That thing I forgot to blog about yesterday? Just remembered it. I can't believe I didn't.

A few days ago we got a kitten. She's really small still! It's been so long since I've had a kitten. She's actually quite annoying at times. She'll bite your EYELIDS at random while you're trying to sleep, I kid you not. She's sort of a rare colour: dark brown (with a white belly and chest). I've never really seen a cat this colour, to be honest. Even though she's special like that, she's tentatively named Cocoa. I think that's a very plain name, and we haven't really been calling her that. It might stick eventually, so who knows. Better than calling her Shit or Poo. My sister put a little Winnie the Pooh shirt on her today. Very funny. She also finds it funny to call her "Hoochie Mama" for some reason. It's so mean. x_x

Pictures to come. She's adorable. I would have taken a million already, but my camera's batteries are very dead.

Today was my Japanese final presentation. On the whole, I really dislike group-work. This time wasn't so bad, but there's always at least one idiot that makes life a lot harder for everyone else. I'm just glad it's over. Now I just have to concentrate on my in-class essay on Tuesday. Never wrote an in-class essay in a different language before…

I nearly had a meltdown today after my (last!) Botany lab. I had six minutes to get from the Biological Sciences building to the bus stop, which is halfway across campus. While running I drop my student ID. I really can't live without that thing. I'm about to get on the bus when I notice I didn't have it. That's where the meltdown nearly occurred. It was like losing an arm. I need that to ride the bus, to access areas around campus (especially stuff in the Butterdome, including my locker), to print stuff off, for ID, and many more things. Replacing it is almost $100 because of the bus pass portion. I'm practically impoverished at this point, so the thought of having to replace that scared me to death, especially with Christmas around the corner now. It was bad enough I had to pay an extra $70 on my cellphone bill a couple months ago (I left it in a bathroom and someone downloaded a shitload of games onto it). It feels like a never-ending punch to the stomach when I have to pay for these things. Anyway, I start walking back to BioSci and after one minute I find it in the snow, so at least I don't have to pay for a new ID. I ended up missing my bus, of course. Earlier in the semester I lost my notebook which had a few weeks worth of notes in it. I never did get that back. I hate how I'm losing things so easily these past few months.

Oops, I started writing this a long time ago, then forgot about it. Wow, it's late. Going to bed now, my sweetnesses. :D

Not much to say. School's progressing, as it always does. This past week has been pretty busy for me, and it's my last big busy stretch before finals hit. I had a botany quiz on Thursday, an evolution assignment due Tuesday, and I have a Japanese final presentation tomorrow that I've spent all day preparing for. Next Tuesday I have a Japanese in-class essay that I'm kind of freaking out over, but once that's done I'm practically free… for a week. Finals are creeping up so fast.

Two more weeks till Zanth's here. Can't wait.

I've been playing Final Fantasy XI a bit too much lately. In fact, I'm playing it right now (yay for the newly implemented windowed mode). I'm getting flashbacks to when I'd do nothing but play MapleStory all day long. It's been years since I've done that. I should get the new expansion, but it's not like I can do much of the stuff right now that it'd come with. Mask, I wonder if I can add your PlayOnline ID? Mine's ferret, and my character's name is Weasel. At least we'll be able to mail each other, maybe. XD I'm sure you don't want to migrate between servers now, do you? >_>

Wow, I thought I had more to say. Guess not.

Well, since I can't even fucking log onto Audition to play tournament, I have nothing better to do than to blog. I have steam to blow off anyway.

I'm not sure if many of you understand what it's like to not have any privacy for long periods of time. The past couple years the closest thing I get is when I'm studying alone at school or when I'm in the fucking bathroom. I'm a very private person for the most part, so it's been a daily challenge for me to deal with this kind of lifestyle. I hate living in this apartment with three other people, even if they're family. Part of the reason I spend so much time on the computer is because I can retreat into something. I can't fit my computer in my room, so I'm forced to be around people watching TV and doing stuff all day long. If my uncle is in my room and my mom and sister are in here, I can't even fucking call my own boyfriend and have a private conversation with him. When my sister wants to watch me play Audition I get extremely upset every time. I try my best to ignore her, but if I'm having a bad day (like I am today) sometimes I just can't deal with it. She might as well be reading my personal conversations on AIM and MSN. I talk to friends more on Audition than I do on any other program these days.

I want out so bad, but I'm sliding more and more into major debt with every passing day. (It's getting so bad that I often can't afford to buy food for myself when I'm hungry at school all day long.) My mom is thinking of moving yet again early next year. The place she's looking at would give me the entire basement to myself. I'm assuming it's a developed basement. I'm not moving into some cement monstrosity. While I would finally get the privacy I want, I hate moving so much. I lost count ten years ago how many times I've moved.

I really just want to cry but my uncle is here right now, and I don't want to cry in front of him.

For a change, I feel like blogging. Problem is I don't know what I'm going to say even as I write these words into my little WordPress box.

Let's see… I slept in today. I didn't set my alarm and I woke up at 4:00 in the afternoon. I only got to see the sun for barely two hours. It felt weird, but that's what happens when I don't set my alarm. I'm glad I got Monday and Tuesday off from school. Botany labs are cancelled too, so I have Thursday afternoon off. So I played Audition and FFXI since I got up. Go me. I'd talk about FFXI but I don't think many people would understand (or care about) what I was saying.

One month, two days until Zanth's here. You better get crackin', Hammy. Literally.

I think we should actually plan a grep chat for… some time. I miss those.

Can't really think of much else to say. Kind of sad, really. Oh well.

This is horridly surreal. My mom is watching The Rocky Horror Picture Show on TV. Apparently it's one of her favourite movies. I had no idea. I would have never watched it in secret had I known that. Wow, I forgot how completely gay this movie is. Tim Curry is all over Rocky right now. Hehe, my mom changed the channel. A little too gay to handle.

Speaking of gay stuff, I'm counting down the days. Zanth will be here in just over a month. 40 days, to be precise. Airplane tickets have been bought, so it's official. Hammy, we need to talk. Or maybe you can just give me a yes-or-no answer right here in the comments. Surely you know what question I want to ask you.

I started playing Final Fantasy XI last weekend. So far it's pretty fun. My midterms are all done as of last week, so I'm more than happy to take on a new video game obsession. I'm not watching much for TV this season. Just Heroes, America's Next Top Model, and The Amazing Race. >.> CSI and Law & Order when I feel like it.

Oh, and we're rich in Audition. XD I love it. I'm so not going to play that video game any less now.

Let's see… not too much else going on. I was thinking of doing that thing where you blog for a month. I decided against it. :) Oh, and Simon's latest post reminded me that I haven't really blogged about my plans for the future. I, too, have been considering moving to Toronto. For obvious reasons, really. I'm not going anywhere until I graduate, but don't be surprised if I'm packed up and gone the day after I'm finished my last exam in April, 2009. Some people have told me that it's a little soon to be making that kind of a decision, but I don't think so. While I don't entirely despise it here (I actually kind of like my city), in reality I have very little here in Edmonton. On top of that, it's harder to get a job teaching in Edmonton Public than people realize. It's a year and a half away. I'm not making any real decisions any time soon anyway.

And it's only a five-hour drive to JBeth's. I checked. >:D