That was a simple quiz! Yay! Like really easy. The extra credit question was to define (in english) "shitsuree shimasu" and I'm not sure about it because the book gives 3 definitions. First of all it's really polite, second of all here are the definitions:

1) goodbye
2) excuse me
3) I'm sorry

I don't remember which one I put to be honest. But I didn't know it also meant "goodbye." Anyway, with that one exception, the rest of the quiz I know I aced. I'm sure the actual test on the 24th will be more difficult and will require hiragana. This weekend I have Japanese homework, I want to practise hiragana, I have to read that book and write the essay for Tuesday. Oy.

In other news, how many other people besides myself watched the RNC? I didn't think so. But anyway, President Bush's speech was really good. I was surprised. I knew that the GOP had been planning to announce their intention to get rid of the IRS and Bush talked about stream-lining and simplifying the tax code and system. I would be fucking thrilled to have the IRS dissolved and replaced by a nice flat tax with few loopholes (some are needed and create incintives for business, like it or not, it's important) and an easy way for the layperson to understand exactly why their money is being stolen. Getting rid of the IRS is like.... heavenly. Plus, I also like the Social Security plan. Young workers (and actually, I think this will apply to everyone under 65) can put some of their social security tax money into a private account. Ooooooooo... I looooooove that toooooo!!
And I believe in "conservative values" and family values and I think more people need to realise the responsiblity they have to their families. My family sucked, lots of people have shitty families who despise each other and that's just wrong. Your family should mean something to you and I think we need to emphasize the importance of family. When I say that, people usually automatically think that I'm a fundamentalist who hates gays and single moms, none of that is true. Your family is what you make it. And they are all important. What's so wrong with wanting to strengthen the family unit? Traditional family or non-traditional it doesn't matter. It just bugs me that the term "family values" is deemed evil and hateful because of the levied assumptions. I used to be one of those people because I was a douche who didn't think about anything logically, you know? I based my opinion on conjecture and hearsay and assumed I was right without bothering to think things through to a reasonable end. Too many people are like that. Unfortunately. Sometimes when I think my opinions through I find that I'm wrong. Ha! But oh well, such is life and learning and I'd much rather move forward than stagnate.

Why do I get off on tangents? Someone on one of the vegan communities was talking about gyoza (potstickers) and there is a company that makes vegan ones. Whine. I'm so hungry. How many more calories can I have today... 170. Damn you 330 calorie Pitch Black Mountain Dew!!! I shouldn't have drank it. Oh well. Plus, breakfast and lunch and now I can have... a veggie hot dog OR a veggie burger and half a bag of 100 calorie wheat thins. Sigh.

I think I'll take a nap. Kazuko-sensee's niece named her cat Maru (circle) because he has such a round face. I think that's funny.

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ok so like try to keep up or whatever because like, um, this girl is totally all stupid and stuff and like she's um driving us all crazy in here. Cuz all like earlier when we was at school she was all ok or whatever but um then like after the class was done we were just standing there and like, ok, I know that she hates her blue jeans and like fer real they are whack!! I'm glad that she lost weight or whatever but like ok she needs some new clothes. I mean um i could hook her up with some phat threads but I'm thin and pretty and I'm not trying to be rude or whatever but like my clothes totally won't fit her and like I don't want them all stretched out. No offense and stuff but I mean she calls herself hungy hungry hippos. NEwayz, she was like totally buggin and stuff and she was all kinda spazzing but on the inside or whatever and then when the other (and totally badly dressed for rich kids) came out of the other classes at that school she was all weird and nervous or whatever. I thought she was gonna hurl all over the place and stuff and that would've been all messed up!! Cuz like blowing chunks is gross. Ok so then she was like "I'm just leaving" or whatever and she was all like "blah blah essay blah blah" and like who cares?? There are so many more imporatnt things in life. But so right, we left the building and ugh, totally, she was having to hold her pants up and stuff like a hobo!! A real hobo and not one of those fake ceramic ones you can buy at Wal-Mart because I think those things are suppsoed to be cute but um, really they are just stupid and so very old people stuff. So then anyway we was at the bus stop and then this guy was all like "I'm back" and I was all who the h are you? and he was totally old and fat and icky and he said "I'm back from france" and was all like, who are you"? and I was like "um, my name is Ashley who let you in here?" Then he was all ghetto fabulous and saying he was on the hundret dollar bill or whatever and I was like "Um, ew" and "go away now. kthnx" or whatever. So he's all mad that we're on a diet and I was like "you stay out of this mister! but he was all like "I'm not talking to you girl" and I was like, "whatever mister wannabeblackguy with a stupid head. I don't care if he dod invent bifocuses. Just whatever. Then I got rid of him and I got this call from my friend amy and she was like "who was that dude?" and I was like "beats the poop out of me" and we were going to go shopping but then like the stupid bus came and so then she got on that and blah blah blah she missed her busstop!!! (and she's supposed to be rilly smart 2. what the cheese?) She was all like "I'm so lost" and I was like um, well, i don't know any directions or whatever and luckily we got back to the regular place by the animal clinic before the bus came and there was this totally ick guy there and my friend amy was all like, "no way don't talk to that guy he's on a bicycle and wearing a blue skull cap!!" but she did anyway or whatever and I was like so peed off. sigh. Then on the bus was dumb or whatever but my friend Amy told me that sometimes there are cute guys on the bus but the only guys I saw were icks. Newayz she just flipped through her chinese book, or whatever, and that's boring. oh my gosh it's so crowded in here, ew. At least that perv boy is sleeping and that ghetto old dude is gone or whatever so that just leaves me and amy and stuff. I wish i could buy a kitten but like I think I'm allergic to cats because they always leave they're fur all over me!! but like, then we get here or whatever and things don't even get better or whatever she's just all stupid and says she feels "num and out of phase" and I was like "that's dumb! You're a dummy!" I'm tellin you guys she's totally f'd up or whatever. Newayz she's feeling better now or whatever and I totally know that's cuz of me cuz I'm just like the coolest evah and make every1 happy to the max or whatever. and guess what???? I totally have a new hat!!! It's a newsboy and it's a corderoy brown with a pink ribbon and it so totally like um matches my purse or whatever. Ew, she's got this stupid history chanel on about this old murder case. sometimes i totaly hate her and stuff but like my friend Amy or whatever was like we'll totally go rent some hunky movies and watch them and eat low fat popcorn or whatever and totally have a you go girl night! that's totally like this other day when I was with my sorority sisters (ex horseshoe forever!!!!!!!!) and we totally were crushing on the new Josh Hartnett movie!! He's is sooooo kyute and stuff! ok, newayz I'm outie!!!

ASHLEY LOVES BEN AFFLECK FOREVER!!
AMY AND ASHLEY BFF!!!!!!!!!!!

love,
ASHLEY