Follow me to Japan

So I have not be doing anything I'm really sorry, school happened and I am so behind sorry again also I can't find a job, why is this so hard. It shouldn't be this hard okay bai

Okay so yeah I haven't been keeping up but between school and fundraising and the stress I haven't really be able to (that's a total lie, I've been watching anime) shhhhhhhhh....kthxbai

I have no clue what to write does this count.
P.S. it snowed here... this is Seattle. Snow is a foreign concept to the gods in this part of the states (says the supposedly monotheistic christian).

yeah, okay, so I've already missed a day, but give me a break it was thanksgiving. That being said, did you know that there is Thanksgiving in Japan? Well, kinda. In Japan they have Labor Thanksgiving Day, a national holiday occurring annually on the 23 of November. This isn't anything like the Thanksgiving in America. It is the modern name for a type of harvest festival and was established after WWII to mark changes in the constitution of Japan that allowed for basic human and workers rights. The day is spent giving thanks to workers and laborers and grade schoolers will often give drawings to the local police station.
Read more here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labor_Thanksgiving_Day

I know I shouldn't trust wiki but this isn't school and it's never lead me far from the truth before so screw it, I'm using it.

I have no clue what to say... like... what do i have to say about stuff. Nothing has change and yes I am sad about that.

So...like... webtoons is doing this weird contest thingy and it would be wonderful to participate because if I won (not like I really think I can) I'd basically have all the fee paid plus spending money plus travel fares plus I could take someone else with me because its $30,000 effing dollars. Except I don't really understand how or the criteria so I'm gonna go cry now.

I think I need to make the commitment to posting something everyday. That's a good idea.
Today I actually worked up the courage to try and street perform, I was turned away. But at least now I know I can do it.

I’ve been doing a lot of research lately, and I think I may even have a chance at a job. I am so excited right now I can’t stand it. I was looking at the international programs the college I am going to offers and by god is it amazing. When I was in 7th grade I was set on going to Nihon Kogokuin College of Hachoji, Japan to study manga. That dream seemed like a thing of the past when, as fate would have it, the international program I intend to take part in is having housing accommodations on the Kogakuin Hachoji campus. OMIGOD, WHAT A FREAKING COINCIDENCE.
Am I the only one who things this is seriously freaky? Because this is seriously freaky!!!!! Sadly, I won’t be studying manga there, but I’ll get to be there is the point.
So I’ve gotten myself all worked up and now I am super excited and freaking out and omigod I really want a job so I can do this exchange before high school gets out. I REALLY WANT TO GO! How many other 16 year olds are you gonna find who are willingly going to work from 4 pm to 10pm on a school night when they have three hours of homework to do? Where, huh?

I've got a bank account now!!!

So, I've finally got enough money to open a bank account (about $300). My dad sent me $200 to go towards my trip and $100 for my birthday. My Grandpa also sent me $100 for my birthday. Because I am a teen and I need to pay for things that are almost directly related to school I'm half-ing that so that I have spending money.
I'm including them in my offline donations on GoFundMe in hopes I will get on the main pages.
So now I am opening a bank account, but my mom is always really irritated with Bank of America (which is her bank) so I'm a little iffy about using that bank. I've been looking up foreign exchange rates and stuff and since I don't want to have to deal with a new bank all on my own I think I'm just going to go with Bank of America. So yay.

I did a lot of editing to my fundraising site today. I added my father's offline donation to my goal and I'm going to put half my Christmas and Birthday money into it as well. All of that will equal around $300 so I'll have just over 10% of my goal.
However that is not good enough. I'm so super lame. I'm running really short on time and it's bad and I may not make it, ugh, I want to cry.
kthxbai

Okay, so title explanatory. I know that I am a teen and I don't really know all there is to know about writing, but I'm doing this thing called a CP and writing a book seems pretty damn awesome for a choice.
The book I want to write, and probably will end up writing it, would be called Study Guide for Studying Abroad: High School in Japan. Or something like that.
In general, I really wish I had the ability to go to my library and find a book for this. I have a lot of questions and no confidence to ask bloggers, and I know I am not the only person out there who can't talk to the normal people. I decided probably back in march or so that I was going to write a book on it that answers all the questions I had and really should have learned. I had planned to keep notes about my struggles and successes while I was in Japan to reference when I came home to write the book.
Would anyone be interested in reading a book like that, anyone at all?
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ If you want to support me, or you know someone else who might want to support me, then please visit, or send them this link: http://www.gofundme.com/imchasingmydreams Any help is much appreciated. If you feel you could give me anything, do it. I need all the help I can get and you can't leave up to other people. Thank you all so much for your support.

Today I went to my after school yoga class. I went Tuesday as well, except Tuesday we didn't do any yoga and we speed-walked a mile. I can say with great certainty that I'd rather run than walk a mile. Because I was wearing high-tops, speed-walking was physically painful on my already weak ankles, soooooo I took my shoes off and now I've got this one giant ass blister on one foot and a much smaller blister on the other. They are on the balls of my feet, so I was having a hard time staying off them, and I was considering popping them. Luckily I have the easiest healing skin on the planet and my blisters are nearly gone. They don't bother me unless I am on a hard tile or wood floor shoe less. Also, the tiny chickens have invaded my brain and laid plenty of eggs.
But why does anyone care? No one really does but it's a good way into transitioning into why I am taking an extra class.
I talked with my counselor and because I am not a lazy person/not a stupid person I'll be able to pass high school with my class. This is because I am devoted and have taken more years of Japanese and Band than I need to, as well as 0 period PE my freshman year. According to her, I will pass my senior class with all my credits IF I take running start English 12. This is because one quarter of running start is all I need to complete my credit in English, and I can take it right after I get back from Japan. With that the classes I need to take during school are 1 credit of PE, .5 credit of Occ ED, and .5 credit of Electives. One  semester is .5 credits. I'm taking half my PE credits this year, so only .5 remain.
Next year I hope to take Band and Japanese 4, so that would be my elective credit, walking and yoga  second time, and then digital design. That takes care of all my credit, and then I graduate. As long as I don't fail any of my classes.
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If you want to support me, or you know someone else who might want to support me, then please visit, or send them this link: http://www.gofundme.com/imchasingmydreams
Any help is much appreciated. If you feel you could give me anything, do it. I need all the help I can get and you can't leave up to other people. Thank you all so much for your support.

I went to talk with one of my counselors today and I learned that graduating with my class is going to be a bit difficult… yeah.
I’m going to have to take extra classes after I talk with MY specific conselor.. yay

I talked with the Greenheart Travel lady today. It took us a while to get the times right or to get the numbers down... or in my case, to remember to send the goddamn e-mail... I wrote and email and then didn't hit send for three days by mistake.
Anyway, she was really nice and she talked to us about the program. I'm trying my very hardest to make this all work out.
Keep with me please.

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaH!
The Greenheart Travel people have e-mailed me to talk about the whole thing and I am sooooooooo happy. I'm going to talk with the lady person who e-mailed me (if she writes back, which hopefully she does, I've got bad luck with people never writing me back). I am pretty damn excited.
So, I've been doing some math:
I need approximately $11,500. Before I turn in my application I need to have $500. Within 7 days of turning in my application I need to have $3000 dollars. So I am going to say I need $3500 before applying. I have 5 months fore the deadline I need to keep the the price $300 cheaper. Here's me math:
I need $11,500 in 5 months.
That is $11500/5 months=$2300 per month....
$2300/4 weeks in a month=$575 per week...
$575/6 days a week that I am allowed to work=$95.83 per day
$95.83/4 hours a day I am allowed to work=$23.95 per hours.
I am not gonna find something that will pay ME $23.95 an hour for only 4 hours of work.
Then it occurred to me that I should focus instead on how many months it would take me to work up the first $3500 since I'd have until May to make the rest.
$3500/$10 per hour(hopefully)=350 hours of work
350 hours/4 hours in a day=87.5 days of work
87.5 days/6 days in a week=14.583 weeks of work
14.583/4 weeks in a month=3.65 months of work
This is assuming I get a job within the next week..... which is unlikely.
So, we'll say four months to factor in sick days or whatever and that leaves me with 4 more months to work up the rest of my $6700.
$6700/4 months=$1675 per month
$1675/4 weeks in a month=$418.75 per week
$418.75/6 days in a week=$69.79 per day
$69.79/4 hours in a day=$17.45 per hour
I will not be able to raise my pay 7 to 8 dollars in 4 months..... but I don't have to worry so much as I will have fundraising sites open and stuff and it will help some bit.... yikes... this is a bit scary.
I just realized I haven't factored in the fact that I don't own a suitcase or that I'll have to pay for checked bags... I mean, I did factor in the expenses to get to LAX which is where I'll be flying from but..... okay, calming down. I'm going to go work on my prints.
Peace out,
AnnieMay

     Hello, my name is Annie, and I am a High School Student who wants to take a trimester of high school in Japan via the Greenheart Travel program. I've always wanted to go to Japan but recently I've been very determined to go. August of 2015 is my last chance to experience High School in Japan and I am going to make it happen.
     I am making a blog to promote this because I have no other form to do it on other than facebook and I am not on of those people who just friend EVERYONE!!!!!!! I have 52 friends two of which I have never met (well, three but the third one is a mutual friend) and one of those I haven't actually spoken to. We're friends because we're both avid fans of Detective Conan.
I guess I could use tumblr.... actually... I am using tumblr!!!!!!!! Because this bloggy thing is so hard for me to make work I am going to make a second one on my tumblr account and if you can you should follow me on tumblr. I will be updating both as things happen.
Share my blog in your friend group if you can, the more people who see my stuff the more likely this will get donations.
That, btw, is a fundraising site I didn't intend to open until after I got a job but the economy sucks and I am 16 soooooooo... life. If you donate starting at $25 I'll send you something. :)
Thanks for reading my boring stuff. I hope you stick around.