ho hum
Right after my final final Justin and I drove up to Portland and spent the next two and a half days doing manual labor for his mom. Why? Because we were getting paid $10/hr to clean their (already perfect) West Hills home so they can show it on the market when they plan to move up to Seattle. MMM.... $200 in-pocket is more than enough to help pay for Tori tickets and part of an iPod.

I'm enjoying my summer so far. Sort of relishing that bored, don't-know-what-to-do-with-myself feeling. Been spending a bit too much time in front of the computer since we got home though. I figure it's forgiveable because I did work my ass off for the last few days. Probably not so forgiveable that I did go and spend $84 at Old Navy today. Meh, what's a girl to do? I Only have one pair of shorts that fits me now, so I needed more... and those tank tops and that dress were so cute. =D God, I sound like one of those shallow teeny-bopper bloggers. Really, do I give a shit anymore? Nope... The blog is more or less a coping mechanism. So when I don't need to cope, I don't need to blog.

I went to Alex's graduation yesterday. I didn't let on, but I felt sad the whole time. It really scares me to see people I know graduating before me. I'm happy for their accomplishments, of course, but I don't like parting ways at life crossroads. I like being in pace with the people I care about. I'm not too worried about losing him though. Even if we end up not speaking for years due to some unforseen distance, I'm sure we'll be like Sian and I when we get back together and reconnect instantly.

Anyhoo, I start work full-time tomorrow. Yahoo! Got the first of my loan installments deposited into checking so I can go make a downpayment on my faboolous Ti-book. Did I mention? New deal: Fully loaded (RAM, HD, Airport, Superdrive) for $1650. That plus $332 warranty and $169 iPod is total of something like $2150. MMM. Good nuff for me!

I'm irritated with the Waseda people. They've been recommending I take the AIEJ Japanese scholarship. But just now they tell me that there's been difficulty in the past converting it into student account payments. Hello? I need a scholarship for tuition, not a living expense stipend. I know that all along this scholarship has sounded like a living expense stipend but I'd just assumed I could translate it into account payments. What's also irksome is that the AIEJ is the "exclusive" scholarship. Erm... I don't know about you but I don't really consider a stipend a scholarship unless it can be applied to tuition. I'm grateful for their attempted contribution but it seems ludicrious to offer a living stipend that forbids the use of ANY other applicable scholarships when yours doesn't cover tuition. Dumbasses. And dumbasses to the Freeman people, too, because I sent them a packet with all their requested information over two weeks ago so that it would get there prior to the June 1st deadline and they just now sent me an email noting that they haven't recieved it so my status is now "pending." Thank's for letting me know. ARGH. At least I have photocopies of all the paperwork they need. I wonder if they'd let me fax it to them.

Aight, I'm out. <3

P.S. Can you tell that I've been wasting my time all day reading "ana" and "hot or not" LJ forums to indulge some car-crash fascination? My vocabulary... it's fading.... eh, I'll be fine.