I love it that the caretaker knows I like NEWS and makes it a point to call me to tell me Yamapi will be on TV.  xD

I also love my RA, Yoshi.  She is the most badass person I know.  I wish her luck when she jets off to Australia in March!  <3

I got invited to go to Korea with a couple of friends at the end of February, and I'm planning a trip to Okinawa sometime in February, too.  I'll have all my Tokyo trip planned out and set up BY THIS WEEKEND (otherwise, I'll be fucked with hotel/bus tickets... again).

Anne leaves on the 14th, and I hope I can see her one last time before she's gone back to the States.  Nani leaves on the 21st, and Emily leaves sometime around then, too.  All the RA's are leaving... Yoshi's going back to her hometown in February, and I don't really know about Mai and Akira.  One of the new RAs has already arrived, so I'm assuming that means one of the RAs has already left.  There's a big going away/welcome party on the 25th, so, that kinda puts a hamper on my Tokyo plans... I'll probably be up there the 22nd through the 25th and take a day bus back.  But that's only if I can procure myself a ticket to the One OK Rock show on teh 24th.  If I can't, then I'll leave the 24th and be back by the 25th.  Or trip up after the 25th.  I don't know yet.  But I'll have it figured out by this weekend and have everything bought, too.

Speaking of this weekend, Ohno's drama premiers on Friday, and then on Saturday, I have my BCL concert.  :3  Hopefully Masayuki will remember me.  <3  We've talked on and off on Mixi, so I'm sure he'll remember me.  It's a smaller concert (hopefully), so I hope I get a chance to talk with them again after the show.

My parents keep sending me emails and messages on MSN asking how I am.  I'm not doing anything new or exciting, so I hate talking to them.  :\  They're all, "OMG TELL US EVERY DETAIL ABOUT WHAT YOU DID TODAY." All I've got to reply with is, "I woke up, took a shower, and then didn't really do much of anything."  But they still insist that I describe in detail what time I woke up and how long my shower was and what I ate and when and... christ.  I know they miss me and whatever, but they need to back the fuck off.  :\  I feel kind of guilty for avoiding them, but I just don't have anything to say to them at all and I'd really rather not suffer through a conversation with them if I don't have to.  It's going to be hell when I finally move out for good.  I can't believe how damn clingy they are.  If they weren't my parents, I'd tell them to gtfo.  As sad as that is.

I went out with Nani and Yoshi last night to dinner and then we went to East Paradise for coffee and cake.  I apparently looked really cute/dressed up because they kept teasing me and asking if I had a date later that night or had just gotten back from a date.  x]  I wish I would have had a date.  :\  I met a few cute guys at the Hub when Anne and I went for happy hour the night she left for Yuto's.  Also, bike guy outside of Kanayama station.  He was cute.  And he was totall showing off for me on his trick bike.  And, unfortunately, I had to leave because I wanted to catch the last bus from Hongo because that's a fuck long way to walk in the cold and dark, but I did manage a "Sore wa sugoi yo." before running away.  xD  He was all, "...Ari...gatou?"  His skateboard friend cracked up.  xD  They'll be talking about me for days.  And then I'll randomly show up at Kanayama again and he's gonna be all, "HEY IT'S YOU. :O"  xD  It should be epicly awesome.  x3  And every time I'm up on campus, I keep my eyes peeled for Naoki.  I probably wont run into him again until the new semester starts.  I don't think he's graduating.  I think he said he was only 20.  So, we shall see.

Ugh, my apartment is cold but I would rather freeze then pay another $60 electricity bill.

I should finish those letters today so I can finally mail them all out tomorrow.  Ugh.  x\

But...

( Before I go... )

Nani ordered the CD and it came with a poster, and she said she would give it to me.  :Db

Happy Christmas, everyone! It's Dec. 24th here in Japan, which means it's Christmas in two days for everyone in the States.

It kind of snuck up on me this year.  I am not prepared at all.  I'm really glad my parents sent me a package with a Christmas tree and stocking.  It definitely makes it feel more like Christmas for me.  Because other than that, I've got absolutely nothing Christmas-y around the apartment.  In fact, the place is an absolute mess.

Speaking of my apartment being a mess, that's what my plans are for today.  Clean, clean, and clean some more!  The last day to get trash out until January is tomorrow, so I'm gonna get as much cleaned as I can.

But I still want a few more Russ-K shirts/hoodies, and the sale ends tomorrow.  So, I'm going to clean half of my apartment and then go to Indio and buy my shirts/hoodies and then come back and finish cleaning.  It's like a break/reward for actually cleaning.  Tomorrow may just well be devoted to laundry, seeing as I haven't done it in about a month and I'm running out of clothes.  D:

So, yes.  Those are my plans for Christmas.  Although I think us Proxy kids are having a big potluck Christmas dinner tomorrow.  I'm not sure of the details, though, since no one seems to know what's going on.  xD  We're organized.  x]

Anyway, I really need to get cleaning.  My Christmas Songs have finished downloading, so I'm all set to jam out to some jingly tunes and get myself in the Christmas spirit.

Happy Holidays, everyone!  Hope they're wonderful for everyone!  <3

I got a text from my dad this morning.  We are officially going to Ireland for Spring Break.

Um, awesome much?

You fucking bet!  We leave March 16th and will get back March 22nd.  I will be in Ireland for St. Patrick's Day on March 17th.  Every single person I know even a little bit (including that guy that I had a conversation with yesterday at Hy-Vee) should be jealous.  Ah hahahaha!  I love it!

On the concert front, I might not be going to the P!ATD concert on May 24th.  I still wanna go to a P!ATD concert, it just probably won't be on that date/in that place.  May 24th is my brother's Graduation Party that I must be in attendance to.  Oh, and I might be maybe going to the Rockstar Taste of Chaos tour with Jenn.  We're going for the JRock bands playing: D'espairsray and Mucc.  I guess there's one more Jrock band - the Underneath.  On top of that, there's Avenged Sevenfold, Atreyu, Bullet For My Valentine, Bless The Fall, and Idiot Pilot.  I listen to the first three American bands listed.

For both of those concerts it depends on whether or not I'll have money for the tickets (they're both about $35) and then whether or not I can find dates that I can go on/places I can get to.  I wanna go to both!  D:

That reminds me... I need to print off those applications, fill them out, and turn them back in so I can get a job so I can actually have money for once.

At least I got the appointment made for the pictures I'm supposed to have.  And Adrianne will have her letter in later this week.  Then all I've got to do is write the essay and get the letter from Nakakubo sensei back.  Sweeeeeeeeet.

Life is good right now.  :)