One whole week without the 'rents ^__^ Traci is very happy. No more "Traci, clean your room!" "why are you on the internet now?" "Go to bed!"...for a whole week anyway.

finished ep 26 of Wolf's Rain- the original ending. I'm glad that they are having four more episodes, although i think that they could have probably ended it there if they wanted to, and it would have been okay. A lot of people would disagree with me on that i guess, but it DOES end neatly.

Also went to my aunt's church this morning with my siblings. Remind me NEVER to go to a URC church again- very very boring. I learned nothing from the sermon, only that people in cults don't pray to God- well duh! I think next week i'll just stick to my own church, no matter how much gas my car eats up.
Speaking of cars, I'm stuck with the boat ALL week *sighs*

Anyway, got a new layout, kudos to jen=chan. If you're wondering, that IS Hisoka, it's a picture from the manga. he looks kawaii, ne? As always, good job omi ^^ and domo arigatou!!

well, have a great day!

Ja ne!

Anyway, christmas was....ok... the presents were nice. I didn't get that much this year, because i had to get that camera, but i don't really look forward to Christmas that much anymore, not for the present part anyway. I kind of wish i could have gone to church so i could feel something, but having a 10 o'clock (p.m.) service is kind of insane.

On the upside, i went shopping with megan-san yesterday. That was good. We went to Meijer and got "sparkling grape-juice" in an assortment of flavors, and went to Borders. Megan-san got a whole bunch of books and I got a new CCS manga. I got the 6th one, where Li FINALLY admits his feelings for Sakura (*fwaps syaoran* about time!). It was very kawaii ^^

Well, I'm off to work now, *frowns* seeya later minna!

JA

By the way minna, we need to all talk and figure out about New Year's. Maybe me and you could go shopping tomorrow megan-san? we're gonna need some grape juice ^^

JA

today has been okay so far. I went shopping all morning and went out to eat at China Buffet with my folks. Watched my dad once again diss chopsticks (I was using them to eat my rice). According to my mother, they are "primitive". *traci rolls eyes*. Stupid. And now i'm back here again, bored out of my wits. I would have done stuff with people tonight, demo, everyone is busy. I guess I could always watch more Wolf's Rain, but it's not fun watching anime alone.

Anyway, I hope everyone has a great Christmas. I'll be gone all of tomorrow at my Grandma's house. I'm getting my mp3 player there and my cousins' are getting DDR. Should be fun.

Well, have a great day everyone!

JA

Gomensai Megan-san, i know you told me to wait on Wolf's rain until new year's, but i couldn't help it. I just finished the fourth episode tonight. Would have finished more, but i decided to come home. gah! It is really good. Although Todoe (think that's his name) still freaks me out, he looks SO much like a girl. And I'm very addicted to "Stray" the opening, though i don't like how it starts ^^;;

Anyway, did a lot of tv watching today, my eyes hurt so bad because of that. Also, my stupid parents gave Sheila and Jon all the cds because i "use too many". Hah, wonder if they've ever taken a look at jon's cd holder. He's got a whole case full of cd-r. And i use so many. *snorts*. So i was mad and took a walk. I met laura and we ranted together. She was mad too, because her dad was being a jerk to her. We camped out at my place afterwards and had some hot cocoa. Then she went home. I really hope she's okay.....

After that, Justin came over and we spent the rest of the night watching Rain and ripping things from each others' computers. It's very nice having a ripping buddy ^^

Well, i'm gonna go now, my eyes are burning ;-;

JA

Well, it's off to bed with me, but before i go, here's some quiz results:

Red! Your eyes are red! You're a very distant
person, and you tend to hunger for power. In a
Manga, you'd be the sexy evil villan. Nothing
wrong with that, although you may want to think
about toning down the killing.

What Color Are Your Anime Eyes?
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Find your Role-Playing Stereotype at mutedfaith.com.

JA

Anyway, came home and had justin over for a bit. We ended up watching Escaflowne. He's hooked. He also doesn't like hitomi either. LOL. this was not done by my influence though. He thought she was stupid from the beginning.
Then after that, Michelle-chan came over and we went out to eat at China Buffet with our folks. Michelle and i left early, came home and watched Infinite Ryvius. Me likes that show, many nice looking guys ^^;; as well as some really cool girls. compra mas michelle-chan!! ^^;;

Also got to talk to majin this morning. He was unusually chatty, however, i think it's gonna take some time to re-strenghthen our relationship. We're at the "friendly" point right now. That's not exactly where i would want us to be, but it's better than nothing, ne?Well, i hope everyone has a great day ^_^

JA!

YES! Today is thursday! That means only one more day until it's finally over. and then break starts. I still have to work *frowns*, but at least it means i can sleep in finally. ^_^
Anyway, i have a spanish test tomorrow, and i must study, so i hope everyone has a great night!

JA!

Talked to my boss today (or one of them anyway). She asked me how i like my job. I said that i liked it, although really, if i found another job, i'd be out of there in a second LOL. There really is nothing too great about it- nothing but low pay and eternal boredom. LOL. Guess it's not TOO bad though. Least im not working with grease or something.

Well, i'm gonna go, I've ranted long enough ^^

JA

Oy, guess what happened. We got the illiana paper today and my dad FINALLY realized that i made the honor roll last report card, even though i told him so back a few months ago *rolls eyes*. Whatever. I don't really care. Making the honor roll isn't that big of a deal, especially since like 3/4 of the senior body made it. I'd say more, but then i'd get whacked over the head ^^;;;

Anyway, only three more days till we get out ^_^ yo estoy felice!!! I can't wait for winter break. Sleeping in, staying up late, sipping hot cocoa in front of the fireplace watching anime with friends. That is the life.

Well, have a great day everyone.

JA

I am the mission.

You're a mecha pilot!

You might be a sub-category of bishounen, but this hardly matters since you don't notice anything that didn't feature in the last edition of Guns'n'Ammo magazine. You have been trained since an unfeasibly early age to be a machine of death and destruction. If you've noticed an annoying girl following you around and repeatedly getting into danger and requiring rescue recently, run like hell - she's probably your love interest... Which generic anime character are you?

*blinks*

AHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAA!!!!

You're a villain!

...though you prefer to think of yourself as misunderstood. You know the world would be a better place if they'd only let you be in charge of it, and if they don't appreciate your genius by themselves you're willing to make them. You've got good hair, a secret base and an ambivalent relationship with the bishounen hero. You've got the money, the women, the best mecha and your own private army, but you still lose in the end to some jumped-up kid with spiky hair. There is no justice. Which generic anime character are you?

Oh YEAH! I'm the villan! *sets everything on fire* mwhahahahahahahahahaha!

That's all for today. No time to chat. Got lots of work!

JA

Today is a good day. We had coffee and that was fun. Also played my new videogame. I got Harvest Moon: Back to Nature for the ps. It's very addicting. Course HM64 was too, but this is a totally new world. It's all the same characters from Harvest Moon64, but all have different jobs and diff. families. There are a lot more festivals and the world that you're in is a lot different looking. There are a hundred more new things about it, but due to laziness, i'm not going to type them all in.

Speaking of laziness. I am sorry i didnt' update for the past two days. I have no real escuse other than i WAS lazy. Gomen sai minna-san!!

Anyway, George and Heather came over today too for supper. muy divertido. The baby is getting so big ^^. honto ni kawaii!!!! ^^

Yami quizzes! this is the first result:
You are Hisoka! OK, so you're a little pissed off.
Don't blame me, I didn't kill you.

Loki's Highly Inaccurate Yami no Matsuei Quiz!
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And this is the second:
You're Tsuzuki! Aren't you cute! Everybody loves
you, but that's not necessarily a good thing...

Loki's Highly Inaccurate Yami no Matsuei Quiz!
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No pictures! Baka quiz!
Why two results? Because i can MWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA-*coughs* Anyway, i hope everyon has a great day ^^

JA

A quiz. quizzes es muy divertida!

Anyway, we are now trying to figure out a schedule. Wish us luck, alright? or rather, pray that we get this all situated. It's a long and hard road, but i want to get through this on a good note. I don't want to lose one of the people i care most about in this world.
That is precisely why i'm fighting so much to make this work. Dont get me wrong, I don't think what i'm doing is bad, or that because this is so hard that it's not meant to be. Some relationships ARE very hard, but in the end it's more than worthit.
So as of right now, everything is a.o.k. We'll just have to see if what we discussed is merely words or if it gets put in effect. I know we will both have to work very hard to make that happen; but i think if we persevere, we may have a chance.

Let's all see how this works out from here

JA

Had work today, verrrryyy boring. However, i did read this "relationship book" and figured out where majin and i stood. We had just passed faze one, which i like to call, "the good faze" and are going through right now faze 2, "the bad faze". This is the faze where you start to loose interest in eachother. However, that's not the end. If you can get past faze 2, then that's really good. I think they were saying that faze 2 is the testing faze, but im not really sure.
Anyway, a lot of the suggestions were okay I guess, but nothing i can really do being that the person i have a relationship with lives a couple of thousand miles away *sighs*. But we'll see what happens...

well, i gotta go do some homework. Catch ya later

JA

Anyway, didn't do much tonight except work. *gags* I have two tests tomorrow, one in english, the other in Intel Rel. Of course there has to be two tests on the day "I" have work. There would be three, but i have a cop appointment tomorrow. ^^ I'm going to the Performing Arts Center on Ridge. It only gets me out of half of 6 and all of 7th, but that's cool; least i do get some time off.

Well, i gotto go study, catch you later

JA

Nothing much else happened for today, so i'm signing off for now. Ja minna

yesterday was a weird day. it was really good at first. Like i said, omi came over and we watched some of gravi and went out to eat at Kobe's. had some delicious chicken-on-a-stick thingies; and then went home and watched more gravi.
In the middle of the show (ok, it had 2 min. left), my friend Justin came over and stayed for a while. Something bad happened to him, but i won't say what; it's not in my place afterall. But he's okay and everything, so that's good. He's even going to church with me tomorrow O_o. he and his grandmother are. it's kinda weird feeling, you know? they say to bring people to church and stuff, like it's all normal...but how many times does something like this actually happen? Not very often.
but i think it'll be a good experience for the both of them

also took my SATS test today. I think i did alright on the english part, but i know i did poorly on the math part ;-;. oh well....it's over now and i never have to think of it ever again. YAY ^_^

JA

p.s. on the way back from supper tonight, i saw this car with the license plate "BAKAS 4" I almost burst out laughing right there and then, but i was driving so i kept my cool. still though...LOL

I am: really really tired and a bit lonely
I love: my friends, God, Japanese language, anime and manga, music,
I hate: jerks, racists, abortion, among some other things
I fear: being a failure
I hope: To be married and happy....some day
I hear: My anime music on my computer
I crave: niwatori and rice noodle soup
I regret: getting a job
I cry: not often
I care: About people
I always: Procrastinate..bad me
I believe: That there is more to life than what i am doing now
I feel alone: a lot
I listen: To music
I hide: from the world
I drive: to work and school. that's about it
I sing: into the karoake box when no one is around
I dance: terribly
I write: stuff
I play: video games!!
I miss: ...everyone knows this already
I learn: Japanese sometimes
I feel: miserable- me hates rainy weather
I know: That God is looking out for me and that my friends love me
I say: things i regret sometimes, but i try to be as nice as possible
I succeed: sometimes in japanese
I dream: not very much
I wonder: ...
I want: love
I have: stuff
I give: all of myself at all times
I fell: on the concrete in chicago. it was embarrassing, so i just laughed it off
I fight: against myself
I need:people who love me

Basic Stuff
• Grade: 12
• Hair color: Brown
• Eye color: brown
• Where you live: Schererville, in
• Where you were born: Munster, In
• Pets: patches (dog), Kali (Cat), Valentino a.k.a "Bun-bun" (Rabbit)
• Piercing(s): no
• Tattoo(s): no
• Religion (if any): Christian. Techniqually I'm Chr. reformed, but i don't really care that much about denominations.

Favorites
• Movie: nothing
• Music group/artist: Myuji, guy who does dn opening- Kontani i think he's called?
• Food: hamburgers
• Song: too many to list..but right now i really like "butterfly" from smile.dk
• Color: royal blue, ice blue, hunter green, black
• Animal: cats, all except african lion
• Class: creative W. Art
• Sport: soccer, horse back rididng
• Summer activity: swimming, biking, swings
• Winter activity: nothing. I hibernate in the winter, or try to
• TV show: i dun watch tv
• Outfit: trenchcoat

Future
• Will you marry: i hope so
. Will you have kids, how many?: maybe 1, probably adopted though
• Where will you live?: somewhere warm or by a lake or ocean. a mostly rural town, but not really really rural
• Will you have pets?: of course!
• Will you dress like your grandparents when you get that old?: oh i hope not
• What "do you want to be when you grow up": i want to learn japanese and do something with that
• Will you go to college?: When i raise the money to
• What kind of car would you like to have?: AE86 panda trueno, hatchback, automatic
• Do you want to live in an apartment or house?: I don't really care...although for some reason, I am more inclined to say apartment...must be all that anime O-o

Introspective
• What is the worst feeling in the world?: Being alone
• What is the best feeling in the world?: being loved
• What do you look for in a friend: someone who's caring, and has a lot of similar interests as me.
• What do you look for in a boy/girlfriend: somebody who will love me for who i am, not what i look like or how rich i am. someone with similar religious beliefs as i.
• Have you ever felt lost/upset/confused and couldn't find a reason?: yes
• Do you ever act like everything is fine, when it’s not?: yes
• What people would you never want to lose?: those whom I care about.
• What items are the most special to you?: my dnangel manga
• Have you ever just wanted to escape?: yes
• Have you ever wanted to die, just to escape?: yes

Random!!
• Where would you go, if you could go anywhere right this moment?: either houston or japan
• Do you like cheese?: no
• Would you eat cheese and peanut butter together?: no
• Would you go skydiving?: no, dun like hights
• Would you go skinny dipping?: no
• Have you ever had dreams that involve ducks, giant wasps or large lizards?: no
• If you could have one ability (you don’t have) what would it be?: either to teleport anywhere or to be able to speak in all different languages- that would be cool
• Is there a point to school?: sometimes i wonder
• Is school food real food?: never had it
• Would you wear plaid and stripes?: no
• Would you wear bright orange and purple?: heck no
• Can you understand Shakespeare?: sometimes
• What is the most pointless sport?: football
• What do you sleep in?: t-shirt and shorts
• Do you think I'm crazy for writing this?: yes
• Are you crazy for actually doing it?: i am already crazy...
• What color can you not stand?: hot pink (barbie pink)
• What song can you not stand?: country and rap and "rock"
• Do cliffhangers bother you?: depends.
• Are you ticklish?: probably
• What do you want for your birthday?: *laughs aloud* i dont' really celebrate that anymore
• Are only dresses feminine?: yes
• Who has a sicker mind, guys or girls?: guys
• What class is pointless?: advanced math courses
• Should money be something other than green?: don't care what color money is
• If you could get any material item what it be?: every anime and manga ^_^
• Do you have a life?: life is what you make of it..and the life i dreamed for myself hasn't come yet, so no.

Yeah, quizzes are fun ^^. Anyway, got ahold of my ebay friend, or rather the guy who is gonna buy yami for me, and it turns out that i can't get the set 1-11, so insted i settle with 5-8. that's okay. 7 was the one i wanted most of all ^^. But i still don't know 100% for sure if i'm gonna get it. i have to wait till e-bay finishes it's auction. hope i get it though.

Anyway, Jen-chan's supposed to come over tomorrow ^_^. and then after that i have my SATS test *gags* wish me luck minna!!

Oy, almost forgot to type this. I got in a fight with my mom today due to yami. She was all like "you shouldn't waste your money on some cartoons!" and i got really mad and told her that it wasn't fair that she diss my hobby when i don't diss hers (quilting). I dont really like her hobby- i think it's sorta boring. But i don't complain to her about it. I don't yell at her for spending that 100 something on that showing case she uses for them.
Then she was all like: "well, how is this going to help you in life? Why are you getting into this if you're not going into this sort of thing?" and i told her "what if I am?" That makes me mad, because she KNOWS i want to learn japanese; but she still pretends to be blind to that knowledge..stupid.
anyway, we were quiet the whole way there, but she warmed up on the way home and during supper. Seems like she forgot about it. that's good i guess. I dont understand her sometimes....i really don't....

JA!

hmm..somehow i knew i'd ending up getting this. But i think it's true for the most part. Though i hate to admit it, I am a nice person...sometimes overly. I'm sorry I failed you Ken-sensei ;------;

So the truth has been revealed at last- I really AM invisible ^_________^

Gomen, but quizzes are way too much fun. ^^

Anyway, we made broccoli soup today in food and nut. It was pretty good actually. I didn't think i'd like it, but i didn't mind it. the only thing i did mind were the potatoes, they were a bit crunchy. That's because though we didn't get enough time to cook them properly. But they were still good.

Well, that's all for today. would write more, but i'm not in the mood *yawns* night everyone!!

JA

Looked at my mp3 player today. It's used and it looks kinda stupid (looks like a cheapo stopwatch). But it holds 62 megs and it works, so for now i will have to deal with it. It's really not that bad, just not ideal for long trips. Anyway, it's a lot better than dragging my whole cd player and cds to school.

Gahh, i have a spanish test tomorrow. Not sure exactly how to study for it, it doesn't even look like we did much of anything except saying "she helps me" - "me Ayuda" and comparisons and some new vocab. I am really getting sick of spanish class alltogether. Learning different languages should be fun, not strenous and boring. And worse yet, we were doing a review sheet today in spanish class, and for some reason, i kept thinking of the Japanese equivilent to a lot of the words instead of the Spanish. Like night; we were supposed to say "this night" and i was like, "Yoru...no wait...that's Japanese...what's the spanish word for night?!" I ended up asking one of the other students. I felt really stupid ;-;

Well, I better get going. Gotta work on my art sketch AND study *gags*. Seeya later

JA