I am appalled by the lack of Japanese language classes in Virginia (or anywhere, really). I desperately want to learn Japanese, but anything that I do to try to learn such as getting a textbook doesn’t help, as that’s not the way that I learn. And as luck would have it, they don’t offer it at CHS (there isn’t even a Japanese club! I mean, really).

Anyway, Halloween is tomorrow, which means we’ve have to buy candy for the the trick or treaters (in other words, for us to eat until tomorrow night). I had a really good costume of Samara from The Ring last week, but I never got a picture of it before I had to return it, unfortunately. I have fond memories of last year’s Halloween - the first few days of November was the first time I had ever been to Manhattan. This is a good time of year, October is the last month I ever have to mow the lawn, it starts to get cool, and we always get a bunch of short breaks which I love. Of course, this is also ladybug season.

I don’t know which parts of the country get affected by this, but here in Charlottesville, ladybugs terrorize the houses and infest the window sills, eventually dying there and leaving unpleasant piles of dozens of dead bugs on the floor. This year however, I decided to document this occurrence for the whole world to see.

Believe me, there were MANY more than just these. 

Can you count how many ladybugs there are? 

The picture on top is my collage of the ladybugs that were actually in focus, and the bottom displays the sheer terror they induce, or at least would be if you added the additional dozen that are flying around the room.