Starshine

Shuppatsu!
This will be a quick entry, since my parents will soon be yelling for me to have my stuff ready to load in the car to leave for Detroit. Next entry will be from Hikone, Japan, probably around Thursday or Friday. I'll probably have emailed everyone by then to let them know I made it over there without any major issues.

Tuesday, August 27, 2002,09:14 a.m.

Only ten more days
Yeesh, I could swear it hasn't been over a week since I'd written here.^^;;; All my entries from a whole summer will probably be on one page. Pathetic.

Not like much has changed since the last entry. Painters have almost finished, just one or two more days next week and they'll be gone. Great timing, just when I have only a week left of vacation. The jittery stage is past and now I'm getting into the panicky final preparations stage. Over the next week I have to:
--Get my room in some semblance of order (so my mom won't mess with it)
--Make sure my car is cleaned up
--Take care of last-minute shopping
--See people one last time

Plus I want to actually work on fun projects a bit. People, I love hearing from you, but please understand if I'm a little frazzled this week. O_o This is what I get for being lazy this summer...

Saturday, August 17, 2002,01:01 p.m.

T-minus three weeks and counting
Three weeks from now I'll be on a plane to Japan. O_o Sure snuck up on me, despite the preparations I've been doing. Time to haul out the books and brush up on my kanji. It just seems so weird to be going into back to school panic at the beginning of the August just as I've grown used to it not starting until September. Not that I'm complaining. It's well worth it to have six months away from typical school. Just getting to the jittery stage is all.

If I have to stay home because the painters are here next week, I'm going to explode.

Wednesday, August 7, 2002,08:30 p.m.

I would just like to take this moment to say...
I LIVE. :) Not that there's anybody that uses this diary as a means of checking up on me. Were I not at home I would have at least one person who would be growling about this. She just might be already.^^;;;;

So, visiting relatives was visiting relatives. When my mom and more than one of her sisters gets together, watch out. I was glad that my cousin Megan was there so I had at least one person under 50 to talk to. At any rate, it was nice to see how they were doing. I also got a really cute afghan when we went shopping. It was decided that Aunt Rita is not a good influence on me. >:) Oh, and the Starship Troopers movie suxx0rz.

King's Island was fun. Me and Harl rode rides and went to Water Works. I even rode a few rollercoasters, which is unusual for me. I'll have to ride more next time. Flight of Fear kicks ass, for the record. I even got to play one of the games, despite being on a budget and the prices the place charges. So I got a little pig. And Harl gave me the purple dog she won at another game. ^______^ Once again, thanks dear.

Since then I've had very few days where I wasn't spending time with people in some way or another, which might account for the lack of entries. Also just haven't been in the mood to blog. I'm still in sort of a hermit-ish mood, to make up for all that time spent hanging out with other people.

Wednesday, July 31, 2002,09:41 p.m.

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I seem to have become the amazing weekly poster. I don't know yet if this is a good thing or a bad thing.

Rocky Horror last week was fun. I went with Harl, and we had a good time. Lots of Rocky Horror virgins were in the crowd, which meant some confusion during the Time Warp. Oh well. The only bad part, unfortunately, was the cast of people up on stage. Columbia was good, most of the others were okay. They had a guy playing Janet, which was cool. However, the guy playing Frank was bad. Considering the big role Frank plays, this is not a good thing. :( At least we got to make fun callbacks. There was one dude there that knew a lot of them, some really long ones, too. O_o

Not much has been going on since then. Li-chan finally got to see the YYH and YST DVDs I have, and we had fun with those. I finally got to see the Slayers movie. Fair trade, IMHO.

Next week I get to go to King's Island. ^________^ But first, I must survive a trip to visit relatives this weekend. Shouldn't be too bad.

Thursday, July 18, 2002,01:00 p.m.

New glasses
^_^ I survived having my eyes checked yesterday and now have a new pair o' specs. Good thing, too, cause now I can retire my old pair to serve as a spare while I'm in Japan. My prescription isn't terribly strong, but having my glasses on makes a world of differnce in my distance vision. So does having a nice, shiny, updated 'scrip.

In other news, I have DVDs now. :) In case anyone that hasn't heard is reading this, we got a DVD player about a week ago and I finally have DVDs to play on it. Harry Potter and the first DVDs of YST and YYH. I happy.

Recieved my plane ticket to Japan yesterday, along with a reminder from JCMU that they need my passport by July 31 to get my visa. I can't believe that I've got maybe six or seven more weeks until I'm over there. In some ways it seems too long, in others too short. :/

Tonikaku, Kei-chan go sleepy-time now. Must rest up if she wants to make it to Rocky Horror tomorrow night.

Friday, July 12, 2002,11:18 p.m.

*waves little American flag in the air*
Happy Fourth of July. :) Hope everyone had a good one. We didn't do much over here. I need sparklers. And hot dogs. ^^;; Yes, Kei-chan is in a silly mood.

The rest of the entry is a quiz found at Talya's ficlog. You have been forewarned.

What's on your bedside table?
I have no bedside table. I have a bookshelf made by my dad and his brother when they were kids. Aside from books it has my lamp, clock radio (that I've had since middle school), and various other junk on it.

What's the geekiest part of your music collection?
Anime music and 80's stuff

What do you eat when you raid the fridge at night?
I'm with Talya here. I usually grab something to drink rather than eat. Water's good

What is your secret guaranteed weeping movie?
Hmmmm...I rarely ever cry at movies, but I'll tear up at particularly sad or "awwww~" moments if in the right mood.

If you could have plastic surgery, what would you have done?
Can't really think of anything. I'm generally okay with how I look.

Do you have a completely irrational fear?
Getting out on my own and finding that I can't hack it. Being alone.

What is the little physical habit that gives away your insecure moments?
Nervous giggling, fidgeting, eyes wandering all over the place.

Do you ever have to beg? Not unless begging constitutes reminding someone of my presence and desire to hang out.

Do you have too many love interests?
Arararara. Nah.

Do you know anyone famous?
Depends on what you mean by "know" and "famous." By my definition, I do.

Describe your bed:
Wood, big enough for two people. Old. Blue and white bedspread. Currently unmade with various things on the side I don't sleep on.

Spontaneous or plan?
Either, really. I like planning ahead so I know what to expect, but if someone suggests doing something on the spur of the moment I won't complain.

Who should play you in a movie about your life?
I have no idea.

Do you know how to play poker?
Not really, though my brother taught me when we were younger.

What do you carry with you at all times?
Nothing, really. Wallet and keys are only for when I go out.

How do you drive?
So cautiously it annoys people sometimes.^^;;; I do try to at least go the speed limit, however.

What do you miss most about being little?
I still am--Oh, you mean age-wise. Ummmmmm...Riding a tricycle, playing on the swings without getting funny looks, freedom (in lots of different ways).

Are you happy with your given name?
I like it just fine, though it really doesn't get much use. I feel bad for it.

How much money would it take to get you to give up the Internet for a year?
Enough money for postage for the letters I'd be writing instead of emails. Plus promises that everyone would write back.

What color is your bedroom?
Cream/off-white and blue.

What was the last song you were listening to?
"Sandra Dee". I watched Grease until that point tonight.

Have you ever been in a school play?
Yup. More than once. My favorite role I've played is Tiamat from Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher^_^

Have you ever been in love?
Maybe. I think so. These things are hard to tell.

Do you like yourself and believe in yourself?
When I can manage to shut out all the nagging feelings of general worthlessness and criticism of others I generally manage to feel okay about myself. I'm incredibly sensitive when it comes to criticism.

Have you ever done any illegal drugs?
Nope.

Do you think you're cute? *points to url* Also, TrunksMike has nicknemed me "cutie." In general I think I am far cuter than I really am.

Do you consider yourself to be a nice person?
Yeah. So long as you're on my good side and I'm not in a mood.

Thursday, July 4, 2002,10:23 p.m.

*_* (dazed look)
Ara~. Nearly two weeks since I blogged. Che. Didn't mean to do that. Guess since a few people stopped blogging I've gotten out of the habit. Plus, having a dial-up connection is not conducive to spending lots of time on the 'net. Not much blogwoorthy stuff has been going on for the past while anyways. Getting sucked back into anime/manga I liked but haven't had time for. Getting lost in my own head save when it's absolutely necessary. Trying to keep out of The Pit of Despair.

Have been to several fun movies thanks to friends that like to get out. ^_^ Episdode II, Scooby Doo, and Spider Man. All were okay. I was quite impressed at how well they made Scoob and Spidey into motion pictures. Of course all of them just scream "sequel coming!" at the end. ^_~ Wanna see Lilo and Stitch next

Monday, July 1, 2002,12:29 a.m.

Hyper
Please to be forgiving the lack of entries for the past few days. Gravitation and spending time with people ate my brain and I'm just now getting it back.

Not that I minded having my brain eaten by Gravi. It's a damn good series. ^_^ Probably the least angsty shounen-ai anime I've seen since FAKE. And I [heart] the greater majority of characters, or at least like them. Touma is the only one I'm not that fond of. Oh,Harl? You can keep Tatsuha. I'm claiming Ryuu-chan. >:) If your shester has already claimed him then I get Shuu-chan.

Spent time with Ash-chan last night discussing the RPG,after having talked about it with Harl the night before. I'm finally getting a grip on my main character, but now another character is demanding attention. >_< Ah, well, such is life. Ash-chan also showed me two logs of sessions I wasn't at due to school, the only two she's got typed up so far. I'm still chortling over this phrase for some reason: "verdammte Scnuffie puppy"

Tuesday, June 18, 2002,09:11 a.m.

Home again, home again...
Bak home in KY. ^_________^ Very happy. Home good. Now to find something job-like for the summer. If I get the internship I applied for, all is good. I'm probably screwed otherwise, since most places don't like taking on a person that can only be there for nine weeks or so. Wrist problems make me wary of talking to temp places, since most of the jobs they place people in require vast amounts of typing, which puts way too much strain on my wrists. >_<

It's not that I mind working, really. I'm not lazy. Just stubborn as anything. Having parents, or at least a mother, that breathes down my neck about getting a job because it Builds Character and I need to learn to work with people makes my stubborn side react by not wanting to find a job because I hate feeling like I've given in. Plus, I spend the school year going nuts trying to get the grades that keep them happy and mainain whatever social life I have. By the time vacation rolls around, I'm exhausted and the idea of any more work is unpleasant.

[/juvenile whining]

Oh well. If I can find a job, cool. If I can't, well, I'll just have to find another way of earning some cash. Thankfully I've got enough squirrelled away for study abroad in the fall. Oh, and thanks for the info on resumes, Talya-chan.^_^ I need to spff up mine a bit.

For some reason I find this amusing:

Friday, June 14, 2002,10:14 a.m.