09/05/2006: "taihen na koto da kedo, shi kata wa nai"

Woke up this morning and decided to learn "If you're happy and you know it.." in Japanese before I went off to school. No real good reason for this, but it just seemed mildly fitting and like something to do. I should mention now that this song (in English) is deeply cemented in my mind due to having had to sing it every single morning in Preschool (about 2-3 years). So, this song already carries a strong feeling of irony for me. Being the joyful little child I was, I used to not clap my hands because, frankly, I wasn't happy in the morning (I'm still not much of a morning person). The teachers argued with me that it doesn't matter if you're happy or not, just that you clapped your hands. So, every morning, I sang "If you're not happy and you know it.."

..yes, I was quite the annoying little kid. But I like to think that, at the very least, I was spirited. That's a positive way of saying "stubborn".

So, yeah.. I spent the morning learning it, humming it on the way to school and rambling it between classes. It will likely be stuck in my head for quite awhile now, which is good. I might run across a Japanese person who looks like they're happy and should be clapping their hands. Yes.. a valuable life skill.

The irony comes in around noon with a phone call I got. Apparently things have gone awfully wrong between my parents and now things are going to be ugly for awhile. I aim to maintain a policy of not getting involved, but I don't imagine this will last long. Wish me luck?

I'm actually in the process of skipping my last class of the day.. my first skipped class since I started the semester, how exciting. Went to go run a quick errand with a friend of mine and she was skipping the class anyway, so.. it's so much easier to not go if other people aren't going too. I'm thinking I might need some ice cream.. if only it wasn't so expensive.

Anyway, that's it for now. I'm going to head off, find my bike, and wait outside a building for someone to show up.


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