I noticed this on a comic I read, and found myself reading it: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politicsnorthwest/2017323520_starbucks_supports_gay_marriag.html
I think my politically aware friends will be happy to know. And to connect that link, and my blog title, a song for your enjoyment:
That's all, folks.
Thursday, March 29, 2012
Monday, March 26, 2012
Bullet Updates for an easy read
Life is tough right now. There's a lot of things going on. I'll start with the exciting stuff, and move down to the dreaded stuff.
-My birthday is on Friday (yay, 22!)
-My birthday party is on Saturday. My sisters are driving up, and there's at least eight friends that are supposed to be coming~ I want my friends to bring food, instead of gifts, but that didn't work when I was in Japan, so I'm curious to see how it'll work this time.
-Bf and I are going to live together in Texas! Yay new experiences?
-I may have a job as a Japanese Counselor this summer, but I haven't gotten an answer yet. My recommendation for one person also hasn't been posted. I wonder if I could do a third person.... It'd make it a little easier...
-My cat seems to have gotten nicer. I don't know if she's faking it though, but she's been rather loving.
-Assuming I pass my classes, I will be graduating on May 12th.
-It's Spring! It's been raining every couple of days, so I'm super happy.
-I'm volunteering at the Boys and Girls Club on Fridays.
-I don't have allergies, and I'm not pregnant! *knocks on wood*
-I get to play with Pineapples! ..the person, not the fruit.
....Okay, now I'll go into the not so great stuff:
-Cat keeps throwing up randomly
-I may not get the job and end up jobless during the summer when I really need to save money
-The lease runs out on our apartment in June. This is a good thing except for the above concern.
-If I don't pass my classes, I'm more than screwed.
-My history class is kicking my ass.
-I'm meeting my stepdad's family for the first time in my life... O.o
-I'm interning at two places for a month. I'm scared and excited.
-I've regained almost all the weight I lost while in Japan.... and it's because I stress eat whenever I go to my Mom's house..... It doesn't help that American snacks are almost always bad for you....
-I haven't been cooking lately.... I need to fix that
-I seem eternally damned with technology. Let me expound: I applied to be a counselor, but I couldn't get the reference pages or the second part of the
application to work, so I had to completely restart from scratch. Then, I just found out my recommendor didn't get the email to recommend me (sent from the site). So now I've called, they're resending it, and since I don't know what caused either of these malfunctions, I'm terrified it won't work AGAIN.
-I seem to be having shoulder issues. This is bad because we're currently testing for archery, so I can't exactly not participate.
-My insomnia has returned. I really don't understand it, since I wear myself out pretty often, but it also seems like when I work myself over too hard, I get unable to sleep. It's a no-win.
- My advisor recommended I take the Weather class because it's easy. She opposed the class I wanted to take. I really wish she'd have kept that suggestion to herself. 'Easy' classes always seem to be hard for me. They're boring and/or so large/mainstream that I can't do well.
-I have to attend Leadership classes. I usually don't get through with my classes and such until 5:45 or 7:30, so my opinions for signing up are so limited, it's not even funny. (they're from 6:30 to 8:30 and you can't be late)
I'm probably missing some things, but I've noticed that as I'm going through a list of bad things, I get reminded of a lot of positive "At least ...." type good things, so I add it to the good list. That's a little funny.
Okay, this is about all I have for an update right now. But I have one in the works, so look forward to it!
I like this song:
-My birthday is on Friday (yay, 22!)
-My birthday party is on Saturday. My sisters are driving up, and there's at least eight friends that are supposed to be coming~ I want my friends to bring food, instead of gifts, but that didn't work when I was in Japan, so I'm curious to see how it'll work this time.
-Bf and I are going to live together in Texas! Yay new experiences?
-I may have a job as a Japanese Counselor this summer, but I haven't gotten an answer yet. My recommendation for one person also hasn't been posted. I wonder if I could do a third person.... It'd make it a little easier...
-My cat seems to have gotten nicer. I don't know if she's faking it though, but she's been rather loving.
-Assuming I pass my classes, I will be graduating on May 12th.
-It's Spring! It's been raining every couple of days, so I'm super happy.
-I'm volunteering at the Boys and Girls Club on Fridays.
-I don't have allergies, and I'm not pregnant! *knocks on wood*
-I get to play with Pineapples! ..the person, not the fruit.
....Okay, now I'll go into the not so great stuff:
-Cat keeps throwing up randomly
-I may not get the job and end up jobless during the summer when I really need to save money
-The lease runs out on our apartment in June. This is a good thing except for the above concern.
-If I don't pass my classes, I'm more than screwed.
-My history class is kicking my ass.
-I'm meeting my stepdad's family for the first time in my life... O.o
-I'm interning at two places for a month. I'm scared and excited.
-I've regained almost all the weight I lost while in Japan.... and it's because I stress eat whenever I go to my Mom's house..... It doesn't help that American snacks are almost always bad for you....
-I haven't been cooking lately.... I need to fix that
-I seem eternally damned with technology. Let me expound: I applied to be a counselor, but I couldn't get the reference pages or the second part of the
application to work, so I had to completely restart from scratch. Then, I just found out my recommendor didn't get the email to recommend me (sent from the site). So now I've called, they're resending it, and since I don't know what caused either of these malfunctions, I'm terrified it won't work AGAIN.
-I seem to be having shoulder issues. This is bad because we're currently testing for archery, so I can't exactly not participate.
-My insomnia has returned. I really don't understand it, since I wear myself out pretty often, but it also seems like when I work myself over too hard, I get unable to sleep. It's a no-win.
- My advisor recommended I take the Weather class because it's easy. She opposed the class I wanted to take. I really wish she'd have kept that suggestion to herself. 'Easy' classes always seem to be hard for me. They're boring and/or so large/mainstream that I can't do well.
-I have to attend Leadership classes. I usually don't get through with my classes and such until 5:45 or 7:30, so my opinions for signing up are so limited, it's not even funny. (they're from 6:30 to 8:30 and you can't be late)
I'm probably missing some things, but I've noticed that as I'm going through a list of bad things, I get reminded of a lot of positive "At least ...." type good things, so I add it to the good list. That's a little funny.
Okay, this is about all I have for an update right now. But I have one in the works, so look forward to it!
I like this song:
Monday, February 6, 2012
How to Know if You Have a Runa in Your Home.
(this post is a little nonsensical, but play along?)
~ If books of varying sizes, genres, and authors make their way into your bathroom, you may have a Runa in your home.
~ If you feel alternating 'affectionate pats' and 'aggressive pats' anywhere along your body, you may have a Runa.
~ If sometimes dinner appears healthy and fresh on the table, you might have a Runa.
~ If breakfast usually consists of oatmeal and/or miso soup: you might have a Runa.
~ If your bed is spontaneously made on occasion, you might have a Runa.
~ If all shoes are migrated to the front door, you might have a Runa.
~ If your internet is randomly being taken, you might have a Runa.
~ If strange music and/or videos find their way onto your computer and/or playlist, you might have a Runa.
~ If you find yourself pounced on, used as a blanket, or used as a mattress: you might have a Runa.
~ If sometimes you go to bed with the house dirty, and wake up with the house clean, you may have a Runa infestation.
If you think you have a Runa infestation, fear not! You can draw her out with crackers, soup, and grape juice (not necessarily at the same time). If you treat her carefully, she will eventually begin to shower you with affection and treats. When you have had enough, just call her owner/bf to come and retrieve her. If you attempt to get rid of her on your own, or (*gasp*) yell at her, the repercussions may include: juvenile pranks, waking with a knife hovering over you or laying beside you, abrupt loss of hot water, and/or an eerie silence throughout the area that makes you feel very cornered.
So remember: If you find yourself with a Runa infestation, treat her with care, and she will eventually find her way home. And if you can't wait for that, simply call her beloved 'owner' to recover her.
Now on a more serious note:
I am doing well, but I have bad/good news. I was rejected by JET, so I will not likely be going to Japan this year. I am however, being encouraged to look for other routes, so I may make my way there via other routes.
I'm sore and tired all the time thanks to my PE classes. Water Aerobics really takes it out of you~!
I'm considering changing all of my classes to Pass/Fail so that I won't be stressed about getting a good letter grade. I have to check with my adviser first before I attempt to change any of them though.
That's all for now.
~Runa
~ If books of varying sizes, genres, and authors make their way into your bathroom, you may have a Runa in your home.
~ If you feel alternating 'affectionate pats' and 'aggressive pats' anywhere along your body, you may have a Runa.
~ If sometimes dinner appears healthy and fresh on the table, you might have a Runa.
~ If breakfast usually consists of oatmeal and/or miso soup: you might have a Runa.
~ If your bed is spontaneously made on occasion, you might have a Runa.
~ If all shoes are migrated to the front door, you might have a Runa.
~ If your internet is randomly being taken, you might have a Runa.
~ If strange music and/or videos find their way onto your computer and/or playlist, you might have a Runa.
~ If you find yourself pounced on, used as a blanket, or used as a mattress: you might have a Runa.
~ If sometimes you go to bed with the house dirty, and wake up with the house clean, you may have a Runa infestation.
If you think you have a Runa infestation, fear not! You can draw her out with crackers, soup, and grape juice (not necessarily at the same time). If you treat her carefully, she will eventually begin to shower you with affection and treats. When you have had enough, just call her owner/bf to come and retrieve her. If you attempt to get rid of her on your own, or (*gasp*) yell at her, the repercussions may include: juvenile pranks, waking with a knife hovering over you or laying beside you, abrupt loss of hot water, and/or an eerie silence throughout the area that makes you feel very cornered.
So remember: If you find yourself with a Runa infestation, treat her with care, and she will eventually find her way home. And if you can't wait for that, simply call her beloved 'owner' to recover her.
Now on a more serious note:
I am doing well, but I have bad/good news. I was rejected by JET, so I will not likely be going to Japan this year. I am however, being encouraged to look for other routes, so I may make my way there via other routes.
I'm sore and tired all the time thanks to my PE classes. Water Aerobics really takes it out of you~!
I'm considering changing all of my classes to Pass/Fail so that I won't be stressed about getting a good letter grade. I have to check with my adviser first before I attempt to change any of them though.
That's all for now.
~Runa
Thursday, January 26, 2012
I've found this day to be off-putting
I woke up an hour after my first alarm went off (I set three). It was an hour before I had to leave for class, so I decided to make breakfast, and maybe talk to my roomie while we ate....
I ended up cooking until the last minute (since I had to make my own lunch as well) and wolfed down some cereal and a sandwich instead of the rice, miso soup, salmon, and tofu+bacon mixture I'd tried to create.
I was squeezed onto a bus, after being skipped by a jerk (honestly, all he did was skip me, but it was enough to make me dislike him) and subjected to three girls talking inanely about what they were going to do tonight. When the middle girl got up, I took her seat, and thought that would be the end of their conversation....Wrong..... The two girls talked over me until the second girl got off the bus. So rude!!
I stopped to buy a drink from the vending machine before class because I actually managed to make it before class started and I was incredibly thirsty.... I was given the wrong drink, but the flavor isn't too bad. Still, it's not what I asked for.
The librarian couldn't find my textbooks, so I had to get out my syllabus and she looked them up.
I found a nice seat, (without an outlet) and settled down to read my homework for History. Put in headphones, started up youtube, and this song came on.
It actually made me feel a lot better.
In other news, I gave blood on Tuesday, Got beat down by my PE classes, Bf accompanied me to my Weather Class, and then we went to a Sex Ed. program that was not as popular as we'd have thought, though we thought it was good.
Went back to my place, played, cuddled, showered, and I set up my salmon to be properly salted. :3 Roomie came back, we finished off our cake, and after I fought with my cat about where she was allowed to be, we all eventually got to sleep.
My dreams lately have been incredibly vivid, disturbing, and unhappy. One night (I think it was Sunday night), I went to bed at 12:20, and didn't get to sleep until 6:30-7 am. And had to be up at 9....but I snoozed until 10.
I've noticed that when I ask something of my roommate, she gets defensive and uncomfortable. But she regularly makes request/demands of me. "Don't buy ____ litter" or "____ Toilet Paper" or "Clean your stuff out of the shower" and such.
Lately, she's been using my ingredients without checking with me, for her and her boyfriend to eat. For example, I got two onions for two recipes that I was planning to make. I used half an onion for the first, and planned to use all the rest of it for the other one. My roommate, who doesn't even like onions, used up the other half of the onion. She never said a word to me about it, just used it. I was a little short on the onion I needed, consequently. She offered to go buy me another, but I didn't need a whole other onion, I just needed the half, and going to the store for an onion is just silly, anyway. So I made do, but a few days later, she used the Chicken broth that I'd had left over from that second recipe. She has tons of cans in the closet, but decided that since mine needed to be used in the next two weeks, she'd go ahead and use it. I had been planning to make some soup with that broth, and she, once again, didn't say a word to me about it!
Honestly, I think my irritation stems from two things. 1. She doesn't tell me when she's used something, so I don't know that I now have less or none of that material. I plan things based on my memory, so when something isn't there, I'm understandably confused/upset. and 2. She's using it for meals with a guy I don't really like. He really irritates me. He's annoying, attempts to cool by being random, and is an ass to everyone (Even roomie. He ignores her to talk to his friends, and it's more like he's showing her off, than dating her. But that's personal opinion). So the food that I bought, and made plans to use, is instead going into his ungrateful, irritating mouth, and I think that's at least half of my irritation.
Phew. Okay, I really need to get to my homework now. I hate not being prepared for his class, because he's a perv and I like to be prepared for any slips. Jyaa~
~Runa
I ended up cooking until the last minute (since I had to make my own lunch as well) and wolfed down some cereal and a sandwich instead of the rice, miso soup, salmon, and tofu+bacon mixture I'd tried to create.
I was squeezed onto a bus, after being skipped by a jerk (honestly, all he did was skip me, but it was enough to make me dislike him) and subjected to three girls talking inanely about what they were going to do tonight. When the middle girl got up, I took her seat, and thought that would be the end of their conversation....Wrong..... The two girls talked over me until the second girl got off the bus. So rude!!
I stopped to buy a drink from the vending machine before class because I actually managed to make it before class started and I was incredibly thirsty.... I was given the wrong drink, but the flavor isn't too bad. Still, it's not what I asked for.
The librarian couldn't find my textbooks, so I had to get out my syllabus and she looked them up.
I found a nice seat, (without an outlet) and settled down to read my homework for History. Put in headphones, started up youtube, and this song came on.
It actually made me feel a lot better.
In other news, I gave blood on Tuesday, Got beat down by my PE classes, Bf accompanied me to my Weather Class, and then we went to a Sex Ed. program that was not as popular as we'd have thought, though we thought it was good.
Went back to my place, played, cuddled, showered, and I set up my salmon to be properly salted. :3 Roomie came back, we finished off our cake, and after I fought with my cat about where she was allowed to be, we all eventually got to sleep.
My dreams lately have been incredibly vivid, disturbing, and unhappy. One night (I think it was Sunday night), I went to bed at 12:20, and didn't get to sleep until 6:30-7 am. And had to be up at 9....but I snoozed until 10.
I've noticed that when I ask something of my roommate, she gets defensive and uncomfortable. But she regularly makes request/demands of me. "Don't buy ____ litter" or "____ Toilet Paper" or "Clean your stuff out of the shower" and such.
Lately, she's been using my ingredients without checking with me, for her and her boyfriend to eat. For example, I got two onions for two recipes that I was planning to make. I used half an onion for the first, and planned to use all the rest of it for the other one. My roommate, who doesn't even like onions, used up the other half of the onion. She never said a word to me about it, just used it. I was a little short on the onion I needed, consequently. She offered to go buy me another, but I didn't need a whole other onion, I just needed the half, and going to the store for an onion is just silly, anyway. So I made do, but a few days later, she used the Chicken broth that I'd had left over from that second recipe. She has tons of cans in the closet, but decided that since mine needed to be used in the next two weeks, she'd go ahead and use it. I had been planning to make some soup with that broth, and she, once again, didn't say a word to me about it!
Honestly, I think my irritation stems from two things. 1. She doesn't tell me when she's used something, so I don't know that I now have less or none of that material. I plan things based on my memory, so when something isn't there, I'm understandably confused/upset. and 2. She's using it for meals with a guy I don't really like. He really irritates me. He's annoying, attempts to cool by being random, and is an ass to everyone (Even roomie. He ignores her to talk to his friends, and it's more like he's showing her off, than dating her. But that's personal opinion). So the food that I bought, and made plans to use, is instead going into his ungrateful, irritating mouth, and I think that's at least half of my irritation.
Phew. Okay, I really need to get to my homework now. I hate not being prepared for his class, because he's a perv and I like to be prepared for any slips. Jyaa~
~Runa
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
I seem to be getting SPAMMED
I don't see why someone would want to advertise (illegally, I might add) on my little old blog posts, but bring on the war. So far as I know, though, none of my readers are amenable to smoking.
So, if you've been keeping up with bf's blog, you'll know I stayed at his house for almost a week (when he said it'd be three days....*glaaaaare*), and had lots of fun watching movies, and reading books, and chatting late into the night with his mom, and looking at his baby pictures, and going around his town a little bit. We even took a walk in freezing weather and played games with his mom. It was nice. It was 'normal', which is something I'm not used to.
I think it's funny that my family asks when I'll be back before I've ever left. They do it often, too. I'll be getting ready to leave, and they'll just "So when are you coming back?" me, and I'm kinda blind-sided, because I just spent X number of days here, and they all kinda ignored me/ spent a little time with me, but nothing to say they were eager to have me home. Oh well, that's my family, right?
My classes this semester are geared toward driving me crazy. There's a weather class (hello? Runa + Weather = @.@), 3 PE classes (oh yeah, I had a hurt knee +ankle....This could be awkward), World Population and Food Prospects (Bleeding hearts class. I have yet to attend and not nearly be moved to tears from one of his stories), History (with a perverted teacher, which is actually kinda fun), and Senior Design (with a paper due pretty much every time we meet). It's nothing I can't handle, but I don't have all of the textbooks, so doing the homework is tricky. I wonder how much I can BS through....
I took my kitty to the vet on Friday, and she got 2 vaccines, a rabies shot, and half a pill designed to kill any worms she may have. It was supposed to be a whole pill, but true to demon-kitty-form, she didn't allow them to get the rest of it down her throat. The foaming, hissing, spitting kitty I got to see nearly broke my heart.
I've been making Japanese-style food for my roomie and boyfriend lately. We have miso for breakfast most days, and oatmeal on days we don't have miso. I wanted both this morning, but time was short and Kei-chan only wanted miso anyway, so I contented myself with toast and cereal in addition to miso.
I am a little sad I didn't get to see Rozy after Christmas. I hope she had a good time on vacation with her family. :)
If I think of any other updates, I'll just make a new blog post. Talk to ya'll later!
So, if you've been keeping up with bf's blog, you'll know I stayed at his house for almost a week (when he said it'd be three days....*glaaaaare*), and had lots of fun watching movies, and reading books, and chatting late into the night with his mom, and looking at his baby pictures, and going around his town a little bit. We even took a walk in freezing weather and played games with his mom. It was nice. It was 'normal', which is something I'm not used to.
I think it's funny that my family asks when I'll be back before I've ever left. They do it often, too. I'll be getting ready to leave, and they'll just "So when are you coming back?" me, and I'm kinda blind-sided, because I just spent X number of days here, and they all kinda ignored me/ spent a little time with me, but nothing to say they were eager to have me home. Oh well, that's my family, right?
My classes this semester are geared toward driving me crazy. There's a weather class (hello? Runa + Weather = @.@), 3 PE classes (oh yeah, I had a hurt knee +ankle....This could be awkward), World Population and Food Prospects (Bleeding hearts class. I have yet to attend and not nearly be moved to tears from one of his stories), History (with a perverted teacher, which is actually kinda fun), and Senior Design (with a paper due pretty much every time we meet). It's nothing I can't handle, but I don't have all of the textbooks, so doing the homework is tricky. I wonder how much I can BS through....
I took my kitty to the vet on Friday, and she got 2 vaccines, a rabies shot, and half a pill designed to kill any worms she may have. It was supposed to be a whole pill, but true to demon-kitty-form, she didn't allow them to get the rest of it down her throat. The foaming, hissing, spitting kitty I got to see nearly broke my heart.
I've been making Japanese-style food for my roomie and boyfriend lately. We have miso for breakfast most days, and oatmeal on days we don't have miso. I wanted both this morning, but time was short and Kei-chan only wanted miso anyway, so I contented myself with toast and cereal in addition to miso.
I am a little sad I didn't get to see Rozy after Christmas. I hope she had a good time on vacation with her family. :)
If I think of any other updates, I'll just make a new blog post. Talk to ya'll later!
Monday, December 12, 2011
I got an IPOD Touch!
I was trying to think of a good title, and remembered how ambiguous titles really mess me up when I'm looking for things in previous blog posts. So yeah, I got an IPOD for Christmas. I also got sweaters. I'm ecstatic about both.
Two of my sweaters are already messed up because my cat decided to attach herself to me by the claws, and then messed up the sweaters because they're so awesome and kinda delicate. :( I am now resolved to keep my cat away from me whenever I wear one at all costs.
Apparently you need to register a credit card for your IPOD, even if you're only downloading free apps. I am suspicious, so I am putting off doing this.
Papa also got me military tested cases, and the most expensive head phones they offered, so I have some damn good quality material. This is GREAT because I have already dropped my IPod Touch....more than once. I swear I don't do it on purpose.... It just happens.....
I'm supposed to go to bf's parents' house on Thursday after I get off work (I also have work, yay!) I was uber nervous, but I'm beginning to calm down about it. The worst they can do is start to hate me, but I always seem to end up the favorite of anyone whose house I stay at, so logically I shouldn't be worried. Unfortunately, logic get's its ass kicked when it goes against an emotionally-charged female. Every male in the world will likely agree with that statement, along with a currently logical female. :P Yay sexism?
I'm working as an English teacher for Honda employees from Japan. I have four students, but I've only taught three students at any point in time so far. My first time teaching them by myself was last week, and they were saying how they learned a lot of useful vocabulary, and were super surprised when class ended. All of them checked their watches and were flummoxed by the time. "It's already over?!" is what they said, so I think they might have enjoyed it. I hope so, at least.
I have two more exams (one tomorrow, actually), my Women and Literature class and my Social Deviance class. I'm not all that worried about the tests, but I really want to do very well, so I'm attempting to study for them. Not sure how well that's going to turn out.....
Papa leaves on Friday to go back to work, and that's why I got the IPod early. heh. He gave me my present in the same bag I gave him his in, and explained he didn't have time to wrap it. I guess you could say we exchanged presents early this year because he won't be here.
BF got to see my family at a more normal pace, where we all got dinner at KFC (he was amazed by the amount of food mom bought), and everyone watched TV together while we ate. We ended up watching iCarly, so he was kinda disillusioned, I think. Made a comment about how shows nowadays suck. I think they're pretty interesting, and show what kids are into now, but I like psychoanalyzing and he doesn't, so I think that just illustrates our differences.
I stayed Friday and Saturday over at his apartment, actually. But not the way you all just imagined. I slept in his roommate's bed. C-kun's bed is big and comfy, so I prefer it. BF and I don't sleep well together on a twin bed, so it makes sense.
Finally, I broke my promise to pineapples, and forgot to talk to her on Sunday. I agreed to talk to her on Sunday because I thought I'd be sleeping at my own place on Saturday, and waking up early enough to be online long enough for us to chat together. Instead, my room mate kicked me out of the house apologetically so her parents could stay over, and though I woke up thinking about talking to her, by the time I actually got home, I'd forgotten. I played on the computer and studied for a few hours, but then I watched movies for the rest of the night, and only remembered again when I was laying in bed. I still feel terrible. I'm debating calling, but I'm not sure if I'd be welcome, so I'm holding off.... >.< Any advice for me?
Two of my sweaters are already messed up because my cat decided to attach herself to me by the claws, and then messed up the sweaters because they're so awesome and kinda delicate. :( I am now resolved to keep my cat away from me whenever I wear one at all costs.
Apparently you need to register a credit card for your IPOD, even if you're only downloading free apps. I am suspicious, so I am putting off doing this.
Papa also got me military tested cases, and the most expensive head phones they offered, so I have some damn good quality material. This is GREAT because I have already dropped my IPod Touch....more than once. I swear I don't do it on purpose.... It just happens.....
I'm supposed to go to bf's parents' house on Thursday after I get off work (I also have work, yay!) I was uber nervous, but I'm beginning to calm down about it. The worst they can do is start to hate me, but I always seem to end up the favorite of anyone whose house I stay at, so logically I shouldn't be worried. Unfortunately, logic get's its ass kicked when it goes against an emotionally-charged female. Every male in the world will likely agree with that statement, along with a currently logical female. :P Yay sexism?
I'm working as an English teacher for Honda employees from Japan. I have four students, but I've only taught three students at any point in time so far. My first time teaching them by myself was last week, and they were saying how they learned a lot of useful vocabulary, and were super surprised when class ended. All of them checked their watches and were flummoxed by the time. "It's already over?!" is what they said, so I think they might have enjoyed it. I hope so, at least.
I have two more exams (one tomorrow, actually), my Women and Literature class and my Social Deviance class. I'm not all that worried about the tests, but I really want to do very well, so I'm attempting to study for them. Not sure how well that's going to turn out.....
Papa leaves on Friday to go back to work, and that's why I got the IPod early. heh. He gave me my present in the same bag I gave him his in, and explained he didn't have time to wrap it. I guess you could say we exchanged presents early this year because he won't be here.
BF got to see my family at a more normal pace, where we all got dinner at KFC (he was amazed by the amount of food mom bought), and everyone watched TV together while we ate. We ended up watching iCarly, so he was kinda disillusioned, I think. Made a comment about how shows nowadays suck. I think they're pretty interesting, and show what kids are into now, but I like psychoanalyzing and he doesn't, so I think that just illustrates our differences.
I stayed Friday and Saturday over at his apartment, actually. But not the way you all just imagined. I slept in his roommate's bed. C-kun's bed is big and comfy, so I prefer it. BF and I don't sleep well together on a twin bed, so it makes sense.
Finally, I broke my promise to pineapples, and forgot to talk to her on Sunday. I agreed to talk to her on Sunday because I thought I'd be sleeping at my own place on Saturday, and waking up early enough to be online long enough for us to chat together. Instead, my room mate kicked me out of the house apologetically so her parents could stay over, and though I woke up thinking about talking to her, by the time I actually got home, I'd forgotten. I played on the computer and studied for a few hours, but then I watched movies for the rest of the night, and only remembered again when I was laying in bed. I still feel terrible. I'm debating calling, but I'm not sure if I'd be welcome, so I'm holding off.... >.< Any advice for me?
Monday, November 7, 2011
Kitty Power
Heyla,
There's lots of interesting stressors in my life right now, but the most stressful one by far right now is my cat. She looks pregnant, acts pregnant, but has been fixed, so cannot BE pregnant. I would, however, much prefer her to be pregnant miraculously than to find out that she has a terrible case of worms, or that she has cancer (as was so kindly suggested by my beloved roomie's jackass boyfriend). She cries for me, cuddles to me, attacks me, follows me around, protects me, and essentially is being incredibly unlike herself. I'll be taking her to the vet on Wednesday. :S I'm broke, but maybe they'll work with me to get her the help she needs.
Cursive makes you more creative, seem more smart, and faster at gathering ideas/keeping up with the person talking. Sweet, I have good reasons to support writing in cursive all the time. (Sorry, Tesh was talking about it)
My nephew has suffered some kind of body seizure the doctors called a muscle spasm. Sis said he looked like he was having a heart attack. It's worrisome. ...And that's an understatement.
I went home this weekend and helped paint the cabinets white, clean mom's room, living room, kitchen, and just essentially get the house in order for my step-dad's homecoming. :)
Just got a call from home. Niece is at mom's house, her mom's in jail, and just... my family takes one step forward, three steps back. I'm getting more and more worried. So essentially life sucks at one point, and is pretty good the next. Or vise versa.
Anyway, I have a presentation, test, and homework to do tomorrow, so I'm gonna head to bed. Wish I had more positive things to report. Oyasumi~
There's lots of interesting stressors in my life right now, but the most stressful one by far right now is my cat. She looks pregnant, acts pregnant, but has been fixed, so cannot BE pregnant. I would, however, much prefer her to be pregnant miraculously than to find out that she has a terrible case of worms, or that she has cancer (as was so kindly suggested by my beloved roomie's jackass boyfriend). She cries for me, cuddles to me, attacks me, follows me around, protects me, and essentially is being incredibly unlike herself. I'll be taking her to the vet on Wednesday. :S I'm broke, but maybe they'll work with me to get her the help she needs.
Cursive makes you more creative, seem more smart, and faster at gathering ideas/keeping up with the person talking. Sweet, I have good reasons to support writing in cursive all the time. (Sorry, Tesh was talking about it)
My nephew has suffered some kind of body seizure the doctors called a muscle spasm. Sis said he looked like he was having a heart attack. It's worrisome. ...And that's an understatement.
I went home this weekend and helped paint the cabinets white, clean mom's room, living room, kitchen, and just essentially get the house in order for my step-dad's homecoming. :)
Just got a call from home. Niece is at mom's house, her mom's in jail, and just... my family takes one step forward, three steps back. I'm getting more and more worried. So essentially life sucks at one point, and is pretty good the next. Or vise versa.
Anyway, I have a presentation, test, and homework to do tomorrow, so I'm gonna head to bed. Wish I had more positive things to report. Oyasumi~
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