Hard times

My hard drive crashed! Thank god for backups. But still, it's a pain in the ass. I took my poor macbook to the Apple store at Shinsaibashi, and wanted to shed a tear once I found out. Just what I need. Fortunately, it's actually cheaper to have it replaced here than in the States. Just a tip. So, probably Thursday I'll haul it back to Apple and drop it off. My poor baby--off to be repaired.
I have been slacking off. It doesn't help that it's been raining literally for 3 days straight. Not a single moment of dryness. I just want to finish my book. Never mind that I have an exam tomorrow (of which I should worry about). I am reading The Blind Assassin, by Margaret Atwood. Seriously, read this book. Or The Edible Woman, which is equally good.
I helped out, again, on campus, at a study abroad fair. My job was to tell people to come to the States to study. Everyone who came up immediately told me that they wanted to go to the States. Any questions I posed, however logical they might be, were countered with confused stares. "So, which city/state have you been thinking about?" "Do you have any questions about living in the States?" "Are you curious about transportation or food?" After some prodding, I settled on, "So what is your favorite Hollywood movie?" I got quick responses for this one.
To be fair, some were pretty informed already. They were the ones who asked, "Which city is the safest?" To which I replied, "Hard to say, probably the smallest."
I spoke with one group of girls, sophmores, who, as soon as my next group left, immediately came back and told me, "We have decided, we want you to be our friend." I have never had to answer to such a thing. It was as if they took a vote. "Any nays?" I paused, and then said yes, of course. I need more speaking partners, since I still have not one.
Soon after we traded keitai (cellphone) info, they left and another girl came up. I was about to ask the usual questions, but she immediately told me, "I want to make friends." I wanted to start worrying, but apparently this happens a lot with international students. So we chatted for a while. She's a freshman, and dressed so cute! I felt a bit slobbish (I thought I had dressed pretty well until then). I need to note some (not all) fashion styles here. Some of them would never work in the States--never. But it's nice to see so many people get away with these sort of things.

I'm feeling too moody right now. Alex isn't too happy about my computer being in the state it's in. We can't really talk because our schedules are opposite each other. And then of course there's the rain. And the humidity, which is causing me to break out worse than back home (Thank god for good makeup). My hair is also suffering, it's worse than frizzy, it just looks horrible. And because of the rain, the temperature has gone from hot-humid to cool-humid, so it's hard to be comfortable both outside and in.

In lighter news, I am definately going to Obama,Fukui soon! To show my support from abroad! By the way, isn't he getting some ground in the polls? It's about fucking time.