Stealth Picture Update Alert!
Yeah, I uploaded the yosakoi photos onto flickr on Sunday. So check it out! Marvel at all the stupid faces that my compatriots and I can make!
As far as my life goes, it has been uninteresting. It should start being interesting again next week, though, so this is just a temporary lull.
In the meantime, it has come to my attention that I have been tagged for a meme by mingpagoda So it is now time for...
The 8 Habits of Me
The rules: Each player lists 8 facts or habits about themselves; the rules of the game are to be posted first; at the end of the post, the player then tags 8 people.
1. I obsess over things easily. Seriously, I ripped through Ouendan 2 in, like, a week and it only took me that long because I had yosakoi practice. Right now? I bought a kanji test preparation game - and I am playing it constantly.
2. I sing. A lot. Sometimes it is just humming, sometimes it's only in my head. But yeah, there is a lot of singing going on. I know this has caused at least one of my roommate's to want to kill me - maybe more. Probably my current neighbors are not overly fond of it either, but they are too polite to say anything. Yay Japan!
On a pop psychology note, I would assume that this is some sort of avoidance mechanism to keep my brain busy so I don't have to think about things that make me uncomfortable. Or just indicative of an extremely short attention span.
3. I memorize songs easily. This is actually a corollary to the above habit. Possibly developed as a survival mechanism because if there is one thing that is more annoying than somebody constantly singing it is somebody constantly singing like this: "Stop! In the name of love, something, something, da da da, parurarura"
4. I DON'T memorize names (or faces) easily. It has taken me a YEAR to memorize the names in just THREE out of my eight classes, and even with them, if I don`t see that class for a few weeks the first time back is a bit like going into a room of strangers. I`m just...not good at it. Possibly if I arranged the names into a song I could get them, but then I would just have a list of names in my head with no idea which name applied to who. NOT USEFUL.
5. I could easily spend all of my time on the internet. I am aware that that is not healthy which is why I didn't get internet for three months after coming to Japan. I mean, the fact that my computer broke was also a factor, but still.
6. I am physically incapable of putting things back in their proper place. Now, I tidy up the house every week, putting things where they are supposed to go and the like. But I have never been able to take the step that would make it all unnecessary: putting things back after I use them. I just can't do it.
7. I prefer to avoid self-analysis. This meme has used up my entire stock for the next six months or so. Until December, I will only accept silly memes. This is also why the last habit is not particularly telling about my personality.
8. I bite my fingernails. Not all the time. Kind of in bursts. I'll let them get really long and then BAM one day they have DISAPPEARED. I have tried painting them, but that only ends with me ingesting nail polish, which is pretty unpleasant, let me tell you. The best thing that works is to occupy my hands with something. (like crochet)
I challenge...anyone who is reading this who has not been challenged to do it yet. (and who feels like doing it, obviously) You know who you are.
Now that I look at it, I think the vast majority of this list could be summarized with the words "I have a short attention span". The only one that doesn't fit is number one.
Well, I would write more, but I have just spotted a shiny thing and must therefore go and investigate.
As far as my life goes, it has been uninteresting. It should start being interesting again next week, though, so this is just a temporary lull.
In the meantime, it has come to my attention that I have been tagged for a meme by mingpagoda So it is now time for...
The 8 Habits of Me
The rules: Each player lists 8 facts or habits about themselves; the rules of the game are to be posted first; at the end of the post, the player then tags 8 people.
1. I obsess over things easily. Seriously, I ripped through Ouendan 2 in, like, a week and it only took me that long because I had yosakoi practice. Right now? I bought a kanji test preparation game - and I am playing it constantly.
2. I sing. A lot. Sometimes it is just humming, sometimes it's only in my head. But yeah, there is a lot of singing going on. I know this has caused at least one of my roommate's to want to kill me - maybe more. Probably my current neighbors are not overly fond of it either, but they are too polite to say anything. Yay Japan!
On a pop psychology note, I would assume that this is some sort of avoidance mechanism to keep my brain busy so I don't have to think about things that make me uncomfortable. Or just indicative of an extremely short attention span.
3. I memorize songs easily. This is actually a corollary to the above habit. Possibly developed as a survival mechanism because if there is one thing that is more annoying than somebody constantly singing it is somebody constantly singing like this: "Stop! In the name of love, something, something, da da da, parurarura"
4. I DON'T memorize names (or faces) easily. It has taken me a YEAR to memorize the names in just THREE out of my eight classes, and even with them, if I don`t see that class for a few weeks the first time back is a bit like going into a room of strangers. I`m just...not good at it. Possibly if I arranged the names into a song I could get them, but then I would just have a list of names in my head with no idea which name applied to who. NOT USEFUL.
5. I could easily spend all of my time on the internet. I am aware that that is not healthy which is why I didn't get internet for three months after coming to Japan. I mean, the fact that my computer broke was also a factor, but still.
6. I am physically incapable of putting things back in their proper place. Now, I tidy up the house every week, putting things where they are supposed to go and the like. But I have never been able to take the step that would make it all unnecessary: putting things back after I use them. I just can't do it.
7. I prefer to avoid self-analysis. This meme has used up my entire stock for the next six months or so. Until December, I will only accept silly memes. This is also why the last habit is not particularly telling about my personality.
8. I bite my fingernails. Not all the time. Kind of in bursts. I'll let them get really long and then BAM one day they have DISAPPEARED. I have tried painting them, but that only ends with me ingesting nail polish, which is pretty unpleasant, let me tell you. The best thing that works is to occupy my hands with something. (like crochet)
I challenge...anyone who is reading this who has not been challenged to do it yet. (and who feels like doing it, obviously) You know who you are.
Now that I look at it, I think the vast majority of this list could be summarized with the words "I have a short attention span". The only one that doesn't fit is number one.
Well, I would write more, but I have just spotted a shiny thing and must therefore go and investigate.