But I can't tell y'all what it is just yet. Don't worry. There will be another blog soon enough.

How have y'all been doing? I'm about as far as I've ever been from okay, but I'm fine with that. I'm on deadline for the first two major papers of my college career, but such are the least of my worries. I've been working on a slew of scarves for holiday gifts and still have about half (8/16) left to complete before the season gets under way. I'm going home for the first time in three months.

I have been fighting my mother's control in the past few weeks. She has yet to realize that I am my own person and I've finally had enough of it. I told her everything that's been gathering in my mind over the past X years, and while she's fighting back, rejecting many of my claims, I think she's finally starting to see how much of a dictator she has been and that I need my independence.

I avoid confrontation like the plague because it generally makes me sick to my stomach immediately. The thought of it is enough to cause this reaction at times. Because of this stand up against my mother, I haven't been able to eat normally for three weeks. It started out I just wouldn't be hungry and would have to force myself to eat. Then I got nauseous when I tried that and could only eat when I actually felt hunger pains. Now I just lose my appetite. A couple bites of food and I'll be completely full. Last week insomnia threw itself into the mix.

But I've said what I've been needing to. It's out there. It's known. There's no taking it back and no ignoring it any longer. I'll see what I have to face when I arrive on Wednesday. Surprisingly I'm not nervous about this at all. I'm comfortable with what I have said because I have conveyed nothing but the truth.

I hope y'all have a much more relaxed beginning to your holiday seasons. Enjoy your turkey, or whatever you so choose to eat--or not eat. If any of y'all're having issues with family or friends or heck, anything, feel free to talk to me. I've been told I'm a great listener and occasionally I have a few words of advice to set you in motion to dealing with what's been placed on your shoulders. ^_~

Cheers~
AriSky

PS: Hunter x Hunter US release in two weeks!

I was browsing ANN.com while at work this past Sunday and finally found a date I've been looking for forever. Hunter x Hunter is currently set to be released in America by VIZ Media on the 9th of December. A concrete voice cast has not been released at this time.

Cheers,
~AriSky

So. I've been at college for two weeks, going into the third as of today. It's been a rough couple of weeks, as anyone would expect, but some things just push it that much further.

Cla sses have been fine. The level of work required isn't that different at all from what was required of me before. Art and Architecture of Japan, FYS, Intro to Lit, Intro to Japanese, Japanese workshop, Intermediate Weight Training, Newspaper and Varsity Cross Country.

On the final day of orientation, my mother's farewell to me was "you're a horrible person, call every Sunday." Needless to say I haven't been on the best of terms with them since and am avoiding her as best I can. She's unappreciative, lacks an understanding of prioritizing and is the most controlling person I know. Last night, she bribed me to webcam with cats. I should have known better.

Cross Country has never been more challenging. I gained 20 pounds since last Track season and am horribly out of shape. My back went out the first week I was here, so I haven't been able to do everything I should be doing to get it off. Coach made me stay here for our first invitational because he didn't think I was fit to compete. He was probably right, but it was beyond frustrating. My arms are slowly coming back via weight training, but I've yet to lose the weight (or at least the physical appearance of it).

I've been doing well with my writing--got the only 100% in my FYS cla ss on the first essay, which is expected to average a 3.2 out of 4. I'm working on the next essay for that cla ss and I think it'll turn out well.

Not this weekend but the one before was Kumoricon in Portland. My roommate and I decided we'd spend Sunday and Monday at the con--without setting up lodging. It was one of the more adventuresome things we've done, and I must admit, we had a blast. I sang Michiyuki in the karaoke lounge and we met up with one of our friends from AX07 before we passed out on a couple of couches in the hotel. We were woken up at 3:30 and told we couldn't stay there. We told them we didn't have anywhere to go and they took us to the homeless con-goer's room. It was great.

Yes. Fun times in college. Freedom and intelligence and whatnot.

Cheers,
~AriSky