Sylvia, how do you call your lover boy?

Too... much... Dirty Dancing. I don't know, I think I'm allowed at least one chick movie... you know, out of all the Aqua Teen and Adam Sandler stuff, I get at least one movie for girls. I think I have a small crush on Patrick Swayze, but then again, I also had a crush on Harrison Ford when I was 11 years old (what was he, like 45 then? Jeez) I love Han Solo. I love Johnny Castles. I would dance with him.

Christmas was good. I actually managed to get to both Alex's house and my house with very little trouble. I had to park in the convenient store parking lot over night because there is no way I would be able to park down at my home... too... much... snow. I'm ready for it to be gone. I have been stranded, home sick, and penny-less. I've finally been able to go back to work and such. I need to pay off the Christmas I just spent money on. I went a little overboard again, but I wanted to get my mom a stand mixer, so sue me.

Got a pretty good haul this Christmas; a tether ball, a lot of warm clothes, cookbooks, and all of the Speed Racer episodes on DVD (I'm a sucker for old crappy anime) I played a little bit of Animal Crossing City Folk that I got my brother for Christmas. I'm glad I could get him that for a present because apparently mom had yet to do some shopping for him before the blizzard, so his presents were skimpy. He gets Christmas next week though, which is really lucky >_<

Aced all of my classes, I got the final verdict from Cultural Studies... 3.7! Yay! I get to keep my financial aid. That's what I was primarily worried about...

Oh! Anyone who buys a shit ton of Nintendo brand games, they just opened Club Nintendo in America, so gather all those inserts from your games and register your products to get free crap: club.nintendo.com. Do it to it.

Anything else interesting... oh! My Samurai Noodle job is going well. Yep. And Chris is almost home from his vacation, so I won't have to fill in at the bakery come the early mornings during the week. I think the snow made it annoying this last week... very hard to get to work, and some days, I couldn't make it at all -.- But! Just a few more days. I have a real doozy tomorrow, bakery from 7:30 AM to 1 PM and then Samurai Noodle from 4:30 to 10 PM. I really hope I catch the 10:30 boat home... if not, I have to wait until the 12:50 boat. Yuck. Gawd, that would suck.

Going to bed. Bye, suckers.

Ramen house?

Lots of things have happened over the course of the last week. I got a job at Samurai Noodle and work with Hannako and Hunter. It's pretty much the best job I've ever had. It pays 9 dollars an hour, you get tips, and they encourage you when you have some downtime to sit down at a table and eat ramen. So far I've tried about 4 different kinds so far. They also pay double when you work holidays... which I am working both X-Mas Eve and New Year's Day. Everyone's pleasant to work with, even if they can be offensive, and even though the space is crowded, I like it. They're supposedly opening the new store over at the university district soon, and want me to work there and still possibly at the current international district location. In addition, I'm getting full time hours.

In other news, I'm also getting a lot of work at the bakery while I fill in for a vacationing coworker.

It's pretty great... because this month I'll be making somewhere around $2000. That will take care of all of my credit card debt and I'll still have quite a bit left over.

I passed space class with a 2.4! Much better than I had expected actually. I also got, I think, a 3.5 in Japanese Literature... I'm still waiting for my grade in Cultural Studies. I think this will bump my GPA down to a 3.4... but I could really care less. Honestly, I'm not going to be perfect. I commute from across the water, I work full time, and I go to school full time. Most of my free time was not spent doing homework, but relaxing. The fact that I have such decent grades is nothing shy from astonishing.

Also... in other news... the gal, Maddie Blaustein (actually, a transvestite interestingly enough) that voiced Meowth of Team Rocket from the first season all the way to the eighth season of the English dub of Pokemon passed away. It feels kind of weird. I'm actually pretty sad about it. I mean, I know Pokemon's no longer voiced by the same people anymore, but still... sad.

Anywho, I need to hop off this crazy thang.

*Farnsworth* Good news everybody!

Well, okay news. Better than last time. I'm picking up overtime shifts at the bakery for the next couple of weeks. I also may be picking up some work at the Samurai Noodle in the international district. I am an anime fan's dream. A cute girl working at a bakery and a ramen stand... *spits* I don't care how much ramen is in Naruto... I love it. I don't love Naruto, but I sure love the ramen at Samurai Noodle >_< So... I won't be too terribly broke for the net couple of weeks. Which is good.

I got all of my Christmas shopping out of the way... in a matter of 2 hours ^_^; Me and my mom also went to Game Crazy and bought my brother a Wii for his birfday. I think I might get him Animal Crossing... so I can have Animal Crossing. I have to make a cake for his birthday at the end of this week as well. I only spent about 175 on Christmas... I got gifts for Alex and his family, my family, Jack, Ronnie, and Ruth. Good stuff. I'm proud of myself considering I spent about 500 dollars on Christmas last year. Wowzers. I pulled a Donna >_< I'll probably pick up a couple of extra things before Christmas, but you know... Oh! I know I should get something for Lizy and Anja.

Lesse... finals are finally over. I smoked the Japanese Literature final, I know I did well with my final paper in English, and my Space final... *snickers* Yeah, no. I know I probably didn't do so well. I'm tired of worrying about it, though. And even though I took the test on Friday, there's still no word back as to how I did. I'm just anxious to see. At any rate, I have a whole break off. Here are the things I'm aiming to get done with all this time:

Successfully start a manga translation of GeGeGe No Kitarou. I'm hoping to at least translate one chapter of the first book.

Successfully decorate a cake of my own with fondant... I don't know what it will be of... maybe of GeGeGe. Obsessed? Eh.

Put together a picture for my mother for Christmas. I want to do a Sepia tone of a group of her book's characters. And do a copy of the same image, but an animation cel. I think it would be a nice gift.

Pick a piano piece and learn it.

Learn basic guitar.

And I think that's it... anywho, just a quick update. I'll probably edit this post as I (hopefully) accomplish these short term goals. See you, cats!

Still on the hunt

Welp! Buckle was a no go. Not sure about Hollister (and not really sure if I care) and Macy's decided to cancel my interview with them because they were already stocked up on holiday hires. Really? Why give me the interview in the first place? Oh well. I have a couple more places I'm aiming to submit my application. I'm really hoping for me and Alex to get that apartment at Parkwood. Basically, we clean the center, open the pool in the morning, and we get room and board plus an extra 500 dollars for the month. Pretty sweet. That would easily cover my car payment, and whatever I make from other jobs can be put towards my credit card payments. Crossing my fingers. Actually, no. We are getting that apartment because we NEED it. I will do everything in my power to stress that we would be wonderful tenants, and we both have professional and private cleaning experience so we would be prime candidates for the job.

In other news... aside from an ass ton of Dragonball Z, I'm all of a sudden in a Tenchi Muyo mood. I got a couple of episodes from Netflix (which I will have to cancel soon if I don't get an additional job or more hours) and am like, "Hey, this actually isn't so bad. It's still an okay show." I was totally worried because I hadn't seen it in such a long time, and when I watch something after being away from it for a while, I tend to hate it. I actually only cared for the Tenchi Muyo OVA series, not so much Universe or Tokyo...

Boop, boop. In other news, Fall quarter is almost over. I got really good grades on both of my space travel papers, I got even better grades on my papers for Cultural Studies, and I successfully turned in my group rocket project paper and did my presentation in both Japanese Literature and Cultural Studies... what a busy yesterday. I think I did well on... everything.

I got home though, and mom gave me the grave news that she was nervous about the rent money this month... basically, she had to use up all of the Christmas money and still has to come up with 800 dollars. Well, that totally screwed my day over. If her and dad actually got real jobs, this wouldn't be a problem. Seriously. I don't care what kind of excuse you want to make for it, get a job. Just get. A. Job. I have tons on my plate already, but I'm still looking. I do more than the both of them do put together throughout the day. This is precisely why I want to move out. I'm one less thing they have to worry about. Well... actually... the disheartening truth is that I don't cause them any trouble in the first place. My moving out won't have any sort of impact on the expenses they have already. They won't have to pay so much for the heating, and that's basically it... I know the heat's my fault because my hedgehog needs the room kept warm. I would be more than happy to pay for most of the electric bill. Once we get that apartment, I will send her money for my half of the car insurance and the dental insurance.

Amanda is supposedly going to be giving me a bunch of hours over Christmas break so that I have some money for gifts and my own expenses. Plus, I think she's putting together a really early shift that I might be able to take before I go to school. Here's hoping...

Anywho, I should probably get off this crazy thang.