I've been inspired once more. I suddenly had to urge to almost reinvent myself if you will. Now, it's not like I'm doing this because I don't like who I am etc etc bla bla bla. No. This is about me always wanting to have cool hobbies like writing and photography and webpage/blog design/html skills. 

So that's my new years/decade resolution: I want to be the person I've always wanted to be. That and lose weight, that's like a given for me. lol

Oh and it's like really close to when I need to go back for classes. I leave Friday morning then we hang out in the mainland then I go back to the dorm noonish on Sunday. I have sociology 101 and religious studies 102 on Monday so it'll be a nice lax day. <3

Some Gopher doodles


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...then I was distracted by a meme. Such is life.

Respondent	Average EQ	Average SQ	Brain Type
Males	39.0	61.2	Systemizing
Females	48.0	51.7	Empathizing
Your Score	66	57	Balanced

What does your score mean?

It means a bunch of stuff that I can't be bothered copy/pasting into LJ, because it's all summed up by the word "Balanced". Woot. I am just as logical as I am empathetic, what a shock. And you can do the quiz here:

http://eqsq.com/eq-sq-tests/

Annnd I should go to bed now so I can actually sleep in the cooler part of the day. |D

Now that I've fully kicked jet lag's butt, I can sit down and write about our trip the the US for a while without fading in and out of consciousness. We started our trip with a grueling, non-stop 12 hour flight from Tokyo to Washington, D.C.. I was hopeful in thinking that the Washington we were flying to was on the west coast instead of east and was sorely disappointed when I realized it was the latter.


We flew out in the early evening so we got to see a nice sunset before settling into darkness for the majority of our flight. In all of my international flights, I've always had seats with personal TV screens in the seat backs but much to my chagrin, there were only video screens in the aisle. Maybe I was spoiled but I was pretty stressed out about not being able to dictate what keeps me awake during this flight. I had planned this into how I would keep sane for those 12 hours and now they took it away. After a while I calmed down and got used to it. They showed "Julie and Julia" which I'd wanted to see for a while now and that made it OK.


After sleeping towards the later leg of the journey, I awoke somewhere over Ohio to the sight of snow on the ground! I'd been without it for the entire winter last year so seeing it again (and knowing I wouldn't have to drive in any of it) made me pretty happy. When we finally landed in D.C., we were herded into an endless, snaking line at immigration. This was our first 'welcome back' the the US and boy was it night and day. People were loud, smelly, generally rotund, and rude. From employees yelling at the crowd as if it was a room of children to employees not doing their jobs. In Japan, when you're at work, you're at work and when you're not working, you're not working. There's no in between. The Japanese have a work ethic that is absolutely admirable. If they're not happy with their job, they don't show it. They don't shirk their duties or get publicly frustrated and snappy. With American immigration, it took us an hour of being treated like children in a hot room with people who seemed to not care or have any pride in their job. In Japan, immigration is a painless 15 minute wait no matter how long the line. Everyone there knows their job and is incredibly efficient at it and usually will give you a smile as they send you on your way.

Phew! Anyway, end of rant and continuing on our journey. We finally arrived in Syracuse at around 6pm and were greeted by my mother who LITERALLY ran up to us, smiling and giving us big hugs. She even made us go back to the security exit to recreate our grand entrance. Coming home was pretty goofy for me as well. I walked in the door and was instantly like, "wow, it's homey here! Oh man, carpet! Ah! It doesn't echo here either!" The little things, of course.

The next day we woke up early and went to the Everson Museum for their "Turner to Cezanne" exhibit, aka lots and lots of gorgeous paintings. After we were done with that, my mother took us to Wegmans and boy were we overwhelmed. Going from a decently sized Commissary in Japan to the GIANT Wegmans in DeWitt was like giving a starving child a 12 course meal - we didn't know where to begin! I was just in awe of how many different brands of things there were and how much food we were missing. I could've bought a lot more but settled with some juice and Tim Tams. We then went home for a break before going out geocaching with my mother in the area. We found 3 and it seemed like she had a lot of fun with it so maybe she'll go with her ski club buddies some day. After geocaching, we bought a Christmas tree and Kevin and I intended to decorate it before family came over that night for dinner but ended up taking a longer than expected nap. We managed to complete it just in time before family arrived. Dinner was wonderful and so was the company.



The next day we went to Carousel for some retail therapy and had a lovely time. It was nice to be able to buy clothes again, although I goofed when I bought pants in what I thought was still my size. I should have gotten a size smaller since Japan has been kind (or not, depending on who's asking) to my waistline. I'm just thinking I'll grow back into them once we get back to the US for the long haul. After Carousel, we went ice skating in Clinton Square which was so much fun but so so cold and exhausting.


The next day we were shuttled off to my dad's but since this post is too long to begin with, I'll save that for next time.

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Summer's here, boys and girls 8D Do go check the forecast for the next week, won't you? And have a great weekend.

Plans for today got cancelled and moved to Tuesday. So they weren't really cancelled but just postponed. Whatever. We were planning to go into Kelowna, donate blood, shop and visit a little, get our traditional cinamin bun, and then do some more hanging out before I head back home. We were also planning on seeing that Avatar in 3D. I saw the regular version and it was awesome but sadly I don`t have a ride back home if I saw the 3D with her. :(

Anywho, having a nice morning so far. Got up late, started the coffee, and now I`m catching up with some friends on facebook then I need to call the student loans place to figure out why they`re only giving me $400 instead of the expected $3700.

So yeah. Then I need to call to set up hair appointments for my mother and I. Oh and make an appointment for getting a visa. I want to buy tickets for a concert to surprise my brother cause he loves this band. It'll be his Grad/Birthday/Christmas present for this year. <3

Claymore time

I actually started to do fanart for this series beacause

1) It's awesome

2) I can pimp it out this way so more people would read it and enjoy it It worked for soul eater


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Disney shit I drew

( woot )

Disney fanart that my little sister drew <3


( she is much better then me :D )

Can't believe it's a new decade. But it's going to be the best one for me. It really is helpful being born on a decade year (1990)...easy to remember how old you are. It's 2010 so I'm 20 this year. These are going to be the good years. :)

I spent the New Year with family and since I've been home for the holidays I've visited with several friends and it gives me such a warm feeling. I came back and got a bunch of texts asking me if I was home and wanted to do anything. I just feel loved when friends take the time and effort to keep in touch with me; reminds me that friendship isn't a one-sided thing. <3

I go back to classes in a week and I'm excited and not at the same time. I enjoy classes and seeing friends and being on my own but I also miss not being around my family all the time. It's something I'll have to get over and will but it'll take some time. I am excited for classes cause I'm taking some classes for my degree and not just core requirement. Tuesdays are going to suck cause I have class from 9:30 to 9:30 but I get Fridays off and no classes on Monday mornings so it all equals itself out. lol

So I hope everyone has had a great decade so far and I'll try to make more posts. lol

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...you know, 2009 may be the year I wrote the least since I started.  One part of Zai, one chapter of Legacy and ...well okay, five chapters of Misconduct and GAH I need to somehow start that again. (Did I write myself into a corner? Cloud. Cloud? I order you to write this chapter. It's about you anyway. B|)

And most of a one shot original I haven't finished yet, but makes me giggle every time I read part of it.

Yeah, that's it.

I clearly have to fix this.

Also, people keep writing me to ask about Snowblind and I feel sooo guilty.  Maybe this will be the year I can write more than three lines?  >>
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Undead Gamer tried to burn the kitchen down today.  I'm actually surprised how long I failed to notice the oven was on fire for, given it's ... uh.   About seven feet to my right.  Though admittedly, the kitchen bench and a radio and microwave are kind of in my way, but still.  So distracted writing tags and talking on AIM that I wrote off the burning smell to the fact that UG had been preheating the oven for too long, or something. 

Then I saw something small and black waft down between my face and the computer screen.  Thought it was a mosquito.  >_>  Sue me, it's summer.  Was only when I got a second and third speck of black that I blinked and realised there was ash raining down on my head.

WA:  *stands up to peer curiously at oven*
Oven: *PLUMES OF SMOKE AND FLAME*
WA: ...oh.  Okay, then.

Turns out that Undead Gamer had turned on the grill to preheat instead of the oven and then got distracted way too long somewhere else, and the alfoil lining had decided to explode in protest, or something.  Easily dealt with, at least.  Turned the oven all the way off and then summoned UG to deal with the rest, because I'm a bitch like that.  (Being pyrophobic has nothing to do with it.)  Flooding the oven tray did the job.

Found the whole thing hilarious.  Especially when he came back into the kitchen shortly after wielding a pedestal fan like a broadsword in a mad attempt to try and get some of the smoke out of the place. Uh, but dinner was still nice.  That counts for something, right?  |D

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Welcome to all the people who friended me today from Luceti, by the way!  \o\ /o/  And, y'know, the OP cast and BB cast and Reine who all did it like a week ago.  Also, you're all awesome.  So there.

Oh yeah.  And to start the year, here.  Have the sweetest, cutest Fruits Basket AMV ever.  8D

...y'all trust me, right?

Rohit and I wish you guys a Happy New Year!