As soon as I start to feel free with Spanish, I think "meh."

Japanese has a richness to it. In Spanish, you take a word, it has a direct equivalent. Japanese isn't like that. You can fill in gaps. And I like the thinking in pictures. I bet you think it's going to confuse me, but I bet you I get it instantly. The Romantic languages... they're boring now. So that's my answer to your "why?"

I hope you read this before you go to school... I kind of suspect you will. If so, ponder this on the ride to school: What if Keeran played the flute? Can't you imagine him with his dark hair, intensely focused on his flute?