Muzukashii desu ne? : tyhei
The Wayward Scholar : starrynight
enter the bb : becky-chan

I'm reading: The Tale of Genji by Murasaki Shikibu
I'm listening to: The Brilliant Green, Judy & Mary

Thursday, January 24, 2002 06:09 p.m.

Well, two days until I go back to school. The whole birthday thing went well, I'm doing better in the monetary department and I got a plane ticket out of it. ^_^ I'm sure some of my friends will be dutifully miffed that I'm not going to be here for Spring Break.

And I'm trying to see if there's a way to run a setup like this off my server...we'll see. I don't *think* I have CGI access so I'm not sure how to go about doing something like this. Stay tuned.

Saturday, January 12, 2002 12:52 a.m.

Wow, the Song o' Gamelyn hath been neglected of late! Forsooth! ^_^ So here's my Ultra-Speedy Super Catch-Up!

1. Albuquerque was fantastic. Meeting Ty was *awesome*! She's quite a sweetie and I wish we'd had more time to talk. But it was great fun. And Paul . . . *flutter*

2. Yes, sadly to say (or happily perhaps), I was right about him. I do quite love him. Makes life a bit complicated (and *hurts* at times) but I wouldn't give him up for the world. ^_^

3. I may have rounded up a job for winter break. My mom's cool lawyer-friend Monica knows of a firm who needs some help breaking down some cases. So YIPPEE! for paid employment! I'd better watch out, I'll wake up one day and find I've become a lawyer without realizing it.

4. I must also mention that all of Paul's friends were the nicest guys I've met. They treated me like just part of the gang and made me feel right at home. I miss them all (especially Chris) and I wish I could have spent more time with them. So thank you guys, you were great! ^_^

5. The same goes for the Starr family as well actually. I had a wonderful time staying with them (thank you!) and Paul's mom is THE coolest lady alive.

So goes the winter break . . .

Wednesday, December 19, 2001 07:14 a.m.

The moment of truth has come. As I sit here, finishing my morning oatmeal I ponder my approaching trial. Yes, it's that time: time for finals. It'll either be a triumphant victory, I'll stroll into next semester a sophomore, flashing little victory signs and thumbs-up as I go or it'll be a crushing defeat and I will lament my cruel and heartless destiny, lock myself into my dorm room, and write poetry without punctuation or capitalization about lonely grey ocean waves.

It could be bleak. Bleak, I tell you!

What shall it be? Does the Song of Gamelyn stay its cheery, if sparse, self or will the background turn dark, angsty BLACK with dark, angsty graphics and dark, angsty poetry all over?

Black! Angst! DARK. It'd be scary.

Monday, December 17, 2001 02:53 p.m.

Snow is falling today. It's in little soft balls, almost like hail, so it looks like rain from far away. I walked back to my room and I was hot so I opened my coat, trying to get the cold air to cool me off. But as soon as I stepped inside my building I was instantly burning again. But now it's back out into the chill of the raining snow.

Friday, December 14, 2001 01:31 a.m.

I did it! I finished my paper! FINALLY!

Monday, December 10, 2001 11:17 p.m.

I had a tuna sandwich for lunch today. A real tuna sandwich, that I made and everything. Oooh, it was oishii.

My paper progresses and I'm feeling rather proud of it. It's improved a lot. I hope I can get it up to sock-knocking-off level by Friday.

And only three weeks until December 31st. What do you think, gentle reader? Should I keep the Song of Gamelyn up after then?

Tuesday, December 4, 2001 11:58 p.m.

I started getting Christmas gifts together today. It's always fun trying to think up things that will surprise people, but that they'll also like. It'll be good to be excited about Christmas this year. ^_^

Monday, December 3, 2001 11:16 p.m.

Nothing special happened today . . . but the overall combination, I think I just might have to declare it fantastic. ^_^

Friday, November 30, 2001 12:21 a.m.

Thursday
*thwack* I shouldn't talk to Gabe and Ty when I'm tired. I say weird stuff. Gah.

Anyway, today was pretty good. Did very well on my Japanese test (I think), not so good on a French test, got info on exchanges to Japan, hand sewed for four hours, figured out Christmas, and then got a lovely surprise...Paul called me! Quite unexpectedly. I love it when he does that. ^_^

And I'm going to start on a project (insanity it is) of writing nodes on E2 for all the Japanese emperors. I hope I can stick with it.

Wednesday, November 28, 2001 11:75 p.m.

It snowed again today but it was thin and powdery and the wind was fearsome. It made it hard to appreciate the snow, especially at night when it needs to be appreciated the most. Snow falling under the light of a street lamp is one of the most beautiful things in the world.

Wednesday, November 28, 2001 12:07 a.m.

Tuesday
I'm going on a date! WHEE!!! And it was snowing this morning. Oh yes, it's been a wonderful day. ^_^

Monday
Actually, Monday rather sucked. I was sick and feeling overly emotional. Not cool. But the just-turning-evening light through my window was a lovely grey that made me sad to turn on the light, a dimly beautiful spot in a lackluster day.

Monday, November 26, 2001 12:48 a.m.

I'm glad to be back from Thanksgiving break but, annoyingly, I find that even though I've been talking to Paul since I got back it hasn't made up for how much I missed him over the break (Hint: A *TON*). This leads to the rather pernicious problem of thinking about him 99.9% of the time. >.< Stay tuned.

...I should not write entries when I'm tired. Gah.

On another note, it was windy as heck here today and taunted with snow. I'm expecting to wake up to snow up to my chest any day now. It's only a matter of time.

Friday, November 23, 2001 09:58 p.m.

Eeek, I haven't updated for almost a week. Let's see...

Friday
I played some mah jong with Wei-Chen and her family tonight. Went to see Harry Potter earlier, picked up a copy of Final Fantasy VII, and discovered RadioShack does indeed make headphones with 16' cords. :D I'm quite looking forward to getting back home though, I'll be broke if I stay here much longer.

Thursday
Thanksgiving, did dinner with Dad, dessert with my mom. Then at night I got to talk to my dearest. ^_^ Happyyyy. ^_^

Wednesday
Saw my friends from high school for the first time in while. They traded drinking stories and I felt a little out of place but it was still good to see everyone.

Tuesday
Drove back down to Boise after French class, the whole thing was a blur. Eeek. *phew* And that's the last few days in a flash. *pant* *pant*

Monday, November 19, 2001 08:24 a.m.

The Weekend

...was busy! Saturday was the band trip to MSU for the BIG GAME. ^_^; I ended up being awake for almost 24 hours, which was interesting but I got to talk to a rather loopy Starrynight and his insane friends so that was great fun. :D

Sunday consisted of me doing *nothing* productive and sleeping a lot. Even though I'm not looking forward to Thanksgiving vacation the sleep will be nice.

Friday, November 16, 2001 11:17 p.m.

Had a chat with my econ professor today which was fun, went to a movie, had a pretty solid day. I'm not feeling well (again) this evening though and I'm a tad low as well. But nothing's to be gained by random moping so it's a movie, some good music, and a book for me tonight. ^_^

Friday, November 16, 2001 08:00 a.m.

Thursday
Seems I missed writing for today but I wasn't feeling well most of the day. It rather sucked, but Paul called and made me feel much better. Well, I still felt like crap, but I felt better all the same. ^_^

Tuesday, November 13, 2001 11:49 p.m.

Phew. Working on a term paper isn't fun, but I got a hug and felt better. Alas, the truth is known, I'm a wuss at heart.

But I feel good about my paper, it's not good *now* but I think that just maybe it *might* be soon.

Monday, November 12, 2001 11:39 p.m.

I should work on my paper. I should read for class.

But it just can't get better today than it is right now.

So I'm going to bed.

Sunday, November 11, 2001 11:31 p.m.

Today was spent with...well mainly talking to Paul. I hope not too much (gomen ne, Paul). But having all day to relax was much needed. I've been feeling a little overwhelmed lately. So I'm ready to tackle the rough draft of my term paper tomorrow.

And Gabe helped me fix my DVD-ROM drive today as well. I'm very excited. ^_^

Saturday
Marching band game today which about polished off all my energy for quite a while. But it was good to be outside in the open air even if it was *very* cold.

Thursday, November 8, 2001 11:43 p.m.

"But I can't just do nothing!"
"Yes, you can. You listen always, talk if asked, and hug lots."
"But I don't want them to be sad, ever."
"Everyone's sad, you just have to always be there for them."
"So I don't get to save the day?"
"No, I'm afraid you don't."
"Well that doesn't mean I have to like it."
"*smile* Of course not."

Wednesday, November 7, 2001 11:40 a.m.

I was still feeling a tad off kilter from yesterday but I've seen my beautiful thing for the day and I feel much better. Some of the trees along one of the paths here have a few leaves clinging to their branches and they look like they're strung with Christmas lights that are bright enough for the daytime. But more than that, above the trees was the moon, a half circle and so pale it was almost transparent.

I'm still amazed by the beauty of things, I wonder, will I ever run out of things that are just jaw-droppingly amazing?

Tuesday, November 6, 2001 11:34 p.m.

Well, today was the day of a wonderful e-mail. I don't think I can fully express to the author how much it meant to me. And I think I might have rather freaked out said author during our conversation this evening...I wasn't exactly thinking clearly, my thoughts were very jumbled. Today's been confusing.