So, it was a pretty amazing day. Daisy drove me back to school last night. we hung out with Rachel when we got here, and went to the diner. then we said goodnight, and the two of us went for a walk (which was rather short due to the cold). We went back to my room, watched Lost, and exchanged gifts, then passed out.

Today, we slept in, and decided to lie in bed for a while, since we didn't have time to get food before I had class. We went for coffee, and walked around campus for a bit, then he spent time with Rachel and Katie, while I spent an excruciatingly boring hour in class. He and I then went for lunch, got more coffee, and decided to pack up a picnic and go for a walk around the lake. We stopped for a while and skipped rocks, and explored the whole length of the trail, then stopped again to lay out a sheet and cuddle in the meadow (which was again cut short by cold). Along the way back, we ran into a girl who had fallen into the water, and let her dry her computer on the sheet we brought, and gave her chocolate (she looked like she needed it).

Then he helped me with my taxes, we played a few games of pool (I was sorely beaten) and walked around town until we found somewhere to eat. Now he's on his way home, and I'm studying for tomorrow's test, and i really miss him, but I had an amazingly perfect day ^________^


It really is crazy how much can happen in a year. Everything is so different now (and I am definitely okay with that ^_^ )

This weekend was pretty fuckin amazing - I'm not quite ready to get back into the weekly swing of things yet. On Friday, I met with the class dean, who said it was fine if a took a year off. Then Daisy came to visit ^_^ He, Rachel, and I went for pizza, hung out in town, and played Guillotine while having a rice party. Daisy and I watched Lost and went to bed. Saturday was gorgeous, so Daisy and I explored parts of town we had never been (found a sketchy comic shop), then walked the trail by the lake, and stopped to juggle in the meadow. He taught me a bunch of new juggling tricks, and a juggled pins for the first time ever!! We went back to the house, met up with RB, Katey, and Rachel, and played laser tag at the mall, where we beat the crap out of some Mount Holyoak girls (it was the six of us versus the 14 of them, and we still got about double their score). We went tot he diner, then hung out at the house for a bit. Daisy taught pool and juggling. The Daisy and I went for a walk at like 2AM, which was pretty awesome ^_^ (I haven't just walked around at night in a long time, and the weather was really pleasant). Today Daisy and I went into town for lunch, went shopping, hit the con for a few minutes, came back and played guittine for a bit with Katey and Rachel. we all went for ice cream, then daisy and I went for dinner. We came back, and Daisy and I played a game of pool (I still suck, but less ^_^;; ) and then he left, and now I miss him a bunch.

2 kind of funny gender occurences of the weekend:
1) We went to a store where Daisy got ankle bells for himself. He brought them to the register, handed them to the women, and payed for them, without making any gesture towards me. The women then turned to me and asked if I wanted a bag >_<
2) The at dinner, which I got to pay for 'cause Daisy paid for everything all weekend and I really wanted to treat him to something, I put my card in the little bill-holder thing (does that thing have a name?) the woman asked Daisy if that was how he was paying,  took it, went to the register, came back with a pen, and put it in front of him. She looked super embarassed when I picked it up to sign ^_^;;;

So, I was talking to Daisy about it this weekend, and I think I won't be going as cast this year. I need to work as much as possible over the summer, and I also just don't think I can be ready for auditions in time (I have way to much schoolwork on my plate currently). Sorry guys. I will, however, definitely be at faire this year (barring work being an issue) and I'll be returning to cast when I go back to school after my year off (its a lot easier to do cast while at school, because work study lets you pick shifts, so you never have to work weekends). So, one year off from cast, but I'll still be at faire, and I'll be back in cast after this year probably <3

So, everyone's been telling me all these horror stories about how hard it is to get personal leave for a year. I showed up at the deans office, and waited nervously to debate and petition to get my year off. The conversation went "So, I'd like to take a year of personal leave. . ." "Sounds like a good idea, I'll go get you that form." ". . . oh! Cool!" Turns out, they don't give a damn if you want a year off, so long as you contact them when you're coming back so you don't run into trouble. So now my biggest problem is figuring out if I will actually go for the year off, and figuring out if I'm going to try for cast for faire this year. *sigh* decisions, decisions.

It's getting warmer, which is making me very happy ^_^ It's funny, I used to get upset when it stopped snowing, because it meant the end of staying up watching the weather and hoping for a snow day. But now that snow days rarely ever happen, I just want it to be warm, so I can wear sandals and go out and take pictures, and juggle in that meadow off the trail. Even though today is rainy, I'm enjoying it, because it's rain and not snow, and I can go around without a coat, and the breeze isn't bitter.

On the down side, I can't really enjoy the weather, because this week is ending up way more busy than I was expecting. Even though I got all my papers done last week,  I have so many small assignments and quizzes and whatnot that I don't really have time t slack off. I'm just looking forward to this weekend, and going home and then to Manchester. It should be a very nice break, it just waiting for it that sucks ^_^;;

So in class today, we were talking about how in Chinese culture, red is a sign of good things, and green is a sign of bad ones, unlike america where its the other way around. And I was thinking, there have been studies done where they found that green has a calming effect on people, and red can induce anger and whatnot, and I was just wondering - if you preformed these tests in other cultures, would you get varying results? and in that case, would that mean that response to colors is learned rather than instinctive?
Just a random train ofthought that I didnt have tiem to bring up in class. . .

Okay guys - I need technical input!
My ipod headphone jack is broken. Sound still comes out, but it fades in and out of one ear - I think there must be a loose contact. i don't have the money for a new ipod, so I was thinking about getting one of the ipod docks with the audio output, on the assumption that this wouldnt need an external powersource for that feature to work. Any idea if this will work???? (I reaaaallly don't want to go 4 months without being able to use my ipod sans speakers)
<3

So, I'm back at school. Having fun, I guess. Last week was kind of rough, but a surprise visit on Sunday from Daisy, Kym, and mom made it all alright ^_^ It was very amazing to see them, especially so unexpectadly. Now it's back to the school week and all that fun shit, but I just have to make it through the next few day until I get to come home for Imbolc! I can't wait to see everyone!
I should probably do some homework before the daily show, but I probably won't. . .

So break has been super perfect so far. No (major) fights with the parents. I'm not sick anymore, and am finally healed enough that I can eat real food AND it doesn't hurt to drink water. I've gotten to roleplay a bunch this week, and despite being kinda of a pissy pain in the ass when the idea of roleplaying first came up, really really enjoyed myself, and now am psyched to hopefully play more before I go back to school. Oh, also good news, I visited my grandparents the other day, and my grandfather is doing a lot better than people had been telling me he was. Like, not great, but no where near what I had been told. So that was cool. Ummmm, besides that, just a lot of hanging out with people I love, so a really great break, that I'm sure has a lot of fun things left in it. Very cool ^_^