Few hours left!!!!!!

Ok so this was my last weekend in the U.S. for a while and I think it was fun. I didn't really do anything friday night but thats cool a day of relaxation was good. Saturday was really fun though kinda crazy ok well really crazy lol. I went out with Temara and Marquita from my school they graduated this year and we went down burbon street. All I can say is yall dont think hand grenade is a baby drink. (yes I know it doesn't sound like a baby drink lol) My shirt was taken out of my pants and I didn't even know it by the time we started walking back to Marquita's apt lmao. I drunk dailed my sister too but she didnt tell me what I said just that I was a mess lol so yea that was fun times. Woke up sunday ALL messed up lol couldnt really function til 4 or 5 and almost bust my ass in the shower cause I was still drunk at like 3p.m. lol.

On a more family oriented note lol went out to dinner with the fam and sung happy b-day to my grandmother. :) She was happy and sad all at the same time I guess thats how everyone is you know, I know I am. Now I'm all done packing pretty much one last load of clothes in the dryer of things that I'm not really taking but need to put up somewhere before I leave. So since this is like the start of something new I did something new I shaved my face like clean shaven for reals no stubble like I usually do but smooth like a baby lol. Got my fresh fit picked out for the first day know you gotta look good especially when you first meet people. Going over things making sure I got everything you know but I think I should be good now. Music and waiting is all there is left to do. Next post will be about the first day in japan so effing crazy lol. Anyway ppl I guess ttyl is how I'm closing these things for real now lol soooooooooooooooooo ttyl :)

So got the list of folks

Hey Everyone :) I'm back again for another update. Its up to 4 days til I leave and I can't wait anymore lol. I've been talking to a few friends who are in japan now and hopefully I can meet up with while I'm over there. I already made a few plans and can't wait to get there and live em out. But in the mean time I finally got the list of the people going on the program with me. There is a lot more people on the program than I expected. In total there is 48 in total and guess what folks....... more than half dont have facebooks! wtf! Lol I'm trying so much not to prejudge people cause I do have a bad habit of that if you know me..... but like if you don't have a facebook come on thats a red flag regardless. Some of the people who do have facebook look cool though so hopefully birds of a feather right?

As for home Moms is planning on actually giving me some money which I was hoping for but not really expecting. We are also gonna go out to dinner Sunday at any restaurant I want to go. I'm excited all my close family is gonna be there so that should be fun. I still need to go get some flip flops which is hard to find believe it or not I know right. I went to like 4 shoe stores and not one had some regular flip flops all they had was those thong things that I pretty much hate lol. I need to get some evils something (where I'll find some ish like that I have no idea if you do let me know) for horitaka-san if I want to try to get my half sleeve done. (even though it might be hard if he is too far away)

Speaking of the tattoo I was trying to figure out what I wanted to get on the sleeve. I was thinking maybe I'd get something with a dragon on it and a symbol in his claw or mouth but I was wondering what that symbol would be. I could go with the same theme as my other one on my back and get the symbol or destiny but the more I think back on my life and where I am now. I see how much I have grown I won't claim to be a fully realized man right now but I'm not anywhere near a child anymore. Which makes me think I might get something that has to deal with growth along the scales of the dragon or something like that you know? I been thinking about it a lot. I was also thinking coy fish but I don't want it to be cliche you know? But it cant really be that cliche if it means a lot to me right? (The kanji right there at the top right is destiny "unmei" and the one on the left is growth "seichou") Anyway thats where I am at right now hopefully I'll figure something out. This is they guy I want to do it. Lets hope that I can actually get him too. (http://www.japanese-tattoo-art.com/vid-horiyoshi3work.html) Anyway ttyl for now folks

time

When I was with my friends and having fun
Time moved as fast as it could and I kept trying to catch it
When I was in a fight and I was raging
Time seemed to pass in an instant
When I was in a state of peace and happy
Time just blew right past me
Now I'm waiting; waiting on a trip

Time has suddenly stalled and is waiting with me

Its funny how the only time time stands still is when your waiting. Doesn't matter what you are waiting for its just that your waiting on something lol. I cant get over how the closer it gets to the day to leave the longer each day seems to stick around. Its a good and bad thing I guess. I get more time in my mind to prepare I guess but also more time to worry. I'm really excited about leaving though and it seems that talking to people about leaving just makes time move all that much slower lol. Oh well I still have to get some presents for people that I will meet and some thank you cards and alot of other errands I need to run. Hopefully I can get everything done before I need to leave. Anyway just wanted to post that cause I can't sleep and needed something to do. I'll ttyl people.

Cool Poem I found around the Internet

I dreamed a dream...
In it I lived in a foreign land, and saw and experienced so
much, all so new...
All of it confused me, and I pondered at it...
I met new friends, and I spoke a language foreign to
me...
It seemed to go on and on, as the turning of a wheel...
Days repeated, weeks repeated...
Then in a moment, I woke up from my dream. I was home,
In my own country. I knew my people, my language, my
customs...
But yet once more, as in my dream, I was confused...
But this time, by my own people, my own language, my
own customs...
And for a while, I longed to go back, back to the foreign

land that I didn`t understand...

Packing!

So its 7 days before I go and with each day I get more and more excited its crazy. And each day closer means more stuff to do lol. I'm in the process of packing all my ish but you can never be too sure everything will fit til the night before when you dont have ANY extra things that are out. I think after making some last min decisions I have finally picked out everything thats coming with me on the trip. Crazy how a year's worth of stuff I'm going to be fitting into 2 suitcases and a duffel bag.

So I've been doing some searching and stuff about Japan and it seems like I'll be having lots of fun on my weekends off lol. We get a ton more vacations than Carleton too. So whats not to like about that. Haircuts and stuff are really expensive but I've been practicing cutting my own hair though and I'm getting pretty good at it well good enough that no one knows if I cut it or not but I'm still scared to line up my back but whatever I'm sure I can get lined up anywhere.

I know I'm all excited about leaving and ish but I'm still gonna miss a lot of my good friends from college. They taught me a lot and I'm still learning with them. So even though I'll be gone for this year you know I'm still thinking bout yall. (especially if this new group of people I'm with turns out to be lames......... lol)

Well as yall can see my ish isn't packed and I have a lot of things to do this last week so I probably should think about finishing that first before I keep posting on here anyway I'll ttyl. (still don't know how your supposed to end these things lol)

Getting Ready

So it is 10 days til I leave the U.S. for Japan for a whole year. Its kinda crazy, exciting, and scary all at the same time. I feel like a freshmen and I'm a junior. So this program I'm going to is JCMU which means Japan Center for Michigan Universities but they don't really give you all that much info on anything lol. I don't know who else is in the program with me they said the were going to be sending out a list today but no list so we'll see next week. Since I'm not in school in Michigan either I didn't get to go to the orientation because it was out of state while I was in school so I didn't get to see who else is in the program. So the biggest thing is they don't tell me who my roommate is til I get there..... Yea.... So that will be interesting lol. I'll write all about the new rommie when I get there and we'll see if I do a host fam after the first two days of having a roommate lol.

One of the best things about this being like freshmen year is school clothes shopping lol. I like getting new things like everybody else lol. Clothes, gadgets, etc. all new for a whole year long stay in Japan. So I'm new to this whole blogging thing but trust me there will be interesting stories to go on here soon. So I'll ttyl