So it turns out that one of my students who is my age has done drift racing since she was 18. My friend and her old teacher Chris mentioned this fact and I asked her about it and it turns out she knows some famous racers/drifters (?) Masayoshi Tokita (at 5:30 in the Toyota) and Kuniaki Takahashi! Then today, she sent me a link to her husband’s win and invited me to go to the Mobara race tomorrow where I’ll be able to ride in the passenger seat!!!!!! I can not even tell you how much I am freaking out about how frikkin badass this is going to be! I am so pumped!
In other news, I will most likely end up at the Musician’s Institute in LA for music school. I’ll be sending in my app next week and they’ll get back to me by July 8th so I can make arrangements. Easy financial aid, back to California where I have come to believe might be the only place in the world with the weather and ocean I need. Plus this program includes private lessons which was almost a deal breaker at BIMM for me. My only concerns are the cost of living (but I’ll be able to work full time since I won’t be on a student visa), LA being gross (but the school is in West Hollywood aka rich gayland and maybe I can swing living in Venice Beach or Santa Monica) and being on the wrong continent for the metal genre I want to join, but I’m sure it will be good enough.