Spring Fever

Ugh, I know it's been quite a while since I last wrote in this. Many many things happened in between, and every time I wanted to write something down, I kind of couldn't. And now I don't feel like writing, but here I am with nothing better to do. o_o; So, MIT security finally figured out that my laptop was virused and they shut down my network drop on me. It was so sad - I couldn't get online. Not even on wireless! So I had to wipe my harddrive and reinstall and everything. Then I asked for my network drop back, and it took them a week to respond. A whole freaking week! In that time, I had to do all my 6.170 p-sets downstairs in the dorm's computer cluster. It was really upsetting, and I don't like being down there. It's too cold, and the glare hurts my eyes. So I slaved down there for a week. And I slaved and slaved, and you know, this class wouldn't be so bad if all my efforts paid off in the end with like, a good grade or something, but NOOOOOO.... I just got my auto-graded part back yesterday, and I think I passed 4 tests out of 20 or something. It's too depressing to go back and look. -_-; So yeah, my grade is not quite dead yet, but it's thrashing around on the floor in its death-throes, I think. I'm supposed to be working on p-set 6, but every time I look at it, my heart fills with despair and I cannot make any headway at all. Yes. Deepest darkest despair. I kid you not.

So. Anyway. Yes, this week is MIT's spring break (thank goodness!) and I've been home for the week. Have not done any work, except for Japanese, because Japanese is the only source of joy in all of my classes. I totally failed the organic chem exam on Friday, and well, 6.170. Yeah. Anyway, I am so glad to have my laptop working again, and without viruses even! Everything works great, and the wireless network at home is just... yay. I finally got to work and scanned in all the sketches I brought home. I'm wondering what happened to all my Thraxxin and Jesper gothified doodles - I suspect they're all in my 6.004 notes, which I didn't bother to bring home. So I've been enjoying the food, and I went out shopping at Goodwill yesterday because I needed to find a coat for the Hinata costume which I still have to make. I found one, and it was only $5! I thought it was perfect, albeit much too brown (her coat's really pale tan), but hey, $5, right? And then I watched more Naruto last night and realized that her jacket is really much shorter than the one that I got and I felt stupid. I'm going to have to find a good pair of scissors.... >:D Shoot. I was supposed to go to Ben Franklin and buy faux fur today for the jacket. Silly me. Sigh. I need to go to the mall to buy all sorts of things - VHS tapes for the club, and a semiformal-type dress for Ring Delivery. Looks like it might not happen though. Saturday is really busy - there's a karate promotion in the middle of the afternoon, grr. My sister has the SAT to take Saturday morning as well. Good luck to her on that - I hope she does well.

Ah! Back to cosplay. I went and got a haircut yesterday, and my usuall hairdresser was out, so I had to settle for another one. I thought she cut it awfully short and close, but I didn't get the full impact of it until I came home, showered, and dried my hair. Aaaaahhhhhh!!!!! My hair!!!! So I've been depending on my hairstyle when picking out possible characters to cosplay, because I have this weird, fluffy hair that sticks out, much along the lines of Hinata from Naruto, or Kosuzu from Dokkoider. And ah! It's gone! My hair looks so stupid now, I've never been so upset about it before. You know, everyone always complains about their hair, no one ever seems satisfied. But I've always been rather fond of my own hairstyle because it is rather distinctive. And what else are you going to do with so much hair? I'd refuse to grow it out. But too short is even worse than too long. I've got 2 weeks for it to get back to normal, but that won't happen because the layering is too extreme, so it won't get back to normal 'til I next come home and get it cut again. Well, it's a relief that hair grows out and you can change it again, but AAAHHHHH! I have never been so upset about my hair before.

Hah. So I made this vow that I would not talk to Mike until he mailed me the package that he was supposed to send me for Christmas. I mean, my friends and I had our Christmas party on the last day of January, but now it's near the end of March....! So yeah, I know I'm an evil person, but it was sort of convenient since I was much too busy during the week before spring break to really put up with much of anyone. The end result though, is that Mike has not sent the package, and I am still not talking to him. Not that it matters to me right now - it's spring break for me, and I'm not online all that much, but I know it's driving him nuts. I'm actually faintly amused, heh, well, what else can you expect of me?

Kristen and I got together on Tuesday and went out, and it was great. She's still wasting her life away, playing D&D, which annoys me to no end, but I've kind of gotten to the point where I can't bring myself to care about it too much. I mean, I think our friendship was really strained by the end of high school, and even through last year, but I've kind of calmed down together, and when I don't fret about what she's going to do with her life, we can actually have a good time. And it's even better if we don't go over her house and get stuck in front of her PS2, which always drives me nuts. So we went out, and we went to Borders and Barnes and Noble over in Nashua, and it was great. Borders has such an amazing manga collection - it makes me sad that all I have are B&N giftcards. Relatives need to make the switch! :P We also went to the Pheasant Lane Mall, where I haven't been in ages. We went to the pet store! There were hamsters, and they were huge and cute, and I couldn't touch them. ;~; I miss having hamsters so much. There's nothing small and fuzzy to cuddle anymore - the guppies are not exactly up for being petted.

I went to karate and couple of times and got blisters on my toes and it was sad. I've forgotten so much! Anyway, all of my friends must be enjoying the nice weather at their respective homes, but it's cold and rainy up here. Oh well, a good day to stay in. Huh, I've written way more than I meant to, but that's typical, right? Especially since there was a lot to talk about and I couldn't even get to all of it. I just scanned in pictures - perhaps I should work on those. Otherwise, goodness knows when I'll find the time for it. Never, probably. Why is life so busy?!

- Flykyr Skysong

Current song: Wave Race 64 OST - Castle City
Current mood: A little depressed