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[Nov. 26th, 2009|07:23 am] |
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( So, I saw New Moon yesterday. )
Anyway, I'm home for Thanksgiving, even though this home is less than an hour's drive from campus, so I feel like it's a moot point. XD It is nice to relax though, even though it's bizarre to wake up and to go to the kitchen for food, and not to go to class, and not to send a text message to a friend... And to not have to wear flip-flops in the shower. :)
Which reminds me, happy Thanksgiving!
I wonder what will happen tonight? It's always interesting when my extended family gets together.
I'm looking forward to tomorrow. :D I'm gonna buy a newspaper and look for really amazing ads. Since tomorrow will be after Thanksgiving, I can begin shopping for Christmas without guilt. XD I'm looking forward to it. Recently, I've been kind of adverse to spending money, because I don't like to spend money... But I like to buy things. But if I'm spending money to buy things for other people, it's not too bad. :)
Oh! I've been too busy to buy the new Star Trek movie. XD I wonder if it will be on sale for a good price tomorrow, somewhere? :D (Right after I got done talking about buying things for other people... XD )
Anyway, I think I'm gonna go take a walk...? (I looked out the window five minutes ago, and the street was filled with fog, but now it's clear... So I think the cloud just rolled its way up the street! :D ) Or I might go back to sleep, as the temperature is very cold. XD |
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[Nov. 22nd, 2009|10:31 am] |
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Oh, it's snowing~~
Just like on a Christmas card. <3 |
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[Nov. 19th, 2009|03:13 pm] |
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Today has been such an awesome day!
Even though I woke up only half an hour before my class started (and if I recall, I had a dream that I and all of my students were visiting this house... and one of my boys was going to elope with the old woman who owned the house. I knew this because they stripped the carpet off the floor, to take with them. I tried to convince my student not to do it, because he's a citizen of Japan and he'd probably be found out and deported and whatever all else, but he said that I could never understand because I'm not a lesbian.)
-- I was able to attend all of my classes without giving in to the temptation to just crawl back to my dorm and take a shower. xD
And even though I found out yesterday, TODAY I received the test back which I got a 94% on! :D
Yesterday was "Japan Night," which was pretty intense. :) I forgot my camera, so I'm pretty bummed. But thank God for Facebook! The students all put so much effort into that event, so all of the performances were... so awesome. :)
Yesterday I also declared "International Affairs" as my second major. :) It's a fairly small major, so I can earn a good chunk of the credits while I'm in Japan next year.
Anyway, I'm gonna go take a shower! :) (LOL. I selected the "dirty" option for my mood... the image of Miyavi looks dirty in a different way than how I'm feeling... :) *cough* ) |
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[Nov. 13th, 2009|11:42 pm] |
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今晩は～～
今、お腹が空いたけど、キャンパスの近いレストランは閉鎖した。悲しいよ～ ペプシ飲みたいよ～
この間、髪の毛を切た。日本人女性のヘアスタイルと同じぐらいんですって。笑～
日本語をおそく忘れて！忘れたら、死にたいよ。T^T
日本語は話しにくいから、友達は私と日本語で話したい時、しんぱいになっています。
そうして。 しんぱいかどうか、毎日、日本語で話してみます。！！！
Well, that's it for Japanese explosion. :) What randomness can I assault you with next, you ask?! :) Hm.
Hm.
Anyway, in summary, FREAKIN' HUNGRY RIGHT NOW, EFF. |
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[Oct. 26th, 2009|10:43 pm] |
I am struck by fucking inspiration and there are people CHATTING IT UP endlessly right behind me! Like, I love you both, but STFU. xDDD
It was very rainy today. :) I took some beautiful photographs of the scenery, but I left my camera in my friend's room. :) So I can't post them until tomorrow! I've been very inspired to take photographs recently.
-- On the other hand, my shoes freaking flooded! My socks are still wet! (I'm too lazy to peel them away from my skin right now, so I just hope I don't catch pneumonia or some such business. :)
I have got so much shit to do right now, it's just overwhelming!
I have to figure out a Halloween costume, something, because apparently I'm volunteering at a children's Halloween carnival with the Japanese students... and kids just have expectations, you know?
And my checks aren't direct depositing. Which makes me grind my teeth in annoyance. This school can be so effing annoying sometimes!
And I have to figure out this study abroad business. :) I've chatted with my mom recently about summer plans, and she's like, "Yeah, I want to do something epic since you're going to be in Japan next year!" -- So. I just have to do it. :) I want to go with a friend of mine, so we're going to have to get on the ball. Especially considering the study abroad office is notorious for running students around in circles before they actually get anywhere. I'm honestly kind of tempted to just contact the schools in Japan and see what they have to say about it.
And I've recently realized that I have a gift certificate that expired two days ago at a recent bookstore, so that sucks! And another gift certificate that's devalued 50% because I received it, like, two years ago! I hate that! It's like, why can't I just take advantage of free stuff?!
I also forgot to do the extra credit for one of my classes that was due today, so I feel kind of like a jackass. :)
But anyway. I've been listening to some amazing music lately. I don't even know. :) |
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[Oct. 24th, 2009|11:24 pm] |
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Today has been a really lucky day for me! Like, not particularly extraordinary. But randomly riddled with lucky happenings! xD
For example, after soundly sleeping through my alarm -- I didn't wake up until it was blaring like a bomb siren and my roommate was blearily looking around wondering 'what's up?' -- I took a walk, and found $8 just curled on top of the leaves.
:) So even though I kind of feel bad for whoever lost that money, it's kind of a special experience for me. xD
I ate breakfast with my group, then we painted our faces the school colors and applied some tattoos before the football game. :) It was great fun. The football game itself though was so fuckin' dry! I'm sorry if my flist disagrees, and I understand that a lot of America does, but basically, a bunch of guys running back and forth brutalizing each other until somebody falls on their face or fumbles the ball; at which point, everything stops so they can start all over again at a new location on the field.
And they're too good for a touchdown to be just ONE point. Oh no. Six points. Because they're just that cool.
We left early because it started hailing. And because nobody knew what in the world was going on. :) We ate lunch, then I took a nap. Which was lovely.
When I woke up, my Internet refused to work, so I installed this Windows update, and after it was finished, I magically had 9gb of extra space open on my hard drive. Which is a godsend, let me tell you, because two days ago, I was down to 400mb! I actually invested in an external harddrive, but I haven't used it yet, because I want to know what's eating up 60gb of space. xD; Only half of that is music, so I don't even know what's up.
Anyway, now I'm exhausted again, after doing homework with Ayana and then strolling around the door to stick up more door decs. (Black cats for Halloween. <3 Unfortunately, I didn't have crazy glue to put the googly eyes on with, so I'm really worried they're all going to fall off imminently.)
So I guess that's it. :) Tomorrow I'm going to do some homework and call Mom and possibly venture into town? Maybe with some of my girls. :) We'll see what happens. ;) Oyasumi~~ |
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[Oct. 18th, 2009|08:32 pm] |
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The boys down the hall are blasting Taylor Swift and karaoke'ing. I'm internally LOL'ing, since my head and ears are protesting at any incoming sound. I rode the bus back, and there was this child who was just intent on discovering the most piercing note to scream at.
Anyway, I hung out with my mom today. :) We bummed around Walmart and I bought a scale, so if I have an emotional breakdown via LJ tomorrow, you'll know why, LOL. xD I also bought MORE make up-y things, so I think I've spent close to $50 on cosmetics in the past two days. Is that horrifying or what? :)
I do feel better about life though. Thanks to those who read my entry and offered me words of support. :) I'm a little bit embarrassed that I took that sort of heavy stuff to a place where other people could read it, but it was just a bad day. :)
I've painted my fingernails neon yellow and black, so it looks pretty intense. xD I haven't even touched my homework yet, so we'll see how that goes. :) Haha. <3 |
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[Oct. 9th, 2009|09:00 am] |
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Dude, I'm sorry, but this whole business about crashing spacecrafts into the moon makes me wonder if we have a bunch of mentally challenged preschoolers working at NASA. Seriously, all I can say is "WTF?"
And in the end, there was no six-mile high plume of icy dust, there was a flash of light and then a new crater.
"This is so cool," Jennifer Heldmann, coordinator for NASA's observation campaign, said.
"We saw a crater; we saw a flash, so something had to happen in between," Colaprete, scientist working on the moon bombing project, said.
... Jen, you sound like Bill Nye! Or, you know, somebody who just arbitrarily launched some shit into the moon to SEE WHAT WOULD HAPPEN.
Colaprete, are you high? I wish I could think of a more eloquent way to put this, but I feel like you skipped every "speaking science" course you were required to take in college.
"Another issue, one NASA thought was a good possibility going into Friday, was that the lighting was bad and work needs to be done on images to make them easier to see, Andrews said." (Associated Press)
HAH. Yeah, you send those images to the photo manipulation room, Andrews.
Obviously, they know nothing. Their hypothesis was incorrect, and now they're just doing a bad job of covering their asses. Given, I do understand this whole affair happened this morning. So they haven't had a lot of time to try and sound intelligent since people swarmed in wondering, "What happened?!" -- But... still...
I really want to know what possessed them to launch 73 million dollar equipment into the moon in the first place! I mean, really? I'm a supporter of space exploration, but this "mission" seems so asinine, so unnecessary compared to the good we could do on THIS PLANET with 73 million dollars.
And in other news that I'm rolling my eyes at, Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize?
The deadline for the nomination was February 1. Which was, what, TWO WEEKS after Obama took office? This sounds like the work of those heralding angels of blind faith who voted him into office on the basis of his skin color in the first place.
What's more is that he's still bouncing around the decision to send 40,000 more troops into Afganistan. That doesn't sound particularly peaceful or humanitarian to me.
But, whatever. The prevailing argument for him is that this prize is rewarding work that he's not yet done but is in the process of doing and/or will do in the future. So let's see where he goes with it. |
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[Oct. 4th, 2009|12:22 am] |
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I went to a party tonight -- wasn't sure how awesome it was going to be, but I ran into a bunch of the students and a few of the other IPAs and we totally ROCKED OUT. It was the first time I'd been in a dance party setting, so I danced like a really awkward guy. But I got better. C: Darci, one of the other IPAs, went totally wild. xD
Tomorrow I'm going shopping with oodles of the girls. Some of us are getting our ears pierced. :)
Went to a local sushi restaurant with my group and another on Friday, which was awesome. :) Except for the wind-rain storm, which is only nice if you're sitting on the inside and looking out at it. I was so glad to go there! The food was awesome. The server was a native Japanese, so all of the students looked at me with these melt-y expressions and said, "I can relax because of a Japanese voice." THEN I ate "Katsu Donburi," and half of my students whipped out their cameras to capture the moment. xD I was like "REALLY?!?!" But it didn't beat when they all took pictures of their own meals. I'm used to seeing them take photographs of interesting American foods, but it was way funny to see them take pictures of Japanese foods. They'll probably title that page of their photo journal "Discovering Japanese food in America!"
I thought my boss was pissed at me because he wouldn't let me and another IPA drive to Pomeroy on Saturday, but we've had hilarious words between us since then, so I think all is well. :) |
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[Sep. 27th, 2009|06:34 pm] |
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Haha, you know that feeling where you spend almost every waking moment of every day with one person or group of people, and then... For a day or two, you don't see them AT ALL... And just that feeling that either they're all dead, or maybe you were abruptly transferred to an altered universe, or they're all going to drop in at any moment or... Just a bizarre feeling. xD Lol, that's me.
Yesterday, I slept in and then spent the day up north with my mom. Today, I SERIOUSLY slept in (lol, I woke up long enough to take a shower around 10, then slept again until 3...!) -- and have been occupied with homework all day.
I've only had a few snatches of conversation with my students -- mostly last night when I was making sure none of them were dying of flu. (Six or seven in our building have the flu, and some of Amber's group has swine flu.)
The day before yesterday, I was woken from a nap by one of my students, who told me with a solemn face, "Kota and Yuki are going to the hospital now." -- Yeah, THAT woke me up. The words she was looking for were "medical center," lol -- I was freaking out because I thought they were in an ambulance!
In other news, after my intercultural communication teacher dissed me for being unaware of my family heritage, I found out in detail my own ethnicity. As follows: Irish, Scottish, Polish, English, Dutch, Lithuanian, and Cherokee. Lol. :) Take THAT! (She does seem like a cool person though, even if she does expect you to know everything and read her mind sometimes.)
Might drive out to C'da area to ride horses tonight. :) That would be fun. <3 Classes start at 11 am for me, so praise God for this quarter! Lol. :)
A meme I stole from ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) kurohaneshizumi , in closing. :D
( Memeeeeee~ )
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[Sep. 14th, 2009|09:58 am] |
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Has it been 5000 years since I was last on the Internet!?!?!? lol :)
Everything is fun and chaos. Half of the students are having issues connecting to the Internet, and we've had probably ten key-ins in the past two days. (A key-in is where you lose or forget your key inside your room, so a staff member has to come and, well, key you in.) -- It's been interesting. :)
Also, none of the students have cell phones that work in America yet, so I've been going up and down elevators and stairs so much lately, I wouldn't be surprised if I've lost five pounds... In two days! Lol :) All of my students are dispersed through five floors on the north or south side, so I zig-zagged up and down twice yesterday -- "It''s official, we're meeting at 10:45am tomorrow!" -- "Don't forget a pencil and your passport!" -- And of course, I got stopped several times along the way, "When can we do laundry?" -- "My Internet doesn't work!" -- I'm kind of just having a good time with it though. :) My boss and I chatted about it yesterday and ended up rofl'ing. ;D
Anyway, I've gotta go....... Zig-zag my way around and tell everyone to remember their emergency cards. LOL
Cell phones, let's have a silent moment of appreciation for them. :) |
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[Sep. 9th, 2009|09:47 pm] |
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I woke up this morning to the sunrise in my eyes. :) Which was partially romantic and surreal, (my room was kind of cast in grey light, and I had twisted into the only position where I could open my eyes and glimpse the sun, hanging -- neon orange, it was amazing -- between the metal frame of the window and my book shelves. I kept my eyes open for an instant before I fell back asleep, thinking "That's cool...") -- and kind of annoying! I had a lot of trouble sleeping last night. :)
On the bright side, my bedroom is mostly finished being set up. :) My walls are kind of barren, but I'll be able to fix that soon enough. :)
I'm kind of worried... I've found a sort of peace with "myself" in the past year or so... At least, a tumultuous contentedness, lol! -- But... The rest of the team I'm working with... They are so FUNNY. Without trying, they just have everybody busting up laughing. I wish I had that talent! How cool. :)
Anyway, I'm going to bed. I've been waking up at 7:30 every morning in order to start training at 9. It's totally draining! I'm enjoying it a lot, but I'm just dead on my feet now. :)
I can't wait for the friend who owns these fish I'm babysitting to move back into the dorms, because I want to set up the printer-scanner RIGHT AWAY! :) It's killing me, the counter space that tank is taking up, lol! :) |
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[Sep. 7th, 2009|08:29 am] |
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I moved in yesterday, and I remembered EVERYTHING except for the binder that's essential to my survival today. -_- (Actually, that's an exaggeration. :) It should be fine, but it's still frustrating, lol. :)
My room is a DISASTER! :) But I have a ton of storage space in here, so it shouldn't be too hard to get things in order over the next couple of days. :)
I'm heading out to start training in fifteen minutes. :)
List of accomplishments yesterday:
- Moved ALL of my worldly possessions (sans a couple bottles of lotion and ONE binder) into the dorms. :)
- Cleaned the fish tank (no suicide attempts from the fish, either)
- Unpacked fish food and caused fish food to explode all over the counter. Nice.
- Did "homework" :) Has anybody read about the recent Japanese elections? Liberal Democratic Party is out (this party has held power over Japan for 63 of the past 64 years!), and the Democrat Party is in. We'll see how they do with their crashing economy (some of their proposals sound so American. But if they're going off a leaf from Obama's book, it looks like they're on the right track.) -- and their aging population. :) It should be interesting.
- Got through probably half of boxes. :) A good start, if I do say so myself. :)
- Scared myself half to death! This dorm is practically deserted until around the 17th! I'm one of two people on this floor right now, and she's always gone training for her job, too. :( Lol, I feel like this place is haunted! :) |
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[Aug. 29th, 2009|09:56 pm] |
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It's been an interesting several days. :) I went camping with Mom and Jamo -- despite starting my period and continuing to experience these disconcerting coughing fits. It turned out alright, though. I bought a black and white poster at the grocery store so that I could entertain myself by coloring. :)
That's about all that's been going on. I'm moving back into the dorms in a week. :) |
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[Aug. 10th, 2009|09:59 pm] |
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I just went and saw "Star Trek" (FINALLY, I know ;) -- I am blown away... I cannot type, because I'm still in the process of coming back from having been BLOWN AWAY. :D
Truly, there was one point when I looked down at my hands and realized I was shaking with excitement. There was never a dull moment! The chemistry between the characters! The story! The effects! The laughs! The 100% pure, unadulterated perfection! (Ha, maybe that's an exaggeration, but... :D Wow, I'm pumped. That was great.)
I'm seeing it again tomorrow, after work. :) LOL (I'm not joking! ;D) |
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