Glitter is the herpes of craft supplies.

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HA! Somehow I am very much not surprised.

Good news: I finally got an answer from the German consulate, and now have my passport back and a shiny new visa.

Bad news: They gave me a 90-day visa and told me to apply for a residence permit when I get to Germany. I applied for a 180-day student visa.

I don't even NEED a visa for the first 90 days, so there's no point in giving me one for JUST 90 days when they said I didn't need it in the first place. They just essentially screwed me out of $80, PLUS the 110 euros it's going to cost to get a visa in Germany. GAH. What is wrong with you people?! I just want to legally stay in the damn country and not get my ass dragged back home at the three-month mark.

The day I leave (which is, coincidentally, the day after my birthday) is fast approaching, and it seems like the minute I get one thing done, I have two more things I need to do. At least I don't have to work on top of that. (Speaking of which, where's my paycheck, WMU?)

Oh god, I <3 the hot Australian guy who's staying here. He just gave me Lindor chocolates (a bit squishy from being in his bag, but still yummy) for helping him order pizza. I was just happy to hear him talking some more - his voice is sooooo dreamy. I do hope he's around tomorrow night as well.

Men with sexy accents aside, the only other excitement so far has been a rather inebriated young woman who was not on the roster. First one of the shuttle drivers came in asking about her, as he'd dropped her off at Eldridge/Fox only to pick her up again when she started staggering off down the road. I couldn't find her on the roster at all, sent the driver to E/F, and forgot about it until the E/F front desk called asking me to knock on to door to 515 Ackley, hoping we could find her roommate. There was no one there, and pretty soon they called back asking me to check 519. There was no one in there either, but I did run into the young lady's friends in the hall and directed them to E/F. Her roommate eventually came up to the front desk asking about her, but by then her other friends had picked her up, and I'm assuming they got her safely into her room or something, because most of them have been running in and out of the lobby since then.

And I just got a lady asking if we've got a nurse on call. Thankfully she doesn't have a medical emergency, but I still feel horrible that I can't do anything for her except point her to E/F and hope they can give her some help.


And now, a meme, ganked from usagivindaloo.

( The instructions for this one are quite simple. Open your iPod/default media player. Display all music. Answer the questions. )

I couldn't find my Nerf gun at mom's, so I had to borrow the shotgun that Zac's so lovingly dubbed "Never-Fire". I ended up giving that back since it kept constantly jamming and borrowing someone else's - and then the game started. And I realized that for all my worrying about not having a decent gun, I'd completely forgotten that it's the running that keeps you alive in this game.

I barely lasted ten minutes before I went home. It didn't help that I'd eaten a shitload of sugar only a couple hours earlier, or that it was hot and humid, meaning I was drenched in sweat by the time I got back to Davis. (Going up the stairs? NOT FUN.) Sticking with a group helped, but I'm so damn slow I almost got left behind. I don't expect to make it through tonight - but at least I can hum "RE: Your Brains" while playing if I become a zombie. :D

And now, a meme for your enjoyment.

1. Leave me a casual comment of no particular significance, like a lyric to your current favorite song, or your favorite kind of sandwich, maybe your favorite game. Any remark, meaningless or not.
2. I will respond by asking you five personal questions so I can get to know you better.
3. Update your LJ with the answers to the questions.
4. Include this explanation and offer to ask someone else in your own post.
5. When others respond with a desultory comment, you will ask them five questions.

( I should have posted this a couple days ago )

1. Comment and I'll tell you what fandom I associate with you.
2. I'll tell you what icon I see on my friends list and know it's you.
3. Post this in your own journal so I can see what you associate with me.

I promise, next post will actually have content. (Not that anyone will read it.)

I'm 60% LiveJournal!



Maybe starting to get into it a bit too much.
Either that, or your life's really interesting.

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Interesting...

Breakfast with Kimi (latinforgoddess) was awesome, as expected. Ihop makes really, really good chocolate chip pancakes, but their bacon is expensive and you only get two pieces with an order. ;_; I wanted my greasy death-meat, damnit.

So then I went home and watched Arjuna while I waited for Mom to come home. Arjuna = love. (Thank you, amethyst_mind!) Mom came home and we talked for a while. She told me she's most likely going to be working only part time beginning next school year, teaching only three classes a day. She plans on taking one Spanish class a semester at Michigan State, which would take about three or four years to complete -- but by the end of that time, she'd have enough qualifications to teach Spanish more and would be able to retire after three more years of teaching. That's the "please let me go back to full time teaching when I'm done" reason. The other reasons are that she's just worn out with teaching (she falls asleep really, really early and doesn't do a lot), and she wants to spend more time with Rob and kick his ass with his grades. She says that she can afford it, but she can't put aside more money for me for college. But apparently she has enough to pay a third of my tuition for the next three years, which was the plan anyway -- I just won't get much money from her for anything else.

Hell, I'm happy she's able to pay anything! And I'm glad she's able to take these classes if it means early retirement. She deserves it. I'm surprised she hasn't snapped and gunned her students down, to tell the truth. After seventeen years of teaching, I would probably end up doing that. Especially high school students.

Then I drove to dad's, talked to Jessica a while, bought my new coat (which is a really pretty green with gold and cream trim, and was only $20), and hung out with friends at the Thunderbird. The only thing that sucked today was finding out that, apparently, Beth hasn't paid the cell phone bill. So no one can reach me on my cell -- all it is at the moment is a shiny, glorified phone book.

The plan tomorrow -- have breakfast with Dad, see if Jessica wants to hang out for a little while, go to Olivet and have dinner with Mom. Then Sunday I'll go home, do homework, and have dinner with Grandma.

Your Love Life Secrets Are

Looking back on your life, you will have a few true loves. You've been deeply wounded in the past, and you're still recovering from that hurt. You expect a lot from your lover - you want the full package. You tend to be very picky. In fights, you are able to walk away and calm down. You are able to weather the storm. A break-up usually comes as a shock to you. You always think things are going well.

Quizzes. Fun.

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