02/15/2006: "It's all cyclical in nature.."

Well, that time of year has managed to roll around again once more, that dreaded day that separates people into the "dating" and "single" groups, which somehow impacts you and your social standing. I don't really care about this, but most of all it's the people who are overly excited about the day and, especially, the people who decide that they need to understand why it is that you happen to be single.

Other than that, I'm not really bothered by it this year. I guess I've just somewhat grown accustomed to it. Either that or I'm just terribly apathetic. But the first one really sounds much better (though it's basically the same thing). Or maybe it's just because I have alot of school work I need to do, so I can't really be bogged down by the whole "my, it sucks to be single" thing. Who knows!

Got my application for graduation in yesterday, applied for the university last week, got my transcripts in the mail over the weekend, a now I just need another set of transcripts sent so I can call myself "productive". I seem to be keeping up with my schoolwork for the most part, but everything else I'm lagging behind in. On a positive note, I did manage to start, complete, and edit a 20~ page manga translation on Saturday. I even managed to edit all the manga images and put the translations into it, so those who can't read Japanese can now read and understand the story. All of that is now online and uploaded to the site for Valentine's Day. Hopefully someone will enjoy it.

Unfortunately, I'm rather tired right now, and therefore mostly incapable of writing anything sensical. Nothing obscene amounts of caffeine can't fix, though.

I need to start my Japanese speech soon. By soon, I mean within the next few days. It's not required until late next month, but if I don't get a move on it, I won't be able to have many people double check it and revise. Unfortunately, I'm still at a loss as to what to write. I'm thinking I'll probably either settle on the Japanese school system (something I still have alot of material on and have witnessed first-hand, along with having written at 5 page paper on it in the past) or on a slightly idealistic speech.. more on that later.

I should get running, have to head to class soon. I'll write more later when I have some time.

...and I really need to fix that calendar.


Jason