Well, I spoke too soon about not putting up with them again. Simon invited me to go to Busch Gardens amusement park a while back and I said of course I can go, I can't wait. But now his girlfriend's friends are staying longer than planned so that they can all go with us. I can't just back out now, I feel like I have to go. A three hour drive in one car and then all five of us are going to share a hotel room for a night. What am I going to do. This shouldn't be as big a deal as it is, but I feel like I'm in middle school again being shut out. I've invited everyone I can think of to go with me and be my buddy so I'm not fifth wheel for two long days but it's so last minute and a little pricey that no one can go. ... Why is this happening. I'm so sad about this. 

I watched Totoro at my friend's house when I was little and then asked my parents to buy it for me. It wasn't until I was older that I looked into Miyazaki's other films and watched Spirited Away. I think those are the best ones. He worked on another one called Grave of the Fireflies which is really sad. I like his films, but I've never been interested in anime cartoons. Most of the people in my study abroad group were completely obsessed though. It's mostly for completely shallow reasons, like seeing people who were into that kind of thing in high school and not wanting to be part of their group, so I dismissed it. I'm sure there are some worth while ones out there, since in our pop culture class we talked about how animation is so huge in Japan, much more so than live action, that there are animated shows for all ages about all kinds of things. Whereas in Western culture, we associate animation mainly with children shows or crude young adult shows. 

Yeah I bet acting is really tough. I wonder if the actors have this one, personal sad thing they think about when they have to do an emotional scene. I bet it takes some time to come back too, after they work themselves up to it. 

I've only been water skiing twice before, the first time it took me several tries before I could get up and stay up without taking a dive, face first. Heh, the second time I went I was sitting in the water with my feet in my skiis, just floating there, waiting for the boat to start up again, when all of a sudden I saw this [i]huge[/i] jellyfish floating near me and before I could do anything it floated over one of my legs and then got trapped there between my shins and of course my feet are strapped tightly into my skiis so I freaked the fuck out and started screaming and flailing in a very undignified kind of way and finally got free and my family and friends on the boat came round and picked me up. God it is so fucking painful to be stung by a jellyfish isn't it lol xD My legs were all striped with red lines. You're supposed to put vinegar on jellyfish stings but we didn't have any, so they smeared mustard on my legs while I tried not to cry, since I guess it has vinegar in it or something. Yep mustard on my legs, heh. I did not hear the end of that for a while. I was like 17 or 18, a senior in high school. 

Yeah give me cats over humans any day lol. 

Oh, oh, I know that song. By Beyonce I think. It's great to have a friend to stick with you isn't it. Makes all the difference in the world. Why do we even have to hang around people who push us off to the side. It shouldn't be so difficult to just say, hey I don't like you so get away from me. 

Aw, that's so cute! <3 She sounds adorable! Flirting or not, you should do it right back and see what happens! Sounds like flirting to me, but it's hard to tell sometimes. In any case, you can get to know her better now. That sounds really exciting :) 

Google told me that -30 degrees celsius is -22 degrees Fahrenheit!! D: Holy.. that is really cold!! I have never been in weather below 20 degrees Fahrenheit, except once in Michigan in the winter when it was colder than that but I can't remember the temperature. What's it like when it gets that cold? Do you walk outside and freeze immediately? lol jk. But really... omg you weren't kidding about the igloos and polar bears...