Too much to forget...

I am a Japanese girl, 26 years old. Moved to the U.S. in 2005.  
I am in Austin, Texas now and loving my life here very much.

The reason why I thought of start a blog is (a.) I have too many awesome & funny people around that I like to share with you , and (b). I like to come back to this and laugh when I get old.  Asians get old, really old. So yes, I will be that advanced, tech savy old Asian lady. Maybe I will be blogging about white kids running around and being loud in the neighborhood when I am 95.  But hey, even if I become an grumpy old lady, I can come back to this, remember this good time and laugh.  A good life.

First of all, I love people around me.  I mean it.  Like many Japanese or Asian people, I am not good at keeping friendships with millions of 'friends' who kind of know me.  It takes time for me to open up to people and be comfortable around them.  But these people, my friends here, co-workers, teachers, my dog, and my boyfriend, really started to make me loosen up.

That is why I like to document how I am getting Japamericanized in Austin Texas. What?  yeah... not just Americanized but Japamericanized.  When I am getting some influence from Americans, I am giving them some influence from me, and maybe they might feel awkward, funny, and weird about how Japanese I am.  So this is a mutual process, Japamericanization.  Let's see how this goes (-_ - )y