New Tegan and Sara song~

"Give Chase"

Words cannot express just how much I love them...! Actually, what helped me a lot this past semester was finding these guys and listening to their music. Sorta saved me. So my family + friends + Tegan and Sara = mentally stable Megan.

Once I aquire a job (*knocks on wood*), my first investment will be an acoustic guitar. I've wanted one for a while now... *wants*

AND... they're just hilarious...

It's the most wonderful time of the year...

... when the air is super-dry and messes with my sinuses! I've got a sore throat and my nose is driving me crazy. Last night I couldn't even sleep in my own room because the air is too dry and it hurts too much. So I slept downstairs on the living room couch... I got some saline spray for my nose thinking it would help, but all it does is burn my throat where its sore. So I will be spending another night downstairs on this couch. What I need is a humidifier...

Life continues to be pretty uneventful. Went shopping today with my older sister with the little amount of money I had left on gift cards. Enjoyed some Starbucks, took my dogs for a walk, and played some Wii with my mom. An overall good day :)

I think my New Years plans have fallen through with my sister, so now I have no clue what I'm going to do. Probably just going to hang out at home or something~ last year I was in Japan with a friend's family, so maybe I should spend this year with MY family, ya know?

Well, I'm going to try and get some stuff done before hitting the hay. Maybe some wiifit? Who knows.

Until next time~
XOXO

Three more days until a fresh start

Yes, I am alive! Sorry for break in updates! The holiday season sorta threw me into a time-warp where I didn't really realize how much time has gone by~ I look at the calender and, after seeing we only have three days left in 2008, proceed to pinch myself in disbelief. Where the hell did this year go??

I'm not sure if its because I spent half of my year in Japan, which threw my time-perception into hyperdrive, or if its just because I am getting older, but this year feels more like a quick dream than a steady 365 days. I remember being 8 years old and looking enviously at my older cousins, thinking to myself "being that old is such a long way away. But I can't wait that long!". And at that time, time DID move slowly. The minute hand on the clocks moved so much slower... I can't recall when the clocks began ticking faster! Now I'm at a stage in my life where I feel like the minutes are just flying.

My christmas was uneventful and quiet. I couldn't really afford to buy gifts for anyone, so I instead painted for my sister and parents. I feel so cheap -_-;; It's been so hard to find a job! I've been turned down more times than I can count and it is really discouraging. Meanwhile, I have bill collectors calling me countless times a day... so I feel like I have my hands tied behind my back and I'm not able to do anything. I've also learned that I've failed a few classes this past semester. Whoo reverse-culture shock! Apparently I wasn't alone in the returning exchange students who were met with poor grades and difficulties re-adapting to our home country. We had little time to recoop after coming back before the school year started (for me, NO time. I moved back home from Japan and almost immediately moved into my BG apartment...). Sorta just... snapped and lost it. I equate it to a super hot pan suddently being put under an ice-cold waterfaucet. NOT a good idea! There is a hell of a lot of steam and the pan will get warped and fucked up, no matter how strong it is... not sure if thats a good analogy, but it works for me haha

But not everything is so bad! In just three days it will be 2009 and I will have a fresh start. There will be a new semester waiting for me to make up for my failures this past semester. I've started doing yoga and meditating more often. And I've found an absolutely amazing person who can make me smile almost effortlessly :) Despite how shitty these past few months have been and how difficult things may be or might be, I am happy.

Lets hope I can keep this up.

Until next time :)
Lots of love!
XOXO

Have you ever felt that you just want to disappear....?

Meg's Current Musical Obsessions

Watch, listen, enjoy~

Kaki King- Pull Me Out Alive

Uh Huh Her- Not A Love Song

P!nk- Sober (live)

XOXO

A Slave to My Hormones: Why Women Can't Cook!

In my Japanese Literature class this past week we were discussing the male-dominated field of cooking in restaurants and chefs despite the stereotype and gender roles of women in the kitchen. Because you would think that if women were to spend a lot of time in the kitchen and cook a lot, why are there not many female chefs?? (ah, don't you just love gender roles?)

According to my professor, (and this was not HIS way of thinking, he was just expressing other people's reasoning) the reason why there are not many female chefs is because of the idea and myth that because women have periods, their hormones and chemicals change a lot and it might affect how they taste things and will then change the taste of the food.

...

WTF??? I tend to not be too radical when it comes to my feminist side (although its been healthily growing over the past year), but my inner femmenazi was about to bust out "EXCUSE ME?", but I refrained and instead just dropped my jaw in disbelief.

My professor went on to explain to us that many male chefs and chef schools believe this and tend to dismiss women as having less of a true ability to cook. We can't cook because... we what? Menstrate? Really? Are you guys THAT chauvanistic? I really couldn't believe it... I was just dumbfounded that people actually believe this. I don't know, my mom is a hell of a good cook, so fuck all you guys. So now me and my feminist friends who are in the class with me always use the excuse "its because I bleed out of my vagina" or "It's a bad chemical day for me today..." to why we can't do things.

Does Pauala Deen have to choke a bitch?

Nearing the end...

... of the semester, that is! Only around one week left of classes with one week of final exams. I personally cannot wait until this semester is over. It has been, by far, my worst semester ever. In both academic and mental terms... Next semester will be better. I think a fresh start will do me some good.

(I love tea...)

My dogs will be coming to my apartment this weekend! I was going to go back to Cleveland this weekend and just stay there to watch my dogs, but decided to bring them back to school with me. It's almost the end of the semester and some of my good friends will be graduating, so I want to spend some time with them before they leave. And they love dogs, so it'll be a big fun party haha :)

Last night was a lot of fun! My friends Michael, Michelle, and I decided to have an impromptu drinking/video game party. Not really a party, just... hang out session. It was a lot of fun :) We ate lots of greek food (gyros, hummus, baklava, grape leaves), drank a bunch of imported Japanese beer and white russians/mudslides, and just had a ball. We ended up going back to Michelle's place and playing Rock Band for a few hours before falling asleep on her futon haha It was AWESOME!

Here is a video to demonstrate our silliness...

And just because its funny as hell... PROP. 8: THE MUSICAL!!

See more Jack Black videos at Funny or Die

Until next time~
XOXO

Haircut?

Who is writing a post while in class? Oh wait, I am! haha

I just cut my hair earlier this month, but for some reason I am already itching to cut my hair again. It was short, but its starting to get long again and its bothering me. So I'm sorta at the point where I want a short cut that will stay short long enough so I don't feel like I'm cutting my hair every month or so.

So I've been thinking of what I can do with my hair... because honestly, I can't even afford to keep cutting my hair every month to keep it at a good length. So I was thinking ".... what haircut can I get away with that is really short but still stylish?? hm... omg FAUX HAWK!!!"

(I have no idea who these girls are... but I like their hair so I'm using their pics!)

When asking people about it, I've gotten mixed reactions and opinions. What do you think?