02/14/2007: "No, I don't know what today is"

"Two scoops. TWO SCOOOOOOOOOPS!!!"

You know the sun mascot from the "Raisin Bran" cereal? The one that hold "two scoops of raisins"? He flies outside my window at way-too-early o'clock with the sole goal of waking me up and preventing me from any further sleep. Every. Single. Morning. This is not only unfair, but it's getting really old. What's even more ironic is that when we moved into this house, I explicitely stated that I would have the inside room that did not have a 6 ft window. Yet here I am, with a 6 ft window, waking up nearly every morning to the sun, imagining it screaming "Two Scoops" at the window. If this doesn't make any sense to anyone but me, I blame the lack of sleep.

For what it's worth, everything else is pretty much all right. Busy much of the time nowadays, but it's not so bad. After I'm done with this, I need to do reading for tonight (Japanese lit, Japanese history, and Chinese history), shouldn't be too much. Unfortunately, I'm tired most fo the time now. This is the one thing I just can't get past. I try to sleep more, but if I go to sleep earlier, I just wake up earlier. Somehow, I'm conspiring against myself.

One month until I'm in London. Ironically, as it gets closer, the more hesitant I am to go. It's kinda stupid, when you think about it, but I guess it's mostly a fear of the unknown, an aversion to something I know absolutely nothing about how it's going to go. I've never actually been east of Texas.. anywhere. Unless you go clear around to Japan, but I think we'd all agree that's west of here. In short, I have no idea what to expect, how it'll go, etc. I think it's pretty well aknowledged that I worry a bit much, though. I'll start packing about a week before I go.. so until then, it does me no good to worry.

Oh, and for anyone who may consider the safety aspects of London (it's really not that bad, so no reason for worry), I won't actually be in London. I'll be staying outside of there and in a small outlying city (though I will be spending alot of time in London). I had no idea that this was important, but the person I'm staying with said the distinction matters.

Anyway, I need to get around to reading, then pretending to read, then watching a movie while I pretend to read, before ending up in a half-asleep state as I make sad attempts at immitating reading. This is very important, you see.


Jason