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Sometimes I wonder if my friends get little update notices when I post a new journal entry..... hrm....

I don't really have an inspiration for this entry, so it's just going to be random ramblings. I may have covered them before, but oh well.

1. I'm a cynic. You know this. I know you know this. You may not know that I know that you know. My mom and her boyfriend seem to think that being a cynic means you can't be happy and have fun. This is totally not true. It just means that I can have fun and be happy while smirking at various aspects of life. Which is fine by me.

2. I have acquired the name Chun Li from my Mexican friends (yes, they really are from Mexico, so stop looking at me like that). For those who didn't know, or didn't know that I know, Chun Li is a reference to the game Street Fighter. They've named me this because I'm Chinese, very strong for a girl, have big thighs (probably), and according to them would look good in her outfit.

3. The above referred to Mexican friends also have taught me a bit of Spanish swearing (along with help from my Puerto Rican boyfriend (anyone notice a strange connection between me and Latin American types yet?)) The reason they've taught me this is because A) I asked and B) they like to laugh at the asian kid cussing in Spanish.

3a) It seems that there is a difference between Mexican style cussing and Puerto Rican style cussing. Who knew? (they did, that's who)

4. I have lilacs outside of my window at my dad's house. I just thought I'd mention this because I always have my window open (though, more in the winter than in the summer). They smell nice.

5. I have a friend who recently broke up with her boyfriend. She says that having a boyfriend and love aren't high on her priority list right now. That's all well and good, but the fact that she says it practically every day makes me think that they're higher on her list than she wants to admit. Especially since whenever we talk about her and pretty much any boy she always says something like "I like him, but not like that". If you aren't wanting a bf and aren't looking at guys right now, how come you keep talking about it?

6. I've always kind of wondered what it'd be like to be a dude. I think a lot of people wonder what it'd be like to be a member of the opposite sex at least once. I don't know that I'd want to be a dude forever or anything (being female has it's plusses), but for a little while it'd be interesting. There would be a lot of explaining to do at school, though. C'est la vie.

7. You know how people say "promises are meant to be broken"? I must humbly (or not so humbly) object. If you make a promise or give your word, you should do your best to keep it. Honestly, the saying "a man is only as good as his word" is at least 75% true (and should be applied to women as well). That's not to say that there aren't perfectly swell people out there who break their words all the time, but it does put a strain on the people around them and makes it hard to trust that person (duh).

8. I don't really understand people's self insecurities. Like, I get insecure about other's feelings about me sometimes and there are times when I don't like a part of my body, personality, or mental capabilities, but it's not really such a big deal to me. I think that probably how much one's insecurities affect daily life have a lot to do with how one was raised. If one was raised in a caring and supportive environment to be a strong and independent person, then one's insecurities affect one less than if one was raised in an uncaring or abusive environment. I honestly wish I knew how to make people less insecure about themselves, because life would just be easier all around and a lot more fun for said person.

9. By now, you may have the impression that I'm a caring person who wants to help people. Rest assured that this is not true. I honestly don't give a rip about the vast majority of people and think that they should just learn to deal with their own problems. Also, I can't really do anything about most of the stuff I talk about without having to do a lot a lot a lot of work. Which I will not do. However, there are some people who I do care about and want to be happy and would try to help if they needed it. The thing is, I'm not very good at expressing the wish to help or helping in general. So that's just life.

10. Gaia emotes are nice and all, but they prevent me from using my preferred method of listing ~ 1), 2), 3) etc~ if I'm going to make a list more than seven things long. Because 8 ) = cool if done without the space. This is irritating.

Japanese Spanish for the Day:
Chinga tu madre
Go ******** your mother