7 Jul 01

I have neglected my journal. Why have I done such a thing? I'll tell you-- I don't know. I dun-feel like telling everything I did within the days of which I haven't written, but I'll check to remember what those were so that if I did anything *interesting,* I'll be sure to include it.

*thinks*

ooh! I finally got my postcard from Veneliza today!! ^_^ Although everyone else got theirs much earlier T_T Sucks to the postal system! No actually, I quite admire our good postal workers. They mail stuff.

Wot did I do on the 4th of July? I stayed inside and avoided bugs and fireworks. I don't much like fireworks. *blink* AnJa started to hate working at Old Navy, so she's gonna quit. On... the... 3rd? Yeah. Well, actually it was the 4th, cos 'twas after midnight... anyway, she had closed that night so she got home verrah late (12.37) and because she hadn't started work until 5.30 they only gave her one 15-minute break, so she hadn't gotten to eat any supper and she was hungry, and stuff. Mum was still up at that point because she took Excedrin or something, so she decided to do her Bible study until she was tired enough to sleep, or something. Anyway, because AnJa was hungry and the drive-thru at Taco Cabana is open 24 hours, we thought it would be Great Fun to sneak out and get food. Only, we soon discovered that mum was up. So, AnJa asked her if we could go. She said no very meanly. ;_; It made us very sad. I could understand why she didn't want us to go out, but it seemed that she was very *mean* about telling us we couldn't...

So. The next day I got up at... I dunno, some time in the double-digit a.m., and randomly confronted mum about having been mean to AnJa. Then AnJa came downstairs and we all talked about that and I, for my part, started to cry. x_x (oy, what's my problem, eh??) But since we talked about it and got it all out in the open, it turned out be not so bad. I will quote "Star," because it is a very great song, by Loren & Mash. "You'll be amazed what you can get through if you just communicate!" Actually, I like Promised Land and Thanatos both better than Star, but they don't have anything about getting through things by communicating. XP ...but, communication is a theme in the immortal first OP of Gundam W, so I'll also quote that. "Just Wild Beat Communication!" ...I think it's really cute when Japanese songs have English words randomly that don't make any sense O_O

Then we went to Taco Cabana for lunch XD!! The manager guy there knows us because we go so often. Taco Cabana is the family obsession. I used to not like going there, but since I started liking chicken fajitas (a *lot*) I advocate the place as heartily as anyone else.

...and then, for sappaa, we ate... umm... berries (blueberries, blackberries, and raspberries) with whipped cream, our daily dose of patriotism, since it after all was Independce Day, and... hot dogs or something. While watching Rush Hour. Therefore, our personal celebration of our country extended to Mexican food and Jackie Chan. God bless the USA.

I forgot what I did on the 5th. *checks mugendai blog for info*

OH yeah! That was Thursday. Now I remember ^___^ I forgot I had a voice lesson and showed up a half hour late to the half hour-long voice lesson. It was mostly AnJa's fault though. Then after we went home we called Dowhy and he went back and so did we and we had lessons then. Lovely.

I will expound somewhat-- we have our lessons at what happens to be my personal high school, which is also the district-wide summer school location. Because of ROTC, they've been blocking off the Fine Arts parking lot and making people park either in guest parking at the front, or in faculty or student, which are both approximately 15.46 miles from the choir room (that being where we have lessons). But, that day the F.A. lot wasn't blocked off per se, since the white wooden partition things were moved aside so there was space for a car to go through, and there were already some cars parked in it. However, some guy was parked in front of the opening that let you get inside, so AnJa made me get out and move the partition aside. It didn't move the way I expected it to and the middle beam fell off the frame and landed on my foot ===O_O=== it hurt A LOT and I was afraid I was gonna get in trouble. But I don't think anyone saw. Except the guy who was parked waiting for his kid in front of the place where we *would* have been able to get into the lot.

For some reason, I'm amused by Nissan Maximae. They're just so... generic... or something.

Yesterday my Driver's Handbook finally came and mum was like "Now you can learn how to drive, this is all we were waiting for!" cos I'm doing that Driver's Ed at home thingum... so, she gave me the book and I took it and went into the kitchen and proceeded to finish writing thank-you notes instead of reading it XŞ I still haven't even opened it, ho ho ho. I just really, really don't want to drive... I'm scared, and honestly, there's not really any place I want to go... y'dig? I mean, I like going to the bookstore or out to eat or something, but not by myself. And I have an irrational aversion to inviting my friends to go out someplace with me O_x For the most part, I just like staying home... and I know this whole not-driving thing is selfish because I need to be able to drive myself to school this next year or make mum take me everyday or ride the bus which leaves reeeeealy early and I know I'd end up missing it every day cos I was already tardy to school about 1/3 of the time last year when we didn't even have to leave the house until about 25 minutes *after* the bus had already come and gone. But I'm afraid to drive..!!! ...and, AnJa is thinking of taking the car with her when she goes to college, which would mean I won't have a car to drive next schoolyear even if I DO learn. So, I don't know what the plan is there.

I went to Wal-Mart with AnJa and her friend Rae yesterday and we also got lunch at Taco Cabana XD!!! I carried around another stuffed fish with me at Wal-Mart (I really want one of those stuffed fish) and we had a flashback to when mum and us had a bathroom-meeting related miscommunication. Cos I go, like, "I'm gonna go to the bathroom, see ya" but neglected to set up any kind of meeting. After I finished, I went and sat on a bench near the front, but they kept not showing up and I was worried. Then, I thought I heard someone page me, but I wasn't sure, so I asked the courtesy desk person and he told me to ask the person at checkout 14 (x_x) and I didn't know what to do so I wandered around a bit and there was this guy that kept looking at me and it creeped me out. Then, later he came up to me and said "Hey, you know Shannon B****** [I'm not releasing her last name to the public], right?" and I was like "*blink* yeah..." and he was like "..and you went to Fiesta Texas?" and I was like "Yeah," and then I recognised the guy cos he's this punk that went to Fiesta Texas with us ;o His name's Derek, but we call him Stephen, Jr. because he's just like Stephen, only rude and short. Most people would say that makes him totally unlike Stephen since two of Stephen's most defining traits are politeness and height... I must admit, it's something entirely intangible, but somehow Derek *really* is JUST like Stephen in some nebulous fashion. *shrug*

Then I heard them page me again, and I heard them pronounce my name very clearly, but it was like "Rachel R**** [not releasing my last name, hohohohoho!], please go to DFLGJKLAEGER&%(@@." It sounded kind of like they said "the counter" and kind of like "the car." I was already by the counters so I wandered back and forth, then I went outside and came back in, and the courtesy desk guy said "I heard them page you, they said to go to electronics." I don't know how he understood what they said, but I'm glad cos otherwise I should have been lost FOREVER!!!!!

Laaa. La la la la la la. Quote of undersigned from Wal-Mart: "I love this trout, it's so soft!"

Today I slept until about 11 and played FFVIII until 2-ish, at which point AnJa and I watched Saturday morning cartoons.

***Silla is getting ice cream and will finish writing the journal entry when she has gotten it***

I originally typed that saying "Rachel" instead of "Silla," but you know, I go by Silla here, not Rachel, so. *furrows brow*

Last night, while AnJa was working at Old Navy (and hating it) the rest of us visited her. I bought a greyish-green skirt thing that is nice. Then we went to Barnes & Noble... I read Dragon Ball #5 (I'm ashamed, but I actually really like the manga o_o), an X-Men manga-format novel called "Dark Phoenix Returns," and... ummm... something else... it also came from the comics section, but I've completely forgotten what it was. Oh! I remember. I did get "Shadows the Empire" and take it with me to the place where I read the other two, but I didn't actually read it. Yeah. *blink*

...back to today, eh. Cardcaptors was another "new" episode O_o... I'm glad they're dubbing the episodes that were originally cut, but I just wonder why they took them out in the first place, y'know? ...and, even though I don't like the way they take out episodes all over the place and do weird stuff, I actually really like that dub. The voices are very good, in my opinion. But, WHY do they spell it "Tori"?! I mean... I thought they're trying to cover OVER the fact that he has an unconventional relationship....? NO straight guy would ever spell his name with an "i"! Am I wrong? I don't think I am. ...because they spell it Tori, I will use all the other dub names if necessary, but I'll always call him Touya ;o

Cyclops is gei. He has a thing for Avalanche.

Tonight when we were driving to church, AnJa forgot where we were going and drove instead about halfway to school before either of us realised we were going the complete wrong way. Isn't that interesting.

And after church we had supper at Taco Cabana XD!!!!!

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