so cool.

i recently discovered that japanese kids have the coolest way of studying for exams.  let's see if you can figure out what it is.  i will give you these clues:  1.)  a lot of the worksheets/workbooks have fill-in-the-blanks, and kids always fill the blanks in with red pen.  2.)  a lot of workbooks come with a random sheet of red thick-cellophane-type ...paper?  not paper, but yeah.  basically solid cellophane, if you can imagine that. 

any guesses?

well basically, once they write the answers in, they can cover their worksheets with the red cellophane, which causes the answers to disappear.  (you know, red light being reflected and all that.)  but you can still see the rest of the question, so it's basically like redoing all your fill-in-the-blanks.  and yes, i know you could just as easily cover the answer with your finger, but then you can't see the rest of the question!  plus this seems so much cooler.  i was intrigued.  i still am.  too bad i didn't know what the red cellophane in my earth science workbook was for a month ago.  cause i cut cute little hearts and stars out of it.  oops.

okay also really randomly, i super need a new email address.  and a new screenname.  cause pumfer418 is getting a wee bit old.  slash extremely old.  but i kind of don't want to change it right now because people know me as pumfer418, and i'm also too lazy to tell everyone.  plus, kids from greenwood and crs know pumfer418, and although there are some people i don't talk to, it's nice to have them know who you are when you IM them.  instead of getting a crude "who are you?" as a response.  so maybe i'll just change it next year.  for college and stuff.  

it's freaking freezing here.  okay it's not that cold, but it's still cold because i don't have clothing well-suited for this kind of weather.