Justin Bieber makes me cry, too.

This is a few months old, and you may have seen it already, but I just saw it in its entirety for the first time not too long ago. Fucking hilarious. I can't embed it, but here's the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTCm8tdHkfI

If everything goes right, I'm hoping to do a parody of it with my friend...currently trying to write a script of sorts. :D

:D

Alrighty, so I'm gonna put off finishing up my English paper for just a few minutes cause I feel like writing a blog entry real quick. Oh, just in case you're wondering, my English assignment is to take one of the plays we've read in class this semester (it's a Shakespeare class) and describe, in 5-6 pages, how we would adapt it into a different genre. So I'm taking Othello and placing it into the context of Feudal Japan. It's supposed to be double spaced, but I think I'm going to see if I can get away with 2.5 space...Do you think the teacher will notice? Hmm.

The other thing I wanted to mention was the success of the meal I cooked earlier tonight, haha. I decided I wanted to try cooking something Korean, so I found a recipe online for something called "bulgogi" (lit. "fire meat"). you take soy sauce, sugar, white onions, green onions, pepper, sesame oil, and garlic, and mix them together in a bowl. then, you take thinly sliced strips of beef sirloin and put them into the bowl, and marinate it in the fridge for several hours. then, you put some sesame oil in a frying pan and fry it up. then, you take a piece of red leaf lettuce, put some meat in it, along with some "ssam jang" (which is soybean paste, red chili paste, garlic, green onions, red chilis for added spice, and a little sesame oil all mixed together) dabbed on top of it, then you fold the leaf together all nice and then stuff it in your mouth. And it's freaking DELICIOUS. My mom had some, and I could tell that she was surprised by how good it was. She kept coming back for seconds and thirds, lol. She told me she didn't think that putting meat like that together with lettuce would taste so good, but it did. I told her that I thought if it was regular lettuce, then it probably wouldn't have, since most lettuce is very watery, but the read leaf lettuce isn't watery like most lettuce is. Anyways, I just wanted to brag about how happy I am that it turned out to tasty. I've got a lot of leftover meat and lettuce, so I'm going to make some more ssam jang tomorrow and eat it for lunch. :D

OK, I'm gonna get back to my paper now. I have less than a page to go (going by 2.5 spacing, anyways, haha)! Wish me luck on it, maybe I'll actually get to sleep for an hour or two ^_^;


EDIT: Nope. No sleep :'(

I don't really have anything interesting to say.

I just thought I'd announce it.

...Actually, I do have a funny story to tell. In Japanese class, we're starting a new chapter, on "shopping." Today was the first day we started it, and Sensei was showing us a bunch of pictures of different stores, so we could learn the names of the stores in Japanese. Well, he got the the picture of the kusuri-ya (drugstore/pharmacy), and I thought to myself that it would be really funny if, upon closer inspection of the photo, you could see condoms in it. 2 seconds later, Sensei flips the photo around to look at it, and says "Wow...in all my years of teaching this, I've never noticed THIS before...Everybody look closely, what does this say?" Sticking out from one of the shelves was a sign that said, in Katakana (Engrish, if you will) "kondaamu." If there was any doubt that I was psychically gifted before, there sure as heck isn't now! hurr hurr! >_<

And that, everyone, was the highlight of my day.

Little Kitten(s) Lost

So, last Thursday, we let Mama Cat and Boyo outside. Not a big deal; all the cats go outside at some point or another (except for Bear, unless he is under supervision), and then come back in. Mama Cat spends 75% of her time outside, because she doesn't really like being around the other cats, never mind that she's the one that frickin' spawned them, and Boyo gets really annoying and cries and scratches at the door unless you let him out. But they always come back after a couple of hours.

Well, they haven't come back. Which is weird - really, really weird. Because about 2 months ago we let Napoleon out because he doesn't like the other cats either, and he never came back. We were sad, but chalked it up to him being an ungrateful little bastard and moved on. Now, we have 2 cats that went missing at the same time. I highly doubt that both of them got hit by cars. It's possible that someone decided to take them in, because they are both very friendly towards people, but if that's the case, the people who did were really really mean because the cats had collars on - clearly they were already marked as being owned - although they didn't have tags, because we've never had to worry. So now I'm starting to wonder if there is someone in the neighborhood that is poisoning cats. I really don't know. But I'm really sad that they are gone. I hope they come back. Boyo lets me use him as a pillow when I go to sleep. :(

Anyways, so today when I was talking to my mom (I originally called to let her know my final exam schedule) she mentioned that she and Leanna had been to the animal shelter to see if they had been brought in. If they were, they weren't there; it would have been too soon for them to be euthanized so if they did pass through then they might have been adopted out since they are both cute and friendly. Or they might not have been brought in at all. So, all of a sudden, my mom says "Do you want to talk to Leanna?" and I, not really having anything to say to Leanna (not out of meanness, I just didn't have anything I needed to talk to her about, you know?) say "umm no not really..." but my mom just said "ok here let me get Leanna on...Leanna! pick up the other phone!..." and meanwhile I'm just sitting in my chair like wtf? Ok, something is definitely going on...Leanna tells me how they're at the shelter looking for Mama and Boyo but they weren't there...blah blah blah...so then I ask, "Leanna, did you guys adopt a cat from the shelter or something?"

Dead silence on the phone, from both my mom (who was still on the line from the phone in her room) and Leanna (using the phone in the kitchen). The short answer is: yes.

Apparently, the cat is about 8 months old and was brought in as a stray. Leanna says it has longish hair. I immediately asked if it was a calico cat, since Leanna had always been saying how much she's wanted a calico cat, but she said no it wasn't calico, it's something called "tortoiseshell," which basically means that it's black with spatters of orange in it, and sometimes a little bit of white but the white isn't required to be considered tortoiseshell. They said they will pick her up from the shelter on Thursday because they will spey her first. Leanna said the cat's name is "Zin" but we all agreed that needs to be changed. Any ideas, anyone? I sort of like "Zia," but maybe that's just me...(I looked it up, and apparently it's Arabic for "light." Kind of cool, no?) I haven't seen what the cat actually looks like myself, though. Leanna's tried sending me a picture but for some reason it just won't come through on my end... :( Anyways, help me brainstorm some names!

Today reminded me

of just why I decided not to become a doctor after all. All they care about is flushing you out as fast as possible.

Shiiiiiit.

So, I've been on my antibiotics for nearly 2 weeks now. Things seemed to be going okay, the rashy things were all gone, but I was finishing the pills as is required. Suddenly, they've reappeared - some on my leg, some on my forearm, and I think a couple under my chin (I know it's superficial, but I don't want them on my face!!). I called my mom to tell her about the sudden resurgence, and she's going to call the doctor early tomorrow morning to try and get me in tomorrow. But what sucks about this doctor's office is, we've been going there for 15 years, and every time we make an appointment they can never seem to get us in when we need to (which is right away). So basically I'm freaking out that they can't get me in for another week, while in the meantime my condition worsens. I'm freaking out that at this point, I'm going to end up in the hospital with IV-drip antibiotics. Which means I'd miss school (which wouldn't be so bad, except for Japanese). I'm freaking out that it's going to ruin my trip plans, now less than 2 months away. I'm freaking out that I'm freaking out. Literally, I was fine, until 2 hours ago. Fucking BLOWS, man.

On a side note, Frank (Jared, Rachel, you know Frank, but David, you probably don't) and I don't talk anymore, because he's a drunkie asswipe. I plan to do a whole post about it, but I'm too lazy right now. So probably tomorrow. I'm gonna go watch Spartacus instead.

Fucking BLOWS.

I just thought I'd announce

that I just shaved my legs and they feel awesome. Now I just need to find a cat to rub up against them :3