4/3/2004   yes, folks, she still lives :D chilling waiting for rachel to see if she can make it to jayme's welcome back dinner get together tonight. gonna have to give her a ring if i don't hear from her soon. on the home front, just got through a visit from chris which was very cool ^_^ he's doing well. still consumed by his work, but there may be some light on the horizon. watched 12 Kingdoms dvd 5 the other day which was excellent. had dinner at Chizu's finally while chris was up. excellent. definitely derserving of the #1 Japanese restaurant title. also ate at Sneakers on the beach which is a total sports bar, but a cool one. dad and mom would get a kick out of it i think, dad more than mom probably. speaking of the folks, gonna visit them this coming week. it's a surprise for the dad; mom knows. the hair just keeps getting longer and longer :P making some decent chunks in the debt, as in payin it off, which is hugely rewarding. optimistically speaking, i'll have it all paid off the end of this year. realistically speaking, probly not till a bit into next year. shall just have to see. need to see whether rachel can go to the saturday or sunday showing of CATS so i can go ahead and buy the tickets. ^_^ yay ^_^ not much else going on. just working, chilling, trying to enjoy life, stress less, visit the friends, and getting a move on getting my school stuff situated so i can get it done in time to actually start going this fall. grrr. baibai :) k-chan ^_^ 7:17 PM [ dream flowers blossomed] 3/18/2004   other than the fact that i think i make some killer awesome grits, not much to udate on this morning before i go work out and do a few things in town. i must say though that a great life lesson learned through experiance and the wisdom of one rachel *^^* is that if you have debt, you don't really have any money. so true, so true -.- but, thanx to some good guidance, i'm working on reversing that into no debt and real money saved. {hugs} i am so lucky =^_^= now, off to burn some calories :P and get in shape :3 workouts feel good, too. at least, i enjoy them. next on the list: summer is coming which means i need a tan. badly. especially since this summer i wanna be wearing some cute shorts :) k-chan ^_^ 11:02 AM [ dream flowers blossomed] 3/14/2004   yes!!!!!!!!!!!! i knew persistance would pay off. i found out when and where CATS will be showing in jax. thank you ticketmaster :D April 16-18 *sparkles* i just gotta see it ^-^ tickets range from $25-$52 depending on how good of a seat you pay for. mm. gotta have a decent seat. this is a childhood dream come true for me, and i'm not passing up those chances any more ^_^ sleep calls oyasumi -.-zzz k-chan ^_^ 1:17 AM [ dream flowers blossomed] 3/13/2004   ohayo minna-san!!! ogenki-de? ... yokata ^_^ and thus concludes our japanese for the day ;P moving on... speaking of which, k-chan's new 'work in progress' Life motto is: "Worry Less - Stress Less". of course, a nice lil vacation is also a good thing, something i needs, i think. i've been way wacked over stupid doodoo. thankfully, i have a way more patient then i could ever ask for girlfriend. a worthy inspiration =^_^= {hugs} and moving on, more spring cleaning abounds in the k-chan household, along with clean laundry. melissa ferrick has a store open with a way cool T i want. i'll sparkle at the momster first, and then if that's a no go, just get it meself. i'm only missing a couple more of her cds, too. yay ^_^ of course, i don't have nearly the swaggage live performance cd stash that r-chan does, but that's cool. watched the end of .hack//Sign, realized i didn't have the LtdEd on preorder, so now i have to find out if i'm missing anything important with the fan-created episode 28. if i'm not, than i won't worry about switching out the two. if i am, then i'll have to negotiate a swap somewhere somehow. i have XMen2 on the plate to be watched next. the first movie was surprisingly fun and enjoyable, so time to give movie 2 a spin in the player. it'd be nice if WaMu would get those courtesy checks to me sometime soon -.- read the lil short book The Ferret Chronicles by Richard Bach last night. totally cute and fun. he even did lil interspersed illustrations for it ^^ he has 10 ferrets o.o and apparently this is two be a series of Ferret Chronicles books. i'll have to keep an eye out for more. not surprisingly enough, mom found this lil rare jewel for me since she knows (obviously :P) how much i love ferrets. and how i am unfortunately allergic to them ;_; too freaking cool/cute!!!! he has lots of ferret chronicle books out; 4 it looks like that i don't have. me wants ^^ for an interesting religious experience, check out the MCC as i am. my thoughts/impressions - compelling :) i want a certain freedom of peace in my life, one i feel faith has to offer me. i also feel like i have missed out on something wonderful, that i am now ready, wanting to find for myself. did my first load of laundry... no, not the first load ever, silly peoples ;P... the first load of laundry ever here in my new aparto place. of course, when i went to get my clean dry wonderfully Bounce fresh smelling laundry, a repair dude was working on one of the washing machines and, lo ad behold, he recognized me from work. ah, the public life of the famous can be so trying sometimes ^_- something way cool i forgot to mention is that CATS is coming to town!!!!!!!!!!!! i have wanted to see CATS since i was a wee little kid, literally. so stoked. gotta see. wanna see it with r-chan ^^ of course, i can't find anything about it online at jax.com. hm... i saw a clip thing for it on one of the local stations so it's not like it's my imagination. ticketbroker shows CATS in miami in may. hm... i'm almost positive it was for local. i hope i didn't miss it >:| of course, i could always go to the one in miami if it works into r-chan's schedule. the SlimABear fudge bars are g00d :3 fishies are swimming. angel fish next, yepyep :D k-chan ^_^ 10:27 AM [ dream flowers blossomed] 3/11/2004   blogger needs to update their main page, since valentines days is past. but, i must say that any day with my valentine is a valentines day ^^ romantically corny? yes. but it is true =^_^= not much to do before zipping off to work. fishies are fed and zipping about their tank happily. got two days off in a row coming up soon here which i hopes/plans to spend with the r-chan ^^ jayme is doing well, and to be home soon, granted her back-to-jax day hasn't changed any. have to give a buzz this weekend and say "Hi! :D" next holiday: easter. paid holiday? dun know. have to find out. can't request it off anyway, so i might as well make the most out of it. k-chan ^_^ 3:40 PM [ dream flowers blossomed] 3/6/2004   a late day today. got much accomplished in the meantime though between waking and working ^_^ hung my new bathroom pic up and now i would consider my bathroom complete in terms of decorations. for now at least ^^ took care of the hlj mishap yesterday so i should have my money back from that next week sometime. next two days off means Rachel time =^_^= gonna try and find out where their work room/gym is here so i can get some excersize in. of course, if someone at one of the offices would answer the phone, it'd be nice. found Yamato, Kamikaze Kaitou Jeane, and Macross movie goodness in r0 DVD. i'll have to pick those up throughout the course of the year. ah, yes, we need a quote of the day, don't we :3 "You can watch over people, but you can't make choices for them." -CSI: Miami wrote two new haikus, inspired by the bestest most wonderful muse =^^= for some reason, i can't seem to spell worth didly-squat this morning. go figure. good thing you all can't read my blog as i'm typing it :P watched the XMen movie last night. bought it cheap from my albies since they closed down their video department and are selling all their for-rent dvds and vhs tapes. not bad, actually. before i discovered manga, XMen was one of the very few american comics i read. i think the movie was a well made, fun adaptation of the beginnings of the XMen. it didn't try to be something over-the-top, keeping it 'real' which is what made it really work, i think. i'll have to check out XMen 2 and see if it's any good. allrighty-o. got clothes to iron and other shtuff to do. bai bai ^_^ k-chan ^_^ 10:38 AM [ dream flowers blossomed] 3/4/2004   heyhey peoples ^_^ just a short morning/afternoon hello to you all out there. reveled in GE999 TV eps 1-16 yesterday. aw yeah :D there is nothing quite as good as one of the best classics of all ages: Galaxy Express 999 TV. wow. i also have the next box on the way with eps 16-36, i think. yay ^_^ maybe rachel would like to watch some classic GE999... ~pondering~ of important note, never truly piss of Maetel. you may just fine your planet blown to bits }:D other than that, a really nice fictional gal who has been one of my fav anime personalities of all time. in other news, the jayme visit went wonderfully. again, i am blown away by atlanta. very cool city, high crime rate aside of course :P jayme is doing awesome, and unless the date changes will be back in jax the beginning of april. wai! wai! ^_^ hooked her up with Memories on dvd, Trigun GN 2, and some laminates for her outpatient room. hooked myself up with a couple goodies, one thanx muchly to the momster. my guppy has ascended to guppy heaven -.- work today, of course. enjoy my days off that are coming up with rachel =^^= one of these days, it'd be nice to get a thursday off. k-chan ^_^ 11:05 AM [ dream flowers blossomed] 2/26/2004   back again. the site is back up and running thanx to amy out in or-y-gun ^-^ hm... i've had the haibane renmei theme going on for a while. maybe it's time for a new blog theme. i'll have to *sparkle* most endearingly for that one. shall see. as for new blog layout, i'm thinking something along the lines of Kiddy Grade/Eclair & Lumiere g00dness :D gotta depart for the joy that is work soon. yes, i most definitely like the early day shifts better than the late evening ones. i have no idea who i am closing with, so that shall remain an interesting lil surprise-to-be. i feel like a curtain i had put around myself out of confusion and misunderstanding has been lifted. i truly am very lucky and blessed to have a certain someone in my life again and still. neither desire nor joy has lessened any since day one. if anything, it is more =^_^= and much to my relief, the fish tank light wasn't on when i got home so i did remember to turn it off last night. yay :) we can kiss february goodbye. this month has flown, and it's but only a few more days till a jayme visit is in order. yay ^_^ the qotd: "Kindness is something that grows inside of each person's body, but it's up to us to nurture that kindness in our hearts. That's why kindness is different for every person." -Natsuki Takaya (manga: Fruits Basket) well. looking at the clock, it is time for me to gather up me stuff (water :P) and head off. byebye ^^ emoticon update: =^_^= equals 'blushing blissful happy' ^_^ equals average happy ^^ equals silly happy :end emoticon update. k-chan ^_^ 3:49 PM [ dream flowers blossomed] 2/24/2004   another update, though at the moment my page is inaccessable. eheh... working on getting that fixed. day off, so going to spend it with rachel =^^= and then later this afternoon, with otoosan :) it's looking clear out now, though it definitely was rainy last night when i went to bed. grrr. hopefully it'll be clear this afternoon for some blading with the ji-san. k-chan's QOTD: "Kindness is something that grows inside of each person's body, but it's up to us to nurture that kindness in our hearts. That's why kindness is different for every person." -Natsuki Takaya (manga: Fruits Basket) i think the fishy tank is going to need a clean, a good one, when i do the next water change. for that i need/want to get a wall scrubber sponge thingy that is made for getting mold and grime off, and then the filter will do the rest. i hope ~crosses fingers~ ^_^ i have water stress stuff and algae stuff to put in the water too which will help. byebye :) k-chan ^_^ 8:05 AM [ dream flowers blossomed] 2/18/2004   k-chan's quote of the day before she hits the sack after an awesome evening with john. "Women are creatures that can't be reassured unless they hear the words." - Ran Kotobuki .... bah, it's only 20 minutes away from tomorrow. might as well go ahead and do the qotd for tomorrow since who knows when i might get back to blog again. or when my blog will be back up and running again. "Life is full of moments; endings don't exist." - Melissa Ferrick and, without further ado, i'm off to sleepies -.-zzz k-chan ^_^ 11:28 PM [ dream flowers blossomed] 2/17/2004   back again to check in with the online world and say "i'm alive!! ^_^" such a good feeling. my new catfish is kool :D the other three fish just kinda chill, do the fishy school thing, and mind the catfish not. ano. it's florida, so why is it so freaking cold out o_O ~!brrrrrr!~ some warm weather would be nice. yesyes ^^ gonna visit the j-chan later this month, and pete and i met up for dinner last night. decided i don't like Samuel Adams. check that off the list :P dinner was good though. not much else going on. anime wise, the Aquarian Age movie has been liscenced, so i'll probly snag that. found a place that has my GE999 tv series with english subtitles. hehe... ~fangs~ and the Macross movie with subtitles. in due time. in due time ^-^ manga wise, Fruits Basket GN 1 is out. i highly recomment this manga to anyone and everyone. the anime is very good too. have i mentioned that Norah Jones new cd is Fantabulous? well, it is. go out and get it asap. trust me :3 the price of making more money ... less taxes back at the end of the year. bah. well, at least i know for next year since it'll about be in the same bracket, efiling will definitely be A-OK. ttfn ^_^ k-chan ^_^ 5:27 PM [ dream flowers blossomed] 2/13/2004   yes. i live. and i have internet access. again. oh be ye thankfull bellsouth that ye are paid :P moving on, a long thoughtful blog insight from my old bud from high school, craig. a good man ^_^ jayme is doing well and better every day. shall catch her at some point tomorrow to catch up and wish her a happy valentines day. bought another spiff cute shirt from target today. i now have one in khaki and in blue. anime and manga news of the day: 12 Kingdoms dvd 4 rocks. augh! why only 4 eps, MB?! why?! Fruits Basket GN 1 is out. buy it. nuf said. finally, some decent music cds set to release, especially more .hack cds. cooking dinner tomorrow. have to decide before i go grocery shopping tomorrow whether it's soup or chili. something warm sounds real good considering how craptastic the weather has been of late. the fishies are doing well ^_^ i have purple towels now :D the mom visit was awesome, of course. she's doing well all things considering. need to email the sis ~mental note~ two figures are being release domestically that should be on any Noir fan's must buy list. Kirika and Mireille resin figures. yeah, $100 a pop, but they'd be double that if you bought the imports instead which are exactly the same, btw. still waiting for financial aid news -.- did write a bunch of new haikus in this last week. i try to write at least a couple three a week, with a poem thrown in here and there. i still have quite a chunk of my haiku book ^^ to fill, but all in due time. not much else to blab about, and sleep is sounding real nice right about now. so, oyasumi. oh yeah, one more thing, buy Norah Jones new cd. it rocks. k-chan ^_^ 10:40 PM [ dream flowers blossomed] 1/28/2004   talked to jayme last night for almost a good whole hour. yay!!! the girl is rockin! :D once she's mobile, it'll be time to trick her mode of transportation out, yesindeedy. thought on the really expensive one is if no one needs the bmw and it's been fixed, selling it and putting the money towards the chair might work. just a thought. out to get some swaggage today for the jayme-ster, then fixing dinner which needs to cook for about 3 hours. bring it to a boil for about 10 minutes, then turn it down to low and just let it simmer in its own goodness. still waiting to hear back from eddie on the efiling stuff. grrr. gotta wait till he finishes the G&J Trust stuff though before anything can be done with mine. i need to check my mail at my new place. must get Interstella 555 and the Daftpunk - Discovery cd that has all (most) of the music that is in the musis video movie. g00d Matsumoto ^_^ on my way to paying off the tv :) after tv, it's on to the credit card. couch is easy cause there is no interest. once the cc is paid off - i'll have to celebrate. not quite sure how, but sake and sushi always is g00d ^^ not much else happening. do rachel stuff today along with kristyn stuff today. and of course, dinner. k-chan ^_^ 1:38 PM [ dream flowers blossomed] 1/27/2004   days off are so niiiice ^-^ especially when they coincide with r-chan's days off. this weekend is a jayme visit. gotta call her this afternoon to let her know. talked to steve at hoyt's and the tv i want to trade mine in for should not be a problem to do at all. i just have to talk to robert since he is the one who handles all the trade-in deals and stuff like that. now to just finish paying off the damn thing so i can trade it in even. 12 Kingdoms vol. 4 is out. want to get that. it's one of about the 5 running anime i am still interested in enough, wowed enough by to spend my money on. Big O 2 vol. 1 is also out which i need to get for both myself and for jayme. Arcadia of My Youth is out on dvd. a Matsumoto classic that belongs on my minimalist shelf. surprisingly, Target has both the special editions of the Lord of the Rings movies on sale for cheaper than Circuit City. the question is whether to exploit their price matching policy or not. it'd save me 10% so it's tempting. got my FAFSA done so that is off and submitted. just need to wait and hear back from UNF and FCCJ soon, i hope. forgot about the G&J stock i gotta also include in myt axes, but mom is supposed to be waiting to hear back from eddie on whether or not he can do efiling. so i can get my tax refund back befre july this year, unlike last year. the hair is still growing ^___^ been writing haikus like a madwoman lately of course. {hugs muse} =^^= k-chan ^_^ 2:12 PM [ dream flowers blossomed] 1/23/2004   just a few lil things this time around. byebye bellsouth expensive dial-up and hello affordable netzero dial-up. w00t! ^_^ soon to be byebye tv debt, byebye tv, and hello smaller better more enjoyable tv. it'll match, it'll give me room, and i won't feel it's a chore to use it - ease of use i have learned has come to equal enjoyment as much as other things in life. it'll be Nice. about 4 days or so away from going to visit the jayme-chan. yay! dun know yet if it'll be me n rachel or just me. pete and the others are heading up friday so j-chan is going to get a nice double dosage of friends :) azumanga daioh dvd 1 with an artbox finally has a date. i can count azudaioh as one of the maybe 5 anime i am currently still getting and interested in. that's about it, though. there is not much good coming out anymore, and my feelings towards and about anime has changed and grown lately. i wouldn't call it seeing the light, but i'd definitely call it seeing the inside of the box from the outside. lite entertainment ok, obsession no. oh, and debt is evil >.< me, myself, and i = doing real g00d ^____^ finally finished my FAFSA last night since i got my w2s from work. yay. hopefully i should know the outcome from that in a few days or so. tis a friday though so i probly won't find out till the beginning of next week. *teehee* i'm really excited about starting school again. challenging myself and getting my degree. a good start in a direction i definitely want to go in. got all my new haikus and poems transcribed in their appropriate books. now i just have to take care of the other necesary transcribation. is that a word. probly not, but :P two of the poems don't have a title which is something i have to finish. content is complete though. cost of living raise - jan 28th. w00t! :D might not be much, but something is better than nothing. and with cutting back in everything else, erasing debt, the lil extra added onto the money i'm saving will add up to a lot. k-chan ^_^ 10:28 AM [ dream flowers blossomed] 1/16/2004   ohayo minna-san ^_^ another day, but not another dollar cause k-chan has the day off. w00t!!! did i mention i also have tomorrow off. what to do? ... shall have to see. Along Came Polly comes out today and i do want to see that. it's not just because it has a ferret in it. it also looks absolutely hilarious :D wrote another haiku yesterday while filling in for the liquor store lunch. me wuvs it when my muse is visiting, yes i do ^^ that makes either 3 or 4 new haikus/poems i need to transcribe into their appropriate journals. i still have dreams of getting my poetry published one day. it doesn't have to be all of it; just some of it would be cool. i'd also like to get my PIN number from fafsa so i can get my financial aid form filled and submitted in time to get started in school. i can't do anything or know what i'm going to do until i know what kinds of grants and such i am elligable for. yuri, my mac of many years, is getting old. the cd burner died and will be resting in a grave somewhere as soon as i decide where. i probly won't throw it away, but i will stash it up in my closet somewhere or something. not that i have room or anything :P r-chan has a class this afternoon during which i have no idea what i shall do. it is nice out; i should go home and stain my table so it can dry and i can finally set it up in my living room. i'm sure my lamp would like something other than the floor to sit on. wonder if scott is ebaying my sailor moon goods yet? since my aparto is pretty much done now, i'll have to give the otoosan and pete a buzz and see about getting together for a lil anime fest. i had a weird dream where i moved my couch against my dining room wall and moved my chair that i have there into the living room where i have the couch now. weird O_o it's not as weird as some of the other dreams i have had over the years, so i can work with it :P k-chan ^_^ 10:54 AM [ dream flowers blossomed] 1/13/2004   well, i'm back again for another blog something. that's two days in a row after about a months hiatus. woah O_o kinda scary wrote two new haikus. yay!!! {hugs} thanx to my muse, of course =^^= still a pome/haiku to write for bringing in a new year, but it'll come in its own good time. chilling at the r-chan's for the moment. not much special going on here - just being ^_^ tomorrow off. only thing scheduled is an oil change, and new windshield wiper inserts cause, well, i need em. bills to pay. ugh -.- it's going to take a few months to get back in line after the move. only two boxes left to do and then they are all DONE. ^______________________^ chatting with j-chan :) k-chan ^_^ 7:11 PM [ dream flowers blossomed] 1/11/2004   alrihgty-o. tis the new year. already. 1/11/04 to be exact. woah O_o ..... i've been busy. so sue me :P but yes, i'm still alive, very much so. j-chan is doing well - better each day which is very good. me shall call her tomorrow early evening to say hi since i didn't drop in a phone call today. sundays are a good day of rest. xmas rocked, even though i spent my whole time traversing between the couch and the bathroom. ugh >.< evil nasty tummy virus. blah. i can handle any kind of illness except the ones that require usage of the porcelain something. in sad news, v-chan died -.- she will be missed. she was the coolest hamham. a proper burial was carried out of course and she is now resting in peace in the expanse of r-chan's backyard. {hugs} thanx :) still trying to find a nice and good wallpaper of botan from YYH. got my Nancy Makuharin ROD figure the other day. shweet ^o^ she will be unpacked and placed in me case next to Yomiko tomorrow. tomorrow is aparto stuff and anime day. gotta take care of my popcorn craving too; it's been calling to me for about a week or two now. so yes, the move went ok. had my fill of sushi as of late - more in the last couple months than i usually do in a year :3 mm.....aww yeah *-.-* the scion is cool, btw. the one that is like an suv, but kinda boxy-ish. price - cheaper than the new prius which is out now. of course, the prius has kickbutt gas mileage. everyone should follow the prius' example, while lowering the price of gas, too. it wouldn't hurt ^^ been playing with ferrets a lot, trying to slowly but surely work up my immunity to them so i can once more enjoy the playful and ultrakawaii company of my lil babies again. got a fish tank for xmas, one of many cool good presents. currently working out a water problem, but it's as quiet as a Q. not a single teeny weeny mouse peep can be heard. finally got to see the first two Lord of the Ring movies. -AWESOME!!!!!!- must get the dvds, and the third one when it comes out cause gaurunteed it will get a special edition with lots of g00d extra pertinant useful footage included. a happy chris LotR conversion, unlike the Martix flop :P the soundtracks r0ck, too. never make an elf with a bow and arrow mad at you. it might hurt. not much else to jabber about at the momento. work is going ok, of course. my new years resolution - to go back to school and get my bachelor, more than likely in business management. baibai ^_^ edit note: corrected many typos, but left one cause it's fun :D k-chan ^_^ 9:45 PM [ dream flowers blossomed] 12/9/2003   on to the more important things in my life like loved ones {huggles} family XOXO and the holidays. a Congratulations!!!! to onijade on her engagement. you go girl! :D expect my bloggerisms to be more intermittant since there is LIFE to LIVE and i wanna LIVE it ^______^ visited j-chan this weekend and she is doing soooo much better than when i first got to visit while she was at Shands. still a lot of road ahead, but it's all uphill. had a B.L.A.S.T. in atlanta and ellijay GA. probly the best 2-3 days off i have had so far this year. definitely a wunderful time ^^ *s*n*o*w* was there :3 almost all done with the packing. only two cold-cast figures i can't put back in their original boxes so i'll have to transport them myself a-la holding hands. get those out and then i can take the doors and shelves down. gotta make a list of what i'm moving and the movers are moving. Bruce Almighty is, btw, ROTFLoL funny ^o^ my employer, in a last-minute display of wtf? has made it known that they will be open on xmas. hehe... i'll be down in VB thankyouverymuch :P wanna play with ferrets again. gonna kick this ferret allergy thing. ~crosses fingers~ mm... the smell of christmas trees = shiawase maybe do christmas lights wednesday and hang with the r-chan =^_^= k-chan ^_^ 5:55 PM [ dream flowers blossomed] 12/4/2003   ohayo, minna-san ^___^ k-chan back again, reporting live from her hovel. ~sips coffee~ mm... aw yeah ^^ a bit of packing this morning followed by anime and then a trip to the office to pick up my driver safety course certificate and then to bring it down to the office so i can be free of that whole deal. yay :D listening to the Patlabor WXII soundtrack. very nice. i am hoping for snow over the weekend - friday night or saturday would be kinda k00l =^-^= not much new in the animedom world. getting ready to ship off animenation a bunch of dvds i don't want and catch up on dvds i do _want_ and haven't been able to keep up with lately. new on dvd this week of interest: Witch Hunter Robin vol 2 Nausicaa figure i still want. i would wait for a domestic release because they're cheaper, but Nausicaa hasn't seen domestic dvd release yet, and may not for a long time so it's hard for me to see a domestic release of the figure at all. a gal can hope though. wow O_O ... nice ohmu figure, and it comes with a baby ohmu, too. yay!!!! SNOW!!!!!!! :D XD :D XD :D XD ~crosses fingers n toes~ *teehee* =^^= xmas shopping is coming together nicely, yesindeedy. still some things to get and peoples to take care of, but it's all coming together nicely. dinner and a new ER tonight. yes!!! after the last new one's cliffhanger ending, well, relatively speaking, today's has been in the works for a couple weeks. dinner is going to be delish, of course. just gotta buy the goods at some point today. and that's all for today. this is k-chan, your dj extraordinaire, signing off. ja. k-chan ^_^ 8:55 AM [ dream flowers blossomed] 11/30/2003   ah.. ah.. test-o. test-o. check! ok. k-chan is back and kickin' it LiVe here in blogger-ville. give it UP!! :D need to call Hoyt's and arrange it so that along with the delivery they do a recalibration on my tv, either the same day as the delivery or a day or two after it. that way i can just tack it on the same bill as the moving one. get to visit the j-chan in a weekend - yay! got the visiting hours and such from jack whom i spoke with some last night and was able to get a decent update from on jayme and how she's doing. the next weekend: on to vero for a wedding. not mine though :P mental note: buy the ne-chan a card and send it off. ~snork~ they increased my credit line again. mwahahaha. not gonna use it though. nopenope. gonna pay it all off and be much happier and thrifty. save money while spending it. and not just for a house either. need to save to do that retirement thing at some point far far far away. mental note: setup my 401k. the thing with that is i gotta choose some kinda plan and i know absolutely nothing about this kinda stuff. that's what has kept me from setting it up so far. *sighs* day off = rachel day =^_^= it was sooo nice n warm n cozy at the fireplace yesterday afternoon. going back to the cold workplace kinda sucked. and yes, it was cold since no-one knows where the thermostat is and craig wasn't there to adjust the heat. brrr! x 2 got david's dvds to him. got chris' mags to him. just got to get the vhs tapes to sharon and then i won't have that stuff to worry about when moving. though i do need to also get the extra bookshelf to her, too. i'm keeping the three big ones, though i'm unsure as to the two smaller ones, if i want/need them or not. hm... lessee... nonanime cds i want... quite a few actually. pink floyd - the wall. dark side of the moon-SACD. wish you were here. k.d. lang - drag. all u can eat. ingenue. melissa ferrick - willing to wait. listen hard. her newest live cd. nini camps - jewel - pieces of you. spirit. anime/jpop cds are more my field since i'm pickypicky about them. also gotta brush up on which classic rock bands best-of cds i want. led zeppelin is a no-brainer ^^ i have been leaving my toes along now for... a month now i would say. yay! ~pats self on back~ i need to iron my jeans and shirt for today. i think a long sleeve is definitely in order. i have one; it's clean thankfully :P according to the time, i better be getting my butt a moving to the shower and so forth. k-chan ^_^ 8:51 AM [ dream flowers blossomed] 11/24/2003   ok. say it with me now... herman SUCKS!!! >.< someone, shoot me now. please. with cherries n whip cream on top -.- on other news, i updated my last blog entry with links to the various nausicaa g00dness that i mentioned. today: prep for the parentage visit. bake another blueberry bread loaf since apparently the first one i made was practically devoured all in one day ^-^ i so can't type this morning. grrr >.> ultra-cute wallpaper of Sugar from small snow fairy sugar. finding good wallpapers can be a pain in the rear. ~bops to TM Revolution~ ah yes... thank the goddess for domestic cd releases. bring em on!! i say :D speaking of which, i need to pick up my X TV OST 2 cd from borders before they send it back. eep. there are a lot of nice completed figures coming out in japan i would love to see get a domestic release. domestic is so much cheaper. i especially hope Pioneer releases the Last Exile dvds, the rest of em, with the rest of the figures that the japanese releases had. the lil figure of Al is kewl ^^ ~cough~ GAY ~cough~ because the japanese can't quite yet get away with blatant gay, though a few have managed and done well by it. they have to rely instead on gay ques that have become unique to anime. it can take a while to pick up on it though, and because it isn't direct, it still leaves the gay open to speculation which is more than OK ^_^ quote for the day: "When I was ten, I read fairy tales in secret and would have been ashamed if I had been found doing so. Now that I am fifty I read them openly. When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up." - C. S. Lewis let me say though that growing up is definitely much better and more exciting than staying a child forever. i think. had a dream about jayme last night. in it i was visiting her at rehab. and she was walking. albeit still unsteadily and with some help, but she was walking. do i believe in miracles? yes. am i praying for them? yes. if anyone can make things happen, it's jayme, with god offering comfort along with friends and family. man, it sucks not being able to see her. gotta work on the hands and arms, and i'll take anything that's an added plus. i am so there at some point in december. make a nice cabin trip with the r-chan {snuggles =^^=} and stop in to see the j-chan, too. hehe.. more xmas goods on the way. for me? nope ^^ the parental units will be in this mid-afternoon. wai! wai! wai! ~pauses~ good. the drugs finally kicked in. ok. i'm done rambling for the day. better get moving and make that blueberry bread, pack stuff for a couple hours, watch a bit of anime, then meet the folks. note: call rachel sometime. k-chan ^_^ 9:17 AM [ dream flowers blossomed] 11/23/2003   yo. not much going on here. the days are ticking down to ole turkey day. wow. then it'll be almost xmas. where did this year go again? O_o folks come up tomorrow to visit on their way up to see the sis for thanksgiving. it'll be short but fun, and we're gonna watch Nemo after dinner. they'll love it :D baking some blueberry bread this morning for the always cute and {huggable} r-chan =^^= gonna have to get another can of blueberries to make meself some. it's blueberry bread though; it can't go wrong. and it's got nuts in it. yum! the j-chan is up in atlanta. twas a bummer not getting to see her again before she left, but at least she's up where she can get the care and treatment she needs to start kicking some phys-therapy butt. aw yeah :D i'll get a card up to her there somehow next week. hopefully the peoples will pull through for me until i have a more direct address for the j-chan. lots more cds are getting liscenced for r1 release which makes for a happy k-chan ^_^ watched Nausicaa last night with r-chan. wai! miyazaki and nausicaa and r-chan makes for a very happy night. the subtitles were close to perfect from what i could tell and the audio, for being mono, was very clear and loud. the picture - crispy n clear n progressive :3 i think rooms2go made my couch a wee bit too comfy ;P i definitely want the manga boxset so i can revisit miyazaki's magnificient manga, the artbook, and the figure. now, wanting is not needing so whether or not i get any or all the above, who knows :P slowly making more progress on my xmas shopping. i'm kinda stumped on the parental units and the sis. mom should have sis ideas after their visit for thanksgiving. k-chan ^_^ 9:33 AM [ dream flowers blossomed] 11/17/2003   back again, probly just for a short one this morning. it is monday, right? doesn't feel/seem like it. saw j-chan last night. she looks real good, much better than i was expecting, and she was totally alert and awake. the julie gene showed up when i fainted (which i was totally not expecting), but i'm through with that now. i want to see her one more time before this week is up cause it's hard to say when she'll be moving. that, and to just be there and see her so she doesn't worry, and to see that smile which i love ^_^ tomorrow is the best day out of the whole rest of this week for me to visit so i'll chat with jaye this morning and see what she thinks. the 6pm one is perfect. work n everything else is going ok. gotta buy a few things for dinner tonight, but i dun get out till 7p which is kinda late. have to see what the r-chan thinks. mm... curry n chicken :D Last Exile vol 1 w/ltd ed figure shipped. w00t. got that one on the way. very good series; i just know it, even though i haven't seen it yet :P there are three releases for vol. 1 - regular, limited, and extra limited. since i'm not getting the ultra limited edition of the Nausicaa dvd coming out (budget restrictions) this figure of nausicaa on her moehve is sooo tempting :3 at only 2900yen, that's not all that bad, actually. mm... eclair and lumiere completed figures. hopefully they'll see a r1 release at a more affordable r1 price. currently at r-chan's. gawd, how i luv her cable internet connection and loathe my modem connection. mah, ii ka. it works, just maybe not as fastly ^-^ folks will be up next week for thanksgiving dinner. a bit early, yeah, but it's better than not getting to do a thanksgiving dinner with them. we'll be watching Finding Nemo of course :D k-chan ^_^ 8:13 AM [ dream flowers blossomed] 11/14/2003   mm... this actually looks like some durn good pasta. it better be to boasting such claims of grandeur ^_- a praising review for Kon's newest work: Tokyo Godfathers. it has nothing to do with mafia, gangs, yakuza, samurai, or anything of the like. in fact, it looks to be a grandly magnificient warm fuzzy movie. i was none too impressed with his Perfect Blue, but i am definitely interested in seeing Millenium Actress and now this movie. the air cleaner i want to get for my aparto and house. before that though, i gotta finish up this moving thing. anyone want some bookshelves? it is cold out today. mygawd it feels good, but i am so unprepared for it come clothes wise though :P mah, ii ka. i'll deal with it. all those who care and know, your thoughts and prayers for j-chan, please. gonna talk to robert today about trading in my tv for a smaller one. i gotta for the aparto move, move in general, and cause i haven't scratched my upgrade-itus in... 3 years at least. woah O_o chris would be proud of me though ^_- finally, the collaberative work between Matsumoto-san and the music group, Daft Punk, will be coming to dvd and cd. me want ;___; ~xmas sparkles~ i highly doubt this is a work that will get liscenced for r1 release, but then again, stranger things have happened. {{shnuggle huggles}} for my r-chan =^___^= ~looks at clock~ ok, i need to get moving here. got stuff to do, including prep work for yummy dinner tonight. what is it? none of your business :P as a certain someone would say, it's not a "need to know" ^-^ k-chan ^_^ 8:52 AM [ dream flowers blossomed] 11/12/2003   been busy the last few days, and just a note for everyone, my blog updateage is going to be sporadic for a while now. do to recent events in my life, i have to ask/plead everyone that if you are ever in a car accident, unless your car is on fire and/or you smell leaking gas, DO NOT get out. stay in the car till someone (preferably medical or police) comes to you. if you have to get out, do it very carefully and move away from the car, from traffic, to the side of the road or something of the like. but that's ONLY if the car is on fire or leaking gas (you can smell it/hear it). trust me. i'm learning it the very hard way - it matters. k-chan ^_^ 9:48 AM [ dream flowers blossomed] 11/7/2003   um, j-chan, someone needs to update her blog >.> in other news, it's payday, thankthegoddess. gonna get the orlando office phone number from mary today so that i can call and check to make sure they got my paperwork and are working on it. lol. suck on this mr bush >:P having a girlfriend who happens to be a nurse r0cks. i'm learning all this stuff i probly would never have known, things i am doing that are bad for my longterm health, and things that are ok. goodness knows my doctors over the years nor my parents knew and/or never told me. of course, r-chan just r0cks ALL around =^^= contemplating tv alternatives for the new 1 bedroom pad, and for the house later. the size i have now may work. wee!!! rachel is on YIM ^^ the v-chan is now skittering around in her ball. ky00t! k-chan ^_^ 9:54 AM [ dream flowers blossomed]   no housie this year ~pouts~ but when the parents make a sweet offer i can't refuse, i can suffer the aparto life for one more year. of course, i'll be doing it smartly in a smaller and cheaper 1 bedroom compared to the 2 bedroom i am in now. that way i can save even more money :D for each dollar i save, they'll match, and next year come the end of my lease, i get to go house shopping. i figure i'll still be in jax then. if not, then wherever i'm at, i'll be house shopping. a home is a home is a house (to me at least), and i make it home wherever i am ^_^ some nice new Berserk wallpapers. i downloaded them all of course ^^ ~wipes brow~ i was looking at the wrong date for my driving class thingie. the ticket was issued on 9/16, but i paid on 10/16 so i have 60 days from 10/14 to take the class. i was confusing that with the 9/16. oops :P that's a good thing though. it means i can get another paycheck or two under my belt before i pay and take it online. i'm planning and executing mid-november. jayme. since i'm moving into a smaller aparto, i'm going to be moving without some stuff. slim down for the now and the later of a house. you mentioned once (i think) something about liking my bookshelves. if you're interested, i don't need all the ones i have, and i'd be happy to sell em to ya cheap. let me know. btw, gotten ahold of scryed 3 yet? Kiddy Grade dvd 1 w/artbox is now preorderable via TRSI. oh yeah. already there and done :D i know i'm one of the few, but i actually enjoyed the FF movie for what it was. of course, i prefer the japanese language version. now this is a nice poster. yes, i am a poster slore. all the walls in my aparto and soon to be house will be tastefully decorated in custom framed works of art. cheap - no. Nice - yes. haven't closed in a while. not used to it; my legs are tired. need to excersize them some more. day off tomorrow = payday & rachel time =^^= k-chan ^_^ 1:05 AM [ dream flowers blossomed] 11/4/2003   hey r-chan, your beetle rated in the top 10 most fuel efficient cars. so, along with being one of the safest and affordable, it gets kick-butt gas mileage too. very nice, if i do say so myself. there shouldn't be much difference between the turbo and the regular model in terms of fuel efficiency. my aparto community raised my rent. again. ugh! more than i want to pay rental wise. i seriously considering the condo or townhome route. at least that way i'll be investing more than wasting my money, and it's not quite the house step, but a nice imbetween for the moment. now i just gotta start looking ^_^; where are those condos at you're going to be moving to jayme? any still for sale? work today, of course. can't wait till i get my paycheck next week. mm... overtime is nice :D gotta make sure the jayme-ster is going to be coming over after i get off work. i can also pick her brain in regards to condos and such. yesterday was... a BLAST! :D XD i think i'm better at bowling than pool ;P but i did play pool better than last time so maybe there is some hope for improvement ^-^ dinner = yum. gonna make a great lunch today. speaking of dinner, i think i want to make those chicken dumplings for lunch for when my folks are passing through and we do our thanxgiving dinner thing. yum! yum! alrighty-o. i need to get moving here. ~hopskipjump~ k-chan ^_^ 6:35 AM [ dream flowers blossomed] 11/3/2003   ok. i finally get a day off. i wake up in the morning, and it's raining. bleh >.< ~listens~ though it's quiet right now so maybe it won't be an all day long thing. that would be nice. day off. aparto cleaning and rachel g00dness =^_____^= quote for the day/week: "I always thought I would like to do something interesting in this city. But in the end, I don't really know what that something is. But I came to realize something... I realized I probably can't do anything very interesting by myself." -Ayane (Gatekeepers 21) yeah, in some ways i can relate. good anime :) one of these days i'll get a book to start writing down relateable quotes in. ~bops to music~ ah.. is it really monday? doesn't feel like it. today is the austin-meister's bday (party?); 5 is a big number for a kid. having a display case definitely cuts down on the dusting, though i figure one good dusting a year is about what it'll take. now that i've got the living room fan off, most of the dust problem i was noticing is gone. just gotta clean off my a/c room vents. wrote a new haiku and poem. yay ~jigjigjig~ without a doubt, i can say i have the bestest, most beautiful awesomest muse there is =^^= coffee is all gone, but that's ok cause i'm awake now. finished up GK21 last night (last episode only), watched the Sailor Venus history episode from Sailor Moon season 1 and was once again reminded of why, can't explain it, SM is the best anime crack there is. can't wait to start to watch season 1, and then season 2. also watched a bit more of Xena season 2. season 2 has a LOT of fun episodes. found the frying pan/bathtub episode i just gotta share with rachel. LoL!! :D quite a few other rather amusing episodes, too. Finding Nemo comes out on dvd tomorrow... i think. the 3rd Matrix movie should be coming out in the next day or two also. haven't even seen the second one yet :P i'm thinking about opening an albies checking account so i can get direct deposit. that way my paycheck will be in my checking account every week on wednesday at midnight. that'll be so much nicer, especially since the trucks and paychecks got moved to friday when they were on thursday. it'll take a couple weeks to get processed though. next week's goal: do my online driving course. i may even do it wednesday... not sure yet. i'd have to charge it to my CC though if i did that. shweet. the FLCL cd soundtrack is coming out in jan of 2004. there are two cds alltogether so hopefully the second one will come out soon after. The Pillows rock; i would so love to get their cds. alrighty-o. i'm moving. dun forget to let me know about tomorrow, jayme :) k-chan ^_^ 9:22 AM [ dream flowers blossomed] 11/1/2003   *ahem* ^___^ HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! ^___^ jayme-chan ~whistles n streamers n confetti~ (ignore the fact that the post is a bit late) good bday? spill the beans :D in other quick morning news, reading is down overall in japan according to a recent survey. one of the main reasons being the lack of good manga in the last few years. sounds strange, but when manga and manga annuals (think phone-books & tutorials) make up about 50% of all literature in japan... anyhoo, i need to hit the shower so i can cruise on in to work. mm... coffee ^^ had an awesome Halloween, probly the best i have had in years, literally. and i can say without a doubt that my mind has been freed by Neo. he is real and he is here ;D k-chan ^_^ 5:07 AM [ dream flowers blossomed]

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