Blagh, it's October! And with the coming of a new month is some news.

--> My English book, which had a picture of Musaboro struggling against peanut butter meant for UNJ, got drenched in the rain while walking to school on Monday. :c Damn angled downpour! This saddens me deeply... however, I'll just have to draw a new sketch (and get myself a new notebook).

--> I can't anything do right because... pickles. [thank you, Spongebob]

--> Due to a problem I caused and some miscommunication, I will not be poking around the Goemon Club anymore. Don't worry because the club has been returned to the rightful owner, which I honestly think is for the best. Especially knowing that I made the bad decision that sort of set a domino effect into motion between me and a fellow Mon-fan, I don't object to the shift in leadership. I'm still sorry for the trouble I caused, but what's done is done, and there's nothing really left to do but to move on and learn from my mistake. These last couple of weeks, I have had the chance to think hard and pin down some things about me that I need to change - but that's a different story! All I know is, every experience, good or bad, is a learning experience, and this really got me thinking. I'm grateful for that.

Anyway, you might be wondering what the heck I mentioned all that for - not for pity, no, and ESPECIALLY not for anyone to get involved. Things are settled. This message is just to let my buddies know that I'll be spending all my time on this account from now on (unless I get around to using that ZantetsukenisBurning account that's been gathering dust), and a brief, suitably vague explanation as to why. I don't need to say any more about the situation because there really isn't anything left, and I don't want to create any tension or ill-will by divulging in pointless details. It's between me and the other person, after all, though it makes more sense now to say 'it was'. I resent nothing and no one, honestly. I just needed to get this off my chest so it wouldn't feel like I'm holding some big secret, and I'll be bumping this journal off soon enough.

As a big, much-appreciated favour to me and to the other person involved, I kindly ask you (in general) that you don't bug anyone and/or dig up this up now that I'm burying it - I hope from this point to quit thinking obsessively about how I should have done things differently. The club's going to be as great a Mon-centric place for its members as it ever was, and that's what matters in the end.

--> The connective tissue between my upper and lower set of teeth really hurts... it bugs me when I chew, and when I swallow as well. I'd describe it as 'sharp, rusty, extremely achy soreness'. It's been going on for a couple of days, too. Anyone ever experience something like this? I'm a little scared about it.

--> So what are all of you guys going as at Halloween? Any plans whatsoever?

--> My French professor is, in the words of Bigwig, a 'crack-brained slavedriver'. Well, okay, I'm not sure about the former, but the general consensus of the class is that she is condescending and intimidating. A classmate I talked to agreed that our insides twist up like wet rags when she steps into the room at nine in the morning. Times like this, I really doubt whether I can satisfy all the requirements for my French minor - I feel so utterly crappy when I get something back that I really tried on, only to find it's full of squiggly marks in red pen. It's disheartening and I can't help but feel thoroughly dumb even though I somehow made it this far. Boop.

Alright, enough about me. How are you guys doing?

Wishing you all the best,

'Mon (ster)