swelter, fester, and spazz

Tonight's So You Think You Can Dance was at once disappointing and wonderful. I was glad Faina got the boot, but was very sad to see Jimmy go - and not just because I wanted to make bad PMK ED references.

(＃⌒∇⌒＃)ゞ

Seriously, though, it was a disappointment.

Not as disappointing is the realization that I might have a funcitonal amount of cash for my trip. (≡^∇^≡)

I'm also happy that trip expenses are coming along well under projected budget. Mom will be pleased and, if momma's happy, everyone's happy.

It's time for me to sleep, though, as work really did take it out of me again today. Hopefully this weekend will bring relaxation and another two chapters down in my textbook.

(@￣ρ￣@)ｚｚｚｚ

melting

It was hot today...very hot. It hit 98 at work, but I didn't notice because I was running around in fits of crazy. I won't go into detail because it's warm in my apartment and the maintenence guy hasn't come buy to fix my air conditioner yet, but the day was long and painful and I'm looking forward to SYTYCD and pizza tonight. ♪(*^ ・^)ノ⌒☆

Thank you, that is all.

ﾟ･:,｡ﾟ･:,｡★ﾟ･:,｡ﾟ･:,｡☆

The Sun Rises

This morning was excellent. Despite having to take the cat to the vet, I was able to relax after waking up and, after dropping the little thing off, I grabbed a coffee and a danish at Starbucks.

Now I'm at work, a nice cup of cocoa at my side and glorious 嵐 playing on the media player.

Have I mentioned how much I 嵐? Because I do. So so much do I 嵐.

嵐が大好き!!! (See Leigh, I learn!)

Time for work now, then picking up the feline around 3. I my , even though he's a bastard sometimes.

Ciao!

ヾ(＠°▽°＠)ﾉ

work

I feel as if my job just vomitted on me, spreading its vile essence across my desk, seeping into my clothes, my hair, my brain.
（/TДT)/

There has just been a huge change to the way I do half of my job. The problem? The new operating platform I'm supposed to use...yeah, no one knows how to use it, so who gets to wade through thick user manuals? Me. Who gets to pull her hair out in frustration? Me.

(￣へ ￣ 凸 work.

And, even though I've done a lot today, none of it is tangible work. There are still papers covering my desk and the desk of the gal on vacation. （Ｔ＿Ｔ）

And there's only a month until vacation, before which this mountain of work must be completed and new procedures must be in place, etc. etc. (insert emoticon with machine gun here)

（/TДT)/ I give up today, folks.

はじめまして、 ヴェス です！！！

Observe my kana skill, yo. Actually, I already knew the above, but it was covered in last week's reading, so I figured I should use it. Featured in today's reading was fun things like: ヴェス　の　ブログ　です。 And bits about telephone numbers, addresses, and business cards.

I get a little frustrated because going through the lessons takes me a while - I'm one of those people who writes out all the exercises and rewrites the vocaulary in margins and whatnot - so every lesson takes about two hours or so to do. Hence I'm on...ah...lesson　ニ. (＃⌒∇⌒＃)ゞ

I'm trying though, which is the main thing, I suppose. I'm aiming to complete up to Lesson 十一 before I head out for　日本. We'll see how it goes, I suppose.

Now, though, it is time to get some writing done before hitting the books again.

＼(^_^)／


　

Experiments in Yum

Because I'm a failure in the kitchen, I'm always looking for new, easy things to make. I tend to find a simple thing and just eat that one thing for months. (＃⌒∇⌒＃)ゞ

This month, it's quesadillas!

Today's experiement as a sharp cheddar quesadilla with pickled beet slices. And it was....delicious!!! (☆｡☆)

Tomorrow will be another tuna quesadilla for brunch and probably another beetdilla for dinner. And, as a desert treat, I bought some pineapple. Most excellent.

Time for bed now, since I have much studying to do tomorrow to make up for what a slackass I was today.

(@￣ρ￣@)ｚｚｚｚ

That Kind of Morning

My cat is sick again, thanks to his meds running out, no doubt. His vet appointment for tooth extraction is Tuesday morning, so I'll just have to suffer through it until then. Joy. (TωT)

It's a lovely day out today, though, very sunshiny and warm. To combat the beautiful I've put up dark fabric in my bedroom window so the afternoon sun doesn't raise the temperature of the room to unbearable levels. Hopefully this plan will work.

This morning, I leave you with a photo of a cute bear:

Friday!!!

I woke up with a stomach full of crampage for some unknown reason. Perhaps it was the guacamole last night or some such. At any rate, it's 5:37am and I'm needing to get ready for work but completely wanting to crawl back into bed and snuggle with the feline. ZZzz....

BUT I will go into work and slog through the day somehow because that's what normal people do, yeah?

Hopefully today will not be made of such complete and utter gross. Hopefully I won't have to go crazy in my cube and endanger my coworkers.

Fight-o Oh! o(゜∇゜*o)(o*゜∇゜)o～♪

Jin + Rehab = A Good Thing and Other Ramblings

Having just watched ep 10 of cartoon KAT-TUN, I can firmly say that I think Akinishi Jin is on druge. They must be good drugs, because he seems happier than before he went on his little trip, but drugs none the less. He's just...off in his own place. He said maybe ten words in ep 9 and just kept gazing off, staring at mystical light fairies or some such. As a sisterly type, I'm concerned for the kid.

Just say no, Jin. Just say no.
ヽ(*・ω・)人(・ω・*)ノ

Brings me to an important issue, though, and that's keeping up appearances as an individual in the media. Really, guys, I don't care what you do in your off time. Load yourself up with crack for all I care; but, if I'm paying to see you, you better deliver dorky goodness. Nice, skank-free, glaze-eye free dorky goodness. JE boys don't get paid for talent; they get paid for entertainment value. ☆彡

I remember, when I was a kid, papa would take us to different functions that he had to go to, and he always stressed a sort of "people are people" mentality, which is something I carry over into my adult life, and something that helps me bunches when I have to, say, call a famous person's agent because of a credit card issue or some such...which happens more than you would think. Lots of celebs don't know their billing address so their cards bounce and we have to call to get the info straightened out. But anyway, papa always wanted to make sure his girls knew that there was a difference between the person who's on the stage and the person who's taking the last of the hot wings even though she's already had two helpings and you haven't had any and, really, it's okay to steal them from her plate because she's being a stingy bitch. ☆彡

So, coming from that background, I don't want a performer's life anywhere on the stage. I don't want a person, I want a product. It may sound like I'm a horrible individual for saying such but, really, if I want talented, real people, the cafe down the street has an open mic every Thursday and a lot of really good, really poor kids come down and blow my mind with their skill. I don't need to fly to Japan to get talent. I go to Japan to get a variety of product that is unique to that culture. ☆彡

Yes, Ves is sleepy and has a little too much caffeine in her system to properly crash, so she's spewing at you. Neener neener. (^ε^)♪

I think it's important, though, to know where you stand on these things, and to recognize what it is about a group, a genre, or any standard human performance media that you enjoy. Usually you aren't actually enjoying the person, but the performance the person is giving. And, really, so long as we get our smiley merch, does it really make that much of a difference, either way? ☆彡

I don't think so, but that's just me.

Night all!

(@￣ρ￣@)ｚｚｚｚ

Please to be Preserving the Public Morality

Work was hellish today. At the end of the day, I was exactly where I was at the end of the day yesterday. 。・ﾟﾟ･(≧д≦)･ﾟﾟ･｡

Best of all, my assistant is going to be gone tomorrow and will be reallocated on Monday and Tuesday of this week, then on vacation the Monday and Tuesday of the following week.

But I can take on more tasks, really. I'd love to, boss. Sort through these marketing samples? No problem.

I'm home now, though, and need to start working on the two pinches I need to do: a NiouMaru and a Maruihara. Usually my strong points, but in my current fic void of suck and fail, I'm having trouble coming up with a concept. Perhaps going through some doujin will help...or distract me. Either or. (＃⌒∇⌒＃)ゞ

Perhaps I'll just watch more Kamen Rider Den-o. 中村優一 is quite possibly the cutest person in the world...and when I say that, I am taking Genki and Junno into account. Yuichi is just so adorable when he pouts, and he's grown up so much I'm so very proud of him for some stupid reason. Perhaps because he no longer looks like he's starving.

Right right, time for me to finish doing dishes, boil up some tea for icing (Allison, that cherry sencha makes wonderful iced tea), and perhaps read some choice entertainment materials before Val comes over for the SYTYCD results show.

(^з^)-☆Chu!!