(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
Monday, February 6, 2012
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~
Sunday, October 16, 2011
Driving
Heyla!
It's been a while. I won't apologize, because that's not a good way to start out something. But I have missed this, just a little. And I've been urged to continue for a while, so~ Thanks, and I'll try to write a little more often. :P
Lately I've been stuck driving by myself for about 2 hours every weekend or so. (This weekend, my boyfriend drove, and subsequently damaged his car. I'm sure he'll post about that.) I'm thinking I want to do a blog post about my driving experience.
I have a long time to just think by myself. It helps me untangle my thoughts, but it also helps to jumble my thoughts. I can roll the windows down and sing at the top of my lungs. I frequently have a sore throat by the time I make it to my mom's house, since I can't help singing along if it's a really good song.
But I often end up finding 'partners' in the other cars. They match my speeds, or I match theirs, and then we journey for a surprisingly long time together. Sometimes we play skip frog, where I'll pass them, then they'll pass me, and we'll follow each other. It feels fun and somewhat safer than speeding along by oneself does. I imagine that I can guess something of their personalities when this happens, because they feel like new friends.
On some rare occasions, I end up 'leading' cars (numbers range from 2-20) because I'm going the most acceptable speed, so no one bothers to pass me. I always get nervous and start to feel responsible for them, so I'll go into the slower lane (when there isn't cars in the way). But then they (or at least a few of them, most of the time) follow me into the slower lane, and we stay with the same order of who's in front! It shocks me that I'm 'leading' when I'm only 21.
I think my driving has gotten a lot better. I managed to follow my mom, though I scolded her later about going too much over the speed limit for me when I had to speed to catch up to her as well. But neither she nor my aunt said anything bad about my driving when i drove them around. And neither she nor my sister said anything about my driving when they followed me to my apartment a while back.
My roomie said that my driving isn't bad, though it's occasionally a little scary. But she also said that everyone's driving is a little scary sometimes. But bf says it's ok as well. I think it's a ton smoother, and I always work on switching lanes, and signalling, and anything else that occurs to me when driving by myself. I think of it as an opportunity to practice. But then no one ever really comments on my driving anymore, so I guess it's just becoming 'meh'. Makes me not really want to drive.
I like this song because of the imagery and revenge.
It's been a while. I won't apologize, because that's not a good way to start out something. But I have missed this, just a little. And I've been urged to continue for a while, so~ Thanks, and I'll try to write a little more often. :P
Lately I've been stuck driving by myself for about 2 hours every weekend or so. (This weekend, my boyfriend drove, and subsequently damaged his car. I'm sure he'll post about that.) I'm thinking I want to do a blog post about my driving experience.
I have a long time to just think by myself. It helps me untangle my thoughts, but it also helps to jumble my thoughts. I can roll the windows down and sing at the top of my lungs. I frequently have a sore throat by the time I make it to my mom's house, since I can't help singing along if it's a really good song.
But I often end up finding 'partners' in the other cars. They match my speeds, or I match theirs, and then we journey for a surprisingly long time together. Sometimes we play skip frog, where I'll pass them, then they'll pass me, and we'll follow each other. It feels fun and somewhat safer than speeding along by oneself does. I imagine that I can guess something of their personalities when this happens, because they feel like new friends.
On some rare occasions, I end up 'leading' cars (numbers range from 2-20) because I'm going the most acceptable speed, so no one bothers to pass me. I always get nervous and start to feel responsible for them, so I'll go into the slower lane (when there isn't cars in the way). But then they (or at least a few of them, most of the time) follow me into the slower lane, and we stay with the same order of who's in front! It shocks me that I'm 'leading' when I'm only 21.
I think my driving has gotten a lot better. I managed to follow my mom, though I scolded her later about going too much over the speed limit for me when I had to speed to catch up to her as well. But neither she nor my aunt said anything bad about my driving when i drove them around. And neither she nor my sister said anything about my driving when they followed me to my apartment a while back.
My roomie said that my driving isn't bad, though it's occasionally a little scary. But she also said that everyone's driving is a little scary sometimes. But bf says it's ok as well. I think it's a ton smoother, and I always work on switching lanes, and signalling, and anything else that occurs to me when driving by myself. I think of it as an opportunity to practice. But then no one ever really comments on my driving anymore, so I guess it's just becoming 'meh'. Makes me not really want to drive.
I like this song because of the imagery and revenge.
Saturday, September 10, 2011
My goals from when I was 17: Then and now
Go to Japan: Accomplished.
Get straight As: Working on it
Get into UNC-CH: ....well, I ultimately ended up happy with my runner-up.
Get a job: Funny that, goal then and now. I've had a few though! Yay!
Earn buku mula: .....yeah, about that.....
Stop buying books (DAMNIT): Beyond my $20 shopping that one time since I came back from Japan, I haven't bought any. Proud of me?
Get volunteering done: ...well, yes, I not only got it done, I was invited back last time I went to the library.
Be hired where I'm most appreciated and want to be: Working on it.
Lose weight: I'm happy to say, I have accomplished this goal. :D
Learn more about myself: Considering I have two+ pages of introspections I wrote while in Japan, I'd say I've done well with this goal.
Become a wonderful, honest, upright woman: ....I don't feel qualified to judge.
Take care of the four most important people in my life: (Reading this one made me realize how naive I am. And how many more people I have to consider important now)
Become proud of myself, but not arrogant: I'm apparently leaning towards becoming arrogant, but I've definitely upped my confidence.
Stop hanging my head: Except when jogging on the track, I generally hold my head as high as I can without losing sight of the ground.
Smile at everyone: ....well see.... I did that before I went to Japan. Since coming back..... well, I'm working on it. XP
Try to be less easily discouraged: Sometimes I still am, but if I really want it, I get stubborn. Yay! (My roomie said that for me)
Make beautiful things for the truly beautiful people I love: .......I made some nice paintings for my mommy....? ......Guess this should go on a to-do list.
Help others: I try.....
Make others happy: Yay! I'm told I do, and I should trust those I love, right?
Learn better self-control: ....Nope. Hasn't happened.
Exercise more: ....I just got back from the gym, I do taijutsu weekly, water aerobics twice a week, and walk around with Ke-chan and Maya pretty regularly. I'd say I exercise more.
Stop being a germaphobe: I think I've gotten better about it.
Stop being scared to throw up: I still don't like it, but I'm willing to do it when the pain becomes intolerable.
Get a driver's license: *checks wallet* Yup, I have one. *checks for car* Ooh, I have one of those too!
Thanks to bf and Kei-chan for helping me answer some of these. I wrote this list on 3:15 May 22nd, 2007. Fun stuff, right? What do you all think of it?
Get straight As: Working on it
Get into UNC-CH: ....well, I ultimately ended up happy with my runner-up.
Get a job: Funny that, goal then and now. I've had a few though! Yay!
Earn buku mula: .....yeah, about that.....
Stop buying books (DAMNIT): Beyond my $20 shopping that one time since I came back from Japan, I haven't bought any. Proud of me?
Get volunteering done: ...well, yes, I not only got it done, I was invited back last time I went to the library.
Be hired where I'm most appreciated and want to be: Working on it.
Lose weight: I'm happy to say, I have accomplished this goal. :D
Learn more about myself: Considering I have two+ pages of introspections I wrote while in Japan, I'd say I've done well with this goal.
Become a wonderful, honest, upright woman: ....I don't feel qualified to judge.
Take care of the four most important people in my life: (Reading this one made me realize how naive I am. And how many more people I have to consider important now)
Become proud of myself, but not arrogant: I'm apparently leaning towards becoming arrogant, but I've definitely upped my confidence.
Stop hanging my head: Except when jogging on the track, I generally hold my head as high as I can without losing sight of the ground.
Smile at everyone: ....well see.... I did that before I went to Japan. Since coming back..... well, I'm working on it. XP
Try to be less easily discouraged: Sometimes I still am, but if I really want it, I get stubborn. Yay! (My roomie said that for me)
Make beautiful things for the truly beautiful people I love: .......I made some nice paintings for my mommy....? ......Guess this should go on a to-do list.
Help others: I try.....
Make others happy: Yay! I'm told I do, and I should trust those I love, right?
Learn better self-control: ....Nope. Hasn't happened.
Exercise more: ....I just got back from the gym, I do taijutsu weekly, water aerobics twice a week, and walk around with Ke-chan and Maya pretty regularly. I'd say I exercise more.
Stop being a germaphobe: I think I've gotten better about it.
Stop being scared to throw up: I still don't like it, but I'm willing to do it when the pain becomes intolerable.
Get a driver's license: *checks wallet* Yup, I have one. *checks for car* Ooh, I have one of those too!
Thanks to bf and Kei-chan for helping me answer some of these. I wrote this list on 3:15 May 22nd, 2007. Fun stuff, right? What do you all think of it?
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