I got a bitchin new laptop yesterday and spent most of the day after school deleting bloatware and setting up the computer with all the freeware I am used to having around. Unfortunately, I spent all day doing nothing but that so today I have to make up for lost time in terms of schoolwork and exercise. The day has just begun

ｓぇえｐ

I'm afraid I have a dirty little secret: I have issues sleeping. All the time. When I have issues sleeping, my behavior changes drastically and I can't think straight. This often means I become incredibly irregular in my attitude, sociability, and actions. I would imagine this would be hilarious, if it was I looking at myself from afar.

I write this all, actually, to tell people that I just poured myself a glass of orange juice, drank it, put the cup into the refrigerator, and put the bottle of orange juice into the cupboard. Then walked away. Then ran back because I realized that I am more fritzed than I thought because I've been lacking sleep for the past week. But I seem to have insomnia right now and I can't sleep so I am on the internet, writing about how I can't sleep properly currently.

As for Japan in Spring...

Permission from Parents: Check
Permission from School: Check
Permission from US Government: Pending
Permission from Korean Government: Pending
Money: 30% Complete
Job in States: Pending
Job Abroad: Unknown
Housing at Home: Messy
Housing Abroad: Nonexistent

So I finished my first day at school and I'm tired as shit. I was up since four am in the morning and school was from nine am until four pm. The classes themselves are not too bad, just the length is killing me. I completely slept through my last class. PS 141B has way too many people. Some three hundred people are taking it and the room is very warm. The teacher was very nice and I liked the way he talked and the subject material but after being awake for twelve hours and a nice lunch and a warm room, I just fell asleep.

I've been running around doing the paper works to make sure things get done correctly, such as getting my double major, transferring eap units correctly, and getting my graduation schedule set correctly. I am not done but I think I'm at about the cusp of finishing what is needed.

I'll finally have high speed internet tomorrow, which I am thankful for. I've been stealing internet for the past three days and I'm sick of it.

Living alone blows. I wish I had a mom. Or at least a maid. Maybe I should just get married ASAP so I have somebody to do at least half the god damn work.

Oh America

I landed just two days ago and I have so many things to do. Today I went and paid bills and cashed some checks that I got in the mail but I forgot to get my internet set up at my home. I'm currently stealing internet from somebody out there to write this. The car needed a wash so I also did that, as well as forgetting to eat.

I ran around school trying to complete a lot of my school related issues such as petitioning for an extension on unit credits and applying for double major status and getting credit for EAP but I needed to fill some more forms out before I get them all ready. -_-. So I got nothing done today, only information gathering.

Since I was in westwood, I decided to donate some blood. I sat and watched Charlie Bartlett while the machine pumped platelets out of me. Charlie Bartlett is not a bad movie.

Afterwards, dollar dog day at the Stand. Ive never been there until today but it was pretty good for a dollar. Visited my tae kwon do team, most of the old members quit, which sucks. Visited my old work, got an application just in case I want to work there again.

Life is currently at like 50%. Im sleepy and I got school tomorrow. good night.

30 minute massages

今日は戻ったからちょっと違うの日だった。俺日本から韓国に１２月２８日帰りました。その時から帰ったからちょう嬉しかった、なんか楽だから。家にゴロゴロできるし。でも、今日は日本を出たのことをちょっと気づいてしまいました。銭湯に行ってのんびりしている時看板を読みました。その看板には「マサジ無料」と書いてありました。それを読んで笑っちゃった。笑った理由は日本にいる時日本人の生徒たちとどうやって日本語と韓国語がにいてるか話を何回しました。例えば、一つにいてるのは日本語と韓国語にはマサジ三十分無料が同じこと。

その看板を読んで何回その話をしたか思い出が出ました。三日日本にいないことをあまり関係なかったけど、日本を出たことを気づきました。なんか懐かしいになって心辛くなりました。日本に戻りたいんです。でも、あまり寒くない季節がいいかな。

Today was definitely a change of pace since I returned to Korea. I got back from Japan to Korea on December 28th, 2008. Since then, I've just been very happy to be home, enjoying how everything was so comfortable. It feels great to just relax at home. But today, a little bit of the reality that I just left Japan sunk in. I was in a public bath and I was relaxing and such when I read a sign that said "free massages included". 마사지무료. And I just laughed. I laughed because I had this conversation with Japanese students numerous times about how Japanese and Korean sounds alike in certain ways, one of which is the fact that free 30 minute massage sounds just the same in Japanese and in Korean.

Just reading the sign reminded me of how many times I had that silly conversation with different people. After three days of just not caring I was not in Japan, it finally hit me that I left Japan. It made me slightly reminiscent and panged at my heart. I long to be back in Japan soon. But maybe when it is not so cold.

(I never write notes or a blog except when I have a buttload of free time. Last year, I had my part time job to thank for providing me ample time to write incessant notes and observations. This year, maybe not so much. Except for this week, where I seem to be sending a lot more emails and writing more than I have ever before. While I love my puppy, the excitement does wear off after a while and I can't play with the dog for 14 hours a day. I need other forms of stimulation. Also, Korea is very cold right now, being around -6~-10 degrees Celcius and I hate being out in the cold for too long so I don't feel like goofing off around Seoul by myself, which is what I usually do in the summer. So I decided, what the hell, let's just write some journal entries to keep myself busy. Then I got the bright idea of just translating everything into Japanese or Korean just to keep myself busy. I could definitely use the practice.）

My Dog and I

You know, I never realized how much I missed wireless until today. I woke up and used my laptop in bed and now, I'm using my laptop while watching Starcraft and Korean dramas on the coach with my dog, Bori.

Bori (보리) is Korean for 麦（Barley). When my family and I were discussing names, I felt like drinking some barley tea, then I was like, you know, I love bori-cha （麦茶）, why not just name him Bori. The fact that the dog smells just like barley helped cement the name. So now the dog's name is Bori, but I call him Bori-cha.　I suppose that means his Japanese name is むぎ or 麦茶 haha.

Bori's teeth are just coming in, so he just keeps biting everything. Pillows, curtains, dolls, my hand, they're all targets. But it's just too cute so no one complains.

The puppy is just adorable. He's very smart, is just about house-trained, and very rambunctious.
And as sad as I am to say this, right now, I don't miss Japan at all right now. All I've been doing since I've got back is just taking it easy and it feels great. I already know in about a month I'll be melancholic, especially since I'll be in the States, but right now, my comfort level is too high. I suppose the dog really helps in that aspect.