DAMNIT IT
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So what the fuck is up with sellers/buyers giving me shit recently?

So I had a buyer who wanted my Kiyoharu CD which I sold to her. I didn't mail it out right away since I had fucking work all week and every time I got out of work, the P.O was already closed. BUT I packed it up and mailed it out on my first free day. I forgot to let her know so I wasn't surprised when I got an email from Paypal stating that they where reviewing my case. The weird thing was that the reason was not for not sending the item but for unauthorized actions with that Paypal account. I replied to it saying I did in fact mail out the item, scanned the receipt, uploaded it to Paypal and then to my own photo account. I then sent the buyer a message through LJ letting her know that I was sorry I didn't let her know sooner but I did mail out the CD, showed HER the receipt and hoped that would be the end of it.

Yesterday, I found an adorable Sadol sweater that would be perfect for Alexander James so I sent the seller a PM, saying I was interested, she got back to me asking if I wanted it, I replied saying yes, then she sent me her paypal addy. So I logged into Paypal and LOW AND BEHOLD saw the previous claim was still there. Not only that but because the claim was still open and the other side hadn't taken any action, it was freezing my account! I'm actually in the negatives in my paypal account and when I checked the notes and stuff on the account, I saw nothing was going on with the other party. I emailed the girl AGAIN but haven't heard a damn word since. Now I'm pissed. I had to write to the Sadol sweater buyer to let her know that I was waiting for this claim to close and that I was sorry and if she wouldn't mind holding it for me but I understood if she wouldn't. Luckily, she will. But I'm so pissed about this whole claim! I don't know what else to do except wait the full 30 days that paypal is saying this claim will take but this isn't fair! The girl probably got her CD and she won't reply to me and she won't close the case either!! WHAT THE FUUUUUUUUCKKKK.

I can't really do much except email her AGAIN and ask her to reply and close the case, I sent the CD and showed her proof. If for whatever reason it got lost, I'm not responsible. That's what you get when you pay 1.50$ for shipping!!!

(09:12 p.m. on Thursday, July 2, 2009)

Don't Have to be such a BITCH about It
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So I looked over some accessories thread today over in DoA. I haven't bought anything in a while and I haven't really been looking for anything. Actually, I was just skimming through to see if anything caught my interest. I actually found some playing cards for cheap and I was like huh, interesting. The price was in Euros and I wasn't sure if the person shipped world wide. So I asked about the price in dollars if they shipped world wide. Of course, I skimmed over the list the first time I didn't see it and OF COURSE when I look back at it, I see in bold letters "ships world wide" and I was like ahhh crap *facepalm* Well now I'm the idiot. I figured if she replied, I'd be like yeah I'm an idiot ha ha so down to business.

Instead, I get a reply back with the bitchiest response ever.
"Hello,
Thank you.
Well, you might have noticed the large words saying I ship worldwide, last time I checked US was still on this planet XB so yes.
"

It goes on with the prices and stuff but I couldn't even get past this opening. I felt like replying, yeah I noticed that afterwards, you didn't have to be so rude about it. I left it alone for the time being while I calm down but right now I'm just so mad. There was no need for that. Of course, now I don't feel like buying anything from this bitch.

Ugh. Time and time again, I remember why I hate DoA.

(09:09 p.m. on Tuesday, June 23, 2009)

Just Popping In
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So yeah, I haven't been doing much just reveling in the fact that my Alexander James' body finally arrived after a long layaway and then a few days of waiting. So of course there's pictures!
Alexander James Windsor
Let's see....I've been on a major weight loss kick. I've been working out and watching what I eat and for a week nothing has happened. So I'm going further. Adding walks, stopping all food after 5PM, adding more milk and fish oil pills. I'm not allowed to be dramatic in my weight loss so I have to find a way to do it naturally and healthy. I'm actually liking to exercise for a change because when I missed a day on Sunday I felt horrible. So yeah, we shall carry on!

As for cosplaying and stuff, my mom is almost done with my Antosu cosplay which is awesomesauce. He's all done with props since I have his headband and the ax. But now I'm worried about Chun Li. I have almost nothing done on that.
Grrr.

Antosu - 90% complete
- Fabric (green cotton for the kimono)
- Anotsu Ax
- Anotsu headband
- Black flip flops
- Fabric paint

Chun Li - 5%
- Fabric ("satin" blue for the dress, gold ribbon for the lining, Chinese style clasps)
- Dark brown tights
- White Double xx-high tops
- Circle Styrofoam
- Cake tips (16 total)
- Black spray paint
- Styrofoam cutter
- Glue

I bought 6 cake tips for the bracelets and I need 16 (8 spike on each bracelet) and I need to go back and buy more soon since they're so cheap. The cutter I bought didn't work which really bothers me and I think I missed the deadline for returns. GRRR this is so frustrating. I need to get started and now. The countdown to con is getting shorter and shorter. I still need to buy the xx-high tops which randomly go on sale from 70$ to 50$ so hopefully I can catch those soon. And I still need spray paint. SO MUCH TO DO! I need to stop putting things off!

Speaking of things to buy I need buy the VAMPS album still. And also my Otakon pass. And 2 shirts for Alexander James. That's it. I need to reign in the spending. Though I do want to buy some VAMPS monthlies.

YAY!. Okay that's all I got for now.

(10:31 p.m. on Monday, June 22, 2009)

Excuse Me While I Blow Up and Die
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VAMPS to make a special apperance at Otakon

*EXPLODES EVERYWHERE*

I literally hyperventilated after seeing this.

BRB gonna go die now kthnx.

(10:23 p.m. on Tuesday, June 16, 2009)

Anime Next 09
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Hey kiddies. I've been meaning to update since Friday but...yeah con and all that stuff.

Okay so here's the break down:

Thursday night, I managed to get to the mall and have my horrible eyebrows done. HUZZAH. I also bought a new top for the photo session on Sunday. This is the least important day lol

Friday - First day of con and also, the FAKE? concert. Tai and I where the only ones who went to the con early. We were really bored but I was super paranoid I wouldn't get my tickets or line up on time. I'm so weird that way. We got our tickets, did a lap around the dealer's room and then sat down and waited for Danny. He showed up a bit later and we hung out and then grabbed something to eat. By 8.30, when the V.I.P was starting to line up, Sam came in. He was super late and beyond that, the dealer's room was closed. I didn't know how Sam was gonna get his VIP ticket for the show. But it turns out that the organizers where holding all the envelopes with the tickets for the no-shows.
Tai and I where the first 20 to go in. In fact, he was number 20 and I was 19. And once we were able to go inside, we made a bee line for the railings. I ended up in the same spot I've been in for the past 3 years. Far left of the stage, right before the speakers in front of the bassist. It didn't take very long for the show to start and once it did, it was awesome! I was so disappointed that my side of the audience was WEAK to say the least. I had a bunch of stationary, non active, applauding people around me. I was so mad because everyone on the OTHER side of the audience was rocking out and throwing their arms up. They where active and we where boring. But whatever, I had a great time rocking out, singing along I didn't care, fuck those boring people.
Ken Llyod put on one hell of a show. He wore a gray loose long sleeved shirt that looked pretty thin, a black tanktop and black leather pants with black Adidas shell toe sneakers. He had baggy butt in his leather pants though XD He was also stick thin! Anyway he was so awesome I could hardly keep my eyes off him because he was just AMAZING. I swore he was gonna hurt himself through the whole show with his spastic and sudden jerking motions/actions. They played: Automatic
Everyglow
Pulse
Color Don't Change
In Vertigo
New Skin
Redemption
Bit of Life
Just Like Billy
Disco
Nibiru
(new song!)
All my Reasons
Used to Be a Bad Thing
Taste Maximum

Why the stunning sudden recall? Well amazingly enough I finally walked away with something other then an awesome show memory. I actually caught the set list.
The Set List!
I turned into fucking Spiderman to get this. As it was fluttering in the air close to the railing, I leaned over the railing and reached out, snatching it out of the way of other clamoring girls greedy little fists and not to mention hurting myself! X__x
The important thing was that I got it. XD
I lost my voice though. I screamed and sang so much. Now I have it but I sound like I'm sick or like a boy going through puberty lol

Saturday - I didn't plan on going to con this day but Tai and Squishy wanted to. So we ran in for a quick lap around the Artist Alley. I ended up buying some cute buttons for the three of us XD But that was about it. The rest of the day was spent eating and hanging out waiting for Tai's parents to show up at home before they decided to not show up.

Sunday - Tai was crossing his fingers and hoping his damnedest to get out of work early to come with me for the FAKE? photo session but he couldn't. ;A; We had a back up plan though and Squishy ended up taking his ticket so it wouldn't go to waste. So he picked me up and we headed to the con ourselves. After a bit of standing around and wondering what the hell was happening, we found out where we where supposed to line up. I was actually a bit flustered, still having bad flashbacks of my HORRIBLE Rentrer en Soi photo session. But I saw that the guys from FAKE? where so nice and they took some silly pictures with other fans. When it was my turn, I was a bit nervous but I smiled, said hi to everyone and then sat down between the bassist and the guitarist. Ken Llyod was standing behind me.
FAKE? photo session
I shook everyone's hand afterwards, saying thank you and they all smiled back, shook my hand too and then I left. Squishy was after me and his picture was so great XD We took another lap around the dealer's room mostly because I wanted to find something for Tai. I felt bad that he missed out on this so I bought him a cute shirt and Squishy bought him things too. Before we left, we found a big pile of plushies and a lot of them where really cute but this one was so super cute...
The Plushie of Doom
Squishy and I where so enraptured because of him, I bought him on the spot. The best part about him, where his tiny, tiny feet XD XD XD Squishy named him Worthington and that is his name XD

The con was as it always fun. My little preamble until Otakon. I can't wait XD

(04:14 p.m. on Sunday, June 14, 2009)

Twitter Away
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*SIGH*

I got a Twitter.

I was forced.

Follow me and I follow you~
Twitter account/

I knew this would happen eventually...

(02:22 p.m. on Friday, June 12, 2009)

Random Post is Random
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I'm all kinds of blocked. I've been consumed the past couple of days with my weight rather then anything else. Mostly because the FAKE? concert is this Friday and I have yet to budge a pound though I did manage to make my core all type of sore from working out.

Things to buy/pay this week:
- Anime Next 3 days pass
- VAMPS 1st album
- Alexander James' final body payment
- Phone bill
- Clothing for Alexander James
- Books and cell phone for the boys

Changed my boys clothing. I love doing that now and then. I always feel like I'm prepping them for a photo shoot though I'm not yet. I'm focused on Alexander James. He's so close to being done!
I dream about girl dolls just to mod them into boys. Especially Supias. Especially Zaoll Luvs. But I don't like the idea of them lacking boy parts. I'm weird that way. XD
Worked for the past 3 days, starting at 7 in the morning. I couldn't stand it after today. I was so tired for the past 3 days I was hardly able to focus. Thank god I only drove for one of those days.
So the news now is that David Carradine is dead. They say accident, they say suicide, they say murder, blah blah blah. The last wife confessed that Mr. Carradine was a big ol kinko and was into a lot of "taboo" things. Again, blah blah blah.
Finally saw what I've been waiting for. The autopsy pictures. The Thai pressed leaked them all over their front pages of their newspaper so of course they're now on the internet. They also leaked the crime scene photos. My word. It's messed up that they did that, but damned if I wasn't curious enough to look at them.
This reminds me of when Tai told me about Porsche Girl. She was some dumb ass spoiled little rich girl who borrowed her daddy's Porsche, got high on some kind of drug (I think they said coke) and while driving 50 million miles an hour on a Cali freeway, while texting, she flew into a toll booth. The messed up thing about this is that the police themselves leaked the crime scene photos. They too are all over the internet. I don't link stuff like that since I know not all my flist people have strong/morbid constitutions such as myself but if you're brave/curious enough, just google Porsche Girl and you'll find her pictures. They're not as bad as you'd think they'd be. Though it will make you wonder what the fuck happened to her head. Oh it's still there, but not all of it.

VAMPS finally dropped their new album. I haven't bought it yet but I already heard it. It was awesome. Now I just need to buy it. Hence the above list.

I so have to work on my Chun Li bracelets. I have 5 weeks and nothing done. Geebuz. I really need to stop slacking on it. Since the internets is slow tonight, I might as well get cracking tonight.

I'm pissed about how H&M is selling these ridiculously awesome shirts called Fashion Against AIDS. They have a bunch of celebrities modeling and I think they either designed or gave ideas for the shirts? Anyway there's a lot of people doing these shirts that I really like. Like Pharrell/N.E.R.D, Katie Perry, Cyndi Lauper and Dita Von Teese. I think Dita Von Teese is so beautiful. She has that beautiful, classic, 50's look to her with the pale skin, dark hair and ruby red lips. Kinda like a gothic Snow White. Anyway, she's beautiful. She has a shirt too and I went to H&M the other day and saw it and it was awesome so I wanted to buy it. I went into the store and found NOTHING. I was so pissed! Now I have to go to another H&M and buy it there. IF THEY HAVE IT! Otherwise, it's direct buy from website for me.

I also wanted to buy a padlock necklace. Yes, yes I know, lame and cliche to wear to a concert but I've always wanted one. Look. Sid Vicious made it famous, not fucking Ren from fucking Nana. God I hate that series so much. It's so ridiculously cliche and predictable. Okay, different rant aside. Anyway, always wanted one. Now I can't find a store online that sells one. Had one, but they don't sell it anymore. Fucking hell.
Also, I want this shirt.

Love for the Facebook game Restaurant City is waning. I was so addicted to it before and now that I've leveled up, the people stopped coming. Fucking hell.

Need to bake. Need to write too. Need to continue loosing weight. Have 3 days till the FAKE? concert. Not nearly enough time to loose a lot of weight, but enough to at least make a few more pounds go away. Have 5 weeks till con.

Okay. Gonna work on the bracelets. Will take pictures of progress. Hopefully, nothing will fuck up beyond repair.

(10:47 p.m. on Tuesday, June 9, 2009)

Movie Review Land of the Lost
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Okay, I have to admit, I'm not at all a fan of Will Ferrel. I don't think anything he does is funny. I think I may have broken into a smile a couple of times during Anchorman and I think only like at 2 of his scenes. I laugh more at when Tai repeats his lines back to me, I have no idea why.
I didn't really want to see Land of the Lost but my mom did. And she was in a bit of a funk this week so I wanted to take her out for her choice of movie, which was this one.
And you know what, I was surprised at how much I actually liked it. It was really funny and it had its great moments too. Especially the end! Oh man, I laughed so hard at that ending!
But it was really great. I really liked it and I'm glad I watched it.
Overall Grade: B+
Go see it. You don't have to go run and see it, if you don't like Will Ferrel like me, this one will give you a couple of laughs but it won't make you a fan. If you do like him, this one will be one of the great ones for you. It's worth seeing, but it's not a must of the summer.

Next week, I'm going to go see Up. I'm a big fan of Pixar, way more then Dreamworks so I'll watch anything Pixar does. Out of all the movies Pixar came out with, with the exception of A Bug's Life, I loved almost all of them but with Dreamworks, I liked maybe 2 of them, Shrek and only the first one and Kung-Fu Panda. Usually I'm a die hard fan of 2-D only and I kinda hated that Disney was leaning towards the 3-D format only, but I have to admit, they won me over with just a few movies. Besides, Disney had been slacking with their 2-D movies as of late. A ton of straight to DVD movies, craptacular live action movies and less then stellar animated shows. Their 3-D movies where all that where keeping them a float. I am however, looking forward to a Frog Princess...or whatever the hell the title is.
I don't see what the big hoopla is about the main princess being black. It's not like she's the first ever ethnic Disney princess. Are we forgetting Mulan? Pocahontas? Jasmin? Granted, Disney doesn't have many but at least they're not all blonde and she wouldn't be the first. Everyone needs to stop getting all up in arms about the "first" ethnic princess.

Alexander James is almost complete. One more payment on his body, his wig and face up are complete. I'm so excited! EEEE! I still want to buy velvet for a backdrop...
And random ending is over.

(11:12 p.m. on Saturday, June 6, 2009)

Mostly Pictures
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Pictures include the Korean BBQ out, VAMPS flyers and random stuff. Check em out.

Just follow the cut

And that's all I got.

(10:24 p.m. on Tuesday, June 2, 2009)

A Burden to Carry
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I've had beef with a lot of people over the years. And while I admit my own part of the blame in the falling out's, it never seem to be enough for my enemies. I always really hated that.

I got into a discussion with Jun recently because an old friend out of the blue contacted me on Facebook. It's been the third person whom I haven't spoken to nor have I had any interest in speaking to that tried contacting me on FB. With this one however, it was different. He sent me a message asking how I was, stating that he missed me.
I somewhat expected an apology since we did not end well. Some of you guys might remember my falling out with Emanuel. It was a well published escapade on my blog some years back since we decided to pretty much fight it out through my comments section. It was embarrassing later on down the line and I wish it had been kept private but that was the route taken. We didn't speak anymore after that and I pretty much did what I did with anyone who hurts me as such. I erased him from my life. Phone numbers, email address, screen name, even the house key he trusted me with, pictures, notes, all of it went away. With physical things, I can't force myself to throw anything out, I just hid them away, not ready to look at them anymore or until my anger passed. The house key went in a box that's still under my desk to this day. I realized, with this message, that I never hated him for what happened. More then anything, he really hurt my feelings, probably a lot deeper then I ever expected to or could admit at the time but yes, his words and actions drew blood and my instant defense was hatred. But now with all the time that has passed and my head is now collected and I was able to wrap my mind around the fight, I realize that I was just more hurt with anything. I wish I had attempted to take the high road and tried talking it out before I also threw down the gauntlet as well. Since that moment, I once attempted the high road only to have it all blow up in my face.

With the message, I had to admit, I was curious to see if he would say he was sorry. I don't place all the blame on him just to be clear, I know I was at fault myself for being just as hot headed and stubborn as I always am, but no matter how much I want to, I can never bring myself to say sorry first. I thought maybe he'd apologize and then I could say sorry too. The friendship could never be as was, but I would have liked to at least be friendly and have at least one less burden and grudge to carry.

With the third message I got from him however, I realized that he's never going to own up to his part of the fight. He won't apologize and I'll never get a chance to say I'm sorry too. It was kind of a let down and a disappointment.

(10:53 p.m. on Friday, May 29, 2009)

I've Returned VA Trip Pictures Only Mild Text
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All right here we go. Since I explained the day's events in my previous entries, here are all the pictures.

VA Weekend pictures

Yup, still miss them. Con seems forever away....

(11:42 p.m. on Tuesday, May 26, 2009)

I've Returned VA Trip Pictures to Come
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I've been back since Sunday afternoon around 5 but I've been so tired and kinda bummed out.

The VA trip was awesome (pictures to come later) Tai and I left Jersey around 12.30ish in the afternoon to avoid all kinds of rush hour traffic on either one of our states and it worked. We made excellent time despite the confusion of the different highways turning into other highways rather suddenly without warning, no signs and when signs would show up they would be brown and difficult to see. But we made no major wrong turns or anything that required us to call Gab until we actually where going through DC and started merging into VA. When we got into VA, we called Gab and let her know we were super close. Though on the road away from Gab's house, we made a wrong turn and went in the opposite direction but we quickly corrected and arrived at Gab's house.

It was so good to see her and Hut again. Hut and Tai sat in the bedroom playing video games while Gab and I sat in the kitchen while Gab made us dinner. That night, Miya came and we all sat down, had YUMMY spaghetti made with love by Gab <3 with salad and garlic bread. It was so good XD
Later on, we played Catch Phrase and had some hilarious times with that XD It was great. We also watched Tropic Thunder after Miya went home and then we went to sleep to get ready for the next day. We ended up quoting this movie for the rest of the weekend.

Friday morning, we got up kinda early, got ready and Miya joined us again and we went to the Metro to catch the train into DC. We got to see the Washington Monument and the Capital building (shit I totally forgot what it was called now lol) while standing in between this huge courtyard. The day was hot but not uncomfortably so, so walking wasn't too bad. We ended up going to the Smithsonian museum and got to see all these amazing things which I took pictures of but haven't uploaded yet. Then Gab, Hut and Miya took us to the Spy Museum in Chinatown which was also really interesting. I even saved my ticket for it XD
Afterwards, we decided to head back to Gab's house and relaxed before going to Cafe Asia for drinks and then dinner. We met up with Miya at her place, met Jack's brother Joe and talked to Jack for a bit. He met us at the bar later. It was so pretty and it was fun to sit and talk to everyone. Later, we went to an all night Johnny Rocket's which was in Georgetown in a area that was surrounded by clubs. I had a bit of a headache while we where at the bar and it got worse when we went to Johnny Rocket's. The bright ass lights and all the raging drunks didn't help the headache either. Ugh. But it was okay, we left and went back to Gab and Hut's place for another night =D

Saturday, we had all slept in. Miya had work so we didn't meet up with her till later. It was around 1 in the afternoon when we all rose and we got ready and Gab and Hut took us to what I like to call a Jersey Standard mall XD This lovely mall called Tyson's which was very pretty, very busy and huge! It really did remind me of home. We had lunch and then I got some candy and we all got ice cream too. It was awesomesauce. When we went back to Gab and Hut's house, we watched Rolemodels which was HILARIOUS. Then we watched some old school X-Men cartoons that Gab had on DVD and cracked up through all the bad animation and the continuity fail with all the cheesy dialogue. It was awesome though. We all then got ready for clubbing that night.
Gab, Hut and Miya took us to a club called Sun Lounge. We got there kinda early so it was slow but it quickly picked up. We all drank and the owner of the club was Gab and Miya's friend so we got in for free. Tai and I got a little misty eyed when Miya introduced us to one her friends as her "best friends from NJ". Yes, we died a little from joy <3 The club was awesome. I got drunk but not ridiculously so but I did almost loose my footing a ton of times especially since my heels where damn fierce and high. I was just proud of myself for not falling or getting sick. However, Gab wasn't so lucky. We got home and put her to bed while Miya, Hut, Tai and I had something to eat in the kitchen. By 5.30 that morning, I was getting over my drunkeness but was dead on my feet so I went to bed.

Sunday morning, I got up at 11 and we packed up everything we could and then had breakfast. Gab was still hung over from last night so we packed as quickly but quietly as we could. Miya and Hut helped us carry everything out to the car and then I said bye to Gab first, waking her from her drunken coma XD and said bye. I felt sad doing so. It didn't get any easier saying bye to Miya and Hut and then getting in the car and pulling away from their street.

We missed them almost as soon as we left VA. We still do.
Suddenly, Otakon seems all that much further away.

(09:19 p.m. on Monday, May 25, 2009)

Movie Review Terminator Salvation
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So last night, I saw Terminator: Salvation.

Fucking. Awesome. That whole movie was made of win. I was kinda holding my breath through the movie, kinda waiting to be disappointed like I was with Wolverine but no, NOTHING. It was great! From beginning to end, amazing. The graphics where awesome, the storyline was great considering it followed the first 2 perfectly. (I didn't bother seeing T3 as I was utterly disgusted with their need to add a Terminatrix or whatever the fuck she was. It was lamesauce. And anyway I was told I didn't miss anything not seeing it.) Anyway, I also loved all the little nods to T2 during Salvation. It was especially nice to see XD
Christian Bale, fucking amazing. I love him so much. He's been one of my favorite actors since like...American Psycho though I did really love him in Little Women too. But YAY for Christian Bale being fucking awesome! He was a great John Conner.
Common in the movie, never seizes to disappointment as an actor. He is so fucking ruthless!
So if you're thinking about seeing it, GO. SEE. IT. You will not be disappointed! There are a lot of explosions and you'll be like, what am I, watching a Michael Bay movie?? But they all have a reason. It's so cool to see all the big harvester robots too. VERY creepy. And be prepared for the awesome little surprise they throw in there near the end XD
Overall grade: A+. Don't miss this one.

I'm heading to VA tomorrow to see Gab and Bangkok Dangerous! I bought clubbing clothes last night including these fucking fierce ass shoes. I love them SO MUCH. I also bought a fairly tacky shirt but I think it's perfect for clubbing. We shall see I guess. Over all though, my shoes pull the whole thing together. I must take a picture of them at one point.
I still need to go pick up a few things before we go tomorrow. I'm rally excited XD

Oh, it's also my birthday tomorrow and for once, I won't be here to be disappointed! YAY!

Peace out loves. I'll be back Sunday. <3

(03:22 p.m. on Wednesday, May 20, 2009)

Cosplay Update
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For all those bored of/not interested in cosplay, please, feel free to skip over a block of this entry.

So today, Tai and I went out and bought our fabric for cosplays. What a huge relief I must say, to finally have all that stuff done. Usually the accessories are the biggest pain in the ass to get but to get the fabric so late in the game was pretty nerve wracking as well. I went out on a limb and bought everything needed and the best quality fabric I could find as well. My mom (who is, btw an awesome seamstress) demanded the best quality fabric I could find and since she is putting a lot of time and effort into this cosplay, I figured, buying the fabric was the least I could do. I bought everything from the biased tape to the lining for the hem of the dress to the clasps. Luckily, my Anotsu cosplay won't really need much other then the fabric itself for the kimono and the belt. The more annoying thing is that I will have to paint the Itto-Ryu symbol on the kimono. The technical part of the front of the kimono is failing me at the moment so let's just leave it at that. lol If you're a fan of Blade of the Immortal, you'll know what I'm talking about. As for Chun Li, the fabric for that was really was what broke me. I paid 50$ even for everything but the Chun Li fabric was the most expensive. It was "satin" so yeah...oh well. It was worth it.
So that leaves me with just a few more things to buy. BEHOLD the sign of a obsessive compulsive person! A L I S T:
- Fabric (Antosu: green cotton for the kimono, Chun Li: "satin" blue for the dress, gold ribbon for the lining, Chinese style clasps)
- Dark brown tights
- White Double x-high tops
- Anotsu Ax
- Anotsu headband
- Circle Styrofoam
- Cake tips
- Black spray paint
- Styrofoam cutter
- Glue
I was also measured for everything and found out I'm close to having the "ideal" body measurements. You know, when your top and bottom are the exact same size and your middle is teeny tiny? Yeah I'm close. I just need to work on the middle some more. I'm almost an hourglass lol When Tai and I go to VA, my mom is gonna work on all this stuff XD

Speaking of VA, on Thursday afternoon, Tai and I will be taking off for a long weekend over to VA to see Gab, Bangkok Dangerous and Miya for my birthday. I pretty much gave up on trying to depend on anyone here to do stuff/care on my birthday here anymore, so I decided to go and actually spend it with people who gave a damn. Seriously, reading Gab's emails/Facebook Wall posts/text messages makes me feel so excited and welcome to her home. I can't remember the last time anyone was so excited to see me. You know, aside from Tai and Cashew XD So I'm really looking forward to this coming birthday a lot. Gab is already asking what we wanna do and where we wanna go, I'm really excited. XD
This birthday will be good XD

Uh and speaking of birthday, I have no idea what I want aside from the stuff on my Amazon list. I'm actually not with the big ideas this year. Weird XD

Yeeeah. Okay I got nothing else. I'm pretty bored and with nothing to do. Woot~

(11:15 p.m. on Friday, May 15, 2009)

Going On
Listening to ( Nothing )

So despite my total and utter disappointment about today, I didn't really do much. I ended up staying in bed watching TV all day. I am lazy as hell. I did eventually get up and give Cashew a bath for that unknown itchiness under his arm and gave him half an orange. Tai and I just did a whole lot of nothing. I did, very much want to get up and take pictures of Satsuki outside, but nothing happened. Maybe tomorrow. ^^;;
My best friend D stopped by to pick up Tai's old cell phone for her trip to Turkey. She stayed and chatted for a while but then left so she could go back and then Tai and I went to get some groceries for dinner. We had tacos and cheesesteaks (tacos where for me) and that was pretty much the day.

On the work front, I checked my work email, seeing if there was anything about my work hours since it was such a war crime and everything for not handing it on time and all and I got nothing. Instead, I saw a different email about being available on certain days. See, let me explain this thing about my job. You're supposed to hand in (and by hand in I mean use this stupidly formatted form through Excel that my new managers made up because getting and email with dates on it was WAY TOO MUCH for them to handle) the days and hours you are available to work so they can schedule you. Every now and then though, they email/call you asking if you're able to work on your days off. If I liked my managers more, I'd make more of an effort to be available on my days off because I'm not scheduled. My old managers, I always made the effort to see if I could at least go for an hour or something and I'd feel bad if I couldn't come through. Since my new manager is a total cuntbag, I don't make said effort. She emailed me the other day, asking if I was available on Wednesday to do a drive. This was also the same day she gave me shit about not handing in my hours and also, very snidely added that she wasn't sure if I checked my emails so that's why she called me as well.
The whole checking email thing comes from a previous time. It's a long story that basically I called out, my drives where switched with someone else, I showed up anyway because I didn't know and the whole thing was fixed, but the cuntbag had to keep bringing it up that I didn't check my emails because I was told about the drives being switched. Which by the way, said email does not exist.
Anyway, I emailed her back, telling her I got her voice mail and her email, told her that since I wasn't scheduled on Wednesday, I made other appointments and that was it. TODAY I get an email again from the cuntbag (not just to me specifically but to everyone) saying something to the effect of 'you must be available at all times'. Because if you're not scheduled on a specific date, you STILL have to be free because they could schedule last minute on something anyway.
GENIUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
God I hope she gets fired. I hope she gets fired SOON. I can't stand this fucking snotty old cuntbag anymore. I'm so ready to just fucking loose my shit on her because of this all encompassing bullshit on her part. She's a moron at her job, no one likes her, she's already on the chopping block and to redeem herself and "prove" she's doing a good job, she's gotta take it out on, what I feel like, me. God, I hope she gets fired so badly.

Ahhh job.

I've been feeling like drawing lately but every time I put pencil to paper nothing comes out. I've been writing here and there, little bits at a time but nothing has really come of it. In fact, I reached the fizzle point on it and now I'm not going anywhere with it. Glorious.

For the past 2 days, I've had the worse craving for Cheerios and bananas. I had my mom buy me some and of course, that's what I've been living on for two days. Today I took a break and had tacos but I still want more Cheerios and bananas. Mmm. Hell if I wasn't full I'd probably have some more now.

Calculated my bills for this month. My total is 410.33$. And these are just bills. I still have to pay for fabric this Friday and the L'arc Theater of Kiss tour pamphlet and Theater of Kiss tour shirt (which was so super cute) so, go me for being a big spender this month. If I have any money left over, it's going towards cosplay stuff. I have very little left to buy with the exception of metal studs, glue, styrofoam cutter and spraypaint and also pay for my commissioned headband which is only about 18$. My word. All this stuff is pretty cheap so I'm crossing my fingers I have enough to put together a small GO for Tai and I so we can buy stuff for our dolls from Nine 9 Style. We shall see.

(10:28 p.m. on Tuesday, May 12, 2009)

;A;
Listening to ( Nothing )

It's Been CANCELED!!!!!

I'm so sad!! I just checked the site to see how long the store was gonna be open and there it was, canceled! I'm not gonna see Utada Hikaru!!! ;A;.

Today wasn't really that good of a day.

I woke up to 2 phone calls one from my manager who is just not my most favorite person in the world. I feel picked on by her though at the same time I feel like I have no just cause to speak up either. I'm not exactly the best employee. I forgot to hand in my June hours (it was due on the 10th) and she left me an angry voice mail saying that all the other per diems handed in their hours and it was due yesterday and that we should probably talk about this. I feel like a war criminal, GEEZ. And though she has all right to scold me for not handing it in, since there was more then enough time between when she told me and when it was due, I still feel that there was no need to be told that I was the only one who didn't do it and that we need to have a talk. It was awful hearing that and it just makes me feel very picked on.
It's amazing how I can't really speak up for myself at work either. I always feel like if I get pushed far enough I'll say something but in mean time, I'm being stepped on all over. I still have to hand in my hours despite it being late and despite being told that the entire June month was already scheduled. I'm dreading checking my work email.

Ugh, I just feel so lousy.

(08:17 p.m. on Monday, May 11, 2009)

Forgot All About This
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*face palm* My word. I keep forgetting to update.

So today is Mother's Day (at least here in the US. I'm not sure if my European/other country friends have a different mum's day or one at all ^^;) and it was good. On Friday Tai and I pitched in for dinner at this kinda pricey place called the Bonefish Grill. My mom loves it there so we divided the bill among the two of us. It was a rough few minutes though. My mom hung up on me when Tai and I where on our way because we where a few minutes late and then she threatened to leave just as we where parking. I got really angry and almost left myself but then she said she was kidding and that she wasn't leaving, she was just putting on a show to tick us off. It worked -_- Crazy woman. Anyway she claimed she didn't hang up on me either, but I'm not buying that. Dinner was fine after that though, after eating, we calmed down and we enjoyed the dinner. I'm glad we did it early because restaurants are notorious for being full/busy on Mother's Day.
Today I didn't want my mom to be indoors (especially on a lovely day like it was) so I asked if she wanted to go somewhere. She wanted to go to a bookstore so we headed to Border's and I bought her a book and manga for myself. (Trinity Blood 10, Otoman 2, You Will Drown in Love sequel to You Will Fall in Love) After that we went to the mall and walked around. I need to find some dress shoes and a party shirt for when I go to VA for my birthday. Gab and Miya want to take us clubbing and I have no appropriate clubbing clothes with the exception of a short black skirt. So I found both and a shirt for Tai but I'll have to go back and buy em later. We did a lot of window shopping and then went home.

So over all the day wasn't bad. I took a nap because my head was killing me earlier and that was about it.

This Friday I have to go fabric shopping. Tai and I need to get started on our cosplays, at least the bulk of it. Tai's lucky because this year, aside from fabric, all he has to do is buy some slip on kung-fu shoes and a baseball cap. He's already got everything else. Lucky bastard. Meanwhile, I have to buy accessories, shoes, fabric, tights, weapons *face palm* I should have had this shit earlier. Oh well.

Payment for Alexander James is due on the 17th. Must remember that.

AH! Utada Hikaru signing this Tuesday! EEEE!
I'm so jazzed about this signing. I wish I could see her perform but meeting her will be just as awesome. I wonder if we're allowed to take pictures....

I forgot what else I was gonna babble about it. That just figures. lol

(09:53 p.m. on Sunday, May 10, 2009)

FAKE on the way
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I just bought my FAKE? tickets for the June concert. I am SO freakin excited I can't stand it. XD XD

VAMPS
July 11th Fillmore at Irving Plaza
17 Irving Place
New York, NY 10003
- Mission completed. Tickets bought + printed

VAMPS
July 16th Sonar
407 E Saratoga St
Baltimore, MD 21202
- Mission completed. Tickets bought + printed

FAKE?
June 12th Garden State Expo Center
Anime Next Somerset, New Jersey
- Mission completed. Premium VIP Tickets bought.

And on some even more exciting news...

Utada Hikaru
Autograph Signing for Come Back to Me
May 12th Best Buy
529th and 5th Ave, New York City, NY
Tickets not needed. Date set.

This is the year of Jrock damnit! I'm so freakin excited I can't stand it!! AHHHH!!! Now all my pressures of buying tickets is off, I just have to worry about getting there now but nothing short of the hand of God and even THAT I'm willing to compromise with, will stop me from seeing or going anywhere. Hyde has blessed me with having his concert dates within enough span of time that I could make 2 concerts and FAKE? too has blessed me with having it in June at a con I usually attend, not even an exit away from my house. Utada Hikaru is just a gift at this point. XD

And to make everything even better then that, I finally got my computer situation fixed. Thank god for having a Dell tech as a friend. *whew*

*dances*

(05:21 p.m. on Tuesday, May 5, 2009)

Technical Troubles
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So this will be brief but at this point, I'm reaching out everywhere.
Does anyone know how to fix a Virtual Memory problem on a PC? This is the error message I keep getting: "Your system is low on virtual memory. Windows is increasing the size of your virtual memory paging file."
It also says that if I need more information, that I should see the Help icon. However, I did the default troubleshooting but I keep getting the error message.

I'm getting so annoyed by this. I can't do anything until I fix this.

(09:35 p.m. on Sunday, May 3, 2009)

Time for another change
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So today, I went out with my mom and we went to the mall. She decided she wanted her haircut so I went too, wanting to get bangs! I've been wanting bangs for a while, determined that I need something new right before my upcoming birthday/trip to VA. And they work in my favor. I think this is pretty much the only time I take pictures on my own lol
Bangs!

I really like the way my bangs came out. Of course, now they're an added responsibility since I HAVE to have them done every time otherwise they'll look stupid. I love that they're versatile too. My stylist cut them in a U form so I can flip them on either side too. That's always good times.

After the hair cut, my mom and I went to buy some stuff for the house and then I got Rhythm Heaven and I'm SO EXCITED! But I'm SO BAD at it lol because I have no rhythm hence the problem. So I can't get past mediocre scores. I'm trying though! It's a lot of fun XD

Cashew Pictures

I had a good day despite me being tired. I gots bangs! YAY!

That's all. lol

(09:56 p.m. on Saturday, May 2, 2009)

Movie Review Wolverine
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Okay so I saw Wolverine the other night. I was gonna write up this review last night but my computer was having all these problems and was just a pain in the ass. So I'll get to it now.

Let me just say this. From the time I was about 11 until I was in my mid teens, I'll say about 16, 17, I read comic books. I read mostly X-men. Also I read Uncanny X-men and on occasion, I'd read the free standing series of the main characters, and Spawn. I'd pick up X-Factor here and there and read A LOT of Wizard. The internet was not yet a handy object for all you youngsters out there, so anything I knew, I actually picked up a source and read about it.

That being said, I have to say that Wolverine, is good, if you know only about him through the movies. Otherwise, watching this movie being an avid fan is like a slap in the face.
They had me in the beginning of this movie. They had me. I was being reeled in, hook, line and sinker. After the abortion that was the first Sabertooth in the first X-men movie, Liev Schreiber was EXCELLENT. He wasn't an animal just looking filthy, grunting and making growling noises, he was SMART and smooth and an asshole, just like Sabertooth is supposed to be! Those opening credits where what pulled me in, no joke. They where so amazing.

And those fight scenes! Oh man where those fight scenes ever awesome!

Then, near the end/the ending everything went to hell. After Gambit came in, it just went to hell. It was terrible. I was so upset. WTF was all that bullshit with Deadpool? REALLY?? REALLY??!! Just watching it made me roll my eyes. AND Emma Frost! Seriously, they should have picked someone, uh, hotter to be Emma Frost. SHE'S THE WHITE FUCKING QUEEN FOR GODSAKE. She runs around in underwear with a big fur coat! Of course she has to be smoking fucking hot! Don't get some big earred girl to play her! Even in her youth, Emma Frost was hot! Same with...other things I can't mention without spoiling the movie. SERIOUSLY that ending just made me drop my head in sadness. They so had me.

So because a little more then half the movie was awesome, yet the other part lacked horrendously, I give it a weak/shaky C. As I mentioned before, this movie is a lot better if you know nothing about the comic books. If you do, it's a big ol let down.

Yesterday I also decided to be productive! I waited till Tai got home, seeing if he was up to doing stuff but he was exhausted when he got back from work. So I showered, dressed, took Cashew for a walk, came back, did the dishes then made a list and went to the market on my own to buy stuff I needed to make cupcakes.
The recipe was so easy to follow and I'm proud of myself for having everything on the recipe. Usually I forget one or 2 things but I'm super anal about having everything I need on the table before I even start. Anyway, the whole thing was a bit time consuming with having the red food coloring and the measuring and the stirring and the adding of things one at a time. But over all, the finished product was great.
Red Velvet Cupcakes with cream cheese frosting

I can bake! Good for meeeee! My mom and Tai said they where delicious and I had one and it was pretty good. I was surprised by how good the cream cheese frosting was. And everything was made from scratch! XD

I finally took pictures of my boys. But I still need to get those up on my machine.

Speaking of which, my computer is dying. It's so weird, I took such good care of him only for him to crap out on me anyway. I have to start backing up and saving everything before it's too late. *sigh* What a hassle.

(12:47 p.m. on Friday, May 1, 2009)

Quickie Post
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Okay so here's what's going on the past few days.

- It was hot, I died several times over, finally turned on the AC. Shut it off yesterday. Now it's back to being 56 degrees XD

- Got a new book to pass my 9 hour day today. I was reading The Stranger Beside Me by Ann Rule. It's about her friendship with Ted Bundy. It's an awesome read.

- Also got my very own copy of Alice in the Wonderland Yay!

- Painting class is almost over. Next Tuesday is my last day. I have 2 more paintings due. I have to buy canvas on Friday and do the paintings this coming weekend. Thank god I'm off.

- Gonna see Wolverine tonight. I.am.jazzed.

- Need to take pictures of my boys. I changed them into specific outfits and I still haven't take pictures.

- Crossing my fingers I have a serious buyer for Ryuhei's old head and hoping she's not wasting my time and asking a whole bunch of questions just to be like nooo I don't want it! I hate people like that.

Okay that's all for now. Gotta start getting ready.

(09:33 p.m. on Wednesday, April 29, 2009)

HEAT WAVE IN SPRING
Listening to ( Nothing )

It is BALLS HOT man. It's like 90 something degrees and I AM DYING.

I was not prepared for the sudden heat snap we had since yesterday and I'm not very happy about it. I don't like the heat and I was enjoying my spring weather! WTF nature?? It's gonna stay like this until I think I heard Tuesday or something like that. God I hope it breaks soon. I want my spring weather!!

UGH.

Oh more upsetting news Bea Arthur passed away. She was Dorothy on The Golden Girls one of my all time favorite shows. Seriously, I watch it all the time, all day, every episode. Dorothy was all my favorite one on the show. I was flipping watching something on TV when Cashew jumped down his ramp from my bed, hitting the remote on his way, shutting off my cable box and when I turned it on, it went right to channel 2 news and I caught it just in time to see "Remembering Bea Arthur" I texted Tai right away. I was actually really, really upset she died, since she was so great and best of all, didn't even become famous until she was 50!
I'm really bummed she died but at least she died in her sleep, peacefully.
Rest in Peace Bea Arthur. ;A;

Aw, I made myself sad now.

Anyway since I've done nothing all day but complain about the heat I'm gonna wrap this up. Besides I gotta get ready to leave for Tai's mom's house soon. CURSE THIS HEAT!!!

(05:29 p.m. on Sunday, April 26, 2009)

Oh you
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Oh, job. You silly silly thing you. -___-

I hate my mangers. I get up today, exhausted mind you since this whole week has been nothing but early rises and long drives at 8 (the latest I've woken up to give you an idea) and get ready. My mom and I get in the car and drive at least an hour away from where I live, using up gas and paying tolls along the way. We get to the mall where the bus is supposed to be parked.
I see no bus.
My mom and I actually drive around the entire mall thinking maybe they parked in a different area since they have a tendency to move and not tell me anything.
I see no bus.
Finally, my mom parks the car, I jump out, go quickly inside and head to the guest information booth. I wait my turn, all the while texting/calling someone who can get online and check my email for me in case I missed something and then finally, get to the front and ask about the blood drive.
Yeah, it was canceled.
Finally after getting through to two different people, Gab saves the day and checks my email for me. Low and behold, not a single email to be found from anyone. Neither one of my useless managers, not the account manager no one.
NO ONE BOTHERED TO TELL ME THE DRIVE WAS CANCELED.
I was so incredibly annoyed and really angry because A.) I could have been asleep and B.) It was a waste of a trip. And the mall I had to go to is NOT close to me AT ALL. It is a BIG inconvenience for me to get up there! Now granted had this been my own fault, then I would have been like, whatever, I'm a tart I should checked my email. But NO ONE told me anything!! GRRR!

The day wasn't a total wash though. On our way back, my mom and I decided to be adventurous and find the outlet mall we always pass by. We took a few wrong turns off the Parkway but we did find the place. LOVELY outlet shopping. I think Jersey is famous for all it's lovely malls and outlet malls. There was Puma, Nike, Adidas, Converse, Juicy Couture, Burberry, Calvin Klein, Lucky a bunch of different places, all of which I went into. I couldn't afford much of what I wanted but I did put my eye on a lot of things that I will come back for later. The only thing I did buy wasn't even for myself. I bought Tai a pair of all silver Pumas since the all gold ones he wanted weren't in his size. I sent him picture messages of them so I could confirm he really wanted them and he did. The best part was of course the price. Outlet shopping is already cheap in itself but they had SALES going on liek wh0a! Tai's sneakers where originally 90$. The store had them at 69$. The sale brought em down to 41$, tax free motherfuckers!
This is why Jersey is the shit XD
So it was a pretty good deal. Meanwhile, I convinced myself I need a Juicy Couture bag. You know, just for fun. Nothing serious. Burberry also had a sexy bag for 669$ knocked down from 1025$ with an additional 30% off. I may not be a total chick in the sense that I love shoes but I'm a chick in the sense that I FUCKING LOVE BAGS. I don't have many because I'm fussy, but I so want more. I also almost bought a Puma travel bag. At 30$ with the sale going on, I would have made out lovely, but like I said, limited funds. Tai's sneakers where all I wanted to buy. So either way I must return. I might be selfish with my next check and buy stuff for myself as oppose to things for my boys. XD

Now I'm home. Tired and kinda full of liquid. Lots of water, a tall glass of orange and my coffee from much earlier are all sitting in my tummy. Tai said for me to work out more I need to buy one of those big work out balls, which I always wanted anyway. So huzzah! Finally a reason as oppose to just me going "I wants a big giant ball!" If you ever heard me talk IRL, yes, I say things like "I wants". But yeah. My appetite has been reduced (thank you Slim Shots) and dinner won't even be started until 4. I might go out tonight but I'm not sure yet.

I decided to get bangs. Mostly for purely vain reasons. I think I'd look super cute with them and my mom and Tai agree and, I would look much, much younger with them. The younger part is the vanity reason. I really like that I still look like I'm in my teens. I actually got scolded the other day at a high school when I was asked by the school nurse where my hall pass was. A second later she realized I worked for the blood company lol yay for being eternally in my teens! God I hope it stays that way. Thank God I quit smoking.

(03:26 p.m. on Saturday, April 25, 2009)

Some stuff and junk
Listening to ( Nothing )

Dir en grey - Dozing Green

Utada Hikaru - Come Back to Me

I would upload more but my connection is being weird because of the rain storm outside.

I had a coma inducing sleep this morning and woke up around 2. It rained all day which really annoyed me because the shirts I bought for Ryuhei and Satsuki came in and I couldn't take pictures. Ugh. I also had an idea for a DA ID but I couldn't take that either. Nerts to the rain and the over cast.

When Tai came home, he didn't feel like cooking and we didn't want to go out so we ordered from this new Japanese place and it was SO tasty and I'm happy we did. We got miso soup, fried chicken, tempura chicken and habachi rice. It was all so tasty and A LOT came so we have tons left over, all of which I'm about to eat because I'm hungry again.

No weight loss going on. I have to set up a proper diet as oppose to me just watching what I'm going to eat. I need a strict schedule of what I'm going to eat. I'm tempted to go slightly vegetarian by eating a lot less meat and cutting out red meat altogether. But I'm such a carnivore that it's really hard for me to. I'm doing what I can for now and reducing my red meat intake. I've been drinking green tea every day with the exception of yesterday but like I said, I hardly see a difference.

Man this rain makes me so groggy. After tomorrow, the rest of this week will feel like forever considering that I have work every day until Sunday. *sigh* oh well. At least my paycheck will be super sexy. Which will be great because I need it.

I guess that's all. I'm gonna wrap it now now that my connection is blinking in and out. Damn this rain! *shakes fist*

(10:39 p.m. on Monday, April 20, 2009)

Anyone WTB
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So uh...anyone wanna buy some stuff?

Click here for a full list of stuff I have up for sale.

I need money ;A;

I went to Cashew's vet today to pick up some more of his prescription dog food and I spoke to the vet about the constant itchiness under his arm that didn't go away from the two previous times I took him to the vet about it. So she gave me special medicated shampoo, different pills, told me to give him Benadryl 3 times a day and that should hopefully help. My vet bill totaled up to 91$ @__@ There was yet another unexpected bill.

I also paid for my domain but since it's not getting much traffic and I only really use it to upload pictures for my blog and stuff, I have no real need for the amount of space that I have. I have to revamp the whole site again, but mostly to take down the gallery and eventually delete all those pictures. I also want to fix the links and stuff but I have no idea how to do that stuff. I wish I had better HTML skills ;A; Someone...help?

Alexander James' body has the first down payment paid. It was a lot more then I anticipated but whatever...what can I do?

So...that's my day for today. I have work tomorrow. Then I'm off till Wednesday. Then all week until next Sunday, I'm booked with work. UGH. I also got my schedule for May which doesn't look too bad. I'm a bit pleased with that.

Ugh I just don't feel like doing anything more. I'm bored and kinda tired.

(09:46 p.m. on Friday, April 17, 2009)

Aww really come on
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So I planned out my finical situation as best as I could. You know, I always do but something usually goes awry from here till next paycheck. And as usual something did!

I knew I wanted to do 3 major things.
1. Pay my over due cell phone bill *facepalm*
2. Put down a down payment for Alexander James' body
3. Buy my Sadol swinger pants I had on hold since Tuesday.

And I did all three things. I was so excited and more over, pleased because I didn't really have an urgency to buy anything else except maybe buying some cosplay stuff and then putting gas in my car but that's about it. And of course, I get an email from Hostcolor telling me my domain is closing tomorrow! THANKS HOSTCOLOR FOR TELLING ME THE DAY BEFORE IT EXPIRES. WHAT THE FUCK they usually tell me a month or so in advance the day it'll expire but not this time. I was really annoyed.
Anyway I decided since I'm not getting much traffic and I haven't done much, if anything to the domain, I decided not to renew as much space. I'll buy some space, very little, and keep what I got. I doubt I'll need more then I have already. Still, it's an annoyance I could have done without.

Had work today and it was a super long day. I was up at 6.45 this morning and got to work about 15 minutes before 8 and then sat down and did nothing. My own break was during lunch around 1 and I had a delicious grilled cheeseburger and Vitamin Water. I came home at 4 and Tai got home around the same time and we took Cashew for a walk and then we took Cashew to get groomed and had lunch/dinner which was pizza and ice cream and the new cherry Dr. Pepper which I already thought was cherry lol and then we came home just to nap for like 2 hours. I was so tired and I really needed that.

Tomorrow I'm OFF! I'm so looking forward to it considering I have work on Saturday and then next week will be total hell having to get up early ALL WEEK. *cries*

Ugh I'm kinda hungry. I wish I had more orange juice. ;A;

(11:17 p.m. on Thursday, April 16, 2009)

mmmm speechless
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I FINALLY took some pictures of Ryuhei's new Breakaway head and of Satsuki just because I had some ideas with him. They're all over on my DA which is just so much easier to link as oppose to upload over here =D I have work tomorrow, wish I didn't but I do. I have to go a fair distance, not too far but still far enough to make me uncomfortable. I hate going to places I don't know by myself. Let's go get lost! Like I did last week! lol Ahhh terrible. Hopefully it won't be that bad. I'm pining away for Alexander James' body. I can't wait to get paid and buy it! AHH! Man I really have nothing to talk about. I had lunch today at Ruby Tuesday's with Tai which was great and it kept me full which I'm also relieved about. It's pretty much the only thing I had too. I've been drinking green tea and have reduced my Dr. Pepper intake from one can a day to one can every other day. I really hate to do that because I LOVES me some Dr. Pepper, I have to loose weight. I've been taking in water like whoa too. So far, no progress but it's only been a few days so I can't expect miracles. I looked into getting a toning belt which is supposed to send minor electrical shocks to wherever the belt is around (in my case, my abs) if you put it on for 30 minutes a day. I always ask Tai about so-called work out machines because they work in theory and nowhere else but he said it would work. By breaking it down to me how it would work, I was instantly told. I so want one...but they're pricey and I already have a ton of things to get. *SIGH* We shall see I guess. *yawn* Man this rain came back. The month gave us a few rain free days and then BAM more rain. I'm so tired of rain!!!!

(08:49 p.m. on Tuesday, April 14, 2009)

Alexander James Windsor
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After a bit of a wait, my Alexander James arrived!! I had the longest day ever though getting him. Since he technically arrived yesterday and the P.O was holding him hostage I had to go pick him up today before work. I had enough time since I had work an hour away, I started at ten and the P.O opened at 9. So I get there at 8.57AM and they're not.open. So I dance around in front of the lobby doors and just wait. The longest few minutes of my life and I SEE people in there but no one comes to open the door. A family comes in as well and I quickly form a line. 9.01, they STILL haven't opened. I'm like COME ON! And around 9.04 they finally open, I rush to the counter, slam down my slip and they go and find my box. It takes a couple of moments but eventually they do give it to me and I run out.

Of course the torture doesn't end there as I am forced to now go to work. I couldn't even open the box in the car because I didn't have the proper means of doing so. So I wait. I get to the mall I'm supposed to be working at and after signing in, I head to B&N with my mom. I buy 3 new manga, Vampire Knight 6, Wild Ones 6 and Genbu Kaiden 8. It was a good haul XD After that, my mom and I decide to see a movie and the only one I could see with her was Monsters vs Aliens which was good. It was silly and more a kids movie but it was still a good watch and I liked it and I def. laughed through some parts of it. After the movie we had lunch at Chevy's and then we went to Target where I bought Hayden's and my unnie's birthday gifts. Work was over by then so I signed out and then went home. After another hours drive back, I was able to open my box and finally get to hold Alexander James in my hands.
Alexander James Windsor

I seriously love everything about this head. Even his magnet head which is totally different from my usual twist cap head caps or usual Delf head caps. I do love him SO MUCH! I can't wait until I have his body bought and finally here and then finally, having him complete. *sigh* He's so lovely. Enjoy the pretty!

Yay I get to add a new tag!

(12:09 a.m. on Sunday, April 12, 2009)

Lets BAWWW some more shall we
Listening to ( Nothing )

Oh my god, I am seriously upset with myself. I want to loose weight and I can't and it's frustrating, especially when Tai is working out and eating like way more and way worse then I am and he's dropping weight like wh0a! and I'm still sitting here all rollie pollie like.

Even more upsetting news is that Gab told me her friend R might being coming with us to the Hyde concert. When she told me, my face did this - D: and not because this R girl isn't nice or anything. I don't know her at all but from what Gab has told me, she's a sweetheart. What made me go like that was the fact that she is very pretty and very thin. It's bad enough having to deal with freakin MIYA who's like carved out of beautiful, with Gab who's got like the smokin hot body but now I have to deal with R, who's both hot and thin. I'm like come on man! I'm trying to get my baby's daddy's attention, I don't need the smokin hot crew making me look, not only unpleasant but now FAT to boot. I hate being the fat one among my friends. All my friends are not just thin but IN SHAPE with flat, toned tummies, unshakeable thighs and thin, waify arms lacking wings. I'm like the pudgy doughy one who can't even lift her own body weight from a chair without my knees cracking like a wall dealing with way too much pressure and about to buckle under the tons of weight. I'm keeping track of my eating which just shows that there are days I eat like I've never eaten before OR days where I don't eat nearly enough. I don't eat a lot of bad things but I eat a lot which isn't helping my cause. I try to keep my working out going but it's hard to work out when your knees and shoulders have inflammation and it limits your movement. I can't go for a jog every day because of work but I try to do my best at home when I do get home. It's so frustrating how I'm trying and nothing is happening.

I have until July to make this happy. I can't go to the VAMPS concert with my fat bulging out against my Jrock pants as my thighs strain against the fabric for dear life while my stomach is being pulled in by my corset not really allowing me to breathe. I've done that once before to go see Sugizo and it was hard enough then, I refuse to be like that for Hyde. Not to mention con and my cosplay.

So in another less depressing news:

This video has gotten a lot of play on my f-list over on LJ.

VAMPS vid

My favorite though is this little gem right here:
Oh yeah. Check out that thinking face. Attractive. XD

It's hilarious, especially as they loose it towards the end and repeat desire a whole lot. Hyde's voices cracks and Kaz...well he just goes off to the side.

Kaz and Hyde loosing it

Annnd Hyde hurting his side.
Glorious. :D

Alexander James' head arrived in the mail today. Of course, I was at work all day and Tai was keeping me company so the only person home was Cashew but he couldn't sign for it so now the P.O is holding him hostage. I have to go pick it up tomorrow before I go to work because I can't possibly wait until Monday to have him in my possession. XD

Did a bit of working out, will do some more later. My shoulders are killing me. But at this point, I'm going to eat all the pain I have. I must be in shape.

(09:15 p.m. on Friday, April 10, 2009)

Good News Bad News
Listening to ( Nothing )

So where to start. I got some good news and bad news. Let's get the bad stuff out of the way first.

Well, I sanded the eye wells in my Breakaway head. It didn't work out so well. I didn't mess anything up but it didn't make much of a difference. It bothers me so much and it makes me not love the head as I loved the others I had. I'm really sad and upset and more over frustrated. I decided that since I have no other option, because I can't afford to have fixed again because that would mean another face up, I'm gonna have to fix it myself. I have to buy an eye beveler and something else because the only store online I found one at doesn't take orders for less then 10$ *SIGH* So I have to buy something useless to get the useful thing I need. I'm so frustrated. I wish I would have thought ahead but as usual I never do.

My second bit of bad/annoying news is how I do not have my Alexander James head yet. Ndoll has my status as Delivery Complete but the tracking number doesn't work at all, I got nothing in the mail, no word from the P.O and I don't know what the hell is going on. I sent them an email and they better get back to me. *SIGH* upsetting.

My good news? I managed to get my VAMPS NYC tickets! SCORE! Finally something good.

I had work today and I got to meet one of my other coworkers and omg...he's so cute. He's adorable! And he's 18 XD Still though, he's adorable. I think he's gay too but I think that just made him cuter. Woot! So work was all right, it went by pretty quick considering that I made a wrong turn getting to the high school I was supposed to go to and it was a long day starting at 6AM. Over all, not bad.

(09:42 p.m. on Wednesday, April 8, 2009)

The Ever Continuing Doll Woes
Listening to ( Nothing )

So I got my beautiful head back. All is well.

Of course, now the eyes don't fit. The eye wells needed to be sand down. *face palm*

So now I have to go buy ultra fine sand paper, sit outside of Tai's parent's house and carefully and painstakingly slow, have to sand down the eye wells as I pray not to fuck up.

If I fuck it up, the head will go on sale. I'm so tired of going through the drama I've been through with this head just to try and be happy with it. I have a laundry list of woe I've gone through because of my damn want for a Breakaway. I'm starting to feel it's not meant to be.

And just to top of my continuing annoyance, NYC VAMPS tickets still haven't gone on sale.

-___________________-

(09:31 p.m. on Monday, April 6, 2009)

Not This Again
Listening to ( Nothing )

I know, I keep staying on this subject but I just have to say how annoyed I am.

Like seriously, those Latin American fans are so annoying. Not all of them because that would be wrong of me to say. I'm talking about those psychos who are giving all the good fans bad names. I checked the VAMPS myspace to see if there was any word about NYC tickets going on sale (nothing yet by the way) and there was a big answer from J, saying he was going to try an address all the questions that have been asked. I thought that was pretty awesome so I read it and then, I made the dumb ass mistake of reading the comments.

Yup, there they are. Still pleading and begging for a tour through South America. I'm like dude give up the ghost already! They're NOT coming! N O T coming to South/Latin America whatever you wanna call them/themselves. There was a lot of well-wishers (for a change) and a lot of "yay's!!!!" But of course there was shit like this:
"Good luck in the UNITED STATES OF... "america" !!"

"Latin America please .....

Chile chile chile chile please ....."

"VIVA VAMPS!

but--- lol I insist. announced before you America Tour 2009, and only go to the USA. North America is not america only USA.gave me great sadness the other day, my hopes went underworld.

what happens to Central America (Mexico) and South America (Chile, Argentina, Peru, Brazil ...)?.

really are invited to come. are very welcome.

I wish you the best!!!

i wait for vamps

greetings from CHILE

ps: i hope Vamps think about Central America and South America"
(I love how this girl takes it upon herself to be the ambassador of Chile, saying how they're totally welcome there.)

"Let me know when you decide to come to Brazil, because USA I'ts too far for me... =/"

It goes on...as always. But seriously? COME ON. They're not gonna do another tour this year JUST FOR YOU. STOP. They announced the tour, they announced the dates, they announced the locations and if you're not able to go that really really sucks but you pleading and begging at them isn't going to make it happen! I saw a great entry by iceybabes saying how it's making all the other fans look bad and how rude it seems and I'm like 100% totally.
Wah wah wah, bitch bitch bitch, moan moan moan. And I roll my eyes yet again. I understand that some people might not agree with what I'm saying and that's fine but don't come here and start off being a bitch because you'll just catch it right back. Come at me like an adult and we'll be fine.

I have way more to write about considering that I had a crazy weekend and I got my Hyde poster in the mail XD but that was about it. Hm, next paycheck I will be buying my VAMPS monthly. I really need to start buying these regularly. I need to remember to set aside that money. Like a bill. A fun bill. A sexy fun bill.

Saw VAMPS doing Glamorous Sky. Mmm Sexy. Shirtless Hyde with the mussed hair. If he was wearing chaps, he'd be my ultimate fantasy. I also saw the Jack in the Box and Hyde was wearing this disgustingly tacky leopard print coat and he seemed unenthused about being there during one of the songs but during All Dead, he was much more into it and he nuzzled Miya. I died. I wish Hyde would nuzzle my head. I think my brain would shut down and I'd suddenly be retarded. He also hugged Tatsuro *dies some more* and I'm like YAY. During The Man's and Tetsu's song, Ino and Miyavi where there and there was a great clip of them chasing each other. LOL hilarious.

So yeah. Once I'm feeling a bit more awake/conscious I'll post up my pictures and talk about the weekend. For now, I just wanted to bitch about that and wrap this up.

*yawn*

(10:05 p.m. on Sunday, April 5, 2009)

More Hyde
Listening to ( Nothing )

My Hyde Best of CD came in today.

I just about FORGOT all about it because of the VAMPS concert (btw NYC tickets STILL aren't on sale ;A;) so when I picked up the mail today, I was like wtf is this? Tai looks over my shoulder and he's like it's your Hyde CD. I was like OMG DUH. *facepalm* So I tore it open in the car and just died. I then got upset because I figured Yesasia didn't have anymore Hyde posters ;A; but when I looked at the invoice, it said things not included in this order: Hyde poster. I figure it'll show up tomorrow or something. It makes sense since the last time I ordered something that came with a poster, the poster came in a different tube altogether. So yeah. I GOTS MY CD!!!

I still have to listen to it though. With the exception of Unexpected. I love Hyde but goddamn do I hate that song. I wanna hear Glamorous Sky now that it's Hyde singing and not what's her face XD

I went shopping today. Mostly for my household then myself. Tai and I had to run some errands for today since Gab and Bangkok Dangerous are coming tonight and we needed some groceries and also needed some stuff. I don't think I over did it on my spending though Tai did. I bought these Smooth Away pads, you know for hair removable and I figured, what the hell, if they don't work then I didn't blow a shit load of money, just 10$. And as the girl was ringing me up, she said "I love how these things work." And I was like, they really work then? And she said yes. WOOO! I was so excited! Of course, I tried it out when I got home lol. Then we went to Target and there, I bought some refill spray for our shower and Tai bought us new dishes because our old ones are....well old. They're pretty hurt so yeah. New ones where totally needed.

Because Alexander James' head was finally shipped to me AND this custom wig maker finally reopened her shop, I jumped and placed an order for a custom made wig. It didn't cost too much but I still bought that. Also I bought a new Sadol messenger bag, the payment for my Anotsu ax is due and also, my face up payment. I already paid for the face up to have it sent out tomorrow and that was about it. I'm so excited for my things. WOOT!

Man I can't concentrate again. I'm so excited about Gab and Bangkok Dangerous to get here tonight, even though it'll be much later. YAY!

(07:38 p.m. on Friday, April 3, 2009)

Mission Baltimore Tickets Complete
Listening to ( Nothing )

July 11th Fillmore at Irving Plaza
17 Irving Place
New York, NY 10003

July 16th Sonar
407 E Saratoga St
Baltimore, MD 21202
- Mission completed. Tickets bought + printed

Mission NYC Tickets still remaining. Continue to stalk and haunt The Fillmore at Irving Plaza in NYC website.

Signing off.

(03:51 p.m. on Thursday, April 2, 2009)

Blessed By Hyde
Listening to ( Nothing )

July 11th Fillmore at Irving Plaza
17 Irving Place
New York, NY 10003

July 16th Sonar
407 E Saratoga St
Baltimore, MD 21202

Can't brain. Can't brain. My mind is just focusing on THESE DATES. VAMPS finally announced their tour dates and seriously, I must be blessed. Hyde has finally blessed me, gave me a reward for serving him faithfully and did not book the tour dates on either the FAKE? concert date or Otakon. In FACT, I'm leaving from Jersey to Baltimore on the 16th. But now, since they having their concert on that day, it means I'm leaving MUCH earlier to spend the day camped out in front of the venue.

Of course, now I can't stop stressing about concert tickets. They're not on sale yet. For either concert. So now that one stress has gone away, another has replaced it. I keep hearing word of mouth that tickets go on sale April 3rd, this Friday which would be SO GOOD if they did. But I don't know. I'm scared I'll miss it or just not get any or not be near a computer when it happens. I'm really worried and my stomach is hurting and I'm stressed. I won't be content until I buy 2 tickets. They're saying the venues will update and start selling tickets within in the week so I'm praying, even more, that I don't miss ticket sales.

Man...

One good turn and then another worry. I guess all I can do is just wait for my messages through email and texts and just pray that I can be near a computer so I can get tickets then and there.

I can't even concentrate on anything else lol

(09:30 p.m. on Wednesday, April 1, 2009)

A Splendor of Thoughts
Listening to ( FAKE? - Man in the Sky )

For the past couple of years, I've been looking forward to Spring/Summer. It's a pretty good thing. I remember after high school, summer was NOT fun for a really long time. Either I couldn't do anything because of my parents or I was working or everyone else was and it was just a boring time. The past couple of years though, I've been doing stuff, keeping busy during the spring/summer and have kept doing so which makes me excited happy. This years agenda looks pretty busy too. XD

April:
x. Gab and Bangkok Dangerous are coming to visit the first week of April, I.E this Friday - Sunday. XD It's always good to hang out with them because we live pretty far from each other and usually only see each other during con. The few in between visits make it all worth while. XD
x. Unnie and Hayden's birthday's are this month as well. Hayden is turning a year old and I'm really excited about having been a part of her life. I keep my efforts going in that in keeping my friendship with my unnie going as well. I need to keep it up and make it an effort to visit at least once month. Unnie is planning on having a birthday thing for her birthday which is looking like I won't make it because of lamesauce work but I don't think I'll blow off the whole thing just yet. I wouldn't at all if I didn't have to but I have to make it, even if I go late.

May:
x. My birthday. Wah, surprise, surprise kids. It's one of those few times I look forward to my birthday. I plan on not being in Jersey when it happens, meaning I'll be heading myself down to Gab and Bangkok Dangerous in VA. EXCITEMENT SOME MORE because that means I'll also get to see Miya <3 <3

June:
x. Anime Next - FAKE? concert. Usually Anime Next is lamesauce as a con on its own. The cosplayers are super weak/wack, the Dealer's Room is this tented off area of a really big room and it's pretty eh itself but Anime Next has been kicking the shit out of every other con when it comes to their guests. The first year I went, D'espairs Ray, then 12012, then Rentrer en Soi and now, FAKE?. I'm SO EXCITED about seeing Ken Llyod, despite the Ino face not being there or Kaz but Ken Llyod will be more then enough to quench this FAKE? thirst. Otakon hasn't had a good guest since L'arc. They need to kick up their game some more.

July:
x. Otakon. The big event in which most of my time and money during the spring/summer goes towards. I head to Baltimore for a 4 day weekend and come back with some awesome pictures and stories. With the exception of the past 2 years, every other year has been riddled with drama due to unsavory parties ruining everything but now since said unsavory parties are no longer there, the past 2 years have been fucking sweet. This year it's looking just as good as it did last year. I can't wait.
x. Tai's birthday. Oh yeah. Always a fun time as well.

August:
x. Jun's birthday. While nothing is known about what is going on with this, I can be assured I have a good time. Well hopefully. lol

This is also not including the VAMPS concert because they haven't announced their dates yet. I'm PRAYING with all my might it doesn't clash with any other set plans. Like CON. I'm pretty sure April is safe and even if it's not, the first week of April is the only thing that counts. I'm crossing my fingers this happens during August or May, even June so long as I don't have to miss the FAKE? concert but given the options, I'd sooner see Hyde then FAKE? but I'm hoping I don't have to make that choice. However, looking at VAMPS official Myspace, they seem to be booked from May - June in Japan and only have a few dates scheduled for the beginning of July *gulp* If they do come to the US during July, PLEASE LET THEM COME TO THE WEST COAST FIRST. I can suffer a bit not seeing Nickles but I'll fucking die if they come to NYC or something while I'm at con. It's one thing I cannot blow off.

On other news, my best of Hyde CD was shipped. Weee! I can't wait for that to arrive. XD

Had me a somewhat busy today. I had to run to my job's office today to drop off my mileage because my douchebag cuntface of a manager made up all these new rules about how I can't have Tai's mom give it directly to my superior manager because it by-passes this other stupid bitch that doesn't know how to do her job so she can "check it" and then give it to my superior manager. So that's what I did when I got up today. I went to the office to drop off my mileage and then I came back home. I watched TV for a while until Tai came home and then I went to the mall to see my stylist so she could do my eyebrows. I was so happy to finally have them done, I hated the way they started looking. After that, I treated Tai to Johnny Rocket's for dinner and then we headed to Pearl to buy our second canvas for art class. I also bought some beautiful paper backdrops to take pictures with. I'm hyped about that too.

UGH I can't wait for the spring to get here! I'm dying for the cherry blossom tree that blooms in our front courtyard to bloom! And for this damn cold ass wind to go away. It's getting closer though. Getting closer XD

(09:37 p.m. on Monday, March 30, 2009)

Wow Really
Listening to ( Nothing )

I really gotta start remembering to mirror shit over.

So I posted up on my LJ about the VAMPS America tour. Yup, they're comin to America though they didn't specify be it south or north. VAMPS FTW! *face palm* Annnnd I got some wanna be drama starting on my personal journal now. I'd understand if I wrote this on a public LJ community. I'd expect some kind of backlash of this. But since only my friends on LJ read this, I didn't think too much of it. Here ya go, for you guys:
VAMPS Concert entry
I got some asshole trying to give me a geography lesson and make me seem like I'm a racist, flag waving redneck from Alabama, doesn't know how close Mexico actually is to North America dumbass. So I told her off. She even had the nerve to start off with the cute little phrase "Geography FAIL". So like I said, I tore her a new one and finished off with the ever so classy, "go fuck yourself". If she comes back, I'm deleting her comments.

Dude it's my fucking blog, don't like it? Don't fucking read it GEEZ. Why is that so hard for people?

(02:49 p.m. on Sunday, March 22, 2009)

Oh Hai Edgewater
Listening to ( Buck Tick - Sekai )

Wow. It's been a bit of time since I went to Edgewater. I usually love going there and it's always a fun time, especially if you go with the right people. So last week, Akio (out of nowhere might I add) texts me and says she's craving Japanese food and wants to go to Edgewater with Tai and I. I'm like "random..." but I am excited to go. So we get back to her and say yes, arrange a time and all that good stuff then, the whole week goes by. The morning of Saturday, I had off from work (yay!) and I was sleeping. We didn't expect to hang out with Akio until 4 that afternoon since Tai was at work so I was taking advantage of the whole need to sleep situation. I could faintly hear my phone in the background going off at what I think is random times with text messages. I always leave my phone on vibrate because there is nothing more upsetting then being woke up to FFVII's Sephiroth's theme One Winged Angel. You know, the metal version that played in Advant Children =____= I really have to change my ringtone. Anyway, as I'm sleeping, through my haze, I hear my phone vibrating like crazy which means someone is calling. I'm like guh? and look at the phone first. When I see it's Akio I answer and hear her ask if we're still on for today. I'm like for sure, hammer out the last of the details and then crash again after hanging up.

Later after I get up and putz around, now 2, I check my text messages seeing one from Akio (before she called) one from Gab and one from Jun that was very confusing. A few minutes later, Jun calls my house line, somewhat confused/concerned as to why I wasn't calling her back and why I didn't tell her plans about hanging out with Gab and Bangkok Dangerous I.E Hut. See they're supposed to come down here the first weekend of April, originally this coming weekend but Jun got the dates confused and I'm like they're not here, we're not hanging out with them now as awesome as that would be. They're supposed to come this weekend and she starts freaking out, saying she wouldn't be able to chill since it's her and Sweet's anniversary. I cut her off telling her that it got moved and they're coming the first week of April instead so she can still come with us. And she was like ohhh man I was gonna say why wheren't you calling me and telling me plans!
A small part of me couldn't help but be smug. Though I didn't do it intentionally, having Jun feel just a tiny bit of what I usually feel felt good. I told her too, ahhh now you know how it feels!
Anyway, after confirming that that day, we where going to Edgewater with Akio, I invited her along and she said she was down and would meet us up there at 4. The rest of the day proceeded without a hitch. Akio came to pick Tai and I up and we headed to Edgewater and later met up Jun. And since it's been a while, I documented the outing.
Edgewater Trip

Sunday, I had work at Ocean County Mall and I must say I wasn't looking forward to it at all. However, it turned out to be really fun. Bath and Body Works was having a buy 3, get 3 free sale so my mom and I (addicted to lotion as is) bought some more. I already have 7 different lotions for every single day of the week. Scents go as following: Rain Kissed Leaves, Black Raspberry Vanilla, Sparkling Peach, Dancing Waters, Wild Honeysuckle, Sensual Amber, Vanilla Noir and now, just bought Sweet Pea. I actually bought 2 different fruit scents being Mango Mandarin and Irresistible Apple but at 7, now 8 different lotions, I gave the fruit ones to Tai who already has Blushing Cherry Blossom and Japanese Cherry Blossom. Yes, we are very big on smelling good in this household.
We also went to Express where I got 2 new shirts and then to Applebee's for lunch. The day went by pretty quick. I looked a brand new, small clutch Coach bag because I need something to tote around with me at con that isn't my entire purse. The price at Macy's was a lot cheaper then in the actual Coach store being only 58$ and the only reason I didn't get it was because they didn't have it in black. I have a black Coach bag and black Coach sneakers. I'm also in the process of getting a black Coach wallet. I wasn't about to ruin my whole jive by getting a beige Coach clutch so I passed. I have to go to another Macy's. My mom wanted to look at shoes and I need new work shoes so I went along with her. I saw the cutest black Coach wedge shoes but the best where a pair of classic black, stiletto heels. I was so anxious to try them on and buy them but when I did, I noticed my left foot fit the shoe just fine but apparently, I have a big stupid club right foot because the heel was super tight around my foot/toes and there was major toe cleavage while on the left foot there was none. I was so disappointed but I proved my mom wrong when she said I wasn't able to walk in heels that high. *scoff* I think she forgets I spent majority of my high school life on heels. I don't walk like a Clydesdale in heels. BTW I LOVE watching women who can't wear heels walk. They either march, shuffle or do what I call the Clydesdale stomp which means they walk like horses lol. It's hilarious. Before we knew it, it was 4.30 and I signed out and went home.

Today, since I had planned on cleaning pretty much all this week, I started with the bathroom. After Tai and I where done, we made plans and took measurements to rearrange the furniture in our bedroom. I can't stand having my head against the window anymore. It makes me paranoid especially now that spring is coming and bug season is starting to flourish. Tai promised me we'd do it tomorrow and since we tried this before, we actually measured everything this time to make sure everything would fit well enough. I'm actually looking forward to it!

So that's my weekend. And the first day of the week. I am off this whole week from work. WOO HOO!!!! YAY for sleep!!!!!!!!!!!!!

(10:48 p.m. on Monday, March 16, 2009)

Bye Bye K-pop music
Listening to ( Nothing )

Se7en - I Like Them Girls teaser

So...I heard about former k-pop star Se7en doing a new song called I Like Them Girls which I was like indifferent about. But then I saw a teaser of the video, which supposedly involved Lil Kim. I had to find the full video. And then hurt myself by watching it.

Se7en - I Like Them Girls Full PV

....

Okay. Now, I'm all for K-pop/J-pop artists breaking through into American mainstream but oh my god, I just...don't know what to say about this video. I don't know what to say about Se7en either. I just...I'm glad I'm not following K-pop music anymore. I'm glad I'm staying away from the whole pop/hip hop scene all together.

I got an angry email from my boss yesterday saying I should have called because (I wrote an email to her, my other person in charge and the account manager) she wasn't able to get to a computer all day and that the other woman was gone at 4 (I wrote to them at 4 exactly) and that I should have emailed the account manager. I didn't bother to reply because
A. The sign up table I was supposed to do was over.
B. I DID email the account manager and told her I wasn't able to go, so take all that.
I actually have work today at 4 till 8 and I'm like *cries* about it because I have work this entire week. Tomorrow and and Sunday are my final days before I have all of glorious next week off. YAY! But for now...boo.

Ugh. This week feels like it's going by so fast yet so slow at the same time.

(02:24 p.m. on Thursday, March 12, 2009)

Higher Power
Listening to ( Nothing )

Did anyone ever bargain with a higher power? Not necessarily God, but a higher power in general. I heard once that if you're bargaining with God/a Higher power that whatever you put on the table has to mean everything or He is not interested. But what happens if what you're bargaining for happens to be the thing that means most to you?

I start off with this little question for a reason. 2 days ago, my worst fear ever of owning a dachshund came to fruition. Cashew hurt his back. I knew something was off on him when I came home from class and he wouldn't follow us around and he was trembling like crazy and making sounds of discomfort. I instantly felt horrible and cried really hard, knowing something was wrong with him and he was in serious pain. The next day, after having a very restless night of sleep and an even more restless morning, I thought about calling out of work. But that same afternoon, Cashew was almost like himself again. He went for a walk with me and he ate and everything seemed okay but I could still see something was wrong. I went to work and instantly regretted it. I was amazed I actually found the location I was supposed to be at because I pretty felt like I was in a fog. The entire afternoon, I regretted leaving and I kept saying, I should have called out. I felt totally guilty leaving Cashew alone, knowing he was in pain and now he was by himself. I dreaded Tai coming home and him telling me that Cashew had seriously hurt himself. When Tai came home, he called me and said Cashew seemed better, he had eaten and pooped but he wasn't jumping around. He said he was taking him to the vet.
While I waited for news on the vet, I started to think, what if he hurt himself seriously? I kept trying to tell myself that if he seriously hurt his back, he wouldn't have acted normal at all. But the dread still stayed there. The anxiety was building up and I kept verging on tears just thinking about it. I felt like a horrible "mom". Yes, I am one of those crazy dog people that feel a motherly role towards their pet. He is like a child in the grand scheme of things while they have if not all but the same needs. I knew it was my fault he hurt himself because I let him jump on and off the couch when everyone gets home so he could greet them and I let him jump up on my leg when he wants to be picked up and I overfed him and let him get fat because out of my own laziness, I never took him for a walk unless I was motivated enough to do so. I felt horrible.

Now, I'm not a religious person. I haven't been since I was little but sitting there, worried about Cashew, I decided to bargain with the higher power. And while I sat there, silently bargaining, Tai called me. He told me Cashew was all right, we caught his back injury in time before it got worse. They gave him some pills and now we really, really have to work on him loosing weight. Apparently, whoever I bargained with, took my deal and I promised to keep up my end of the bargain as well. I will take better care of Cashew. I started yesterday by putting up the couch cushions so he couldn't jump up when Tai and I got home and also, we're discouraging him from jumping up by yelling NO at him and catching him before his paws touch the ground and settling him back down carefully. He went for a walk yesterday and today, right before I went to work then and now. Tomorrow I don't have work so I'll take him out again with Tai since we're both off. Saturday and Sunday I do have work but I'll take him out before I go on Saturday (and probably again when I get back) and on Sunday when I get back (because I leave for work at 7AM then) I have to work my work schedule around walking him because he has to loose weight now, no matter what.

I feel really guilty letting him have gotten so careless, knowing what I know about dachshunds and how dangerous it is to let them get heavy. so I bargained and I was lucky this time. Now it's my turn to take care of him like I should have from the start.

(02:34 p.m. on Thursday, March 5, 2009)

New Job Anyone
Listening to ( Muse - Assassin )

Ever have one of those days where you just are SO READY to get a new job?

Yeah I had me one of those days. And I wasn't even at work today!!

I got an email from my boss that said she needed to speak to me right away so I called her. I seriously didn't think anything of it so I called her up and asked what she needed to talk to me about. She told me that I've gotten some complaints from people about me playing my DS at work and that my latest one was from the chairperson from the drive I went to on Saturday.

Now let me interject about Saturday.
The drive was at a Catholic church, which I found out later on, was specifically a blood drive for a 6 year old little girl who has leukemia. She's doing better and her family even showed up at the drive with her. Now the chairperson at this drive seemed all right. She came up to me when I settled in and asked if I could hand out these "In My Thoughts" cards to the donors. Basically the cards are a blank line in which you write someone's name (in this case, the little girl's) and then there's a small blurb about how this person was in your thoughts when you gave blood, then a blank line for your signature. I had no problem doing that. THEN she comes up to me later on and asks if I could tell the donors about the bake sale they're also doing on the side. I found out later all the money made there was for the little girl's family but I didn't know at first and even without me saying a word it seems shady as shit to tell people about a bake sale during a blood drive. It looked as if the church was trying to make a profit on the side. So I tell her I would. I spent majority of that day handing out forms, answering questions to large groups and then no one would come in for maybe 15-20 minutes at a time, which I would spend playing my DS. It's not like I ignored mass of people coming in and even when I WASN'T playing my DS, answering people's questions and handing out forms, I still had a couple of people walk past me. Now, this chairbitch (which she will be referred to as from now) was a total two faced cunt bag. If she had a problem with me, I wish she would have asked me to put it away, which I would have, instead of her complaining to my boss. Also, to show what a whore rag she is, when the little girl with leukemia came in, this chairbitch took the little girl by the hand and basically show ponied her all around the drive, introducing her to people and adding on ever so subtly, "this is the little girl who has leukemia!" You know, in case someone wanted to change their minds and not donate, now they get to be assholes for walking out. I was kinda disgusted by her tactics but thought, how typical of a church to guilt trip you into anything and make you feel like a scumbag if you refuse.

So this chairbitch complained to my boss about me. My boss pretty much scolded me about it and I told her it wouldn't happen again. Now, it won't because I'm tired of hearing this shit but seriously, they just expect me to sit there and stare into space while no one is there. Nothing like sitting on my ass for 5 hours doing NOTHING. I can't even read because they're also against me reading there. At this point, I feel like my job is nit picking over everything and I seriously hate how a few complaints instantly eradicates any good work I may have done in abundance. Like how about the fact that I answer every question to the best of my ability and if I can't I go find out the answer or even if I can't find out, I direct them to someone who knows. Or how about that I do all the other zillion little jobs they ask me to do but despite the fact that I try, people still ignore me and I get in trouble for it. Adults don't want to listen to me because they think I'm a kid, teenagers don't wanna listen to me because they think I'm one of them and they happen to be or 2 biggest donors. *sigh* needless to say, I'm a bit annoyed my current job.

I'd quit if the economy wasn't in such a downward spiral. It makes job hunting all the more difficult. In April I'll complete one year with this company...it feels like a prison sentence sometimes. One year down...who knows how many more to go.

(08:26 p.m. on Wednesday, February 25, 2009)

Quick
Listening to ( L'arc~en~ciel - Jyojyoushi )

- Decided on both cosplays for up coming Otakon. Too bad my mom is giving me grief recently -_-

- Need to loose weight. Like, large amounts of it. Started exercise regiment. I refuse to be fat anymore.

- Street Fighter 4 came out today. I am broke. UGH *face palm* Have to wait until Thursday.

- In addition to Street Fighter, I am only buying my Sadol suit for Ryuhei and paying for the face up. Should other costs come up, I have funds to back them up.

- I have no motivation to be online today. Boo to that.

- Work tomorrow and Saturday. Awesome but not at the same time.

- Need to start fund collection for hotel room.

(09:12 p.m. on Tuesday, February 17, 2009)

Nostalgia Barbie
Listening to ( J - The Crush of Love )

Man, I just sat through the Barbie Runway Fashion show. Basically, House of Field, took a bunch of ideas from Barbie over the 50 years she's been around and made an entire line out of that. It was awesome. The first set that came on the runway had Barbie's signature really high pony tail that fell to like her lower back in waves. Even more awesome, all the models had pink high heels. The first model to hit the runway was wearing Barbie's very first outfit, the throwback black and white one piece bathing suit. I thought it was so awesome and it was fun trying to remember all of Barbie's careers and which Barbie inspired what outfit from the show. It was really cool =D
Afterwards, all the models did their final walk, each holding a little girl's hand as the little girls walked with their life sized Barbie and waved to the crowd. At one point, one little girl looked up at her model and you could see the sparkle in her eye as you could literally hear her thoughts of "I have a real life Barbie!" It was very cute and made me long for my own childhood. When I was little, there was very little of Barbie's stuff I didn't have. The few things I didn't have where:
- Barbie's Dream House. Oh how I kicked and screamed for this. But aside from it being really expensive (I believe back in the day they ran upwards of 200$...maybe more I can't remember) we seriously lacked the room for it. I really wanted it though. I remember asking for it, every Christmas and every Christmas being met with disappointment as I failed to see a very large box under the tree. =/
- Barbie's pink Ferrari. No real reason I didn't get this other then I had like 50 other mods of transportation including Barbie's red convertible, 2 motor homes (the old 80's one that first came out and the newer pink one that came out in the late 80's early 90's), Barbie's pink and white Jeep, 2 horses (one white, the other brown) and a bicycle. I think my mom had to put her foot down somewhere.
- Wedding Barbie. Why? Because I actually had 3 different styles of wedding dresses for my Barbie's including an entire wedding party of Teresa and Midge and Skipper's. Not to mention 2 Ken's in 2 different tux's. One I cut the sleeves off because I thought it was weird one of my Ken's was in casual stuff, the other in a tux all the time. My second tux came with Dancing Ken. You know, the one that could hold Dancing Barbie on her spinning platform.
- Barbie and the Rocker's stage. I really wanted this because I had Barbie AND the Rockers and I wanted the stage to pose them on and also do the cool switch motion so it looked like they where rocking out YEAH! But I actually lost interest in this over time. Kinda glad I didn't get it.
- Any "new" variation of Barbie I already had. I think that after the second or third variation of Ballerina Barbie, Wedding Barbie, Princess Barbie and Evening anything Barbie, my mom got tired of buying me the same doll but with a new hat or shoes.

I was big into playing Barbie by myself for many years. I would transform my living room into Barbie's mansion (having lacked Barbie's Dream House =/) and even getting an old box and cutting out double doors and using it as the door way/porch area to my Barbie's mansion. I had a huge box filled with Barbie clothes, shoes and accessories, a million Barbie's and several Ken's and even though I couldn't have the Dream House, I still had a bedroom set, a kitchen set, a living room set complete with entertainment center and couches and a bathroom with working bathtub that you could actually fill a little compartment with water and use the shower head to spray water. I even had a pool but I wasn't allowed to fill it with water -_- My mom said I'd make a mess, but those where still the days.
I played for years by myself because I had no siblings and no girl cousins my age and the only cousin I did have my age, I would force him to play but he never wanted to play long. At least not until the late 90's when the first Batman movie came out and a 12 inch Batman doll came out which my cousin snapped up right away and then he'd play with me, but only if Batman could save Barbie from nearly falling to her death as her red convertible sped out of control off a cliff/the top of the couch arm rest. I played with Barbie well into my teens because I wasn't allowed to go anywhere or do anything for a while. I didn't care though, I had fun. Of course, life got in the way around those times and my times of playing with Barbie came to an end. It bums me out sometimes because I swear, if stuff hadn't happened in those years, I'd probably still have played with Barbie well into my early 20's. And why not? Who's to say what I could and couldn't do?

Maybe this is why I'm so inclined to BJD's. I mean, in the grand scheme of things, a BJD is nothing more then a larger, more expensive Barbie doll. You can change their clothes, pose them, lug em around with you and have little adventures in