I just spent an hour and a half reading a blog from a girl who spent a year in Senegal (thank you, UW-Madison generic East Asian Studies e-mail updates), chewing gum the whole time, and now my eyes hurt, my jaw hurts, and I think I have new feelings about some things.

I would like to stop stressing over so much.  Yes, the future is upon me.  Yes, ( Read more... )

Yeah, maybe I can't handle this, I don't know.

NONE of my other friends have been successful (completely) at keeping their long-term relationships when one of them went abroad.  None.  It's frightening.  And the statistics on outsiders don't help either.

I think the plan now is to get two separate places and potentially sublet out the smaller one if ( Read more... )

That I haven't killed them all yet.  That's right.  Burned this fucking house down to the goddamned ground.  You know why?  Because every weekend night (never fail!) they have a party.  Tonight, hovering around 1:45am or so I thought we were in the clear.  Oh no.  The worst part is their bass is really loud and vibrates directly beneath our bedroom ( Read more... )

This weekend turned out differently than originally planned.  I screwed up my foot/leg somehow on Friday and was still in pain on Saturday, so we decided not to go to the football game (which we finally won, of course).  Instead we just stayed in for a bit, then went shopping and took care of a lot of random things that had been sitting on the to- ( Read more... )

Judging from the title alone, I'm clearly less creative today.  Meh.

Today was just busy-ish.  I almost lost my Nintendo DS in Van Hise, then again in Human Ecology, where I saw a GIGANTOR centipede.  Ugh, gross.

Went to dinner at Wasabi tonight (was going to be Takara, then Licha screwed up and provided an absolutely fantastic dinner instead) with a ( Read more... )

I'm officially addicted to Craigslist's Missed Connections.  I probably check it at least twice a day, sometimes more.  They're just the right combination of compelling, hilarious and creepy.

Also addicted to OMFGG, the Official Music from Gossip Girl.  It's quite possibly one of the best soundtracks out there...and not out in stores yet?  Oops.  ( Read more... )

Figured out that my original plan for my Epic presentation probably won't work, but I have a new idea instead!  I will probably present to Jerry and Katie tomorrow and see what thoughts they have.

Second, yesterday I downloaded a pretty fun game called Megaplex Madness.  It's a tad more complicated than your average "diner dash" game, so I'm pretty ( Read more... )

Worked today.  Fun-ish.  Didn't technically work until 10 but I came in early (thinking I may have worked at 9, but not really sure).  Justin paid for my Jimmy John's lunch that was amazing.  I know you all care so much.

So upon leaving I thought everything was fine.  Chris drove me home (he had driven me in earlier due to a pretty bad dizzy spell I ( Read more... )

The other day I was on the bus on my way to class and I noticed a blind girl sitting near the front, her dog lightly dozing beneath her seat.  It was quite possibly one of the most adorable full-grown dogs I have ever seen, and the dedication to her was just amazing.  Unfortunately, for some reason all I could think of is what would happen when ( Read more... )

Today has been...interesting?

I like fitting the necessary items for the day into the schedule that I'm having, sort of planning my day around the things I have to do rather than vice-versa.  For example, last night after Chris and I watched Smart People, I was pretty tired.  Rather than try and hardcore study for both my Japanese and Marketing ( Read more... )