Day Done

Gah. I dislike work. So much do I dislike it.
ヾ(▼ﾍ▼；)

One more year. One more year.

On the bright side, Akari seems to have updated her blog with a shiny new background and the cover for the new, shiny doujin. Mmmmm. Doujin.

But here's a photo from the trip to kind of cheer things up. It's Nose Strip Boy! See his Biore nose stip power. I really, really liked how this photo came out. Big, it's kind of fuzzy in a blurred and nostalgic kind of way, but small it's all kind of clear and pretty. Go my little camera, go!!!

Back at Work: Day 1

Jesus.

Just...Jesus.

And now, back to work

Work tomorrow, but I'm planning to crash right after I type this, even though I'm not exhausted anymore. Stupid jetlag. Why is it kicking my ass so?

My cat is, as expected, freaking out. It's cute in a neurotic kind of way.

(＃⌒∇⌒＃)ゞ

Now to put my passcard and needed work things in my bag for tomorrow so I can survive 8.5 hours of papers on my desk needing to be sorted nownownow.

I'm bringing an action figure or two to keep me company. I'll just talk to Zeronos if things get too hard.

HOME!!!

Japan Kyushu, I love you dearly, but being home feels good. Well, I just got home an hour or so ago.

My flight wad delayed four hours.

(￣へ ￣ 凸 LAX

So I'm sleepy now, and will be getting up cerca 10 so as to not royally screw myself over when I have to get up at 5am on Tuesday for work. Not looking forward to going back to work.

I am looking forward to bed, though.

(@￣ρ￣@)ｚｚｚｚ

Still in Japan

So I've got these bites on me from Osaka still. HUGE bites, with bruises around them. I hate Osaka.

Kyushu, though, was grand. I could definitely live there...want to live there...will live there. At Canal City, there was a nice fellow who gave my tattoo a thumbs up, then pointed at his own. In Hakata as we were going home from...something, maybe Canal City, a nice biking lady stopped and asked us if we needed help because we were obviously lost. Nice people, nobody freaking out over tattoos or gaijin or anything.

Relaxed. Groovy. Kyushu.

There are many pictures to be posted when I get back, including this kid on the train from Yufuin to Beppu who used his tea to apply a Biore nose strip on the train. I got a really nice photo of him...so cute. I hope he was going to meet a girlfriend or something, and that she wasn't a hillbilly...cuz there are some serious hillbillies wandering around Beppu. Leigh has photos and will probably tell it better than me, so I'll leave that for her to tell, but...yeah. Don't touch the 100 degree water means don't touch the 100 degree water, kids. And please don't be surprised when you touch it and gasp it's hot!!!

Next will be on to Takayama to see Leigh's friends, then on to Tokyo for Hit Parade, Second Service, and other things. 

I'm not looking forward to the pile of work that will be on my desk when I get back to work. Not looking forward to it at all.

I am happy, though, that I'm missing the massive HP glut, both for book and film. I got the book rundown and it sounded lame. All my favorite people die. Once all my favorite people die, I lose interest in things. Yes, I'm talking to you, Full Metal Alchemist. 

It's time for me to put out more laundry and walk down to the Post Office to get some cash, methinks, or at least go to the 7-11 or Wants and get some beverages.

If you never hear from me again, I took the shink to Kyushu and am hiding with the Hakata Hippies.
 

Freedom

My vacation has officially begun, though a bit delayed.

The meeting that was supposed to be an hour wound up being almost two hours, delaying the finalization of some data entry, delaying me leaving the office, delaying my vacation.

It's well begun, though, with Applebee's with Val and some fantastic TV.

Tomorrow I need to do a final load of wash, go purchase some new faux Crocs, jaunt off to lunch coffee with the lovely Miss Stacy, home to finish the packing, then Jesus Christ Superstar in Lakewood with Val and her mom. I also need to call mom about the transfer into my account, as it hasn't happened yet.

I'm not setting the alarm tonight, and I'm taking an extra long shower in the morning.

Welcome, Vacation! I love you!

Last Day

Today is my last day of work before vacation. ヾ(＠°▽°＠)ﾉ

On the downside, I woke up this morning and tried to check the time only to find that my alarm clock was blank. No power.

I stumbled into the living room to get my cell and check the time: 5am. I set my phone's alarm and snoozed for half an hour, hoping the power would be back. No dice.

I took a cold shower because our water heater is eletric, I guess. That or there was a hot water theif I was previously unaware of.

Fail.

So, with a less than stellar beginning to the day, I really don't want to do anything except sit in my cube and fold cranes. I hit 900 yesterday and have done another 7 this morning. I'm keeping number 888 in my bag for good luck on the trip.
(＃⌒∇⌒＃)ゞ

I suppose I should get back to being productive, though. I have a CB meeting at 2 with the boss duo so they can gather info for the VP, who is suddenly very intersted in the caseload volume, even though I've been trying to tell him for a year and half that it's getting ridiculous. Nice one, Andy. Nice one.
ﾟ･ﾟ*･(ﾟOﾟ(☆○=(｀◇´*)o

Right, back to work.

Babble Before Work

I went to bed at 9 last night and woke up at 5:30 this morning, still sleepy. I wonder if my body is ever going to be satisfied with the sleep I give it. Maybe I'll sleep through the whole plane ride, like I did on the way back last time.

I'm just...so tired these days. （Ｔ＿Ｔ）

Apparantly the Harry Potter movie came out yesterday, as it's all anyone talks about.

Me? Maybe I'll go see it if Val wants to, if she hasn't already, or something, but it's not a big loss if I don't. I liked the first three or four books, and the first two films, but things got pretty lame after that. I didn't even read the last book, and I don't plan on reading the new one.

Why? Because they're not well written and the story is no longer a nice children's story, but a badly plotted, ill-conceived young-adult story. It's some watered down version of RL Stein, and that's lame.

I don't want to go to work this morning - too sleepy - but I have meetings, meetings, meetings today and tomorrow.

。・ﾟﾟ･(≧д≦)･ﾟﾟ･｡

Joy.

Just two more days, though. I can hold out that long.

Packing

So today I did four loads of laundry and decided to finish up packing clothes for the trip.

My suitcase has been on my couch, slowly filling up.

Still, I'm overpacking. (*ﾟｰﾟ)ゞ

I keep forgetting there will be laundrettes and whatnot. I keep forgetting that normal people wash things and leave room for merch. True, I have the small suitcase full of Leigh's stuff, so it will be completely empty, but that wasn't sufficient last time.

Well, I'm not buying GekiTonfa or other large, plastic toys this time around. I think. And true, this time I'm bringing the bigger suitcase (must bring home Momo!!!) instead of the medium sized one, but I'm still overpacking.

At least I'm being smart(er) and using my backpack as my carryon and packing my satchel in the suitcase..at least on the trip there. On the way back, the backpack will likely be loaded with doujin and other heavy things so as to keep the weight of the suitcases within acceptable range. I...failed at that last time. (/ω＼)

When I get done packing what I think I "need," I'll dump it all out - or set it in pretty, folded piles, and reasses it. I was good, though, I already declined to bring a second pair of jeans. Because, really, you only need one pair.

The reassessment will have to wait for tomorrow, though. I'm going to crash as soon as my laundry is folded, I think.

Mmm. Sleep.

(@￣ρ￣@)ｚｚｚｚ

Give and Take with Universe-kun

So I am more subdued now because JE are being bastards and doing this weird FC ID checking thing.

This could mean no Arashi for Ves. （Ｔ＿Ｔ）

I've been thinking about this possibility all day, and I've been going through phases.

First, I'm zen. （ ・(ェ)・）

Then I'm really pissed. ヾ(▼ﾍ▼；)

Then I'm resigned. (｀・ω・´)

After that, the cycle starts over. Finally, though, after six or so hours of this, I think it's time to come to a decision and stick with it.
(^-^)/ my new fistair emoticon of the day

I know Leigh isn't too gung-ho on Arashi, and the concert tickets would've cost a lot anyhow, so perhaps we'll do Peacemaker instead. It's cheaper and possibly of more group interst. I'll save the Arashi concert for when I am in Japan and Val and I can go together, perhaps.

Events are more fun when everyone's into it, right? Right.
(^O^)/

Also, if we pack every day full of OMG Need to Be Somewhere, there's not going to be any relaxation time.

Geez, I'm putting Takiguchi's spazzy entries to shame today, aren't I? Perhaps that's a sign I should go home and do laundry.
(＃⌒∇⌒＃)ゞ