July 27, 2004

Goddamnit. They havent even been here for a week and I'm just about ready to go and shoot them. I know I sound really horrible and evil right now, but they're seriously getting on my nerves.

First of all, I'd like to mention how fucking loud the two of them snore. The first couple of days, I had to run to the couch because I'd been awake for about four fucking hours, just listening to the goddamn snoring. He was just about as loud as my alarm clock. I'm not exaggerating. And from the couch, you could still hear him. And it was still pretty loud too. But it's okay, because for the first two days I still had somewhere to run to so that the majority of the snoring was blocked out. But then, he moved to the couch. They said that they wanted me to stay in the bed, beacuse my mom, (stupidly) told them about how much I complained over the snoring, so grandpa left to sleep on the couch. You'd think I'd be happy, but...

Grandma snored too. Just as loud. So last night, I got no sleep. None. NONE. So I went to sleep as soon as they got up. And I just woke up right now. Sure, this is okay during the summer, but when school comes, I'm going to suffer. Alot. And they're going to stay until October. Goddamn. I'm going to die.

And yesterday...my mom decided to take them to ikea. And of course, she had to drag me along. About three times during the trip, we had to go back and take them to the bathroom. They didnt know english, so we couldnt leave them alone. In addition to that, they also talked really, really loud. That might not sound like much, but they were practically shouting. People were eyeballing us. The worst part is, while we were in the kid's department, you know, the place with all the pretty little stuffed animals and stuff? Grandpa decided to take a fart. Right infront of a poor little seven or eight year old kid. He didnt know it of course, but I saw that poor child make a face and run away. Do you know how fucking embarrassing that is?! Do you know!?

And now my mom's starting to regret sending them over. This morning she started complaining about her mom, and when she was my age, how retarded and horrible and evil her mom was and how she's sick of them being here and how they're messing up the kitchen and how bad they both smell. Wonderful.
                     GODDAMNIT! @ 01:44 p.m.

July 22, 2004

Ugh. Just came back from the airport. Spent 3 hours waiting for them just to go through all that crap that you have to go through when you arrive in some other country. That's right. Spent 3 goddamn hours just standing in the same place. Killer for your legs I tell you. I'm pretty sure I built some muscle just from that alone.

You know what's really retarded though? Right from the beginning, my mom and grandma were already getting off at a bad start. They were staying away from eachother as far as possible. It's so awkward. First of all, just from being with these people that I havent seen ever in my life. Well, technically, I've seen them when I was a baby, but c'mon. I was a goddamn baby. Now I have to be treated to these retarded stories about how I was when I was a kid, and how fat I was, and how annoying I was, and some really embarrassing stories that I would never write on this goddamn blog.

I'm hungry.
                     GODDAMNIT! @ 07:51 p.m.

July 20, 2004

Ugh. I'm ready to scream. If anyone gets on my nerves today, I swear, I'll kill them. I'm not kidding.

Guess what I just found out?! My grandparents are coming for the summer. Well, technically, they're going to stay until October. Do you know what that means?! Do you know?! When my mom said those words, she might as well have said: "That's right Tina! No more social life for you! Now youre going to have to stay home and take care of them and if you do try to leave, they might die and then its going to be your fault because they were so worried about you that they had a heart attack and died. Harharhar."

First of all, we live in an apartment. And a small apartment. Theres not enough room for all of us. If they come, then its going to be pretty goddamn crowded. Secondly, my mom told me that she's going to force me to go on these "family outings" with them. I'll tell you why that's so horrible later on. Thirdly, I dont know a word of chinese. Well, I understand it, but I cant speak it, because it comes out in a jumble of different dialects. This basically means, I'll be saying one word in shanghai-nese or however you spell it, and the next word in mandarin, and the next in cantonese. And my mom knows this. How does she expect me to talk to them? Fourthly, it's on such short notice. They called yesterday and they're going to be here on the 22nd. That's two goddamn days. Not counting yesterday because they called at night. They could have at least given us a week or something to prepare, but no, of course not. And finally, my mom hates her mom's (grandma's) guts. Everytime they're on the phone, you can hear them arguing. In fact, this morning, she was talking with uncle, and all she did was scream and scream about grandma. Which is the only reason I'm up so early. Infront of other people, they act all normal, but when you get them alone...its hell. It'd be even worse if they came here, so...yeah. I'm going to be dead for the whole summer.
                     GODDAMNIT! @ 10:47 a.m.