"The best time of the year"

Yes, it is research paper time. Next year, who knows how many research papers I'll be writing. Right now, I'm signed up to take Honors Chemistry, Honors US History, Honors English III (I WILL GET INTO THIS CLASS EVEN IF IT KILLS ME!), Pre-Calculus, AP Enlish Language (Either that or AP English Literature. I get the two confused), Spanish I, Broadcasting II, and Advanced Chorus Spring Semester. So, I'm screwed. I heard the AP class I signed up for is fun. Even if it focuses on nonfiction, I'd still like to take it. My dad would have had me take AP Biology, but I managed to get out of that mess. If I did take that class, I wouldn't have been able to take Broadcasting and Chorus. Seriously, with this schedule, I'll be lucky to be able to sit down and relax. Perhaps I should change Pre-Calculus to Advanced Functions and Modeling, at least it would be easier......

What was I talking about again? Oh, research paper. This time, I had to write a paper on a world topic. It can't be about the United States, Great Britain, or the Holocaust and it has to be in Cause/Effect form. Guess what I chose!........The effects of the Japanese school structure on its students. For the past few days I've been researching information about the school stucture to put into my paper. Some of the information I found was shocking. Apparently, there is a saying for studying for exams that goes something like 'Sleep four hours, pass. Sleep for five, fail.' EVIL! I tell you. Also, the curriculm for high school students is outrageous. Compared to a US student's curriculm, their high school work is equal to our college work. Here's something else I found to be interesting. In a Japanese elementary school class, they only have to cover ten topics the entire year, but a US school has sixty-five. SIXTY-FIVE!

Overall, this was an interesting topic to research about. I was actually suprised at how many people chose a topic relating to Japan. On boy chose to do something with the Meiji period and another chose to do the effects of the nuclear bombs in World War II. Other topics I heard were the Korean War, the Treaty of Versailles, and some sort of scientific device that related to physics that's in Sweeden.

So far, I think this is going to be an interesting research paper. Especially since we have to do a presentation to the class. I think I'm going to contrast U.S. schools to Japanese schools to show how different the two are.

One last thing before I leave, I have a week and two days before I leave for New York. According to my chorus teacher, we're going to get to see the muscial Phantom of the Opera on Broadway and talk with that cast for an hour afterwords. How cool is that? I shall answer. VERY cool.

Pissed off to the Extreme!

I'm ready to tear my stupid math teacher in half. If I have to come to school on Saturday because my stupid phone decided it wanted to beep I'm going to flip. I seriously don't know whether I want to cry my eyes out or attack the nearest person. GAH! Why is being a teenager so flippin' hard?

It's like my birthday and Christmas all rolled into one..

A long time ago, I had a dream where I was going to name my dog Mamoru. Partially because its a cool name and because Mamoru Miyano is so cool. Well, I can sumarize this whole post in one word. Break......Well, I guess that doesn't exactly work. Break is a Mamoru Miyano album that I'M DOWNLOADING RIGHT NOW! Seriously, he is awesome. I'm going to listen through it tomorrow since I still have a lot to do today.

Hana Yori Dango 2

Three days. THREE! That is the quickest I have EVER finished a j-drama. EVER! (in case you didn't get the EVER before). I'm suprised at myself. I gave up my time that I usually use to watch American Idol to watch this show. I can't help it. Matsujun's characters is absolutely hilarious. Pair him with Inoue Mao's character and you get an amazing duo that's made for each other. This drama has seriously made me consider that two opposites can come togethor and form a couple. Yeah, Inoue and Shun-kun's characters make a cute couple but Matsujun and Inoue's are a match made on Saturn (you'll have to watch the drama to get that).

Now, I shall be moving onto Hana Yori Dango 2. I'm looking forward to seeing the last episode of this season. It had a rating of 27.6 in Kanto and 26.0 in Kansai. Compare that to the rest, and it is amazing. I can't wait until I can start this season tomorrow.

Oh, on a random note, AMERICAN IDOL HAS A TOP THIRTEEN THIS YEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ANOOP MADE IT! GO ANOOP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

.......That's it.

Hana Yori Dango

Because this is the second day I had off from school in a row, that and I have to wait for new episodes of Mei-chan no Shitsuji and Uta no Oni-san since they're currently airing, I started a new drama: Hana Yori Dango. Since I've heard some good things about this drama, I decided to start watching it.

So far I've seen three episodes, and I love it. Matsujun's has changed a lot since the first episode. At the beginning, I wanted to punch him and throw his head against a brick wall. Now, I want to hug him. I'm pretty sure this is the fastest I've went from hating a character to loving them. It's a shame that this drama is only nine episodes long. Then again......there is season two and a special!

......-_-' Though I do feel a tad stupid for not recognizing Oguri Shun and Matsuda Shota until the second episode. When I did recognize Matsuda, I thought 'That's the guy from Liar Game!' (aka the first J-drama I watched). I don't think I've watched a drama with him in it for a while. On Oguri Shun's part........DANG~~~~! He's done a lot of work in dramas and movies. Take a look here. I seriously didn't know he was a seiyu either. Guess I learned something new today.

Manga News!

Oh. My. God. Prince of Tennis is back! As in more manga back! Whee~~~~~! I have actualy proof too. In the form of a download. All I have to say is enjoy and click here to download.......That and Sanada looks hot. That's it.

SNOW!

SNOW DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Which means only one thing........I sat on my butt all day and watch J-Drama (Mendol-Ikemen Idol to be exact). Five half hours episodes if you want it exact. After watching twelve episodes for the drama, I've found that the guy that plays Jiro is......I don't want to say cute but, adorable is also a wrong choice in words. wiki.d-addicts says he was a former Johnny Junior and is in a group called Dustz. Anyone heard of them? I want to see if their music is any good.

Now, I'm off to watch the second Death Note movie. I still haven't seen it since the stupid movie ticket lady wouldn't let me in since the rating moved up to 'R' at the last second and I bought my ticket weeks before the movie date!......But now I get to watch it. I love mysoju.

Bluest Sky

I'm back~! (in the blogging sense). I have so much to say, but I don't know how tosay it. Here's the cliff notes version.

I went to a lock in last week, fell for a guy, went to my friend's church today, stomach flu going around my town, I'm not sick (thank God), new song out by Niou (download here) called Bluest Sky, my friend's boyfriend broke up with her, cat fight with a freshman, NO ONE CONTROLS BANE!, not talking to my friend because he's being a butt, did I meantion I went to church?, and I'm starting to text more.

How's that for a recap? Just so you guys know, this is what my crush looks like. He's the blond one. His name is John but everyone calls him Oh Baby. The other guy is Steven, but we call him Stalker (he stalked my friend in the eighth grade). Both are extremely sweet, but not the brightest people in the world.