Only about an hour left before I skip out of here and embark on the long journey back via public transportation! Hurrah!

SO. Freaknerds. I figure the term is new to many of you out there, so I'll explain. Obviously, the term is a combination of the words "freak" and "nerd" -- and it's tempting to call them simply one or the other. They are very much like nerds of the Revenge of the Nerds variety -- loud, obnoxious, always cracking jokes in reference to something nerdy and never ever shutting up. That latter one is probably the main thing that keeps me out of their ranks, other than the fact that I actually put a modicum of effort into my appearance (and shower regularly). I hear their conversations loud and clear from my desk, and I get many of their references (including many of the Star Wars and Star Trek ones, though I'm not familiar with either franchise in a primary sense). But I'm not always talking. And if I mutter a witty aside and you happen to miss it, I may repeat it upon request, but otherwise I won't -- and I certainly won't repeat it again and again and again until I'm sure you heard me just so I can get credit for said witticism. These guys must be fucking starved for attention, because every one of them just keeps talking nonstop, vying in vain for the attention of the others, who will never hear because they're too busy talking at the same time in the hopes that someone in the group will stop talking long enough to listen to their funny Ewok reference and chuckle before picking up whatever thread he/she wants and resuming his/her own bid for the ear of the others. The way they go on, you'd think they're playing some weird game where you win points for giggles from your compatriots -- and lose points whenever you close your mouth. It's maddening. I won't call them nerds, though, 'cause they don't seem that smart, and I can't call them freaks because that would be an insult to all of the freaks out there who'd find them just as annoying -- or worse -- than I do. So they're freaknerds.

So after they left for class this morning, things were surprisingly quiet around here -- and then, when they came back from class, it was still pretty quiet. I think that's mostly due to the absence of one freaknerd, who's not the chief freaknerd. The chief is the only one who shuts up sometimes, possibly because she's well aware that, being the freaknerd leader, she can easily recapture the attention of the group whenever the other members stop to take a breath. But this guy -- who's apparently her roommate -- DOES NOT FUCKING STOP. There have seriously been times when he'd say the same thing four or five times in a row while the other people GO ON TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING ELSE, because he thought it was funny or something and really wanted points for it. It's like SHUT UP AND LET IT GO ALREADY! And almost everything out of their mouths has something to do with either Star Trek or Star Wars, and when it doesn't, you wish it did, because bloody hell they talk about some awful stuff. Like the head nerd talked about how good some sundae at Dairy Queen was or something -- WAY TOO FUCKING ENTHUSIASTICALLY, WITH DISGUSTING MOANS OF PLEASURE AND WHATNOT -- and then capped off the description by saying, "And then I spent the next few days on the toilet. Yep, lactose intolerant." AAAUUUGH!!!! That's a punchline if ever there was one, because it was like a fucking right cross to my naked eyeballs. If you're ever trying to coax a troubled someone away from the ledge of a five-story building, don't you dare tell him/her a story like that. I guarantee you'll have a human pancake on the sidewalk in no time flat. Hey, I guarantee you'll have a human pancake on the sidewalk in no time flat. A human pancake on the sidewalk in no time flat. A human pancake on the sidewalk in no time flat. Pancake. Flat. Get it? Huh? Ahahahaha! (2 punny points.)

And why the hell can't anyone pronounce anime correctly? This aah-nih-may crap is really starting to get on my nerves. I wish Evelyn were here. She'd tell these freaknerds what's what. Me? I just complain in the blog.

And now it's just about time for me to leave! Hurrah! Ja ne, minna-san. Back later with that SC update!