I've been freaking out all weekend because I need to start working on all of my projects and papers for the end of the semester, but you know what? I've been doing homework for about four hours now and most of the small stuff is done. I shouldn't have made such a fuss abot this morning.

I'm must correct a previous blog entry. I received my Japan Through John Lennon's Eyes book and "Ai" means LOVE, not YES. And I even checked with my Japanese for Dummies book... apparently I didn't remember that's one of the first words I learned when reading that book. Anyway, that book is amazing, and I think I learned more Japanese from that book than I have in the J for D book (of course, I haven't finished reading that one yet). It's such a beautiful book, and you can see just how Lennon was able to learn and comprehend the Japanese language by sketching drawings. He even had the dog speaking German in one of the drawings... it speaks to me on SO many levels!

Guess what? I'm writing a musical!! And you know what, I HATE musicals. I can stand them, most of the time, but it isn't a medium a thoroughly enjoy. But here I am, with a really great idea for a musical, and I can't shake it, so I guess I'm just going to have to write it and see what happens. Plus with nanowrimo coming up, there are just SO many ideas floating in my head I need to get them all down and see what I can do with them.

My biggest influence is the album "Sounds of Silence." Right now, I'm playing it endlessly on my iPod. I can't help it. The songs are amazing. I've heard them since I was 12 or 13, but always on box set compliations. To hear just the album as a single entity is an entirely different experience.... I'm rambling again, aren't I? Well, it's not hard when you're listening to a song called "Roving Gambler."

Okay... I switched it... S&G were tired... I'm back to listening to Metro Station again.

I really want to get Stephen Colbert's book, and I was going to get it with a gift certificate from an email points company... you know the kind, you read about a million emails over two years to get a $25 gift certificate. Well, I finally earned mine, but they never sent me a code and told me that the problem will be worked out in 3-4 WEEKS. Crazy, right? I guess Colbert will just have to wait. I mean, I still have Cooper's book coming in the mail, probably within the next couple days. That should tide me over for about 15 minutes. I cannot be as big of a reader as I am and be poor at the same time. It just doesn't work.

I have only 6 weeks left until I graduate. I applied for a job that, if I get, will start right away. I don't know how that's going to fare on my projects, but... we'll see how things go.

I'm promising a completely random blog entry today...

Ever heard "Shake It" by Metro Station? Only the GREATEST SONG EVER (for the moment). I listened to it about twelve times before my scriptwriting class today. Then, at least two more times after class, then got sick of it, so I switched back to listening to the Monkees.

I have an awesome idea for nanowrimo this year... it's a story I thought of (according to the date I wrote in the top right corner of the page) in high school. I didn't know I had good ideas then... who knew? But, it's gonna be great. It'll be the breakout novel of... whatever year I actually finish it.

I'm impatiently waiting for my rare book to come in the mail. It's not too rare (1992 1st edition) but... still. I got for a fraction of the price of any other copies listed anywhere on the internet.... am I rambling? Anyway, it's the Japanese language through John Lennon's eyes. The Book is titled Ai or something like that (Japanese for "yes" if I've done my homework properly). Too bad there was only ever one edition of it.

I also ordered (though I will be unemployed in 6 weeks) Anderson Cooper's memiors. With shipping, I got a like new hardback edition for under $5. I think it'll be worth the money. I don't read many memiors (I should) and reading his will just bring me back to the days when I thought I could be a journalist... boy, seems like a long time since I thought about that.

Oh well... I SHOULD be thinking about my homework and how the hell I'm going to get it all done this weekend... even without any distractions.