On the first day of school, the Japanese teacher saw me and was talking about my sister's achievement in the competition. I still remember the way they were looking at me that day. Of course, I'm proud of her too, but I can do much as well. During class, the person sitting next to me says, "Wow, you're good at Japanese. Does your sister help you?" I just shook my head and changed the subject. It really does bother me...

Well, I shouldn't worry about such petty things. "I am me," right? To get recognition for my own abilities, I should work to earn it. I did say that I would work harder this year. I will live up to my word. It's just that I'm never determined enough to keep up that will.

So, it's been, what, like two years since we noticed we had mice in our house. At that time, we bought traps and set them up in various areas. The traps are the ones where the doors close as soon as the mouse enters. First we tried putting American cheese in them. (Hey, who knows? Maybe stereotypes are correct sometimes. When that didn't work, we used peanut butter. After a while, we didn't catch any mice and they stopped bothering us. Thinking they went away, we put away the traps.

About mice: Up till now, I've only seen them at a petshop, so I don't hate them exactly. It's just that one running past your foot isn't very pleasant. The closest thing I saw that was like a mouse outside of a petshop was a rat running across on an electrical wire. Thinking, "It wasn't a squirrel, but it was the size of one and it had gray fur and a tail. Must've been a rat..." No one believed me, of course.

Other than academics, club activities are well. I'm in a total of three clubs at the moment. Soon to be four, I suppose. A majority of the clubs are community service clubs, so if I join too many of them, the different club activities might overlap. That would be bad. -_- Also, there's the trouble of getting to the activity. Many of them are held on weekdays. Being as busy as they are, my parents usually cannot take me anywhere. Getting rides from a friend is hard also; she has soccer practice.

And in the morning, before school started, there was a crowd of sophomores at the front gate. Everytime people walked through, they would scream and cheer. It freaked out those of us who were still half-asleep. After all, it is Wednesday. Block day. You sleep in and you can't get up anymore. So, I'm asking my friend, "Can we please go around the other way?" But we didn't have time, so we ended up going through anyway. As if I didn't have a hearing problem already. I would like to know how they can be so energetic in the morning. I guess they're just morning people. I'm not a morning person or a night person. I'm an afternoon person!

Then my friend talks about how she's really close to her sister. She shares all kinds of information with her and they don't keep much from each other. My friend asks me if I'm close with my sister. I would never ever say no. Even though we get in fights and may not completely understand each other, I love my sister very much. At times when I'm angry, I might think that I hate her. I know it's not true. I may not be completely open with her, but I think I'm the closest to my sister. There are many things I could talk about with her that I could not with my friends or parents.

When Sis is at college, it's really empty at home. She's often busy and doesn't e-mail or go on AIM as much. And when we finally talk on AIM, I don't know what to say. Is it supposed to be, "I miss you a lot" or "Is everything okay?" Even if I don't say it, I think she knows...

Both my literature and bio teachers were talking about jobs. A good salary is always a good thing, but you need to like your job. It's not that easy in life. Even so, I think I would rather have a job that I enjoy than a job that pays a lot but I hate it. I'm so materialistic, though...

So, anime club. The reason I was so opposed to joining was that I had to pay five bucks to watch stuff I either don't want to watch, already seen, or I could get myself. But, I guess it's okay. Anyhow, today in anime club, we were voting on whether to continue watching Naruto or to change. The choices were Full Metal Panic, FLCL, some other stuff... and Scrapped Princess. I find it interesting that it was mentioned. Well, just goes to show that some people have good taste. :P I don't know which series won the vote, though. I think it was Full Metal Panic.

Search engine hits are interesting. I got two hits for "how to ask someone to Homecoming." Typically, it's a guy asking, right? As a girl, I don't exactly know how I would ask a girl out if I was a guy. But, if I were asked out, I would be happy just that the guy had been sincere about it. After being asked sincerely and politely, it's kind of hard to reject someone. "Would you go out to the dance with me?" Even though it's only one sentence to say, I know it's hard. I know in this case, because I've confessed before and been rejected. That was about five years ago.

I'm still having crush troubles. I need to get rid of my self-pity issue. I realized some stuff over the weekend. I know what it feels like to like someone, but I've never felt it back. It's just kind of lonely, you know. Love is a wonderful thing, after all. My first crush: when I think about it, I really did like him. It wasn't just staring at him from afar. I actually knew him as a person and talked to him, etc. Even though I said I got over him, I think I still have feelings for him. They weren't returned. He told me he liked someone else. That was in fifth grade, I think.

My friend talked about dreaming about her crushes. I have never had a dream with my crush in it. Though I have had a dream just recently in which there was a guy that goes to my school in it. I never talk to him, though, so I don't know why he's there. Well, in the dream, I was dancing with him and then I was hugging him. What scares me the most was that I enjoyed it. Cause he was hugging me back...

"To be, or not to be ... that is the question.
Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,
Or to take up arms against a sea of troubles - and by opposing them end them?
To die... To sleep... no more...
And by a sleep to say we end the heartache, and the thousand natural shocks that flesh is heir to..
Tis a consummation devoutly to be wished!"
- Shakespeare's Hamlet

1. What are some major things that have happened?
a. Hatred for younger brother has grown.
b. PS2 has broken down.
c. Nothing has happened; all is well.

2. What am I thinking about right now?
a. Guys, of course!
b. Homework... -_-
c. I want pearl milk tea.

3. The final question: where am I right now?
a. In my room at home.
b. At the library.
c. In LaLaLand.

Now, hand in your papers and I will grade them. They will be returned to you later. By the way, I am at the library at school. My friend has try-outs for the soccer team, so I said I could wait at school for her. It's not like I ever get anything done at home when I come back from school, anyway. ^^;;