Dec 18, 2010 20:45
I've sneezed about 5 or 6 times in the past two minutes. There's something up with the air in the tatami room.
....aaaaand I couldn't even finish typing that sentence without sneezing again.
The past two weeks were slightly hectic for me, life issues aside. I had huge tests in all of my classes but they were rather spread out, so it happened over two weeks. Technically, over a week and one day - so this past week after Monday's gigantor test I was pretty much done. I had minor quizzes every day but Thursday but those meant nothing to me, especially because I decided I was skipping Wednesday class. With my newfound spare time, I've been able to properly reunite with my friends. For the first time in weeks I've been able to hang out with them on campus after class and just sit there without feeling like I needed to be back at home doing some bullshit assignment. I've even been able to ease myself back into drama-marathoning now that I'm not feeling contempt and rage whenever scenes of romance or scenes involving couples happen. Finally broke into my copy of season 4 of The O.C. that I bought all those months ago at fye used. It's been so good that I don't even have ADOS problems while I watch - I'm already on the third disc, which sucks because this season only has 18 episodes AND it's the last one (=_=)'' I was kind of meh about the first three seasons but after they got past all of the highschool bull it got much better. I'm aiming to be done with the whole thing by the time Will gets here on Tuesday. As for Japanese dramas, I'm marathoning Hotaru no Hikari 2 and Zettai Reido before I start any others. Zettai Reido's probably the first Japanese detective drama I've been able to really get into.
It's been nothing but social activities and too much eating the past few days. Thursday night I randomly went to all-you-can-eat ramen with some of the i-house people because I had nothing better to do. I was just going to eat some ramen but it turned out to be kind of like a competition, and I got into it. I didn't even eat enough to get my picture taken, but I never want to look at ramen again. Friday night there was the NUFS Farewall Party for the exchange students who are going back home now that the semester's over. More free food to get stuffed on, and I hung out with Saaya and Marina more after class before the party. Friday night was the big going-away party at the bar across the street, Ohgiya. It was ridiculous. I got roped into joining a team for beer pong and lost, but man was it fun hanging out with everyone. The place was packed and capsule was playing...amazing. I left a bit early though.
This evening was the I-House Farewell Party. I skipped out on shopping with a couple people from the dorm because I wanted to clean. After finally emerging from my room around 2pm today (after not cleaning, btw), I had lunch and went to the drugstore with Mitsuki and one of the girls here who has a really strange rash. (It actually got much worse as the night progressed so they're at the hospital now o_o) That's the only place I can buy the toilet paper I use (it has bunnies and bears printed on it....yes, that's what I wipe my ass with, tyvm) so I went along because I'd been meaning to go. The minute we got back to I-House we rallied up some troops, tote bags, and headed across the street to the grocery store for the party. We bought so much food~!! I helped out with the prepwork for that too, which went up until the time of the party at 6pm (which was a loooot of fun!), so my cleaning plans went down the drain. I feel like I won't be able to do anything tomorrow either because I've got a tutoring job. It sounded like such a good idea at first but now I dread it, even though it's only my second time doing it (happens once a month). In order to get to the family's apartment by 3:30, I have to make it downtown to catch the hourly bus at 2:18. The bus gets to the apartment around 2:40, so I've got almost an hour wait and I HATE it. That and the kid doesn't really wanna learn English...but can you really blame a two year old for not wanting to sit still and read Disney books in a foreign language? I had a meeting Thursday afternoon with the two Japanese girls I alternate this tutoring session with and they've got the same frustrations, so I think we might stop sooner than later. At the same time, I feel bad for abandoning this family so I want to see if I can find replacements...
And so, it will not be until Monday that I feel my winter vacation truly begins. I'm going to go shopping with Julia on Monday (after making a trip to the airport to make sure we can properly find our loved ones when they come to visit), so I'm kinda looking forward to that. I have no idea what to buy for certain people - like my boyfriend. PATHETIC. Ideas? Lingerie's out of the question because my boobs are too big for this country and my torso is a bit wide compared to Japanese girls they're marketing to (><) He likes music (especially piano), video games, wolves, and....oh god I fail at being a thoughtful girlfriend.