Well, I have been trying to find time to really sit down and write, but due to life being a bit too busy for me nowadays, I haven't been able to. Instead here is a bullet point style blog of stuff I have been thinking about these past two weeks instead! Hooray!
-Spring is still too cold. Honestly, I am ready for summer to be here already.
-I haven't been able to appreciate music as much as I'd like to lately. I buy music, but then find myself forcing myself to listen to an album because I've only listened to it two to three times. I just can't keep the enthusiasm up for some reason. I find myself changing playlists and trying to shuffle through my old music, trying to feel pumped about music again. The only way I have been really been able to fully appreciate music lately is through music video games.
-Talking about music games, I have been thinking of doing a blog about Hatsune Miku. I have been enjoying the Hatsune Miku Vita game but I still have no real idea about what people really think about those games. They certainly can be weird, but it is all so artificial that It doesn't come off to me as bad in any way. I might be missing something, admittedly.
-The worst thing about having a minor cold is having to do everything you would normally do, just without being to breath out of your nose.
-Once my time in Japan is done, I worry that I won't have enough time to do this blog anymore. Though I suppose my real fear is if I find myself with too much free time to do the blog once my time in Japan is over.
-I find it hard to write about Japan sometimes because I feel like if I don't do research and really try to create something worth reading then I'll fall into the same trap that a lot of other blogs about Japan seem to fall into. My of my biggest pet peeve is how people write sweeping overreaching statements about Japan and then their only real evidence is entirely circumstantial and subjective. It gives off an impression that people seem to think that no matter where you live, what you do, or who you talk to in Japan, that their experience is somehow representative of everyone's experience in Japan.
-Oh, and FYI, Japan is country where you can watch TV and have a show say how similiar everyone in Japan is, and then switch the channel and have an entire news segment about how different people in Osaka and Kyoto are. It is ridiculous.
-I could elucidate why I think that is, but alack and alas, all the proof I have is circumstantial and subjective. I gotta get back into my studies. I just wish that was what I as being paid to do, and not just something I do on my free time.
-On the topic of studies, I also want to write about why people go to college. It bugs me that people seem to think that, unless you get a job that has to do with the subject you majored in, going to college was a waste of time. I guess my feelings that it is only of waste of time if the person doesn't learn anything from it. For me, the college I went to completely changed who I am, so asking whether it is "worth it" isn't as important to me. The opportunities it gave me, the people I met, and what I studied formed who I am today.
-Thinking of maybe making a sequel to Compartmentization, if only because there is so much I set up that it would be a waste. I want to clean up and revise the first part though. Will I ever have the time to do this???
-Been on a bit of a Pokemon kick lately. It is just something I got into a little bit when I was a kid, and then got sidetracked into other things. It interesting to look back at what Pokemon was and what it is today. Pokemon always seemed to rely on this multimedia aspect, no single product really giving a complete picture, just each part giving a snapshot into this strange world of pocket monsters, but so many of those off-shoots have gone on for so long that they offer something complete in and of themselves. It is strange, but still complete comfort food. Nothing wrong with that though.
-I am pretty sure Spec Ops: The Line is one of the most amazing games I have played in recent memory, but I want to finish it before I give any sort of real assessment.
-Pretty excitiped for the new Daft Punk album. I sure hope its good.
-Beasts of the Southern Wild was such a good movie. It is something I would need to watch again before I write about it though.
Well, that's about it. Thanks for reading! Hopefully I have something more complete, and on time, next week!
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