2007/12/22 12:05Winter Vacation IT IS FINALLY HERE!WINTER BREAK!!!I am so glad. This is a tribute to o ne of the dogs that I used to dog-sit. She died of Lime Disease a few months ago. And if you look closely... The top dog is not the same a s the bottom two. The top dog is the new dog my neighbors have that t hey found on the internet and got only a week or so after their dog di ed. She was three. And they got a dog that looks... [続きを読む]

2007/12/15 12:58Happy Holidays! & School& Stupidity Oh, you want to know something interesting? They want to do away wit h Santa Clause because he promotes obesity. First, the Cookie Monster , and now Santa. Who's next? Every obese people in the country? T hat's going to be tough. And they want to change his "Ho! Ho! Ho! " into "Ha! Ha! Ha!" because saying "Ho!" is insulting women. I, personally, am not that insulted... [続きを読む]

2007/12/14 09:52Happy Holidays! [続きを読む]

2007/12/06 12:08First Snow of the Year! Edit: I AM studying!!! I have to admit, this must have been one of my bad choices... To take Differential Equations. No one, I mean, NO ON E can tutor me... Especially not college students, who never have, and never will, take differential equations... I wouldn't either... And the final exam is TOMORROW, and I'm only done with reviewing 1/3 of th e material... I have to get going... /EditMore tec... [続きを読む]

2007/12/02 06:17Back from London! King's Cross Station, Platform 9 3/4I am very stressed right now. I ne ed to write 5 more college essays. I have sent out 6 applications so f ar, but I have 3 left to go. And I really want to finish them because my mother refuses to let me out of the house until I finish...Asians a nd their threats... I wouldn't have minded a year ago... But...I am cu rrently writing an application to Swarthmore Colle... [続きを読む]

2007/11/19 03:16Happy Thanksgiving Happy early Thanksgiving.I will be leaving early tomorrow morning to g o to England.I will be back some time Sunday (not sure when).Have a nice turkey day! A click if you like this entry?... [続きを読む]

2007/11/07 10:33SAT II It's literally freezing. It was under 32 degrees today, no joke, and it only went up to about 46F. (32F=0C)And I have no idea why I'm we aring a T-shirt and shorts right now even though the house is around 5 0F... I should go and get sweat pants.As you probably know, if you've read my past entries, I took the Japanese SAT II last Saturday. We we re to go to the testing center at 7:45. Well, I wok... [続きを読む]

2007/11/01 12:03Happy Halloween. (Sorry for the bad quality; it was taken with my cell phone.)It's Ha lloween for another hour. I hope you guys got candy. I got some. I sto le some from little children! I stole some from our candy basket... an d they are sitting lovely-y in my desk right now... :)I didn't got tr ick-or-treating though. But our neighborhood is so full of kids that o ur candies run out REALLY quickly.But I had math clas... [続きを読む]

2007/10/20 03:58New Site! Proper EngrishBreak out of Japanese Engrish!Yes. It''s a pun. Not re ally. But we all know that Japanese people speak Engrish. And I am g oing to post little by little in order to try to pursade them otherwis e. Please take a look if you''re interested! :) ... [続きを読む]

2007/10/08 03:48Homecoming + Pet Post #2 Hi, like, can you say, super hot pants?SAT II for Spanish was this Sa turday. I'm so glad it's over. It's Homecoming this weekend! So we are going to have spirit week for this whole week. Tomorrow is going to be costume day, and I'm going to dress up as Kikyou as I've done li ke... a dozen times. But yeah. I don't own anything else, nor do I s ew. Anyways, onto the long awaited Pet Post #2! l... [続きを読む]

2007/09/15 07:58Pet Post #1: Momoko I'm going to make pet entries because it's obvious to me that the long er the entry, the less likely that people are going to read it. And p ets are cuter and more interesting anyways.So we start with Momo! Our 4 and a half-year-old black lab. We got her from Lab Rescue. She ab solutely adores people. She goes up to practically anyone. She's a b ig black dog. And a lot of people are scared of h... [続きを読む]

2007/09/08 22:40Bad Boys Need to Die. Pit BullPit Bulls have been under the harsh light of the law for a ver y long time. Because of their "violent" nature and the fact that there has been "pit bull attacks," they have become ep itome of evil."Although friendliness and tolerance towards humans are traits of the breed, there are, as in any breed, those that are d angerous toward humans. It is the owner's responsi... [続きを読む]

2007/09/03 23:28Bipolar Disorder Treating Bipolar Disorder with Sea Sickness Patches?!I that's really a stupid idea. Well, I sure hope no one's going to try this anytime s oon...The most dangerous part of bipolar disorder isn't the depression , it's the mania. Because you feel like you can do anything. You are so confident in your abilities that you believe you can do whatever. Some people with severe cases actually jump off bu... [続きを読む]

2007/08/29 08:37Schizophrenia Edit I found this quote quite amusing. It's at Religious Tolerance/A theistGeorge H.W. Bush, as presidential nominee for the Republican par ty; 1987-AUG-27: "No, I don't know that Atheists should be consid ered as citizens, nor should they be considered as patriots. This is o ne nation under God."/EditAccording to my text book (Psychology Eight edition by David G. Myers), schizophrenia aff... [続きを読む]

2007/08/27 09:31School- The Worst Six-Letter Word Ever... I had to count to see how many letters "school" had. Lol.Any ways, school starts tomorrow. I can't believe how quickly this summer has gone by. It's ridiculous. And I'm not even close to being done wit h my college essays and things... Whatever.My procrastination days are going to start again. And I don't really think that's a good thing.I have no openings in the afternoons this year!!! T... [続きを読む]

2007/08/23 07:40Injured... And more pets I've successfully injured my knee... Apparently there's something abou t IT-band irritation. Yeah. I'm assuming it's not a big deal since s he didn't tell me to go to a doctor. But my mom is freaking out and s he might take me there... My knee suddenly buckles (doesn't matter if I'm walking or running... Usually running though.) and stops moving. It happened every 3~5 minutes when we were doing t... [続きを読む]

2007/08/20 12:19Momo Delux Edit: (8/20) I made a new Momo Photo Manipulation. :) The picture is of Momo (my labrador retriever) with her stuffed animal lamb. Sh e loves stuffed animals. She sticks them in her mouth and just sits t here, gasping for breath with her nose (no idea why she doesn't just stop doing it when she's suffocating herself), staying that way for l ong long time while everyone else sits in the room playin... [続きを読む]

2007/08/16 09:54Are You Depressed? "Depression" hits everyone at one time or another. Mind you , I'm talking about the word "depression." People say, &quo t;OMG, I'm sooo depressed..." "I got a C on this test. God I'm depressed now." etc. etc.But there are quite a large number o f people now that are clinically depressed. Which means they need the rapy and sometimes even medications to stablize th... [続きを読む]

2007/08/15 10:13It's All Over! -whines- Cross Country practices start tomorrow at 7AM. And that is when my su mmer vacation will end. The woes. I am depressed now. -goes to hide in a corner-I had to get the last of the HPV shots yesterday, and thi s morning, after getting my physicals done, I have to get a meningitis shot. I hate shots.Because my mom complained about my sleeping habit s and whatnot, and after some questions, the docto... [続きを読む]

2007/08/09 10:08Almost Over... The summer is almost over. Two more weeks left. It's quite dishearte ning. I have two more days left for my volunteer work for autism camp , and then next Wednesday, cross country season starts. I'm totally n ot looking forward to it.I'm starting my college applications. It's r eally annoying. And Shippensburg University is proving to be annoying . It's site doesn't give me any of the informatio... [続きを読む]

2007/07/30 12:10New Beginning New Beginning for Japan.After defeat of the Liberal Demoratic Party wh ich strongly sided with the American Republicans (Bush), the US is g oing to suffer cooperation problems at a scale that was not possible b efore. The seating for LDP went down from 64 to 37, which means they a re now a huge minority (oxymoronnnn). The Democratic Party of Japan is now going to take over with 60/121 (which is techn... [続きを読む]

2007/07/27 10:16風邪 風邪ひいて、ぶっ倒れてます。時差ぼけに風邪って ちょっときつい。。。何処でもらったのかな〜？I'm s ick...and have a jetlag... Which isn't the best combination. I have t o get better by Sunday, when I'm going to a baseball game (though I d on't particularly like baseball...). I have 2 more days. :/ I've ta ken allergy medication (huh...? now that I think about it...why? o. o because I'm nasal?), cold m... [続きを読む]

2007/07/25 12:21Home It's 11:22PM, and I just got up like an hour ago.And I'm going back to sleep as soon as I finish rummaging around on the internet.It was qui te a tiring experience, this whole 24-hours-until-I-get-home business. We left at 5AM on the morning of the 24th (in Japan), and then got to the airport too early (because apparently it doesn't open until 6 ?). And then got on the airplane at 8AM to go to Nar... [続きを読む]

2007/07/03 11:35Vacation It's been a while. I guess the fact that I have 2 other blogs (one th at's updated EVERY DAY) kind of offsets this thing.But I like this bl og. :)Vacation started 2 weeks ago. I spent 1 week just lying around . It was good stuff.On Friday and Sunday, I volunteered at my City's 40th Anniversary Fair. It was really tiring. But I did score a few c upcakes. :DToday, I started my real volunteer job whi... [続きを読む]

2007/06/22 10:23Kyou Kokode! Kyou Kokode! is a "Learn Japanese" Podcast site with scripts in Japanese, Roumaji, and translated into English.I'm just starting i t, so there's going to be some weirdness... But I'll appreciate it if you can leave a note or something saying hi. :]... [続きを読む]