So I'm sick. I suppose of all the various possible weeks I could get sick, this was one of the better options, just 1 test and presentation yesterday and they weren't too bad. Still, it's awful. I woke up Sunday with my throat feeling horribly dry and coughing up a storm until Tuesday when I started to lose my voice, at which point I started hoping against hope that the coughing would stop so I would be able to do my presentation properly on Thursday. For better or worse, the coughing let up and whatever I have morphed into a runny nose/never-ending sneezing. The whole thing has been incredibly draining, probably in part because I've been having trouble eating too - I think I've lost a couple pounds this week from being sick. I've been sleeping over 12 hours a day so I have a lot to catch up on, but at least my condition seems more stable now - now it's just some intermittent coughing.

People have been super nice to me though! My friend Grace made me soup with chicken hearts and bought me tea, my roommate Lanie made me dinner, and my other roommate Eileen (a pharmacy student) gave me drugs and soup. It has been rather nice getting so much sleep, though I still feel really tired when I wake up. Here's hoping this thing is gone by Monday.

Today was an amazing day. I finally finished my poster for the BMES conference. Everyone whose seen it so far has been really impressed, so I'm excited! I'm presenting next Thursday and all sorts of amazing people will be there. Also, I returned my overdue library book and the cute librarian was very confused because even though it stated clearly on his computer that my book was late, and I told him it was, there was also clearly no fine. Even though it only would have been a dime, it was still a pretty awesome end to my day.

In contrast, yesterday was absolutely awful. I went to argue with the biggest jerk of a professor I've ever met for points. I think I might have mentioned him on here before, the guy is ridiculous. He apparently likes teaching, because he teaches three really hard BioE classes, but he talks down to anybody. So of course when I went to argue with him, I was expecting him to insult me. What I didn't expect him to do is basically not listen to a single word I said. What made it worse to me was that I've been defending him to my friends since last semester, since I've never met someone who likes him and I felt he deserved to be defended. I ended up tearing up while I was talking to him out of complete frustration, leaving as quickly as I could, and then bursting into loud tears in the library. I felt incredibly pathetic for breaking down like that, though it was nice that a bunch of people in the library came over to comfort me. I don't know if it's good or bad that even now I can't completely dismiss him as a bad person - he just seems incapable of understanding why we all dislike him so much, so I can't dislike him without feeling really guilty about it.

since I've seen this lj post an entry page! Sorry for disappearing, it's been busy. Apparently my last post was final's week which wasn't even a month ago, but it feels like ages. Probably because I'm already so tired from this semester even though it's only 4 weeks in. Had my first midterm today, in cell bio 2, and as usual my boss was amused by me jumping around like a spazz afterwards to make sure all my answers were correct. I missed one question that I know of, but it went well enough, I'm pretty pleased. 3 more midterms next week and 2 the week after. Anyways, cell bio is lots of fun since me and my boss are both professionally in love with one of my professors. I think he's really funny in the dorkiest way possible, and according to my boss he turned down an offer from Harvard to do research at Pitt. He also has frog eggs, so she's ecstatic. My BioE pals and I like to make fun of his hair, which is falling out, but I've paid him the biggest compliment I can to a teacher: I have not fallen asleep for a single one of his lectures so far.

I haven't really had time to socialize with anyone lately, but I've been getting entertainment where I can:

"What do you think of the tension in this long, stiff member?"
-courtesy of my statics and mechanics of materials prof

Also:
John: I don't like it.
Laura: Do you just not like it because it's too long?
John: Well... yeah.
Laura: (with an air of superiority) I've seen longer.
Adam: *cracks up* You've seen longer...
Laura: *looks confused, then* Oh grow up! It's an equation!
-from Biothermo study group today

My current playlist consists of two songs:
Gee - Girl's Generation
Don't Say Goodbye - DBSK

They're both fantastic, but in very different ways, so it's sort of crazy switching between the two. Don't Say Goodbye is a beautiful ballad, and Gee is pure sugar. But you all have to listen to both! I'll upload the mp3s if anyone wants, because they're so fantastic. And those DBSK boys are so handsome, all the time, which doesn't hurt at all. <3

This jdrama season, watching 4 dramas. *headdesk* Of course, the semester I vow to just watch one, Japan comes out with all this stuff I want to watch. Kami no Shizuku is an obvious choice for me, because, Kame! His haircut is great and he looks so handsome in his suit, though the actual storyline isn't really captivating me, unfortunately. There's also Uta no Oniisan and Mei-chan no Shitsuji which are quite addictive so far. Especially Mei-chan, though Uta no Oniisan has a lot of promise. Everyone should give Mei-chan no Shitsuji a try, since it features the wonderful Mizushima Hiro as the lovely Eikura Nana's hot butler. I really like his voice, even more than I did in Zettai Kareshi, and I swear he has somehow gotten even more attractive. I can't believe there was a time that I thought he wasn't pretty (during all of Hana Kimi, to be exact). I take it all back. Also, I'm trying to watch Love Shuffle, though I'm waiting for subs so no opinion on that one yet. I doubt much bad can come of Karina, Chiaki-sempai, and Soujirou switching relationships with each other though, and I'm told it's quite clever (though it makes me a little nervous that the theme song is by Earth, Wind & Fire). I'm keeping up with everything the only way I can... putting it on my mp3 player and watching on the hour long commute to school each way.

Other than that, just studying a lot, I guess. Happy belated Chinese New Year to everyone! (And Christmas and New Year too, wow, I managed to miss all the holidays.) This year my dad's birthday was on Chinese New Year, so I got him a card and left him a message in Chinese saying "Happy Birthday, I hope you have good health this year." He went all, "What do you mean this year?! I'm always in good health!" And we all laughed at him because the last time he was sick (kidney stone) 2 years ago, he went to the ER and got it removed and driven home by a guy from work, all without telling us. We might have never known, except that my mom asked him to fix the car that night and he immediately yelled "What are you talking about, I almost died today!!!" Silly daddy. Playing a piano version of the Butterfly Lovers Concerto for Pitt's Chinese American Student Association Chinese new year celebration next Saturday, if anyone is interested in going. Kind of nervous for that, since they're giving me a keyboard to play on, and I don't know what it's going to sound like on there until the day of the performance. Oh well. Also, going to see the CLO Cabaret's 'I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change!' on Sunday with Krissy and RJ, should be fun.

I hope everyone is doing well, I'm trying to stay in touch with people, but it's proving difficult since my schedule blocks out nearly everything and my parents pick me up as soon as I finish classes every day and then I have too much homework to put off. Hopefully next year I'll actually be near campus again on the weekends.

My class schedule and weekly work hours, if anyone ever needs it for one reason or another.
( Spring 2009 Schedule )

Popped into work today to say hi:
Katy: Hey you! Are you a free person yet?
me: Not yet! One more!
Katy: I heard you killed the programming final.
me: I did!
Katy: So what's tomorrow?
me: ... physics.
Katy: ... there are donuts in the lounge.

Summary of this week:
Monday - Engineering Computing Final - fairly easy, 94%
Tuesday - Physics Lab Final - not bad, and not too concerned... my grade with a 0 on the final would be an 89%
Wednesday - Neuroscience - brain breakage. hoping for high B? *crosses fingers*
Thursday - Cell Bio - more brain breakage. Felt nauseated through the entire exam... may have been because of the test content, may also have been because I hadn't eaten for 18 hours.
Friday - Linear Algebra - good! probably a high-90s grade, unless I did something really stupid
and tomorrow - Physics.

Kevin has been keeping me sane all week, but unfortunately his last final was today so he won't be keeping me company at the library tonight. :( I've been in the engineering library all week, but stupidly they're closing at 5 today, as if people don't have Saturday finals! A little annoyed at that, but in any case, the Hillman is practically deserted, so I might stay until some obscene hour tonight drinking in my physics book.

... and still, strangely, this is kind of exhilirating.

Dear Santa... Dear Santa, This year I've been busy! Last Friday I donated bone marrow to vintagephoenix in a life-saving procedure (300 points). Last Wednesday I gave donhcd a kidney (1000 points). In February I saved a busload of nuns in Angola (326 points). Last Thursday I punched volatiledebacle in the arm (-10 points). In September I had a shoot-out with rival gang lords on the 5 near LA (-76 points). Overall, I've been nice (1540 points). For Christmas I deserve a new bike! Sincerely, animefreak42

Write your letter to Santa! Enter your LJ username:

Haha, I love how I save lives and then randomly get violent.

This week was really strange in that for the first time in a long time, there are no major exams. I still have the usual 4 quizzes a week (in computing, cell bio, physics 2, and physics lab), but the lack of MIDTERM 25% OF YOUR FINAL GRADE is really nice.

Also, this week I had a social life! Yesterday night I went to see the film Cherry Blossoms with a friend. It's a German film set in Japan, and it was definitely one of the best movies I have ever seen. Everyone in the world should watch it. Tonight I'm going to the Symphony with another friend. The concert is Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 4 and Bruckner's Symphony No. 4. The pianist is Garrick Ohlsson, whose name I recognize, but I've never heard him play. Part of the program is a dessert reception with him for Pitt students, so that should be cool. Manfred Honeck is conducting, and I loved the last concert I went to that he conducted (Joshua Bell + a Mahler symphony = awesome). I'm excited!

Nora and I are sort of looking for apartments for next semester, which is exciting as well. I'm making enough from the lab to pay the monthly bills myself if my parents won't pay for it, though they'll probably insist on paying for it even if they don't want me to leave. No more hour long bus rides to school sounds fantastic.

I've also started reading my old Chinese textbooks, more seriously than I used to. It's nice to know that I do remember a lot of the characters if I actually think about them. Gives me a lot of time with mom too, which makes her happy.

Finals week will be a marathon, a final a day for all 6 days of the week. I'm so excited though, it's set up perfectly for me to do my best on each one, since I do my best studying for a test the 24 hours before the exam, and this case I'll have practically no other choice.

I feel like this semester was really fulfilling. Even if I didn't spend as much time with friends as I wanted to, and even if I didn't get as much sleep as I wanted to... I feel like this semester, I became a much better, independent person. It's nice being happy with myself without needing anyone else to compliment me for a change. This semester, I started to recover the old thirst I had for learning. I know I'm going to be successful, and it's going to be fantastic.

 It's 8:45 and I'm at home. I should not be that excited over this, but I am. I haven't been at home before 9 on any day other than Friday since school started. It's a little weird that I feel like it's really early now.

Talked to the neurosci advisor today, and she thinks my plan is totally possible. Excited!

( This is my schedule for next semester. )

 :/ That's my new motto for this semester, seriously. I know full well I am trying to do too much at the same time, but I also know that I won't change anything so I'll just have to deal with it.

( just complaining )

 After working there for over 5 months, I finally got my picture on the website! http://www.cbi.pitt.edu/staff/index.html Not the greatest picture ever, but all the staff pictures are kind of terrible so I suppose it could be worse. :)

If you click on that link, you should follow up by clicking the link that says Gallery, because OMGCELLSARESOCOOL. I love my job so much.

I don't think I ever actually explained what I do on the job... basically I grow cells, feed them and keep them alive, which is the daily part of it. I used to be in charge mostly of one cell line, the hmecs (human microvascular endothelial cells), except that about a month ago the -80 C freezer wasn't cold enough so all the hmecs in reserve died. So now I'm working on the two other cells lines we grow, the dermals and hTERTs, which are a lot prettier than the hmecs, though I kind of miss the charming ugliness of the hmecs. Other than that, depending on the day and what's going on, I can do a lot of other things with cells (growing them on or inside different matrices, starving them, killing them, staining them pretty colors, etc). Also, one of my big things is taking pictures of them, like the pictures in the gallery on the website. Then I analyze where certain colors are (because the colors represent locations of certain proteins or other cell parts, depending) with this ridiculously expensive technology our lab has (something like 100000 or 1 million dollars a year for it, I forget). Other than that, there's some menial work, like aliquoting new bottles of things, which is kind of irritating when you have a 200 uL bottle and have to make it into 40 tiny tubes of 5 uL each, but it's all a lot of fun. The problem lately is that it's more fun than homework so I end up slacking off a bit, but as far as work problems go, that's not really a bad one.

Life lately: went over Kevin's twice this week to exchange media (he gave me jrock and a gazillion dark Japanese movies, I gave him a documentary (The Great Happiness Space, about Japanese host clubs). Monday I went over after work since we had school off, and it was a little awkward since Mike came home in the middle of it to make dinner, and he ended up offering me rice so the three of us had a very strange dinner together. I was kind of a ditz for the whole thing (they have a weird microwave and I couldn't figure out how to make it stop beeping!), but they both found it amusing so I guess it's okay. Kevin has the same sense of humor Mike does, except he doesn't accidentally insult people in the process of making jokes like Mike does. In any case, it's very comfortable being around him, he's picked up by now that mentioning Mike makes me a little strange, so he doesn't, and everything is good.

Life today:
1) Work is absolutely phenomenal. It makes me ridiculous happy, I'm pretty sure that if I'd tried every job in the world for a week, this would still be my favorite. The pay isn't so phenomenal, but as I'm not really saving for anything or need money, so it's pretty fine with me. And the people are amazing amazing amazing. New student worker Erin from Bucknell makes my life happier, she is so sweet and we cooperate amazingly. We never run out of things to talk about and I love her a lot a lot. I think I will be very sad when she has to leave. Have been doing a lot of immunoflourescence microscopy, which is awesome awesome awesome. I love it to bits and the pictures come out so pretty it blows my mind. Foreskin tissue is so gorgeous, you have no idea. Will post pictures sometime!
2) My western civ class is almost over. I am really behind on my study guide, but I'm sure if doing it properly fails, I can always resort to Wikipedia.
3) I am thinking about picking up another job to maybe do nights once class is over? This is probably an incredibly stupid idea, seeing as I get little enough done at home as it is. On the upside, even if I had more time, I probably still wouldn't get anything done, and this way I'll get nothing done but have more money on hand so I wouldn't feel guilty about buying myself a couple pretty dresses to wear around at work, since everyone at work gets pretty excited when I dress up.
4) Had lunch with Davey and his mom in Oakland today! Very exciting, I hardly ever see people I know in Oakland during work and I'm too lazy to seek them out. The waiter at Primantis thought we were both his mom's children or something and only gave us one bill instead of asking like he did at the other two tables around us. I was a little amused. Imagine, me and Davey-poo, brother and sister! The world amuses me sometimes.
Overall: Still angsting frequently, but otherwise very happy?

Decided to go through with the dual degree in neuroscience and bioengineering.

Spent all of today feeling kind of miserable because of a really bad headache. I don't often get them... actually, I never get them, so I was just kind of freaking out and wondering at what terrifically bad luck it is to get such a bad headache during midterm time. And so I was contemplating not going to judo, because the headache was making me feel dizzy as well and I was worried I was going to end up passing out or something. But I decided to go anyway, and now after 2 hours of being thrown down on a mat, I feel fantastic. *shrug* Maybe that's just what I needed? Grand Master Kim made me throw my partner in front of the class today and told me I was coming along very well... he seems to like me a lot. Maybe because I'm Asian? Whatever it is, it makes me happy, though it also means he picks on me more than other people.

FNS. <3 yamaperfection is so awesome for uploading it despite how busy she is.
NEWS - weeeek

• Wow, Ryo is short.
• That jacket Tegoshi is wearing... it looks funny. The way the front is cut somehow makes him look fat and the blue clashes weird with his orangey hair. Yamapi's vest is amazing though, and his hair looks great, makes me excited for the Kurosagi movie. The rest of them look very good as well.
  
• I can't believe how much I've missed this song. And NEWS can really, really sing. Great performance, so energetic!
• I really like ayaka... Mike will disagree about her awesomeness because he's so into Utada these days but... her voice! And I'm a sucker for songs with only piano in the background.

Arashi - Love So Sweet

• I love it when they wear jeans with formal wear on top... Matsujun is wearing a bow tie! They look so ridiculously good. And the hip chains, Arashi has given me such a fetish for those.
• Very energetic as usual! Like everyone else in the world, it makes me miss HYD.
• Matsujun cannot sing. >.< But he's so good looking, it's kind of a moot point anyways. Jury's still out on Aiba's new haircut, I kind of liked his long woman-hair.

Hey!Say!JUMP - Ultra Music Power

• I can't say I've heard this song before... I'm not really a fan of Hey!Say!Jump, but I'm not particularly against them either. It's not crazy catchy like some Johnny's songs are, but cheery enough.
• I wish they'd left off the feathers. The white looks so good, why did they have to add feathers?!
• The dance that goes with the song is cool, though it seems to accent the ridiculous age difference between the members. Chinen is so tiny!
• I have to say... I was really only watching for Chinen and Yuto. Chinen because he's adorable and Yuto because he's practically Kame's little brother. I've said it before and I'll say it again... he's so tall now! Anyone know if he's taller than Ryo yet? That would amuse me so much.

In other news, hyperexcited for Kame's new drama. He's so muscular now! To quote Meisa, "Very hard." Hehe. The magazine pics have been adorable, I can't wait to see how he pulls off this role when he's clearly not a binge eater. He'll do it somehow though, I'm sure.

Also, not that I've been particularly active lately anyhow, I'm hiatusing from LJ until 12 PM next Friday when my last final is over... it's far too easy to avoid studying by checking my flist every couple minutes. Good luck to everyone else taking finals now.

Good day.

1. CARTOON KAT-TUN YOU TOUR DVD?!
2. Yukan Club tomorrow! How bad is it that I have KEEP THE FAITH stuck in my head and I've only heard those 15 seconds of it in the background from that preview? And again I feel bad that I'm more excited for blond playboy! Junno than I am for Jin. Still totally can't buy computer genius! Jin because um, his nickname is Bakanishi.
3. Ran through my recital piece with my piano teacher today, she says I'm completely on top of it and there's nothing really she can tell me to improve. Which is awesome, hopefully I won't mind blank in the end, hopefully my mother will enjoy it. Mike's already heard me play the song at least a couple times, but it'll be nice to have him there in case my mother decides to lecture me. Apparently my dad's angry because I dropped my actuarial math major, switched it to a math minor, and dropped my actuarial math class. I'm still taking a much heavier workload than most freshman and taking all upperclassmen classes, but it's not like that matters to my parents. And my mother has the gall to end her email with 'I hope you are not doing this because you are dating!' But this doesn't even really faze me, because:
4. Mike is clearly trying to make me crazy because we went to his uncle's bowling birthday party today, but instead of going bowling we went to the park and played football with THE 9 MOST ADORABLE KIDS IN THE WORLD EVER and Mike was cuter than all of them. Very difficult keeping my rational side in control and realizing that no, it would not be a good idea to kiss him in front of his uncle while my irrational side was screaming to have his children so I can watch him play with them, my god, too adorable for words. It also kills me that I'm doing a darn good job of keeping myself from kissing him in public but he keeps breaking his own rule for me.
5. And he's currently sprawled out on the couch across from me studying. Mmm, life is so good.

You know what's really annoying? When you only have one contact in and every time you tilt your head too far in a certain direction, everything goes out of focus. *sigh* This has brought to my attention that I really need to cut my bangs, because as much as I like them almost Kame-length, I kind of can't see. D:

School is getting crazy, I'll probably spend all day today attempting to study. I've a Japanese Society midterm at 6 which should be nothing (30 essay questions, but each "essay" is 2-3 sentences), but next week I have a Calc III midterm on Wednesday and a Chem II midterm on Friday, another Calc test and Econ midterm the next week, and an actuarial math midterm the Tuesday after that. I suppose the good thing about all this is that I'll be done with all the important tests by October 18th which is my piano recital, and that'll be nice. I'm scared out of my mind for the actuarial math exam though, I'm totally not ready for it, my mind is always in a daze in that class because everything goes so fast and the other students are all at least 4 years older than me and as much as I should probably be used to it, it's pretty intimidating. *sigh* I need to get a hold of myself. On the bright side, there's CASA skit practice tonight, slapping Mike multiple times should be fun. I'm looking forward to seeing what dress they make him wear.

Finally got around to seeing the Hana Kimi and Yamataro finales this week. So good! I can't believe they're both over. Hee, the image of Shirota Yuu, Oguri Shun and Ikuta Toma in dresses will probably never fully leave my mind. And aww, Mimura, Yamada, and Takako should room together in college so Mimura can be sexy and plotty with the both of them like he always does. Also Mimura should major in flower arrangment, just because. Oh Sho, never stop wearing black. If there is one thing I will always take with me from Yamataro, it is that all guys look really, really good in black. Anyways, trying to resist starting any more dramas until Yuukan Club. I am looking more forward to yellow haired Junno than I am to Jin, is that bad?

Plans for the weekend: cosmic bowling Friday night, Pirates game Saturday, and homework all the rest. Wow, I'm exciting. Hope everyone's doing well! <3

This has been just about the greatest weekend ever, and I've spent just about the entire thing with Mike. I'm typing this up now in his room on his laptop while he's asleep on the bed, which feels a little strange. Just for my own reference:

Time with Mike this weekend:
Friday: 2AM-9AM, 1-2PM, 6-11:59PM
Saturday: 12AM-4AM, 4PM-11:59PM
Sunday: 12AM-3PM, 6PM-8PM, 10-now

Wow. It's kind of hilarious to me that he's become something of a fixture in my room, he's probably there more than my roommates are at this point. We got up to episode 6 of Hana Yori Dango Returns last night, and he was just as entranced as I was by that awesome, awesome scene where Domyouji falls on top of Makino with Hanazawa Rui on the phone and Shigeru walks in and !!!!! It's pretty amazing to have an obviously straight guy fangirling with you on jdrama, I love that he enjoys this stuff even while he's not getting the appreciation from the pretty boys like I am. Also, he likes Arashi! All of you wish you had a friend like Mike.

Part of our conversation at dinner today:
Mike: So what's his name again, the guy you're in love with?
me: Kazuya. But everyone calls him Kame.
Mike: Oh, right, that's the name of your laptop.
me: Yes! Oh, it's funny, I realized after I named my laptop Kame that Kame means turtle, probably not the best idea on my part.
Mike: Ahaha, so when you turn on the computer every morning, you're getting on Kame.
me: ......... *hit*
Mike: Ahahahahaha, you have to admit, that was good.
me: ... fine, but you still needed to be hit for that. Now I'm going to have weird thoughts every time I turn on my laptop.
Mike: *laughs harder*
me: *kicks* shutup.

From last night around 5 AM:
me: *takes out Nyquil and gulps down 30 mL*
Mike: *reads bottle and starts cracking up*
me: What?
Mike: It's good thing your mom bought this, because I'm not sure you would have been allowed to.
me: What? *looks at label* [10% Alcohol]
Mike: Haha, so how do you like your drink?
me: *kick*

So, for Chinese club, I signed Mike up to do a skit with Krissy and I for the autumn moon festival. It's called "My Mooncake Brings All the Boys to the Yard" and it's completely hilarious. Convinced Mike to play Man1 because Man1 is the one who gets slapped by Girl1 and has to crossdress at the end. Yessss. Obviously, I volunteered for Girl1, and so now I'm looking very forward to Thursday night when we're practicing the skit for the hour, which means I'll probably get to slap Mike 6 times or so. He actually said he'd refuse the role unless I got to play the girl who slapped him, because I guess he's comfortable with me abusing him? I don't know, but I've already slapped him twice, I'm having way too much fun with this.

Also, Eliz and Davey came over to visit yesterday afternoon, which was wonderful. I've missed you both so much! *glomps* Now I just have to wait for everyone else I love to get around to visiting me too. *pokes*

Mmm, just have econ to do for tonight, it should be the weekend all the time.

Score 2 for me, I've gotten Krissy and Mike addicted to Hana Yori Dango. Krissy is now madly in love with Hanazawa Rui (her first Asian crush!). I'm kind of surprised with how much Mike likes it, but he thinks Makino is cute and Domyouji is the most awesome character ever and that's really all you need. He has proclaimed that it's better than anything on American tv, which is so, so true. Friday night we marathoned HYD until 5 AM when Krissy fell asleep since she had work in the morning, while Mike and I talked for another hour about absolutely nothing. My dorm is really convenient for late night movie parties since the two rooms shoot off from a living room so it doesn't bother my roommates if we have the speakers on all night. So, of course, Mike calls me up the next night for studying and finishing up the last 2 episodes of HYD, we do homework from 11-2 and then finish up HYD at 4.

There's something very real and beautiful about 4 AM. I don't know what it is, but somehow right at that time as it turns from being late night to early morning, suddenly everything is clear and the problems of the day fade away into nothingness. Your body goes past the stage of tiredness to a sense of hyperalertness. It's also the time when you can say anything to anyone and blame it on tiredness the next day, even when you know it wasn't because of that.

Just got back from another study session with Mike... woke up at 3 and did work by myself until 4, when I realized he was probably still up and he was, so we worked until 7:45 when he decided he should probably take a nap since he's gone 27 hours without sleep. We're going out for breakfast in another hour before we have our first classes. Spending time with him is really relaxing, since our minds work in the exact same way, and there just aren't that many people you can call up at any time of night to study with. Krissy is sort of trying to set us up except not really... I'm fine with things just as they are. A relationship with him would definitely be fun, and we wouldn't have the problem he's had with previous girlfriends that we wouldn't spend time together, seeing we're spending pretty much every night together, but we're both putting schoolwork over relationships for the time being. *shrug* Other than that, first financial math quiz today, first Calc III quiz tomorrow. I am so frustrated that my math classes are my hardest ones, it feels like something has to be wrong with the universe for that to happen. Also, I have this terrible cough which refuses to go away, so I'm not feeling all too confident about anything right now. Wish me luck!

Aww, Junno has a dating rumor! I was kind of amused with how fandom is all supportive of him dating but get angry and depressed when Kame and Jin have rumors... but then I realized my reaction was pretty much the same. I still kind of hope this isn't true though, that guest on cartoon KAT-TUN was so cute with him! And, and, Junno is prettier than her. >.<

And Kame is saying 'I love you' to Leah Dizon on next week's cartoon KAT-TUN, but he basically says it to his hand because he's embarrassed and awkward and adorable and cracks up immediately afterwards and he says it in English which makes it automatically 5 thousands times more awesome because I have such a thing for him speaking English. I WANT CONTEXT. I capped because I am weak. I've learned that I have absolutely no problem with Kame flirting with girls on tv because he looks so good doing it. He looks pretty worn out in the DB07 tv interview, but he looks energized on stage? DB07 is looking just as ridiculous as previous years, I couldn't help but laugh at how I am now completely unaffected by shots of Kame flying with flowers even though he's supposed to be a boxer. I'm so happy Pi came to support him at the performance today, I'm sure things like that must energize him. And the setlist for the postshow performances is awesome; they'd better release this on CD because I am dying over the multiple Kame/Koki duets. But I am still worried! For the icebreaker at the Chinese Club meeting today I got "If you could speak to anyone in the world who would it be?" and take a wild guess who I said. *slaps self* Ahaha, I am pathetic.