What's in Your Suitcase Today?

Hey, people! I have an extremely special announcement/rambling I'd like to share today!

I'm headed off to college!

I am really just, overjoyed! No kidding. My high school experience sucked, so I'm really hoping my college experience will be different.

Also, this will be the first time in my entire life that I'll be away from home most days of the week. Plus, it will also be the very first time I've ever stayed with complete strangers. A boarding house. All females. Yes. It's completely exciting and completely terrifying at the same time.

So I was packing my suitcase today, and I thought I might share its contents, aside from the personals. I don't know why. I guess I'm just in the mood for it.

Of course, the obvious applies: clothes, undies, shoes, sanitary items... Here's some stuff you might find a litte strange, but what I find completely necessary:

Matches and Magnifying Glass in Waterproof Case

You'll never know when you might be thrown into the wilderness, right? I think it's pretty useful. Well, thought about it because of two things: 1.) I recently watched "The Edge" with Alec Baldwin and Anthony Hopkins [love the part where Hopkins is all, "I'm gonna' kill the motherf***er"] and so I guess I was put into the wilderness survival mode. 2.) I opened a cereal box and found an Avengers (The Hulk) waterproof case with a magnifying glass in it. I just figured I'd add the matches because, hey, they're useful!

Knife

My cousin once gave my a wooden pendant that conceals a tiny, but incredibly sharp, knife in it. I've decided to keep it with me... You know, for wilderness survival AND self-defense.

Wallet Tissue

IMO, the best invention since the thingy that allows you to hang hand sanitizer on pretty much anything. It's tissue... in a plastic wallet thing. Very convenient, useful and cute. You'll never know when you might need such a thing. Seriously!

Moisturizer

OK, normally I'm not one to moisturize because most moisturizers are skin-whiteners also. I mean, really? C'MON! Not everyone wants to be white, you know! I look good with a little color. But I have recently been getting a lot of pimples, and these days have been getting hotter and hotter... I know there's not much of a relation, but yeah it only has to make sense to me!

Toner and Cotton Balls

My acne is relentless. I was SO hoping that my skin would be flawless by first day, but, sadly, my skin wouldn't allow for that. Now aiming for: clear skin by first date. Please, please, PLEASE!

Journal

Must document my freshman year in college! It will definitely be a milestone in my life, no? I'd like to be able to look back on it once I'm old and have children or something.

Laptop

You know how most kids get allowance from their parents, right? Well, I'm not like most kids. I have to EARN my own allowance. Will be attempting to get online jobs whilst studying. Wish me luck!

Legal Documents

Specifically: my NSO and passport. Hey, you'll never know when you might need two forms of identification, right? Plus, I'm transitioning into adulthood. I need to learn to take care of my own legal documents!

Vitamin C

My immune system is normally pretty awesome, but I'm not taking any chances. *Aerosmith style* I DON'T WANNA MISS A THING! Also, acne... I think it will help.

So those are the only things I'd consider "strange" or "out of the ordinary" for someone to pack in their suitcases. That concludes today's blog post. Have a good day! And, Advanced Happy Independence Day (Philippines)!

Raindrops

     Lately it's been raining so much. The air is freezing cold and the sky is way too dark and gray and sad. Everyone's been getting sick, including me. I've had some bad nauseated coughing and sneezing episodes. I also have a slight sore throat.
      But, strangely enough, I feel the need to just go outside and let my skin soak in it. Something about the bitter cold of the rain is comforting. It chills me to the bone, but it's comforting. It's strange, I know. Comfort in discomfort. I don't know how to explain it, really.

Bread

     I'm craving bread. Pandesal, to be exact. It is the most delicious kind of bread in the world. You can eat it with anything, and you can eat it with nothing, and it will still taste good. In Spanish, "pan" means bread, and "sal" means salt. So, literally, it means "bread of salt". Well, I'm pretty sure they use a bit of salt, but it's not salty bread.

     Anyway, rice is a more complex carbohydrate, so I guess it's better than bread if you're trying to lose weight. But When you eat bread, you eat less carbohydrates in general, because they're mostly air.

     I'm craving bread; bread that is absolutely smothered in butter.

Mushroom Killer

     NNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!

     I. Killed. THE MUSHROOM!

     Let me explain that this was an accident, because I would never wish a horrible water-related death on any living thing. Here's what happened:

     I went back into the bathroom, naturally to see that the mushroom grew. But I saw that it was shaking and that its top was folded. I thought it was dried up or something and just needed some water. So I tried to pour some and, well... I am not very good at aiming...

     So I accidentally poured too much on the wrong place (*ahem* right on top of the mushroom). NO! It toppled over... Yes, the top fell off, then the stem fell down and the roots are... well, just roots. Actually, since mushrooms are fungi they don't exactly have roots... But you get what I mean.

     Gosh, I feel so horrible!!! Let's hope that all those spores grow into mushrooms... 

Mid-Pubescent Crisis

     Tomorrow will be the start of the month of November. To writers who have major problems with finishing novels, like me, it is also known as NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month). Basically, I have to reach 50, 000 words by the end of November. Which means, I'll have to write about... 1700 words a DAY. HOLY...

     The worst part? I don't even know what to write about! I originally wanted to write a story called "The Lonely Hearts Club" which would have been really cool. But now, I'm chickening out! You know what I need? I need Homer Simpson to come up to me and give me that chicken speech he gave Bart during the movie. You know. The one that goes:

     "I hereby declare you chicken for life! Every morning, you'll wake up to 'Good morning, CHICKEN!' At your wedding, I'll sing, 'BOK BOK B-BOK...'" And, well, you get the idea.

     UGH! I was so excited about it months ago, but now! It's NOT funny.

     I'm gonna' die...

Pancakes

     After an emotionally draining day at school - dealing with the one I love, the people I hate, and the people I just don't give a damn about - at least I can go home and be confident in the fact that if I stir my pancake mix enough all the lumps will go away and the consistency will be just perfect. It's such a comfort. 

     Why can't life just be like one big bowl of pancake mix, where I can adjust the consistency just like I do at home? Well, life kind of is like a big bowl of pancake mix. But it's the kind of lazily mixed pancake mix that has lumps everywhere. Inconsistent.

         

Racist

I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT THE BIG DEAL IS.

     Don't people understand what the words "personal," and "preferrence" mean? What a person likes is none of anyone's business to judge.

     So what if I prefer white to dark? What about Chess? Haven't they noticed that white always goes first? They don't call that game racist.

     But, no. When one says, "I like white ones better," they automatically assume the worst and label you "racist." Or, for the not-so-well-versed ones, "colorist". Whatever. 

     Besides, it's just chocolate.