you, me, and everyone we know

Why oh why does my life suck so much? Why?

Keita's birthday party was really fun! We had lunch at Garcia's, it was Keita's first time to have Mexican food, so it was something new for him. I wasn't sure what to get him... I didn't even think, "Well, I should give him money", but that's what I should've gotten him.

We exchanged phone numbers, so maybe some time I can get up the nerve to call him to do something. (he's uber cute, BTW... )

I feel like I've gained about 5 pounds since Friday, OMG.

Then, after lunch, we went back to Bryans to try to decide what to do... We went down town for a while, and then decided we were too tired to do anything else. Takuya and Bryan slept for the rest of the afternoon! I went back to Bryan's at about 8:00, and Takuya was still asleep. It was "game night" at his house, so that was fun. He has some nice roommates.

Aaaaand... That's about it.

Oh yeah, I bought a French CD today... It's... Interesting? I have re-discovered my love for the language. Maybe I'll have to re-train my brain to think in French once I finish learning English (seriously, it's gotten to the point where I don't think I'm fluent in ANY language, I have too many floating around in my head)

Tomorrow, I think I'm going to have to go to the lab for a looong while. I have 2 half-sketches due for Type III on Tuesday, and... That's going to take a while. Because to go from thumbnail to sketch is kinda difficult to translate.

Plus, I think I'm coming down with something. Does anyone know if something is going around on campus? I mean, I know at the begining of the year that people usually get sick... One of the girls in my design classes has already had to take a half-day on one of our "Pat days". (I still love Pat, OMG, she's just so much fun!) Lewis is really fun, too. He's totally not as intimidating as Jan made him out to be in Type I. Jan deified him. Serious. But he seems pretty cool, and, best of all, like everyone else he's human.

Yay for humans!

Okay.

That's all.

I think...

It's late.

I'm tired.

Oyasuminasai.

Okay, last night was nice. I thought Rachel was atleast having a little bit of fun. I know I was. But, I have to keep reminding myself that I'm not responsible for making sure that she has a good time. I enjoyed it very much, though! Thanks, Nat, for letting us have a beaver party!

Anyways, this morning she's putting on her makeup, and she suddenly sits down and says, "I don't want to be here anymore." So I asked her if she wanted to go back home, and she said yes. So, she's on her way back to Midland now. I asked her if it was because of something that I had done. She said it wasn't, she was just uncomfortable. Because being here reminded her too much of last year.

I asked her if I had my own place if she would've been more comfortable, and she said that it would've. So... Maybe before she comes again, I can get my own place. That's my goal. My goal is to get out of this room. Goal!

Today is Keita's birthday! ÇΩÇÒÇ∂ÇÂǧǗǮÇflÇæÇ∆ǧ!!!!

A group of us are going to hang out together today. So, that should be fun, and it should get my mind off things for a while atleast. I *hope*.

That's all I've got for now.

The Heart concert last night was a lot of fun, but I almost fell asleep I was so tired!!!!

Hahaha. I was like, "Brian *yawn* I'm sleepy... -_-zzz". I fell asleep on his shoulder for a little while, I think it was probably a bit annoying for him. Hahaha. But, I've discovered that I do like Heart!

The opening band was a bit... odd. Brian and I couldn't figure out who they were, but they said their name several times, but each time it was like "thank you very much! we're balbvifvfvim." The vocalist was female, and the rest of the band was male. The bassist proved that you can teach a primate to play bass... Not so much that he *looked* ape-like, he was just jumping all over the place and climbing all over things and doing weird things with his bass (plus, you couldn't hear the bass at all... so...)

Yeah.

I have an appointment this afternoon with a counselor. And I have ì˙ñ{åÍÇÃÉNÉâÉX at 11.

I have a Taiwanese conversational partner. I haven't met her yet, but I e-mailed her and asked her if she had plans for Saturday (and that I wouldn't be able to participate in the activities planned for Fridays because of class)

Hopefully, this will be good.

Bryan (not Brian) called me last night while I was on my way to the concert to ask me if I wanted to join him for dinner... I was like ;_; I'm in Grand Prarie. But, Sunday we're celebrating Keita's birthday! Rachel might still be here, so she's going to come, too... If she's still here.

She's coming in tomorrow afternoon... So, if Inky isn't busy, I'll invite her to join us in our afternoon of fun-ness! (My mom is giving Rachel a lot of $$$ Since I won't be paid until the end of this month... ><)

Tadashi e-mailed me and said he wants to come to America at the end of November... Which might turn out okay, if it's on Thanksgiving break and he can come to my house for Thanksgiving... Otherwise it'll be difficult with my school schedule and such. I'll just let him know what days would be good. I might be able to take off from school early (because Thanksgiving break starts Wednesday at 5... But I have class with Pat, and last semester, on breaks and stuff, she was pretty lax about when we left and such)

Hmmmm... What else.

Oh yeah, at the concert, this woman with an awful mullet sat infront of me... And I couldn't see past it T_T So, since no one was sitting on the other side of Brian, I stole that seat. ^^;

Anyhoo... That's my story and I'm sticking to it. I've gotta go now.

Well, so far today I've been okay. I haven't really done much, though. Aside from eat and drink... And of course being merry! ^^d

Ummm... Yeah. Brian (Jewish Brian, I don't know if any of you know him or not) invited me to a concert tonight, so that's where I'll be. It's Heart. OMG... I've never heard a Heart song before. I asked him if that was a problem... He said it wouldn't be, unless I was one of those people who liked to sing along at concerts. And I'm not really... I've just never been to a REAL concert before (Unless you count the time I saw Bright Eyes... But emo crowds are different from the stereotypical concert crowds)

I'm kind of excited about this... I haven't seen Jewish Brian in nearly a year, so it'll atleast be interesting. (It usually is, with him) I hope he doesn't try to set me up with any of his friends again...

I think I'm coming down with something. I have a hard time breathing, and my throat feels funny. Not funny, "haha", though, funny "peculiar".

I was looking up the counseling center here on campus, and I'm going to go and make an appointment for myself this afternoon. I was talking to my mom about this, and she said it would probably be a good idea for me to find someone to talk to, so hopefully this will help me.

I met a girl who is looking for a roommate next semester... I told her that I was looking for a place to live! So, we might be roommates! Bryan also told me that one of his roommates might be moving out, and that even if I hadn't told him that I wanted to move off campus, he would've still asked me if I would like to move into his house. He's so nice... I know some really great people.

THANK YOU ALL MY NICE FRIENDS!!! I love you! <3 <3

I think we need to throw a beaver-leader peach party some time soon! Donncha think? I think yes!

I have hives... T_T

I don't get hives from allergies... I get hives from stress. I don't get stressed from work, though. I've been under a lot more stress with classes and stuff before (though, I have been very busy). I've only gotten these hives once before. Stupid hives.

Stupid stress. GAAAAAH

OMG... I think I've been in my room a grand total of 30 full minutes since classes have started.

The weekend was nice, but I didn't get any sleep. And, last night I was out kinda late (late for me is close to 12), but I had a meeting with Yumi-sensee at 8:30 the next morning. This morning, I've had more sleep, but I had a hard time sleeping past 4:30. Every 5 minutes I was up checking the time. I get too paranoid, I guess. (I know what you mean, I feel the same way...)

It's almost 7, so I'll probably go get some coffee and some fruit around then... Or some time between then and 9:30. Because I know you wanted to know that.

I have a meeting tonight at 6 with my conversation group. How delisously fun... (delisously is my new "adjective of the moment"... It's a slightly dyslexic version of "delicious")

Anyways, I'll be busy busy busy like a BEAVER (yes, an all-caps beaver) all this week most likely. I can't wait until Saturday. Rachel is coming here on Saturday!!!!!!!

Goodness gracious me...

Here's my frist Type III assignment:

Pick a point in the quadrant of your map (we were each handed a section of a map of Ft. Worth), drive there, and back to campus.

Design an all-type layout that is visually interesting and is accurate to get from campus to your selected point. Use typographical manipulations to illustrate and re-inforce your directions.

***This is the Sara-version of the instructions... Lewis tends to babble when he writes instructions***

Due: Tuesday, September 14

By Tuesday: Have directions, be ready to share with class. Individual consultation.

Thursday: 50 FRIGGIN THUMBNAILS

I don't know what I need for the next week... Hopefully not a whooooo~le lot of other stuff. Because I also have assignments for Advertising Design (which I need to be working on right now, but have chosen to update my LJ instead) and also Web Design.

The DAY before my Type III project I have my first installation of "BODY AS ART" due for Pat. T_T

Okay, suck it up Sara... GANBATTEMASU!!!!

This is so much harder than I thought it would be.

I'm all moved in...

But I'm really sad.

I miss my sister.

I shouldn't cry this easily... But I really really miss her. T_T

Okay, it's really late... But I guess it's sort of relative. It's late for me.

I haven't been able to sleep much lately. I get to bed at about 3, and then Rachel will wake me up at 7. Gaaaaah... I just wanna sleep past 9 one morning!!! Maybe I'll put a sign on my door asking her not to come in and tell me that she's hungry.

I got a new cell phone!!!! Yay-ness! So, now people can call me at my cell number and have a greater probability of reaching me.

Last night at about 2, I decided that I would watch Lain in order to make me go to sleep. Promptly I discovered that I make horrible decisions at 2 AM. I think it lobotomized me again, or made a fairly decent attempt. But I did get to sleep... eventually.

Rachel went to the doctor again today. She hasn't lost much more weight, but she still isn't eating enough. She eats toast, breakfast lunch and dinner. We didn't make a cake sacrifice today.

She also did this weird thing today. My dad was looking for a meat thermometer, and couldn't find one (he has three, but can never find them). So, he's banging around the kitchen looking for one, slamming doors, cursing to himself, nothing too out of the ordinary. And she starts to freak out! He finds one of his thermometers, but she's still entirely too worked up. She kept saying that she hated how he was overreacting to the situation and that his "act" was meaningless and disruptive... But she didn't realize that she was doing the same thing. So, my mom and I had to calm her down and sort of talk her up and get her to move past what had just happened. Living with her is such a treat... Let me tell you. (how many more days until move in?)

Oh yeah, and I don't think I'm going to be working next week afterall. I still have absolutely NO information about what I'm supposed to do or where I'm supposed to be and at what time I'm supposed to be at this place doing something. This is a failure to communicate... Which results in no money for me and no model for them.

Yeah. Atleast I got a new phone.

I have a new love...



Name: Ryoo Seung-Bum
Birth date: August 10, 1980

I just got a movie that he's in called CONDUCT ZERO. I highly recommend it. It's so hilarious!!


Such a cutie!

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In other news...

I made it back to Midland in one piece, for the most part. It was exciting to travel by plane by myself! And, by the time I flew over West Texas, it was dark... So I got to see all the cities lit up. It's really very pretty at night.

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Rachel bought Jem, the first two seasons. OMG... I love that show!!!!! It brought back so many memories. And... we never realized how much the Misfits and Jem and the Holograms were like VK! Hahaha...



Rachel and I were sooooo~ obsessed over this show when we were younger.

*starts to sing* Jem is truely outrageous, truely truely truely outrageous. Jem is my name no one else is the same... Jem is my name. JEM!

Hahahaha...

My mom cut up a mango for breakfast! Yum!

Today, Nina is coming to clean the house (Not Neena, Nina- My dad hired her about half a year ago, she comes once a week). So there will be three hours of vacuuming. Joy. She's nice, though, and does a good job. But, the weird thing is, my dad told me, "I don't think she knows that much English, so don't worry about talking to her" but she seems to know pleanty. Not that we talk about deep stuff and ponder life's meaning, just random chit-chat.

My mom has to go to Odessa nearly every day this week. If you think Midland is bad, Odessa is worse. Of course, they say that if you think Odessa is bad, Midland is worse. I think we're both pretty bad. It's like saying, "What's worse, A small town in the middle of nowhere with two (that's right, two) Wal-Mart Supercenter stores, or a small town in the middle of nowhere with a large (but under-developed) shopping mall?"

How to get to Sara's house.

Take 183 to 29

29 to 71

71 to 87

87 to 158

158 should go under I-20

Keep going on 158 until you come to a street named Fairgrounds RD

Go north on Fairgrounds.

On your right-hand side, you'll see a nursery called Aldredge Gardens, there is a street on the left-hand side called Wadley. You'll turn left onto Wadley.

You'll pass a country club called Ranchland, you'll pass a watertower, you'll pass houses, buildings, and a theatre.

There is a shopping center called Oakridge Square at the intersection of Wadley and a street called Garfield, you'll turn right off of Wadley onto Garfield.

Get into the left-hand lane of Garfield. On your right, you'll see Midland College.

Keep going north on Garfield, you'll pass one stop light (at a street called Maxwell). Go through this, you'll pass two streets (Stutz and Auburn), when you pass the second street, you should see a fence with reflectors on it, and a birdhouse on the top of a storage shed. The street is called Metz Place, and my house is at the very end, it's gray and has white columns in the front. The street number is 2313.

If you get confused once you get into the city, just call me and I'll help navagate you.

Today was rather traumatizing.

Rachel had an appointment with her therapist, so I reverted to CGS (computer geek Sara) and began looking up all the info I could find on Vidoll (BTW, deadtree, I got a lot of the band profiling finished!). She gets home, I think things are okay... Being that I am a person that doesn't care (or so my sister would like to think, I'm sure).

She throws a fit, I don't know why... She runs around the house screaming, crying, throwing things, slamming doors. I have no idea what she is capable of, so I locked myself up in our parents room and grab the phone trying to think of someone to call. I tried to call my mom, no one there, I try to call my dad, his phone doesn't work. I didn't have a number of anyone else... So I kept re-dialing my mom and dad. I felt so helpless and scared.

... Now... Now I don't know what to think. I think I need to get out of this house.

Man, I got sick yesterday.

Things were fine, Rachel and our mom and I went shopping - Rachel found a magazine at Hot Topic that mentioned Tokyo's underground goth scene, so we had to buy it. Rachel also got two or three new dresses, and a blondie shirt.

We got home, and I tried to read the magazine article, when the words started to jump around and wouldn't make sense to me... Then I couldn't see out of my left eye. I knew I was done for, thank goodness my mom has Excedrin Migrane in stockpile for instances such as these!! MOM TO THE RESCUE!

But, I was out of comission for the rest of the day. I got a good 2 hour nap out of it, though. Then, my dad decided he wanted to watch Cold Mountian. In the same room I was trying to sleep in. Well, I wasn't quite sleeping, but still... He was like, "Oh, sorry!!! I didn't know you were in here!" Silly guy... So, I watched some of the movie with him, until he decided he needed to go and make dinner with my mom. (And, by that time, Law and Order SVU was on... LONG LIVE B.D. WONG!!!)

sakkakufae, sorry about not calling! I wouldn't have been able to talk for long. But, I will call you tonight!!! *can't let it slip my mind...* I need some post-its or something, so I can write down all the things I need to not forget.

Things are still kinda blah... Rachel isn't home right now, and I have no idea where she is. I was really stressed last night (thanks sakkakufae for calling me and makeing me laugh as we shared our crappy days!)

Oh oh oh! I have AIM on this computer now. I decided to change my SN, so anyone who wants to talk to me - it's YAKINEKO447

That means that I don't have any of my loverly friend's AIM names anymore, because I can't access them from my other computer. So IM me and I'll try to get my outrageously large pathetically small list back up.

Well, made it back in almost one piece from Colorado.

That was a very very very very stressful trip. I developed an eye twitch, no kidding.

Most of it has to do with Rachel. She's in a lot of trouble now, but my mom is going to have her go to a doctor to have some bloodwork done, and she might have to go to the hospital to be "evaluated" so she can gain weight back.

I mean, someone over 5'11" should not weigh less than 100 lbs, right?

So, much like the MK & Ashley "intervention" thing, we had the Sara and Rachel version tonight.

More stress.

Joy.

Everyone, stay healthy, okay?!!

I'm sleeeeeepy. I woke up at 4:00 and couldn't get back to bed, so I just stayed up and showered and everything... so I was all clean and ready to face the day by 5:00, and now I'm a Sara-zombie. TGFC... Thank God For Coffee.

I found a news show that I actually like, though! The Daily Buzz on... WB?! I think that was it. There was quite a bit of news about China on the little ticker-thing at the bottom of the screen, which is what initially kept me from changing the channel right away.

They also talked about the new "low carb" potato that has been engineered in Florida. Personally, I love potatoes. I'm Danish and Norwegian, potatoes are the staple of the Scandinavian diet (aside from cookies and pastries, that is). But I can't eat them anymore. For too long my dad has drilled into my head that if I eat them I'll get fat. Plus, all this artificially "low carb" stuff really annoys me. "Low carb" bread, "low carb" cereal, "low carb" brownies... Isn't that sort of defeating the purpose of the "low carb" diet? This must sound kind of warped, but I see eating those things as cheating.

Plus, if you're wanting to eat cereal, eat real cereal... If you're going to eat bread, eat the real stuff. Just don't eat as much or as often. I think Americans in general have a hard time dealing with the idea of "moderation".

So, my dad used to be on Sugar Busters, then some other anti-carb diet, then Atkins, now he's on some sort of other high-protein diet. Meanwhile, my mom is giving South Beach a try.

Anyways, enough about potatoes.

Saturday, we're leaving to spend about 10 days in Colorado.

NAT!! We'll be at our cabin near Ft. Garland! So Rachel and I might give you a call, k?