So I went to the airport today. I wasn't happy to be there. I didn't want to go to the airport to see my father come in; I really couldn't care less. I figured regardless of how much or how little I want to see him, I'll see him at home anyway.

But I saw something at the airport today that brought a warm, wistful smile to my face.

I'm not sure what it's called, but it's the exit thing from which people come out into the main lobby of the airport. For the sake of making my writing sound a little better, let's just call it the arrival gate. As the passengers slowly trickled out from the gate, a group of about four or five people came out at about the same time. My father was in this group.

"There's Daddy," said my mom.

Despite the fact that she had pointed him out, I did nothing more than glance in his direction. I saw a young woman, maybe in her early twenties in a pink shirt and jeans run out from the gate. With a smile on her face, she ran toward her boyfriend (or her husband, for all I know), who was waiting for her outside the gate, jumped on him, wrapped her arms around his neck, and kissed him with so much love, it exploded from their very beings.

I smiled immediately. Even now, thinking about it, and remembering how much love I saw between those two, I can't help but smile and get a little glassy-eyed.

I hope I can do that one day.

Oh yes. And I've fallen in love with The Lake House all over again. You should watch it. =]

Ahahah. So apparently, I'm "cute," and I make people "magoddai." (For those of you who may not know what "magoddai" means, it's the Chamoru term referring to the feeling you get when you see something inescapably cute. You want to squeeze, pinch, hug, etc. because it's just that cute)

Geez. I don't know whether to be happy about that or to feel like a little kid.

Shanelle's been pinching my cheeks for the past two days, and Erin ran up to me and kissed me square on the cheek today.

Because I'm supposedly "just that cute." It was nice though, don't get me wrong. Hahah. It's nice knowing I can effect that sort of display of affection from someone. Hahaha.


Ahh, high school. I think the hormones are messing with my friends' brains. XD

Oh yeah. And you should totally check out this site:

http://www.cuteoverload.com/

Can you imagine a kid named Aristootle? That's pretty cool, dontcha think?

Anyway. I have this fascination with burning things. I keep pulling out the rainbow, "Flick my Bic" lighter in my drawer and burning bits of paper on the computer desk in front of me. It's fascinating. XD And I kinda like the smell too. I think it's bad though. I hear the fumes aren't so healthy, like when you burn a candle indoors. Is that true? Are those fumes harmful? And is caffeine really good for headaches? I keep hearing that, but it doesn't make much sense. Kinda like it's pretty out there that apples are ridiculously healthy for you. Like disease-preventing healthy.

It's pouring outside. There are little ponds in my backyard. I want to jump in one. I love the rain. It smells good. And it's cold. Oh yeah. And did you know that the average American consumes about eight spiders during his or her sleep? Yeah, those bastards crawl right into your mouth while you sleep. I'm not even making this up. I swear.

Okay, so thanks to Elijah, I know that it's at most two. Still though. That's pretty cool. ;]

Comforting, eh?

Has anyone been watching the House episodes on USA? It took so much of me to pull myself away from the marathon yesterday to do my homework. I have Literature homework up my butt.

Speaking of having things up the butt, Sensei told us today that we'd get extra credit for singing, "Akai Hana no Tonakai," otherwise known as "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer," in English on November 22nd. I was thinking about doing it for about two minutes, but after coming home and actually hearing the song, I have ultimately ended up running desperately away from the possibility. The song (which can be found here) may work well with cute little Japanese kids in Tokyo, Kyoto, or whatever other "oh" city there is, but it will not work well with big, ugly high school Japanese II students. Mind you, I mean no offense, but quite frankly, any high school kid will look ugly in comparison to the small Japanese child who's supposed to be singing stuff like that.

That and, according to Baybeh, it's saving both of us the embarassment, because I'd embarrass myself, and because anyone cracking the fuck up at the sight of me and my JA II companions would be greatly justified in doing so, he'd have to clench his fists and suck it up.

*shakes head* Honestly, the only person in my Japanese II class who'd look cute singing a song like that would be Sensei herself, the crazy Japanese woman.