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Today I woke up feeling like there was a block in my throat. Not very fun, eh? Last night I started to feel sick (technically last-last night...I stay up too late), and my mum also felt like she had a sore throat. However, she felt fine this morning, while I was left with some kind of mucus build-up in my throat. I guess things could be worse though; I can breathe through my nose fine. I just have to blow my nose every now and then. It would really suck to be a tissue, eh? Get snot blown all over you and then crumpled up and tossed into a wastebasket. What a crappy life. *blows nose*

It snowed today. What the heck is up with that? I guess it's a good thing I came home yesterday instead of today. If only I were still in California...*sigh*. It was kind of chilly in CA near the end of the vacation, but it's much colder here. It's sunny here though, so I think I could actually get a tan here if I...eh, went outside. I got a tan in CA even though it wasn't even always sunny. Mmwell.

Yesterday I went to the grocery store, Pearl Paint, and B&N with my mum. We both thought we'd gain loads of weight from the trip, but we actually weighed about the same as before. This tells me that if I hadn't eaten so much, I would have actually lost weight. I gained nearly 10 pounds since the beginning of school and now weigh more than I did a year ago. Now if I had muscle, this wouldn't be a problem...but I don't. So it is! I don't know how to lose the weight now and I'm not sure how I did it last year. I did lose a few pounds when I went to Mexico just from eaten less overall, but to do that again would require going to a place like Mexico where I just can't get food. In the resort I stayed at though, there was actually a grocery store. Eh, anyway...poop. I hate being so self-conscious about my weight, but the majority of the American population is overweight and I'd rather not be part of the statistic. The current issue of I.D. has a great article about designing for overweight and obese people as they are becoming the norm in this country. I'm really bothered by the alteration of clothing sizes because if I'm a size 6 or 7, just tell me that; I know I'm not a size 2 or 3 yet in many cases that's what I end up buying. It's scary how much the human body has changed in this country over the past few decades.

I bought an issue of mental_floss just for fun. Always fun to learn random junk.

Speaking of random junk, Sandy just sent me this link: favorite swear word. Funny! I don't have a favorite swear word though, although I do say "crap" and "poop" a lot. That's as bad as it gets.

Today I lazied around the house and did absolutely nothing. I have homework though, so this isn't a very good thing. I have to write a composition for Japanese and do some biology homework. The last thing I want to do right now is anything related to school. Why can't I be excited for school? Argh! And, once again, I have no idea what I want to do with my life. It wouldn't be good for me to have a breakdown at 18 years of age. Didn't I go through this already? I've decided art school is pretty much out of the question, so now I can doodle to my hearts content. I'm still interested in health, but crap at science. Japanese would be fun to learn, but Japan is...far. And expensive. I doubt I'd ever live there and if I did, it might be weird as a Chinese American who doesn't know Chinese and only minimal Japanese. Could I be mistaken for a Japanese person? People keep thinking I'm Korean. I can't tell most Asians apart, but I think Japanese people are sometimes easy to pick out. It may be more of a style thing though. In Disneyland there were a significant number of Japanese people (but isn't Tokyo Disneyland better? I really liked it there) who all had...really nice hair. That's all I can think of at the moment. I really wish my hair wasn't prone to getting wavy and greasy (eh, I need to wash it).

Terminlogy differences between American and England. I don't think any British people read this, but...plimsolls? I heard of that before, but what the heck does that mean? Then again, the word "sneakers" doesn't mean much either. Plimsolls? Actually, I like the sound of that. But I can't imagine saying, "Bugger, my plimsoll laces have untied themselves!" Okay, no one would ever say that.

I never talked about my Sunday morning! Oops. I woke up early to go to Disneyland with my mum. We went on Big Thunder first and then tried to go on Splash Mountain, but the ride was down for some reason. Wah. So we went on the Pooh ride instead and the Haunted Mansion. We went on some Fantasyland rides and walked around before going into California Adventure just to visit some stores. Then we went back to the hotel as my brother was just getting up (his park pass was only for 5 days while ours were for 6), and he later went to Downtown Disney. It always sucks to have to leave a Disney park at the end of the vacation, but I think the parks will be more crowded now that it's getting more into spring break. My brother and I just happened to have it pretty early in the month.

I don't want to go back to school! :(