Let Winterlight Come

Something doesn't seem quite right about this image:



Yuuto's blog has been completely deleted, as well. :( I didn't save all the pictures I wanted to (I need to start just saving things when I see them), but I got a couple of the ones I quite liked, at least. I hope he re-surfaces soon... especially because I wouldn't even know how/where to start looking for him.

I know I spent most of break whining about how ready I was to go back to school, but now that we're leaving in less than twelve hours, I am wishing I could take my bed with me.

And yes, I am distracting myself from packing! I will be bringing my holiday cards with me to finish before school starts. >.> At this point, the ones that haven't had covers made yet may be Chinese New Year cards. Gary the Onigiri Penguin and... some tiger thing. Next year I shall use the Cinnamonroll Bunny. :D

Gotta say, it's a bit discouraging when you are the maker of three of four entries in an icontest and the fourth icon wins. XD It's a nice icon, so I'm not bitter or anything, and well, it's just an icontest. It's just kinda funny/sad (especially because I was joking with my roomie about me losing), since I rather liked all three of my entries.

I am home for Thanksgiving now. We went out for Chinese food tonight at the restaurant I've been going to since... birth, probably. Their cha siu wonton is probably one of my most favorite foods ever. ♥

Got lots of work to do on this break: cooking, writing papers, doing projects for the Ihouse, and being a good Faniminion. Some of these assignments are more fun than others. :P

To-Do, Turkey Edition
Shoosh, Ameba doesn't have a turkey and the only chicken was a baby >.> Snickerdoodles?
Be a Kitchen Grunt
Laundry! Also, don't forget formal dress.
EDAU 172 - Website homework - due... 12/1
COMM 174 - Research intercultural conflict in the US!! - due 12/07
LING 123 - Paper on apes vs. humans! - due 12/3
EDSP 162 - Discussion question #5! - due 12/2
I-HOUSE NEWSLETTER ILLUSTRATION
Monitor Secret Santa :D
Clean kitchen more x__x (...in general, since I am obvs not at school to do it now)
Google shtuff.
Holiday cards!
Icon NaNo!!

...yokay. That is totally all do-able. \o/?

And Lee Joon has swine flu, poor bebe. His bandmates may have it as well. >.>

Why am I so desperate to distract myself even when I know it's just going to come back and kick me in the ass? -_-

I feel slightly better today, though I've felt nauseated for most of the evening, and my appetite has been hit-or-miss. When I was finally hungry, I had a horrible lunch... and y'know, having an unsatisfactory meal when you're hungry can be really disappointing. XD So I skipped dinner, and had some senbei when I stopped feeling like being sick was imminent. And now I am hungry.

I also have to finish my essay on the mating calls of frogs and birds tonight, since my teacher never got back to me about whether or not I could turn it by e-mail since I am still not sure if I will be able to go to class tomorrow. I feel weirdly bad for not being able to say, "Oh, I'll be healthy on this exact day, so expect me back then," since I really don't know how I'll be feeling. Every day seems like it starts out well, and then goes downhill. I still have a cough like I'm going to expel a lung, though, so I'll probably wait until that becomes less dire-sounding, since the school is still very much in a mood of "If you're sick at all, DO NOT COME TO CLASS (but we don't want to see you at the health center unless you're really really sick)." >.>

I just wish I knew if I am able to turn my paper in late. Because then I would sleep and finish it in the morning. On the upside, this teacher has brought us back to middle school and wants a standard five-paragraph, regurgitate-the-lecture-notes, restate-your-introduction-in-your-conclusion essay, and he's outlined what he wants in it, so it isn't that hard - it's just tedious.

ladksfjwlei, okay. Working. I know that being up at 2:50am while sick is not smert, but there's no way I can wake up early to finish this. -_- Maybe I'll just go to sleep and wheedle with the teacher tomorrow.

...I am coming up with new ways to distract myself! Fantastic. *chirps*

edit: I'm amused by this post at alice_nine, regarding the Best Artist Japan 2009. To sum it up, "Let's vote for A9! credits for this post go to kattunlove!"

Formal Dinner is tonight, which I still can't believe. It's not like I have much time to think about it anyways, though, between finals, projects, I-house committments and online things.

We had an awesome guest lecturer in class yesterday, who talked about helping people understand emotions and how to deal with them (something that is often particularly difficult for people with autism, since emotions are so abstract). She introduced us to Kimochis (warning: Flash-heavy), adorable Tamagotchi-like characters who all have different stories. In class, she used Cloud, whose head spins around to show an unhappy face, and Huggs, an octopus with personal space issues. I wants them. Just for me, even. >.>

And now I am off to get a dress for tonight with Erika. Augh, too much to do this weekend. The group doing the baby pictures this semester actually asked me if I could help them, and I had to laugh - not the least of the reasons for that was because they only asked me a few days ago, and I have no desire to repeat the last minute stressflail of that project. Then they wanted to use my presentation from last semester and just splice in the new babies (more difficult than making a new movie, I think), and one of the girls actually got sort of mad because I couldn't find my copy of it. It's not my fault they didn't start earlier...

On the other hand, this music is pretty chill. XD "Jawaiian" reggae! Whodathunk.

I got a Ponyta!

Woo! I actually finished my project before nine! I wrote a story for 7-year-olds about a squirrel, and a mad-lib about finding strange things on the playground. XD This is one of the things having group projects is good for - making me get my work done at a sane hour.

A couple days old but I hadn't seen it yet: Naked pop star escapes charges.

Kusangai being dropped from some of his endorsements was to be expected, but jail time seemed O__o, so the whole thing is sort of funny again. XD Well, the "What's wrong with being naked?" part is, so now I have an icon to commemorate it. And I was amused that this article mentioned that he'd been found with his clothes "neatly folded" nearby. So he doesn't remember why he stripped, but he had the presence of mind at the time to fold his clothes and put them in a pile? That is... kinda awesome. >.>

But generally, yay for prompt apologies!

....aaaaand tickets for swtjemz, Erika and I to go see the Yoshida Brothers on the 13th have been bought. Also yay!

Not yay? The two projects I have due on the 13th (before the show, obviously). At least I can sort of combine them, but it's still more than a bit flail-inducing.

Other dragons' turns: All grown up!

GIP: Because Byou and Yuuto are surprising and yet not. It's surprising to see in a magazine, rather. Yuuto's already said that they all get along so well they can kiss each other before going onstage. XD

TO DO: One paper due and one midterm tomorrow. Remember to talk to Audiology prof about checking out the audiometer another time. Call Amy to make haircut appointment. Go home! This week and next week are going to be kind of hectic, I think. But then it's Spring Break! ...when I will go home and do nothing and get nagged about doing nothing.

D(O)RAMA: Yaaaay, MOAR TWINS. I didn't watch Mei-chan with Erika this week because she was studying, so I didn't get as much of what was going on, but I think I generally understand. Also, the random animated sheep are getting less subtle. :P And no, I am not going to talk about the plot! What plot?

FANDOM: I think if I met someone like this in person, I'd probably find this much optimism annoying, but coming from Hiroto (the talking wisdom tooth boy), it's just sort of adorable:

Well, a few days ago I met my dad,

He said "Your new album's kinda good."

It's kinda vague but I had the feeling they were words that were hiding a big light so it made me happy.


My favorite saying goes
"The doubtful eye sees an obstacle.

But the believing eye sees a solution."...

I'm focusing on the genuinely good part where I'm gaining life experience.

What my parents told me made me feel good somehow.
[alice9_diaries]

I... want to take a nap before working. It just took me three tries to remember how to make things double-spaced in Word.

*generally fails at both academic and non-academic tasks*

It'd figure I'd miss posting the last day of the month, even with the half dozen triumphant NaBloPoMo finish posts on my flist. >.> And I had started typing something up, too!

je_hols is definitely kicking my ass. I'm pretty sure I dreamt about JE until I woke up at 8am this morning, and then when I fell asleep for another hour and twenty, I dreamt about a bizarre, grisly scavenger hunt that involved people from my house/classes and sometimes having to kill people (we had to kill random made-up people, not each other). Maybe they were zombies or something. I know I shot a guy in the forehead and he didn't die. It was a very odd and stressful dream, but now I am awake, so at least I won't be late for class. >.<

Projects projects projects by Wednesday. Formal dinner on Friday. Have to acquire and learn to use Flash by then... since I don't have class on Thursday, I think I know what I'll be doing that day. :P I have a feeling I'll be clawing my way through this week...

Also, kettle corn is addictive.

To Do:

= SIGN UP FOR EDSP 110 OBSERVATION!!! ARRANGE OBSERVATION FOR NEXT TUES. BE BACK FOR COFFEE NIGHT.
= PAY I-HOUSE

= Coffee Night meeting, 10:30pm
= Rehearse for Pancake Breakfast
= Volleyball at 8pm?

= PCB sound check, Saturday 11am-2pm
= EDSP 113 Bring cups on Monday
= EDAU 115 Midterm and Quiz, Wednesday - bring 50q scantron
= COMM 100W Quiz next Thursday, 2pm

= E-mail Betty
= Birthday fic for coiled_iris

Also, this song is odd. It's Maroon 5, and yet not. And weirder than w-inds.' "Kazauta."

Kagrra no Su's last card game keeeeeled me. They are such lovely lovely dorks. I love it when Shin stops being shy and gets really into the game. XD And thank you Nao, for all of that gratuitous touchingtacklingfootsieplaying. :D This week has been grand for PSC: Miyavi on Sunday, watching the extra DVD from Alice Nine's Hello, Dear Numbers on an actual TV screen (I'd seen it before, but not in awhile, and damn, everyone is so pretty), general SCREW flailing, and now this. ♥

= Basically done with school now! Got a B- on my last test, but eh... as long as I pass (which I will). I overheard a girl telling someone she felt like she deserved to celebrate her semester since she thought that she "did good" this time, and didn't drop any of her classes! Any of her... two classes. Yeaaah. >.>

= Went to the dentist yesterday and ended up with a referral to a facial pain clinic thing in SF. The nightguard he gave me for a trial run had actually made my jaw lock up more (i.e. every night, and even for a few nights after I stopped using it). Sigh.

= Signed up for my third behind-the-wheel test, a day before the transfer info day at SJSU and two days before my permit expires again.

= Sold one of my books back today for $58. Maybe I'll splurge after all. Stupid Queen of Pirates disrupting my nice little indies J-rock buying plan.

= Brain feels like this: @_@

= Going to get a Venus flytrap today. I want to get two so I can have one in my room. It shall be named Ryo-chan~ with the tilde. And hopefully I will not kill it.

= That Day In the Life meme looks interesting, but I think I will wait until... well, I guess I could start it tomorrow, but Friday seems like an odd day to start on. Maybe Saturday? I feel memeish and jumpy, though that's possibly because I got two hours of sleep and drank coffee (decaf, but still).

= How shall I cut my hair? Not too short, but I want to do something new(ish).

Everyone should go check out Pesoguin. It's where the penguin from a few entries ago came from; Ryou sent Kai another little penguin, so I decided to see if there were more. And zomg, there are. If you hover or click on any of the ones bobbing around at the top, they do things. :DDD

l33t_dreams made me an awesome, Takeru-ish pillow - meaning it's pink and leopard-print. And AWESOME. It's also been helping me sneak at night, so yay! I use pillows to prop myself up in bed when I am on late at night when I'm not supposed to be. According to my mom, my laptop should stay on my desk. It should not actually ever be on my lap. BUT AWESOME PILLOW.

And Kame is going to be on Aiba's aminal show again, because 1 Pound Gospel was filming nearby(?). There's a little preview clip around of him with an adorable baby otter:



...realistically, this is right before the otter bites him. XD No, no, I don't think that happens. If you ever want to hear me verbally flail, aminals are the way to go. Just FYI. XD

Time has come to decide where I'm going in the fall. ( Compare and contrast! )

Oh! We start tutoring next week - Tuesday for me. It's kind of nice to know that other people in the class seem just as nervous about this as I do. XD I have two female students, both ESL. One speaks Spanish, and the other Mongolian (and I cannot pronounce her first name at all >.>). I was kind of hoping for a language with a structure I know better, since I think that'd help me identify the sources for some writing issues that seem to come up, but it should be fine. I think my biggest worry right now is where exactly the first-day paperwork we have to fill out is in the tutoring room. XD

Other classes are going well. Music theory is turning out to be my most UGH NO class, not because I'm not interested in it, but because the teacher is not very good at teaching. I'm three points away from an A in Geography, absorb information in Art History like a good little sponge, think that ECE is a bit boring/common-sense but sort of interesting I guess, and pretty much love the Tutor Training class. It's really refreshing to have a class in college where everyone gets to know each other. Plus, I have my lunch buddy friend from Tokyo to talk Japanese/Chinese with. XD Even though it gets confusing.

Note to self: Remember that there is a usually a point in dramas that you are interested in where they start getting into what will be the Bigger Plot, and that it seems to occur around episode 4 or 5 and that you should not watch those on school nights because then you will want to know what happens and end up staying up too late. Also, four hours of sleep does not count as Alright, Enough just because it's only an hour away from five which is only an hour away from six which is A Really Good Amount of Sleep (but not really). -.-

Today, my hot chocolate with whipped cream not only had whipped cream but chocolate sauce and green sprinkles on it. :D

...clearly, I've been saving up a lot of babbling.