Bittersweet ending.
４月１１日（木） Sw. Stanislawa (St.Stanislaus)
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No music tonight in fear of awakening all the people about me. I feel like writing as a sort of break, because I'm sick of reading LotR and still have 42 bloody pages to read before I retire the evening, which I more than likely will not be doing, due to that we're departing to take Yuri and okaasan back to the airport at 3:30 AM, yee-freaking-haw. Yes, travel agents are the stuff of unspeakable evil. It's been quite a bit of fun having them about, although they basically missed a day here (they were scheduled to arrive around 1:30 PMish on the 8th, but due to not knowing about the wonder known as daylight savings in the United States they didn't quite make it and instead we got from the airport and back to my hovel around 10 that evening). I was concerned if okaasan would enjoy her stay or not, seeing as she'd be hanging out with my mother (no insult to her, it's just that the two seem to have very little in common, other than an ability to speak English), but things seem to have gone well. Yuri attended school with me both days (due to English's draconian attendance policy, merrily skipping a day frivolously is more than a bit on the impossible side), which she enjoyed, and she's always apparently decided to attend MIT for certain, which rocks. Still makes me feel kinda stupid though, all of my friends seem bound for decent universities while I've opted to attend a regional university that specializes in educating teachers, which I'm certainly not attempting to become. Blah. I suppose I just feel absurd; everyone, including myself, always expected me to be the one to run off someplace distant (more than likely Japan or back down South) and I feel like...a disappointment. Ah well, at least I'm obtaining an education of some sort. But anyway, back to the tale of What We've Been Doing. Last night we ate Mexican (this being the second time okaasan has eaten such, and if I'm not mistaken Yuri's third) and then came back and sort of lazed around. Today was pretty much the same, other than being busy this afternoon in the forms of visiting Toys R' Us, Hastings, and watching A Beautiful Mind.
Which, speaking of, deserves its own little schpiel. Did I like it? I...think so. It's kind of strange, I had a very uncomfortable feeling throughout the entire film, vaguely paranoid (ironic considering the topic at hand)...I suppose it frightened me a little, making me think how I hope I never enter a mental hospital. No, my thoughts don't usually seem to be centered around what is normal, and enough people seem to think that my head's not screwed on quite right for that to be a legitimate concern of mine sometime in the future, something that disturbs me greatly. And no, before anyone asks, I'm not schizophrenic in the least, the only thing I've ever been formally diagnosed with is Obsessive/Compulsive Disorder, which should come as a surprise to absolutely freaking no one. It was just a weird experience for me. Tie in my distrust and cynicism concerning the government and you can see why I found it a bit creepy, though I think Mr.Crowe did a good job. I'd also like to take this opportunity to inquire as to how this man is considered attractive. He's not awful-looking, he just does absolutely nothing for me and I fail to see the appeal (my opinion was the same of Gladiator, which I watched only sparingly). Of course, many of the creatures I find lovely others find utterly unattractive...however, I DID find the female lead quite lovely, she's beautiful in a way I find quite attractive and lacking...but it was a decent film, and interesting to observe.
I'm enjoying having Yuri at the house, but her visit here has been marred by something quite unavoidable: school, and the length of it. I dunno, it's been fun, but I feel a little cheated, that I didn't get to see and talk to her as much as I'd wanted to and now it's too late. I did the best I could (which is another reason why I'm behind in my reading for English) for the time being, but I still feel disappointed. However, she did inform me that a booklet stating the post-school fates of all the members of Higashi's 2002 graduating class will be released soon, something I'm looking forward to for obvious reasons. Yes, the Soba obsession is cooling, but my insatiable curiousity is something that will not die, and regardless of my changing thoughts and feelings about him, he's still a concern of mine and I'm not worried about it.
But I'd like to get at least an hour of sleep tonight, so I'm off-I'll have more to write about sometime soon, give me a bit of time.
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