| L.J. Smith |
[Jul. 16th, 2009|08:37 pm] |
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So today I remembered why I don't read as much as I probably should. I get wayyy too worked up when I read. Unless I'm at work, I zone everything else out and get so wrapped up in the book I don't notice things like time.
Today I read the the final Night World omnibus by L.J. Smith. I had read two out of the three stories already, so all that was left was Black Dawn, the third to last book in the series. I knew pretty much nothing about the book going into it, but I really enjoyed it. My favorite will always be Daughters of Darkness because I love the Ash and Mary-Lynette pairing, but Black Dawn was pretty good. It's probably my second or third favorite in that series, depending on my mood. My other favorite is The Secret Vampire.
At the end of the book was a preview for the next and final book in the series. It's been forever since the book was announced and I want to read it, but at the same time I don't want the series to end! It's nice to read fantasy romance and not have to worry about sex and whatnot. You don't get many authors like that nowadays, even in young adults, so I'll be really sad when she decides to retire or start working on something else.
We're going to the cottage tomorrow. Meh. Maybe I'll get some fic writing done... |
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| Eternal Sonata and stuff |
[Jul. 9th, 2009|10:06 pm] |
The representative called me from South Korea today, unannounced. So, like the idiot that I am, panicked and totally fudged up the questions I wanted to ask. She managed to fudge herself up a little by not knowing half the stuff I asked her, but I was still embarrassed. And it didn't help that I could barely hear her.
I am such a doooork. I'm gonna have to make a good impression when I get over there!
One of the most annoying things about hosting the Tales of Fandom club on MAL is having to deal with insubordinate administrators. One of the rules is for people to not diss individual Tales games. This is mostly to keep people from arguing over stupid things, like how much kor sucks, or which game is better: Symphonia or Vesperia.
So when an administrator totally disses Caius from Tempest and Emil and Richter from kor, what am I supposed to do? Yell at them and embarrass them in front of everyone, or ignore it? I don't want to give them special treatment, but I don't want to be a jerk. Bah. Sometimes some Tales fans can be so snotty. Leave the lesser titles of Tales alone, for pete's sake, especially since I doubt she's even played Tempest. -_-
Good Nintendo Power issue this month. A nice article on Fragile, E3, and some mini articles on Nostalgia and Crystal Bearers.
I played a little bit of Eternal Sonata today, a game I'm borrowing from a friend. I've only played 22 minutes of it so far. I don't really like the battle system, but the character designs are cute. I am SO glad they let you play the game in Japanese because the English is terrible; at least the voices I ran into are. I'm looking forward to trying this game out with Fawn-tachi tomorrow when I have more free time.r |
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| 韓国のこと |
[Jul. 8th, 2009|10:25 pm] |
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Got my e-mail today from Chungdahm Learning Center. I have my placement! I will be living in Incheon City, the third largest city in South Korea. I will be leaving August 19 for South Korea and starting teaching on the 31st. Wah! I am so nervous!
To be honest, I'm kinda glad I get to spend a little more than a month in the US still...
Went to House of Kobe with a friend today. I will be forever indebted to him X_X
If you're reading this, thank you so much!!! |
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| party and reflections on the past |
[Jul. 6th, 2009|01:42 am] |
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Well, I somehow managed to solve the majority of my problems. I had a bad run-in with Ubuntu 8.10 and wound up trying to reinstall 8.10 and failing. After that I installed Windows XP over Ubuntu and deleted 9.10, but when I went to XP I realized it only had 7 gigs of hard drive space available and no intentions of letting me online. WTF?
So I popped in my Ubuntu 8.10 disc again and reinstalled Ubuntu over XP, and now it works and I have all my space that 9.04 took up back. Whoot. What a day.
Also found out the problem with my external, thanks to Wizu-chan. Apparently the plug is loose, so when you put it in it doesn't always read. Honestly...
Anyway, today I made Profession of Faith (no confession or confirmation, profession! XD). That wasn't as bad as I thought. I will admit that I wore the wrong pair of shoes to be standing up in for so long. By the time we got to the prayer I was literally shaking. It felt like I was at George's wedding in high heels again! And what's worse is that elder and, probably, the pastor both noticed it. The elder blamed it on himself, though I assured him later it was because I wore the wrong shoes. X_X
I got a rude awakening near the end of the service. Our pastor announced that a call was sent to him from a church in Michigan and that he might consider taking it. I truly think that if they continue to extend the call he will probably take it. I know our pastor is a little sad at the lack of "new Christians" in the church family. It's not that we don't ever get new members, it's more so that we lose them to bigger churches like Faith and Crossroads. He wants us to grow more, but with churches like that I'm not sure if his dream is completely attainable... at least not in the way he hopes. But the church up there has more room for development, or so I've heard. They've apparently been without a pastor for a long, long time. The other reason is that his family would only be an hour away from him. As it stands now, his family is pretty far from us.
I'm not quite sure what to think of this. Although I think there's a good chance he'll take it, I wouldn't be too happy about it. He's been my pastor for the past 10 years, and it'd be hard to imagine anyone else up at the pulpit. People tell me that I shouldn't worry about it because I'm going to Korea, but what about when I come back? It's not as if I'll be there forever... people seem to keep forgetting that. ^^;;
Still, I'm a little upset about this...
After the service we had my Profession of Faith/Graduation/Going Away party. I also threw Birthday in there for kicks since my birthday was a little while back. I was really surprised and grateful to receive such nice gifts from everyone. I got to see many of my close, dear friends, which made me really happy. ^_^
I finally joined the ranks of facebook. *sighs* I did not want to do this, but in the end peer pressure broke me in. As usual. I had way too many of my students and friends bug me about getting a facebook that I finally broke down and signed up for one.
I was searching for people through the search by schools menu and it felt like a flash back into the past when I saw my graduating high school class. I feel like we don't even need reunions anymore now that people can see what everyone else is up to. I recognized so many names and faces...and sadly enough, many of them hadn't changed much in both appearances and interests. I guess I haven't changed so much either, though. I'd like to think I have, but I don't know. I'm more positive than I was before (seriously!), and I don't get down on myself as much as I used to (seriously!), but my hobbies and interests have pretty much remained the same. Sure, I've gotten into different anime series and don't spend as much time on the series I liked in high school, but the fact that I like anime and manga and videogames hasn't changed in the slightest.
I wonder if that's a good thing or a bad thing...
Anyway, the computer is almost finished downloading package files, and I'm about to crash. Too much partying, I guess. XD |
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| ちょっと怒っている |
[Jul. 4th, 2009|10:46 pm] |
I didn't like to say I believed in bad luck, but this week certainly takes the cake. I will say this now, confidently. I have bad luck.
All in all, this week I've had:
-problems with getting the DVD player to work on Linux
-problems reading the external HDD (I am seriously considering switching back to Windows. I hate it, but at least it can READ my stuff properly. I wouldn't complain normally, but 30 gigs isn't much to work with when your average files are 170-250 megs big)
-my car going kaput
-losing my PS1 memory cards
Needless to say, this has not been a very fun day. I'd like to blame the memory cards on my nieces and nephew, as they like to touch my videogame stuff (*shudders*), but that's not really that fair considering I have no evidence. Anyway, I went over to the used game store and bought two used memory cards, so now I can start afresh. Fun times.
Also saw Tales of Destiny 2/Eternia there for $46. Why must you tease me so!?
On a happier note, I began downloading the Hana Kimi Japanese dorama. I'm new to dorama stuff as I've only seen a few before, but so far Hana Kimi's not bad. I like it better than the manga in some regards. Most of the dorama I've seen are either good, decent, or meh-ish. I haven't really found anything that's really great so far. But it's fun to watch.
So far what I've seen:
１。君はペッと Kimi wa Petto (good)
２。太陽の季節 Taiyou no Kisetsu (Season of Sun) (meh)
３。ムコドの２００３ Mukodono 2003 (decent)
４。いたずらなキッス Itazura na Kiss (meh)
５。Goong (korean) (good)
Not expecting too much since I wasn't that big into the manga, but it should be interesting, at least.
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We went to the cottage from Thursday to Saturday night. Tomorrow is my Profession of Faith at church and then my graduation/birthday/going away/profession of faith party. Whoot. |
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| "I am, like, so out of here!" |
[Jun. 29th, 2009|08:38 pm] |
If you get where the subject line is from, you are, like, so awesome. XD
Wow. Yet again it's been a while since I've updated. Despite having my own laptop now, I've been online much less than normal. Of course, I've been much busier than before... I spent Friday night and Saturday night with Omi, Sunday with Michelle and Omi, and today helping at the house.
Friday night Omi came over. We were supposed to start a new game or play KoR, but we wound up going shopping for a new Xbox 360 controller. My controller had been on its last leg the last time Michelle came over, and it seemed like it was finally dead. We went to Gamestop in search of used Xbox controllers, but wound up getting a new 3rd party corded controller. I actually like it a lot. Not only do I not have to rely on batteries to play the 360, I also don't have to set up the controller since it reads it as soon as the system turns on. It was only 20 USD, which is a lot better than the 1st party's 50 USD.
Of course, when we got home we realized that the original 360 controller hadn't given in yet. The controller worked for another day and the two of us were able to play some of Vesperia together, which was fun. Tales games are always so much more fun when you have another person. ^_^
Sunday was Michelle's graduation party, so after church Omi and I headed over to her lake house to celebrate. We mostly just talked, though we DID take a boat ride on the pontoon boat and got completely soaked. That's partly why I didn't want to sit in the front. ^^;;
Today I was obligated to go to my grandpa's house and ready the walls for painting. Boring, boring work. And my MP3 player died half-way through. Once I got home I booted up the PS2 and played some Persona 3, but I was too tired to get very far. I kept falling asleep during the conversation parts and missing all the voice acting. Whoops? I feel kind of bad because even though I didn't technically miss anything, I didn't really understand what was going on due to the fact that I'd read a line, fall asleep, wake up, read another line, and repeat. Not a good way to play a videogame. Finally I gave up and let myself fall asleep.
Later this evening Omi came over to deliver something (thanks, Omi!) and we made a night of it. We bought Subway and marathoned the first DVD of Yami no Matsuei, a show we've been meaning to re-watch for ages. Such good memories. I was instantly warped back to my high school years, where we would discuss the characters and their pasts for hours with each other over the phone. I really miss those days.
Playing PE3 and watching Yami had made me want to go back to high school. Almost. I definitely did not make the most of my high school life. Instead, I wasted a lot of time angsting and feeling sorry for myself. Not something I'd recommend. For those of you in my f-list who are still in school, particularly high school, make the most of it! Seriously!
And now I'm playing Star Ocean 2 for the PSP. I finally got Ashton and am headed for the mountains to try to get the two-headed dragon off of Ashton's back (long story behind that). My only real regret with the SO games on the PSP is the name changes and voice acting. The main characters' voices are normally okay, but the secondary party members are just meh. But my Japanese is not competent enough to deal with the Japanese versions, and I've got 101 Japanese Tales games wanting to be played, so it's nice to take a break and play a game in English every once in a while. I don't always like the English language, but it's nice to not have to think so much. X_X
Kids are coming over tomorrow, so my busyness continues! Will it ever be over? |
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| Zoo...Ubuntu...other things |
[Jun. 24th, 2009|10:01 pm] |
I have been sorta MIA lately, which is sorta my fault, sorta not. Monday my father decided we were going to rip off the shingles on the roof so we could get it re-roofed. I woke up around 7 o'clock to help my aunt with VBS. Around 11:30 I headed over to the house. From 12 to 2 we worked on pulling shingles off the roof underneath the hot, hot sun. I was about ready to collapse come 2 o'clock. I felt horrible about it, but I guess I just have no stamina... I ended up going to bed at 9 o'clock and waking up at 7 o'clock the next morning, still exhausted and sore to boot. Fun times.
Tuesday night Michelle-chan came over and we started up a file for her in Tales of Vesperia. She's only ever seen the first hour or so, and we hoped to rectify that. Wednesday we headed off to the zoo with my uncle (will post pictures and videos when I get the time). Like Monday, the weather was hot, but it quickly turned into thunder storm! We left before it happened though. Regardless of that, we had a good time.
I am thinking of downgrading my Ubuntu from 9.04 back to 8.10. I originally upgraded because I was having some problems and I was hoping that would fix it, but it turns out that wasn't it. Unfortunately, 9.04 and my laptop don't agree. Firefox runs ridiculously sluggish, it freezes IM up when I'm loading pages, firefox sometimes scrolls through pages without my permission, and just generally the computer is not working properly. The only problem is that I don't know how to get the computer to run off of a disc. I tried F2, but that only took me to BIOS, which was no help. Urgh. I am gonna have to ask someone who has a DELL computer, I guess.
When it rains, it pours. This is true. In addition to Ubuntu being retarded, my Xbox controller is going kaput. It's been fading away forever, but it seems like it's on its last leg. I'm looking into getting a wired controller because I'm sick of dealing with batteries, but it kinda irks me that it had to kaput AFTER I finished playing Vesperia. If it had kaputed when I first started, I would have sucked it up and bought a new controller, but it's really hard to convince myself to buy a new controller after I beat the only game I want to play for the system. Guess I'll start calling around and seeing if Gamesotps have a used controller in stock...
Well, off to bed with me. Seeya! |
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| SO2 |
[Jun. 21st, 2009|07:59 pm] |
I found my mouth guard. Whoot. The easiest way to find something that I am missing is to whine about it on Livejournal. Last night proved it again. Not two hours after I posted I found my mouth guard in my sock drawer. WTF. The only thing I can think of is that it fell in there while I was putting my clothes away. So weird.
I got my birthday presents today, Tales of Hearts and Star Ocean: Second Evolution for the PSP. I've only played about five minutes of SO2, but so far the dub makes me sad. Claude is okay, but Rena is Claudia Lenz. Blech. I'm going to be reminded of that character every time Rena opens her mouth. Thanks, Square Enix. >_<
It's not a BAD voice, per se, but it's Claudia Lenz, so yeah...
Richter's voice actor is in there too, apparently. I'm looking forward to hearing him again. ^_^
I will let you all know what I think of SO2 and ToH once I get further in them.
Lately our church has donated a house we received in a will to PASS. If you're not familiar with PASS, it's a program that provides an alternative to women who are thinking of getting an abortion. Women can come to the center to discuss adopting, learn how to provide healthcare for their child(ren), if they are pregnant or young mothers and need a place to stay, and etc. I'm pro-life, so I totally support this cause. Anyway, the inside of the house was finished, so we were able to tour the house. MAN was it nice. four bedrooms on the upper floor, a kitchen, living room, study room, and dining room with french doors that led to the backyard. The backyard even had a garden. All of the rooms upstairs had large closets, and one of the rooms had a built in bookshelf, while the other had built in cabinets. All of the rooms had indoor shutters with blinds and wood floors.
If we weren't using it for PASS I would so want to move in.
The church itself is also building an addition. I didn't really think it was a good idea since we're in a recession, but it wasn't my decision in the end. We're building an extra entrance room which will include an elevator, a canopy where woman can get dropped off and go right into the church without getting wet, and a new youth group room on the third floor. Our youth group meets in an old garage, so this will be a welcome change for them.
Overall it looks pretty nice. I'm hoping it will get done before I can leave so I can see it completed.
VBS tomorrow and the zoo on Wednesday. Looks like it'll be a pretty busy week! |
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| Tales of Vesperia Beat |
[Jun. 20th, 2009|10:46 pm] |
I beat Vesperia on my file at level 64, along with Estelle, Rita, and Judith. I had a ridiculously easy time against Zagi and Duke the first time, but Epic!Duke was a bit more challenging. It didn't help that Estelle wasn't listening to anything I said and kept healing herself using healing circle even when she wasn't damaged! And I tried to hard to like you. X_X
I'm not 100% sure I want to start a new game in Vesperia. At least not now. I didn't get a big surplus of grade, so the benefits are not that great. I do like how you can choose to purchase only certain characters' skills. I think I'd choose Estelle's since she has the best healing magic in the game.
Here is the new Tales of Graces trailer that was showed at the Tales Jump Fest.
http://s4.photobucket.com/albums/y132/Stellar979/?action=view¤t=video-1.flv
My only two comments:
Yay for motion capture!
I want to see this in HD.
So far the game looks fun. Not totally epic and original, but fun at least. I like the battle system and Asbel's character design. If all goes well, I'll probably end up liking him as a character. I'm a little worried about the ladies though. Well, hopefully I'll end up liking at least one of them... But Namco's got to show us some more of the males soon!
Well, I hope everyone remembered to get their fathers something special for Father's Day (those of you that are celebrating it tomorrow, anyway). Have a good night and a great day tomorrow!
P.S. I can't find my mouth guard AGAIN. So aggravating! X_X |
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| Pictures GET |
[Jun. 19th, 2009|09:14 pm] |
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I found out last night while transferring my stuff back to my external HDD that somehow my entire photo gallery went kaput. All of my Tales pictures...gone. Needless to say, I'm not very happy. I've managed to salvage some of them, though I'm still missing of my good pictures, mostly from Abyss and Symphonia. Vesperia pictures are ridiculously easy for me to find, and I've gotten almost all my kor pictures back. Yay.
I went to visit the elders at church Thursday night, which means I'm going to be making Profession of Faith soon. Being there in front of all the elders made me feel very uncomfortable, though I guess I'm glad I got it done with. They asked me a number of different questions, mostly about why I wanted to make Profession of Faith, when I felt Christianity became real to me. That was probably the hardest question to answer... They also asked me the same questions they ask you in front of the church, such as: do you believe in the trinity? Etc.
And, of course, they asked me 101 questions about Korea. When are you going? What will you be doing there? Why did you want to go? How long will you be there? Etc
Tomorrow is the car show at one of the car lots. And come Sunday is Father's Day, which means I finally get my birthday presents. Yay. This year I'm getting Star Ocean 2 for the PSP and Tales of Hearts. I'm looking forward to it. ^_^
Well, off to do more picture hunting... |
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| Shopping Quest |
[Jun. 17th, 2009|04:37 pm] |
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Went on a shopping quest today. I got plenty of clothing, including shirts, shorts, capris, and pants. I'm not a capri person, really, but apparently the thin leg looks good on me, and i'm the type of person who wears whatever people say looks good on me, just as long as it's appropriate. I'm pretty much done with clothes shopping, which is really nice. One more tiresome thing out of the way. I also got two more pairs of shoes to add to the dress shoes I got for work.
Also picked up 07-Ghost #3 since I had a coupon (and none of the volume 2s were in good shape) and Star Ocean 2 for my birthday. I'm gonna be getting that game Sunday.
Reformatted my external hard drive and now it's working on Linux. That makes me really happy. I regret losing my information (though I didn't lose anything TOO important (just a few eps of Code Geass R2 and two eps of Terra E))
I'm trying to think of good days to have a farewell party. It'll either be this Sunday or on July 5th. What days do you think are good? |
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| owatta |
[Jun. 16th, 2009|11:13 pm] |
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I finished Kekkaishi today. 好きだった。本当に大好きだった。It's sad that we didn't get to spend much time with Sen, but I enjoyed the few eps we got with him. I'm not continuing on with the manga, as the anime stopped after a major arc, but the manga continues.
I'm a little irked with my external hard drive because I managed to accidentally mess it up and now it's not even loading on Linux. It works on Windows still, so I'm going to try to reformat it and see if that will fix it some. Let's hope this works or I'll have to start looking for a new hard drive...
In other, better news, my middle brother's wife is pregnant with their first child. Both are super excited. Once my other brother's baby is born, this will be grandchild number 5 for my parents. I don't know quite how to feel about this. ^^;;
Going to go shopping tomorrow in preparation for Korea. Wish me luck. |
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| We were always searching for the answer |
[Jun. 15th, 2009|09:38 pm] |
( Vesperia Movie PV Images )
( Tales of Graces PV Images )
I really, really want to see the Graces PV now...
I watched the first five eps of Clannad today. I have heard a lot about this anime from people on my f-list and online and I wanted to know what was up. PRETTY BOYS, but so many strange girls. ^^;;
...I think that if I were to watch this show it'd be mostly for the boys *so shallow*. But pretty boys are pretty! |
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| Visa stuff and party! |
[Jun. 14th, 2009|12:20 am] |
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Mailed my stuff off to Aclipse for my visa. I managed to get my diploma changed without having to pay the $33 fee for a "replacement". They weren't very eager to just up and print me a new one, but they changed their tune quickly when they realized that the Lafayette branch had my name spelled differently.
One thing that kind of makes me irked is that they changed my recruiter. I have been having contact problems with my old recruiter for some time, but changing recruiters so late in the game? I feel partially responsible because I was talking to the head of the recruiters a few days ago about my diploma issue and she mentioned that my recruiter was having some contact problems. I accidentally slipped in a sort of agreement, which I feel like only added to his getting canned...or whatever happened to him. I also feel a little guilty since they had to push dates back for me. Did he get canned because of that? As much as I don't think that's it (since he doesn't hire us technically. He just handles the interviewing and whatnot), my conscience makes me feel guilty.
I have to stop worrying about this. For all I know, he could have moved on to something better. And maybe his not working there any more had nothing to do with me at all. I have to remember that the world does not revolve around me. Single actions by me don't always have such a large effect...
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Went to Fawn's graduation party today. I'm dead tired, but it was a lot of fun. We had water gun fights, played with the dog, and drew with sidewalk chalk. there was also a lot of FF7 vs FF8 friendly bickering, which the majority of us were smart enough to not get involved in (I have no overall opinion since I didn't finish either game). We had burgers and dogs, and I way too much! It's good to pig out though sometimes (just as long as I still fit in my pants when it's all over and done XD)
My mom's done working this week, so we're gonna start doing some serious shopping Monday to get ready for my trip to Korea. I'm in need of new slacks, shirts, tennis shoes, and whatever else I should take with me to Korea (I have yet to make a list). I'm also going to start looking at haircuts and stylists, as I want my hair styled before I go there so I won't have to worry about getting it cut when I'm overseas. Does anyone have any suggestions on how I should style my hair? (it's gotta be pretty short since my hair is not that long, but not uber short like a guy's). My hair is ridiculously wavy and the front likes to curl toward my face while the back likes to go away from it (this is a problem, me thinks).
Well, time for bed. Oyasumi
EDIT: このコンピューターはやっと日本語が出来ます！嬉しい！www
According to Abyssal Chronicles, the Vesperia movie's coming out in theaters on October 3?. Who's gonna be watching? |
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| real life stuff... |
[Jun. 10th, 2009|10:06 pm] |
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Well, I thought I was gonna send away my stuff to Aclipse today to get my visa, but I got a nasty surprise when I realized that the name on my diploma does not match the name on my transcripts. My last AND first name. Neither of them are wrong, but it doesn't matter. I had a heck of a time trying to get them to change and now I have to go back tomorrow to get my new diploma. めんどくさいな.
I still haven't gotten Japanese installed on this computer yet. Copy and past works wonders >_<
We got our camera back, after it only spending about 10 days in the shop. I'm surprised it came back so quickly, though it's a shame I couldn't get it before I left for Ikasu's. The camera is, thankfully, as good as new, which makes me extremely happy. I can take the old camera to Korea without feeling guilty about leaving my mom with no camera.
This week is Fawn-san's graduation party. I'm really looking forward to it! |
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| My Visit to Ikasu's |
[Jun. 9th, 2009|08:08 pm] |
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( Trip to Ikasu's )
I now own the entire Arc the Lad anime series. I got volume 2 and 3 for $3 a piece on rightstuf, volumes 1 and 2 from Vintage Stock for $10 a piece and now I got volumes 5 and 6 for $4 and $7. Happy days for me.
BTW, Omi and Michelle. Omi, are you interested in the Japanese manga of Hikaru no Go volumes 1-4, and do you want the Tsukihime DVDs, Michelle-chan? If you guys are interested, lemme know and I'll give them to you the next time I see you.
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| tadaima |
[Jun. 8th, 2009|03:08 pm] |
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I'm gonna make a more indepth post when I get the time. Right now I'm busy getting together the last of my VISA information. All I need now is my diploma and pictures, which I'm planning on getting today as soon as my mom gets out of school.
I'm writing this on my new laptop right now, listening to music on my parents' PC. It's kind of amusing. I need to get used to the laptop's keyboard though, which is why I'm using this one instead of the PC (not to mention the laptop doesn't freeze like mine does). It's really weird trying to get used to a new computer. The screen is a bit bigger than my old computer, so things like my LJ layout look funny and everything is smaller.
I got back from the airport around 11:50. My flight had been delayed from 6:45 to 8:40, and then to 9:05. Apparently there were some tornadoes or tornado warnings (not entirely sure) in the area where the plane was coming from and they wouldn't let the people there take off. We finally got on and left around 9:20. By this time I was hungry, tired, and generally uncomfortable. I managed to make it back okay and meet up with my parents, who promised me McDonald's. I'm not a big Sunday out to eat person, but I made an exception in this case.
The plane ride back was also a little bumpy. There was a lightning storm around us, so we had to navigate the plane around the storm, meaning our flight took a bit longer than it was supposed to. I felt bad for the woman behind us because she had two small children, one of which was a baby. The child was bored to tears and the baby kept crying. The rest of the passengers were also pretty restless. It was by far the noisiest plane ride I've been on as almost everyone was talking around us. I was no exception. I had managed to befriend a group of people while sitting waiting for the plane, and one of them had a ticket that was only one away from mine. We boarded together and seated next to each other, and he helped me with my luggage. We were in group A, which meant we got in almost right away, so finding a compartment wasn't that hard.
We spend the majority of the trip talking and looking out the window at the scenery below. We flew through clouds a lot and there was not much to see since it was night, but it was a nice view anyway. It gave us something to do, at the very least.
All in all, a weird sort of way to spend my birthday. Now I know what my father means when he calls that airport cursed. XD
Next post will feature my trip (with pictures!) and some of what I bought. |
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