Date: 1月 5日
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Eating/Drinking: water
Listening To: my computer making happy noises
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Headaches suck. Booooo!  It's a good thing I have all the lights on and I'm staring into the bright, purdy screen. I'll just type with my eyes closed...

My last final was on December 16th so you can imagine I was out of there that same day. So I packed up, hopped the train, and headed home. Ahhh, home sweet home! I haven't felt this relaxed since the summer; absolutely nothing to worry about for a full month and a few days. I've spent my free time either on the computer, watching TV, or working which I love (and not sarcastically either, I love Torrid! :] ). I've been doing well at getting sales, even though tonight I was about to drop dead form exhaustion after only 3.5 hours of working. It's a great way to do something rewarding and fun while getting some money to do it. I'm finally starting to become more financially secure with my new job. Even though I only work one shift a week ranging anywhere between 4 to 8.5 hours it's better than nothing and I'm more than happy to do it.

Speaking of financial thingies, Santa did not disappoint! Neither did my very generous relatives whom I thank for giving me a gift when they didn't have to :3 Here's what I got:

1. Cash monies
2. Traveler's Guide of Tokyo
3. A chewed straw (from Timmy, of course :3)
4. Cell phone, though we were planning on renewing our plan anyway
5. Rain boots
6. Peruvian hat!
7. Sparkly owl T-shirt
8. Rayman Raving Rabbids TV Party!
9. Lotto Tickets
10. Other neat little stocking stuffers

Didn't do much for Christmas this year except go over my mom's friend's house--her name is Joanne--for a small dinner. I didn't expect there to be a low turnout of people so I brought a huge dessert sushi platter that hardly got eaten, but it was still a hit! Here is a picca of that platter:




The "Caviar Rolls" were a bitch to make, but as always everything was fun to make and arrange. Soon I'll be making Rice Krispie Sculptures to pass the time and to build up some good ideas :]

New Year's was also uneventful. Watched the ball drop on TV but it wasn't too special. Didn't make a new year's resolution, or rather I made a resolution to not make anymore new year's resolutions. I went to bed shortly afterwards. I did end up seeing two really good movies though: The Dark Knight and Hancock. Greatest.movies.ever. But neither one of them top WALL-E ^^. My family and I have been renting as many movies as possible to keep ourselves occupied, but not enough are coming out to catch up to us. There's always Pineapple Express this Tuesday, maybe we'll rent that...

Before Christmas, however, I got my grades for the Fall 2008 semester! They are as follows:

English 701: A
College Algebra: A
Elementary Japanese I: B+
Asian Behavior & Thought: W (withdrew, passing)
GPA: 3.78 BOO-FUCKIN-YA!!!!

Awesome start for freshman year! I am supposedly going to be on the "Dean's List?" Since that is a good thing I'm not going to question it =P

Once I return for my Spring semester on the 20th, I'll be taking my new courses. Ima miss my Japanese class :< Luckily I have some cool people still in my scheduled class so I'm pretty chipper. Here's my Spring schedule:

Monday
Elementary Japanese II: 11:40 - 12:30
Gender in America: 1:40 - 2:30

Tuesday
English 802: 10:40 - 12:30
Statistics in the News: 2:40 - 4:30

Wednesday
Elementary Japanese II: 10:40 - 12:30
Gender in America: 1:40 - 2:30

Thursday
English 802: 10:40 - 12:30
Statistics in the News: 2:40 - 4:30

Friday
Elementary Japanese II: 11:40 - 12:30
Gender in America: 1:40 - 2:30

Can't say that I complain, except for the unGodly-long Tuesday and Thursday classes. It's the sheer length of the class that irritates me to no end. Hopefully they won't be too boring. I know I'll be taking a couple classes over the summer at BCCC to gain some GenEd credits to ensure I graduate in 4 years (and that I won't get called in early at work, hehe). Probably an Art course the first summer session then a Diversity and Race course (wtf?) in the second summer session. Maybe I will run into some nice familiar faces?  :D

Oh btw I SEE STEVE COLBERT LIVE TOMORROW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'll be boarding the train with my parents up to New York to grab some lunch and see the show. Tickets were a bitch to get since they were free and Steve Colbert is God. I can't take pictures but I'm hoping for some souvenirs? PRAYER HANDS FOR THE WIN!!!

Mmmmm I need a boy to keep my occupied. It's been on my mind lately, but no one specific comes up. I just miss the feeling of being appreciated and wanted and longed-after. This all sounds cheesy and it is, but you all need to get over it. Yes, I want a boyfriend. I'm not gonna go out of my way to get one but it would be nice to have one. Not just for the sake of having one, I really want to find someone that can keep u with me, making me feel important and loved, respects me and my decisions/morals, and vise versa. Just thought I'd get it off my chest :]

Bleh, my headache is better but now I'm thursty and uber sleepy. I'll be leaving at around 11 to g to the Trenton station and hop the train. It should be a day to remember =] But before I go, January birthdays!:

January 11 - Kelsey
January 23 - MINE :D and Kacyn

Those two are the most significant. If I missed yours let me know! I'm out!

Date: 12月 7日
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This week has been a good one. Classes will be ending this upcoming week and I have mixed feelings of excitement and dread. Ugh, finals! Most of the people I've come to know and love will [hopefully] be in my Japanese class next semester. If not, I will cry. I've been making my Ultimate Japanese Practice Test and flash cards to study. While I was making them in the study lounge, I met a Chinese girl named Barbara. She makes me think of my mom every time I say her name =P. She was so nice! She complimented my handwriting and recognized the kanji I was working on. We talked for about 2 hours into the early morning. The next day, tired as I was, I went to Japanese as usual, then I ran into her again! She lives on the other side of my floor but she was visiting a friend on my side. So, all three of us went to lunch together, where we met up with even more of their friends. It was a nice get-together, and I got a new friend out of it. I went home later that day so I could work on homework and whatnot. I ended up missing my suitemate's party. I'm sorry! I did get her a present though so I don't feel as bad...Yesterday was taken up by me helping my mom find a dress top for our nextdoor neighbor's wedding. Congradulations guys! I won't be attending because of studying. Thank you, finals. I also saw WALL-E last night...it was sooooooo cute! I'm absolutely IN LOVE with that movie. So creative and adorable.

Today, however, I made sushi dessert! I wanted to make it for Molly's birthday but one of the ingredients was made around peanuts D=. The ingredients consist of Rice Krispie treats, Fruit Roll-Ups, Twizzlers (pull and peel), and Vanilla fudge (the ingredient around the peanuts). Here are piccas of my glorious creation!





 

These will be debuted in Japanese class tomorrow. I will be making them again for my mom's friends at a small get-together with different flavors. And maybe again at another party! They were so fun to make.

Now that I have that out of the way, I will be spending time working on editing my English papers and so on. Have a great day, everyone!

So, a lot has happened since I graduated high school. I thought I would chronicle my adventures up to this point to give you all an idea of where I'm at and what I'm currently during. I've definitely grown as a person over the last 5 months since graduating, I feel so much wiser, calmer, and more reasonable and kind. But let's take a more in-depth look at what happened since graduation day:

❀Went to some pretty sweet parties and saw my friends for the last time before I went off to college.

❀I got my AP test scores FINALLY; ended up getting a 1 in Chem (how unexpected!) and a 3 in Psych. It was a great day for all parties involved.
❀I attended Temple orientation in which I stayed overnight and roomed with a chatty vegetarian. The experience was dull but my roommate was cool.
❀Somewhere around that time I got a boyfriend of 1 1/2 months, whom I thought was near perfect, but turned out to be psychopathic. He did things to me and another person that were unforgivable, and put himself in a situation where the police got involved. Nice job, asshole. The entire situation as a whole just ended recently (or at least I hope so...) where he got taken to court and nearly cried. That's what you get for being retarded. What a sick, confused little man...
❀I moved into Temple late August with a pretty awesome roommate. We get along pretty well, but her drinking habits have slowly been wearing on me. Every weekend--and sometimes Thursday nights--she comes back drunk, slamming things without knowing it and waking me up. And sometimes, this is a good part, she brings back people I didn't allow her too (it's part of a roommate agreement that everyone signs that your roommate can't bring in a guest to the room without the others permission. So there.) and calls other drunk people on the phone and continues whatever verbal altercation she had with them at whatever party she was at. I will have to confront her eventually, it's wearing on our friendship big time. I don't care that she drinks, but when she screws with my life in the process something needs to be said.
❀I signed up for 15 credit hours for the Fall 2008 semester. Those included: Asian Behavior & Thought, College Algebra, Elementary Japanese I, and English 701. Due to the professor's incompetence and lack of teaching experience (friggin grad students teachin my classes!) we took our first test a week and a half before the deadline to withdraw from a course. I failed with a 59, so I decided to withdraw from the course entirely. Here are my reasons for doing so:

1. The class went over my head.
2. That 3 on my AP Psychology test earned me a Human Behavior GenEd credit worth 3 credit hours. Asian B & T was a Human Behavior course. Therefore, I didn't need it to satisfy that area
3. Hey, it DID free up my day to only one class Tuesday and Thursdays, and
4. I would rather not get a refund and have a ridiculously high GPA than not get a refund and fuck up my freshman year GPA and have to work harder the years ahead to raise it back up.

So far I have an A- in College Algebra, an A in English, and a B+ in Japanese. I WILL raise that Japanese grade!

❀My Japanese teacher is pretty nice, but she's a tough grader. There are two drill instructors for that class: Hashimoto sensee--the more picky, less fun, but still kind teacher that makes sure you know your stuff--. She also doesn't know much English but is somehow an opera singer. Go figure. And then there's Fukushige sensee, a fourth year student who's bubbly and fun as anything. She makes class exciting, but I feel myself slacking in her class because of it. My College Algebra is some Russian guy whom most people can't understand to save their life. He keeps us in class the entire 1 hr 50 minutes. NO BREAK. You should see the doodles in that section of my notebook. My English teacher knows his stuff. He's witty, entertaining, and very relaxed. He is definitely helping me improve my writing, and I'm thankful for having him as a teacher! He has his PhD for a reason, damn.
❀I gained the dreaded freshman 15. I'm working over winter break to lose about 5% of my body weight the healthy way, approx. 10 lbs. No one really cares as much in college about your weight or physical appearance, a dramatic change from high school. Even when I weighed 40lbs less than I do now I was still called fat. But I have news for those people: NO ONE LIKES YOU. And through my struggles with such individuals I have become such a strong and understanding person. Also, I don't care as much about my shape. So suck it.
❀I got a job at Torrid! I'll be working weekends and holidays at the Oxford Valley Mall. I'm so excited! Many people may not know this but I do somewhat have an eye for fashion, but you wouldn't suspect that from the way I dress sometimes. Because I've gotten bigger I don't want to spend extra money on clothes, so until I get back to a more reasonable weight I can really show what I'm made of. At any rate, I want to be able to help out girls that are bigger to find something nice to wear. High fashion is in right now and I want to show girls that no matter what size you are, you can look stunning and beautiful. It doesn't matter what size you are, "fat people" are PEOPLE. HUMAN BEINGS. WITH FEELINGS AND NEEDS LIKE EVERYONE ELSE. I want them to feel good about themselves, even those that are significantly bigger than me. Though over there I really am the skinny one, I am considered plus size. But who the hell cares, I love my job! Come visit sometime!
❀I have a bit of a love interest, more like a crush, that I'm working on at the moment. I really need someone that is kind of a challenge without being out of reach. It's hard to find someone that can keep me guessing. I'm not extremely picky on looks, just personality. And I should be, there's nothing wrong with knowing what I want. But at the same time, I don't really know what I want. I've only had one boyfriend so far that turned out to be a complete asshole, so I don't have much experience dating. Hopefully things will turn around.
❀My Thanksgiving break was lovely. I took the train home Wednesday, washed up, then headed to a yearbook signing event at CEC. I got to see some familiar and friendly faces, though not many people where there. Thanksgiving day was eventful mostly because of the food and Madagascar 2: Escape to Africa. I also ate a rather cute turkey cupcake I got at McCaffrey's. Such a nice break from school...since the first day of school we didn't have a single scheduled day off, so you can see how refreshing this was to chill back at home. I did a little shopping on dreaded Black Friday but it was no big deal, just two tank tops I was planning on getting anyway ($5 each, was a steal! lawl). Did some shopping for dorm/living essentials, finished up some homework, and here I am now typing up this blog.
//~Edit~// ❀ I almost forgot: I SEE THE COLBERT REPORT FUCKING LIVE JANUARY 5TH!!!

It's going to be tough returning to Temple. Not that I hate Temple. I love it there! But exams are coming up the week of the 15th so there's pressure to finish up some of the material in my classes. Not to worry, winter break is next! And with that comes Christmas Eve and Christmas and working then New Year's Eve then working then monies.

During that time I'll probably drag someone along with me to visit good ol' CEC. I've always wanted to see what things were like with my class gone and with some new staff members. I will be sporting a new hairdo by that time, I'm thinking chin-length in the back and have it taper down to its current length in the front. It'll be dyed a dark red-brown with light purple accents. Maybe a new piercing? But I doubt that last part. Then, possibly rearranging the dorm room for the hell of it or to create space, depending on what my roommate and I decide. If we bunk our beds I'm so getting the bottom. I have to anyway because the way my mattress sits won't allow me to be on the top. The mattresses they gave us are similar to ones in prison, so they're narrow and not so comfortable. So, we got a reasonably priced new one and used the old one as a makeshift box spring. The new mattress is wider than the one provided, so if I were to say shift to the end of it to get something from the ground, I would fall off, since there is about 6 inches of unsupported space near the edge of my bed. So it's either roll off onto the ground with a small thud, or bunk on top, roll off, and die. I'm afraid of heights anyway...

And there you have it. I'm going to be a mess tomorrow from staying up so late but I can nap it off between Japanese and English. Hope whoever reads this had enjoyed it and found some entertainment in it. Goodnight!