peace by piece
Today was wonderful. I just felt like making out with someone all day. (No worries, Justin.) That I would even want to extend myself toward another person (as I did today) is an extreme step in the right direction. When I'm upset, I'm usually so deep in that stereotypical "black pit of despair" that I can't even manage polite greetings or feign cheerfulness. I am indeed the Queen of Angst.

But not today. I just wanted to taaallllk and taaallllllk and looooove all the people. Especially the cute boys. (*wink*) I have been one majorly socially isolated (yet still overstimulated) girl till now. That's all gonna change if I can keep up this mindset. I ought to need people... that's the normal thing, right?

I finished Christmas shopping. Now I have the complete package, including presents for the stupid dog (who was humping mom's leg when I got home today). All I need to do is wrap it all and burn my sister her niiiifty CDs, which I shall do on Wednesday in a last-minute frenzy.

I'm almost done with my 9 pg. research paper. I just have to write a conclusion, put in the footnotes and choose a format for the Bibliography. Yay me. Tomorrow I have to give two in-class Japanese presentations. Guh. Monday is a bloody kanji test. Then I'm DONE for two weeks, thank GOD. About friggin time, don't you think?

So this post isn't completely pointless, allow me to mention a few things (three, to be precise, since I like that number) that made me happy today:

1. The man reading Dragon Ball Z manga on the Yamanote line platform while we waited for the train. (Weird, but it always seems that at least two trains going the other direction for the same line pass while we're waiting for our one.)

2. The girl wearing pointy-toed flats with her jeans. *That's* not special... but the shoes were bright, neon green. I followed her with my cell-phone camera taking pictures until she went into a cake shop. I think she knew I was stalking her. It's too bad you can't turn off the sound on those phone cameras.

3. The weather. Oh my gosh. Perfectly clear and cold. This is what it's supposed to be like all winter. A bit of wind, some scattered leaves, unbelievably beautiful. My favorite kind. When I walked across campus on an errand today, I wanted to dance for seasonal joy. I stared out the window all during class. Le sigh!