Tuesday
1. My mommy's birthday!
2. Anniversary of several good things
3. French silk ice cream and cookie dough ice cream at dinner
4. Garlic bread and orange chicken for dinner
5. Got a microwave for free!
6. Several packages in the mail! Aww!
7. My luggage not weighing anywhere near 50lbs
8. A good meeting with a prof

I have multiple email accounts... He'd see a lot of subscription emails, a lot of them unread. He'd see what gifts I bought for people. Moodle posts by people. He'd see me stressing about finals and this semester, but he already knows that, since I talk to him about every night. Or asking my sister for ideas for gifts for her husband's relatives. Or the tuition bill for next semester, or my phone bill for this month...

I don't personally communicate with a people a lot through email. I use IM programs more because it's more interactive. I have no idea what he would think of the LJ replies to my entries/comments or replies to comments I make. He has access to my LJ, including the more personal entries so that wouldn't be a surprise to him.

There wouldn't be big revelations to him, but I suppose the only impact would be his knowledge about the numerous shops, academic journals and online news journals/newspapers I subscribe to and the amount of money I spend on gifts (he already has an idea with the cashmere scarf I bought Kyle last Christmas). He'd also have an idea of how much time or things I comment on on Facebook. Maybe it would add something to his knowledge of me (like how I spend my free time...?), but otherwise it's not like I'm cheating on him or hate him and bitching about it to my friends. I raise my annoyances to him personally, and so far this month or this semester or our entire relationship so far it's been pretty nil.

I also have an idea if I read his emails for the past month it'd just be notifications from FB or kung fu or something.

(P.S. I'm going to assume that somehow I allowed him to read my emails instead of him sneaking in or reading my open email accounts on my laptop. Why would he do that, anyway?)

Monday
1. I'm done with finals and papers!! Semester's over!! Yes!
2. Got items on hold from the public library
3. An interesting conversation with a high school teacher at the bus stop
4. Chicken noodle soup
5. Organizing papers in my room
6. A friend got her gift in the mail!

YAY!! Final paper was submitted at 3:30pm (due at 4pm) and that was that!!

Going to spend Tuesday cleaning, packing, meeting with a professor, packing...

*sigh*

Sunday
1. Eating brunch with someone new
2. Spending more comfortable naked time in my room
3. Making headway with the final draft of a paper
4. Finding my right glasses lens after it popped out twice
5. Cleaning my room a bit
6. A nice long MSN conversation with a former high school teacher

Edit!
7. Just found out two friends landed safely in Malaysia! I hope they enjoy their vacation back there.

Thoughts on the season finale of Dexter:


Ho. ly. shit.

It made me cry and stare agape for a good five minutes. Evan and I just sat in silence.


Ho. ly. shit.

I was reading an article on Yahoo! about this week's movies rating and this slideshow was on the sidebar.

"Fashion Report Card: Disney Princess Looks"

I disagree with the premise of the...slideshow. Also the comments... Oh, dear God. What they noted for Ariel is so...well, it does show what they consider "fashionable" and worthy of "high marks." *pfffft*

One day? I might actually choose my boyfriend. It'd be interesting to see what it's like being 6'6". Would "my" sense of balance in his body still be perfect, like if he was in control of his body? That might indicate it's completely physiological. Or would "I" be an utter klutz and constantly tripping over my feet and hitting walls and things when I gesture because I'm not used to the weight distribution and length of the limbs? So it's mostly mental? (Yes, dorky science girl.) Also, just to feel the strength in his body, what with his kung fu and working out. It'd be amazing feeling strong as opposed to the usual weakness I feel in my own body.

Man, the experiments I could do! Like taste buds! I detest pickles and he loves it. If I ate some in his body, would "I" love it? Or would there be some weird physical-mental dichotomy/war going on? Or really spicy food that I adore and he's not used to. Yeah, man, this would be so much fun! Or music! I tend to think music preferences are mental, not at all physiological in any way. But what if somehow the mental wiring or even the make up of the ear has something to do with music preferences?

Oh, man, I could go on with the other senses, too! Not to mention the ever-common contemplation of what it's like peeing standing up. :D

If I had a choice of what day to do this switcheroo, I'd probably hope it's a day without classes because I do not want to mess up his academics at all. If it had to be a school day, though, I'd probably choose the day he and I have a class together and when he also takes a class I've already taken. Just to try and make it less obvious... Though I very much doubt my participation would be anywhere near the caliber of his discussion remarks. Yes, I definitely would not want to be him while he's taken his senior sem course in philosophy. I'd be totally lost and I wouldn't want his professor to dock him for lack of participation or discussion and have his classmates think he's momentarily become a doofus!

Trade places for keeps? No way!

I have friends both in person and online. When something is troubling me here, I usually turn to my boyfriend (either through a call or when he's on campus, in person), then a friend here on campus, then online. If it's during the summer, I usually see if anybody I am comfortable enough to talk to is online, and if so, I talk to them. If not, I usually vent on my LJ. Writing is awesome, and a big way I release my emotions. Sometimes it gets repetitive, but it lets me see my emotions and thoughts, and people's varying opinions help.

I think here in the US I have a solid network of emotional support. Sometimes when I'm in Asia and the timezones don't coincide with the US, it's a bit harder, but I luckily have friends in Asian and European timezones, too, who are usually online when I am. Do I communicate with my best friends in person or online? Well, that depends on what time of the year that is and where they or I am. Kyle's in Turkey this semester so obviously we communicate online or through phone calls. There are other close in-life friends here and other ones in Malaysia. It also depends on what kind of person they are. Kyle and I, even when he was here on campus, would talk a lot on IM because we'd be juggling multiple things on our laptops in our separate rooms, and we're both late night owls. So if I was stressing about something late at night, I could turn to him for support, while earlier during the evening I may talk to other people in person, like during dinner or after. I also trust people I know only online (so far). I know I can turn to them if something's troubling me or I need help with something. I've had a few tell me they can't talk right then cause they're busy or they're going through their own hard times so I let them be for a while.

So overall I feel I have a good strong emotional support network. I may feel lonelier during the summers when there's nobody close by in person, but I get by.

Kudos to you all!

Saturday
1. Hanging out naked in my room almost all day
2. The heater in my room
3. Making a few specific plans for this winter
4. Eating my yummy Christmas tree cookie gift from a friend
5. Shipping confirmation for one of next sem's books
6. Jarod! :D

Friday
1. Handed in my short story for AI class!
2. Got 60/60 for my psych presentation and 91/100 for my second psych exam!! So hoping for a B+/A- in this class!
3. Went out with the girls to the fancy inn nearby
4. Had bruschetta, clams and mussels, vegetarian spring rolls and this artichoke dip with fried cheese
5. Caramel margarita
6. MATT PASSED HIS TEST!!
7. Able to see the second hour of the Dollhouse two-hour episode showing

Thursday
1. Study day!
2. Called Noah's new landline on Skype
3. Talked to Calvin on GTalk
4. Immense amounts of help from them, and fun times catching up
5. Lost Seasons 1-4 and S5 E10-17 on Hulu.com!
6. Stew for dinner
7. Appt with a professor to talk over a paper
8. Did my short story for my Artificial Intelligence final!

I just finished my last final.

As of this moment, I am officially done at CCAC. In a few weeks I will get my diploma in the mail. I will have an associates degree. I am one step closer to actually making something of myself. Maybe I'll even make my family proud of me (doubtful, but possible).

Next step: getting accepted to Chatham and getting my bachelors.

But not thinking about that now. Now I am thinking about that fact that I am done with community college. I never have to sheepishly and shamefully answer "...CCAC..." whenever someone asks what school I go to again.

Fuck yeah.

I am very pleased with myself right now.

I'm going to celebrate with a beer some some video games.

I was reading the article "Pop culture main reason Calif has Chihuahua crisis" on Yahoo! News and it's pretty "That sucks."

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After having my "Our Animal Selves" course this semester, I'm a little more sympathetic to news of animal discomfort. I have my final for this class next week and I hope I did it justice.

This article looks at whether the shoes actually make your calves and legs look better and work out better just by wearing it. That's what the advertisements claim.

I also made a post a while ago complaining of the advertisements. I see them frequently on Hulu.com along with the HPV.com and Save Sharks commercials. As I've said before, the Reebok adverts really pisses me off. It sometimes gets in the way of the episode or movie I'm watching.

Here's an excerpt from the article mentioning the advertisements:

Reebok’s EasyTone has made the biggest splash in the muscle-shoe market, especially with its advertising. In one commercial, the camera drifts away from the woman’s face and zooms in on her backside. Another advertisement claims that the leg and butt-toning effects of EasyTone will “make your boobs jealous.”

The advertisements, aimed at younger women, have appeared in magazines and online, and a big television campaign is under way: 3,000 commercial slots have been scheduled on network and cable in November and December.

It'll "make your boobs jealous"???? I've only seen the former advertisement but I think if I saw the second one, I'd get even more pissed off! It's totally reducing a female's body to parts and ignoring that she is a human, a person!

The rest of the article... It seems like the shoes work by being off-balance so your muscles have to work on keeping yourself steady. It's only suppose to be for walking, not runnning or jumping or other athletic activities. So far studies haven't really shown it works over time or after a wearer gets used to the instability. The fact that part of it might be psychological based is interesting.

I was reading Dear Prudence article from Slate.com.

This question caught my attention.

Warning: could be triggering about child abuse

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I'm so horrified... I definitely agree she should divorce "Mr. Right."

Wednesday
1. First class was canceled so I could sleep in
2. Last day of classes!
3. A freaking awesome Glee episode
4. Someone trusting me enough to witness their vulnerability
5. The first ever annual Hot Dog eating contest on campus
6. The feel of my Dove body wash during the shower

My first one was canceled because of the snow storm, and I got out of my second and third classes early!

I just have to do my final papers, meet up with a professor and then I'm off next week for lots of traveling and meeting people I haven't seen in a while! Well, for Matt the last time was Thanksgiving break, but for my sister and brother-in-law since last winter and for hana_ginkawa, never!!!

WHEEEEE!!!!

Is anybody else not getting emails or notifications in their inbox about comments made to their entries?