So here's the deal.
Take a little lookie at the French food pyramid:


NOW,
Take a look at the old US food pyramid, which is about the same as the new one....



So let's make this clear. French people eat more food, yet Americans weigh more?!

Does that make sense?

Maybe this little picture will help...



This disgusts me. What I still don't get is WHY?!

WHY have our portion sizes increased so much?

WHY does no one fix this?

WHY do we eat this much?




That's it, maybe a tad bit later, after exams are over.

OVER & OUT!

At the end of the lab period for Chemistry, I decided to take the test I missed(when I was sick). So I go into an empty Rm 207, and begin the test. Then Beau walks into the room and asks where Mr. Howard is. I reply: I think he's next door with the ACS kids. Beau nods and leaves. He comes back a little later with Shu and some other girl with, in his hand, what I believe is an ACS sheet. Shu and the girl leave, Beau sits don and takes out his calculator and begins to work. A way into what I guess may be the same test as I am taking, Mr. Howard comes in and asks if we're alright. We both say we are and Mr. Howard leaves. Then Beau sneezes, and then sneezes again. I'm like, "should I say 'Bless you'?" by the time I decide I probably should it's been like two minutes so I don't say anything-and I feel horribly rude! Beau probably would have said "Bless you"...


Anyway, I get to a part of the test where I need water vapor pressure, which would be in my problem solver. So I ask Beau what he thinks-and he's a bit rude-he says we won't know unless, we use them. Then I just am like, "Right..." So I take out my problem solver and use it. I turn my test in and Mr. Howard spots a problem, so I have to go back into 207 where Beau is working and I feel sooo stupid!

Beau is a bit of an anomoly...

Well, it's like this. Beau was/is very good friends with Kyon. I was really good friends with Kyon. SO we heard about each other quite a bit, but we've never met. So we know who the other person is but don't know each other. I find it insanely akward.

Go figure.

Ta-ta
Sayuri

CHOCOLATE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And tea....I do like tea....

They say the first step to solving your problems is admitting them.

So, I admit it. I have a problem.
I am addicted, thoroughly addicted. I have a coffee problem.

Wow, Tatsuya would be proud...he always teases me about my coffee obsession. He's back from Virginia now too. He had a tough flight though, it was delayed because of a storm and then they lost his luggage. Poor guy, he's not very happy right now. But he'll be alright.

I had the best vanilla latte this afternoon...it was yummy. So I went shopping yesterday with my mum(she needed new clothes) I almost bought a coat because they(the store) was having a really great sale. 50% off on all coats! Too bad all the coats were $350 or $225 so they were still like $100+. Hence I still am coat less. Ah well...

OH! I finally got Tatsuya a great christmas present! Oh, it's so good. I was brilliant, I got him a subscription to WIRED....he will love it! Okie dokie! I'm out-House is on and I loooovvvveee House(AKA best show ever)

Did you know that afoot is in the dictionary? Word of the Day:
Also Sanrio has created a hello kitty version of everything possibly imaginable. At first I was like 'aww thats cute' but then I slowly became horrified at the extent of the cuteness....
Don't believe me when I say there is a Hello Kitty Tombstone? See for yourself:
Click and explore

Oh the horror of it all....

Anyway I had a very odd dream last night/this morning. Michiko-chan came to my school and asked me why I hadn't had babies yet. Meaning babies with my boyfriend...which is not really an odd dream to have considering. I say this because at least three times a week I walk into my theatre class and (its an all girls class) am assaulted with freshman girls telling me that a) my boyfriend is extremely hot b) if we had children they would be gorgeous c) we are so cute together and d) have babies with him so we can fawn over them. So you see since dealing with that for a semester it could pop up in my dreams. the odd thing though was Michi-chan being the one to say it. Except it was that whole dream thing where it wasn't Michi-chan but it was at the same time. Ugh whatever...

Anyway the beau is in Virginia until after Christmas. T.T Sad.....So I'm gonna give him a call-Call tomorrow and I still have so much to do!

I finally got a christmas tree, but I'm not decorating it until I clean up the living room because I can't stand setting up the tree in a dirty room. SO here's all I still have to do:
-Clean living room
-Decorate Tree
-Bake cookies
-Wrap presents
-Call Tatsuya

Busy, busy!

I had an adventure last night. So the kitchen was just absolutely disgusting and I really wanted to make chocolate chip cookies. You know that insatiable craving for something warm and delicious and chocolaty. Well I had it and I was not a woman to be deterred. However I couldn't bring myself to make the cookies with a dirty kitchen. And so I began to clean-first I cleaned off the table, and then the boxes under the table(never unpacked from moving). Then I looked around and the floor was disgusting too. So I got the mop from outside the back door-where it'd been since the last mop. I rinsed the bucket out in the bathtub(I'll get to that later) and then filled it up with hot water and some spic and span...

I started mopping...and then the mop broke....the sponge part just came right off.

So I had to go out and find a replacement mop head, and I needed more flour too...So I go to the grocers-leaving the unfinished kitchen floor-and they don't have the brand I need...so I buy a new mop...I get home and I'm trying to take the plastic off the mop head and I break the whole thing. Like completely break it. So I head to the Walgreens and finally they have the right replacement mop head! Yay! SO I finally finished the mopping at like 7 PM. And then I made cookies. They are delicious.

Well I'm posting from my iPod touch which is pretty amazing. Maybe now I'll actually keep updating...So I've been sick with the stomach flu for the past two days-I went to school yesterday because I had to take this History test since finals are in like four days. Then I went home and slept. I'm feeling much better though. I was actually hungry this morning! Yay!

Grades: School Starts the 18th! Ahhhh.....
Relationships: Um...nothing new?
Brain: Spinning.
State of the Union: Go Team USA!
State of the Universe: Crumbling around me...

One word my peeps: DRAMA!

And not the fun kind either.

Well, any sane person has expectations before they do something. And since I ,as far I know, am indeed a sane person. Well that is up for debate...but MOVING ON....

So my Father and Stepmother are a bit...I guess the word I'm looking for is controlling. So they have bugged my mother, my sister, me, my friends, their friends....okay, okay you get the picture...on trying to get my sister and I to take formal swimming lessons for years. I mean YEARS! So finally at the beginning of the summer they handed be an ultimatum. I get to take swimming this summer or during the school year...as a class. Okay so obviously i wasn't going to take swimming as a class a) Who wants to go to class damp b) It's called aquatic fitness, not swimming-who knows what it really is...c) I can't take a whole semester of water...it's too much...

Which meant I had to take lessons this summer, luckily I was able to get 4 private lessons-yes! So in th end they agreed to let my sister and I take the four lessons.

Toward the end of the first lesson I was doing the breaststroke in the lap lane. And I while I'm swimming I'm thinking. Which let me tell you is NOT a good idea. So I was thinking about my Dad and Stepmom, and whenever I think about them and me I get a little uncomfortable. Well, this time I had a panic attack. While in the water-in the deep end. I got out of the water because I had started to hyperventilate. I realized that if I stayed in water I could drown. 

Panic Attacks are very scary. Especially for the person having one. It's hard when you have one because you can't calm down. Luckily for me I knew that I was having one so I knew a little what to do. I kept telling myself to calm down breath in, breath out. You see, I got more anxious because I wasn't able to calm down so it made it worse. Finally I was able to calm down a bit and do some more swimming. I still was panicky however. When I swam back to get out of the pool to where my mom was sitting I had another one because I was trying to tell my mom about having the first one.

I had a panic attack before. I was in the car with my Dad on the phone with my mom the morning before my first final exams. This one was different because I wasn't hyperventilating. It was a instant nausea, chills, hot flashes, rapid heart beat, sweating, and trembling. This was the first time I'd had one and it freaked me out.

After I had the one at the pool, I got a bit paranoid. I was constantly thinking about panic attacks, and what if it happened again. I almost refused to go back to the pool because I thought it might trigger another one. Paranoid right? Well I'm better now. But when I get anxious or even a little nervous I think oh my gosh, what if this turns into a panic attack. This isn't normal.

SO here's what we've learned:
A) Thinking about my Dad and Step mom always makes me a bit anxious, which is BAD!
B) I have to go to the doctor now...so we can be 100% sure I'm having panic attacks and not heart attacks-I'm 99.99999% sure that I'm not having a heart attack.
C) This means I'll probably start having to see a shrink.

Unfortunately if I do go to the doctor that means I'll have to tell my Father and Step Mother about this second/third panic attack. I don't know if they'll believe me because my stepmom when I told her about the first one told me it wasn't a panic attack, to not make stuff up, and that panic attacks always involved shortness of breath. BTW-That isn't true.

Gah! This is crazy. Well, thats all for now folks!

So I was sleeping over at my friends house last night. And I discovered some very interesting things.

Apparently my friend and I have the same judge in court cases. (Both of our parents are divorced and seem to hate each other-therefore the need for a judge) That was a bit surprising for me. We had totally different opinions of him too. She hated him. I liked him. I think, though, our opinions are based on if we got what we wanted. So I suppose its nothing personal, except his judging skills. Which is a personal thing.

The second is that I apparently have sexy hair when I wake up...according to my friend Colleen. I really don't see how messy hair is sexy...my hair isn't even that messy when I wake up...well it was falling out of the pony tail, but still.

We watched the Devil wears Prada. I'd forgotten how good that movie is.

So, swimming lessons will be starting soon...yay.....gawd...this is going to suck. Yup, totally gonna suck.

Grades: I need to start the summer homework...
Relationships: Um...nothing new?
Brain: Tired, oh so tired...
State of the Union: I think the way it's looking Barack will win, but you never know...
State of the Universe: Wet, or going to be wet and smelling like chlorine...yuck.

Well, I went shopping last night. We stopped by Barnes & Noble, because my mum had to pick up a book. Naturally, I had to get one too. So I was going to get the next book in the manga series I'm buying but then on the way to the checkout I saw the new Coldplay CD. I got it instead.

It's really an amazing album. And at first I was really sad 'cause I didn't see Chinese Sleep Chant on there and I liked that song. It turned out to be a hidden track after Yes. Sneaky, huh? Well, the CD is amazing. It does sound a bit different than there previous albums but it's really brilliant. My favorite tracks are 42, Lovers in Japan, Strawberry Swing, Death and All His Friends, and Life in Technicolor.

That's quite a bit of them...hee. That and I finally got my Bennie K CD back from Kimiko. Plus I took her Panic at the Disco CD. Not the new one, which I want, but it's a good CD.

*Sigh* I'm happy.

So, I don't actually have writer's block but this was too good to pass up.

YES
Chips                                                                   
Potatoes, and other starchy foods                 
Bagels                                                                 
Cake (Cheese Cake)                                       
Meat                                                                     
Urm...crackers                                                    

NO!
People...thats just nasty
It should not go IN a can. Spray/Squirt cheese is one of the most disgusting things ever invented by man.
Chocolate
Appliances
Cookies
The Floor....





Those are the laws of cheese, read and obey....

Wow. Sorry mates, I've been busy.

SO my quick, typical update:

Grades: Urm...I have summer homework?
Relationships: Past the month mark-which I thought was kinda exciting?, but really in retro-spect is just 30 days-I mean-really....
Brain: Not going to go *splode* at this moment. Although I have been very philosophical of late(explanation is below)
State of the Union: Barack got the democratic nomination-if you didn't know that, someone needs to pull you out of that rock you've been living under. I'd do it, but I'm busy keeping myself from falling under the rock.
State of the Universe: Together...

    Now to expand on the whole me being philosophical thing. It's actually a weird story. So my stepmom thinks I read to much fiction and that it is rotting my brain(something I can rant over for too long-so don't get me started) so she requires me to read non-fiction. So as sort of a rebelious teenager thing I checked out these books on Buddhism. I had no plan to read them, at all. But they were non-fiction. ANYway, I sort of picked one of them up and read it. AND that is how I came to be thinking. One of the points in Buddhism is that we should question all the teachings. Here's a quote:
"Do not go upon what has been acquired by repeated hearing; nor upon tradition; nor upon rumor; nor upon what is in a scripture. But when you yourselves know: "These things are good; these things are not blamable; these things are praised by the wise; undertaken and observed, these things lead to benefit and happiness,'enter on and abide by them." -Buddha, himself
    This fascinated me. I mean it made me think. I asked myself why I believed in God, and the teachings of all the churches I've attended.
You ask yourselves these questions...a lot of the time, I didn't know the answer, except that i just did. Then I thought about it and the answer I had was because it was what my parents believed. I think I've decided that that's not a good enough reason for me. Then something that happened when I was going to Catholic School popped into my head. A boy in my class asked my religion teacher that since they believe that the bread and wine becomes actual body and blood, did that mean they were cannibals. My teacher refused to answer the question. The boy wasn't being a smart-ass, it was an actual question. As I remember(which could be wrong) she didn't answer some questions my classmates had, not just that one. Here's another good quote:
"Every religion has its special books. Even before a true believer reads a word of their chosen religion's special book, a true believer already assumes that everything inside it is God's-or Whoever's-absolute truth. These books cannot be questioned or doubted. Only specially appointed and highly trained experts are even allowed to explain their meaning to the rest of us dunces who couldn't possibly understand what's written in them." -Sit Down and Shut Up By Brad Warner
I don't agree with this completely. I think we are allowed to question things, at least in Christianity, but that we are usually expected to come to a certain conclusion: that it is true.
    So I read a little more...because I wanted to know more. I wouldn't say that I'm a Buddhist, because I'm not. I still believe in God and Jesus, but I also think that maybe I can be both. In fact somethings I've read that Buddha encouraged participating in ones "traditional religion". So maybe I will be both. 'Cause here's my take. I don't believe that there is only one way to heaven, I think that Jews, Christians, Muslims, Hindus-we all believe in the same God. We believe in that God, and we try to be better people, and make the world  "a better place"(winces at that last one). We all, when you get down to it, have the same goal-right? Because this world is not a perfect place, we humans need hope for a better life, or a reward for being good in this life, and other reasons similar to these, are why we have religion in my mind.
Here's a quote:
    "I am going to take this bucket of water and pour it on the flames of hell, and then I am going to use his torch to burn down the gates of paradise so that people will not love God for want of heaven or fear of hell, but because He is God."-Looking For Alaska



I guess what I'm trying to say is: I don't want to be in a religion for the wrong reasons(rewards, my parents, etc.). I don't want to be in a religion that can't accept that it isn't the only "TRUE" way. I don't want to be in a religion that discriminates. I don't want a religion where I can't question things. I don't want a religion that thinks it has all the answers.

If you want to learn more about Buddhism-which I strongly recommend. Here's a great link: Click ME!

Okay sorry for the f-ing essay. I went a little quote crazy too, it's just an issue that's been on my mind.

BTW- As a little side note. My stepmom isn't too thrilled about this whole "Buddhist" thing. I haven't talked to either her or my Dad about it yet, she just assumed from the two books I checked out. So it sort of had the effect I wanted, but I actually didn't really want. My mom and I have talked about religion, she doesn't really care. LOL(god I hate doing that) So from now on no more LOL's!!! They are officially banned from my blog! Don't use them or any other little freaky web things. I'll virtually hit you with...things....

Enough Already! Someone needs to tell me to shut-up...
So Yuri-Chan is over and out.
Peace and Love people, peace and love.

Okay. WOW. So much has happened since my last post.

A) I had a stalker...he was a junior guy, actually the older bro of a girl I know. I was a bit-erm-I don't really know the word. Well I was taken off guard-I'm not use to attention like that. He would only tlk to me if I was basically alone, and he followed me home(not walked with).He was an official creeper. Luckily he eventually took the hint and left me alone.

B) I have a boyfriend-yes a bit of a shocker. Well it's I guy I've liked for basically since I met him.(Yeah-I know pretty bad huh) Okay, I'll rant more on this later.

C) Exams are over!YES!! Summer is here!

That's just a real quick overview...

Grades: School is over, and I have a 3.96 GPA!
Relationships: Taken! An amazing boyfriend...
Brain: Definitely going to go *splode*
State of the Union: I think Barack has some great idea's but I think I like Hillary's position on the war better...John McCain is old.
State of the Universe: *sploding* and *sploding* and *sploding* some more...

Hello again...remember me?
Yes I seemed to fall off the planet for a bit, but I've hopped back on!

So here's an update on things:
Grades: Looking alright
Relationships: No beau, lots of friends, my father and stepmother may have just gotten crazier but it could just be me...although that's not likely.
Brain: Going to explode in a few weeks...
State of the Union: Well, frankly I'm not ready to even scratch the surface on this one...
State of the Universe: Oh to hell with this...

Anyway...at school a scandal erupted about 2 weeks ago. As you may(or may not) recall my iPod was stolen. Well one day in French class our Grade Level Principal Mr.G came in and took two girls out of class, when they came back in we all found out that both of them had gotten things stolen from them-money, cell phones, iPods. "Bridget" said that in the Gym locker room she had locked up her things and left for class. Her lock was cut off, her things gone through and her $400 iPod stolen. 2 weeks after this happened a girl, "Katie" approached "Bridget", opened her coat...and like you see in movies asks "Bridget" if she wants to buy an iPod-for $40.  And low an behold "Bridget" spots her iPod. Naturally she tells the principal. SO now you see, many iPods were confiscated and "Katie" probably has more at home. I was in shock. My iPod hasn't been recovered and in fact it's probably been resold. And the school can't charge her with anything because they can't prove she stole them.
So that's that. I'm still iPod less.

That's all folks!

Check this OUT!
Okay this man is named John Green.
Actually a rather common name.
However he is one of the best writers in the world!
I'm not lying.
He is.
His book Looking for Alaska was published around the world.
In many languages.
He was nominated for a German Literary Prize.
For his book.
In German.
That is full of awesomeness.
I'm officially certified to give out awesomeness ratings.
Looking for Alaska is one of those books that changes people.
Maybe the world?
Dunno, anyway, everyone should read it.
Seriously.
It's awesome.
Actually it was gone beyond the bounds of awesome.
I won't say anything more about it.
Except,
It should be required reading for all high school students.
Brilliant work, John Green.


Now Looking for Alaska actually was going to be taught in a school...here's what happened:
Okay click here: CLICK ME!

I have a history test today and I am soooooo nervous. I studied the material is easy, but still I'm nervous! That's a little odd. Anyway, for my health class we have to do a sleep log and the way it's organized doesn't make any sense, so I have to talk to my teacher about it.

Oh wait, that's right my teacher has only come to six classes, the rest we've had a sub for...WTF!

Well, gotta go! Wish me luck!

Gah! I am so tired, I just want to crawl into bed but...
I have stuff to do.

I'm on episode 17 for Ouran High School Host Club, only 9 more to go.

Uhhh...so tired, plus I still have to get a present for my friend Camille...I'm going to her party tomorrow. Actually I was really surprised when she handed me an invitation in History class a few days ago. You see thats the only class I have with her. We got a long right away when we first met. We're friends but not that close because we don't see each other that often. I mean I'm completely new, coming from a private school to a public one, I didn't know anyone. It actually wasn't that bad, going off to high school. So she hands me this invitation and I was shocked truthfully. Very thankful of course, but I didn't know I was that good of friends with her. So I want to get her a really great present.

I'll find something....

Over and Out!