Atlanta, etc.

Monday we went to Six Flags in Atlanta and I couldn't take the heat or the crowds. It would've been okay if it wasn't about a hundred degrees, but as it was, it wasn't great. That's okay because I wasn't expecting much.

The following day was a lot better because we went shopping. I LOVE shopping. I ended up buying a dress to wear in Japan at the dinner where we meet our host families.

(It's not so drape-y on me but then again, I don't weigh 100 lbs at 5'9" )

Anyways, speaking of host family things, I still don't know who they are. AKP hasn't sent us any information since we chose our gateway cities about a week and a half ago.. I'm getting really impatient and antsy. I keep checking the facebook page about 2 times a day to see if anybody has posted anything. Nobody has. We should be getting info soon. I looked at the old AKP facebook page and people posted about getting host family info around early August. That's a week away so I should know soon.. OooOooOOoo it's exciting.

Wednesday night I went to a club/ bar with some of my friends. It was totally lame and totally not like Smith parties. Smith parties are lesbian-tastic and whorey in a unique way that I've come to enjoy, but this place wasn't like that. While Smith parties have their share of girls grinding against other girls and guys in a dark room, it's also a place where you can actually dance without being booty-licious. Basically, the night made me miss my Smith girls ..

We took the Japanese students to club-bar with us and they were overwhelmed. In the middle of the dance floor, Ayako leaned over and whispered into my ear, "Major cultureshock." And I wasn't surprised. Maybe youth at Japanese bars aren't so frank with their horny-ness. I guess I'll find out in a few months ..

The rest of the week was a sucky blur of not enough sleep. Thursday and Friday we had to be up early (5:30am) for work. Since I'm finally certified to drive the school trucks, I took one out to Lake Martin so that we could clean up our experiment. We had to pack 44 big trash cans and frames into two trucks and a boat. Once again it was so bootleg. Patricia and I spent the rest of the day power washing trash cans in the 95 degree heat. TGIWeekend :D

Burger Meat

Pounder Challenge: One pound of hamburger + bun + toppings.

Yesterday I went to Cheeseburger Cheeseburger with some of my friends so that Ayako and Yuka could take the "pounder challenge." They had as much time as they needed to finish a pound of burger plus everything that goes with it. Ayako finished hers in, like, 15 minutes. CHAMP.

(Pounder on the Left, Normal on the Right !!)

They got their pictures taken and put on the wall of the restaurant. Lots of people have done it so there are a bunch of pictures everywhere. Cynthia and I will probably try it sometime next week. I just have to fast for about a week beforehand ..

After dinner, we all went bowling at Auburn Lanes. I lost the first game. Yuka won both times. None of us scored over 100 bahaha. It was a lot of fun, though. I don't think I've been bowling since senior year.

Today, Patricia and I are going to Atlanta and we're staying at Alan's aunt's house. We're gonna go to six flags and go shopping. I'm probably gonna spend a lot of money. It'll be great. We leave in about an hour and I still have to go pack ..

Dean's List

academic success ;0

Butt Fade

I've been spending a lot of time at GAP recently. I'm thinking that if I get sick of the clothes I can resell them in Japan. My Asian friends told me that GAP is really expensive in Asia. heh heh. I bought a pair of pants and a cardigan and it wasn't cheap. I didn't realize until I got back to my room that the pants have some odd but slightly exciting butt fade.

ちかん. AKA Creeper.

Bahaha so this weekend I went out to eat with some Japanese girls in my dorm and they were telling me all of their "chikan" stories, and it seems like everybody has one. THE CHIKAN IS EVERYWHERE.

Sampling at S1

S1 -- The nastiest pond you will ever lay eyes on ^^^ Alan added about 7234398 gallons of fertilizer to the pond and it bloomed like crazy. It smells.. interesting.

Alan sampling from his enclosures

Nasty green water. ick.

So as you can see, the morning was spent sampling and the rest of the day was spent filtering. It wasn't too exciting. I also made a flier to advertise the REU program for next year. It's STELLAR.

This past weekend I went for Indian food with Cynthia and Joycee and later in the evening we watched a movie called The Beach. It was weird..

BORING. I'm boring.

O GOD. My blog is so boring. I wish I had a more intense life.. or better I probably just need to be a more interesting writer, or something. My blog is most likely boring because I'm always writing things like thiiiissss:

IT IS ALMOST THE WEEKEND aand I've decided that it'll be fun. Cynthia and I have already agreed to hang out and I've already told myself to go crazy watching dramas.