Which they actually aren't and I get rather frustrated when I go longer than a few days without updating. Boo.
So we're nearing the end of the semester, which means...uh, things. Yeah. I've got two capstone projects to do for my art classes and ideas for both of them, so we're looking to be in the clear. English is a breeze, Music is what it is, and Stats is, well, Stats. Had an exam there on Friday and totally bombed it.
The art building has been busy, which is an experience. Wednesday we had an open house, though we (the peer advisers) were just sheep herders as opposed to tour guides, which was very boring and very frustrating. I'm also tired of feeling stupid about things, which is something I really can't avoid because it's just how it is at this point. Friday was a small orientation for transfer students coming in the spring, and that itself was rather odd. The difference between the open house and orientation is that, with one group, I'm older than the students. In the other, I'm younger, and it just feels strange.
On Wednesday, I got new Piers. New Piers as in new laptop. "BUT KAT WHY DID YOU GET A NEW LAPTOP." Several reasons:
1.) I was on the third power cord within 1.3 years of ownership. And this power cord was about dead.
2.) The keyboard was falling apart. I was missing a Y key and let's just go from there.
3.) Various plastic components had fallen off or were coming undone.
4.) The left-click key on the mouse pad was broken.
5.) The plastic frame around the screen had cracked in two spots. I superglued it to fix it, but really, that's just ridiculous.
I'll be honest, I did abuse old Piers probably way more than what the manufacturer intended. He also had to come to school every other day for about a semester, and I didn't have any real laptop bag/casing. >>;
New Piers rocks my socks off, though I do have to adjust to the keyboard and the mousepad. It'll take me about two weeks.
On the friend front, I've been invited to a Japanese festival that is apparently held somewhere in the area in August by my friend Terumi. We were talking about stuff the other night, and I asked if she had a yukata or not. And she does. And then I asked if I should get one or if I would look really weird. She said it would be fun if I got one, so then I began looking up yukatas online. XD; I'd like a blue one...
Then I shared the reason why I respond to the word cat. And she poked fun at me for having the name "Katana" before it devolved into a war of English versus Japanese pronunciation.
Yesterday my mom and I went out to do some shopping, and I hit up Barnes & Noble because I had a 25% off coupon in my hands. And what did I do with that? Buy another MST3K boxset, of course. Volume 1, since that was all they had that I didn't have.
For the bizarrely curious, this is what eleven boxsets looks like >__>:
Since my Converse are crumbling, we headed over to DSW, which was just overloaded with boots and the colors brown and black. On the way in, my mom goes on about how she's lucked out with her kids so far when it comes to in-laws. Granted, only my oldest brother is married, but she really liked my other brother's girlfriend. Then she goes on about how much she loved Tom and says "I wouldn't mind if you got married while still in college. He could come down and work at Femilab."
Me: "MOOOOOOM. D8"
And that's that. I'm back in my dorm right now, chilling out before Movie Sign. I think I'll order some Chinese food (again) before long...
