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I got home Tuesday evening, safe and sound. My flights were boooring. I don't like sitting still for so long, and I couldn't sleep on either flight. I pretty much just vegged out on Wednesday, and went to see Up with mama, daddy, and Marian. Yesterday I babysat some, got my hair cut and dyed, and hung out at Taekwondo (it was like a second home-coming!) and I've spent most of today with my mom and my aunt and uncle, who've come into town. We're having a family "welcome home" party tomorrow. woo hoo. So I'll be unavailable for most of the day. But it will involve my grandma's green beans. She makes the best green beans in the whole world. So that's about the shape of my life right now. I'm pretty broke, but hopefully I'll find a job in the next couple of months.
In other news, I'm happy and healthy here in France. I've lost 10 lbs! I had to break down and buy a belt, because jeans are waaaay too expensive here. But I think I'm going to splurge on boots. And apparently, I don't suck at French nearly as much as I think I do. So all in all, life is good. ^_^
I'm aliiiiiiiiive, and in france, and having a blast! I'm really, really happy right now. I've mostly stayed in St. Etienne, which is fine, because I've made friends with some of the other Americans here, and I went to Lyon last weekend for a visit. The first few days were rough, but I'm doing fine now. Just checking in, I'll do a longer update when I'm not ready to pass out on top of my laptop
I'm definitely looking at other ways to pay for school. One of my biggest concerns, though, is working for someone who will let me choose where I go to school. Because there is NOWHERE in Kentucky where I can get a Masters in East Asian Studies or Chinese. I'm glad y'all weighed in though. Especially those of you who took it seriously enough to give me good advice. I really appreciate having such awesome friends.
I also started a writing journal on Insanejournal, but I haven't really put anything there yet. but you can find it at torikkusuta.insanejournal.com
So yeah, that's pretty much the summation of my life right now. Kinda sad, ain't it?
I have spent so much time asleep the past few days. It's ridiculous. I don't think I've ever gotten so much sleep in my entire life. My surgery went fine. Definitely the easiest surgery I've ever had. But the limited movement has kinda sucked. I can either stand up, or lie on my stomach or side. I can kinda sit now, but it's a bit painful, and I can't sit for long.
In other news and notes, Keebee, I need to get in touch with you, we need to book our tickets for our flight to France. I'd like it best if we flew out of Louisville at the same time, but if we just meet for the connecting flight to France, that'll be okay, too. I just don't want to land in Paris completely on my own. I think I'd freak out badly. I'll call ya soon, if you don't get in touch with me first, mmkay?
Again, as soon as I'm coherent, and not sleepy all the bloody time, I'll post some pictures from vacation. ::falls asleep::
They released the cast list for OHHC!!! Go see the splendid video of splendidness at www.funimation.com/ouran/ OOOOOMG. But they're not releasing the first disc until the end of october (if someone really, really loves me, they'll ship it to me while I'm in France). BUTBUTBUT, half the series will be on one disc, with commentaries and outtakes!!!!!!! So I will be buying this beautiful thing, never anyone fear. HOLY CRAP I'M SO EXCITED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And very pleased with the cast, though a couple of them were an honest shock to me (ie, totally forgot Greg Ayres works for FUNimation)
.....If I give someone ooodles of money for buying the disc and mailing it to me, d'you think y'all could get it autographed at SugoiCon???
Excuse me while I go fangirl myself into oblivion.
Oops, sorry to anyone who's tried to get ahold of me recently, I was off cavorting about on vacation, hitting four states, plus Washington DC in ten days. I'm back now, and vacation was awesome. I'll post pictures when I'm less exhausted. I will be disappearing again, briefly later this week, 'cause Ima have some minor surgery, and I know from past experience that internet+pain pills=very weird experiences.
But yeah, vacation was awesome, there was visiting of relatives, hanging out in Washington DC, and watching the sun rise over the atlantic ocean (very cool by the way, I totally recommend it!). So, uhm, I'll give a better update later, just wanted to appologise for my disappearance.
And this thinking has been coupled with my keeping up with the situations in Burma/Mayanmar and China. It makes me so mad that I'm sitting here, not doing anything, when I'm educated and working towards becoming bilingual. It drives me crazy that I just sit here and do nothing.
So I'm seriously thinking about going into an NGO or something. I'd actually started thinking about this while I was in International Trade and Finance. We studied a lot about how America has a tendency to bugger everyone else over. So, any suggestions? Am I crazy, or what?
OMG. I love the news you can find on the BBC website. I mean, seriously. I giggled when I read this....
Is it horrible that I had flashbacks to the days when I read the Redwall novels? Poor little hedgie...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_pictures/7
In other news, school is once again kicking my ass, and I watched all of FMA. It made me cry.
I GOT INTO SAINT ETIENNE FOR NEXT YEAR!!!!!!!!!
This was, for those of you who don't know, my first choice. So I've got six months to prepare myself for this amazing trip. I was in shock all while talking with Hannah Holler, and it didn't quite hit me that, "OHFUCK I'm going to France" until the middle of Taekwondo practice. Where I proceded to have a panic attack. I noticed I couldn't breathe well, started panicking more, which made it harder for me to breathe, and then I got kicked in the chest while inhaling, which made it really hard to breathe. So I sat out the rest of practice, catching my breath, and trying to stop shaking. I'm super-glad I didn't puke, because I had sushi right before French class. That would have been unpleasant in the extreme. But yeah. Now that I'm not panicking, or in shock, I'm so excited I could bust. So yeah.
IT'S SNOWING!!!!!!
And I'm on spring break. What the fuck, the universe? What the fuck? YAY for living in the Ohio River Valley, I guess.
[Edit] Want to know what makes this even better? My boss is actually displeased that I called into work sick, despite the fact I told him I'd thrown up every hour on the hour between 7 and 9 this morning
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In other news, I swear I'll get around to a real update sometime in the near future~!
three names you go by:
1. Corinne
2. Rin
3. Bakazaru
three physical things you like about yourself:
1. my eyes
2. my hair
3. my grin
three physical things you don't like about yourself:
1. poor vision
2. lack of grace
3. my body-shape
three things that scare you:
1. bugs. especially those of the flying variety
2. the dark
3. total silence
three of your favorite musical artists:
1. The GooGoo Dolls
2. Maroon Five
3. Rob Thomas
three of your favorite songs:
1. "Bridge Over Troubled Water"
2. "How far we've come"
3. "La Vie Boheme"
three of your favorie authors
1. Eoin Colfer
2. Watsuki Nobuhiro
3. Tamora Pierce
three things you want in a relationship:
1. Love
2. a sense of humor similar to my own
3. intelligence
three physical things about the opposite sex that appeals to you:
1. tall-ness (is that a word?)
2. lovely eyes
3. voice. I am such a voice person
three of your favorite hobbies:
1. learning languages
2. reading
3. plotting strange ideas
three things you want to do really badly now:
1. sleep
2. play in the snow (not that we've got any right now)
3. cuddle with someone
three careers you've considered:
1. Air Force Pilot
2. lab researcher
3. NSA Agent
three places you want to go on vacation:
1. France
2. Japan
3. Hong Kong
three kids names you like:
1. Gwen
2. Hannah
3. Connor
three things you want to do before you die:
1. Travel to every continent (even Antarctica, for all that I despise the cold)
2. fall head-over-heels in love
3. Earn at least up to my fifth-degree blackbelt
three ways that you are stereotypically a boy:
1. I enjoy getting sweaty and muddy
2. I really could care less about my hair
3. It takes a whole hell of a lot to gross me out
three ways that you are stereotypically a girl
1. I love dressing nicely
2. I love makeup
3. I'm a closet romantic
three people that i would like to see take this quiz (ie I tag):
if you ain't been tagged, and wanna take the quiz, be my guest
