Post 1: Confession Time; Kono yoi no watashi no warui kusedesu

"kono yoi no watashi no warui kusedesu" 

Good afternoon, this is my bad habit.

One of the worst bad habits I ever had was my addiction to Anime. Anime is Japanese cartoons that come on at 12 o'clock at night and doesn't go off till 3:30 in the morning. I would stay up all night on schools nights and go into school just to end up asleep in my first class. It started in my last year of elementary school and slowed down my junior year of high school. 

My mom would go to bed hearing me say "I'm gonna finish my homework then go to bed, love you. Good Night." When in reality I was thinking 'I'm gonna keep my books out for another 30 minutes in case she gets up and turn the TV on Adult Swim.' Adult Swim is a very 'adult' show that would play different animes each night on a regular bases and I learned the timing so well that I was able to turn the TV on right when the Anime started. 

It got to the point that my friends knew the schedule almost as good as I did for which shows were on. Some of them worried I wasn't getting enough sleep and would help me rest in class, by pairing up with me or letting me copy notes. In the end I knew I had to change something because my grades were slipping and I got my first C in English. The one class I always passed with flying colors was now my lowest grade. My teacher asked to to stay after class one day because she was worried about me. I told her I was fine that I had some personal problems to deal with and that by the time we got our report cards I would have an A again. 

I then asked my friends for help. I told them to text me as late as they could to check if I was up watching the anime shows and if I was t threaten to call my mom and tell her, ya the 'i'm telling your mom' may be old but hey she brought me into this world and she's not afraid of taking me out. Next I told my friends to make sure I stay awake in class and take my own notes. I knew if I took my own notes I'd be able to stay awake due to my strange way of note taking, I have never used a pencil to take notes, like eve, it's always pens and highlighters, I find it easier to remember everything if it's in color. 

By the time we got our Report Cards I had an A. Some of my other grade even went up. My teacher was proud of me and so was I. I don't watch it nearly as much now, thou I have a 3 year old living with me to make it that much harder, but nonetheless I've calmed down. Every so often I will stay up on Saturday to watch it a little. It's been a very long time since I've watched it all but I'll catch one or two shows. Anime is still a part of my life but it's not as big a piece. 

...now I may need to slow down on my reading of Mangas,Japanese graphic novels, but who know I guess we'll see.