Every year I make these over-reaching New Years goals like “make better friends” or “get more self-confidence” or “find a more productive hobby.” These goals are great, don’t get me wrong, but the first time Ryosuke found me sprawled out on the floor writing my New Year’s resolutions (right after we got engaged) he just laughed. “How do you measure those goals?” “Um. You don’t. It’s like a personal thing.” “So why don’t you pick a goal you can actually accomplish, like you know, for real?” He asked. So I did. This year, my New Year’s goal was to make it on Japanese television. Laugh all you want, it seems silly, but I’ve always wanted to be on TV. I figured if I was going to dream, I might as well dream big. And on April 14th, 2014, I made it. I arrived in Japan in mid-March and when Rysouke picked me up at the airport, we were interviewed to be on the segment YOUは何しに日本へ (roughly translating to “What are YOU doing in Japan?”) The clip can be found here: Wasn’t that fun? (If it didn’t start part-way through the video, skip to 1:07:22, please) The back-story to this video: I got [...]
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