Wow, last entry I have here was BEFORE my little sister got married! ^^; I guess it's rather fitting that my return should be to notify the world that

I'M AN AUNTIE NOW!!! My little sister has had her first kid, a boy named for our paternal grandfather. He's oh so cute and I wish I could be there for her - at the very least, both my parents flew across the country to help her through the post-partum process.

I sketched a picture from a photo they sent me:


Welcome to the World by *sylvacoer on deviantART

Isn't he precious?  after 17 and half hours of labor (which, by the way, is FAST for our family!), my sister looks pretty worn out but oh so happy.  *sighs*

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE, OMG I'M AN AUNTIE!!!

Dude - I just realized my little sister's getting married in less than 10 days.
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Yeah, it's been kind of an emotional roller coaster for me ever since I got back home. I'm the maid of honor and I haven't written my toast yet. ^^;

The wedding's going to be pretty small - just family and some friends. O'course, given that both sides of my family are old-style Catholic, that amounts to at least 40 aunts, uncles, and cousins alone (and not all can make it). We're even flying in our own priest, an old family friend who's been stationed with my mom (twice), my aunt and uncle, AND my grandparents! (we've adopted him, pretty much - always handy to have a priest in the family)

I am going to have to take pictures for sure - my little sister will be wearing the wedding kimono our mom wore for the first part of the day, so I might wear my yukata as well.

Her fiance's mother and sister came all the way from Russia to be in the wedding party, and his Marine buddies are serving as the groomsmen. That means Marines in service dress. :drool: Yummy!

*starts freaking out again*

I just finished my last term paper.
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*cackles like a hyperactive hyena on crack*

I just have to proctor a couple of exams and not miss my flight home on the first of August. ^^;

My little sister's wedding is on the 18th - if I get any decent pictures, I'll post.

For the last three days or so, my school’s been vibrating under the influence of a nearby earthquake. I’ve never lived on top of the epicenter of one of these geologic events, but I must say that while experience has been interesting…

*dorm trembles again*

… it’s starting to get a little annoying. For one, they’ve turned off all the elevators, which is fine by me since I always take the stairs unless I have a class on the fifth floor.

Guess where all my classes this quarter are. (~_~’)

Also, it’s kinda unnerving to be typing a report and having to go out into the hall because all the furniture in your room starts moving and you don’t want to electrocute yourself if a really big tremor hits (which hasn’t happened… yet).

The first night of the earthquake was the scariest because, yeah – earth moving = not good. I’ve pretty much come to terms with the fact that if there ever is a knockout tremor I’ve made my peace with God and there’s nothing I can do about it.

I find it intensely amusing that the dorm admin peoples have opened one of the halls as sleeping quarters for those females to nervous to stay in their fourth/fifth floor rooms. And I do mean “females” – the announcement mentioned them specifically. Tough luck, guys. (^_^)

In other news…

Michy’s wedding preparations are well underway, and I’m counting down the days till I get home. Unfortunately, it’s looking as though one of the scholarships I might get this year require me to sign a document every month testifying to my residence in Japan *’nother tremor – kinda bigger this time* - which means I will have to get down on my knees and people the office people to sign one day early before I leave on 1 August, or come back on the 29th, which would suck, since I intended to get some serious research done through September. *headdesk, sigh*

Sorry to make this a short entry, but thought everyone might like to know about the quakes - I have ten-page paper due on conceptualizing “resistance” as a social phenomenon due next Thursday. (@_@) Wish me luck!

Title: Racheakt: Face-off
Characters: Undead!Jet; Ty-Lee(which would be a fun crack-ship, now that I think about it...)

Spoilers: None.

Notes:  Ty Lee vs. Undead!Jet!! Who will triumph?  Who will be left a pathetic mass of humilitation when the dust clears?!  You'd be surprised.
I should be writing a term paper - I decided to write doujin-basedcrack!fic instead.  

Title: Truth

Characters: Jet; Sneers

Spoilers: None

Comments: How you turn a defeat into victory - a study of psychological warfare.

( Truth is what you make it. )

Couldn't help myself, mates - Bee's just too damn cute, so here she is, modern model for Freedom Fighter Brand Jeans.

Click it to devART.

Title: Racheakt: Enquiry
Character/ship: Zuko, Jet

Spoilers: None

Comments: AU-doujin-based. Written version of a future chapter of my doujinshi, Racheakt. Given that I've been having so much trouble with my computer and that I'll be very busy with my master's thesis, this chapter might not ever be drawn out, though I would like very much to.

Wow, I've been neglecting this journal... hm.  Guess I'll just post my good news: I HAVE A JOB!!! (yes, I know, I said that already - but, squeeeeeee~!)

Man, it’s been a mad-crazy couple of weeks.  (^_^’)  I changed my thesis topic and retook statistics for reasons beyond my understanding.  About the only thing that kept me clinging to sanity was the knowledge that I’d be seeing my family soon.  (^_^)  I guess they matter to me a whole lot more than I ever realized.  I’ll have a more substantial update when I spend eight hours on lay-over in Narita.