unencumbered daughter hit the ground running at last.

SJCC members: Relax. You were all, like, so tense last week. I guess it's no surprise, though... I am a little hard on you guys, huh? I'm sorry! Hey, why don't I give you next week off? I mean in any case I keep looking at my notes and oh my gooood I can't focus on any of this! I read it in English and then I tried Russian and then I looked at it in English again and I just give up. What in god's name is economic activism, anyway??? Does that have to do with, like, money or something? Oh, I don't even know.

But, um... ... ... oh, darn it, I was going to say something else, but I totally spaced. I have too many post-it notes on my wall, you know? It's like a rainbow!

Anyway, hey guys, let's do something. Right now. If nobody takes me up on this I swear I'll roll up to one of you and take you out against your will. Anyone? Laura? You can invite Horacio! Or, ummm, Vincent? Hey hey? ♥

Come onnn, people, I have this really sexy dress in the back of my closet I'm just dying to break in! Someone volunteer! Ready? 1 2 3 GO! ♥

( private to Kiyoshi )

( private to self )

Well, if you ask me, ladies and gentlemen, I am so relieved to see that moving into the dorms is just the same relaxing and awesome experience it always is! Why, by four o' clock, the hallways even smelled like body odour. It's like I've come home, or something!

But, ahhh, in all seriousness... no. Really. No. Really. Let's go over this very quickly, boys and girls: you've had a few extra months of time away from school. Now, in the time you've been away, what could you have been doing? Finding the cure to cancer? Learning a foreign language? Pursuing an undoubtedly promising career in animal husbandry? Or maybe, juuust maybe, you could have taken five seconds out of your schedules to learn how to properly use a bar of soap. I don't know who it is that apparently thought that waving it over their body at some point in their life counted as bathing, but whoever you are I would like to inform you that your stench is not kosher.

Let's weigh our options according to levels of importance, shall we? Animal husbandry. Using soap. Animal husbandry. Soap. And again, until finally we conclude that using soap and being socially acceptable is very likely the best plan out of the two. Really, now, must we have this discussion? Contrary to popular belief, we are not a pig sty, and I will start going around with a spray bottle full of soap and water if I must.


And on that lovely note, hello, Idris. I'm sure you're delighted to hear that I, Anya Panova, have returned to grace you all with my presence once again. (In before I'm accused of being a narcissist - I am only joking, you know.) How was everyone's' break? I myself spent a fabulous, oh, three or four months in a mundie school, which I can assure you was a real slice. I'd almost forgotten what it was like to go into the library and hear eleven-year-olds get snapped at by man-eating tomes, if you can believe that.

SJCC members: (Oh, you know you've missed reading that. Listen, darlings, it's me you're talking to. You can be honest.) Our first meeting of the year will be at 6'o'clock PM sharp next Monday. I'll be preparing a general overview of what we're going to be discussing over the course of the next few months, so nothing aside from your brain and your ears are required. I'll also be preparing fliers soon, so any volunteers to help me hand those out after the New Year will be most appreciated. As usual, tardiness is not appreciated, nor is the presence of food, drinks, gum, or anything that can otherwise be spilled or stuck to the undersides of the furniture.

And do keep the chit-chatting during meetings to a minimum. I understand that you think your relationship drama is pressing business and worth all the attention in the world, but I believe I'm speaking for everyone who isn't you when I say that I, for one, am not interested. Thank you! ♥

( act like you own the place when really you've only just arrived. )

( are you with me? )

( baby, behave; we'll make it work. )

( private to Oliver )

( private to Rocky )

( private to Noah )

So in case anyone was wondering who it was that caused the storm over the past weekend, that was my fault. Sorry for the inconvenience. As you can see, it's been taken care of.

With that said, though, I understand that some of you are terrible at letting things go, so rather than stop me in the hallway to bore me with details of how I ruined your life please feel free to direct your complaints through here instead. It's okay, I'm listening. not

Either way, it wasn't that cold. Honestly, maybe some of you might want to consider wearing more clothing. Gee, what a concept.

SJCC members: As an informal reminder, please keep in mind that Monday's meeting will be pushed back by a half-hour. Most of you should have received an e-mail about this by now, but for those of you who just can't seem to keep up (you know who you are), the reason for the change in schedule is due mostly to a lack of time on my part to prepare ahead of time. Sorry. Don't get too excited, though: our meeting for the 8th of March will have us back at our normal time. Life is hard, huh?

Oh, and if anyone in Araboth happens to find sheet music for Burgmüller's l'Orage somewhere in the common room or something, be a sweetheart and return it to me, would you? I need it for Orchestra. God, what is with me lately?!

For those sports fanatics among us who weren't able to watch the Superbowl, the Saints won. Not bad for a bunch of hedonistic neanderthals running back and forth on a field mindlessly mowing each other down over a ball, I'd say, but this doesn't make the commercials anymore forgivable. I could practically feel my brain oozing out of my skull.

And on that note! SJCC members: The meeting for today is still on. Those of you who submitted suggestions over the past week will be expected to be able to not only present your topics to the group but discuss them to the extent of your ability -- which shouldn't be too difficult, if you'd done any research at all on the subject.

For those of you who didn't have the common sense to do so, you have until 6pm. Have fun, I love you.ღ

( private to Chryssa )

( private to self )

...Oh yeah, and to Batman and his tall sculpted friend who joined him in blinding half the school last Saturday?

While I'm glad to see that neither of you are out of the job and have liberated yourselves from your oppressive, spandex-covered existences, witnessing the Traveling Mancheek Brigade really wasn't exactly high on the list of things I wanted to see.

Also, you both need to wax. Badly. Nightmare fodder much?

( private to self )

( private to laura )

SJCC members: I will be accepting suggestions for discussion topics over the course of the next week. I'm just not in the right state of mind for this right now. Please submit them through my e-mail by Friday the 4th at the latest.

OK.

I don't know what is happening with the laundry or who it involved, but to our nameless prankster: your itchy contribution to my wardrobe? I'm not feeling it. Or, rather, I am... in the form of hives.

So unless one of you delightful little things makes up for all the time I (and most likely many others like me) wasted rewashing laundry by replenishing the school's supply of skin softening cream, someone had better fess up to something soon or I swear I'll roll up to the usual suspects and DESTROY THEM take down names.

HONESTLY, there is NOTHING that brightens up my day quite as much as being the victim of someone's hedonistic, immature past times. Really.

And now if you'll excuse me, I'll be in the bathroom slowly and painstakingly ripping my skin off. Have a nice day!

( private )

( private to kiyoshi )

( private to salvatore )

Seems there's a lot of people leaving lately. It's weird not having a roommate after so long. She didn't even say GOODBYE. I don't even

Arion: I'm not going to be able to go to Disney World with you guys. Sorry. Feel free to think up some way I can make it up to you if it's not too terribly inhumane.

FYI: The first meeting for the Social Justice & Character Council is tomorrow at 6pm. Those attending meetings for the first time may sit and watch if they'd like, but long term members are expected to come prepared. As I said in my e-mail (which you all should have received over break), our topic will be international peace and human rights, with a special focus on potential foreign policy challenges for the coming year. As usual, if anyone has found an interesting story or article since our last break and are interested in putting it on the table for discussion, you are welcome to do so if it's relevant.

Cute anecdotes and witticisms are, as always, unwelcome during the meeting. I don't want to hear about the cute booties your grandmother made you or the shiny new Gamebox 5000 you got for Christmas while there are starving children in Africa, OK? Just save it for later. It won't hurt you, I promise. You can trust me.

And as a member of the Student Government, I would also like to remind everyone that as exciting as it is to fight amongst yourselves, such things will not be tolerated under any circumstances. Furthermore, throwing racial slurs back and forth has yet to be kosher, and no matter how feverishly you try it won't make your undoubtedly minuscule e-penis look any bigger than it is. If you really think so, then I have a few pieces of advice for you:

1] Ditch the grass.
2] Follow this handy dandy link here for alternative ways to boost your manness. At least then the student body won't have to scroll past it while checking to see if anyone has said anything intelligent.

Thank you.


And now for something completely different: sometime this week I'm planning on going to Lady Kasserie's Teashop to check out the new brews that have reportedly come in. Would anyone be interested in joining me? These things are so dull when done alone.

Oh, joy. A porno rift as background noise whilst suffering over my Elemental Manipulation exam. Just what I wanted for Christmas. Thank you, Cid, for that glorious insight into my fellow students' extracurricular activities.

Meanwhile, if anyone is interested in visiting me in Russia over break, feel free. What with how dull it's going to be I'm almost tempted to just stay here and find something else to do with my time. You know... knit booties, make elaborate ice sculptures, rest my weak ankles. The usual. After all, what else could I POSSIBLY be doing if I'm not roped up in some sort of scandal or the subject of schoolwide gossip?

As it is, though, my family will probably want me back at home, so I suppose there's not much to be done about it. Such is life. It'll be nice seeing everyone again, in any case.

SJCC members: our first meeting after break is at 6pm on the 11th. Our topic for that evening will most likely be either international peace and human rights or environmental justice. I'm not clear on what it will be just yet, but when I figure it out I'll send you all an e-mail. Be sure to come prepared.

( private to arion )

( private to jannika )

( private to viktor )

( private to salvatore )