he's goin' to Japan

he's goin' to Japan

His name is Rene Bystron and he will be spending the next year in Japan. He’s just realized it. Sure, it’s been in the back of his mind for a while – like going to college. He knew it was going to happen for many years; still he was flabbergasted when it happened.

A brief summary: he’s taking a year-off between his junior and senior year at Yale to study in Japan under the Richard U. Light Fellowship. He came to Yale as a “2011” and will be leaving as a “2012.”

He did not understand the full extent of his decision while at Yale. Leaving school for a year seemed funky and fun. He thought a year in Japan would make him the coolest kid around the block. It seemed rad. In the whirl of finals, of regular early May busy-ness, he didn’t get the chance to think everything through. Now, on the other hand, he’s home, bored to death, and with a plenty of time to think.

WHAT HAVE I DONE?!? / In a year, I’ll be back/ all my friends will be gone/ But c’est la vie.

He’ll be writing a blog about his time in Japan. Two entries a week. He will be doing so because Light Fellowship requires it, and because he likes writing, and because he wants to let everyone know that he, in fact, IS the coolest kid around the block. He won’t be writing in third person because it’s cheesy, impersonal - and like totally not cool.