Light?

I really need a vacation.

Not some crummy one-day off with twice as much work. I need an honest break from my schoolwork.

I still have to finish up my extended essay, still have to be catching up on reading for English, still have to do hours of notes for History.

But it could be worse.

We're moving out of Heart of Darkness in English and into Japanese literature. We're moving out of the civil war in History and into the Industrial Revolution.

The year is over half over. And if I could survive the first 90 days of IB, what's to say I can't survive the second 90?

To quote Mr. Fisher, there's finally a light at the end of the tunnel. And it's not a train.

Don't Order Tea at Starbucks

A few friends of mine and I went out for sushi a few months ago, and stopped by a Starbucks right afterwards. (Mind you, I have three independant groups of friends. This is not the group with Roshan or the group with Clare in it. Although I still wouldn't mind them taking me out for sushi.)

I didn't feel like coffee, so I ordered hot tea. And I got my horribly expensive tea. From a teabag.

That tea from Starbucks was probably the same cost as ordering a cup of tea from Tea ReX. Ironic how that water-and-a-teabag cost just as much, if not more, than a really great cup of real tea.

Well, I've learned that you just shouldn't order something like tea or black coffee at a Starbucks. Why spend a horrendous amount for something you can make yourself at home? Better to order something like caramel frappacino (which is really good, mind you.)