My inspiration is drained!

I have been trying to get back up on this horse of writing. But I have noticed that as soon as I get home, I will get on my laptop and instead of opening a writing application, which I have paid some decent money to say to myself well I bought it I might as well use it, but instead I go on tumblr, look up an episode I have not seen yet, pig out, and rest my eyes for the following day.

My inspiration has been slowly sapped from my skin. It has left no trace of hunger to continue this passion that I majored in.

And I find it ironic that while I Have no more inspiration to write, I keep looking at writing seminars, and universities that offer a master of fine arts in writing. I figure that if I want to get into these prestigious schools, I should be writing on a regular basis.

And yet, here I still sit, doing nothing.

But I have been giving some thought about a bucket list.

A bucket list of Japan, because, although I don't want to be pessimistic, I will probably not return to Japan. So, I have to do everything I want to do in Japan before I leave October of next year. So here is a bucket list with things I have already done and plan to do in Jaapan before leaving in October 2014.

1. Go to every Pokemon Center in Japan (7 total, 2 completed)
2. Climb Mount Fuji (To the top of the mountain. Go big or go home)
3. See a sumo match
4. See a Kabuki play (even though I understand no lick of Japanese)
5. Go to an Onsen (with monkeys or no monkeys; just as long as its an onsen)
6. Go to Tokyo Disney and Tokyo Disney Sea
7. Visit all the beautiful shrines and areas in Kyoto (Fushimi Inari shrine done, around 8 more to go)
8. Visit all the islands of Japan.
9. Stay in a capsule hotel
10. Buy a Kimono and a Yukata
11. Ring a shrine bell and pray
12. Do a Tea ceremony
13. Go to Universal Studios Japan


And heres the finished or completed parts of the bucket list:
14. See the cherry blossoms bloom
15. Go to Tokyo Tower
16. Visit the Winter Illumination in Nabano no Saito
17. Cross Shibuya Crossing
18. Visit Akihabara
19. Play UFO Catcher games in Akihabara
20. Visit a maid cafe
21. Visit Osaka and Dotunbori


And I know I have done a whole lot more, but I think due to the lack of sleep I am feeling, I am forgetting. But that's all for now. I will update as I think about more things I want to do while in Japan.

I love Fridays.

Normally, I have a very hectic schedule. I have late and afternoonish classes and don't arrive home until after nightfall. And not to mention I have to pedal all the way home, sometimes, like tonight, in rainy situations, where a pink umbrella is fighting with the wind.

But when I see that my calendar is marked as Friday, I love it. I think if I had to pick a day of the week, it is Friday. Even more so than my weekends, sometimes.

It's because I actually have work. I normally have work days which I feel I am dragging my feet through the damn doors. It's not because of the students. Well, sometimes because of some of the students. But mostly because those classes are not my favorites. And neither are the ones that I have on Friday.

It's just something about the day. Friday. The day when you are getting closer to the weekend. The beauty that the weekend is just around the corner. I don't know what is the beauty of Friday. I just look forward to it every weekend. I still have to drag myself into work tomorrow, but the fact that it was Friday. Just like it is still Friday now.

I love it.