They do. (Because I just ate it. And although I didn't touch it with my fingers, herring-smell has a mysterious way of getting about.)

In any case, I'm working on a new song right now. I've at least stopped having music troubles, at least in terms of coming up with ideas. My grandparents' piano, which hasn't been tuned in approximately 25 years, is a different story, but I can handle it for another half a week. At least these grandparents still HAVE a piano. :P
I'm still having trouble coming up with good lyrics, but that's nothing new (this has been going on all summer). Funnily enough, I come up with better lyrics when I'm at school, for the most part. Or at least when I'm sitting somewhere and have no way to write them down. :P It always bothers me when I come up with these brilliant words or some amazing music in my head and I'm...in the car. In class. Somewhere stupid where I can't sing it or write it down. I wish every class other than science could be songwriting class. My life would be SO much more fun.

And, speaking of classes, less than 2 weeks til I go back to school. I finally get to see my friends again! Unfortunately, that also means less than 2 weeks to finish my summer work. Agh. The Odyssey is a great literature classic, but it has no major sympathetic characters to work with. All my favorites are the minor ones, like Eurycleia, Eumaeus, Nausicaa, etc etc. I'm also having a bit of trouble figuring out what a net ionic equation is and some other stuff. Note to anyone out there who is considering diving right into AP chemistry sophomore year without ever having taken a chemistry class before: IT IS A BAAAD, BAAAD IDEA. No matter how much you love science. Even if you think you're a genius. BAAD IDEA.

I'm also ridiculously excited for tomorrow (in my mind, The Judgement Day #1). On the magical school website, we will be able to look up what dorm/room we will be living in next year. I'm really really hoping for the newly renovated one, partly because, as opposed to my other option, there are no spiders, and partly because my best friends are almost guaranteed to be in that dorm. So be on the lookout for either a rant or raving praise and *squeeeeee!!!!!!!*-ing sometime tomorrow. :P

As everything always does, this has turned out WAY longer than I expected it to be.

On a final, random note: The whatever-you-call-it suffix on a url (.com, .org, .edu, etc.) is .si in Slovenia. :)