Be my love bug!

flomps ovah

Tue, 13 May 2008 05:07:28 GMT

Long story short, I got a call this morning from GEOS, and they decided to hire me.

YAAAAAY ^_^.

After I hung up from the call, I plonked down on the couch and started crying... Noa walked in, and asked me what was wrong, and all I could say was "They hired me... I... I WORKED SO HARD. I WORKED SO HARD." XDD, so weird. I think for a moment, all the stress that I'd acquired during the interviewing process washed out of me, and I couldn't control myself.

So anyway, yay, I now have a job lined up, where I get to go teach English in Japan! Who knew my wishes for such a job would come true... certainly not me XD.

Before I go to Japan, I'll get to get another little stamp in my passport, because I'll have to go to Vancouver, Canada for training for 4 days before I go (there's more training in Japan too, I'm told). But yeah, now I have to figure out how to get a hotel and whatever in Canada too? GEOS, why must you make me work out so much stuff before I go? *wilts* I know nothing about Canada, so that'll be another mini-adventure in this whole situation I've willingly jumped into XD.

ANYWAY, I have a job now. Woohoo! These years of college have not all been for naught, so that's exciting ^o^.

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NOTE: I'm graduating college this Saturday! Holy crap, how am I going to get everything done before this Thursday??? *explodes* Oh well, I'll get it done some how ^^;;;. FOR NOW, I want to sleep. I'll work some more on all this crap tomorrow. *flomps ovah into a dead sleep*

dead

Sun, 11 May 2008 05:41:49 GMT

Well, after an incredibly exhausting day, I just spend about 5 hours creating a lesson for my GEOS interview tomorrow, which will be probably even more of an exhausting day.

All I want to do is go to sleep right now (it's 12:38am right now, and I didn't really sleep last night)... but I don't think I'll be able to. Both of my parents are snoring their faces off. They have been for the last couple hours. I'm so jealous, and yet unable to join them in slumber, because of their cacophony. OH WELL. I see coffee in my immediate morning-in-a-few-hours future.

OMG, STOP SNORING. *sobs*

GEOS stage 2 passed! Yay!

Sun, 11 May 2008 00:18:44 GMT

Well, today I went through stages 1 and 2 (there are 3 overall) of the GEOS interview process.

It was a looooooong exhausting day (9:30am - 5:30pm) of questions and questions and presentations and informational lectures, but I'm still alive.

I was shocked when they invited me back after stage 1 (only one guy got booted after the first stage). Then after stage 2, they invited me back for the 3rd stage, tomorrow. I was VERY shocked, just because I kinda flubbed this group presentation thing, where I had to give a presentation with 2 other girls. But I guess they saw something in me that was worth considering to hire, so I'll just have to do my best tomorrow ^_^.

I have to make a 30-minute long lesson tonight (complete with props, like picture flash cards and such... I might not sleep tonight ^^; ). At least my hotel is only 15 minutes from the interviewing spot on foot, so I don't have to wake up hideously early to get there. Oh wait, by my standards 9:30am is hideously early by my standards. OH WELL, I'll cope.

Anyway, I really ought to get on creating that lesson for tomorrow, or else I'll have no hope ^_^;. WISH ME LUCK! I'll do my best!

Yosh! here I go

Fri, 09 May 2008 04:32:41 GMT

This weekend is my first attempt at a job interview, to get employed as an ESL teacher in Japan (specifically, at GEOS).

I've got my resume... business suit... sexy black shoes... dress socks... black purse... LET'S SEE HOW IT GOES. No matter what happens, at least I'll know that I looked really hawt for my interview XD.

I am kinda nervous, but not as nervous as I thought I'd be. I think I'm as prepared as I could be, while still being under the constraints of school and work up until now, so I'll be pretty at peace with the situation, no matter what happens. I will post how it goes, though!

Hopefully it'll be my only interview, but if not, at least I'll get a feel for such formal and competitive situations ^o^.

WHOOSH!

Thu, 01 May 2008 13:50:14 GMT

Somehow, it is May 1st all the sudden. I feel a little ill from how fast time whipped by ^^;;;. THE SEMESTER JUST STARTED A FEW DAYS AGO, RIGHT? Now there's only one week + finals week left.

I'll make it, I'll make it, I'll make it... *wants to collapse, but instead, heads off to classes*

Pablo x Wisława forehvar <3

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:59:19 GMT

For my World Poetry class, I was supposed to write a dialogue between Wisława Szymborska and the person I'm studying for my research paper... and I ended up basically writing a love story between Wisława Szymborska and Pablo Neruda ^_^;;;.

SO WEIRD. Oh well, I'm turning it in anyway XD. *will be mortified later, after it's been read and graded*

April is Poetry Month! coffee shop reading

Fri, 18 Apr 2008 04:32:23 GMT

Tonight (7-9pm), I took part in an on campus poetry reading, that was in celebration of April being Poetry Month... it was really fun ^__^.

For some reason, even though there was a MICROPHONE (ahhh~h, the thought of my voice ringing around in the coffee shop is so weird XD), I didn't really feel nervous at all. I just... read, because I know there was no one better who could portray these words I'd written to all these people. It was a strange feeling of calmness XD. *is usually a headcase when having to read in front of groups*

There was a really good turnout, actually... at least 30 people, I'd say. Last time I participated in a poetry reading, there were MAYBE 10 people, if not less XD.

At first I read 2 poems by Frank O'Hara ("As Planned" and "Why I Am Not A Painter"), and then I read 2 of my own poems right after that ("Paper Airplanes," "Cologne," "Red," "Grandmother," and an imitation of Frank O'Hara's "Morning" that I wrote). When I was reading "Cologne" I had to stop several times, just because the crowd kept on bursting out into laughter. Especially when I mentioned Laura Bush, for some reason XD. It made me feel really good.

After the show, I got cornered by like 5 or 6 people, and was told how much they enjoyed my poetry. My friend Richard (we are bound by our mutual adoration for Frank O'Hara XD) even told me that I have a Frank O'Hara quality to some of my poems. *stomps on her ego, to keep it from puffing up too much* But it's SO NICE, just to know that this voice inside of me is saying things that people can relate to, and enjoy hearing. I could cry, just knowing that there's an audience for even my crazy ramblings ;~; <3.

It's been awhile since I've made an attempt at writing poetry earnestly, but I feel like I could try again sometime. And this time around, it'll be for myself, and not for some class. Yosh ^_^.

Airport Drive

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 23:14:54 GMT

There's nothing like a random adventure to appease the ill-at-rest soul, I suppose...

Dr. Brown asked me to pick up his son from school today (apparently his daughter was at home sick), so after that, I went to the post office... then I wanted to go to Wal-mart in Webb City, so I went off on what I thought was the correct road, and somehow ended up in an even-more-miniscule-than-Webb-City town, called Airport Drive XD.

Whilst driving through this little town I'd never been in before, I happened across a used bookstore that I remembered a few of my Creative Writing classmates talking about: Bob's Books. I decided to drop in, and was quite shocked o.O;. There was a bajillion books crammed into that little building. Before I started looking around, though, I bumped into the owner, Bob. He was so nice-- I think I talked to him for at least half an hour XD. I spent a long time poking around the book aisles too... there were amusing little signs hanging everywhere XD. In the Westerns section, there was a sign on a sale table that said "Look at these amazing $2 books! But don't start any gunplay over the same book!" So weird XD. Also, in the parking lot (which was a big gravel lot, basically), a sign was hanging near the front door that said "NO PARKING... except for Bob." So I guess that general area was his car's spot XD. I dunno, I was just amused. He definitely created his own little world in that book shop. I'll have to go back sometime.

Ooh, and at Bob's Books, I managed to get a copy of E.M. Forester's Maurice! I was excited ^o^. For some reason, I've had trouble finding it anywhere.

After running away from the world (and into the teeny arms of Airport Drive XD) for a little while, I feel better about slaving away on papers tonight ^_^. My heart was feeling heavy at the thought of working on stuff earlier today, but now I feel like I can bear with it for now. YOSH ^o^V!

ニコニコ

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 03:25:43 GMT

Despite all my stress (which is compounding as time goes on VERY QUICKLY), here's proof that I smiled today.

_{Just forget that in the next pic, Rebecca and me were snarling at each other XD;.}

I'm proud of that, and will continue to show my nikoniko face to the world as much as possible, despite the blargh'ness! *ganbatte's onward*

poor Saya -.-

Mon, 14 Apr 2008 19:47:48 GMT

So, Saya, one of the Japanese exchange students I tutor, seemed pretty troubled during our tutoring session today, so I asked her what was going on...

Apparently she's in a relationship with an American guy here on campus, whom all the exchange students has dubbed "The Asian Killer" (but she's the only Asian girl he's dated)... and now, a lot of the exchange students are gossiping about her, and laughing at her a lot for dating the supposed "Asian Killer." She's so upset by the whole situation, that she wants to go home as soon as possible (although she has to stick it out for this last month of school).

She said she wished she could be all genki like me (XD), but I told her that since she only has a month left with these people, she should say what she wanted. She nearly collapsed in the middle of the parking lot laughing when I instructed her to puff out her chest and shout FUZAKEN DA YO! at the next person that gossiped about her XD. And then she wanted me to teach her to say something really awful in English, so I taught her how to say FUCK YOU!

Yes, I am a horrible English tutor... but we were out of the tutoring building when we were talking about all this, so I think it's okay XD. I just hope she feels better now... We have a lot in common (we mooned over the new Plastic Tree single and PV for about 10 minutes before tutoring started XD), so I hate to see her so down -.-.

Oh well, the world's evil sometimes. MAN UP, EVERYONE! *shows her guns*

school life + jdrama: Life

Thu, 10 Apr 2008 04:05:01 GMT

I made it through another workshop this last Monday, in my Creative Writing: Fiction class. I just have to take a deep breath, and remember the purpose of the workshopping process is not to make me want to kill myself XD. I think I'll miss this class once the semester is done, actually. I've never encountered a better place for truly helpful feedback (most of the time, anyway... I can name a couple people in that class that I ignore their comments -.o; ).

Lately, when people ask me how my semester is going... I tell them my semester is like in the movies, when a plane is coming in for a landing, and the wings and wheels snap off, and the plane drags across the landing strip, leaving fire trails. WHETHER I EXPLODE AT THE END IS TBA. *shrugs* Just gotta keep chuggin', or something... Go go go! Almost over, I can maaaake it...

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I got to watch the final episode of the jdrama Life today ^__^. THAT SHOW IS SO PSYCHO. It was a great ending.

I think it'll take me awhile to forget the ultimate freakiness that is Sako-kun, too XD. I never had so much fun hating a character, I think. Just so I'm not the only one who has to have his super cool facial expressions emblazoned into my brain, here's a picture <3.

_{Sako-kun luvz u!}

If that doesn't convince everyone to go watch Life, I don't know what will XD.

the evils of apple juice bottles

Wed, 09 Apr 2008 02:36:27 GMT

So, I stole a bottle of apple juice from my parents' house when I was dog-sitting this weekend, and just a few minutes ago, me and Rebecca decided to drink some of it. So I try to open it, and can't... so I pass it to her, and she tries to open it, and can't... so I try to open it one more time, and we decide it's impossible.

Rebecca thought it would be a good idea to go find a guy to open it for us. I said I would go with her, if she would be the one to ask, while I stood in the background and laughed, AND SO, we had a deal. We went to Blaine Hall, the all-guys dorm on campus, and she plonked the thing of apple juice onto the front desk counter, and said "We need help" XDDD. Of course, the guy that helps us, is a guy I had class with last semester... he strides up all tough'ishly, and... opens the juice in about half a second -.o;;;. I KNOW THAT I'M JUST AS STRONG AS JEREMY, IF NOT STRONGER! We grabbed our apple juice and left, and when the guys at the front counter were looking at us, trying to understand what the heck just happened, Jeremy leans against the counter and says "I'll get you ladies' numbers later! *wink wink*."

So now Rebecca and I are drinking our well-deserved apple juice ^o^. It doesn't take much to create a strange adventure here at college XD;.

THE END! *goes back to doing homework*

Sat, 05 Apr 2008 05:53:06 GMT

Has anyone else noticed that TUMS backwards spells SMUT?

Golf and Mike fruit juice <3!

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 23:17:45 GMT

I was immensely amused that Golf and Mike appear to have their own drink <3...

Golf and Mike always inspire the best from me <3.

synchronizes watch with her computer

Wed, 02 Apr 2008 04:24:51 GMT

Okay... it's 11:18pm...

I have to have an 8 page fiction story completed by 6:30am tomorrow morning, and I have 3 pages left to write...

I CAN DO THIS! Probably! Hopefully my energy level will stay up, since I took the liberty of making myself a white mocha at Camille's earlier this evening, with 4 shots of espresso in it XD.

Once again I'm staying up late to finish a paper the day before... but all I can say in my defense is, unlike last time I had to write an 8 page story for this class, at least I did not leave the whole 8 pages for myself to write today XD. I had 3 done yesterday, so it's just me actually having time to agonize and edit lots and lots that is making this process a whole lot slower.

And if anyone's curious, here's a random little snippet of what I'm working on...

Then again, that really was what it all boiled down to. I wanted new experiences. So I'm here now and off-kilter for the most-part, and if not completely happy, at least happy to be as far away as possible from that part of the United States that kept me locked in like some lonely song bird— gilded cage replaced by the rippling front lawns of seemingly lawn-mowerless trailer-home owners and nearby bodies of water that always ended with the words lake, pond, creek, and never ocean.

I will finish. I will finish. Whether it's good or horrible, I will~~ *goes to finish it*

jeebus

Mon, 31 Mar 2008 19:55:00 GMT

I have gone through 3 pairs of jeans today -.o;;;. *TIRED OF THE DAMN RAIN*

It has been practically a freaking monsoon here all day today! At about 20 'til 9am this morning, our RA busts into the room, and tells us to go to Dishman dormitory (one of the only dorms with a basement), because there's possibilities of tornadoes touching down sometime soon. So through the worst downpour of the storm, me and Noa and Caroline huddle under a tiny umbrella, walking a quarter of a mile to Dishman. Stomping on worms the whole time, blech -.o;. So after that, I came back and changed clothes.

Then I went to class... went to tutoring... the rain wasn't too bad. BUT AS SOON AS TUTORING WAS OVER, the sky opens up once again. Luckily, Rebecca offered to come pick me up from the Learning Center, or I may have very well drowned on the way back to the dorm ^^;;;. I had to wade through nearly a foot of water to get out of the Learning Center, though -.o;... Hence, I've now changed into my third pair of jeans for the day XD.

The television is forecasting VERY intense storms through the whole night, so yaaay -.o;. *will keep her raincoat handy, in case another trek to Dishman has to be made*

fail + fail + win

Fri, 28 Mar 2008 05:21:25 GMT

I managed to create an essay for my Advanced Essay class-- BEFORE the morning it was due! Success!

In a non-successful manner, though, I wrote my final presentation for my tutoring class 45 minutes before class started ^^;;;. I got it done, and got full points on it, so it was a success after all, I suppose ^^;. YAY, NO MORE TUTORING CLASS NOW (yay for half-semester classes XD)!

Now off to bed... I still have tutoring to wake up for, even though the tutoring class is over ^^. Bring it on, students!

Kyou Kara Maou doujinshi sale

Thu, 27 Mar 2008 05:59:14 GMT

Every doujinshi is $10, unless otherwise specified!
(There are a couple that are cheaper than that.)

Shipping costs
[+] Shipping costs for one doujinshi is $4 to anywhere in the U.S.
[+] If you order more than one doujinshi, it's $2 for every additional doujinshi added to your order.
[+] If you need shipping to other countries, just post your country and zip code, and which doujinshi you wish to buy, so that I can ask for a shipping estimate.
[+] Paypal only, please!

How to order
[+] If you'd like to make an order, just comment on this LJ post, specifying which doujinshi you would like to buy, and your e-mail. I will then send you a Paypal invoice as soon as possible.

Other info
[+] I'll put all orders into the mail within 1-2 days of receiving a Paypal payment.
[+] I only have one copy of each doujinshi, so as they're bought, I'll cross them off the list.
[+] All orders will be shipped in bubblewrap envelopes, so as to prevent any damage to your purchased doujinshi on its way through the mail...
[+] Any questions? Just send me an e-mail to me at snowym@gmail.com.

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Title: こんやくしゃは日にゃんこ (Konyakushya wa ??? nyanko)
Circle: Yukinco
Pairing: Yuuri x Wolfram
Warning: Adult content... kitty-boy!Wolfram...
SOLD AND SHIPPED

Title: Fiance
Circle: Yukinco
Pairing: Yuuri x Wolfram
Warning: yaoi
SOLD AND SHIPPED

Title: Royal Couple
Circle: Yukinco
Pairing: Yuuri x Wolfram
Warning: kissing...
SOLD AND SHIPPED

Title: Eye Candy
Circle: Yukinco
Pairing: Yuuri x Wolfram
Warning: Wolfram in a dress... half of the book is adorable chibi adventures <3
SPECIAL PRICE: $8! (slight wear is apparent... vague lines on cover)

Title: ロヤルバカップル (Royaru BaKapuru - Royale BaCouple)
Circle: Yukinco
Pairing: Yuuri x Wolfram
Warning: kissing... licking... near undressing

Title: Guruguru Baby Panic
Circle: Yukinco
Pairing: Yuuri x Wolfram
Warning: Disgustingly cute. You may indeed panic from all the baby chibis while reading <3.

Title: Critical Love
Circle: Yukinco
Pairing: Yuuri x Wolfram
Warning: kissing... slipping negligee...
SPECIAL PRICE: $8 (nothing is wrong... it's just quite a short doujinshi XD)

Title: Kiss Me! Kiss Me!
Circle: Yukinco
Pairing: Yuuri x Wolfram
Warning: cuddling... kissing...
SOLD AND SHIPPED

Title: スキキライスキ　(Suki Kirai Suki - Love Hate Love)
Circle: Real-D
Pairing: Yuuri x Wolfram
Warning: soft yaoi
ON HOLD

Title: キューティーハニー (Kyuutiihanii - Cutie Honey)
Circle: ???
Pairing: Yuuri x Wolfram
Warning: Fluff, fluff, and more fluff... a cute family story of Yuuri, Wolfram, and Gretta...
ON HOLD

bad student, once again

Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:33:53 GMT

Agh, I got frustrated again with stuff I was working on last night... so I left 75% of the paper I was working on to be written this morning.

I NEED CUT-OUT THIS MORNING-BEFORE CRAP. I'm going to kill myself this semester this way ^^;;;. Oh well, for now, I've been succeeding in this stupid homework-frame I've shoved myself in... I could fail SO easily though, if I weren't able to finish in the few hours before class -.o;;;.

From now on, I'll stop it. It's one thing to burn the late-night oils, and a whole other completely more irresponsible thing to only give myself a do-or-die 3 hours before class time slot to finish papers... Ugh, not a good habit to start. *squooshes it now*

Mon, 24 Mar 2008 12:36:39 GMT

My spring break...

My spring breeeeeeeeee~k, it's goooooone -.-!!!

*mourns*

...Oh well. Let's do this! *dives headlong into the semester again XD*

I will not deny, though. It was SO nice.

profile... and the LJ strike?

Sat, 22 Mar 2008 04:35:30 GMT

Yay, new LJ profile overhaul! Not the best overhaul, but there's a prettily colored table to hold all my fanworks now, as well as a happy header for the table XD.

It's tasteful, right?

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Also, why was I the only one who didn't hear about this LJ strike that occurred yesterday? I was so shocked when Helen mentioned it to me o.O;;;. I still don't exactly 100% understand why an LJ strike was needed, but I guess I didn't participate, through accidental ignorance ^^;.

cavorting about Springfield

Thu, 20 Mar 2008 20:55:37 GMT

Yesterday, mine and Noa's trip out on the town was fun ^_^. Mainly because I got out of the house XD.

We went to Sakura's, because it's the yummiest Japanese food place in the area, and then puttered around the mall... I bought nothing, and Noa just bought a t-shirt, but it was fun trying to touch everything in the mall XD.

We went a few other places after that... Borders (where we read manga and magazines without buying, like bums)... Best Buy (where we fiddled around with a new Macbook Air that was on display ^o^)... TJ Max (where many a fancy hat was tried on <3)... We even went to Goodwill, and as we were wandering around, I paused at this case that's locked up, and see a purse, which caused me to say "Hey Noa, isn't this ugly brown-printed bag one of those designer bags you love so much?" Noa immediately has a worker take out the bag so she can inspect it-- and that's how Noa got a Luis Vuitton bag (or what looked like a very legit Luis Vuitton bag) for $30 XD. I myself bought a pack of rainbow unicorn party napkins for 50-cents from the Goodwill, just because they were so fancy XD.

So we had fun, and ambled about, and generally just whiled the day away in an entertaining fashion. My ureshi-meter has been recharged now, and I feel like maybe I can survive the rest of the semester XD. Maybe!

hair cuts and breaks

Wed, 19 Mar 2008 03:20:35 GMT

Yay, I got a haircut today! It looks very bowl-like at the moment, but that's just because the hair lady blow-dried my hair for 10 minutes, to give it that perfect balloon shape XD. All I have to say is at least it isn't shaggy and in my eyes anymore. The color looks rather gray in this pic o.O;, but it's really washed-out black over brown at the moment (which translates to yuck in pictures, I suppose XD).

Tomorrow I'm heading out to Springfield with Noa, at 10:30am sharp. Japanese food and mall ambling are on our schedule, although we'll probably find something else to occupy ourselves with also. It's the first time I've left my parents' house since spring break started, I do believe ^^;;;. It's a bit sad how at ease I am with being cooped up this week... at long as I have my computer, and don't have to touch homework, I'm happy... (although I really need to get to crackin' on some assignments really soong ^^; ). There very may never be an entire week like this again in my life after graduation, where I just can flomp down and do whatever, so I'm just trying to have fun ^^. A fun, fairly uneventful week, it seems XD;.

a few caps from Oguri Shun's new drama-- Binbo Danshi

Tue, 18 Mar 2008 20:40:01 GMT

Somehow, it seems that Oguri Shun has managed to reach new heights of awesomeness XD.

Being alive really is overrated, after all.

Somehow, Oguri managed to reproduce this amazing face from Hanazakari no Kimitachi e XDD. Instead of being drunk this time, though, he's just high on life <3.

Here's a pic of Oguri, with his boyfriend for this drama...

He seems a bit unwilling...

And yet, Oguri will soothe his nerves. It's okay baby <3.

This new drama, Binbo Danshi, was actually really good. The first episode warmed my heart, and yet had me cackling quite often throughout it XD. Oguri plays a college kid who has such a big heart, that he tries to solve everyone's problems... he eventually gets into $10,000 worth of debt, and from there, his debt multiplies by 10, but he will solve his problems somehow, because he is so full of LIFE and LOVE! Yosh!

I'll keep watching the drama, just to see more of his ridiculous facial expressions, I think XD. *encourages everyone to watch it too*

Mon, 17 Mar 2008 19:04:27 GMT

Wow, my friends-list is 5000% shorter, now that I've taken off the KAT-TUN, Kanjani8, and NEWS communities off of my comm watch list XDD.

I still like the music, but the fandom is a little too much for me ^^;;;. I'll find out about the new songs and music videos elsewhere ^^;. Maybe I'll not miss so many things I really ought to be commenting on, without my f-list being so clogged up XD.

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Spring break is good so far... I've just been chilling... catching up on movies I've missed... and generally not feeling stressed ^o^. It's a welcome sluggish state of being, for a few days anyway ^_^.