I'm back home in Crapids, and when I say "home", I mean I'm pretty much staying at what I like to call Hotel Asia.
My family has moved to yet another house, which my mom promises to be our last move. It's pretty cool, smaller than the Park Ave. house, but quite a bit bigger than the little piss-colored palace on Lakeside Rd. that we moved from. I have my own room in the basement, which normally I would be staying in right now, but is instead currently inhabited by 2 foreign exchange students.
Nadia is from Thailand, and is here in America for one year through the Youth For Understanding program. She has been through 3 other host families, and has had problems. Since she's friends with Kozo, our YFU student from Okinawa who has been with us since the beginning of the school year, my family decided to take her in once they moved to the new house, because they would be able to give her my room (since Kozo would already have his own room here). She's been doing a lot better, and seems to fit right in with my family. And for the past week or so, Chisa (a girl from Koyo high school in Okinawa) has been here through the Koyo-Washington exchange. She'll be here until Saturday, when the Koyo kids leave, and is currently staying in my room with Nadia.
The best and most entertaining part of all this is watching Lucy leave in the morning, driving 3 Asians to school in her crappy 1988 Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera, which my half-Lebanese cousins Emma and Nina have cleverly named "Janass". Lucy and the Asians...kinda sounds like a band name. Haaaaaaaa...
So I'm left sleeping on the couch in the living room. No big deal...I mean sure, I'd like to have my bed back someday. Another 3 months or so and I'll be golden...but until then, glad to lend my part of the house to someone who needs it while I'm away :)
I've been having a ball over the past few days, with my peeps from WHS. It's funny, no matter how much time has passed or what each of us has gone through, we can still get together and it'll be like nothing has changed.
Eileen...certifiably crazy, outwardly innocent, unique to say the least. She's the one who keeps the night going by wanting to have some kind of adventure - a walk to the park at 1AM, prank calling people, throwing things (or herself) at Carly, the list goes on. Despite her being a bona-fide nutcase at times, she's one I can count on to be there for me through anything, and to put a smile on my face when all I want to do is cry. You mess with her, you mess with me. Or any of us for that matter!
Carly...she's one of those people who was meant to be a grandma. Naturally, I mean that in the nicest way possible! She reads all the time, loves animals almost religiously, regularly makes a point to go to the chiropractor, and can knit literally anything you can think of. Her and Eileen have been friends since elementary school. She keeps it real, and doesn't sugar-coat things, which is way cool. And even though she plays it safe in nearly all aspects of life, we love her for it :)
Rosslyn...ohhh boy. I've known her since 2nd grade, and we've always had a love-hate relationship. I used to bully her at recess, which later came back to bite me in the ass our freshman year at Wash! After that though, we just decided to be friends, which turned out to be one of the better decisions I've made. She's a fierce friend, very opinionated, which really helped me get through some tough times in my life when I didn't know what to do or say. She's also really supportive, and helps keep my emotional outbursts in check (in a good way, of course). Thankfully, she also does the same for Eileen when things get just a little out of hand :P
Jake...we went from being strangely awkward in middle school (he was BFF's with this kid who hated me, Dan Williams, who is now a huge pothead), to being hangout buddies. He started chilling with us because he was friends with Rosslyn, and he dated Eileen for a while. He's pretty hilarious! Doesn't take crap from anyone, but he knows how to have fun...a happy medium. He'll make the perfect cranky old man someday xD
Erika...ahhhh, Erika. The one who introduced me to the word "tits". We went to middle school together, never really talked until the last part of last year though. She used to hang out with this one chick, Stacey Moore, who shaved half her head our Junior year...but that's beside the point! Erika is a CHARACTER. One of the most artistic people I've ever met, also one of the funniest. She loves cats, old people, tits, and LOTR. And I don't blame her, those are all spectacular things. We have such similar senses of humor, so she's always a blast to hang around with!
Oh yes...these people are the best kind of people.
When the rest of my friends were caught up in high drama, that's when I started hanging around this bunch, sometime during Junior year. Within our little group, drama seems to disappear. We can all just..be. It's awesome.
So we've hung out pretty much every night since Saturday, when we had a surprise birthday party for Eileen. We're going to see Black Swan tomorrow night at Collins Rd Theaters, because Erika works there and it's hella cheaper than any other theater in town. Can't wait :)
Coincidentally, I have to admit - as much as I love school, it's been nice to have a bit of a break from it. I now understand why they have spring break, and I've come to realize how important it is. Especially after how stressful and unpleasant the last week BEFORE break was...I think being in classes for that length of time, with no breaks, can have its undesirable effects on anyone. Not only did I notice my friends becoming more and more stressed and in need of a break from eachother, but I saw it in myself as well. The terrible nature of that week made it perfectly clear to me that spring break is necessary, so we don't all kill eachother!
Having said that, I feel like when we all get back, things will have changed, and we'll all be refreshed. I reeeeeeally look forward to seeing all my college friends again...Stacia, Abbey, Scott, Isaak, all of you...it'll be one hell of a happy reunion :)
I HAVE A CAR AGAIN. My dad got a new van - it's red and ugly and perfect for him. By some miracle, he and mom decided that as long as I pay the monthly insurance on it, dad's old 93 Accord is MINE. Fuckyahhhhhhh!
It's not the prettiest car, by any means. There's a large crack in the windshield, and some rust on the back, BUT, everything works. And since mom has never driven it, it's stayed clean on the inside! One thing I'm glad to have inherited from my dad is his cleanliness. Also, patience - it came in handy for both of us when he taught me to drive a stick shift a few years ago. I love driving stick...it makes me feel so BAD A$$!
P.S: personalized plates = DELIN. What what.
Check this out...and afterwards, please don't bitch slap me.
WOW. Did YOU immediately think "what the holy hell is this"? Did YOU want to punch her every time she said "FRIIIIIDAY"? BARF OUT...*~*
If you watched the whole thing, A+. It takes some serious balls to sit through something that ghastly. I mean, what is she, like 13? You don't go out and do that crap when you're 13...you can't even drive. Also:
~0:28, where do I find a sign like that, that just says "Bus Stop"?
~1:10, watch the friend on the left, in the pink. Huhuhuh...awkward x10.
~2:04, wtf? Are these lyrics translated from Mandarin? Or, granted, she is still in middle school, in which case her grammar skills are understandably inadequate. Still..please STFU.
~2:29, who even is this??? Not exactly a good way to start a successful rap career, pal!
~2:49, Mad: "Clearly traffic lights in the background." Eileen: "PLEASE, get hit by a bus!!!"
Sorry...it's just that if that's the future of the music industry, I think I'll go sit in the corner and mourn the loss of creativity. I mean...cripes.
HEALTH UPDATE:
I think I've eaten more in the past 4 days than I had for the 2 weeks prior to coming home. Not that I don't eat at school, because I do. However, since I've been home I've probably been eating twice what I would normally eat in a day at school. Good thing I'm going on a run tomorrow, and starting my ab workout again for the first time in 4 days...After spring break, when I get back to UNI, shit's gonna get real. Real INTENSE!!!
Oh, and one more thing before I leave for the night...Katie Hawks, if you're reading this, I still miss you terribly! Facebook is my main way of keeping in touch with all my lovely UNI friends, and you don't have one...but I know you read my blog sometimes. So here you go :)
*Internet hug*!!!
Bye now :]]
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