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[19 Nov 2006|03:06pm] [ mood | lazy ] Wiktionary Word of the Day for November 6, 2006 stochastic; adj, random, determined randomly hunger?

[09 Nov 2006|02:18pm] [ mood | lonely ] Man, Speed from CSI: Miami rides a motorcycle, and it really makes me want to ride one again. They are so sweet. I miss it. I need to get back on the ball with schoolwork. It's been a while since I was there. Might have something to do with being a senior. Probably has more to do with apathy. 3 eaten|hunger?

[28 Oct 2006|02:40pm] [ mood | tired ] This person has some of the best notecards ever. <3 http://www.etsy.com/view_item.php?listing_id=574590 Rampo Noir comes out on DVD on Tuesday (this Hallerween). It's four of Edogawa Ranpo's stories, and one of the actors is Narimiya Hiroki. <3OMG<3HAPPZORS. So I get to watch it this weekend. I also get to see MI:III. Whee.? I'm not nearly as excited about that one, but I'm all doki doki over Rampo Noir. I need to make my Halloween costume, too, but first I've got to get some fabric and maybe a pattern at Joanne's. Sarah, do you have coupons? <3 ? I'm still not getting coupons from them, and I signed up over a month ago. Sad. 1 eaten|hunger?

[27 Oct 2006|07:52am] [ mood | hungry ] Oh, when I started this I had a reason to post... This isn't it, but the Dresden Dolls concert on Tuesday was absofuckinlutely awesome. <3 I think I'm gonna have a party on Halloween. Nothing fancy, just cookies and cupcakes of Halloweeny cuteness, lots of orange and black, carved pumpkin and some decoration, some kind of Halloweeny dinner deal, lots of popcorn, and 5/6 horror movies. Did I mention the Halloweeny themed boozeness? It should be excellent. On an entirely different note, and I think this is actually what I was planning on posting about, on Saturday night I'm having 24 pony births. You heard me, I'm birthing 24 ponies. I <3 Pony Island! Ish sho fun. 1 eaten|hunger?

Oh God, Oh God, we're all gonna die? [12 Oct 2006|02:37am] [ mood | nauseated ] I hate the feeling you get from drinking an entire pot of coffee by yourself, like internal bleeding with nausea, combined with sleep deprevation. Why oh why did I not start one of these papers over the weekend? Oh yeah, I'm a procrastinator. I really need to work on that. Eventually. I'm just glad I don't have class on Friday anymore. 2 eaten|hunger?

[13 Aug 2006|12:13pm] [ mood | busy ] I made mashed potatoes, green beans, corn, and peas the other day. Leftovers aplenty on the mashed potatoes side. I made my mom's awesome cream cheese sugar cookies. Yet again, leftovers aplenty. Let me know if you want some, the cookie dough is in the fridge so I can bake them fresh any time for the next couple of weeks. Firefly Marathon! I'm makin' a shirt, it's cool. I need to figure out how to make button holes. My new sewing machine is a glorified bobbin winder. My old sewing machine is so antique it makes motor smells when you run it at a normal speed, but it works fine. I need to work on my pirate costume again, and then put some pictures up on DA. I really need to study Japanese, all I've done since coming back is read Nana and go to karaoke once. (OMG There are karaoke places just like in Japan down here that even have all the songs I know like SMAP and Planetarium and the Nana songs and OMG--Okay, over). I think that's it. I'm going to finish the shirt now. I don't know what kind of closure to do on it, anything but hook-and-eye closers will have to wait until tomorrow because I've only got three buttons that will work and no snaps. I think I want to do snaps. Yargh, dunno. OMG I have to make costumes for DragonCon. Damn. And get body paint. And find out what body paint to get. \(-.-)/ 2 eaten|hunger?

車 [31 Jul 2006|10:07am] [ mood | chipper ] I am vehicularized. Also, I drove my car all the way from the Japanese restaurant called Nagoya (which does not serve Nagoya food, I don't know why it's called that grrrr sadzors) to the QT to get gas and all the way back to the apartment without stalling my car. And I just started learning stick last night at midnight, so technically you could say today. I feel excellent, and I want to watch Gone in 60 Seconds, right now. I've also randomly thought of the "Stick shifts and safety belts, bucket seats have all got to go..." song by Cake all day. Hrmm, wonder why. 1 eaten|hunger?

[24 Jul 2006|05:24am] [ mood | uncomfortable ] Laura's working on ferret-proofing the apartment. I won't mind the ferrets as long as I can't smell them in my room and I don't have to take care of them too much. There are many reasons I like cats: they're clean, quiet (relatively), take care of themselves, and are cuddly when you really need them. I miss Sonic sleeping on my face when I was little, and Scully going boneless between my knees while I laid in bed (much cuter less triple-x than it sounds), and Carson licking me until I grew furr (notice: he still hasn't stopped licking). Pachelbel's Canon in D is one of the best songs ever written. The body has a natural rhythm that signifies health, and when the body's rhythm becomes unnatural it signifies being in pain (and other things my dad didn't really go into, such as sickness). Pachelbel's Canon in D is the best external version of the body's natural rhythm, and when played through headphones (for example, ear buds) about two inches below the belly button acts as a natural pain reliever by forcing your body's rhythm back to what it should be, sort of cancelling out the signals of pain. You don't even have to be able to hear the song yourself. Having done this multiple times, I can say that Pachelbel works better than Midol and in a fraction of the time (my pain is gone within a very few minutes). It's the most useful song on my iPod. Try it out some time. Recently rediscovered: Max Headroom. Suite! <--(latter being an inside joke) hunger?

[22 Jul 2006|09:36pm] [ mood | bored ] Awesome. Law & Order is just awesome. I love how they use actors multiple times. There are people in season one that reappear later and in Criminal Intent. It's great. I made muffins and an omelet, and all before 7:30 this morning. Part of that may be because I went to bed at around 7:30 last night and woke up at 5 this morning. The muffins are pretty good, though. I <3 Blueberry Muffins. It rained today, and it's a Saturday, so the contractors painting can't be on our balcony today. That makes me happy. Although once it dries up a bit they'll probably be back. Arr! Dislike of strange people on my balcony! Dislike! I'm also hoping for some great news around noon today. 4 eaten|hunger?

[18 Jul 2006|02:32am] [ mood | disappointed ] Please, do not take this in any way as a slur against same sex couples. Please take it as what it is: a slur against most straight couples that I personally know. "Same sex couples have it made. One doesn't need grief counseling when the other goes to the bathroom." 7 eaten|hunger?

[17 Jul 2006|01:57pm] [ mood | awake ] So most of the people that have known me for a while know about my whole the Ring, the Grudge, et cetera absolute fear thing. Half the nights I half expect that the next time I open my eyes there'll be something in my room that shouldn't and I'll be literally scared to death. As in dying death, like in *see above movies* 'verse. So I'm lying in bed, finally manage to mostly drift off to sleep, when my eyes open and I see black lace floating out of my closet. Detailed, with patterns increasing towards the edges and rather plain towards the center of what would be fabric lace (and I'm going to die a horrible death). Either that or black smoke that looks like lace (and I'm going to die a horrible death). Or my closet is somehow on fire (and I'll die a slightly less horrible death, with a possibility of survival that could include losing my computers and apartment and running into the street naked). That's my thought process: Grudge, worse, fire. Fire does not come first, like it should. Now I'm gonna play WoW and read about pirates, instead of sleeping, like I wanted. Of course, it ended up being either shadow from outside or imagined. I dunno which. -.- 2 eaten|hunger?

[13 Jul 2006|01:07pm] [ mood | despondent ] So I just bought This book in the last few days from Borders. Happeh! I looked at two Borders before to see if they had one of the books on Vivienne Westwood, and nada, but when I checked the one at Lenox Surprise! there it was. I got a guide to studying for the GRE, too, which is a bit less happy but necessary nonetheless. It makes me want to make even more clothing. Which I'll be doing, as soon as I can afford enough fabric to really play around with. Oh the Fun! On an entirely different note: When I was in high school I played Everquest, a.k.a. Evercrack, back in the day when it was Neverquest because of lag and server downtime (people on WoW complain so much about the smallest amount of lag, they don't realize how easy they have it. I know, blah blah woof woof). While I played EQ, especially during my time at Qeynos and in the Qeynos aqueducts, I listened to that Limp Bizkit cd on repeat (the one with Nookie), so much so that whenever I hear it now I am instantly transported back in time to sitting at my computer at 3 a.m. hunting slimes in a group in the aqueducts. It's just a funny thought of mine. I don't think there's any more news. Oh! I was wrong. There's a DragonCon Staff Meeting of Wonder (tm) this Saturday downtown at either the Mariott or the Hyatt at 4 p.m. I am very excited, especially since I didn't get to go to DragonCon last year. Or any cons. I almost didn't even get to go to RenFest after I got back, but I "convinced" my parents that I could go up to Knoxville early in the week. Anyway, DragonCon Staff Meeting. Awesomeness. That really is it. 4 eaten|hunger?

[29 Jun 2006|01:02am] [ mood | blah ] So I don't know if I've posted since coming back from Japan. It's been a while, anyway. It's weird. Being back, I mean. I wasn't ready to leave, and sometimes I get really lonely and really sad because I'm not speaking Japanese every day or eating Japanese food all the time, I can't go to the コンビニ and buy onigiri or (not-so-good but still, there-it-is) katsudon, There's no 地下鉄 to get me wherever I'm going with ease, most of the time it feels like so much is missing. And while I missed my friends (let's face it, raping cutely is just fun, and I can wear my leather collar and leash without funny looks, and Laura and I can joke about living together out of wedlock and freak out fabric-cutters at Joanne's), I still wish I was back there. On another note, I <3 Vivienne Westwood and I want these shoes (even though they're not really Vivienne Westwood, real ones cost around $600 usually) : http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=150000153761&fromMakeTrack=true (The real shoes: http://www.rakuten.co.jp/s-club/454543/454730/607646/#551785 Pricetag: $975. 'Nuff said) Also, this is my favorite LoliGoth designer evar: http://www.boz.ne.jp/ 2 eaten|hunger?

[08 May 2006|01:48pm] [ mood | busy ] Wootles,　stolen. Damn 変換key. Right next to the space bar. I would, however, like to point out that I correctly read that kanji without ever seeing that word before, and seeing the two component kanji in only one other word each. I just feel kinda special right now. >^.^< [Error: Irreparable invalid markup ('<lj-cut="quiz>') in entry. Owner must fix manually. Raw contents below.] Wootles,　stolen. Damn 変換key. Right next to the space bar. I would, however, like to point out that I correctly read that kanji without ever seeing that word before, and seeing the two component kanji in only one other word each. I just feel kinda special right now. >^.^< <lj-cut="Quiz Time!"> <table width=350 align=center border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2><tr><td bgcolor="#CDDEFF" align=center><font face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif" style='color:black; font-size: 14pt;'><b>Your Personality Is</b></font></td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#EBF2FF"><font color="#000000"> <center><strong>Rational (NT)</strong></center> You are both logical and creative. You are full of ideas. You are so rational that you analyze everything. This drives people a little crazy! Intelligence is important to you. You always like to be around smart people. In fact, you're often a little short with people who don't impress you mentally. You seem distant to some - but it's usually because you're deep in thought. Those who understand you best are fellow Rationals. In love, you tend to approach things with logic. You seek a compatible mate - who is also very intelligent. At work, you tend to gravitate toward idea building careers - like programming, medicine, or academia. With others, you are very honest and direct. People often can't take your criticism well. As far as your looks go, you're coasting on what you were born with. You think fashion is silly. On weekends, you spend most of your time thinking, experimenting with new ideas, or learning new things.</font></td></tr></table><div align="center"><a href="http://www.blogthings.com/threequestionpersonalitytest/">The Three Question Personality Test</a></div> <table width=350 align=center border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2><tr><td bgcolor="#DDDDDD" align=center><font face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif" style='color:black; font-size: 14pt;'><b>Your Ideal Relationship is Casual Dating</b></font></td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#EEEEEE"><center><img src="http://images.blogthings.com/whatsyouridealrelationshipquiz/casual-dating.jpg" height="100" width="100"></center><font color="#000000"> Maybe you're looking for love... But mostly you're looking for fun. You could get serious with the right person. For now, though, you're enjoying playing the field.</font></td></tr></table><div align="center"><a href="http://www.blogthings.com/whatsyouridealrelationshipquiz/">What's Your Ideal Relationship?</a></div> <table width=350 align=center border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2><tr><td bgcolor="#EEE9E9" align=center><font face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif" style='color:black; font-size: 14pt;'><b>You Are Pecan Pie Soda</b></font></td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#FFFAFA"><center><img src="http://images.blogthings.com/whatjonesholidaysodaareyouquiz/pecan-pie-soda.jpg" height="100" width="100"></center><font color="#000000"> <center><strong>Sweet, but totally nuts</strong></center></font></td></tr></table><div align="center"><a href="http://www.blogthings.com/whatjonesholidaysodaareyouquiz/">What Jones Holiday Soda Are You?</a></div> </lj-cut> And this one is mainly so I can check it out again later. http://www.pref.kyoto.jp/visitkyoto/en/ Yeah, classes end tomorrow (Tuesday) and Finals start on Wednsday. I have one each day. Kind of yick, but I'm kind of tired of studying. It's very difficult to be もmotiva\ted. I'm tired of hittingthe backpaske key. Soryr. Typeing ishard when the change-to-kanji key is literally the right havel fothe spacebar. It taks concentration and I can't type wenb I'm concentrating. Menhg. I got food poisoning last week. I watched lots of CSI. I read Eragon and I'm a good ways into Neuromancer. For that I feel accomplished, terher. I get to revel with you English-speaking folks in three weeks. Please, someone, come get me at the airport so I don't have to spend the last night I can illegally drink at my aunt's house. Also, I want to go eat at Cracker Barrell (mashedpotatoesgreenbeansfriedokradumplins). And a cold six-pack of IBC Root Beer. And good friend time. I don't want to go back to the states, but I do miss you guys somethin' fierce, and it'll be good to hang out again with people who won't think I'm weird for wearing random leathery chainy goodness and will appreciate my interactive pants ( which I had mom ship here so I could wear them, YYaya). I'm gonna go away now. Mallory has class and should go, and I want to go to the コンビに and get a drink and a snack while I finish kanji homework and do translation. kplsthxla... damnit where's the tilde? 3 eaten|hunger?

Ahh, translating this is frying my brain [30 Apr 2006|05:56pm] $B$I$&$7$h$&$b$?$$(B I can translate it, it's just not pretty. So anybody who wants to take a stab at it, I'll give brownies to any I like. You know the ones. So far the best one I've got is "I don't really have any sort of plan," but I dunno. Anyway, watchin' Firefly:Serenity, havin' a grand old time. I think when I get back I want to have a Battlestar: Galactica marathon. With Tostitos chips'n'salsa and queso and perfectly chilled IBC Rootbeer and possibly my mom's chili and cornbread and... We'll see when I visit Kroger/the Fresh Market. Suggestions welcome. Anticipate a $B%/%=E*(B/damnably fashioned good time. Gonna go work on translating the first Kino's Travels some more. 2 eaten|hunger?

Good Times [06 Apr 2006|06:47pm] [ mood | tired ] So today is supposedly peak Cherry Blossom Viewing Day. (W00t, they just started blooming last week and they'll be gone before next is over). I took a couple of videos of the trees, and... swept the scenery a little, if you know what I mean. Actually I had the best sight of the day at school, where I saw one guy sitting on another's lap facing him. 'Twas loverly >^.^< It's nice that the Japanese students are back on campus now, it kind of sucked having so few native speakers on campus. Also so little... scenery. But they're back, so it's all good. Another great sight this week is the football players. And yes, I mean American Football players. But since Japanese guys are so tiny compared to American football players, it looks rather cute and slightly hilarious. Yay, they start classes on the 10th! I rented Blood+ DVD 04 the other day, when I took Kitchen back. The movie for Kitchen is so weird, and from the midpoint on is completely different from the book. The "mother" doesn't die, and it ends with the two main characters moving in together. Crazyness. I can now officially say the book is better. Oh, OU peoples (specifically Laura and Sarah), what classes are you guys taking in the Fall? Like Cor? I'm not there to pester people about which of the professors to avoid at all costs, so if anyone has any recommendations as to a pretty easy/interesting-as-it-can-be class, lemme know. おすすめお願いします。 Anyway, time to go down to dinner. 1 eaten|hunger?

[26 Mar 2006|11:40am] [ mood | blank ] wikiquote of glory 'As you may know, I spent the last three months in Africa. A wondrous, magical place. But as shadows lengthen across the KBHR window, thoughts turn to homecoming. Journey's end. Because in a sense, it's the coming back, the return which gives meaning to the going forth. We really don't know where we've been until we've come back to where we were. Only, where we were may not be as it was because of who we've become. Which is, after all, why we left.' - Bernard Stevens, 'It Happened In Juneau', 1992 - Norther Exposure http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haniwa Interesting Japan fact. I went to Hiroshima, Miyajima, and Himejima last weekend, and Kyoto yesterday was definitely an adventure. I want wi-fi for my DS, but wah, it won't mitsukeru it in my room. Sadness. hunger?

FFXII glory. America not until October. [17 Mar 2006|10:13pm] Final Fantasy XII preorder from Jusco at Yagoto: 7980yen Player's guide: 1000yen Final Fantasy XII potion: 230yen each Final Fantasy XII potion (premium box): 630yen each Vodka: 600yen Being told by your hot Japanese language lab teacher how to make a Hi-Potion: Priceless 2 eaten|hunger?

[03 Mar 2006|01:59pm] [ mood | accomplished ] Partly for a past project, partly 'cause it's random and I'm in the computer lab. (criticalfailure feels my pain - タイムマチン番組) ( Random facts about Knoxville ) Note number Two: I have reserved a copy of Final Fantasy XII and I _will_ be playing it in thirteen days. (It comes out in Japan on Thursday, March 16 - ごめん for the NyaNyaNyaBooBoo to everyone in the States who can't get it until next year... >^.^< ) Also, today is Hina Matsuri, or the Girls Festival. Link = http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hina_Matsuri I'm gonna go away now. Hope everyone's awesome. I have to PR OU next week, which'll be interesting. I like to talk about Lupton's weird staircases and how awesome the Librarians are. >^.^< On an "I'm Awesome" note, I finished reading Yoshimoto Banana's キッチン. In Japanese. *insert Laura-style happy dance here* And the weird thing is, even though the title is キッチン, she only uses the katakana English word once, in the very middle of the book. Every other time she uses the traditional Japanese word, 台所 (daidokoro). OOoooOooOoOOoOOOOooOoOo. o.O That's right. Now I'm going away. I want to go home and finish .hack vol 1, so I can write about it in my journal and then tell 伊東先生 that I finished it, 'cause apparently the teacher that replied to my journal entries last week heard that he finished through vol 3. Nya, I feel awesome. Finishing Kitchin also means that I get to go on a shopping spree at the anime store tomorrow, and I'm planning on going to see Chronicles of Narnia tomorrow. ナルニア国物語, in the Japanese. Really going away this time, as my bladder wants me to. 2 eaten|hunger?