there's just something about this semester... i feel as though i have yet to have a full-on crap friday. and if the friday is just mediocre, it's totally made up by a wonderful saturday...

Like, today for example. despite not having classes cancelled, because of the 2 hour delay, the Japanese speaking test was postponed until Monday--which was incredibly fortunate considering how alex (my partner) and i had yet to actually meet to go over our "trip to mars!" dialogue 'coz she had a paper, an exam, and two quizzes to deal with on Thursday and Friday.

Your Brown Eyes Say You're Clever and Witty

You are seen as brilliant and irreverent. You speak your mind, and people love you for it. You don't let other people see any insecurities you might have. You like to present a brave front. You are sharp as a tack and very quick on your feet. You're the first to get or tell a joke. You are also clear thinking in a crisis. You are an excellent problem solver.

And, even though i had to go to go to Econ, it was fine 'coz it was the only class i had today. And, despite the crazy gross weather, i now have an excuse to go to Target and get a new umbrella--'coz, basically, the wind killed my umbrella yesterday.

I had lunch with my ever wonderful roommate while watching Teen Titans and Rugrats. And, when she went to class, i printed out my readings for this week before cleaning off my desk--finally (siriusly, it was getting kinda ridiculous...).

After Christine got back from class, Polish-Korean Nicole joined us in watching two episodes of Hana Kimi, we ordered pizza, and went downstairs and watched Star Wars, and was joined by a few guys from first floor, one of whom who happened to be the biggest Star Wars fanboy i'd ever met. siriusly. i learned so much about Star Wars during the first hour--i was incredibly impressed by this guy!

Disliking Gym Says You Are Thoughtful

You are thoughtful, philosophical, and downright cerebral. For you, gym is too intense and competitive. You aren't always in the mood for playing hard. You may or may not be into exercise - but any physical movement you do is under your own terms. You don't get your happiness through thrills or adrenalin rushes. Your bliss comes from quiet reflection.

Christine bailed early 'coz she was super exhausted, so, after the film, Polish-Korean Nicole and I played Connect 4 (which was on the pizza box) and Pictureka! (also found on the pizza box). Then, one of hallmates was on the phone with her family, and uhh, i think some drama was happening. so we felt bad for hearing the stuff, so Polish-Korean Nicole and I went out to the stairwell and just talked about all these ridiculously awesome hypothetical things that we would do.

As in: (1) finding out where kato's house is, going to her house, and raiding her closet in order to rate her outfits--and find out whether or not she owns sweatpants, (2) if we were to get caught by kato's son, who would be home with H1N1 (all set in our silly scenario, of course), we would convince him that we were a hallucination, (3) also in our scenario, Kato would be Han's neighbor (the East Asian History prof), so we would go over to Han's house, demand that he give Nicole participation points via messages on his mirror (in red lipstick), (4) when Nicole turns 20, we will go to Japan during winter break, track down where Kato is staying for the winter, and ask her if she wants to go drinking with us, (5) switched the scenario to when I turn 21 next year and I invite both Han and Kato to go drinking with me, since all my other friends, save Alex & Kathryn would still be underaged, (6) etc. etc. etc.

it got kinda outta hand sometimes, though, and we were sitting in the stairwell, where it was very echo-y and people standing by the door on first, second, and third floors could hear us carrying on like silly people. At one point, British Lucy, who saw the box of pizza we left in the kitchen when seeking refuge in the stairwell, came out and asked if she could possibly have a slice the pizza. after saying yes and even offering her a cinnamon breadstick, the door closed behind Lucy and Polish-Korean Nicole and I whispered about how, if Lucy were to report the crazy scenarios we had been painting for the past 45 minutes, we could totally pull the "WE GAVE YOU PIZZA!!!" card.

after sitting out in the stairwell for almost 2 hours and freezing our butts off, we finally went back into the kitchen, watched this Mad TV video that dealt with airports, pseudo-french/korean, and lost bags, watched some clips about DBSK, and just... had a really enjoyable.

Hopefully, tomorrow night will be just as awesome as tonight!!!

Your Birthday is Lime

You are the envious type. You can't help it... you always want what you can't have. Your jealousy is rare in that it's actually quite healthy. Envy is what motivates you in life. You want to be the most successful, most liked, and most wealthy person you know. And even if you don't get there, you work every day at being a better person.

Also, i think i might experiencing symptoms of basshunter-syndrome--where i can't stop humming/playing all of those ridiculously catchy songs by that super talented swedish guy...

So... apparently, I'm the only person, in the whole dorm who has a birthday in october--out of 54 people, only one person has a birthday in the 10th month of the year. Despite that, we still had a hall birthday party for October-ers (or October-er), which i thought was silly, but, yeah...

Basically, everyone was like, "oh, who's birthdays are in October," and I was like, "heh, just me..."

and our RA made the most awesome rock-hard brownie known to mankind! She apologized for ruining the party with her stone-hard brownie, but we all thought it was really funny, so it was okay...

Afterwards, Christine was talking to German boy, and it was actually a really awesome sight to behold 'coz christine's about, oh, say, 5'4", and German boy's about, say, 6'1" and there was this other guy who was a little over 6 feet tall too, and the three of them were talking and christine was sandwiched between the pair... well, don't tell christine this, but she looked like a little kid following a conversation 'coz she kept turning her head back and forth between the pair, her head always angled up.

and then she went to dinner with german boy and some people. i was lame and helped clear up the room, talked to kathryn, omniscient stephen, chelsea, and Polish-Korean Nicole until i had to drag/force myself down the hall to sit down and study.

because there's a philosophy midterm of death tomorrow and i still don't know how to argue as to why determinism is compatible with free will.

anyway, the sky's clear again, so there's a plus. and, hopefully, in 24 hours' time, i won't be all clammy and blehhh--even though i will have a LOT of reading to catch up on...

(the super awesome post lost tension about a sentence in--sorry about the lack of awesome...)

You Are Blackberry Iced Tea

You are funky and creative. You like to turn the world upside down just for fun. You believe that some of the best things in live are undiscovered. You're very attracted toward the offbeat. You're the type of person who likes music, movies, and places no one else has heard of. You're not that weird... you're just attracted to the quirkier side of life. So much in this world is underrated!

[I feel like all i do is study]

I miss xanga.

it's not like i'm intentionally neglecting the site or anything--i actually think about posting fairly often. it's just... every time i think, "oh, this would be fun to tell everyone," it's in the middle of an epic game of cranium at 2AM or it's when we're having another one of those random kitchen gatherings, or it's when Korean-Polish Nicole and i are trying to come up with Hana Kimi worthy ways of getting her participation points in class, and, well... by the time i get back to the computer, i'm a bit... exhausted.

but, honestly, jess, that's a crap excuse, innit?

So, what's happened since i last posted?

Well, like i said, I played Cranium until 2AM last Wednesday--after we watched German movie that No Reservations was based off of. And third floor Stephen came down and watched with us. It's a good thing there was a bunch of people watching, 'coz I haven't seen a film that slow since... since... Twilight.

And then I had an internet conference with Lilly, went back downstairs, and we played Cranium. and 3rd Floor Stephen was renamed multiple times because of that board game--Encyclopedia Brown, Omniscient Stephen, Google... There was no battle at all--the guy knew everything from Euler's Method to Nicholas Cage's uncle (uncle, right?)--and it wasn't until the last round that we found that Mr. Omniscient was bad at unscrambling puns.

Your Soul Is Connected to the Fall

You are a somewhat sensitive soul with a tough exterior. You are street smart and wise about the world. You have the heart of a poet, but you're not too eager to let anyone else see it. You are very creative and deeply talented. You are still looking for the perfect outlet for your expression. You embrace change and think the cycles of life are beautiful. You don't shrink away from the darker elements of life.

During the 3 weeks prior to fall break, i fell into the habit of sleep for 3 - 4 hours at night and then taking a power nap in the afternoon--terrible idea, really. i was always nodding off during class and didn't take anything in--which is coming back and kicking me in the face, since i have a philosophy midterm on tuesday. and the last 9 or so lectures... yeah, don't remember any of it.

what's next? Right, the oral interview from last week. I was actually more than semi-awake for this one 'coz i went to the Cafe with Kathryn and Christine that morning (at 7AM), had breakfast, and then went to do the interview dealy thing. thing was, though, i got there about 10 minutes earlier and, as it turned out, the pace was ridiculously fast that day, so the pair that was suppose to go before me was already done. so Saori-san told me to come on in while we waited for alex.

and we made awkward small talk for about 5 minutes--with Kato going to the door every 30 second or so and checking to see if Alex had arrived.

in the end, i just went ahead and did my bit, got it over with, Alex hurried in when i was talking about doing karaoke with the class for the TA's birthday, and all was well.

but, still, awkward...

Your Name Comes From Jupiter

You are an open-minded, adventurous person who has an expansive view of the world. You are quite cosmopolitan, and inflexibility of any wort really turns you off. You're outgoing, warm, and jovial. You are willing to welcome all newcomers into your life. You celebrate life every single day. There's so much to learn and do. You love to take it all in.

Fall break happened. lalalala, work work work, drama drama drama, videos videos videos, sleep sleep sleep.

not in that order, of course.

well, almost in that order.

Went to the E-mart in Newport News yesterday, stocked up on Aloe drinks, stocked up on Mr. Brown, stocked up on yummy baked goods from the Bread Garden. accidentally mistaken the employee's CUTE BABY OMG~! for a boy (she was 5 months old. i didn't know any better).

After coming back, instead of getting work done, like i'd been planning to do the whole day, i ended up (1) putting up posters that just arrived in the post and (2) learning the idiot trio + Korean-Polish Nicole's handshake/dance. siriusly. it involved the nerdfighter arm gesture, some snapping, some finger waggling, the rock on sign, the loser sign, and the jellyfish-turkey-snail versions of the "pound it!" that katie taught me.

very elaborate. and very lame. but somehow very awesome.

And i just got back from an epic, never ending game of NARFERS with my roommate. on the 3rd floor. and Omniscient Stephen walked out of his room and was like, "do you guys hear something?" and we were like, "no..." and then he looked at us and went, "oh. haha, it was you guys. I was wondering what all pounding sounds and" *insert squeal here* "was."

the whole dorm probably thinks Christine, Kathryn, Korea-Polish Nicole, and I are the most incredibly unproductive kids on the hall. but, in our defense, we do our work in the afternoon. at least, that's what we keep saying to each other when people shoot us death glares when we commandeer the boys' kitchen, yet again, for games of Clue that somehow always manage to morph into disney sing-a-longs.

Or Oldies parties. with mad dance moves.

You Are "Hey"

You are a bit of a wallflower. You're not a big fan of small talk and pointless conversation. You tend to be more of a listener than a talker. You especially hate talking to strangers. You are independent and very creative. You are good at expressing your thoughts, even if you keep most of them private. Some people may see you as standoffish, but you're really a friendly person. It just takes you a while to warm up.