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Eiko says...

It's been a while since I've posted, but I've got a wonderful string of excuses:

*I was busy preparing for the Kids Camp.
*I was busy staffing the Kids Camp.
*I was busy getting sick after the Kids Camp.
*I was busy recovering from the nasty cold I caught from the Kids Camp.
*I was busy making excuses and being lazy.

By the way, a huge thanks to all of you who kept this Camp--and me in particular-- in your prayers. I did NOT die as I thought I would, the night bus thingie was uneventful in a good way (a.k.a no perverts), the facility's staff were accommodating, the food was edible, the kids were generally well behaved, and I had fun. I only sorta collapsed at the very end of the camp, in the car that took me back home.
No biggie.

After staffing last year's OC camp, I could barely pull myself out of bed for the next couple of days. I was completely void of any kind of strength, and I felt like a zombie lady. This camp though, I didn't feel like a zombie lady by the end of the camp, although completely exhausted, and I actually thought that I could get away without getting sick. I was very wrong.
First day after the camp, I was just simply exhausted. The second day after the camp, I felt a very strange, stinging in my throat. The 3rd day after the camp, I had a nasty cough, my head was throbbing, and strangely, my whole back ached, and I would feel faint and dizzy when I'd stand up. I definitely got sick.

And now, I'm getting better! Yay!

And here is some exciting news:
I am going to change Homes!

Nice!!

Camp...

Akari says...

Yuya and Ai said that they made up their minds concerning this year's camp. They are going. No way around, no questions. In fact, they already sent their application form with their name on it. B'Gadz!

As for me, I can't possibly go,(no way!) nope, can't possibly go without them. It's impossible! I can't stand staying home all by myself, even if I don't have friends at camp. No Wayz! So yes, I will be going...AGAIN!! I'm just going for my sanity, though. Just because I can't stand even a few days without them. But at the same time, I might go nuts and crackers with all those people. I'm not good with large crowds and I tend to stay in the corner; I'm not a social person, and all those people makes me tired. Anyway, there's no use in me raving about it now; the application form is already sent, and I bet they're checking it by now.

My expectations of this year's camp is low, as usual, shan't make it high, else I'll get disappointed. I'm expecting that there'd be...

*2 dance nights
*7hours straight of games and fellowship
*2 hours of word time

This is my lowest expectations, my highest expectations would be the EXACTLY opposite of what I listed above. Such as...

*No dance nights; it's replaced with school
*7 hours of Word time
*Free time
*More free time, and fellowship with Ai and Yuya

But if this became true, it wouldn't be a 'Camp'. It wouldn't be much of a change; camps are all about change, and getting out of your way and having 'fellowship' with people you don't know.

Riiiight.

But so far, no good. The walls are thick around me, and besides, it feels much comfortable being inside than out.

I wonder what my former teacher would say to me if she was here... she'd probably give me a good sermon and give me an assignment―she'd give me a word study on 'shyness i-ness' or 'boldness' or something. Princess Pei-Pei on the other hand, I'd think she would pull me out on a 'walk' and talk about the situation over juice or something.
Not saying that the former is better than the latter or that the latter is better than the former.

I don't care.

PERIOD.

Will be gone for a week

Eiko says...

So, yeah...
*sigh*
I'll be heading for Kanazawa tomorrow, and for the very first time in all my 19 years, I will be taking the night bus.
I probably don't have much to worry about, but Shinjuku IS a big station, and my sense of direction is pretty whacked up. I'm not ashamed to say that I am indeed quite freaked out about the whole thing.
I've got this fear that I'll miss my bus, and will be stranded out there in the cold, and if I DO managed to get on the RIGHT bus and on the right time-line, I have the fear of missing my stop. And if that isn't a problem, I have a foreboding that I will be locked up in a bus with a pervert who has a perverted mind that constantly has perverted thoughts racing through it. All of that mashed together with the week-long Kids Camp is a really pleasant thought, and I sleep like a baby every night.

NOT.
REALLY.

It's all good though. This next week is going to be EXCITING, no questions asked! I really like kids, and I'm about to enter a full week just full of them cute little things!
I'm lovin' it BIG TIME!

And while I'm gone, the prodical blogger (a.k.a Akkari-chan) will be taking care of this blog, so you can expect a series of posts from her during my absense.

Anyhow,
Being that the opposite of "nice" is "mean", you most definitely fall under the category of "nice", and nice people pray for other people in distress, so I guess I should say thank you for praying for me! Heh, heh!!

Well, cheers for now.

今はネ…

Eiko says...

It's snowing outside, and it's freezing cold. (What on earth? I'm writing about the weather!) I am wearing an over-sized T-shirt and an apron. My hair smells like curry, and my fingers smell like garlic. I wish I were somewhere else right now. I also wish somebody could press the fast-forward-button on life and skip the Kids Camp altogether!!
I'm quite nervous about the whole thingie, and I have a foreboding that I'm going to, someway or another, mess up big time as the "organizer/representative" of the camp.
Freakyyy!

My art-life is on pause right now since I'm busy with all this camp stuff, but after it's over and out of the way, I will resume my art practicing, and also finish up a picture I'm working on for a friend.
It's half way finished, and that's wonderful. But what's not wonderful is that I have lost all inspiration for the picture. I look at it, and feel slightly nauseous, and the thought of finishing it makes me feel faint. I try a few strokes and smudges at the picture and my eyebrows knit, and I looked constipated--and for a good reason. It's just not quite perfect. But so far, so good. It's in proportion and it looks how it's suppose to look. I just need to keep it up.
Ganbarimasu. . .

things n that

Eiko says...

My apologies for not posting as regularly as I usually post, (which is everyday) but like I said before, my posts are most interesting and amusing when life is upside-down, inside-out, and out of control, and when a storm is hitting me head on. When life is normal and pleasant ( like it is now) my posts will be drab and boring, and generally meh. Writing drab and boring posts is a waste of time and energy...so I don't.
Which is why it's kinda ironic that I'm blogging right now.

Updates on life at Icthus

*Yuya and Boris caught, tortured, and killed a rat the old "Matsuoka-Way".
*I am busy with the up coming Kids Camp and everything related to that.
*Grandma is visiting us for a week! I never knew we could squeeze another person in this tiny little house, but miracles still happen.
*We are going to have a lovely garden this spring. Just you wait and see!
*Mom is pregnant with #13! (Please freak out right about now. After you calm down, take note that I am being sarcastic about Mom being pregnant. )
*We are making significant progress on the whole Log Cabbin idea.
*Hay Fever.
*Cow Manuer planting season. Pew!
*Giant, mutant ants are STILL an issue. Ants are crawling EVERYWHERE!
*Boris and I both accidently stepped in the sticky-trap we set for the rat to get caught in. Now I understand how it feels to be caught in a rat trap, and I can sympathize better.
*I am losing sleep over the whole XD CORE thingie,...whether I should go or not thingie.

Yeah, seriously. Should I go or not? That was a retorical question, so don't bother answering. Either way, I have a feeling that I won't go, unless God strikes me down with lightning or something. (not literally.)

I watched the sweetest movie ever the other day called 50 First Dates, starring Drew Barrymore and Adam Sandler.

Basically, Henry, (Adam Sandler) falls in love with Lucy, (Drew Barrymore) who has short-term memory loss and can't remember each individual day. Henry doesn't let that stop him, and makes her fall in love with him every day. It's a BEAUTIFUL love comedy. It's what true love is aaaaaaaaaaaaaaall about. It's so rare, that I'm almost convinced that it only exists in Holly Wood films. That was a joke btw. Sort of, anyway.

Okay, well, it's getting late. I'm calling it a night.
Keep the Kids Camp in your prayers.

We caught the rat!

Eiko says...

These pictures speak for themselves, but to let you know, Boris and Yuya were the knights in shining armor!

Good riddance!

Oscar Wilde

Eiko says...

This dude is outrageous! You've GOTTA love him!

Quotes by Oscar Wilde:

"Women are meant to be loved, not understood"

"If you really want to know what a woman means, which is dangerous, always look at her but never listen."

"If you want to tell people the truth, make them laugh, otherwise they'll kill you."

"Arguments are to be avoided, they are always vulgar and often convincing. "

"Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much."

"Education is a wonderful thing, provided you always remember that nothing worth knowing could ever be taught"

"I have very simple tastes, I am always satisfied with the very best."