...or so it seems due to the silly things i did today.

it started off by dyeing my hair so that i wouldn't look as wild and crazy when i go to the japanese consulate tomorrow. now instead of black hair with red roots, i have black hair with purplely roots. hey, it's a more subdued look. eventually i'm going to have to dye the roots to match the rest.

then i tried putting in the piercing retainers. it was a little tricky for me because the tongue retainer has an eeney weeney rubber circle as a stopper. when you look in the mirror, your movements become tricky to coordinate and with all the slobber from my tongue, i was having difficulty getting that little rubber stopper on the end of the retainer! i put the lip retainer in the easy way first, through the hole on the outside of my face. then i attempted to put it on from the inside of my mouth because the retainer was slipping too much the other way and it didn't look so good. i surely it put it in backwards! the post of the retainer was too long so i washed some scissors and cut it down a bit. then i tried to put it in again but just could not. i decided to put it in backwards again just to make sure of where the hole is--it's where the big gash is you idiot! well i got it through but there was a bit of a 'pop'. that's right, my lip piercing had already started to close on the inside of my mouth, which is why i had difficulty getting it in. after a deep breath and refocusing, i was able to get it in. i was now ready to go out and have my passport photo taken at a local drugstore. but before that, i'm hungry so i'll snack on some cereal.

as i'm eating the cereal, my tongue retainer feels weird. i figured i just don't know how to eat with the retainer because i'm so used to my piercing jewelry. about 2 bites later, i felt the retainer slip out. i was freaked out that the little rubber stopper wasn't enough and went straight through the hole. but just in case the stopper came off, i stopped chewing and went to the bathroom. i spit out my food into some toilet paper and sorted through it. no tiny rubber piece! i searched my mouth. nothing! i put water in my mouth, swished around, and spit out what was left in my mouth. not there! i fucking ate the rubber stopper! i left the retainer out and finished my cereal. then i put back in my proper piercing jewelry. there goes the tongue retainer idea!

off to the drugstore. i got there 10 minutes before they closed. walked out with my passport picture. hmm, i look very japanese in the photo. good, the consulate should like that. i was hungry so then i went to saturn cafe, the local fast food vegetarian diner place. i was still wearing the lip retainer but decided to eat with it on because i don't seem to have trouble with it. don't worry, i didn't eat it.

when i got home, i did some laundry so i could have something decent to wear. when i pulled my clothes out of the dryer, i noticed the cap of my usb memory stick thing. uh oh, this isn't good. please tell me that i only left the cap in my pants pocket and not the memory stick itself! i haven't seen it in a few days. i looked around and sure enough i had washed and dried it! shit, i don't remember what files are on it. i ran to my computer. it still works. lucky. i hope i'm not this stupid tomorrow. or that if i am, i can at least be charming about it!