Go outside!
I wrote this entry, then realized it was really whiny and I figured that it's probably best to not pollute everyone's friends pages with my bitching. :) Anyway, I stuck it behind a cut.
I'm in a pretty good mood today, which is curious because I really, really got out of bed on the wrong side. Last night I got sick in the middle of the night, and let me tell you that there is nothing like waking up at 3 am to get "oh god I'm gonna die" sick to your stomach. The worst part, without getting into too much gory detail, was that there was basically nothing I could do... I don't gag easily, so I couldn't even make myself throw up. It was just badness. So yeah, after an hour of excrutiating pain and a fitful night's sleep, I got up and got sick again before class. Thankfully it stayed away during the school day (I can't afford to miss any more class right now) and I feel okay now, but we'll see how it is when I try to eat something. Sarah and I both get this stomach thing, but no one else I know does... is it just genetic? Maybe I should see a doctor about it.
Anyway, after the sickness thing I went out to go to class to discover that the weather was absolutely top-notch beautiful, I mean perfect, and I was totally looking forward to riding my bike to class. But when I went to unlock the Valiant, I noticed that all the air was gone from the rear tire. I mean gone, like the tubes were punctured. I haven't ridden the bike in five days since I had the flu, but it was fine then... so many someone put a switchblade in my tire or something. Either way, getting that fixed will be another $20 and two weeks in the stupid hippie bike shop... bleh. By the time it's fixed, the beautiful weather will be over... I figure I only have a month more to enjoy my bike anyway... so yeah, that's another sad thing.
And then I started my period. Whee!
I guess in the past week, just a lot of shitty stuff has happened - I got the goddamn flu, missed a bunch of class, lost my keys, couldn't get access to the thing I needed for work (not my fault!) and got yelled at, was late on paying bills, had a key on my brand new electric keyboard stop working, got in a big fight with my sister, and missed turning in my timesheet on time, which means it'll be three weeks before I get my next paycheck. I guess you might call this a 'calamitous' month for me. :) Still, I feel pretty okay today... the good weather helps a lot, and we are watching a really cute and funny movie in EALC called "Shall We Dance?". And I feel like I'm catching up with my work, though the current unit in Japanese is still evading me. We are studying rules and how to express obligations, and it's all pretty confusing to me right now (and it doesn't help that it's Japanese, the language that is famous for having at least three ways to say everything, and many more than that for 'touchy' topics like requests and commands).
In other news, I think everything is pretty normal right now. Jeff broke up with with Christina this past weekend, which he seems to be dealing with really well (I admit I think it's for the best), and he's happy about a new laptop he just bought. Dan seems to be doing okay, in his Dan-ly way (though, I didn't seem him in EALC, which he has supposedly been meaning to go to, so I dunno what's up with that). Yisong is Yisong - the last time I talked to him he had one of those yellow ladybug-like beetles on his shirt (what he lovingly refers to as a 'Japanese fuckbug'). Aris still doesn't have a job, from what I can tell, and he's been incredibly bored with everyone lately. Really! He'll walk in, see everyone doing homework or playing video games or whatever, sigh dramatically, then walk out. It's starting to be a nightly ritual. But aside from bored with us, he's fine. Kenny's working really hard with his new job and classes (even harder than me!) but he seems to actually enjoy it. I can understand that. Being busy when you're on top of things is kind of nice. It helps me not be bored and and depressed with life. At the very least, it's a healthy distraction.
Ranee has been sick since the beginning of the year and is missing a *lot* of class (she's in my Japanese section this semester). I'm worried about her - I had the flu too, and I know that it is really bad and really persistent, so I can sympathize, but I'm afraid that Mutou-sensei is going to eat her alive. The Japanese classes here move so fast and are so intense that even missing a few days is really crippling. Sarah is not doing too great either, if you read her journal you know that she just had a really horrible gynecological operation, and she's had hip and back problems on top of that, so she wasn't able to exercise for a long time (she's really health-conscious). But I think things are a lot better with her now that it's over, and she joined a gym (yay!) so she seems to be pretty happy. Aside from various vagina-related problems of course, but I think you should probably read her journal for a more detailed account of that ;)
Last but not least, Steve is the same old Steve. I think he's got a pretty light semester, so he's been doing a lot of Magic-related stuff, and work, and umm.... I guess that's about it :) He seems happy, though sometimes he gets housewife syndrome (I am out of the house all day and when I come home at night he is like *CLING* because he's been alone in the apartment). It's not that bad though. It's pretty cute actually :)
Anyway, I guess that's about all for this massive journal entry. Maybe I'm somewhat caught up now, after not updating for a long time ;) Hope y'all have a great day, and if you live in Champaign-Urbana, GO OUTSIDE! It rules there.
I'm in a pretty good mood today, which is curious because I really, really got out of bed on the wrong side. Last night I got sick in the middle of the night, and let me tell you that there is nothing like waking up at 3 am to get "oh god I'm gonna die" sick to your stomach. The worst part, without getting into too much gory detail, was that there was basically nothing I could do... I don't gag easily, so I couldn't even make myself throw up. It was just badness. So yeah, after an hour of excrutiating pain and a fitful night's sleep, I got up and got sick again before class. Thankfully it stayed away during the school day (I can't afford to miss any more class right now) and I feel okay now, but we'll see how it is when I try to eat something. Sarah and I both get this stomach thing, but no one else I know does... is it just genetic? Maybe I should see a doctor about it.
Anyway, after the sickness thing I went out to go to class to discover that the weather was absolutely top-notch beautiful, I mean perfect, and I was totally looking forward to riding my bike to class. But when I went to unlock the Valiant, I noticed that all the air was gone from the rear tire. I mean gone, like the tubes were punctured. I haven't ridden the bike in five days since I had the flu, but it was fine then... so many someone put a switchblade in my tire or something. Either way, getting that fixed will be another $20 and two weeks in the stupid hippie bike shop... bleh. By the time it's fixed, the beautiful weather will be over... I figure I only have a month more to enjoy my bike anyway... so yeah, that's another sad thing.
And then I started my period. Whee!
I guess in the past week, just a lot of shitty stuff has happened - I got the goddamn flu, missed a bunch of class, lost my keys, couldn't get access to the thing I needed for work (not my fault!) and got yelled at, was late on paying bills, had a key on my brand new electric keyboard stop working, got in a big fight with my sister, and missed turning in my timesheet on time, which means it'll be three weeks before I get my next paycheck. I guess you might call this a 'calamitous' month for me. :) Still, I feel pretty okay today... the good weather helps a lot, and we are watching a really cute and funny movie in EALC called "Shall We Dance?". And I feel like I'm catching up with my work, though the current unit in Japanese is still evading me. We are studying rules and how to express obligations, and it's all pretty confusing to me right now (and it doesn't help that it's Japanese, the language that is famous for having at least three ways to say everything, and many more than that for 'touchy' topics like requests and commands).
In other news, I think everything is pretty normal right now. Jeff broke up with with Christina this past weekend, which he seems to be dealing with really well (I admit I think it's for the best), and he's happy about a new laptop he just bought. Dan seems to be doing okay, in his Dan-ly way (though, I didn't seem him in EALC, which he has supposedly been meaning to go to, so I dunno what's up with that). Yisong is Yisong - the last time I talked to him he had one of those yellow ladybug-like beetles on his shirt (what he lovingly refers to as a 'Japanese fuckbug'). Aris still doesn't have a job, from what I can tell, and he's been incredibly bored with everyone lately. Really! He'll walk in, see everyone doing homework or playing video games or whatever, sigh dramatically, then walk out. It's starting to be a nightly ritual. But aside from bored with us, he's fine. Kenny's working really hard with his new job and classes (even harder than me!) but he seems to actually enjoy it. I can understand that. Being busy when you're on top of things is kind of nice. It helps me not be bored and and depressed with life. At the very least, it's a healthy distraction.
Ranee has been sick since the beginning of the year and is missing a *lot* of class (she's in my Japanese section this semester). I'm worried about her - I had the flu too, and I know that it is really bad and really persistent, so I can sympathize, but I'm afraid that Mutou-sensei is going to eat her alive. The Japanese classes here move so fast and are so intense that even missing a few days is really crippling. Sarah is not doing too great either, if you read her journal you know that she just had a really horrible gynecological operation, and she's had hip and back problems on top of that, so she wasn't able to exercise for a long time (she's really health-conscious). But I think things are a lot better with her now that it's over, and she joined a gym (yay!) so she seems to be pretty happy. Aside from various vagina-related problems of course, but I think you should probably read her journal for a more detailed account of that ;)
Last but not least, Steve is the same old Steve. I think he's got a pretty light semester, so he's been doing a lot of Magic-related stuff, and work, and umm.... I guess that's about it :) He seems happy, though sometimes he gets housewife syndrome (I am out of the house all day and when I come home at night he is like *CLING* because he's been alone in the apartment). It's not that bad though. It's pretty cute actually :)
Anyway, I guess that's about all for this massive journal entry. Maybe I'm somewhat caught up now, after not updating for a long time ;) Hope y'all have a great day, and if you live in Champaign-Urbana, GO OUTSIDE! It rules there.