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aboutAmy is 23, lives in the Willamette Valley of Oregon, and likes cats, anime, computers (most of the time -_-;;) and reading.This layout is the Fire Faerie from NeoCrack. XD The title is a play on the meaning of sunao, which is "obedient; meek; docile; unaffected". Yeah. XD
contactE-mail: @sunao.netAIM: amikohime Y!: amiko_hime UIN: 168836852 MSN: amikohime@hotmail Let me know where you got my screenname from, because otherwise I get cranky. <3
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Monday, December 30, 2002 ..... o_O;; I think the cat's high on cleaning fumes. XD I'm actually like, mopping the floor for the first time in longer than I care to think about. -_-;; Dishes done and everything! O_O;; Kitchen hasn't been thisclean since, like, I forget when. >_<** No, I'm not big on housework. Need a maid. XD Or at least an house elf, just not Dobby. XD Posted by amy @ 06:09 PM PST [Link] New layout, featuring the Fire Faerie from NeoCrack. <3 Because I could, and did you really think I'd be able to resist? XD Posted by amy @ 01:58 PM PST [Link] Friday, December 27, 2002 From Deb. XD And it's so true, too. XD
Posted by amy @ 09:04 PM PST [Link] I KNEW I was forgetting something - the spa kit from Moim and Cecil. XD Is very fun - has bubble bath, two flavors of bath salts, bath oil, lotion, and a bath mitt. XD Between that, the bubble bath Brian gave me and the Christmas Hello Kitty stuff I got on clearance yesterday, I'm going to be one big raison. <3 Posted by amy @ 11:01 AM PST [Link] Why do we get coloring books and crayons for Christmas at our age? Besides being a lot of fun - Mom gets the Dover coloring books and the last three years have been Japanese theme ones XD - they and the box of Lifesavers are a reminder of where we came from. When we were little, we were extremely poor - so poor it makes me look like a whiny brat for complaining about my (abet small) income now - and there were years that that was all Mom could afford to buy us for Christmas. So now when we look at our piles of gifts and see the coloring books, we're reminded of how much we've been blessed with. <3 Posted by amy @ 02:11 AM PST [Link] Christmas loot (this is more to remind me who need thank you cards than anything else XD) -- Meg - Sweet Coron (the Sanrio bubble bee XD) pen case and a Sigmund Freud action figure (don't ask XD) Parents - $50 Target card, $10 Starbucks card, Starbucks mints/gum set (package each of cinnimon gum, peppermint gum, peppermints and cinnamon mints), Starbucks tin set with biscotti, tea cookies and pound of coffee, Starbuck mug (.... hey, I like Starbucks stuff, ok? XD I collect the mugs, the card is great for the end of the month when I Need My Latte and have no cash, and I can always use coffee XD), crocheted hat Mom found at a craft fair, Life in Old Japan coloring book and a box of crayons, Lifesavers book, a box of chocolate, and something else that I know I'm forgetting. XD Grandparents - Sushi board of Japanese cypress with wasabi/soy sauce bowl, a box of Good Nori with a bamboo mat, and a pound of coffee. Patti/Mom (family exchange) - $20 bill David (cousin exchange) - $20 gift certificate to Kinokuniya Carrie - yaoi CDs XD Sakki - An Unquiet Mind, forgot the author, from my Amazon.com list, about manic-depressive disorder <3 Shi-chan - keychain and letter / address book set <3 K-chan - CDs Brian - bottle of pear cider and Hello Kitty bubble bath XD GL - baby paintbrush for NeoCrack and something else I haven't gotten yet I have a nasty feeling I'm forgeting something, but that's 95% of it. *_* Posted by amy @ 01:55 AM PST [Link] Thursday, December 26, 2002 I have kitten on my lap and laying on my right arm, so I'm typing one-handed. Christmas recount soon - spent the last 36 hours having seizures, because of a triple-whammy of stress, being sick, and pre-menstrual. >___<** Better now, just not all the way recovered yet. o_o; Brian came over for a while, which helped, because I have a Thing about letting Mom know about me having a cluster of seizures cos she worries. ^_^;; Posted by amy @ 11:55 PM PST [Link] Tuesday, December 24, 2002 Happy almost Christmas to everyone. <3 Meg and I are going to the mall later to drink lattes and watch the idiots. <3 Because we are done shopping and they are not. XD Had G'ma's birthday with Jacob, Brad and Alicia since Robin was at work, and Alicia helped decorate the gingerbread house with Mom, G'ma and I while the Boys watched football. XD Much more fun than drowning in testostrone. XD And puppy boy just about went crazy with the kids over. XD 36 hours to prezzies! XD Posted by amy @ 12:52 AM PST [Link] Monday, December 23, 2002 I woke up this morning to someone washing my nose. o_o;; Which, while being very cute, is still disturbing. XD She was sprawled on my chest and evidentally thought it was Time For Me To Be Up. And then, after I'm up and actually doing things like getting ready to go to Mom's, she plops on my lap and falls asleep. o_o;; In other non-cat news! XD I got the CDs! From Shirley! XD So now! I have lots of C-Pop! XD Like, 5 CDs of A-Mei and 5 CDs with random other people and a mix CD! XD ..... Chinese pop music is an aquired taste, yes, but it's such a fun one. XD Posted by amy @ 02:12 PM PST [Link] Sunday, December 22, 2002 Is too your fault. YOU gave the cold to ME. XD ... On the other hand, Shouko makes a great hot water bottle. XD Posted by amy @ 10:02 PM PST [Link] Saturday, December 21, 2002 Shouko's climbing the back of the rocker. O_o;;; For no apparent reason than She Can. My cat's a freak. XD Posted by amy @ 08:13 PM PST [Link] *see previous post about e-mail to cousin* Amy: *at Christmas Party @ Mom's* One of the few men left alive that knows how to take a hint, cute, sweet, smart, nice, and HE'S MY FIRST COUSIN, DAAAAMMIT. XD XD XD If he weren't related to me, I'd SO jump him. And Mom would be haaaaappy. XD But anyway. <3 Party was fun. <3 Lots Of Family and Small Children - about 20 people in G'ma's 1976 double-wide, which is a, er, cozy fit, but lots of fun. XD I got an Uncle John's Bathroom Reader out of the $5 gift exchange / party game. XD My votive lamps didn't get fought over as much as I would have liked, but all in all, a blast. XD Beka pronouned the Death of the pig boxers a bit soon, since Uncle Joe took them from her so they'd be back next year. XD ..... The pig boxers are a pair of XXXL pig print boxers that say "Oink Oink Oink" on the waistband that have been passed around at the party for about eight years now. XD David passed around an evlie rumor that he gave them away at an office party, but they were back with the Bah Humbug hat that Joe'd been trying to get for almost as long, and a Nightmare Before Christmas mask. XD Yeah, my family's weird. <3 Posted by amy @ 07:34 PM PST [Link] Thursday, December 19, 2002 Letter to cousin RE: family gift exchange. Yeah, we're all real subtle. XD I know it's kinda last minute, but Dave confessed to me in a panic last night that he drew YOUR name, and has NO FREAKIN IDEA what kinda stuff you want/need. Care to give me any suggestions I can pass along in confidence? ;) Well, house colors are lavender, baby blue, butter yellow and leaf green. <3 I like strawberries (I started to type 'strawberrykisses' as in my domain - how's that for habit? XD) and Asian theme stuff, too. XD If he's REALLY deseparate, he can drive down to Kinokuniya (Hwy. 217 to Hwy 10 - exit 2A, Canyon Rd XD - east at the light after the exit and down about a mile, past the Target, across the street from Burger King and inside Uwajimaya. XD If you hit Beaverton Town Center, you went the wrong way at the light - the address is 10500 SW Beaverton-Hillsdale Hwy.) and get his baby cousin a gift certifcate so she can buy X volume 18 by CLAMP and Alice 19th volume 5 by Watase Yuu. <3 But that's just a suggestion, of course. <3 Posted by amy @ 11:26 AM PST [Link]
amiko_hime: Frank showed me this -- look at the orange box on top. XD XD XD http://www.microsoft.com/windowsme/support/default.asp Posted by amy @ 12:21 AM PST [Link] Wednesday, December 18, 2002 Another QMR forward, but you know what? I don't care. It's funny. XD Holiday Eating Tips 1. Avoid carrot sticks. Anyone who puts carrots on a holiday buffet table knows nothing of the Christmas spirit. In fact, if you see carrots, leave immediately. Go next door, where they're serving rum balls. 2. Drink as much eggnog as you can. And quickly. Like fine single-malt scotch, it's rare. In fact, it's even rarer than single-malt scotch. You can't find it any other time of year but now. So drink up! Who cares that ithas 10,000 calories in every sip? It's not as if you're going to turn into an eggnog-aholic or something. It's a treat. Enjoy it. Have one for me. Have two. It's later than you think. It's Christmas! 3. If something comes with gravy, use it. That's the whole point of gravy. Gravy does not stand alone. Pour it on. Make a volcano out of your mashed potatoes. Fill it with gravy. Eat the volcano. Repeat. 4. As for mashed potatoes, always ask if they're made with skim milk or whole milk. If it's skim, pass. Why bother? It's like buying a sports car with an automatic transmission. 5. Do not have a snack before going to a party in an effort to control your eating. The whole point of going to a Christmas party is to eat other people's food for free. Lots of it. Hello? 6. Under no circumstances should you exercise between now and New Year's. You can do that in January when you have nothing else to do. This is the time for long naps, which you'll need after circling the buffet table while carrying a 10-pound plate of food and that vat of eggnog. 7. If you come across something really good at a buffet table, like frosted Christmas cookies in the shape and size of Santa, position yourself near them and don't budge. Have as many as you can before becoming the center of attention. They're like a beautiful pair of shoes. If you leave them behind, you're never going to see them again. 8. Same for pies. Apple. Pumpkin. Mincemeat. Have a slice of each. Or, if you don't like mincemeat, have two apples and one pumpkin. Always have three. When else do you get to have more than one dessert? Labor Day? 9. Did someone mention fruitcake? Granted, it's loaded with the mandatory celebratory calories, but avoid it at all cost. I mean, have some standards. 10. One final tip: If you don't feel terrible when you leave the party or get up from the table, you haven't been paying attention. Reread tips; start over, but hurry, January is just around the corner. Posted by amy @ 10:23 PM PST [Link] I'm Told by Shirley that the kanji for the kitten's name looks boyish in Chinese. XD Jeffery's says that it isn't classified yet by gender, so I figure we're ok. XD She got out for a while today, but I found her sitting outside looking very cold. XD I told her that while being inside all the time might be boring, at least it's warm and there's Food. XD Right now I'm getting glared at because my arm keeps hitting her ear while i'm typing. <3 Too bad for kitties. <3 Posted by amy @ 09:36 PM PST [Link] Nickie, Warwick, you two are NOT allowed to soundtrack Another Perfect Day by American Hi-Fi at each other. x_x;;;;;;;; Or American Hi-Fi in general, for that matter, like Cool Like You. Dammit. XD Posted by amy @ 09:28 PM PST [Link]
I want a Candychan, dammit. XD They're so cute! XD Like little faeries with mint wings~! And like, nobody's selling them, and you need a t3 to get one in the shop! XD DAMMIT~! XD Ah, but it's the thrill of the hunt, yes? I WILL get one, even if it's in JUNE when no one else does. XD Posted by amy @ 06:22 PM PST [Link] Tuesday, December 17, 2002
"Being bilingual not only gets you the job, it also has a major role to play in your compensation. I would say as a rule of thumb that bilingual capability adds about 30% onto your monthly salary and sometimes as much as 100% (for certain highly technical positions)." Eeeeeee. O____O;;;; Time for Amy to get cracking? XD Posted by amy @ 12:24 PM PST [Link] Monday, December 16, 2002 Add to project list --
o_o I doubt any of it will happen any time soon, but it's a nice thought. XD Posted by amy @ 11:12 PM PST [Link] Sunday, December 15, 2002
Posted by amy @ 11:41 PM PST [Link]
'More haste, less speed,' said Cressida, in a rage with herself, the wind and the snow and the terrifying feeling that she was alone in a strange world. She had dropped the torch too, but luckily it was not broken. She picked it up and shone it ahead of her and was almost blinded by the beam of another torch. It was too much; she screamed and was instantly engulfed by the doctor's great arms. Betty Neels r0x0rs. XD XD XD Posted by amy @ 05:38 PM PST [Link] Kitten's name is Shouko - as in small and tiger. XD She'sa tabby, ok? As if I could pass that up. XD Posted by amy @ 05:04 PM PST [Link]
Amy: *telling Mom about cat* *babbles happily about how cute and smart and adorable she is* XD Um, for people who actually WANT to hear me babble about her, I'm making a blog for her at sunao.net/neko. XD It'll be up in a bit. <3 Posted by amy @ 02:52 PM PST [Link] Saturday, December 14, 2002 ... no, honey, you can't lay on the keyboard, even if Momma's paying more attention to IT than you. XD Posted by amy @ 11:23 PM PST [Link] *typing one-handed because cat is sprawled on arm* Um, yeah, so she moved in, and is indeed a complete lap slore. XD XD XD She was very cute earlier when Brian and I got back for doing things and getting kitty supplies - Brian was laying on me and she was laying on Brian and my arm. XD She also tried to kill the scrap scarf I was making earlier, so I made her a t0y. <3 She knows how to use a litter box - all I had to do was show her where it was - and she's had some food and water and and and . . . XD But she still needs a name. o_o;; Any ideas? Posted by amy @ 09:12 PM PST [Link] Friday, December 13, 2002 I have a new friend. <3 She's very cute and has tabby stripes and has been blobbed on my lap most of the night. She's also been Eyeing the keyboard because I'm typing and not petting her. XD Her Highness delined to lay down on the couch for 5 seconds, but now she wants back on the lap. XD If she does stay as moved in as she seems to think she is, I'll have to talk to our NP about her and have her write a note saying I Need A Cat. ^_^;; We're not techically allowed pets here without a doctor's note, but the manager's cool. XD The main thing would be feeding her AND me, but we'll worry about it if it comes to that. Another problem is that I'm going to Mom's for about a week, and if I took her with me, Obake would EAT her. ^_^v We'll see. Right now I'm trying not to name her until I'm sure if she's going to stay. <3 But since she was an Agency Cat, I don't think I have much choice in the matter. XD Posted by amy @ 12:50 AM PST [Link] Thursday, December 12, 2002
 And I'll hug him and love him and squeeze him and feed him and call him George. <3 .... Props to anyone who knows where the quote comes from. XD Posted by amy @ 10:54 AM PST [Link] XD XD XD *random bouncing* Eh heh heh . . . Posted by amy @ 10:52 AM PST [Link] Wednesday, December 11, 2002 I'm collecting Coffee items. Because I can. XD XD XD Cheaper and easier that most things, anyway. <3 Got 90% of the shopping done and it's most likely going to have to rest there. ^_^;; We usually get our December checks last day of finals, but with the switch in payroll systems, we're not getting paid until the 31st. ;_; That's, like, half of my Christmas money. o_o;;; Eeee. And speaking of Christmas presents, I've tied more square knots today than I care to think about. ^_^;; Claire is impossable to shop for, because she saves candy instead of eating it - as in, has stuff from before M&C got married - and if you buy Fun Bath Fings, she saves those. o_o; What's the point? XD So I made her a blanket that's basicly two pieces of fleece knotted together, with a matching pillow done with the leftover fabric. The pillows take 5 minutes to do and the blankets take an hour, TOPS, and there's no sewing. XD Just my attention span. XD I couldn't find the color I wanted for the back of Claire's blanket at Wally*World, so I went to Jo-Ann's on River Road. Lo and behold, all fleece 50% off. *_* I got more to use for a blanket for G'ma's birthday present, since she was snoggling my blanket pretty heavily when I was down last. XD Posted by amy @ 09:52 PM PST [Link] Tuesday, December 10, 2002 Today I was at the mall getting some Christmas stuff done, and I stopped by the Tupperware booth. XD The girl who was manning it was about my age and she has some piercings. I told her I was using one of the little sauce cup things (Midgee) to soak my belly piercing with. XD She hadn't thought of using one like that - she'd used paper cups and had them spill everywhere. o_o But the damn things are the PERFECT size for it, hard sided, AND dishwashable. XD Wonder if she'll mention it at her next party? XD Posted by amy @ 08:44 PM PST [Link] Monday, December 9, 2002 o_o My soda is on the other side of the room and I don't want to get up to grab it. It's been one of those days where all I want to do is go back to bed, but I can't and so I do things like I'm supposed to but all I really want to do is go back to bed with about five thick blankets, a cat to sleep on top of them and a bunch of books to read. O_o But alas, no cat and only two thick blankets, so I'm doing laundry, more stuff to the domains and cleaning house. -_-;;; *sigh* Posted by amy @ 05:00 PM PST [Link] I went to Staples to see if they had CD envolopes - plain ones that I could use for Christmas cards XD - and looking around, and saw that they had 3 cameras in a package for $5. Fun, I think, for $5 I'll take them to the Christmas Fing and everybody can take pictures without having to worry about breaking someone else's camera. So I e-mail Mom about it. Amy: I found three disposable cameras - with flash - in a package at Staples for $5. XD I thought that maybe we could pass them around at the Christmas party? What do you think? Mom: Wonderful!, Could you get one for me to send to Patti? *SNERK* I could just SEE the wheels clicking in Mom's head. XD I love my mommy. XD Posted by amy @ 03:21 PM PST [Link]
IRJustman: *snicker* I <3 Geeks. XD Posted by amy @ 11:53 AM PST [Link] Sunday, December 8, 2002 !!!!!!!!! "You Won 20,000 Neopoints!!!!!!" <-- From the Buried Treasure game on NeoCrack. XD XD XD I guess it is time to find the bunker. XD Posted by amy @ 03:42 PM PST [Link] Either the Universe has decided that Take A Dump On Amy Week is over, or I should find a steel bunker. XD I won $20 off of a $2 lotto ticket that I got at Albie's for the family gift exchange -- I just decided to scratch one off since the $6 of lotto tickets I bought was a bit over the $5 gag gift limit and I had something to put with them already. XD On the way back from cashing that, I stopped by St. Vinnie's to look around, and I found three Betty Neels book - two that I haven't read before <3 - and a LM Montgomery book that I love and have been wanting a copy of since our's went into storage. XD XD XD ...... So now I'm not sure if this is an apology for how shitty last week was or if it's a sign to find a bunker and take cover while I can. XD I'm hoping it's an apology, planning like I need a bunker. <3 Posted by amy @ 03:34 PM PST [Link]
Posted on QMR this morning ---
Eventually, the old girl passed away. On the way back from the cemetery, the husband confessed to his wife, "Darling, if I didn't love you so much, I don't think I could have put up with having your Aunt Emma in the house all those years." His wife looked at him aghast. "My Aunt Emma!" she cried. "I thought she was 'your' Aunt Emma!" "
Posted by amy @ 11:08 AM PST [Link] Saturday, December 7, 2002 !!!!!!!!!!!!! "Wow! You have found a Christmas Paint Brush!" XD XD XD Should I paint one of them, keep the brush, or sell it? XD Oh, the choices. XD */NeoCrack* Posted by amy @ 07:22 PM PST [Link] Still working on stuff. XD Mostly because it's too cold to even think about going outside and do things right now. <3 Yes, I know I'm a wuss, but 32F at 2:00PM is colder than I want to think about here. XD We get snow for about 15 minutes a year, and the coldest I can remember it getting is in the teens. o_o That's what i get for living in the valley. XD It rains and rains and rains and we get some ice, but that's it. O_o We're more likely to have a white Valentines's Day than we are to have a white Christmas. XD Posted by amy @ 03:49 PM PST [Link] Friday, December 6, 2002 New sk.com layout by Meg. <3 Cos I scanned the Alice stationary that was in Sho-Comi, and she had the evil idea to have matching domains. XD Mine's Kyou, her's is Frei. <3 Posted by amy @ 06:09 PM PST [Link] Thursday, December 5, 2002 And as Meg pointed out, we both have five letter domains that end in .net now. XD And both of my domains start with S now. o_O Posted by amy @ 04:19 PM PST [Link] @_@ I hate dead week. All the people who should have been in week 2 or 3 of the term show up and expect me to work miracles with their grade. I don't THINK so. And if they had it their way, I'd work finals, too, but if they don't know it by dead week, there ain't nothing I can can do to help. -_-;;; But! I'm DONE! Until January! XD So the current plan is to lock myself in the house for a week or so and catch up with all the stuff I've been putting of, like, say, housework. XD I need to code the new sk.com layout, and do some more back-end work on both domains. ^_^; Posted by amy @ 04:04 PM PST [Link] ...... a.org's first layout was B-Wanted, too. Seems to be a habit. XD But I really couldn't resist it, since the domain is Sunao.net, and even if Sunao did end up with the Wrong Boy, I still love the series. XD XD XD Anyway, I dumped Blogger for Grey Matter, and so far I like it. If nothing else, my server is way more stable than Blogger's ever dreamed about being. XD s.net is registered for two years, so hopefully we avoid what happened to a.org. >_<***** Posted by amy @ 01:28 AM PST [Link] Testing Grey Matter . . . |
