snow

…Did you guys know that our page SNOWS?! I stared at the page for like five minutes before I realized I probably look stupid.

I have Christmas in Christ Chapel this weekend, and all I can say is URRGHH. I have to play five times, and each performance is 2.5 hours long. I have very little time over the weekend to do anything else, which is bad considering I actually have stuff to do this weekend. And then after that, I have to prepare for violin juries. Argh all this music stuff is driving me CRAZY! It’s not even the school workload, it’s all this music. alwgjoiwefjdalskfjldfj

And I won NaNoWriMo, last week! Well, earlier this week I guess. That means I got the 50000 word count, but I’m nowhere near done plot-wise. I want to be able to finish so I can get a free proof copy of my book!

Well. I guess this is my last post? If stuff is stressing you out just think: In three weeks, it’s Christmas. And unlike high school, you don’t have to worry about homework carrying over the break (I don’t think) so, YOU CAN DO IT!!! No matter how many bajillion papers you have to write. I know I do.

Catch you dudes later.

 

Ninja Assassin is a redundant statement

Ohhh snap! I totally forgot to post on Thursday. My bad. The one day I don’t post, too.

Thanksgiving break has been pretty FLY! I got to drink a whole bunch of Starbucks. And drove around a whole lot, hung out with friends, ate delicious food with my family and stuff. And played video games which is definitely what I’m going to do in a little bit here. It feels like I never left, which is kind of funny. Because once I get back to Gustavus, I’ll feel like I never left Gustavus. WEIRD HUH?

I’m sorry. I’m in a bit of a crazy mood, it must be the ammonia. I’m dying my hair red. hehehehe

Today I saw the movie Ninja Assassin. It was pretty cool. Cool as in, a whole lot of blood, sharp objects, and very little plot. Me and my friends, we kept laughing though. People dying shouldn’t be funny but we weren’t laughing about that, don’t worry. It was the strange similarities to another show we’ve watched before. That’s what made us laugh. And the main character is a Korean pop singer Rain, and I just gotta say that he is mighty fine. It is a good thing he spent half the movie shirtless. Oh, and the picture there on wiki does him no justice. Have a music video.

Okay well, it’s time to wash out my hair so I may have different colored hair. CATCH YOU GUYS LATER!!!

 

I just reached the halfway point on my novel! That is, 25000 words! I think I’ll post early today in celebration let’s ignore the fact that I was supposed to be this far on Sunday, haha!.

I ordered an adorable sweater/hoodie-dress thing that has a bunny on it and it was shipped out yesterday, so hopefully it’ll be here very soon, or at least before I leave for Thanksgiving.

The study abroad fair was on Tuesday. I hope you all went! I did, of course. It was so much fun. I talked to a representative of the program I’ve been eyeing for a while and she agreed to send me the supplements for the application. Score! It’s a really competitive program. I hope I get somewhere with it. I also decided that I want to go to Korea for a summer exchange. It’s not as intense as a semester or year program, definitely, but I do like South Korea for the most superficial reasons. xD I love the food, the fashion (the sweater and other clothes I just ordered are S. Korean), and the music, not to mention the alphabet is one of the most systematic in the world. 안녕하세요!

I just saw on one of those announcements too that President Ohle’s in Arlington, my hometown for today! I’m jealous. Oh well, Thanksgiving is soon!

Time to go back to my book. I’ve spent too much time procrastinating.

 

Oh snap. I almost forgot to post today.

The only thing I’ve got to say today is online shopping is really distracting. I spent most of my time tonight looking at clothes instead of doing homework. OOPS. But I’ve picked out some clothes I like and I think I’ll go ahead and order them. Then, I will be at peace with myself.

My novel’s getting along nicely, too. I’m far enough into it to see the plot falling together as I like it. I’ve got a big imagination so I dream up stories all the time but I’ve never actually gone through and attempted to flesh them out beginning to end, so this is really exciting for me! I just get distracted to easily, hahah.

Okay, see you guys.

 

This week has been going by pretty slowly, it’s hard to believe that it’s only Thursday. I’d say “I wish it was the weekend already!” but I have two concerts to play over the weekend so that means no sleeping in. But I don’t have my 9AM class on Monday because we’ll be having an evening movie, so I’m excited! I can sleep in then (my first class would be at 11:30).

Anyway, by popular request I come bearing pictures of my Halloween costume.
[ reference ; ・・・・ ]
Some of you might have seen me around. I’ve been doing costuming ever since middle school and entered quite a few competitions and won a few times too. It’s loads of fun! And who says dress up is just for kids

And I started my NaNoWriMo novel on Sunday. It’s been pretty hectic to keep up with, since this week has been soooo busy. I’m supposed to have 8335 words today, except I only have 5942. Hopefully this weekend when I’m NOT playing in concerts, ew. The word count is the only problem, though–I’m doing just fine on plot and stuff! It’s kind of painful to write without being able to go back and edit (I’m sure this thing is chock full of bad grammar) but I gotta make it to 50k! I gotta finish it!!

Well I should be writing that, since my homework is all done now. Who woulda thought to use homework as procrastination? Anyway, hope you guys had fun at the play. I’m going tomorrow, don’t spoil too much! D:

 

Octobers almost over

Well, my Halloween costume is almost done. I have to sand and paint my prop but then that’s it! I also have to press the seams on my jacket, but I’m having a really hard time finding someone with an iron that I can borrow. Agh.

The plot I’ve got planned for NaNo is coming along nicely, but I’ve hit a few walls. It’s not exactly something I can just run with or make up as I go since it’s rather important to the story. I have a few ideas that work pretty well but I’m not sure if I like them or not. Well, I do have til Sunday to sleep on it. Otherwise, I can’t wait to start!

Otherwise, after midterms and break, school has gone back into a bit of a lull. Reading, reading, blah blah blah…

 

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I have one more midterm tomorrow, it’s my geology lecture one. I had the lab exam today and it didn’t go so bad. It was kind of funny in retrospect, because it’s been one of the only tests I ever had to take where I had to walk around the room, and it’s the only exam ever where I’ve had to lick something. It was awesome (and I licked salt, by the way. Bacteria doesn’t do so well on salt, hahah).

But since I’m from far away and I have no relatives in the area (the closest ones I have are in Ann Arbor, MI, which is still kind of far…), I’ll be going to a friend’s for the weekend. I cannot WAIT to relax and sleep for a long time. WOOHOO!

I’ve also been thinking about doing National Novel Writing Month next month (or, affectionately known as NaNoWriMo). I’m not sure if I’ll actually get to 50k words since that’s a lot, but I’ve started to develop a plot and setting. The characters I haven’t really thought about, but it’s really exciting. I’m no good at writing essays but I’ve always been told that I write interesting stories, so hopefully I’ve still got it in me xD

My wig came for my Halloween costume today and it’s gorgeous. I’m so excited for halloween!

 

oh boy

I just heard from my friend on the swim team that the hot tub/sauna thingy is broken. WHY, MY LIFE, WHY?

Anyway, Next week and the following weekend seem kind of like that calm-after-the-storm concept. I’ve got three tests, two in geology and one in Swedish, and two papers due. I am so not looking forward to that. BUT! Then there’s fall break! And Halloween! I’m so excited for Halloween, I’ve already decided that I’m going to be some humanized version of the Pokemon Absol. It’s ridiculous but I’m so EXCITED! I’m not too sure how I’ll look with white hair…

Oh, and I started my choice book and it’s kind of silly and cute so far. It’s a collection of little mini-mysteries that take place in late Tokugawa Japan. It’s also fun because we just covered this in my history class, so I’m seeing things that I learned It’s like walking back from a geology lab, looking down at the pavement and thinking “That’s conglomerate!” …Or maybe that’s just me.

No class tomorrow, am I right? Well then, I see you dudes on Monday.

 

Let this be the 8th post in which “Nobel” is mentioned

So, like everyone else, I also attended the Nobel Conference! The two days no class thing was pretty cool, I slept in til about 12:30 each day. It was like another weekend! But anyway, of the grand total of two lectures that I watched, I greatly enjoyed the last speaker, the one from India. The point he made was very interesting! I know the whole conference thing was about how water is becoming scarce and we may run out by such and such year, but his take was not only one that had thought put into it, but was also optimistic. Everything nowadays is so negative and it just fills me with dread whenever I read something, and no one bothers to look on the upsides of things. He said that the only problem we have is that we manage our water pretty badly, so if we do it right, we will have enough water to last us a long while. Thank god! I’ve had enough negativity in my life. Time for things to look up.

This weekend his homecoming/parent’s weekend. It’s exciting! Not only that, though, but tomorrow (today, already?) is my birthday and my parents are coming up. I’ll be going to the cities for dinner and I can’t wait!!

See you all later.

 

another long one…

Hey, sorry about that no update for yesterday. I was insanely tired for some reason so I slept most of the day (but I did go to class, I promise!!).

Anyway, I did go to the Sonia Nazario meeting on Monday and it was very interesting. When I read the book I imagined everything she said in monotone, but I was surprised to hear so much emotion in her voice, and a few times I thought she was going to cry. But that might just be me. It made her seem much more human, rather than some impersonal reporter, so that was good.

Oh, and we had that PA activity today. It was really interesting how they put us in the shoes of another group of people and had us get a general feel of prejudices against them. Racially I’ve never really had much problem with that type of prejudice, but I can tell you I’ve been given a rather hard time before because I guess you could call me a “girl gamer.” I’m not even sure why; I’m a chick and I like to play video games, what’s the big deal? Unless there’s some unwritten social taboo for girls to play games or something that I’m unaware of. But whatever.

I have encountered problems racially before as a foreigner in Japan. To the Japanese, it seems to be a general you’re Japanese or you’re not. Typically when you enter a restaurant there, if they see you’re a foreigner they’ll offer to give you a fork. Store clerks and such might get nervous around you, or they’ll start to try to say things in English. Strangers might approach you and try to practice their English with you. On the trains, people might be constantly shooting glances in your direction. It’s not so much a hostile thing, but you can definitely tell that they’re aware you’re different and it makes you feel like you stick out like a sore thumb. If you’re visiting in Tokyo, or Kyoto, or Osaka, even Okinawa, they probably wouldn’t do that as much since the people there are rather used to tourists. But as you get out into the country, or even lesser tourist-infested cities (such as Nagoya the nearby city in which I stayed… it’s the 3rd largest city in Japan but you’ll find few tourists there!), it becomes very obvious as to who isn’t Japanese. Some people might have a better chance at blending in than others, but there is still the language barrier.

Oh, speaking of Japan on a little happier note, my friend from when I studied abroad there is coming to visit for a month in January! So I probably won’t be taking a J-term… But I have 3 other times to take a J-term and this is only happening once!! I haven’t seen her in 2 years, I’m so excited!