you have got to see this page: japanese engrish. it is just supa hilarious. found it in a blog over at goodness.dot.nu. faith is my hero.

laugh. gasp. laugh.

i feel the greatest sense of relief now that i have my own room. it's like i've been liberated from a great burden that i didn't really know i had been carrying. i feel calm, serene, and peaceful just lying here. ruining this bliss is the knowledge that i'll have to decide what to do about my housing for next semester very soon. it would cost a whole, whole lot to stay in this room alone, and there isn't much chance that i'll get a single. that said, i'm terrified of taking another roommate. i feel very trapped at this point.

also, all the work i have due next week is starting to crack me, and i haven't even started it. so much for "dead week". sure, they can't give us tests, but that doesn't stop them from giving 14-page project papers and 20-40 minute presentations. i really don't know what i'm going to do. i even have to summarize 10 health-related articles for my cake exercise and weight control class, as well as make a wellness poster. this blows.

well, it is official -- my room is the absolute best on campus. i'm back at school, unfortunately, and back to work. i hate this crap, but i only have 2 weeks of class, then exams, and i go home. shouldn't be too bad, right? we'll see. i have to write tons of papers and lab reports before then.

break was pretty good. i went to nick's in chicago until wednesday, then we drove 11 1/2 hours to my house for thanksgiving. too much driving, but good fun. i got to see lots of great friends and eat some good turkey.

hey!!! you!!! go give me some jatalk!!!

ok, so i'm at work right now, in student academic support services. i'm the lab assistant in the computer lab. anyway, i'm just sitting here typing away when a great new KP sister, Nora, comes in to get something she printed out. she stops to talk to me, and goes totally silent. then she just says "that's really gross." i look over to the spot on the wall she's staring at, and there's tons of FLIES all over the light fixture!! i mean, we're in a building! where did they all come from? and i have to sit here with them for FOUR more hours??!?!? this is just ridiculous. i'm going to buy them some raid or something....

well, at 8 am tomorrow i'll be heading out for the first leg of the thanksgiving break extravaganza!! the first four days we'll be at nick's house in chicago, then we finish up at my house. with all the driving we'll be doing, i hope i have time to relax and breathe. it's been a rough semester so far, and i need to recuperate from all the stress. i have my own room now, which is great, so i should have some peace and quiet when i come back at least. if i make it that far.... :-)

we grow, we change, we learn new things about ourselves. it's the way life goes. call it evolution if you will. all i know is that the trials of this semester have left me empty and open to new things, but vunerable to hurt as well. it's going to take a long time to decide what's really me and what's just my trying to make others happy. it will be another trial, i'm sure. i hope i make it.

my roommate's closet was leaking a blue fluid earlier. i had to run down the hall and get her so she could see. we determined that it was actually cheer laundry detergent, and that it must have been leaking for quite awhile, because everything in her closet was covered with it and it had gotten into bags and stuff. the red plastic on an old navy bag was actually turning orange! and we wash our clothes in this stuff?

anyway, i don't know if you know this, but laundry detergent is like, the stickiest grossest thing ever to clean up. ironic, isn't it? it's just soap, meant to clean things, but it is one of the hardest things to actually clean up. just thought i'd warn you...