I need a crush

Thanks for putting up with my emo there, yumenohoshi.
I seriously need a RL crush. Now. Anyone have any guys they could introduce me to?

And now I have an amusing post to post, but it shall be private, so pbth!

[EDIT: Oh, wow... I just mis-read 元気 as もとき. I feel so very blonde.]

Highland Fest is this weekend?!

Damn it damn it damn it. Highland Fest is this weekend and I have no clue when I'm getting my paycheck. :( Well, hopefully I can at least wander around and look at all the pretty art - that's what I like so much better about Highland Fest than Grand Old Days, anyway. So, yeah, I'm gonna go on Saturday in the late afternoon, I think.

I'd say something about a Perfect Tea Bath, but that sounds painful.

You know what Nastassja wants? Nastassja wants cake. If only she had ingredients, or at least money to go buy ingredients. :(
You know, it's odd, but reading about relationships (i.e., seeing them going on in webcomics) has been a bit... cathartic?... for me. Not really cathartic, but I can't think of a better word. It's kinda like how I feel that finding someone new and getting into a relationship with them is going to really do the trick in finally getting me over Patrick, and I have an opportunity to get into that great relationship by sympathizing with characters who are getting into a new relationship.
On the other hand, just trying to write this entry and being struck at how awful and un-intellectual my vocabulary really is is bringing me back down a bit. I had to look up the difference between empathize and sympathize, and even then I'm not sure that it's the word I want to use and I can't think of or don't know of a better one. *le sigh*

BTW, I think I forgot to mention that my tea today was near perfect. :) I've been just assuming that the water coming out of the water heater in the kitchen was the right temperature, but really it was around 185 when it should be more like 170 or 175, so I took the time to mix a bit of cold water in and keep checking the temperature until I got it right before I poured it over the leaves. See, being anal with my tea is a good thing!

I've been thinking about money matters, as usual, and I've decided that as much as it sucks, I think I'm gonna suck up the basic account with no add-ons until I get my TCF check card, which is going to take a while as first I need to apply for a new drivers permit, then I have to wait for it to arrive, then I have to apply for a new check card, then I have to wait for that to arrive, and only then can I use it to upgrade my account again. I also have the option of doing things manually (i.e., sending them cash hidden in an envelope), but I'd like to set up the automatic payments so I can get myself some fancy automatic payment discounts ($20 instead of $25 for a year's paid account, for starters). I could also send in the cash for just a month or two of paid account to tide me over until I have my check card, but I'm feeling kinda lazy... I dunno, we'll see what I end up doing when I get my first paycheck. *pouts, not wanting Monday to come*

caught up in QC

"Unless her car runs on rainbows and unicorn farts it'd probably be cheaper to pay her by the hour."
Awesome.
I don't know if I ever want to eat another burrito again.
Questionable Content: Episode Zero
Aaaand, I'm caught up. :)

Dad told me this a while ago and I forgot, but sometime in the next few months a woman from meeting is going to be moving in for an indefinite period of time, meaning a) the room needs to be kept clean, b) I'm going to be having an adult sharing the room with me, which is gonna be really weird, and c) oh god how are we gonna handle sleep schedules, especially with me needing to stay up all night on nights I'm not at work. Well, I guess I can stay downstairs and study Japanese (for whatever purpose that turns out to be in the fall), and I sleep fairly deeply, and almost better when someone's around, so it shouldn't be that bad. Plus, it's not like I haven't shared a bedroom with someone while having a strange sleep schedule before. But it's still gonna be weird.

Why am I always exhausted when it's not bedtime, but when bedtime rolls around I avoid sleeping like the plague?
Right then, time to give it my best shot. Night, y'all.

どう伝えられるの？

どうしていつも頑固に無理なことをするの？　それは、一所懸命頑張りたいんです。　でも、ちちにどういえるんですか。　厳密もよー「一所懸命頑張る」って英語でどう伝えられますか。　でも、伝えられても　、父が理解できるんですか。　それに、一緒頑張りたいのはいいけど、本当に無理だったら．．．　その前に、小さくて、出来ることでその「一所懸命頑張る」と言うことを訓練しなくてはならないかもしれません。
あたしの下手な日本語を許してくださいね。　＾＿＾；

米国一！

I've "decided" to not go to school full-time this fall. Instead I'm going to (here come those overused words again) 「一所懸命頑張る」 with four things this fall:
1) working to pay off all my debts and save money for Spring tuition, etc.
2) studying Japanese for class
3) studying for the JLPT 3-kyuu
4) learning to drive (well, maybe not 一所懸命 on that one, but I'm still going to work hard and finally get that stupid chore out of the way)
Hopefully this will provide the training I need for when spring comes around.

米国一！　Or somethin'.