That's right. This is still me, Izumi Kanai, semi-star student (who am I kidding, right?), nice, normal, and balanced (or at least nowhere near delinquent, thank you) girl, the one who everyone says will get far in life. And now I have a little... purple in my hair.

No, I haven't gone completely insane. I just felt like having some distinguishing feature, right? As Dad always says, everyone needs something to set them apart if they want to get anywhere at all. Doesn't matter if you have a pretty face, nice manners, good mind, whatever. If people can't remember something special about you, something that stands out or even just a little... odd, then your chances on becoming extraordinary, or at least being known, are shot.

And if you know me, you know that I'm planning to become at least a little extraordinary, thank you. Dad's a town rep, as some of you may know, but I hope to get just a little farther than that. There seriously aren't enough women in government right now, but I'm working to change that, of course. <3

And speaking of government...

Which one of you little... delinquent pieces of... filthy... FILTH threw garbage and toilet paper (USED toilet paper) at my house last week? So my father works for the government. Not exactly popular, I know. But have you stopped for a moment to consider whether the government has done anything to you? You're all getting this well-rounded education for free, courtesy of them. Half of you listen to rock and put godawful illegal chemicals into your bodies (and write about them on your public journals like Hirono did, sheesh), and do you see them coming after you? No!

The point is, the government isn't this big bad omnipresent entity you make it out to be. Sometimes it's even looking out for you. Most of the time, it doesn't care. (Like my dad haha... doesn't give a sh!t about what he does really, but it pays so well) It seems to me like some of you just need something to hate, but all this anger is misdirected and unneccessary. We're all so young, right? Our lives are so full of friends and schoolwork and family and stuff. Why worry about all this stuff that's basically above and beyond our control?

Maybe I'm just putting in a good word at the defense of my future employer, of course. I'll probably get the sh!t flamed out of me for this post, too. Sheesh. Don't hate me just because I have career aspirations, you know. (I'm talking to you, Mimura.)

Anyway... yeah... onto other, more cheerful stuff. I've been hanging out more with Megumi, Tendo, and company lately, we tend to have a pretty hilarious time although sometimes I think I get a little too sarcastic... kinda feel bad about that... oh well, sarcasm is basically the unofficial language of lower-level politics anyway. Noriko is usually with us also, but sometimes someone can just be too nice. It makes me a little worried about them. I mean, it's not a nice world. If you don't watch out, then, in my dad's words, you get "eaten".

 Megumi and Tada (haha, am I allowed to call him that? Sorry!!!) make a cute couple, but it's kind of weird watching your friends pairing off one by one. Are we really all growing up that fast? It's still too early for me to "fall in love", whatever that means. I can't imagine myself having a boyfriend or even... married. It's bound to happen sometime, I guess, but it's hard to fit that in with my idea of the future. With my career. I guess I've just never thought of myself doing anything other than working, especially something that could really take over your whole life.

Shou laughed at me and called my sexually repressed for saying something like that the other day. Well, you know what, some people just need to learn to be nice.

But not too nice, of course.

Anyway, that's all the rambling for today. I really should write more coherently... in preparation for the college admissions essays and my future speeches to the masses, haha. (By the way, exams went super-well for me. I am soooo happy.) Time to prepare for that school trip. It sounds a bit boring, but of course I'll be going, it's mandatory, silly. Everyone take care, and, in Dad's words, "don't ever lose sight of where you're going in life!"