夏休みの予定！
My exit interview for IUC is this evening, so I guess I'm really done. It's a strange feeling not worrying about class in the back of my mind. I still haven't found a part-time job (and doubt I will at this point), so I'm making some goals for the summer as this is probably my last real "break" summer.
Planned Events!
Vanessa Carlton Concert: June 23rd at World Cafe Live. My mom and I are going. :D
Hershey Park Trip: July 19th. Russell's choir is performing, so we're going with the choir.
Drum Corp International: August 5th in Allentown. My dad and I go almost every year, and we splurged for good seats this year
Still Plotting!
Washington DC Area: Visit shinryuuchan and bounce around the Smithsonian, and visit littledarkvoice and see her apartment and neighborhood!
Pittsburgh: Attack gibberditz8_8 sometime in August. tydeanwarcry may also be in attendance.
NYC: hikarikagami wants to see some kind of Harry Potter museum exhibit? Hopefully can snag rhapsodica and other people at BMC for the summer along for the ride. Need to snag madhatterpan for adventuring while we're in NYC.
Kidnapping pondyver - Probably occurring next week. :D
Hang out with1_more_goth : Since she's in Jersey, this will occur often. :D Snatching her on Friday for starts!
23rd and 1/2 Birthday Party: Since I was in Japan and didn't want anything, my family didn't celebrate my birthday this year. My half birthday is in July though, so I'm going to have my birthday party then! Probably will combine with a party for my mom/brothers.
Projects/Goals
Continue Studying Japanese: I'd really like to take JLPT N1 in December, but I need to keep up the study if I'm going to make it. This means *sigh* lots of kanji study.
Read Japanese Novels: I bought lots of books in Japan, and starting to actually read these novels for fun. Currently working through Toradora!
New LJ layout/ LJ cleanup: I want it to be pretty. I also should probably f-lock everything, especially the embarrassing entries from high school.
iTunes Major Clean-up: Taking a cue from how nice terrorcandy 's iTunes is organized, going to fix all the album artwork, correct albums, make sure everything is marked properly, etc. Also want to get rid of junky music from high school that I don't listen to anymore.
Beat all the Starry Sky games: Currently in the middle of Autumn, so I have Winter and the rest of the fandisks to play. This is totally a goal!
Beat Persona 4: Seriously, need to finish this game already. My excuse for the last year has been lack of a PS2. Don't have that excuse anymore.
Get ready for Alberta!: Need to decide what I'm buying here and what I'm getting in Canada.
Read more stuff for my field: My advisor gave me lots of reading suggestions for the summer, now I just need to get to reading them. Online used bookstores are my best friends.
Lose more weight: I lost about fifty pounds in Japan (guesstimate based on how many pant sizes I lost), and I'm now skinnier than I was when I graduated high school. I'm still overweight though, and I never want to be as big as I was when I graduated college again. The summer goal is another thirty pounds. At the moment I'm not dieting since I simply don't eat as much as I did last year, and going to the gym five or six times a week. We'll see how it goes.
New Wardrobe: Due to the above, a lot of my clothes are too big on me. I kept a lot of my "skinny" clothes, so I'm good for awhile, but I don't want to dress like I did in high school/college. Slowly collecting nicer pieces so I'll look good in Canada.
I'm hoping this will be a busy and fun summer. Even if I don't have a job, I don't want to sit in the house all summer long!
Planned Events!
Vanessa Carlton Concert: June 23rd at World Cafe Live. My mom and I are going. :D
Hershey Park Trip: July 19th. Russell's choir is performing, so we're going with the choir.
Drum Corp International: August 5th in Allentown. My dad and I go almost every year, and we splurged for good seats this year
Still Plotting!
Washington DC Area: Visit shinryuuchan and bounce around the Smithsonian, and visit littledarkvoice and see her apartment and neighborhood!
Pittsburgh: Attack gibberditz8_8 sometime in August. tydeanwarcry may also be in attendance.
NYC: hikarikagami wants to see some kind of Harry Potter museum exhibit? Hopefully can snag rhapsodica and other people at BMC for the summer along for the ride. Need to snag madhatterpan for adventuring while we're in NYC.
Kidnapping pondyver - Probably occurring next week. :D
Hang out with1_more_goth : Since she's in Jersey, this will occur often. :D Snatching her on Friday for starts!
23rd and 1/2 Birthday Party: Since I was in Japan and didn't want anything, my family didn't celebrate my birthday this year. My half birthday is in July though, so I'm going to have my birthday party then! Probably will combine with a party for my mom/brothers.
Projects/Goals
Continue Studying Japanese: I'd really like to take JLPT N1 in December, but I need to keep up the study if I'm going to make it. This means *sigh* lots of kanji study.
Read Japanese Novels: I bought lots of books in Japan, and starting to actually read these novels for fun. Currently working through Toradora!
New LJ layout/ LJ cleanup: I want it to be pretty. I also should probably f-lock everything, especially the embarrassing entries from high school.
iTunes Major Clean-up: Taking a cue from how nice terrorcandy 's iTunes is organized, going to fix all the album artwork, correct albums, make sure everything is marked properly, etc. Also want to get rid of junky music from high school that I don't listen to anymore.
Beat all the Starry Sky games: Currently in the middle of Autumn, so I have Winter and the rest of the fandisks to play. This is totally a goal!
Beat Persona 4: Seriously, need to finish this game already. My excuse for the last year has been lack of a PS2. Don't have that excuse anymore.
Get ready for Alberta!: Need to decide what I'm buying here and what I'm getting in Canada.
Read more stuff for my field: My advisor gave me lots of reading suggestions for the summer, now I just need to get to reading them. Online used bookstores are my best friends.
Lose more weight: I lost about fifty pounds in Japan (guesstimate based on how many pant sizes I lost), and I'm now skinnier than I was when I graduated high school. I'm still overweight though, and I never want to be as big as I was when I graduated college again. The summer goal is another thirty pounds. At the moment I'm not dieting since I simply don't eat as much as I did last year, and going to the gym five or six times a week. We'll see how it goes.
New Wardrobe: Due to the above, a lot of my clothes are too big on me. I kept a lot of my "skinny" clothes, so I'm good for awhile, but I don't want to dress like I did in high school/college. Slowly collecting nicer pieces so I'll look good in Canada.
I'm hoping this will be a busy and fun summer. Even if I don't have a job, I don't want to sit in the house all summer long!