Sunday, July 11, 2010
Officially Stalking
So I think I've figured out how to follow a blog. I am now stalking my friend and Shimizu-sensei lol. Just thought I'd report that ^_^
New Blog
So after much thought, I finally decided to get myself a Japanese blog as well. I have it under the name Azusamatsuri in Ameba. I still haven't quite gotten everything yet 'cause it's all Japanese and my brain does a little mini-shutdown when I have to use more than 5% of my brain's available thinking power =_=; I've figured some things out by just feeling around, but I'm too lazy to explore anymore than I have for the day. Need to figure out how to follow other blogs on it. I want to stalk Shimizu Yuki sensei *___* and my friend. Yes, the term is "stalk." I love them both equally.
Anyway, some strange news... my left ear can hear again O_O. But I think I'm going to still keep my Tuesday appointment 'cause the itching hasn't stopped. I first noticed the hearing when I was at the gym, I thought it was so weird that I could hear from the left ear and then when I came home, I could hear my roommate as though there's no wall there in my ear. Looks like the antibiotics and the ear drops did the trick... See, I'm a perfectly healthy person who can recover quickly with a little help... ... ... but this itching needs to stop =_= so... I've decided to keep the damn appointment =_= even though it's really going to cost me =_= *sigh* This blows.
I knew it. I mean, I just knew something like this would happen. *sigh* But like they say... something about precautionary measures and preventive medicine =_= *sigh* I hate this. Well, if they need to irrigate still, then at least it'll be easier this time around.
Anyway, some strange news... my left ear can hear again O_O. But I think I'm going to still keep my Tuesday appointment 'cause the itching hasn't stopped. I first noticed the hearing when I was at the gym, I thought it was so weird that I could hear from the left ear and then when I came home, I could hear my roommate as though there's no wall there in my ear. Looks like the antibiotics and the ear drops did the trick... See, I'm a perfectly healthy person who can recover quickly with a little help... ... ... but this itching needs to stop =_= so... I've decided to keep the damn appointment =_= even though it's really going to cost me =_= *sigh* This blows.
I knew it. I mean, I just knew something like this would happen. *sigh* But like they say... something about precautionary measures and preventive medicine =_= *sigh* I hate this. Well, if they need to irrigate still, then at least it'll be easier this time around.
Barnes & Nobles WiFi
So my VAIO computer really needed to install some updates, but I still haven't been able to get on to the internet at home with that computer so I had to go to Barnes & Nobles today to borrow their internet in order to update everything =_= Life's so much fun. When I get back to Oregon, I'm going to get the T-Mobile broadband card so I don't have to go steal public WiFi all the time =_= *sigh*
Ah, I went to Kinokuniya yesterday to pick up my copy of Dear+ July issue and joined their membership program after all. I figure, if I spend more than $200 a year (more like $200 in just 2-3 months), I might as well just get one and save 10% on all my purchases. Why the hell not you know? A lot of other magazines, I can just buy off of Akadot, but Dear+ is the only one I haven't been able to find (along with GUSH, but I was able to wean myself off of that one years ago). Anyway, I'm just addicted to Japanese everything so I can't seem to stay away from Japantown at all.
My left ear is still clogged and now it itches like crazy again. I think it may be trying to heal and such so it's just so itchy these last few days. My general internal medicine doctor prescribed some antibiotics and this antibiotic-like ear drop for my ear and so I've been putting in 10 drops a day into the infected ear like it said to do. I also made an appointment to see an ENT specialist in the city on Tuesday at 10:15A.M. so I'm skipping out on work for the first half of the day. *sigh* I hate losing work hours to a small little disagreement that my body and I am having. I already notified my boss about it so I'm good to go. I wonder if they're annoyed with me for always telling them when I'm going to doctor appointments, etc. No one seems to ever do it, at least I haven't ever seen it, but I guess my mom's always taught me to tell people where you are in these instances so I still do it. I have a lot of habits that other people don't seem to have and sometimes I wonder if they're all that good or not =_=; Am I being responsible or just plain annoying?
I have been doing quite a bit of shopping lately and watching my bank account deplete itself. I just stopped caring after making that appointment with the specialist. I did a forecast of my cash flows for the next few months and I should be able to replenish my savings that $1,000 I took out to throw into checking, H.S.A and pay the board of accountancy. I'm going to try and get my savings to be around $6,000 by year-end, and then hopefully $7,500 during the busy season. Before I go to Japan, I'll put $5,000 back in checking so I'll have enough spending money. No idea what it'll be like when I get over there.
I really should stop saying I don't have money, it's really starting to become like a verbal problem. I have money, I just am trying so hard to meet these financial goals of mine that I've been really on edge when I have to move money around to pay off financial responsibilities. I can always make it back and if I am just not so much of a spendthrift, everything would be fine. I really need to practice restraint with my spending. And when new expenses pop up, it just throws me off since I have a plan and want to stick with it, but of course, life gives us plenty of detours to make it much more interesting.
Man, it's been so long since I've typed on this computer that I can't seem to stop typing. I just want to continue rambling about everything that's happened in the last few weeks, but it seems kind hard to do since I'm neurotic and feel like people are peeking over my shoulder even if they probably aren't.
Oh, right now at Barnes & Nobles, there's a leak on the ceiling of the cafe area. I nearly got hit by a drop, but didn't. Looks like they just sent someone here to do some R&M on it.
Last night, I was watching "Sunao ni Narenakute" and it wasn't that bad of a drama actually. I think some parts really moved slowly, but the part where people became friends on Twitter kind of resonated in me 'cause I became friends with people I met on IRC. Granted that I'm close to only one, but I still have friends that I communicate with from time to time that I met on IRC. I was just remembering my time as an IRC junkie while watching the drama and thought about actually starting a Twitter account even though I've been so adamant about not getting one. That just goes to show that I'm easily influenced by things around me lol.
Another thing, I've started writing at the moment, but I really should be studying. I can't get this idea off of my mind and I really wanted to write so I've just been writing. I'm actually writing the actual story and its prequel at the same time so then I can get some facts straight in the story. I haven't quite figured out how to get the middle part to work yet though. This is a project I've been working on since my sophomore year of senior high, but it's undergone a lot of changes.
My main character was originally a girl and she was the centerpiece of my story, but I have changed it to her lover to become the main lead instead. The main girl used to be this weak, cry-all-the-time-sort of girl 'cause when I started writing this, that was the type of girl I was, trying to be strong, but complex and always depressed. In this version, she is a much stronger person and someone I can like more. Maybe it's 'cause I've change too since I was sixteen. She is twenty in this version while in the original, she was just a sixteen year-old. I figure that 20 is when you're an adult, but still kind of a child at the same time so it's a little bit of a limbo era where people are still trying to figure themselves out. Meanwhile, my main character is now the main guy, and I've made his two siblings more central characters. I think this set-up works better with the story that I'm wanting to tell. Also, I've changed their backgrounds and some names a bit to work better with the themes in the story. I really love symbols, motifs, and themes in stories. They make everything much more interesting so that's what I've done with this story too, I've put a lot of time and thought into it so I hope that sometime in my lifetime this story will be finished. Not sure if it'll ever get published, but I'd like for it be finished.
Also, this story, I've added a prequel to it since while I was trying to figure out the backgrounds of all the characters, my main male lead's grandfather became a very important figure in the past and at first I was going to make him into an antagonist, but over time I decided that I really liked him and that it wasn't that he's a bad guy, but that he was complicated instead. Some other people I've kept as actual antagonists, or changed from good to actual villains in the story. I think it'll surprise my friend, who read the draft of the very first version, but I'm not sure if she even remembers what happened in that first version lol.
Basically, the prequel and main story covers a span of three generations and four clans. The most interesting characters are in the first and third generations, with the second generation simply being a bit of a bridge so bits and pieces of the second generation is touched on in both stories, but I think the main story will cover more on things that happened in the second generation. (I know this isn't making much sense to whoever is reading this right now 'cause I'm kind of thinking as I'm typing) I really should be studying, but I really like this new direction I'm taking with the story. I guess, I still haven't given up my dream on writing a novel. It's just a really simple wish of mine, that's taking forever to complete. I used to want to be a mangaka, but I just don't have talent for it so I give up on that dream. I would like to write a novel and have someone draw it. If it could get published and translated into Japanese someday, that would be so indescribably wonderful. It would be a real honor if one of my favorite mangaka could do illustrations or a manga for it. I guess I could always do my own illustrations for the novel if I ever complete it since it's not like I can't draw, but I wish someone professional can do it. ... I just have to write the damn thing first and hope it's good lol.
But for now... I have to become a CPA. This is my parents' dream, so I have to grant that one first before I can really achieve my own goal =_=; Or... maybe I'll try to do both at the same time? No, can't do that 'cause when I trying to do too much, I just fail miserably at everything altogether. *sigh* I wish life can be easier =_=;
Ah, I went to Kinokuniya yesterday to pick up my copy of Dear+ July issue and joined their membership program after all. I figure, if I spend more than $200 a year (more like $200 in just 2-3 months), I might as well just get one and save 10% on all my purchases. Why the hell not you know? A lot of other magazines, I can just buy off of Akadot, but Dear+ is the only one I haven't been able to find (along with GUSH, but I was able to wean myself off of that one years ago). Anyway, I'm just addicted to Japanese everything so I can't seem to stay away from Japantown at all.
My left ear is still clogged and now it itches like crazy again. I think it may be trying to heal and such so it's just so itchy these last few days. My general internal medicine doctor prescribed some antibiotics and this antibiotic-like ear drop for my ear and so I've been putting in 10 drops a day into the infected ear like it said to do. I also made an appointment to see an ENT specialist in the city on Tuesday at 10:15A.M. so I'm skipping out on work for the first half of the day. *sigh* I hate losing work hours to a small little disagreement that my body and I am having. I already notified my boss about it so I'm good to go. I wonder if they're annoyed with me for always telling them when I'm going to doctor appointments, etc. No one seems to ever do it, at least I haven't ever seen it, but I guess my mom's always taught me to tell people where you are in these instances so I still do it. I have a lot of habits that other people don't seem to have and sometimes I wonder if they're all that good or not =_=; Am I being responsible or just plain annoying?
I have been doing quite a bit of shopping lately and watching my bank account deplete itself. I just stopped caring after making that appointment with the specialist. I did a forecast of my cash flows for the next few months and I should be able to replenish my savings that $1,000 I took out to throw into checking, H.S.A and pay the board of accountancy. I'm going to try and get my savings to be around $6,000 by year-end, and then hopefully $7,500 during the busy season. Before I go to Japan, I'll put $5,000 back in checking so I'll have enough spending money. No idea what it'll be like when I get over there.
I really should stop saying I don't have money, it's really starting to become like a verbal problem. I have money, I just am trying so hard to meet these financial goals of mine that I've been really on edge when I have to move money around to pay off financial responsibilities. I can always make it back and if I am just not so much of a spendthrift, everything would be fine. I really need to practice restraint with my spending. And when new expenses pop up, it just throws me off since I have a plan and want to stick with it, but of course, life gives us plenty of detours to make it much more interesting.
Man, it's been so long since I've typed on this computer that I can't seem to stop typing. I just want to continue rambling about everything that's happened in the last few weeks, but it seems kind hard to do since I'm neurotic and feel like people are peeking over my shoulder even if they probably aren't.
Oh, right now at Barnes & Nobles, there's a leak on the ceiling of the cafe area. I nearly got hit by a drop, but didn't. Looks like they just sent someone here to do some R&M on it.
Last night, I was watching "Sunao ni Narenakute" and it wasn't that bad of a drama actually. I think some parts really moved slowly, but the part where people became friends on Twitter kind of resonated in me 'cause I became friends with people I met on IRC. Granted that I'm close to only one, but I still have friends that I communicate with from time to time that I met on IRC. I was just remembering my time as an IRC junkie while watching the drama and thought about actually starting a Twitter account even though I've been so adamant about not getting one. That just goes to show that I'm easily influenced by things around me lol.
Another thing, I've started writing at the moment, but I really should be studying. I can't get this idea off of my mind and I really wanted to write so I've just been writing. I'm actually writing the actual story and its prequel at the same time so then I can get some facts straight in the story. I haven't quite figured out how to get the middle part to work yet though. This is a project I've been working on since my sophomore year of senior high, but it's undergone a lot of changes.
My main character was originally a girl and she was the centerpiece of my story, but I have changed it to her lover to become the main lead instead. The main girl used to be this weak, cry-all-the-time-sort of girl 'cause when I started writing this, that was the type of girl I was, trying to be strong, but complex and always depressed. In this version, she is a much stronger person and someone I can like more. Maybe it's 'cause I've change too since I was sixteen. She is twenty in this version while in the original, she was just a sixteen year-old. I figure that 20 is when you're an adult, but still kind of a child at the same time so it's a little bit of a limbo era where people are still trying to figure themselves out. Meanwhile, my main character is now the main guy, and I've made his two siblings more central characters. I think this set-up works better with the story that I'm wanting to tell. Also, I've changed their backgrounds and some names a bit to work better with the themes in the story. I really love symbols, motifs, and themes in stories. They make everything much more interesting so that's what I've done with this story too, I've put a lot of time and thought into it so I hope that sometime in my lifetime this story will be finished. Not sure if it'll ever get published, but I'd like for it be finished.
Also, this story, I've added a prequel to it since while I was trying to figure out the backgrounds of all the characters, my main male lead's grandfather became a very important figure in the past and at first I was going to make him into an antagonist, but over time I decided that I really liked him and that it wasn't that he's a bad guy, but that he was complicated instead. Some other people I've kept as actual antagonists, or changed from good to actual villains in the story. I think it'll surprise my friend, who read the draft of the very first version, but I'm not sure if she even remembers what happened in that first version lol.
Basically, the prequel and main story covers a span of three generations and four clans. The most interesting characters are in the first and third generations, with the second generation simply being a bit of a bridge so bits and pieces of the second generation is touched on in both stories, but I think the main story will cover more on things that happened in the second generation. (I know this isn't making much sense to whoever is reading this right now 'cause I'm kind of thinking as I'm typing) I really should be studying, but I really like this new direction I'm taking with the story. I guess, I still haven't given up my dream on writing a novel. It's just a really simple wish of mine, that's taking forever to complete. I used to want to be a mangaka, but I just don't have talent for it so I give up on that dream. I would like to write a novel and have someone draw it. If it could get published and translated into Japanese someday, that would be so indescribably wonderful. It would be a real honor if one of my favorite mangaka could do illustrations or a manga for it. I guess I could always do my own illustrations for the novel if I ever complete it since it's not like I can't draw, but I wish someone professional can do it. ... I just have to write the damn thing first and hope it's good lol.
But for now... I have to become a CPA. This is my parents' dream, so I have to grant that one first before I can really achieve my own goal =_=; Or... maybe I'll try to do both at the same time? No, can't do that 'cause when I trying to do too much, I just fail miserably at everything altogether. *sigh* I wish life can be easier =_=;
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