So, I work with a lot of Laotian people. Laos is a tiny country next to Vietnam and Thailand if you're not hip to Southeast Asia. A few nights ago the two guys that I work with regularly informed me that a lot of Laotian people don't like Japanese people. I'm against racism, but I decided to soak in this bit of culture seeing as I don't understand much about either the Japanese or Laos. It seems that it's not so much of a hatred thing so much as they think Japanese people take themselves to seriously and (I guess) look down on other asians. This explanation was followed by fits of both of them shouting of random Japanese words in what I now refer to as Serious Japanese Movie Accent followed by Generic Martial Arts Yell. Like "MITSUBISHI TAMAGACHI ARIGATO, HAI!". I don't get much entertainment at work, so this is keeping me amused. It kinda reminds me of Americans that poke fun of Canadians without really ever having met a Canadian.

Speaking of Asia, by the way, I need to take a foriegn language this fall and I'm leaning towards either Chinese or Japanese. Which do you recommend? Keep in mind that I found several reviews for the Japanese professor saying that she was crazy and insulting, and the Chinese teacher had one review for another subject that made him sound like a decent teacher, but that doesn't mean he's good at teaching Chinese.

I miss you guys like crazy.

Starting college in the fall. Still yet to sign up for my classes. I think I want to major in physics. That will probably change but I'm still going to start school nonetheless.

Did I mention that I miss you guys? Fuck me, people around here are boring and predictable.

Songs about the personification of inanimate objects make me smile.

Shit, Piss, Fuck, Cunt, Cocksucker, Motherfucker and Tits.

I met a guy today who went on his first date with his current girlfriend at a tractor pull. Go Tennessee!

Online blackjack tournaments are really addictive.

If eleven hundred dollars had a tune it would sound like the brakes on my car being fixed by Meineke.

I wish people on cash cab wouldn't say "mo money mo problems!" when offered the video bonus question.

Lame!

I saw an awesome Mega Man themed band named Protomen last night. Whoa whoa whoa, stop right there. I know you're thinking that there is no way in 8 bit hell a Mega Man themed band could be any good aside from laugh factor, but these guys were fucking AWESOME. I can't really describe the music, so here's a little sample:



Apparently they do an awesome cover of The Trooper for their encore performance, but we were treated instead to a cover of Kenny Loggins' Danger Zone, which was surprisingly good. Here's a video of their version of The Trooper:



and yeah, the guy wears a Mega Man helmet for most of the show. Apparently these guys play at the Capcom booth at Comic Con every year too.


Regarding the cryptic Helter Skelter reference from the last journal, I started a job at a factory that supplies seats for Nissan cars. Most of the job involves putting the upholstery on the seats and attaching it with nasty staples that can destroy fingers, which is pretty rough on my girly hands. It's not a terrible job, but definitely not something I'd want to do for the rest of my life. Hopefully I can start college this fall and figure out something I really want to do. I'm thinking maybe pre-law or economics, but you guys know I change my mind every month on shit like this.