Wow, been awhile, eh?

I think I will change the template...The stone angels are nice but the text problem is irritating me. Not much else going on, the handball tournament went okay, I got 2nd place for Women's Novice division. Now desperately trying to catch up to three days of missed school, wondering what I got on my midterms (I'm getting one back today, I think) and so on and so forth. Been an absolute crab these past few days, so a thank you to those who put up with me, mainly Yayoi and Laryssa and Yanagi-san. Need sleep, class in 15, so signing off now to change the template...Ja

Majo

I don't know what's wrong with the text...

I hope that doesn't mean that I'll have to change the template again...

Listening to Original Sin by Elton John obsessively, musing on how scarily well it fits...Also feeling grateful to the women's handball team captain. Angela loaned me a wireless network card AND got it to work...;_; So I can blog and look up the problem set solutions for my midterm while I'm staying over at her place with a few others of the team while we wait to go to the airport tomorrow morning...

Kinda nervous, kinda tired. Studying, sort of, and trying to work up the energy to make the cheat sheet we're allowed to have. The midterm today wasn't that bad (econ history was today from 3:30-5), I think I did pretty well. I hope I did^_^; I am also less worried about the one for econometrics, because the GSI said that he'd seen it and it wasn't that bad at all. Since he's not one of those GSIs that no one can understand and is a super genius who thinks EVERYTHING is easy, I feel muchly relieved.^_^

Something smells like cookies....everyone else is watching TV and eating, while I'm here pouring over my econ book. Sad, ne?^^; Perhaps the good ol' captain was feeling sorry for me....

Ack, went to watch part of a movie and eat cookies....forgot to post this^^; Going now, more studying

Majo

Things I want

I want that feeling I got when I had to sleep out in the living room because there were a ton of relatives over and there weren't enough rooms, and the next morning my dad got up early and woke me so I can go sleep in his bed instead of on the ground.

I want my mom to call me like she did that night when I felt so crappy I almost cried myself to sleep, and talked until I was laughing again.

I want home-made fried rice.

I want to be able to type as fast as I can think.

I want a lot of things.

majo

Tsukareta

Nevermind, I don't want to write anything. Anything I say now would be just complaints, anyway. Going to take a nice nap, and I'll eat later, not that hungry now.

Majo

Philosophically brain dead

Ever feel so tired you can fall asleep sitting up? I feel like that right now. My japanese homework needs to be done, but at the moment I can barely summon enough brain cells to read the question (anata wa nihonjin no okurimono no shukan ni tsuite dou omoimasuka), much less try to answer it...What do I think about the Japanese's gift giving habits/traditions? I don't know what I think of it, I doubt I'm really THINKING at the moment....@_@

But alas, that is not going to help me answer that question. I think I'm just gonna say it's complicated and weird. Yeah. Hm.....how about "nihonjin no okurimono no shukan wa omoshiroii ga chotto wakari nikui desu"? That'll work...

Back to work!^^; Japanese hw done, now to the kanji stuff....and memorizing vocab......and more hw..for econ.....@_@

Majo-desuuuuu

P.s.: I got pork ramen, in case anyone wondered what I DID get since that last post...^^;

Aaaaaah! Sore!>_<

Had a lovely, exercise filled Sunday when we went to the 'Play day', which is a practice handball tournament for the Nationals. I am now hobbling around like an old woman, muscles aching in places I didn't even THINK had muscles. But all in all, it was rather fun^_^.

The midterm crunch is starting, and having the tournament on top of of that...@_@. Stressed-desu! But on the other hand, the new joint blog idea is a success!^_^ Annnnnd must eat lunch before going to handball class which will doubtlessly hurt my ego lots because I'll be trying to play while stiff and sore^^; Which means I won't be playing all that effectively, but anyway...

I've figured out (sort of) how two of the main characters in one of the original stories are going meet. Happiness abounds, though if I get free time I'd rather spend it sleeping. My legs are shaking when i stand up. Ouch.^^;

I wanna eat out. I don't want DC food!>_< but I ate out yesterday...;_; BUt but but.......!!!!!!!

Majo-the-indecisive

What goes up must come down...eventually^_^

But not yet, have you noticed?^_^

I wonder what it is? I'm not usually this cheerful^_^; Usually I'm just kinda...neutral. Yes, neutral is a good word for it. But for some reason I'm really cheerful..o_0;

Maybe it's the writing exercises!^_^ Yayoi has been kind enough to give me some from her Writers' Block book, and I've gone through three already and making them into complete shorts^_^; (not those shorts you wear! Short one-shot stories!^^;) So yeah...they're not edited though, and being one-shots (well, two are, the first was actually a kind of continuation, post-story type thing) they don't have the virtue of having enough backstory to make sense to casual first-time readers^^; I've GOTTA stop writing epic type things...-_-;

Maybe it's the actual physical exercise^^; It's supposed to improve moods, right? And here I am, getting at least one hour of intensive exercise every day on stuff I like lots (Go handball and hankido! We did rolls today in class. I was very dizzy, and now I'm slightly achy), so maybe that's why...it also does great stuff for self-esteem and self-image^^; maybe that's it! All the exercise is kicking in!^_^.

Debating whether or not I want to go to the Chinese New Year banquet that a club is throwing. It sounds pretty good, but it's semi-formal...^^; I'm not sure if I have anything to wear...o_0;

In other news...found my stash of spare erasers for my mechanical pencils!^_^ Now I can draw to my heart's content again!^_^ They were with my japanese dictionary, html book, paints, charoals and watercolor pencils. I also found my copies of the two volumes of Ghost in the Shell manga, sugoi desu ne?

I have more art supplies here than school supplies. Considering the ratio of school work I do to artwork, and the fact that I'm not an art major.....^_^;;;;;;;;;

Saaaaa.......time to go! Expecting bro to call and eat lunch. Ja!

Majo-the-still-cheerful

And I feel fine~~

Yo.^_^ No, it's not the end of the world, but i feel fine anyway. Ever get that feeling? Just naturally exuberant? And by all means, I shouldn't be...I'm purposely missing the deadline for an application to a club that I should try to get into...I'm reading more fanfiction than homework reading...I studied for my japanese vocab quiz way late last night...

But I'm feeling rather cheerful nonetheless. I wonder if it's the cold shower? Yes, our dorm for some reason lost hot water for awhile. So since I was already IN there and very inclined to get clean (because I also needed to do laundry), I went ahead and took a shower. With freezing cold water. Yeah...I think I spent most of this morning not entirely awake. After that shower, I'm wide-awake^^;

Sort of tempted to get lunch, sort of not. I have handball in...20 or so minutes, so maybe I'll eat afterwards. Yeah, that's what I'll do...

For some reason the sunshine feels really bright today. Bright and happy. It makes me feel more awake and alive than I've felt in ages.^_^ So what if I can't get into Berkeley Consulting because I haven't even really tried? I'm gonna load up on things to put on my resume first, I suppose. There's an UEA meeting for the professional affairs committee. I'm going to get involved in that first. ^_^ Go me!

I wonder if the lack of ability to see one's faults is a fault in and of itself? Well, I DO see my own faults...but it seems like occasionally, when I'm in moods like these, I don't see them. I know they're there, but I don't let them depress me (Not that I usually do)...I suppose optimism really IS better. I've been playing mood-swing tennis with a friend a few days ago, and it wasn't entirely pleasant when the depression swung my way.^_^;

So yes, right now life is good. I have grapefruit juice, plenty of meal swipes to indulge in my craving for chili-cheese fries, my friend is on for approximately the same time I will be, for a short while since both of us have full days today...And I absolutely adore handball. I have managed to become less sucky at it, but I loved it even when I sucked.^_^ I wish I'd learned to appreciate a good workout earlier in my life...

Jaaaaaa

Majo-the-cheerful