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*

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*

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*

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 ^_^.

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.

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...

( Lol, of course it's about Japan... )


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

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!

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*

I am the most disgusting student ever. The worst kind!

I needed to write a presentation for my Advanced Essay class today, but instead of writing it a few days ago, or ever late last night... I woke up at 8am this morning, came to the library, skipped my World Poetry class, and now, 28 minutes before my Advanced Essay class, I have somehow scraped together a presentation. I AM HORRIBLE, and yet somehow I'm also semi-impressed with myself ^^;;;. It was either spit something out, or sit there and go "duuuur" throughout my presentation time, and die of shame ^^;.

Time to go present, yay... I really don't like this class, but I've got to pass it to graduate, so here goes... *trudges to Advanced Essay*

So... today wasn't horrible, like I thought it would be. Yay!

In preparation for today, yesterday I:
[+] scraped together a poetry analysis presentation for World Poetry
[+] completed my journal for Advanced Essay (80% done yesterday, the other 20% done the day before)
[+] studied my brains out for my Japanese test
[+] studied my brains out some more for my Japanese test

and then, today I:
[+] Delivered my World Poetry presentation well (I even got to say "Sugar Daddy" during it)
[+] handed in my Advanced Essay journal (I actually just handed it in, before skipping class XDD, which is fine with me <3)
[+] didn't flunk my Japanese test somehow
[+] was given a $54.50 check by my boss for picking up his kids
[+] received a call that Tutoring class was canceled, yay!

So yes, I feel fairly good about the day.

I wake up today, and the weather broadcast proclaims icy rain, hail/sleet, and thunderstorms all day today. And MSSU is the only school in the area to not cancel. *headdesk*

So I go to class... nearly everyone was there in my first class, in my second class only half of the students attended, and by my third class (1:00pm), all the buildings on campus are locked up with little signs on the doors saying "FEBRUARY 21: ALL AFTERNOON AND EVENING CLASSES CANCELED."

Classes are canceled on days when we don't really need it (which is awesome), but on days like today when they 100% should have canceled classes, they make us trek to the buildings, only to eventually be locked out (which is not awesome).

This crazy weather is supposed to keep up, so if they have to, hopefully they'll cancel classes from the start, tomorrow ^^;.

BACK TO PLAYING PHOENIX WRIGHT! *cozies up in bed, and tries to get warm*

So, I handed out my fiction story to everyone in my Creative Writing class... It's out of my hands now, regardless of whether everyone loves or hates it, so I feel fairly peaceful about the situation at the moment XD;. I'll see what everyone thinks on Friday...

And yay, I went out and bought the new Phoenix Wright game (Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney) ^^. It's super fun, and Phoenix guest stars as a hobo in the first case XDD. *immensely amused* I've been playing it for several hours today, since I have no homework due tomorrow, hooray ^^.

Anyway, I guess I'll go back to playing Apollo Justice... it's so nice (every now and then, anyway) laying around and playing games for once XD;;.

It is now... *checks watch*... 2:11am, and I have just finished my 8 page creative short story that is due today.

It's about a down-trodden coffee shop worker-- go figure XD;. It's not me 100%, as I tried to make her a bit more ignorant of all the fancy coffee terminology, and even more harassed by customers than I (that's possible?).

I just... want to get this turned in, and get the workshopping over with on Friday. I'm going to get ripped a new one in the class workshop, I just know it, but at the moment I don't really care. BECAUSE I AT LEAST HAVE THE STORY DONE, YAAAA~Y XD;.

I have drank so much coffee though, in order to stay semi-clear headed while writing, sleep is probably beyond me tonight ^^;.

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On a happier note, I found out earlier that the 4th Phoenix Wright (or now Apollo, is it?) game is coming out today, on the 20th ^_^. *will have to go to Gamestop to see if they have it in stock yet, after Creative Writing class*

I had a fairly nightmarish experience today @_@;.

I walk into Japanese class, homework to turn in for the day is done and I'm all ready to absorb new information and sentence structures and whatever, and then my teacher says to me "So, are you ready for the quiz?"

...

So, naturally, I say "Quiz? Seriously?"

It was a sad, sad situation ^^;;;. My teacher gave me 10 minutes to study, and then I took the quiz. I... don't want to see how I did on it >.>;;;;;. I fail at life, or at least at checking the syllabus ^^;.

*slinks off to work dejectedly*

I... very well may give myself an ulcer ^^;. *worryworryworries*

Today I had 2 hours of tutoring work... one was a "drop-in" session at 9-10am, where I basically just do random work around the office, while I wait for a student who needs English tutoring to possibly come in. Then at 1-2pm, I had my first tutoring session with Aya and Mako. I had no idea what to fill their session time with-- I worried over it for several hours, actually ^^;. All I could come up with was editing their papers that are due on Friday, but Dr. Brown told me tutors are not really supposed to edit papers... so I helped them to edit their papers anyway XD;. Tutors cannot mark student papers, but I was all pointing at their papers, and saying "Well, why don't we reword/add this/etc here..." My winging-it attempt at tutoring didn't not coincide with the Learning Center's tutoring rules at all >.>;;;. I want to be traaaaaa~ined, I have no idea what I'm doooo~ing >.>;;;;;;... *worries and dies*

Thankfully, there's a tutor-certification class that I'm attending tomorrow (and still pondering on whether or not I'll be actually enrolling in it). That's my training, apparently, so I'm psyched to get a little direction on what I'm supposed to be leading the student to do during a tutoring session ^_^. Maybe I can worry a little less once I actually understand HOW they want us to tutor. Because I have no clue at the moment. *worries some more*

Also, I got tied up with some work for my boss at my 9-10am drop-in this morning, and was about 1 1/2 minutes late to my Creative Writing: Fiction class. Omg, I thought my teacher was going to eat me ;_;. *was terrified* That's never happening again >.>;. *will be super careful to get done with tutoring/work on time from now on*

I haven't posted in a few days, but once again, I have moved. Back to the college dorms. It was a fairly painful process, as I'm becoming quite the mastah of moving earthly possessions from one spot to another XD.

Only in the last few days of my Christmas break did I manage to feel semi-human, and now I have to get geared for another semester. I wasn't psyched at all, and I'm still not exactly pumped, but tomorrow looks like a breeze. My internship and Japanese class haven't been set yet, so all I have to attend tomorrow is my Creative Writing: Fiction class ^_^... at 10 o'clock, baby! Oh yeah, no 8am classes this semester-- I'm psyched about that at least XD. Plus, I'm only working at Camille's on Saturday and Sunday this week. My boss wanted to give me time to figure out my schedule/internship as best I could ^_^. *thankful for that*

Last semester was not fun, to say the least, so here's to hoping I'll get some enjoyment out of Spring '08. Since I don't have to read War and Peace this time around, it's already looking up XD. I'll do my best, yosh!

Let's see... I haven't posted for awhile, and so much has gone on ^^;;;.

So, what was the exciting news of the now-over Fall 2007 semester? FINALS WERE CANCELED <3.

There was a rough ice storm the weekend before finals, which caused the power in almost all of Joplin to go out. Usually my college's campus would still have power, but the generator was rendered incapable because the transformer on campus asploded.

Seriously, I was working on an 8 page paper (for African-American Lit) on Sunday, and then DARKNESS... well, except for my computer, which was plugged into a battery-surge protector thing, so I was able to save my paper before shutting down the computer. We all thought the generator would kick in, but that wasn't the case, so Noa, Rebecca, Carolina and moi dragged our mattresses into the living room for a slumber party of sorts. I found my flashlight (which Rebecca tied to the light fixture, for a dome light of sorts XD), and after getting tired of squinting at our cards whilst playing a game of rummy in the super-dim light, we decided... TO OPEN THE CHIRSTMAS PRESENTS WE GOT FOR ONE ANOTHER XD. It was fun, except after opening presents, we were all constantly saying things like "OH! I love it!... what color is it? *squintsquint*" I got shiny headbands from Rebecca and manga (Invisible Boy) + a Sylvia Plath poetry book from Noa <3. Carolina loved the Build-a-Bear bunny so much that me and Rebecca went in together on to get her, that she kept on going "I love it, I love it! I'm going to sleep with it tonight!" XD.

After opening Christmas presents, our dorm RA came in and told us that finals for Monday were canceled. I was freaking out though, because I figured I still had to turn in my 8-page paper (due on Tuesday), so I went to my parents' house in Mount Vernon to finish it Monday night. Before I went to their house, though, I went to the mall to work on it with Noa's laptop. There, we overheard some of the kids from our college saying that... the whole finals week was canceled? Power was off everywhere, it was icing like crazy, so it seemed plausible. And hooray! I got an affirmation from the main dorm RA office that... finals were canceled.

Wait? Shouldn't I have been happy? What's this sense of unease that overtook me?

I was confused, as everyone was. The school system was down, which made our professors' e-mails inaccessible... tests were canceled, but what about papers? Presentations?

3 of my finals tests were canceled, but I had 3 papers and a presentation due, so I really didn't know what to do. So I just sucked it up and completed everything. I commuted back and forth between Joplin and Mount Vernon like a zillion (note: 3 or 4) times to write an 8 page paper for African-American Lit, a 5 page paper on War and Peace for Epic, and a 7 page paper/packet on Battle Royale as an epic for Epic. I was English papering like a pro (aka, I wanted to hurt myself -.o; ). AND I GOT EVERYTHING DONE! ...but I found out I didn't have to do the 8 page paper, the one I spent the most time/effort on. *collapses*

So, today, a week later after the canceled finals, I found out my grades. This vindictive semester has tried to tear me limb from limb, so... did I survive? *drumroll*

Oral Communication...............A
American Literature I............A
Intro to English Linguistics.....B
African-American Literature......B
Epic.............................B
Fitness Walking..................A

Oh, fuck yeah ^_____________^V. Take that, college. You tried to eat me, and I clobbered you with some AABBBA instead. *dances around* Oh, and for the record, I would have shot myself in the face if I managed to get anything lower than an A in Fitness walking XD;. I even got a B in Linguistics, how the heck did I manage that XD; (and NO mom, I didn't sleep with the teacher!)?

But yes, it would have been fantastic if finals got canceled, and I got to go home and try to sleep of the evils of the semester... but Jane, in all her fantastic'ness, managed to schedule it so I had no work shifts on Monday thru Friday of finals week. No, really, I was extremely happy with being able to devote myself to my finals, but then suddenly there were no finals anymore. And I had work on Saturday + Sunday. I wanted to go home, but YAY, the ice storm was supposed to hit Mount Vernon with 10 inches of ice and snow, so there really wasn't a way to go back until my shifts for the weekend were over. Also, the dorms were closed to students on Friday, so... *dundundun*

On Friday night me, Rebecca, and Noa all crashed at Jane's (my boss) house XD. Which was interesting. There was no sleep for me to be had that night though, because I managed to screw up my foot majorly by falling on the ice whilst returning text books earlier that day. Once morning hit after staring at Jane's daughter's bedroom ceiling all night, I couldn't even walk without crying. It was pretty awful. And I had work that afternoon. But I'm a genius, so upon buying a wrap-bandage thing, I was able to hobble around without sobbing. At work, Rebecca planted me in a chair in front of the register for most of the time, and yelled at me every time I tried to get up and help with anything else XD;.

The next night, we decided to go to a guy's house that works at a shoe store in the mall... AND DRINK. And omg, by that time, drinking sounded amazing XD. We were all a mess. So we went to his (Tony, I think) house, watched anime and the Tomb Raider movie, and drank up. I'd never been drunk before, but I found it to be a nice reprieve from reality just for once XD;. I've felt harassed all semester, so just sitting and giggling happily/inanely for hours on end with friends was just perfect <3. AND HELEN (disutansu), sorry for talking to you when I was like that ^^;. I don't remember if I called you or you called me, but I DO remember you saying that I sounded the same as when I wasn't drunk... heeey, I can't really take that as a compliment, can I XD;? Or maybe I was just amazing, because I remember concentrating REEEALLY hard to sound not smashed, so you wouldn't think bad of me XD;. I succeeded, yay! The next morning, the last shift at work for the weekend was completed (although it SUCKED, because once again, Camille's was the hot spot of Joplin for some reason).

Now I'm back at my parents' house for Christmas break. I'm still working at Camille's quite a bit, but the money is nice. I also get to carpool with my dad most of the time, so I don't mind it. I don't have to put half my paycheck into my gas tank, so that resolved my main stress of keeping my job over Christmas break. My foot still hurts some, but I can walk without the bandage-wrap and pain meds, which makes me happy. Half of my right foot is constantly prickly/numb, days after the last time I wore the bandage, so I wonder if I killed my foot by wearing the wrap too tight... oh well ^^;. AMPUTATION TIME <3 (I really hope not, though... if I have to, I'll write in my LJ about it XD; ).

So that's all I feel like blabbing about for now. Everything is all long and drawn out in story-telling form, but it's been days since it all happened, so I feel some distance from it all, and had to tell it like that XD;. Gomen ^^;.

Oh, and work today sucked, and work tomorrow is going to suck... WHY DOES EVERYONE HAVE TO WAIT SO LONG TO GO CHRISTMAS SHOPPING, AND THEN DECIDE TO SWAMP THE MALL AND MAKE MY LIFE HELL? Just wonderin' >|.

OKAYz, TIME FOR BED NOW. *hobbles slightly to bed, where she will have good dreams of good semester grades, and bad dreams of bad Christmastime customers (boo)* Oyasumi ^__^.

So yeah, the world didn't want me to finish reading the last book for my African-American Lit. class, and for me to get the essay over it completed.

Take that world. 4am has rolled around, and I finished the book (by 2am) and just got the essay done a few minutes ago. I would try to flip off this vague sense of "world," but I do believe I am too tired to raise my finger. Damn. *needs more espresso*

My lack of sleep last night caused me to fall asleep during part of the time I sanctioned between classes and work... whoops XD;. But it was only a Tuesday night, so I should have been able to read the rest of the book during my shift easy. Maybe even start the essay. But no, work was stupidly busy for some reason. And on the one night I needed to book it out of work as soon as I could to get things done, a huge group comes up right before closing and orders a ton of things, causing me to not get done closing until half an hour later usual.

I freaked out the girl that lives across the hall though, when I was reading, which was pretty fun XD. The lights are so dim in the dorm, that I opted to coccoon myself in my blanket out in the hallway between all the apartments.

Anyway, sleep is definitely not meant for me tonight, so I guess I'll go put on my clothes for the day, and go wander around outside. Maybe drive and get breakfast to pass the time until I have to report to class in 4 hours XD;. There are so many things I have to do this week, that I wonder if I'll have time to sleep at all in the next few days. Oh well, I guess I can be assured that my body with have a fit and pass out at some point ^^;.

*wanders away into the limbo that is between dawn and 8am*

So yes, life has definitely been interesting lately... but all this interesting'ness has left me exhausted, with no time to post about the said interesting'ness. And nothing in life truly happens until you post about it in LJ, so here we go XD;.

So several days ago, I posted amazing news that I was going to graduate in 2 semesters. I decided to e-mail my adviser one more time though, before I signed up for classes I didn't need to fill up the 12-hour full time student status... and the next morning on Nov. 13th I got this back:

Emily,
I didn't ruin your life! The catolog is incorrect, the rainbow is correct and if you take an internship with Dr. Brown this spring you should be able to graduate.
Dr. McSpadden

Okay, I don't know why she said "the rainbow is correct" (XD;?), but I zoomed to her office 5 minutes after receiving that message (around 7:30am), and yeah, now I'm graduating after ONE semester.

Holycrapholycrapholycrap. I'm still completely shocked. My future has jumped out of a nearby bush and sucker punched me in the face... IT'S LOOOOOMING, looming I say! But I'll be ready. Because I've got to be.

Omg. I could be back in Japan in 2008. My heart is sprouting little wings, that are tickling my lungs with their feathery fluttery'ness. Miaownya~nya =^o^=... *floats away, thinking about it once again*

Today, upon meeting with my adviser, Dr. McSpadden... I found out that in 2 more semesters, I'm graduating.

There is an end in sight to this whole experience... and I really think I'm ready to go on with what's next after this.

I feel like someone severed the chain to that 10-ton weight I've been dragging around all semester, and I feel so light that my feet are barely touching the ground. Next December, I'll be graduating. *is completely in shock*

Of course, there's still another year's worth of class-stress and such awaiting for me, NOT TO MENTION this semester, which is currently sucking the life out of me... but nothing can beat this feeling of light-hearted happiness I haven't felt in so long ^___^.

I have 4 more classes I have to take (or rather, 3 classes and an internship)... 2 of them I'm taking this semester, and 1 + the internship I'm taking the next Fall 09 semester... but I need 12 hours per semester to keep my academic scholarship + life/car insurance stuff... so I get to pick 6 credits of classes I want to take next semester... just because I want to take them o.O;;;??? I've never done that before! Such a strange concept XD;. I'll probably use this opportunity to take an independent Japanese class, and crack down on learning my kanji or something ^_^.

Anyway, yes, I won't be happy like this in a few days, once the weight of the semester catches back up with me, but for now I have starry eyes toward the future *-* <3. But why does standing at the end of the college experience feel like teetering at the edge of a dark, scary cliff? I feel unsure right now, but glad anyway ^_^. *IS A HUmAN w/ COMPLX EMOTIUNZ, OmG, MAke iT STOPORGoORSomETHInG*

I put my hair through one last dying trauma for awhile (I've dyed it neon red twice since school started, BAD M!), and had Noa dye it black today. Plus I got all my hair cut pretty short yesterday, so I'm a completely new M at the moment XD;. Yay for change! I dunno if my hair looks GOOD, per say, but I always like it when it's black ^o^.

I went to the International Club Halloween Dance for awhile tonight... it was pretty fun. I got to take my fairy wings I bought for a test drive, and they grooved pretty well. I only stayed at the dance for about an hour and a half though, since I have so much homework to do. While I was there though, Whitney forced me to dance and dance and dance... he's so much fun XD;. I haven't danced much since high school, so I was pretty horrible, but every time I stopped dancing and just stood there, he started dancing dirtily with my prone body. That would usually start me shuffling my feet badly with the music once again, and keep me motivated to keep on dancing in my dorky way XD;.

Note: Noa and Rebecca just got back from the dance, and told me a girl dressed up as a Playboy bunny accidentally caught her fluffy bunny ears on fire, when she was dancing too close to a candle XD;. I kinda wished I could've seen that, but I can get a pretty good visual image of that happening anyway, so it's okay XD;.

OKAYZ, now back to trying to hash out part of one of my papers due on Tuesday next week. *woes*

This morning, I was going to be about 10 minutes late to African-American Lit. class... so I went to the library and tried to catch up on some of my class reading, instead of waltzing in so late...

AND THEN, SUPAH STEALTHY, I went to my Epic class, all the time keeping a look out for the teacher that taught my first class, Dr. McSpadden. During Epic, I warred with myself for the last 15 minutes of class... Should I go to my next class? No, because Dr. McSpadden will give me hell about not going to my first class with her. But then, I probably shouldn't skip. But I really dislike American Lit. But I might miss something... and on and on I went, until I finally decided on I really should go, but I really don't want to. So SUPAH STEALTHILY, I left the English building after Epic.

As I'm feeling guilty but OH-SO BAD (fufufu!) about skipping two classes today, I see Alisha, who's in both the classes that I skipped, also walking away from the English building. I asked her if she was skipping too or something, and she laughs at me and tells me Dr. McSpadden was sick today, so both of those classes were canceled.

OMG, what is with teachers canceling classes most times I try to be all bad and skip?! It happened once before in American Lit., and in Walking class too. I'm glad I didn't miss anything... but now I don't feel so tough and ornery.

*slinks away a bit dejectedly* I can be tough! Sometimes! Maybe! Just not today, apparently ^^;. Oh well XD;.

This morning my alarm went off at 7am... so I stood up, checked online to see if there was anything big going on in my Linguistics class (and found there wasn't), and then I crawled back into bed and slept through both Linguistics and Oral Comm.

Perfect start to the week-- wish I could do that every day. I feel so good XD;.

I'm still going to my Walking class though! Apparently I lose 15 points for every day I don't show up in there >.>;, so I'm not going to endanger my one sure-A grade for the semester XD;.

*wanders off to get ready* Oh yes, I am the ultimate slacker... at least, happily, for today <3.

Today was good and bad... I feel pretty horrid right now, but remembering the happy things make me feel better...

Good! -- I did well on my 20 minute presentation in African-American Literature, that I've been stressing out about since the beginning of the semester.

Bad! -- I got about 3 hours of sleep the night before, from working on said project.

Good! -- I got a 90% (an A, whoo!) on my American Lit. midterm, that I had assumed I'd probably not done so hot on.

Bad! -- I forgot to do the reading for today in American Lit., and probably failed the quiz on it.

Good! -- B.H. Fairchild, a really awesome poet came to my college today. I bought one of his books from Dr. Kumbier, and got Fairchild to sign it for me, yaaay ^__^. *uber excited, like the poetry dork she is* I could not go to his poetry reading at 7pm tonight, because of work, but one of the English professors let me sit in on her class at 1pm, that was having a Q&A session with him ^_^. He even read a few poems, since not all of us could be there at the 7pm reading.

Bad! -- I really, really would've liked to have gone to the poetry reading, boo -.o;.

Good! -- I made $7 in tips at work tonight!

Bad! -- Work tonight REALLY, REALLY SUCKED. Like, REALLY. Macy's was having some retarded sale, so about a zillion people came by Camille's, and was making large-quantitied demands of me. Soooo many rushes... and a blender burnt out, so I was reduced to one blender... and I didn't get closed until 9:20pm, because I couldn't even start closing until 8:30pm tonight (an hour and a half later than when I usually start closing)... and everything kept on running out... *PULLS HAIR*

Good! -- I'm about to take the appropriate dosage of Tylenol PM (2 pills!), and hopefully be out until I have to wake up at 7am tomorrow. I get to go home and let my parents fawn upon me for a little while tomorrow, and part of the day Saturday too, so that'll be nice ^^.

OKAYZ, that's enough of that! Crazy day. OYASUMI <3! *collapses to bed after Tylenol PM'ing it up*

So... I just finished my African-American Lit. class 20-minute presentation. Oh my god, I actually got through it. This is a testament to how much better I've gotten at public speaking, because I used to cry just at hearing the words "3-minute speech."

*heaves a giant sigh of relief* And it didn't even suck too bad! I'm so proud of myself right now XD;. Okayz, time to go to Epic before I'm late. *scurries off to class*

Let's see... what's gone on lately? I haven't posted for awhile ^^;.

I gave an informative speech about Ikebukuro, Tokyo, Japan (where I lived when I was in Tokyo) in my COMM100 class, and didn't pass out or cry, so that was successful. Most of the people in my class seemed to think it was interesting, although one guy fell asleep during my speech, with his mouth hanging open XD.

I've got a big Linguistics test tomorrow... I was to do well, but I'm getting sick, and it's so hard to try and memorize all this crap -.-. Stupid test. AND OF COURSE I'M GETTING SICK. Argh. My sleeping habits this past week have been really tragic though, so I left myself susceptible to the bug that's floating around, I suppose.

My birthday is in... 2 days. And I'll probably be sick. Hooray. I'm still celebrating, though XD;. I don't care if I have to knock back some Tylenol PM with my froofy alcohol at the end of the night, I will still have fun. I think me, Noa, and Rebecca were just going to have a movie night, which sounds fun to me. I just want to relax, pllllz -.-;.

Jane gave me another 3 day break this week, so at least I don't have work until Friday... hopefully I'll be well before my next shift, so I don't accidentally sneeze on peoples' sandwiches ^^;.

So now I have some Nyquil geltabs calling my name. I took a 3 hour nap this afternoon, but I feel exhausted again. Stupid illness. With any luck at all I'll feel better tomorrow morning, after having slept so much XD. I'm not the most lucky person in the world, though ^^;.

OYASUMI! *downs her drugs, and tries to sleep the nastiness away*

For my walking class, usually our teacher just makes us walk 4 laps and then take our heart rate, and we do that 3 times per class. I went to the coffee shop with Rebecca before walking class, though, and accidentally ordered coffee (I thought it was tea, whoops ^^; )... NOTE TO SELF: NO COFFEE BEFORE WALKING CLASS.

Walking Teacher: *counts 6 seconds* Okay, what was your heart rate?
M: Umm... 160 bpm.
Walking Teacher: @_@;;;.

Usually my rate is only 130 or 140... Espresso makes M's heart go hontou ni dokidoki XD;.

First week... DONE! Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaa~y! *flomps over tiredly*

I tried very hard last night to think of a good introductory about-me speech for my COMM 100 class, but failed... but when the teacher gave a mini-lecture before he started making a few of us give speeches, I was struck with some ideas, and all the sudden, I had a speech written down in my notebook XD. When Dr. Moorman asked if anyone wanted to go first and get it over with, I raised my hand, so that I could get it done before nerves overtook me and I forgot the stuff I had just thought of XD. AND TA-DAH! I got an A on the first speech! *twirls around victoriously* That's a good way to start off that class (even though as the semester goes on, I'm sure it'll turn me into quite the anxiety-riddled M).

Last night after work, Rebecca and Noa were going to go to Pizza By Stout's (pint-and-a-half special night, or something?), and after almost not going, I decided to go since I wanted to relax for awhile. Maybe I shouldn't have gone, though ^^;. Apparently they had ALREADY GONE, and were going back... Rebecca was fairly sober, but Noa was still pretty sloshed from their previous excursion. Plus, we met up with some other people that I knew from various things, and they had been drinking all night. I had almost forgotten how it felt to be the only sober person at a gathering like that. Sure, everyone acts funny, but I found myself feeling a bit disgusted with some of the occurrences too. OH WELL. Rebecca said she wished she could have me with her when she went drinking more often, because I kept on forcing everyone to drink water XD;.

It was fun having conversation for awhile at least, after being cooped up in the Camille's kiosk for so long, with hardly any customers all night. Note to self: NEVER forget a book to read on the week nights ever again @_@;.

YAY! NO MORE CLASSES FOR A FEW DAYS! NO WORK TONIGHT! AND NO HOMEWORK FOR NOW (I'll start on that tomorrow probably XD)! THIS CALLS FOR... NAP TIME! *falls into bed*

I ordered most of my books for classes off of Amazon... but every time that another one comes in the mail, I feel my heart drop a little more ^^;;;. "I'm going to have to read ALL of THESE?!" cries M-chan's inner self. So yes, I'm just going to put my head down and try and forge on in the semester... hopefully I can make it out to the other side successfully. I suppose we'll see ^^.

I think the stress is already getting to me though... I just managed to nearly slice the tip of my left-hand pointer finger off with a razor XD;. It looks pretty nasty, and isn't really helping me type at the moment ^^;.

BUT WALKING CLASS IS FUN. MOSTLY. Except for when this guy from my World Lit II class I had awhile ago insists on walking beside me and talks fooreeeveee~r. I kinda sped up and started talking with this other girl that was walking barefoot XD. He could've kept up and talked with us too, but instead he started walking around on his own. I wouldn't mind talking with him... but he always talks about pretty boring things ^^;. NEXT WALKING CLASS, I SHALL HAVE MY IPOD. *nodnod*

I don't hate any of my classes at the moment, but I'm sure that'll change as time goes on XD;.

AND SO ENDS M'S FIRST FALL 07 SEMESTER REPORT. *goes to finish the rest of her reading assignments for the evening*

MWF . 8:00-8:50am . Intro to English Linguistics
MWF . 9:00-9:50am . Oral Communication
MW . 11:00-11:50am . Fitness Walking
TTh . 8:00-9:15am . African American Literature
TTh . 9:30-10:45am . Epic
TTh . 11:00am-12:15pm . American Literature I

8am classes everyday... 4 English classes... the speech class I've dreaded since starting college... oh crap XD;. I also hear the English linguistics class is complete hell... but, but, HAY GUYZ, AT LEAST I GET TO TAKE WALKING ^o^. Omg, my dream class. I KNOW HOW TO WALK. And I'll get out at no later than 12:15pm everyday (9:50am on Fridays XD) ^_^. Also, the African American Lit and American Lit I courses are both with my adviser, whom I haven't had a class with since my freshman year (Comp 101 and 102), so maybe that'll be fun... although being in her class twice in one day ^^;?

My adviser said if I started crying myself to sleep every night next semester, she'll help me change my schedule XD;.

Also, I didn't sign up for band. I'll see how holding down a job works out during next semester, as marching band has been pretty hellish the last couple years... I'm afraid to go tell my band teacher I'm quitting though... DOUBLE MY SCHOLARSHIP AND I'LL STAY! It's not worth it as it is right now ^^;.

Lalala~♪, that's the end of my random ramblings about my new schedule. My current condition is hungry + needing to study for tomorrow's Econ test, so ja ne~ <3! *goes to munch and be studious*

My major has officially been changed. I was so incredibly miserable being in Graphic Art -.-. Why did the teachers have to be such assholes? Not fair. But I am now a Creative Writing major, and the teachers actually care o.o. I don't feel like I'm gonna fall through the cracks like I did in the art department. I was wandering around outside after I got my schedule set, and was dancing at random intervals. It was fun ^^. So hopefully my angst-level shall be brought down significantly ^^;. I'm sure everyone was getting tired of my bitching and moaning-- I know I was getting sick of it.