Finally left the house

I left the house today to throw away some trash that was starting to pile up and to get more food. That was the only reason why I left today. I really do feel like hikikkomori, which means social withdrawal. I have to find reasons for me to leave the house otherwise I wouldn’t. Sakura, cherry blossoms, are in bloom now and it will start to be really “pretty” out. I didn’t take many pictures of them last year, so I need to do it this year to have a good collection. It really is a Japanese experience. There is a scheduled Red Shoes Ohanami party on the first next month. Ohanami is a party sitting under the Sakura trees, enjoying time with friends while watching the beautiful Cherry Blossoms. I’m looking forward to it, but I have many things to do before that day.

Today, I just sat at home in front of my computer and watching more TV usually. There is the high school baseball tournament. That really does take up a lot of my time. I didn’t cook today and bought my food at the grocery store. It was good to go out and go for a walk. I bought a lot of stuff and more rice so I could cook. I think it was the last time I have to do so since I will be leaving soon. I’m already in the mode of leaving and not really enjoying my time here. I think that is a bad thing and I need to find a way to snap out of that. I have been really interested in cover versions of songs. I sometimes think they are better than the original versions. I find that one a bit weird too since they would have to be good in order to be covered. But the covered version just sounds fresh.

The song of the moment listed below is one that I have been listening to all day. I even wrote down the lyrics in Japanese as part of my Japanese practice. I will probably translate it soon too. It’s not a very difficult song to transcribe, but there are some parts that aren’t clear and I haven’t finished it yet. I still have many thing to do, but I haven’t started it and not sure when I will either. I will probably get around to doing things next week, but next week I will actually be a bit busy. So I probably should get started tomorrow.

Song of the moment: Hitomi Yaida’s cover of The Blue Hearts – Love letter