Internet being iffy, so I’m going to churn this out real quick and possibly get into more detail tomorrow or something.

- Finally made that trip to Joann’s to buy black and white paint
- Crap people who block paths
- Helped my bro make a shirt
- Personal space being invaded again

Also, JAZZ SOUNDTRACK and people who don’t include all the files in the download what the heck. 

Whoever stencils has my respect for life. I painted my first shirt today. I drew out a jellyfish and then spent an hour or so cutting the damn thing out. DRAWING IS SO MUCH EASIER THAN STENCILING. I’m pretty proud of it, although now that I turn my head to look at it, you can’t see it too clearly. I’m going to hope it’s the lighting in my room and not because I didn’t paint it well enough. Well, I couldn’t have really painted it any better because it was already going through the shirt and onto the backing I put into the shirt. I totally failed in taking step-by-step pictures because I got too caught up in it when my mom and brother joined me and helped me pick colors and stuff. Jumped right into painting without taking a picture of the stencil that I worked so hard on (one time use stencil, by the way). Anyway, it looks like a celestial jellyfish. Going to wait until Monday before I heat set it and throw it into the wash.

Funny thing was that once I finished, I was talking to my mom, and this HUGE blob of paint dripped off of my finger and onto the shirt. My mom was like “AUGHHHH NOOOOOO” and she took my sponge brush and tried to soak the thing up while I went to wash my hands so that it wouldn’t happen again. It isn’t that noticeable now, not that it really bothered me too much in the first place. I mean, it’s nice to have a variety of spots and stuff.

Lesson: Stenciling is hardcore.

Went to work this morning, tired, because I had a weird dream about feet last night (I think). I got home around 1 and had lunch, then my mom went to work because she didn’t go with me in the morning, and I changed into a tank and shorts because it was hot. At 2:30, I hear my brother walk in through the door so I go downstairs. I hear him go into the bathroom, so I figure I’ll go wait for him on the couch, because my mom told me he was going to go out with friends and I thought he might need some money. As I pass the bathroom, I see his friend. HIS FRIEND IS IN MY HOUSE AND I’M AS NAKED AS I CAN POSSIBLY BE (considering I can’t actually walk around naked in my house). Awwwwkwward.

At around four, I start to die out and my brother still hasn’t left, so I tell him to 1. Let me know when he leaves, and 2. Be careful and pick up our phone calls and check in with us every now and then because we got a phone call about a girl who went missing just like three blocks from our house. 

My mom calls me at 6:30 and tells me to pack my dad’s lunch/dinner because she’s still at work. I roll out of bed, thinking Ivan’s still home because he didn’t wake me up, but NOPE. He’s gone. What the heck. So I go pack my dad’s lunch and it’s like 6:40, which is when my dad usually leaves the house, and he still hasn’t come downstairs. So I trek up the stairs with the intention of waking him up. Instead, I find an empty bed. MY DAD ALREADY LEFT THE HOUSE. I packed a lunch for someone who already left. 

And my brother never calls. I GAVE HIM TWO RULES. TWO. Neither were followed. THIS IS WHY WE CAN’T HAVE NICE THINGS.

I didn’t do too bad on my econ midterm. The average was a 16/30, and although I got a 23 (which is a C), my teacher grades us on a curve. Not in the sense that she uses the top score as an A, but rather we’re all competing with each other, and basically she grades us based on whether we’re above the average or not, etc. So this midterm grade counts for both this midterm and the last midterm because I improved and my teacher was willing to do that for us, and since I’m above the average, I have a pretty good standing. Hopefully I do even better on the final, because my teacher said we could have that count for 100% of our grade, and if it gives me better standing, there’s no harm done. Although that score definitely needs to be better than my midterm score since it’s 50% of my grade.

Bought my kids churros today because it was a prize day. I have twelve kids and only top six get prizes. One of my kids came up to me and told me he didn’t get a churro. I announce top six every time I see them, and it was very well known that only top six would be rewarded. I don’t understand what’s going on in that kid’s mind sometimes.

Played some Patapon today while I was waiting around at school for my Japanese teacher’s office hours to roll around so I could pick up my project and get her feedback before my presentation on Wednesday. I. CAN’T. SUMMON. A. DJINN. ICAN’TGETTHEBEATDOWN.

I bought lunch at school today. Baked ziti. Yum. The cashier asked me if I wanted a combo because it would be cheaper. I… Got a side of spaghetti. To my ziti. I had ziti with a side of spaghetti. And a breadstick. And a drink. When I finished my ziti and my side and was working on my breadstick, I saw these two people at another table who were SHARING the same amount of food I had just ingested alone. By the looks of it, they had been sitting there for a while and couldn’t finish. 

I’msecretlyawhale.

So I’ve been sleeping at 4AM lately, and even though I don’t have any homework to do today, here I am, awake at 2:30 because I’m stupid.

Blogging a little early so that I can get back to my project. Shame on me for putting it off for so long. It’s due tomorrow and I only just started today. Well, last night, kind of. GOOGLE MAPS IS A RETARD. I’m supposed to be planning a trip to Japan, and I’m looking up places I want to go and stuff, but when looking up directions with public transportation, Google Maps only lets you enter one destination. As in, one starting point, one ending point. And I guess that makes sense, but really, when I’m trying to figure out how to even get around, it’s annoying as hell. 

So I took my econ midterm today. I got into bed at around four last night (this morning) and had trouble getting up. Finally dragged myself out of bed at ten to get some more studying done. Hopefully I did okay, although I’m pretty confident I did better than my last one. 

On a completely unrelated note, VOICE ACTORS. Oh my gosh, man. Just… My ovaries. Take them. Take them all. 

*Sobswhycan’tIhaveabeautifulvoicetoo

Was able to roll out of bed today at around noon. I had set an alarm for nine, and it took me three hours to get out of bed. I’m that good at time management.

Where did my time go? One minute it’s 11 and the next it’s 1:30. I didn’t even finish all of my econ chapters yet AUGHHHHH

So I went shopping at Ontario Mills outlet today. Spent about $600, I’m guessing. Bought a whole mess of clothes and purses and whatnot to bring back to Taiwan. Also got some thinner clothes for me to wear because it’s going to be insanely hot there. 

I was supposed to meet with some friends from econ tomorrow morning at 10 to study for our midterm on Tuesday together. One of the girls texts me and tells me that her work hours changed. We are now meeting at 7PM. When my productivity is at its lowest. 

Things I need to do tomorrow:

• Finish my econ chapters
• Make a quick Joann’s run because I forgot that the only black paint I have is washable. And I’ll just buy white paint while I’m at it.

Note to self: STOP READING EMT THREADS.

Wanted to paint today, but didn’t get the chance to do so. Instead, I went to Burlington Coat Factory and bought about $90 worth of baby clothes. We got twenty outfits and a blanket. SHOPPING FOR BABIES IS SO HARD. Everything is so cute, you just want to buy everything. It was weird shopping for a baby because I’ve never done it before, despite my brother being so much younger than me. It was… Really interesting. I took pictures, but maybe I’ll upload them tomorrow or something. The card slot on this computer is dead D:

The baby clothes are for the purse lady in Taiwan. I remember mentioning that she’s prego. She’ll give birth while I’m there, sometime in August, which is pretty cool because maybe I’ll be able to hold my I-actually-don’t-know-how-he’s-related-to-me.

I’m going to the Ontario Mills Outlet tomorrow to do more shopping for things to take back to Taiwan. One of my suitcases is already half full of presents. *Sigh. I hate shopping.

I went driving today. Basically spent two hours making turns. The car was so weird. I had to like floor it just to get the car moving, and then after that the gas pedal became so sensitive. If my foot was barely on the thing, my speed would increase by like 5 mph. What the heck. So yeah, pretty ridiculous.

Went to Joann’s to buy some fabric medium today. Pretty expensive, but I didn’t want to buy it online. I ALSO FINALLY GOT MYSELF A PALETTE. Only 99 cents! I should’ve gotten two, but one should be enough. Bought some brushes while I was at it, because there was a 20% off military discount. I figured I might as well get stuff that I want now, while I can get it at a discounted price. I’ve been feeling in a paint-y mood recently, so maybe I can blow off some steam this weekend and just chill before going back to the hectic ridiculousness that is a midterm on week 9.

Spent the night talking about bitches and whores. Very enjoyable (:

Things to (probably) do over the long weekend:

• Pack
• Make an appointment for my behind the wheel test
• Work (maybe)
• Stats homework
• About six chapters worth of econ homework
• Study for my econ midterm
• Japanese project
• Buy fabric medium
• Read two chapters of econ
• Meet with people to study for econ
• Buy presents
• Confirm shipping date of something I bought a month ago -_-
• Teaching plan
• Clean up my table
• Read the book one of my kids lent to me
• Stencil
• And last but not least, I need to wake up in the mornings and use my time wisely. There are too many things to take care of before I leave for Taiwan.

Somehow managed to make myself dizzy. I thought it would go away but it’s been like ten minutes and I just feel like throwing up instead. So many things to get done, so little time.

My wrist is acting up again. It keeps cracking, but I don’t feel the relief.

I was in a really artsy mood just now, but my desk is so messy I didn’t draw anything. Maybe tomorrow. Maybe.

School, donut shop, home, work, home, Wal-Mart, mall, and then back home, in that order.

We arrived at the mall at around 8:30 because Sandy wanted to return something. Since we had some time to spare, we hustled over to Victoria’s Secret to buy lotion because I have to bring something to Taiwan as a gift. So we spent some time smelling things although we probably picked things based on color and names more than anything else. Although I must say, they have some pretty nice smells compared to some other places. None of them gave me a headache.

Did a lot of driving today too: from school to the donut shop and then home, and also from work home, and also back home from Montebello mall. The drive home from the mall was a bit nerve-racking because it was dark and my eyesight has been deteriorating lately. I think all the reading in the dark I’ve been doing lately is actually affecting me. So yeah, I’m blind. Well, even more so now.

I bought a ton of plain shirts so that I can mess around with them with bleach and paint. If any are successful, I’ll probably post pictures.

There are only like nine days left of school or something. I’ve actually got a midterm next week too. Yeah, midterm on week nine because we’re so in the middle of the term.

I finally finished up my homework (with The Hunchback of Notre Dame playing as background noise- I haven’t watched it since I was a kid, and my god, the soundtrack is AWESOME. Also, it was a very dark movie. A lot darker than I remember it to be, but I guess it’s rainbows and unicorns compared to the original), but I still haven’t started on my project yet. I was going to do it tomorrow morning, but I totally forgot I had flower arrangement until my mom reminded me. I’m starting to think that flower arrangement isn’t much of a priority in my life anymore- maybe it never was, but now it’s less of a hobby than it was- considering I always forget about it. I don’t know if it’s because I’m losing interest or if it’s because I don’t want to be around my boss. I’ve been feeling so antisocial lately I’m even getting tired of myself.

Maybe I just need some rest.

Things I need to stop doing:

• Skipping homework to do other useless things
• Putting off making phone calls because it’s such a hassle
• Watching sports-related things before bed (Goddamn I’m so worked up now URGHHH)

So I was going to sleep early last night. Ended up re-watching parts of a series instead. Got into bed thinking, “what the hell am I doing with my life?”