lovely & amazing

a 5-second update: the past few days i have been living in ames. i get such a good feeling whenever i am on the iowa state campus because people are themselves, the streets are pedestrian-friendly, and the raccoons are tame. it is such a bizarre feeling to attend another college like it is your own. it makes me feel like i am an undercover agent. this afternoon i drove the 3-hour (yes, it takes me 3 for some reason) drive back to rochester. my facial expression did not leave neutral over the course of the entire trip, except, i did let out one huge HA when going through my sister's old CDs and hearing the beginning of that "peanut butter and jelly" rap song. when i arrived home tonight, i was greeted with a lovely tornado warning. my mum and i dashed over to hollywood to get movies before it was "too" dangerous to go out and she confessed a suprisingly lot about her life in that very short trip. now, i am sitting at my family's home computer realizing that i am out of new music and that i listen to music too much- it's beginning to make me a bit queasy. tomorrow i get my hair cut and i am scared that they won't be able to do it asian-style because i am not in asia anymore.