I am a leaf.
Floating, swirling in the winds of time and society. They shriek “plan for college” but I float over a tide pool to admire the shells and crustaceans. They scream “get good grades” while I drift in between red oak trees. “Clean your room” I spin into a thundercloud. “You should wear makeup” I glide over Mt. Fiji (the tallest mountain in Japan).
I’m not always a leaf though. Sometimes I’m a rigid metal bar. I do my homework, I won’t let any of my family members curse, and I’m the early bird ready to admire the worm. Sometimes I’m illogicality wrapped in sweetness and decorated with poise. Like most people I’m full of opposites. I can be joyful, grumpy, scatterbrained, organized, playful, and reclusive. Of course not all of these at once but depending on the day or time. I live life day to day when small things make me cheerful and big things make me exasperated. I’m officially part of the “upperclassmen” category but the child within is still in fifth grade.
O.K. I’m done with the metaphors and fanciness. I’m a female student. I’m involved in orchestra, swimming, bowling, and the Japanese club. I’m five foot something and that’s all I care to say of what I do that defines me.
My Blog
I've decided this blog is going to be about all the unique things of each Japanese prefecture. For those of you who don’t know, a prefecture is like an American state.
Random Things about Me
I like to cook and am good at it too. However, note that the previous sentence is my own opinion and not anyone else’s. You’ll never know if I’m really good or not (cue evil laughter). Well, people eat the food vigorously whether it’s truly good or they’re just starving. I’m so terribly, awfully, disastrously, and nearly inconceivably bad at laundry that my mom had to take it of my list of chores. I just fold all the clothes so small that when you unfold them to wear they’re all so wrinkly that people say “Are you wearing a shirt or a raisin?” I love to sing in my car (who doesn’t?). “Too close” by Alex Clare will come on and I’ll just rock out. I’m pretty good but again that’s my opinion (take two of evil laughter). I’m obsessed with pandas. I love pandas. I find them cute, cuddly, playful, and curious. The babies are so tiny too! My favorite color is blue because the sky is blue. The sky is reliable, it’s always there while the moon fades away and you only see the sun half of the 24 hours. You can go anywhere in the world and see a familiar sky.
This is who I am.
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