I'm not really sure if I'm doing the right thing: as I drove the long trip from Kent to Louisville today, I saw a dog on the side of the highway, just sitting in the median. This has happened to me three times, and all three times I immediately called 411 to get the number of an animal pick-up service. I never know what happens to the dog, whether they actually went to go pick them up or not, and it always frustrates me that I know so little about dogs that I can only describe them by their color and size, and whether their ears were pointy or not. Am I doing the right thing? I can't leave an animal just wandering on the side of the road, what if it gets run over? But since I'm not an animal care specialist or anything, I wonder if this is a big issue or not. I'm just judging - and this will sound really naive - from the Looney Tunes cartoons I saw as a kid where the truck from the pound would come and pick up stray cats and dogs. Well, I just hope that those three dogs are okay now :( If I could, I would totally adopt a dog RIGHT NOW.

So I will be getting an apartment by myself for the next academic year. I'm a little concerned that I'll be lonely, especially when everyone graduates in the winter and I'll be left in Kent alone. I really want to get a cat (well no, I really want to get a puppy, but the apartment doesn't allow them, and I won't be able to give it the lovin' it needs). But I'm a little scared - I've never had a pet before! Well, a pet that requires more care than dropping flakes into the water a few times a day. Aaaah but I am excited at the same time! If I get this apartment, I will most likely keep the same place until I graduate, so I can make it all nice and homey, and if I can get the cat, !!! Hopefully I'll be a little better at making friends over time, so I can invite people over and stuff. Because there is always the risk of me closing the door on the outside world and delving further and further into video game fantasy land... Final Fantasy XII is definitely taking me there... yikes.

Oh yes, so I am in Louisville. I'll be going to HOTlanta tomorrow to watch Betsy get married! Finally, people that I know are getting married. (Ben's sister doesn't count.) I really hope it's some ridiculously lavish Chinese wedding with a 12 course meal. My dad and I got invited to the rehearsal dinner, and then there's the wedding reception, and then next Saturday they're having another dinner reception in Louisville, when I just happen to be back in town for spring break. I will be eating GOOD. ^_^ I guess it's a good thing I just lost a bunch of weight.

Why did I lose this weight? Ben and I broke up on Tuesday. To quote facebook, "You dated from 2002 to 2007 and then broke up but you still get along great. It's complicated." That's about all I can really say about it. It's complicated. Lost my appetite for two days, but now I'm all fine. And hey, I am always for alternative methods of weight loss! Now I'm just going to look awesome in the dress I'm going to wear for the wedding, heh heh. Oh well. And life goes ooon~~

In other recent news, I made a brochure for Anna's father's church. It's for an annual student leadership conference that they go to every year, and this year I made the brochure. I apologize for bragging, but I am super proud of it ^_^ And I got paid! Perhaps I really do have a future in this "graphic design" business. Siiiigh, if only it didn't come with this ridiculous degree that is sooo out of my reach... Well if this keeps up, hopefully I'll be doing a lot more side projects. It's pretty satisfying when you get something you made printed and published. Ah well, patience, patience...

Listening: Talking Heads - Stop Making Sense
Playing: Final Fantasy XII (PS2)
Watching: a ton of James Bond films