Things That Are Productive.

* Making lists that keep my head together over the course of the weekend.
* Going out with friends on a Friday night for the drinks and conversation that keep one sane.
* Alphabetical and subject-matter categorization - great for books and videos.
* Doing a double check to ascertain whether or not one of your professors put up the wrong .pdf file on their course website (have no fear; it was not J) and subsequently avoiding doing more work than is strictly called for at this juncture.
* Using rikichan to translate Japanese songs.
* Getting enough sleep (and having lovely dreams in the process).
* My new toolkit.
* Packing a lunch ahead of time.

And Can I Just Say...

...I don't care that he's goofy; and I don't care that he's probably had massive plastic surgery and therefore we should all hate him. I totally, completely, absolutely love Gackt. The man is a poet.

"Sakendeiru anata no koe ga togireru
Yurusarenai watashi no tsumi wa tsuzuku
Anata no mune wo, anata no ude wo, anata no koe wo... subete wo
Itoshii hodo ni kuruoshii hodo ni aishisugita anata wo daite
Nandomo kowashitsuzuketa...
Your crying voice is interrupted,
and my unforgiven sins continue.
Your heart, your arms, your voice... everything;
I held you - too beloved, too maddening, too precious -
and over and over again I was broken...

"Furuenagara saigo no koe wo keshite
Yurusarenai futari no tsumi wo nakinagara
Hakanai yume wa, kanashii yume wa, setsunai yume wa owari wo tsuge
Yasashii yume ni, itoshii yume ni, ano hi no mama ni,
Ano koro no you ni...
Trembling, I shut out that last voice.
And while I weep for our unforgiven sins
this painful, sorrowful, fleeting dream announces its end.
Into kind dreams, into lovely dreams; into a day like that one
into a time like that one..."

~ Doomsday