for a show 1 hour before it starts to get a good spot, or line up to get the hot merchandise. And yet Japanese people still fly over to Florida, showing off their Tokyo Disney Resort merchandise (by now I'm a complete hypocrite btw). But you know what I can't stop them. They're unstoppable.

So in conclusion I do sometimes feel embarrassed by Japanese tourists. But I can't say that I don't look like one of them as well, so I have no right to criticize or say bad things about them. I apologize for my attitude. I do respect how Japanese people can smile all the time every time I would go to a store or a restaurant. There are American employees out there that I just don't want to talk or smile to.

Culturally speaking, Japan has a lot to offer (duh). I am proud that many westerners adore what came from Japan. I didn't like anime at first (I still am not a huge fan of Ghibli), but I really like some styles Japanese artists go with. I love the traditional aspects too. I wasn't raised with lanterns and rock gardens, but when I look at them I feel comfortable.

I do have concerns for Japanese politics and the education system, and their denial of history which I'm not going to cover tonight, but overall Japanese culture covers up for it and if tourists come to Japan I would sincerely hope they enjoy what my country offers.

Greetings

Greetings.

Currently I'm in the situation where I'm either talking to myself or am talking to invisible air. I have absolutely no idea what I'm going to talk about here and I don't even know if anyone I know will ever be interested so I'm going to stop talking to myself as of now.