Ack. This must be the first time in around four or five years that I've stayed home from school because I was sick. I have an aeful cold. My throat is all swollen and painful, and I keep coughing. I hate being sick. I stayed up until eleven last night reading Squire, the third book in the Protector of the Small series by Tamora Pierce. It was good, but I read some to try to get away from CCS for a while (plus I've been in a very Zelda-ish mood lately, hence the layout), and then in this book she introduces a kingdom mentioned in the other two books, the Yamanis, who are from the islands, and are very Japanese-like. She even uses Japanese words as Yamani words, like hoshi, which means star (and is another one of Hikari-chan's nicknames). That was bad enough, but then a group of them come to the Tortallan palace (Tortall is the country the story is set in) because their princess Shinkokami is set to wed Prince Roald of Tortall, and one of the princess's ladies in waiting has the nickname Yuki (although here its short for Yukimi, not Yukito). I totally freaked. It was really funny. Well, I gotta go. I have a Spanish (evil!!EVIL!!!) project due tomorrow that I've barely started.