It's rather late to be posting this...but I'm still cracking up everytime I think of this so I thought I'd share. xD

A conversation I had with a student on Valentine's Day:

Student Leo: Teacher Tea, are you going to find a boyfriend today?
Teacher Tea: No, Leo, I'm not going to find a boyfriend today.
Student Leo: Why teacher? You should find a boyfriend!
Teacher Tea: No, I'm not going to find him because I'm waiting for him to find me.
Student Leo: Haaah, you should not wait too long because you'll be too old and no one will want you!

Wonderful, isn't it? >_>; And btw, Leo's this student I have who's always asking me why I don't have a boyfriend. I swear he has some odd fascination about me and boyfriends. Everytime my phone rings and he hears it, he'd run over and ask me if it's my boyfriend calling even though he knows I don't have a boyfriend. *_*

Ahh...so I finally got to watch Hana Yori Dango's live action drama episode 1. (Thanks Chello!!) First off, I gotta say that Inoue Mao really looks like a "real" Makino- meaning her face. She looks like how Makino is drawn. xD I still don't like the guys who play Akira and Soujirou. Their "hotness" level is so not up to par- especially Soujirou. >_> I actually like Matsumoto Jun as Doumyouji- gotta love that curly hair..lol. And I'm glad they made him seem really mean right now, because it's more true to the manga. I was a bit iffy about Oguri Shun as Rui at first...but I liked him more towards the end of the episode. (Yea, I can hear Chello bubbling in the background right now...xD) And okay...am I the only one who thinks Shizuka is just so...not? She looks a bit like a transvestite. =_=;

Overall, I loved the portrayal of the school- that was done rather well...like the Eitoku cafe was how I pictured it would be- and it was rather similar to how the anime's cafe looked like too. They've gotta ease up on the make-up on the F4 though. I had to smirk when they first did the character intro when the F4 first appeared because everything was so airsprayed and they were all made up. xD On the other hand, the dango shop was a lot fancier than I thought it would be. All in all, I wonder how they're fitting everything into 9 episodes. *_* Wahh...I so need to update the HYD Project site asap. GOAL: This weekend, update! :p

And a side note about my little Halloween party with my students. ^^; I ended up not dressing up as Gaara, Rock Lee, or whoever else. BUT I did dress up as a Naruto character- except I made this character up. I was lacking the right costume or props to be any one character from Naruto...so I dressed up as a ninja from the Sand country who is supposed to be Gaara's girlfriend. xD I wore this fishnet top that all them ninjas in Naruto wear...decked out in all black. Had thick red eyeliner around my eyes, super dark lipstick...and a Sand country headband around my neck. And finally...I had the word "HATE" written in Kanji on my forehead to match with Gaara's "LOVE" character. xD; My students couldn't stop laughing at that...so I guess it worked out in the end. ^^

So the school moved up the Halloween party to tomorrow since it's Friday and they have midterms next week. Which means I have to hurry up and decide which Naruto character I'm going to cosplay...seeing how I've already promised my students that I'd be a "Naruto" team with a few of them. ^^;;

Who should I be? ;_; Gaara? But...I don't think I'd make a good Gaara. xD;

And ooh...yesterday on the bus, I saw the NANA trailer on TV. The movie is airing in the theaters on Nov. 3rd! I can't wait. ;_;

So I was walking home today when I passed by a row of toy vending machines and noticed that one of them was all Naruto stuff. You should've seen me peering at it from all angles looking for Shikamaru. The kids around it was looking at me funny, obviously thinking what this "grown-up" lady was doing, trying to wrestle them away from the machine. I threw in my change and voila...no Shikamaru. Not even my next favorites, Gaara, Kakashi, Rock Lee. Instead I got one of my least favorites: Sakura. -_-;; So now I have a Sakura keychain. I'm thinking about giving it to one of my students on Monday. ^^;

Speaking of my students, a lot of them are apparently Naruto fans. It's hilarious because the other day during lunch break- I overheard a group of about 5 boys (3 of which are my students) talking about something. I thought I heard them say something "Sharingan" but I wasn't sure. So I started to observe them discreetly when one of them suddenly slapped his hands together and did a whole bunch of seal formations (I think he was trying to be Kakashi). I seriously almost started laughing when I saw yet another boy cross his arms and said in a "deep" voice: "I am Gaara of the Sand" By now, all the boys were getting excited and they looked like they were fighting to imitate some character or another. THEN one boy pretended to be Gai-sensei and did this super "flamboyant" pose. That did it for me. I laughed so hard I thought I was going to start crying. They actually thought they were in trouble though, and I had to assure them that they did nothing wrong. In fact, I encouraged them to continue. xD;;

Ever since that day, they somehow realized that not only do I know Naruto...I also watch/read Naruto. They're always talking to me about Naruto or showing me some weird seals they've been practicing. It's so funny. xD On top of that, I think I've become a "cool" teacher in their eyes. Haha!

All that aside: These are so cute! I love the Rock Lee one. The Kiba one's cute too. I wish the Shikamaru one looked better though- I'm not sure I like the shade of green on his shirt. :p