Enjoy Life...

... you only live it once!

This is something I like to abide by.

But, even if I do follow that mantra, it doesn't hurt for me to remind myself of it from time to time.

And, with my reminding myself... I would also like to remind everyone else out there to make the best you can of your life.

As much as we'd all like, life does not have a rewind button. Once something is in the past... well, that's where it stays.

We shouldn't dwell in the past, but, instead... we should learn from it and change what we need to make life more tolerable for ourselves... as well as others.

Wow... that's some deep shit I just typed away... heh heh.

But, yeah... point of this entry really is to show how I'm taking advantage of my life here in Japan.

This Sunday, two of my Japanese friends will be wed.

(... heh heh... I'm typing this at school... and one of my students passed behind me and I wasn't worried since he wouldn't be able to read... but, yeah... he began reading my Blog's title... and I was like... oh... fail...)

Anyway... going back to what I was saying... my friends will be getting married and I'm going to be able to experience a Japanese wedding.

To be honest... weddings don't really mean much to me... but, I guess that's mostly because like the two or so weddings I have attended were of family I wasn't that close with. So, maybe since this wedding will actually be with two friends I'm close to... it'll actually be meaningful.

But, for whatever the reason... I'm really excited about this wedding.

Then... yesterday... I learned that I actually have a role in the wedding. So now... I feel honored to actually be allowed to participate in, not just any wedding... but, a Japanese wedding. It also signifies and hopefully eternalizes (not sure if that's even a word... but, it perfectly describes what I feel) my friendship with these two friends.

In the wedding, I was told that I will be carrying a big, red umbrella behind the bride and groom. The purpose... I haven't the slightest idea... but, to be able to participate in a wedding seems like it'll be quite the experience.

Besides participating in the actual wedding... I will also be participating in a dance during the reception. My friend wanted two groups of her friends to participate... and the group I'm participating with decided that we should do a dance.

This is going to prove more than interesting... seeing that we'll be performing to AKB48's 会いたかった (aitakatta... which literally means... I wanted to meet you). I'll give you some time to quickly search AKB48 to see where I'm going with this...

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... yup, for those impatient... you can just read this... heh heh. But, basically... it's a girl group consisting of, as you may have guessed, 48 members. These are your typical, cutesy girl group type. The song we'll be performing involves them dancing in school girl unifomrms.

Yes, I will become a school girl... something I never expected.

But, you live only once and therefore must enjoy life! And, that's why I'm more than willing and excited about this dance. It's going to be quite the memory... and I can only hope that this memory stays with me forever... and if it doesn't... well, at least I'll have the video proof of it:



This video is only our 3rd practice... so, we still have to perfect it a bit. But, other than that... I think we're looking pretty good. I'll make sure to try and give you the finished product... in school girl uniform and all.

I apologize to all those with school girl fantasies... for, I alone, will be the one to shatter and destroy your fantasies. I know once you take a look at my goodies beneath my skirt (since I'll be doing a kart wheel... I didn't attempt it in the video since my knee's a bit weak now and it'd have been disasterous kart wheeling off the stage)... that would be the only image in your heads when you hear "school girl"... heh heh...

... so, for that... I apologize.

Anyway... I'm out... make something of your lives!