Omg, Game of Thrones! I literally just watched an episode earlier today! I only have the season 3 finale left until I'm caught up - just in time for the season 4 premiere. The episode I just watched is the one where that disgusting old geezer with the child wife [i]killed[/i] Rob and his mother. With Arya right outside. The emotions are too much ;_; Jon Snow is extremely lovable. And yeah, Dany is awesome x) And Arya is a total badass. I hope something horrific happens to that little prick Joffrey. Oh but I like the Tyrell girl that he's supposed to marry. I know I'm supposed to hate Cersei but I just can't because of totally shallow reasons x) 

The Walking Dead isn't as good now as when it first started unfortunately, but I still watch it religiously lol. I used to be addicted to Law and Order SVU a few years ago, but I haven't watched it in forever! I tried to watch American Horror story but... the thing is, I don't think anyone would guess this about me, but I'm sort of a wimp when it comes to scary movies/shows haha xD I couldn't get through the first episode, because I was watching it alone, at night. Yeah, yeah pathetic, I know xD I need to watch it with my friends or my sister or something. Have you ever seen Orange is the New Black? It's on Netflix and it's soooo good. Just be careful though, because if you ever decide to watch it, you'll be tempted to binge through the entire season x) 

Japan was amazing. The program was only a month, starting in June. We stayed in Okazaki, Aichi Prefecture, which is in the central part of Japan, and we visited Tokyo, Kyoto, Ise, and Nagoya. It was seriously one of the best experiences of my life. There were about 20 of us, all undergrad students. We had a class on japanese traditional and pop culture during the weekdays and had the weekends free to explore. My favorite part were the days we spent in Kyoto, where we visited Inari Shrine, Kiyomizu-dera, and a castle that I'm forgetting the name of.. We met so many great people, everyone we met was so hospitable and interested in talking to us about American culture and what we thought of Japan. Our trip actually took place the summer after that devastating earthquake and tsunami hit Sendai and there was that radiation scare, so we talked to a lot of people about that. All of the public buildings/ government owned buildings and many of the privately owned ones had their A/C low and occasional black outs to help with the power outage in the cities up north. It was incredible to see that kind of community service on a national scale. I made some friends while I was there and we still exchange letters! The food was awesome. The bathrooms were cool. I could talk so much more about Japan xD

Edit: Dang, I think I missed ya, since I took so long to reply x) Just in case, goodnight! Hope your competition goes well!