How Hey! Say! JUMP changed my life

A while ago, I rediscovered this blog called nihonchique and she had a blog post called "Why Do I Love Johnny's?" That post got me thinking how Johnny's specifically Hey! Say! JUMP affected and changed my life so I decided to share what they are. 

1.I was able improve my Japanese-Before I started listening to Hey! Say! JUMP, my Japanese wasn't the best. Growing up in a area where there isn't a lot of other Japanese people and not going to Japanese school on Saturdays really affected that. My Japanese was more of a mixture of Japanese and English so there were times when my relatives in Japan who don't know any English had a hard time understanding what I wanted to say. Also it was just limited in general. But after I discovered HSJ, I started watching variety shows and dramas which made me realize there's different ways to talk to people which is something you don't learn from just talking to your parents. Honestly I still use Japlish when I speak in Japanese but I really feel like it's gotten better. 

2. Gave me a goal-I realized how ever since I got into Japanese pop culture, I started to have more things I wanted to do and have a job based on the things I like which are music, filming and digital arts. Also I noticed how I set up goals for myself for when I go to Japan such as going to a HSJ concert or a Hello Project concert and going to a bunch of places meanwhile when I was younger, I kinda just went with the flow. 

3.My love for music grew-I loved listening to music ever since I was little but I was never able to explore different genres so I just listened to anime songs and songs that were on TV. But when I got into HSJ, I realized how I wanted to branch out to other artists so I would listen to a whole variety of music. Although the music I listen to today isn't as diverse as it used to be, I realized how much songs I know. Another thing is how I was able to get better at singing. My singing before I started YouTube was awful. It still isn't the best but I can least hold a tune now.  

So those are the things on how Hey! Say! JUMP changed my life. Honestly, if I didn't start listening to them or even discovering them, my life would've been so much different. I wouldn't have this blog, I wouldn't done YouTube and my Japanese would've still been crappy.

Life Update

Lately, I realized I haven't been updating this blog for a while and it's just I don't really have anything to update about. I haven't gotten anything new, I haven't made a new cover and I'm currently just living life. However, for now I really want to focus on graduating from High School. I've been lazy so my grades haven't been up to par but I really want to leave High School feeling satisfied. So until I graduate and everything settles down, I don't think I'll be updating as often as I want to but hopefully I'll have some time over the weekend to write down this post I've been wanting to write about for a while.

May

I can't believe that it's already May! The year is going by so fast. So far this month hasn't been the best. Yesterday, I had a really bad stomach after eating a brownie that has been left in the oven overnight. I'm not sure why but whenever I eat something that been left in the oven, I always tend to get a stomach and that can last for as long to a day to a week. Maybe I'm just really bad with food that gets left in the oven especially when it's getting warmer. Also I got sick last week. Luckily I got better. But there has been good things. I did well on my piano adjudication and I got a perfect score which I never got before. So that is it for this post. I've been reading other people's blogs lately and it gave me some ideas on what I should write.

Birthday Haul

So last week was my birthday and I got quite a few things from my parents this year. My dad usually goes to Japan around this time of the year and brought me some gifts. 

 The first thing is the 2016-2017 Hey! Say! JUMP calendar. I really like this years calendar because it's an actual calendar. For the past few years, it's been a book so I tend to always forget about it and I never looked through it. So it's nice how I can just put it up somewhere in my room and remember that it exists. 

 It also came with this booklet that you can put pictures in it. I think this was pretty creative. You can choose the pictures that you want in the booklet and I think that's really interesting. 

One of the mangas I got was vol 18 and vol 19 of Assassination Classroom. I am honestly behind on this manga so I'm really gonna have to try to catch up. 

 Another manga I got was Mr. Nietzsche in the Convenience Store. I just loved the live action drama to this so much and for those who haven't seen it yet, I really recommend it. It's so funny and the actors were awesome in this. 

The 2nd to last manga I got was Non Non Biyori. This is one of the cutest manga/anime ever and I can't stop reading this. 

 Lastly, I got Watamote vol 9. I'm currently reading this and Tomoko is actually starting to get better. I don't want to spoil what happens but basically, the school trip was a success for her in my opinion. 

Those are the things I got for my birthday! They're of course the usual but I'm really satisfied with my gifts. And I'm sorry if the pictures aren't that great. I was finally able to get a new camera and I'm still kind of learning how to use it. 

April

I cannot believe that it's already April! Time is just going by so fast! Anyways, this month is going to be a busy month for me. First of all, my birthday is coming up! I'm gonna be 19 on the 19th. Man, I'm getting old lol. Also, this year is going to be my 6th year on YouTube. I still remember when I first started YouTube as that 6th grader who couldn't sing. I feel like I've come a long way since I've originally started. My amount of subscribers haven't increased since I keep on moving channels but oh well.

Thoughts on the upcoming Fullmetal Alchemist live action movie

Although I usually try to write reviews and rants on my other blog, I thought I'll just write it on this one since it's not going to be very detailed. So today, it has been announced that there is going to be a live action version of Fullmetal Alchemist that is set to be in theaters in the summer of 2017. I was honestly surprised that they're planning to make a live action movie. Although I never watched the entire anime, my initial thought was that it's going to fail like Attack on Titan. But what made me feel worse is how the main character Ed is going to be portrayed by Hey! Say! JUMP's Ryosuke Yamada. Due to being a fan of HSJ especially Yamada, for some stupid reason, it just got to me. I guess I started feeling worried as heck because I kind of figured that it's not gonna go well which was my initial thought. I just don't understand why they would touch an anime/manga that should just stay an anime/manga. I understand if it's a romantic comedy that's placed at a school since that's not going to be hard to recreate into a real life setting. To wrap this up, I have bitter thoughts about this movie but who knows? It might actually go well like Assassination Classroom.

Not a very good day

So yesterday, my day wasn't the best. First of all, my mom got really mad at me because I didn't know what I was doing when she wanted me to make yakisoba. That's because I didn't know I had to make it on my own. Also, she didn't tell me what I should do. After that, I got forced to take my permit test because I'm too lazy to study and my mom thinks it's something that's extremely important and big to study on. It just frustrates me sometimes because my mom doesn't know what she's talking about and she calls a permit test a written test. That's what happens I guess if you're parents aren't from here. The final thing is figuring out that Hey! Say! JUMP is releasing their upcoming single on the same day as Morning Musume'16. That pissed me off so much! It's just that a Johnny's group always releases a single on the same day as Morning Musume whenever my favorite member is graduating. As much as I love HSJ, I'm probably just gonna buy Morning Musume's single and buy HSJ's new single when I'm in Japan.