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Thursday, June 26th, 2003 :: Comments []
Of to Japan until July 7th ^_^ I dunno if I'll be able tp update until then ^_^
Tuesday, June 24, 2003 :: Comments []
Artemis Fowl and "Kimi wa Pet"
Listening to: Nothing
So I run to the bookstore last night, because Friday, when I was waiting to get Order of the Phoenix, I noticed that there was a new book in the Artemis Fowl series, called The Eternity Code. I don't know if you're familiar with the story, but the first book starts out with this kid, Artemis Fowl II, who's 11. His father has been kidnapped, and although he's trying to find his father (he's a genius, this kid), he's also trying to keep the family's fortune growing....and not always by the most legal of measures. Eventually he and LEP (the Lower Elemental Police, in other words, fairies) come head to head...but he and Capt. Holly Short and a few other LEP members end up with a sort of tenuous truce/friendship that's extended in the second book.
So I'm reading book 3...and by this time Artemis, who in book one was like....an emotionless, reason driven kid, has changed a lot. Well, this book something (or someone, rather) nearly kills Butler (his bodyguard) and although Artemis comes up with a quick solution, he has to get Holly's help or Butler will die. On top of this, Artemis has actually been outmanuevered in his latest (and final) endeavor (it's his last, because the kidnapping/healing really changed his father, who's determined the Fowl's stay on the straight and narrow from now on...become a real family) and in return for help from the People (the fairies) they all have to submit to a mind wipe.
So of course, I'm thinking the mind wipe won't happen. Holly and Foaly (who's a centaur :P and genius technician) and Artemis and Co. have all become friends, if at times they're still enemies of a sort *lol*, so I was just sure it wouldn't happen. And in all honesty, I'm not entirely sure what DID happen. The were mind wiped, which knocked out all the memories Artemis had which influenced him to becoming a better person, but he/Butler found contacts in their eyes with a mirrored coating (Which is how they avoided a mind wipe in the past, only with sunglasses)....so....the memories are lost...but does that mean they'll return?
Honestly, it all really upsets me *lol* It's an obvious set-up for another book, but grrrrrrrrraaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrr, I've come to really love Artemis as a character, and I hate to think him having reverted to how he was at the beginning of the first book ;________________________; Hurry Eoin Colfer, and release a new book!!!
Anyway, last night I finished up eps 5-8 of Kimi wa Pet, and I have to say, I love this goddamned series >D I mean, it's not good, but it's really enjoyable...at least for me! It's a pretty touchy-feely series too, which is pretty rare. Okay...I just realized how weird that sounds :P What I mean is, Momo (Takeshi) is supposed to be Sumire's "pet", right? So there's a lot of snuggly/cute points in the series (and NO, no "ecchi" elements :P "ecchi wa nashi" as Sumire/Momo put it at different points in the series). So I'm dying to read the manga now, to see how different it is (especially the "Ecchi" thing...I mean, it's a series that seems like it might be rife with it...although considering the set-up maybe the whole point is that there isn't). So of course I have it written on my list of things to pick up when I'm in Japan....but I know it's a series without furigana Y___Y Always more daunting...but ah well, I read short stories for my tutor without furigana, I can hack it....if more slowly :P
But ahhhhhhh I love it >D It's stupid but fun series, if you apply "suspension of disbelief" *Lol* or if you're me >D
Sunday, June 22, 2003 :: Comments []
Order of the Phoenix: Finished
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DO NOT READ FURTHER IF YOU DO NOT WISH TO BE SPOILED FOR THE ENDING, OR CONTENTS OF, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!!!!
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, J.K. Rowling, for such wonderful characters and for the wonderful world you have created. And THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU for not killing off Ron or Hermione! I was almost certain Hermione was going to get it....terrified in fact, in those pages leading up to Sirius's death. I'm not sure how I feel about it....I'm so relieved it wasn't one of them....but I feel so badly for Harry.
Speaking of Harry....I have mixed feelings on the way he acts in this book. Not because I think it's unlike him *lol* I think considering all the crap he's been put through (especially after Dumbledore's explanation at the end)it's largely understandable....however, I swear to god...the fangirls who drool and slobber over angst they create themselves and write about in fanfic is laid out bare for real in practically every page of this book! Which only means a slew of poorly written, even more angst ridden fanfic is in store for the poor masses of fanfic readers out there. Makes me glad I do little of that anymore. It's funny, though. As I was reading this book, I'd often hear Daniel Radcliffe's voice as I was reading Harry's lines *lol* But it never seemed to stick for when Harry was yelling.....I'm trying to imagine Daniel Radcliffe yelling the way Harry must be, but I can't ^^;;
And thank god, I think this means Cho Chang is officially Out Of The Picture. I've never liked her, and not only because I have, for the most part, been a Harry/Hermione advocate. I suppose I've always disliked the idea he'd end up with someone who's never been a part of everything. *lol* Sounds a bit snobby to call a fictional character an "outsider", but that's how I've also regarded her, even if she was Cedric's girlfriend when he was killed. Since the movies have come out, I've sort of began seeing more of the Hermione/Ron thing...and book 5 does nothing to really encourage Harry/Hermione *lol* I guess I've come to figure that if he won't end up with her, I'd like to see her with Ron...and that I wouldn't mind if Harry and Ginny ended up together. I loved Ginny in this book, even if she didn't do a great deal. I've come to like her a great deal more than in the previous books, and the prospect doesn't seem so bad anymore *lol*
Bah, I wish I could be more eloquent, and not slide into silly subjects like "Yay! No More Cho!" or "Oh no! More angst for the fangirls who write bad fanfic!" *lol* But I've only just finished reading it, and no time to discuss the contents with even my sister. But the best I can do right now is to reiterate just how much I love this series, and how this book is markedly darker than the previous books, and how much I fear for what might happen later on.
I love that Neville's become stronger. He's not my favorite character, but I'm grateful that JK Rowling hasn't kept as he was in book one. I think it's great he's become a much stronger character. Conversely, I feel somewhat bad for those Draco fans out there (sorry Cali). I suppose I should complain that Rowling's kept him a 2 dimensional bad guy....but I really don't care. He's such a snot that it's fine with me. And as for those who've voiced theories about him becoming suddenly good...at this point I'd be insulted if it even happened. He's a little snotty fuckwit, and I can't see him turning good in the course of two books, especially considering his father's in Azkaban now. I'm sorry for those Draco fans I might be offending..but I just hate him, and feel no remorse in the thought of his demise :P
Anyway, I'll close here, or I risk rambling on much too long!! ^^;;
P.S. Meg pointed this out...but did it seem like a great deal more British words we Americans don't generally see slipped into the American edition? :P Maybe they just didn't bother to change anything.
Saturday, June 21st :: Comments []
*clutches her copy of Order of the Phoenix blissfully* I HAVE IT ^____________________^ *plops down to read*
Wednesday, June 18, 2003 :: Comments []
One Week And Counting
Listening to: We Must Say Goodbye/Kim Hyun Chul
That's right, ladies and gents, one week from now my sister and I will be on our way back to Nagoya. As most of you probably know, the whole trip is only 12 days, and two of those are "travel days"...which means the sum total of our time back in Japan is only 10 days. A short trip to be sure, but I'll take what I can get and enjoy the hell out of it ^.^ Stupid as it sounds, just the thought of buying subway tickets makes me smile. I know it sounds ridiculous, but getting used to and using the public transportation systems in Japan (i.e. the bus and subway) became a kind of symbol of independance for me.
I can't wait to smell Japan again. Again, I know it sounds odd...but I think this is something I've mentioned before. The first time I left Japan, I got upset when I realized I couldn't remember how it smelled *lol* but the second I stepped outside the airport in Kasugai in September '01 it was like I'd never forgotten...something like, I don't necessarily remember all the time how the Northwoods smell (that's northern Wisconsin, fyi), but the second I get out of the car every year at Moose Lake, it's like I could never forget it ^^;; And for me, smell is a VERY VERY VERY big thing...it's a huge trigger of memory for me, like music ^^;;
Speaking of Japan, albeit on a much more solemn note, I've been reading a book that I borrowed from Kira called Underground: The Tokyo Gas Attack and the Japanese Psyche, by Murakami Haruki. I've never read any books on it. Of course I remember hearing about it in the news, and it's been referenced in a couple of Japanese dramas, but this is the first time I've sat down to read any real information on it. It's set up similarly to books like John Hershey's Hiroshima or Nigai Takashi's The Bells of Nagasaki. In other words, it's gives accounts of the day from the perspectives of different victims, and talks about the perpetrators. It's a fascinating book, and you're immediatly aware that the author was painstaking in his research and incredibly concerned that he told the stories of these people accurately. I highly recommend this book, and I'm barely 100 pages through it!
On another note...I'd like to say (and pardon any foul language usage from here on out) that my brother is a complete and utter fuckwit. I swear to god, I'm certain he thinks only and utterly of himself.
I wake up yesterday at about 8:00 am, because I had to go to work at 9:00. I come downstairs to check my e-mail/blogs/forums I post at, and around 8:20 it occurs to me that I should make sure the car is in the driveway. Two days earlier, he hadn't gotten home until after 9:00 a.m. but that time a friend had dropped him off. This time, I knew he'd taken the car, but I'd gone to bed before 3:00 a.m. It's not normal for him to stay out so late and not come home (it's not unheard of but he usually calls).
Anyway, so I run upstairs and low and behold, the driveway is empty, as is the street in front of our house where we sometimes park our cars. So I have to spend the next 10 minutes figuring out who I can call. Honestly, there aren't many people. I don't trust my grandmother's driving, Jason's all the way across town and it's inconvinient, so I decide to call Tacchan's house. I get her mom, who graciously agrees to drive me to work.
So apparently he got home about 10 minutes later. Ugh, he never so much as called. Never asked either one of us if we had to work that day. Worse yet, he said he was "using the car for a bit", before he left. "A bit" my ass. %@#$@#$@ It's just a shining example of what a complete self-centered, fuckwit he can be. No regard for what his actions have on other people (or lack of actions in most cases, leaving his crap all over the place with primarily mom picking up after him).
What's more is that Megan comes to pick me up at work and she says he asked her to tell me not to yell at him until the friend he had over was gone. Once they were gone, he didn't care, but not in front of her.
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Uhm, pardon me, but isn't the fucking point of YELLING at someone entirely because you hope they care?! Nevermind the fact he seems to think I'm immature enough to yell at him while he has company. UUUUUUGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHH!!! GROW THE FUCK UP JON! THINK ABOUT OTHER PEOPLE ONCE IN A FUCKING WHILE >__________________________________________<
/end rant
Sorry about all that, and the foul language Y_Y but I had to vent. I haven't said a word to Jon, although I relayed my unhappiness regarding it to mom. Of course, she probably won't say anything to him. I love my mom dearly, but she's an obvious enabler. Jon's never going to learn because she let's him live the way he wants. Ugh. I love my town, I love my family (mostly :P), I love Illinois....but if mom ever wonders why Meg and I aren't exactly shedding tears at the thought of leaving and going to Japan, she needs to take a better look at how things are. T________________T
Monday, June 16, 2003 :: Comments []
Strange Things Afoot
Listening to: watching Passions on tv
So normally, if I hear someone knocking on the door and it's morning, I tend to ignore it. Then the doorbell rings, but I was determined to ignore it too. But the knocking came again, so I thought maybe I should drag my sorry butt out of bed and at least peer through the curtains to see who it was. I grabbed my glasses, tip-toed to the back door and looked through...and saw two Normal police officers standing there. Well, you can't not answer the door if two police officers are there (especially because every once in a while a police car or two shows up across the street), so I unlocked it, and the officer asks me if I'm okay, to which I replied yes.
Apparently there was a hung up 911 call received from our phone number...which I don't understand, considering I was home alone (Meg had taken grammy to an eye appointment and Jon was gone) and was woken up BY the police. So I went around the house just to double check, making sure I was actually alone, which I was. Of course I thanked the officers profusely. In case anything HAD happened, of course I'm glad they showed up.
Thing was, I was then checking the computer later on, because Meg had left a note that the 'net didn't seem to be working. So I pick up the phone just to make sure things are in order, and the line is dead. So this creeps me out a little, considering the visit by the police earlier....but on the other hand it's seemed to have happened a few times in as many weeks. So I tried calling mom and dad on the other cellphone (which mom is going to kill me for, because it's the "expensive" one, regarding calls), then tried Kay & Richard (my aunt and uncle), then Scott & Val (my brother and his wife), and finally called Talia, just to talk to someone :P
So about an hour ago or so, the phone is working again...but that only lasts a minute, when it goes dead again...then about 5 minutes later it starts working, and ever since then the computer and net seem fine. But I wonder what the hell that 911 thing was about...because it was from our phone number O.o, the officer even read it back to me. Mom and Dad are probably worried now, because we called grammy and told her to tell them the phone wasn't working and to call the cellphone....grar, what a fun day! :P
Hey Masanari! Where in the city are your games? You told me the times, but not where it is :P Cause you might have to meet us in Sakae or somewhere so we know where to go....or have someone you know meet us and take us *lol*
Thursday, June 12, 2003 :: Comments []
I Am A Genius!
Listening to:Street Story/HY
That's right, ladies and gentlemen, I am a genuis. In the kitchen, that is. I set out this afternoon to make "sticky chicken", which is just browned chicken with a sauce over it that's simmered for half an hour. The sauce has water, brown sugar, ginger, carlic, oyster sauce, soysauce, green onions. You just brown the chicken, then dump this stuff over it and simmer it for 30 minutes. Doesn't sound like much, but for someone like me, who never does this kind of thing, it's complicated :P
But it turned out great, and I'm really happy. Plus it means mom and Meg can't make fun of me as much in regards to matters in the kitchen *lol* Of course, they'll now probably tell me how easy the recipe is, so it's not really cooking or whatever :P but I'm happy with my accomplishment ^O^
Yes, well, that's all for today :P
Wednesday, June 11, 2003 :: Comments []
Seven Years of Chatting?!
Listening to: Life/Skoop on Somebody
It's kind of frightening to think of, actually, that I have been chatting online for **seven** years now =.= I'm not if that makes me feel old, or what *lol* But it was 7 years ago this summer that Meg and I first started chatting....at the time a place on the net called WBS, a room called Lounge D (incidentally, and I believe I mentioned this last year, it's also where I met my oldest net friend, who's still a friend to this day ^o^ yay Brian!). In those days, when we first started chatting, at least on WBS, there was no such thing as "streaming chat", and it was several months before that even came around. No, you had to re-load the page every time you wanted to say something....ah...so long ago *Lol* Needless to say, chatting has come quite a long way since then, and thank god for it, or I wouldn't know as many great people as I do now, nor would I have made so many wonderful friends ^_____^/
So I talked to Masanari as he was getting on the plane to go back to Japan yesterday. Honestly I wish there was something I could do to help him stay here. BUT, he's got one of the best things going for him in order to do it (get back, that is): determination. So far it's worked well for Meg and I: our determination to go to Japan, accomplished, our determination to go back, accomplished, our determination to make our major to do with Japan, accomplished. And now we've set our sites on JET...determination is the key, I think ^^;; You can do it, Pazuu ^O^/
YaaaaHOOOOO, the parents will be gone for a week starting tomorrow! Off to the cabin with my aunt and uncle. Not that it'll change anything around here...it's just less pressure when they're around. What kind of pressure, you're asking. I'm not even sure if I can answer that :P I guess I just get sick of realizing how inappropriate mom and dad are for one another, and get sick of hearing mom complain about dad and what he's done "this time", and sick of basically knowing dad talks to all these women online all the time.
Monday, June 9, 2003 :: Comments []
Recipe Complete
Listening to: the hum of the computer
So I was lucky that I bought the most recent issue of LaLa that I did. I'd completely forgotten that it was Gertrude no Recipe's final chapter, and only bought it because it was in there. ^^;; Actually, I haven't even read it all that closely, yet, but flipped through to the end just to make sure that it ended the way all good shoujo manga should: with the guy and girl together. Which of course it did, which makes me One Happy Girl. Now it's just a matter of getting down to the details of it ^_- I'm really interested to see how Kusakawa Nari's new series will be....it if it's even half as interesting as Gertrude, I'll love it ^^;; I hope it deals with a similar kind of situation. That is, not just a regular high school romance or something, but with an added twist...like Gertrude and his recipe and the fact it was written on Sahara's bones, which made the story really interesting >) We'll have to wait and see, though, of course.
So Meg and I are starting to really realize we have, basically, no time to do anything while we're in Japan *lol* We leave here Thursday, the 26th, but arrive there Friday afternoon....so that leaves that evening open. Then Saturday we don't really have anything planned...BUT Sunday we plan on going to watch Masanari play in a (or several? I'm not sure :P The point is we're going to cheer him on :P) basketball game somewhere in Nagoya. Then Monday and Tuesday we planned on trekking over to Kyouto, then going to Gifu Wednesday. We know we want to see things in Nagoya we never got to see, like Arimastu-shi, Nagoya-jo (well I never saw it), Atsuta-jigu, the port, etc., plus I know we should go to my host brother's restaurant, and there's no telling if my host parents want to take us somewhere (they took us to Shizuoka twice before). PLUS, I'm dying to go to Nagashima Spa Land (an amusement park), but of course I also have "shopping" plans as well >D Added on to this is the fact I absolutely do not want my host parents thinking we're just using them as a hotel and cafeteria. I want to spend some time with them very much, but we've both got so much we want to do, and not a great deal of time to do it in ^^;; I'm glad we have an abundance of things to do. Before I was kind of concerned about filling the time up, because as much as I love my host parent's house and the neighborhood, it wouldn't have been fun staying indoors the whole trip *lol*
Oh yes, a huge "YOU ARE AWESOME" should go out to Talia ^.^ Her senior recital (which, as a celloist and future cello performance major that she is, she had instead of a graduation party) was held Saturday evening and it was fantastic. It's amazing to watch her play. She's so intense O___O and the way her fingers fly over that cello *whistles*
Friday, June 6, 2003 :: Comments []
Inakunaru to Sabishii
Listening to: Music Station on Kira's tv
So yesterday Masanari, Meg and I got up rather late >D We all needed to sleep in though, so it was okay :P Masanari had been saying we had to go play soccer, but we realized that we couldn't find a pump in the house, and as my soccer ball has long since lost the air it maintained duruing high school, we really needed one >D. So we trekked to Wal-Mart, where Masanari graciously paid for the pump, all less than $4 of it :P Then we dropped off Masanari's photoes @ the 1 hour and headed to One Normal Plaza to "play" soccer.
I have to say, Meg and I kicked his butt >D although he might tell you a different story :P But then again, I'm pathetically out of shape, and as a result I'm much more sore today than I'd like to admit >D It was nice to realize I have retained some skills from my soccer playing days, even if I wouldn't last 10 minutes in a full fledged game *lol*
After that, we got this wild idea that climbing trees was a good idea and scrambled into a tree at the end of the field....which honestly had a damned good breeze in it :P
After returning home and showering, we made homemade pizza....which, when made by the Thompson family is AWESOME. We called Jason to ask him if wanted to go bowling with us, and we planned it as just the four of us. But somehow, Jon (my brother) and Ken (a friend of both Jon AND Jason's) invited themselves not only to eating our pizza but also to bowling. At first I was really upset, because since it was Masanari's last night, I kind of wanted to keep things smaller. But it was really pretty fun anyway, shocking as that thought is when my brother is involved :P
Let me tell you about bowling......I suck.....BIGTIME. I have neither the armstrength nor the proper aim, and while I managed 3-4 strikes between the two games....well, let's just say counting on me in a tight spot is foolhardy. My score the first game was a whopping 76, followed by a spectacular 61 to finish things up. It's a damned good thing the conversation and company was so great, because I have no abilities in playing the game itself >D
When we got home we all pounced on the lime cheesecake, and spent a long time talking...sometime into the conversation we convinced Masanari he should put his suit on...which in turn made him get Meg and I to throw dresses on....*lol* I swear, it almost felt like prom or something >D By the way Masanari, that suit looked good, even if you didn't have the right footware :P The rest of the night was just spent talking, which is the best way to spend evenings I think. Just sitting and talking with friends. It's why I'm not a huge fan of big, loud parties. I'm much more partial to just sitting and talking with friends than trying to get to know complete strangers.
We got up around 9 this morning (this morning being Friday) and headed out just after 10. We actually made it to the airport without incident....which franlky shocks me, given my occasional lack of fantastic navigational skills. :P That was just after noon, so we hung out with Masanari until he had to go ;______;
I guess this section here is just for you Pazuu :P It was fantastic having you here. I (as well as Meg :P) had an absolute blast ^O^ Of course I knew how nice you were, but it's been wonderful having such a great friend here to hang out with, and be able to meet our friends etc., etc. Gah I never know how to put thank you's well enough *lol* I'm just really glad we became penpals and have had a chance to become friends in person instead of just online :P
Welllll I'd better close here...I took my friend Kira's computer hostage, so I'd better get off :P
Thursday, June 5, 2003 :: Comments []
Since Monday
Listening to: TV
So my boss was nice about giving me a relatively easy week, but I still had to work on Tuesday, from 11:30-8:00, which means Masanari was left to his own devices all day. But as it turns out, those devices were delicious, because he made supper for the family ^O^ He made this soup, which was great (creamy soup with beef and carrots, you CAN'T go wrong with that combination, andchahan (which is fried rice), plus mom made egg rolls. I swear, from the sound of them, the two of them trekked all around town looking for stuff, which makes me wonder who was working harder that day, them or me :P Anyway, it was FANTASTIC, Masanari :P
Yesterday morning we all got up (Meg and Masanari were up MUCH later than they should have been *lol*...not that it matters much, as none of us were driving) and headed to LeRoy to pick up mom's friend Donna, so we could drive into Chicago. We had honestly planned on doing more, but in the end we only ate lunch at The Walnut Room at Fields, went to watch Steve Cochran for a few minutes @WGN's Showcase Studio, and went to the Art Institute. Still, I might as well detail them here :P
Let me tell you about the Walnut Room. I was completely and wholly improperly dressed for it. Everyone else there was dressed like they'd come from church, and I'm standing there in a pair of jeans, a t-shirt, and a sweat-jacket. Nevermind the fact my bag jingles so that you can hear me coming from a mile off :P I felt totally out of place. Good thing the food was good, or it might have been for naught *lol*
From there we made a beeline for the Showcase Studio, because Steve Cochran was broadcasting his show. The bad thing is, they're doing some kind of renovation on the area just in front of it, so there's a barrier keeping you from getting too close to it, which sucks. So while we could see him, it was much more difficult than I'd have liked. Still, it was great to watch anyway ^O^/ That, and his mom was in the studio, which was thrilling.
After that we walked down to the Art Institute and spent and hour and half walking around there. They have this room in the Japan/Korea/China section which is pretty dark, but has these wooden pillars (which I believe are supposed to be artistic :P) and along the side, lighted up, are various earthenware jars from Japan, as well as a couple of painted screens. But the best part about this room, and I know this sound lame, is that the accoustics were incredible. Meg and I were alone in there, so we were singing parts of songs. I started singing the song "Sora" which is from the movie of Escaflowne because it sounds haunting enough WITHOUT great accoustics. In that room, it sounded so much like the recorded version it made me smile. Meg and I loved that room so much we went back later hoping to find it empty again, but much to our dismay, it wasn't ^^;; Other than that though, I have to mention how thorougly impressive much of what is there is. It's just staggering to see some of these ceramic or glass-ware that's survived so long, and it's baffling to think how it could have ^^
I have to say though, it was great going there....except for the Contemporary Art exhibit. I understand that art is subjective, and what constitutes art to one person doesn't for another, but some of that stuff, I'm sorry, is crap. A string of light bulbs on the floor plugged in is not art. It's a string of light bulbs on the floor plugged in. And I know it sounded petty and close minded to even say that, but that's how I feel. At least the chair they had sitting there had something written on the wall behind it that at least incited the person looking at it to give some thought. A string of light bulbs on the floor does not.
After that we all decided to head home. Scratch that, Meg, Masanari, mom and I decided to go home. Donna would have stayed overnight I think, had she gotten the chance. I swear, I'm not sure who that trip up to Chicago was for....us or Donna. I had kind of considered a trip for us, but I guess I was mistaken, because....and mind you I think Donna is great, she bitched the ENTIRE TRIP HOME about how early we had left. It was kind of funny though, because Donna missed an exit and we had to drive through a less desirable part of Chicago....wasn't too bad though, not nearly as much as when Mom, Meg and I had to do it a few years ago ^^;;
When we got home, Meg and I made okonomiyaki. In the end we decided not to go to Great America, and just relax and all here for the day :P We all needed our rest, that's for sure ^O^
Well I'd better get going. Today is his last day here, and we have a million things to do :P
Monday, June 2, 2003 :: Comments []
It Feels like Home
Listening to: TV
Talia, Meg, Masanari, and I went to see Finding Nemo tonight ^O^ It's no wonder there are so very many glowing reviews. It was FANTASTIC, and just because it was a beautiful movie to look at.
It's seemed strange to me that so many people comment on how it's a great movie "for adults as well", when even when I saw the trailer for the first time, the last thing on my mind was that it might not be for adults. In fact, I think it's a much more enjoyable movie for adults, at least in the respect that we can enjoy it on more levels than I think younger kids can ^^;; That's not to say that of course the kids behind us enjoyed the hell out of it anyway, of course >D I was worried they were going to be obnoxious, but they were pretty cute :P
But I digress, it was a great movie, wholly entertaining. Funny, heart-warming (dear lord, when Dori is begging Marlin not to leave and she says "When I'm with you, it feels like home" I nearly lost it...it was ^O^ worthy!), tragic, and beautiful....everything. 11 stars of 10, definetly ^O^
Anyway, we also made a trip out to Funk's Grove, bought some maple sirup (that's how they spell it there), and drove around the grove in general, since it's one of the few places in the area with a significant amount of trees and scenery other than cornfields and soybeans. :P Made Masanari drink half a bottle of root beer >D which I'm 95% sure he was doing just to be nice. "It smells like medicine", he said *lol*
Also managed to get a couple hundred bucks exchanged for our trip ^^v Won't get it for about a week to ten days, but we knew it would take that long!
Sunday, June 1, 2003 :: Comments []
A Definite Wrong Turn
Listening to: Masanari flip through the tv stations :P
So, after an 8 hour shift at work, a cookout (damn good food tonight if you ask me), and being whipped but good at HORSE by Masanari and PIG by Meg and Masanari, he and I decided we were going to go see Wrong Turn, which wants to be Deliverance but without the effort :P
Actually, it was pretty fun to sit there and basically laugh at it >D It was gory where it didn't need to be, and could have been much scarier (scarier...hmmm is that even a real word?) but there were a few genuine surprises (woo you had to know that police officer was gonna get it, but the arrow through the head was a nice touch, really >D).
I kind of felt bad for Masanari though, because he kept apologizing, but I honestly didn't care (bwahaha it's your money, after all, Masanari :P). Gory movies don't bother me a bit...which is kind of strange, considering that I don't see many gory movies at all. Perhaps it's all this time watching forensic shows or Trauma: Life in the ER on TLC *Lol* Who knows :P Anyway, it was fun to laugh at and wonder at the Big Gaping Holes in the story >D
Well, I could probably go on, but I'm being rude sitting here on the computer :P
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*Thanks to Jenna for putting the pic up for me and basically single-handedly making this layout for me!!!!! Sankyuuuuuu---^.^v
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Comments, please ^_^v
Name:
Jamie
Age:
22
Interests:
Japan, Japan, Japan. And reading :P My world revolves around things Japanese
I am also a complete and utter addict of the tv show The West Wing, and a Josh/Donna shipper 100% ^_^v
Ever been to Japan?:
Yup, twice. First time, 6 weeks, summer of 1998, Nagareyama-shi, Chiba-ken. Second time, Fall 2001, 4 months, Nagoya, Aichi-ken ^.^v
Manga:
Okay, here goes, in no particular order:
Mars, Kanata-kara, Hikaru no Go, Inuyasha, Sekai de ichibandaikirai, Hanazakari no kimitachi e, New York New York, Massugu ni ikou, Itazura na Kiss, Gertrude no Recipe, Bleach, Koucha Ouji, Nanji nayamu koto nakare, Hot Gimmick,
and a TON more!
Fav. j-pop groups, in no particular order:
V6!, Yuzu, Porno Graffiti, Spitz, Kiroro, Misia, Something ELse, Fukuyama Masaharu, Chemistry, Gospellers, Kuwata Keisuke, Skoop on Somebody, Arashi, Kinki Kids, SMAP, Matsu Takako, Exile, Panicrew, Tokio
and again, a ton more
Fav. Japanese dramas:
Long Vacation, Virgin Road, Meguri Ai, Love Story, Namida o fuite, Aishiteiru to itte kure, Nemureru Mori, Koi wa aserazu, Bokura no Yuuki, Beautiful Life, Summer Snow, Long Love Letter, Asunaro Hakusho, Perfect Love, Team, PS Genki desu Shunpei, Hitotsu Yane no Shita 1 & 2, Oishii Kankei, Itazura na Kiss, Mukodono etc.
Contact:
e-mail: jun_inohara@hotmail.com
AIM: JunInohara (might still sometimes use old name, HikaShin)
ICQ: 146249241
MSN: sueyoshi03@hotmail.com
Layout: v. 9.0! Done by Jenna, as it says at the top ^.^ It's from the fantastic manga series Nanji nayamu koto nakare, which I highly recommend ^o^/ The girl is Naru, and the guy is Chiaki.
My Japanese Dorama List
My manga list
My j-poplist!
This gif of Jamie ddr-ing was made by Amy and it was edited from the ddring bunny. YAY AMY!
Friends:
+Kiripin
+Katherine
+Megan
+Talia
+Lauren
+Hilo
+Jenna
+Amy
+Chloe
+Melissa
+Giro
+Kris
+Annie
+Joy
+Kira
+Elizabeth
+Rachael
+Masanari
+Serge
+Cali
+Kevin
+Levi
+Jenni
+Sumudu
+Jenny
Links:
+Nagoya
+Nanzan
+Yoridori
+Masanari's Page: Serendipity
+Pitas' Main Page
+Inspired inkings
+J-Ent
+Sengoku o togi zoushi
+Anime-Forums
+AnimeNation
+WGN Radio
+Nakajo Hisaya
+Yamada Nanpei
+Uta-Net
+Engrish
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