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July 17th, 2009
09:29 pm - I'm alive! And I'm still a nerd!
I haven't posted a public journal for quite some time I've noticed XD so I thought I'd let y'all know I'm still alive.
I haven't been up to too terribly much. I've been working a lot, I've been doing overnight cashiering for about 8 months now, I'm used to the schedule, but it does make it difficult for me to operate during 'decent' hours of the day XD Getting up before 4pm requires a short nap before I leave for work at 10pm. I do like the job though, as much as one can.
I've had to cancel my subscription to WoW for financial reasons, so I've been doing quite a bit more drawing lately C: Also I've gotten back into one of my old vices, DBZ XD
( Click here for fantardation )
Aside from nerding out I've been... uh... I guess it all still counts as being a nerd :P
Oh well, I suppose that's enough for an update, you all know I'm alive now and I'm still up to my old tricks.
Current Music: Chouwa oto ~with reflection~ - Kokia
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January 18th, 2009
05:15 pm - Nastassja
I found your headphones. I don't know how they managed to get where I found them, but I found them XD
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December 27th, 2008
08:42 pm - Book list
Because I was asked to post them, these are the Japanese study materials I own (in no particular order:
Japanese in 10 minutes a day, Kershul, Bilingual Books, Inc.
Japanese For Busy People - Kana Workbook, AJALT, Kodansha
(I once owned the Japanese For Busy People level 1 kana edition textbook, but it seems to have been lost in the move)
250 Essential Kanji For Everyday Use - Volume 1, Tuttle
250 Essential Kanji For Everyday Use - Volume 2, Tuttle
Let's Learn Kanji, Mitamura & Mitamura, Kodansha
A Guide to Remembering Japanese Characters, Henshall, Tuttle
Reading Japanese Jordan & Chaplin, Yale
All Romanized English-Japanese Dictionary Tuttle
Kansai Japanese, Tse, Tuttle
Kinki Japanese, Slotsve, Tuttle
Japanese Sentence Patterns for Effective Communication, Kamiya, Kodansha
Zankennayo! The Japanese You Didn't Learn in School
Kanji Cards - Volume 1 Tuttle
And also one more Japanese/English Dictionary, and a book on Japanese gestures. I also just recieved a Japanese 301 book from Anthony, if I could read the last kanji on the cover I'd tell you the title >.>;; it's published by スリーエーﾈｯﾄﾜｰｸ though. At least I think that's the publisher's name.
I also have the instant immersion Japanese software, which I've been slacking on because my mic sucks :P You have to all but shout into it for the program to hear you, and my available study hours are when I ought to be sleeping >.>;; I guess no matter what book or software I use, time to practice pronunciation will always be an issue. No matter what language I'm speaking in, if papa hears a peep from my room he'll tap on my door and ask if I'm alright >.>
With all these books I have no excuse not to be fluent by now XP I would benefit from a long time with no internet, provided I actually used that time to curl up with my books. (like that will happen XP)
Anyway, back to the purpose of this journal.
I could definitely benefit from something specifically designed to study for the JLPT. As I am I have no idea what sorts of questions are on that test.
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November 27th, 2008
08:28 am - Thanksgiving - There be cheese here.
Today is thanksgiving, national glut-yourself-on-turkey day. I'll be dining with my family at my brother's house, and for lack of a better idea I'll be brining a cheese tray. I do so love my cheese and crackers. But now onto the real cheese, the cheese I came here to post about.
Today is thanksgiving, the day where we are traditionally supposed to give thanks. I would like to say that I am thankful for everyone on my friends list. You all come from different places around the world, but somehow we've still managed to connect on a personal level, and I am very grateful for that. Several of you don't speak english as your first language, or even your second, yet a connection is still possible. I am glad that I've still been able to talk to you guys C:
A long story short, I am grateful that I've been able to meet all of you. Happy Thanksgiving, no matter what country you live in C:
Current Music: Yuki Kajiura - A Bit of Happiness
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September 26th, 2008
11:25 pm - Nerdfighters FTW!
Today I met John Green, of Vlogbrothers fame. He was touring to promote his new book, Paper Towns. The event started at 7, which was precisely when I got off of work, so we had to rush to get there so I could catch as much as possible. Apparently things started about ten minutes late, so I didn't miss much. I bought a copy of Paper Towns, which isn't supposed to be available until next month, I was pretty thrilled. I also bought a copy of An Abundance of Katherines, since I hadn't read that one yet.
If you do not know who the Vlogbrothers are, here is a brief summary:
On newyears day, 2007, John and Hank Green, two brothers that now live in different states, resolved to give up all forms of textual communication, most other types (except in emergencies), and communicate only via video blogs on youtube. Every weekday for a year, they did videos back and forth.
Must see videos:
Accio Deathly Hallows
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvvFiZyEyTA
Impatient for the release date of the final book in the Harry Potter series, Hank wrote a song to convey his feelings. This video is responsible for the bulk of their suscribers.
Q&A regarding Deathly Hallows
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYskPILyQ-c
In which John helps answer some of the comments left on the Accio Deathly Hallows video, it is quite humourous and explains a bit about nerdfighterdom.
How Nerdfighters Drop Insults
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xy1M5VHF3no
In which John questions the validity of contemporary insults, such as 'you suck' and 'ur a nerd', and shows off his freshly catalogued home library.
What I like about these guys most, aside from how entertaining their videos are, is that they broadcast a very positive message. Being a nerd is a good thing, it is not only alright to be interested in things other than sports and television, it is AWESOME. Not to say there is anything wrong with television or sports. Being a nerd is only a bad thing if you let it be a bad thing, what it SHOULD mean is that you are able to do awesome things that not everyone else can do, like annagram, or quote obscure literature from the nineteeth century, or program computers. Whatever it is that makes you different also makes you unique, in a great way.
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September 17th, 2008
12:54 pm - Reference
For reference, here is my work schedule for the next week:
Friday 19th: 12:45-8:15pm
Saturday 20th: OFF
Sunday 21st: 1:15-7:30pm
Monday 22nd: OFF
Tuesday 23rd: OFF
Wednesday 24th: OFF
Thursday 25th: 3-10pm
Friday 26th: 2:30-7pm
Saturday 27th: 6:30am-2pm
Wheeeeee...
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August 19th, 2008
06:03 pm - Because I said I would
LJ stalking horror - a report by aikachi. | firearmofmutiny is stalking aikachi | | firearmofmutiny's REAL name : | Jesus Mcintiyre | | firearmofmutiny's REAL DOB : | 14th July 1982 | | Height :163 cm | Weight : 90.3 kg | | firearmofmutiny has dreamt about you : | 13 times | | firearmofmutiny became interested in you : | 18th August 2006 | | firearmofmutiny's latest dream about you | | firearmofmutiny and aikachi make passionate love on a condom strewn beach in Belgium to the sound of George Michael's Careless Whisper playing in the distance. | | This is how firearmofmutiny describes your relationship behind your back | | 'We are just really good friends at the moment. I'd honestly cut off my arm to be with them though' | | firearmofmutiny's been stealing stuff from your house too. | | firearmofmutiny seems to get a thrill from continually stealing your toothbrushes. It is rumoured that firearmofmutiny uses them to scratch their ass. | | They've even started modifying their body for you | | firearmofmutiny is considering having reconstructive surgery on their earlobes so that they are similar in appearance to your own. | | They sent the following message to you in a Valentines | | I think I've just creamed myself thinking about you. There's no tissue paper in the house to clear up the mess so I've used this card instead. |
| The Police | | No. calls to the police : | 29 times | | Your Last Call to The Police | | "Police! I need your assistance, someones trying to climb in through my window. It's a stalker I met off the internet. They've been harassing me for months now. I can't walk down the street without them following me. Come quickly and make sure you bring a couple of baseball bats. I could do with beating this fucker into submission." | | firearmofmutiny's Police File | | firearmofmutiny is a callous, heartless young woman who enjoys biting the head off squirrels and spitting them out at animal rights protestors. |
| Testimonies about firearmofmutiny |
| timali - Charlie Manson's long-lost sibling |
| 'Jesus fuck! You've got to be joking?!??! firearmofmutiny? A pervert? It's quite funny now I think about it. What an idiot!' |
| foxidal - Wide-load |
| 'I've been friends with firearmofmutiny all of my life and I know all of this is bullshit. aikachi is such a drama queen.' |
| catbrooks - Gives birth to cattle |
| 'To be honest I think aikachi and firearmofmutiny deserve each other. Both of them are fucking idiots.' |
| naverdis - Sister Stabatha |
| 'I've known them both for a long time and I can safely say I've never met such a pair of nutjobs in my life. All of these claims are bullshit.' |
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August 15th, 2008
07:50 pm - LJ stalker! :O (meme)
Stalked again, a rant by aikachi. | timbatwotail is stalking aikachi | | timbatwotail's REAL name : | Kim Mcintyre | | timbatwotail's REAL DOB : | 20th May 1987 | | Height :156 cm | Weight : 63.3 kg | | timbatwotail has dreamt about you : | 24 times | | timbatwotail became interested in you : | 05th July 2007 | | timbatwotail's latest dream about you | | You are on a golfcourse with timbatwotail and your tormentor is showing you kinky new ways to make use of the putter. | | This is how timbatwotail describes your relationship behind your back | | 'We'll be together forever. I know it. I can feel it in my heart. Thing's have never been better between me and aikachi!' | | timbatwotail's been stealing stuff from your house too. | | You know the way all of your baby teeth mysteriously disappeared? Well timbatwotail has them. | | They've even started modifying their body for you | | timbatwotail now has a full-colour image of you tattooed on their back. | | They sent the following message to you in a Valentines | | Hug me. Kiss me. Fuck me. |
| The Police | | No. calls to the police : | 9 times | | Your Last Call to The Police | | "Police! I need your assistance, someones trying to climb in through my window. It's a stalker I met off the internet. They've been harassing me for months now. I can't walk down the street without them following me. Come quickly and make sure you bring a couple of baseball bats. I could do with beating this fucker into submission." | | timbatwotail's Police File | | It is only a matter of time before we encover a mass of decomposed bodies within timbatwotail's refridgerator. |
| Testimonies about timbatwotail |
| estarial - A boring stoner |
| 'Fucks sake! timbatwotail's been stitched up, that aikachi has always been a right scheming fucker. It's a disgrace.' |
| tsukikage85 - Geek isn't the word |
| 'I've been friends with timbatwotail all of my life and I know all of this is bullshit. aikachi is such a drama queen.' |
| naverdis - Monarch of lard |
| 'I used to love timbatwotail. This news has broke my heart. I feel like beating the shit out of that bastard, seriously. What a dick.' |
| fruitsbsk28 - Stoner of the crows |
| 'I always thought timbatwotail was a good kid. A bit shy but with a kind heart. How wrong was I?' |
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LOL
reply and I'll make one for all of you XD
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August 2nd, 2008
01:53 am - I'm back and music meme
Well, the camping trip was awesome, I can't wait to go next year! I swear I could have stayed there for another week C: Nobody else shared my sentiments of course. One of them was clawing at the walls so to speak, he wanted to go home on the third day. Caffeine dependancy and wilderness don't seem to go together at all. Advise to you energy drink fanatics, if you go camping, away from all caffeine for an extended period of time, bring pep pills. Otherwise you'll be miserable. XD
Here is a meme I shamelessly stole from a few people on my friends list :D
IF YOUR LIFE WAS A MOVIE, WHAT WOULD THE SOUNDTRACK BE?
1. Turn on your iPod, mp3 player, whatever
2. Put it on shuffle
3. Press play
4. For every question, type the song that's playing
5. When you go to a new question, press the next button
OPENING CREDITS:
Treasure - Yoko Ishida (Ai Yori Aoshi)
This is a beautiful song, sounds like my life would be a happy movie.
WAKING UP:
Sunglass - Utada Hikaru
Uh... All of her songs sound the same to me, but I suppose it's a trendy sounding wake up song
FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL:
Supercalifragilistiexpialidocious (DDR remix) - Go Go Girls
If this song represents the school I am to attend, sign me up! Sounds fun and exciting :D
FALLING IN LOVE:
First Love - Utada Hikaru
Appropriate title, but it's a very sad song, this does not bode well.
FIGHT SONG:
Real Emotion - Koda Kumi (Final Fantasy X2)
hehe I'd totally win this fight
BREAKING UP:
Refrain of Memory - Kow Otani (Haibane Renmei)
Well, it's an instrumental piece, you could almost use it for anything, but it's not quite sad enough for a break up.
PROM:
Stay - Lisa Loeb
I wish they played this song at MY prom >.>
LIFE:
Arials - System of a Down
EXACTLY!!
MENTAL BREAKDOWN:
Fukai Mori - Do as Infinity (Inuyasha)
Meh.
DRIVING:
Moon and Sunrise - BoA
This is a very relaxed drive in that case.
FLASHBACK:
Sound Life (Rem's Theme) - (Trigun)
I guess
WEDDING:
Forget About Love - Return of Jafar
LOL
BIRTH OF CHILD:
Green Bird - Yoko Kanno (Cowboy Bebop)
Suitable C:
FINAL BATTLE:
United We Stand - Quest for Camelot
Before the battle, I guess, but it would sound lame during.
DEATH SCENE:
Spiritual Garden - Yukari Tamura
Maybe if we are going for some sort of irony?
FUNERAL SONG:
Nan de ka na - Oruchuban Ebichu
LOL. The title maybe fits, but any song with the lyrics "Today's panties are lucky panties" would make a ridiculous dirge.
END CREDITS:
Who Better than Me - Tarzan Broadway
XD
This has been very entertaining, now it is time for sleepsleepsleep x.x
Current Mood: ![[mood icon]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/mood/classic/tired.gif) sleepy
Current Music: Shoudou - B'z
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July 20th, 2008
02:45 am - Camping!
I'm going to be offline for a week, I'm going camping in the boundary waters with my church :D I'll be returning on saturday or sunday, the pastor wasn't very specific about our return time. It sure is lucky for him that I don't have a job yet, because if I did, I'd probably bite his head off for the 'it doesn't matter what time we get back' attitude.
I'll see you all when I get back!
Current Mood: ![[mood icon]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/mood/classic/smile.gif) excited
Current Music: Shima Shima (Striped) - Maaya Sakamoto
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May 13th, 2008
11:55 pm - Blurb.
I think it's about time certain journal entries were bumped off the top of my journal page...
Sooo updateage!
Sunday was my birthday, I am now 24 years old. w00t!
I'm moving to Columbia Heights soon, on the 7th. My last day of work at McDonald's will be the 4th. I'll be living with my Grandfather in my Brother's old trailer. My brother will be moving into this trailer, so this resolves the roommate problem and I don't have to go through trying to sell this place.
Also, I'm beginning a very ambitious project for my new demo reel, I doubt there will be anything anywhere near complete for at least six months, but at any rate if anyone has any characters they want to throw at me... I need some humans C: You will be credited for your designs on the finished project.
That is all for now :o
Current Music: Tsumasaki - Ore Ska Band
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April 11th, 2008
04:43 am - Belated con report - Anime Detour!
Here is my Anime Detour '08 con report! Usually I do these in crappy pseudo-comic form.
( Really really long con report behind cut )
Next con I'm going to, I'm definitely cosplaying as L for at least one day. It looks like awesome fun! With L the cosplay is more about body language, gestures, and behaviors than it is about the costume itself C:
Also I'm not sure how, but I stumbled across an Ulquiorra/Orihime fanfiction, and it was too darn sweet, I think I'm a shipper now x.x In the rush to find out more about Ulquiorra following this revelation, I found this awesome song, "our "World"", which is one of Ulquiorra's charater image songs, and apparently it is about how much he hates the world. It is pretty dang catchy though. The translation is essentially 'People like the world and lots of things about it. I could destroy all of those things if I felt like it. Not like I particularly care.' ...I've had it stuck in my head for days now D:
wheee long post! also enjoy the new icon :P
Current Music: Our "World" - Namikawa Daisuke (Ulquiorra)
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March 6th, 2008
06:12 am - random ramblings, gargoyles
I'll start by saying I might have jumped the gun a bit with my last entry, when my sister said 'a couple months', she did not mean two or three, she meant more like six, so that's less insanity now and I'll deal with it later XD
I've sent my resume out to a place in downtown, a dog daycare, they pay well, and I believe I'm qualified. I haven't heard back from them yet though.
I've finally caved in and watched the entirety of Elfen Lied, fascinating show. Manythings are just WRONG, but the plot was captivating nonetheless. I've also found a youtube channel that has every episode of Gargoyles ever made on it. So I watched the whole series in a few days, no mean feat! My interest in the story has definitely been rekindled. Rekindled enough to finish a picture I started over a year ago of my original character as a gargoyle >.>;; and also draw a new picture of the same character.
( Picture behind cut )
Also I discovered new Gargoyles stories, the series creator Greg Weisman and the character designer, Greg Guler, have teamed up with several talented artists and begun creating new original stories in comic book form, after a decade of being off the air :D I purchased the first collection from Barnes and Noble, it contains the first six issues of the comic. It begins after the first episode of the third season of the animated show, the last episode that was actually written by the creator, and therefore the last one he considers 'canon'. It's REALLY good so far, and it kicks the crap out of 'The Goliath Chronicles'.
Apparently I wasn't the only one disappointed with the third season of Gargoyles. Not long after it was put in production, it was cancelled, the studio had to rush in order to put a somewhat decent ending in the show. The writers were rushed, the animators were rushed, the story was rushed. It REEKED of rush. It's as if they didn't know about the cancellation until there were only a few episodes left to produce.
If you'd like to check it out, it can be found on this site under the disney section: http://www.slgcomic.com
and now... I'ma sleep x.x
Current Music: chronicle of sky - Nana Mizuki
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February 15th, 2008
08:07 am - Financial crap.
Well, my sister has announced her intention to move out as soon as her boyfriend moves into his as-of-yet unpurchased home, deadline coming up in a couple months. She has also shortened my deadline of finding a better paying job considerably. Thus, in a desperate attempt to keep things 'personal' I seek another roommate. I can't afford to live here by myself. Nor would that put me in an ideal position to risk getting a different job.
Please, if any of you live in the Minneapolis/St.Paul/Burnsville area, or know a responsible person from there, give me a heads up. I'd much rather keep this personal and not post a request on craigslist x.x
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February 12th, 2008
09:42 pm - Haircut!
I got my hair cut yesterday!
( Pictures behind cut )
Also this is more for me than for you guys XD my work schedule:
Wed - 4pm - 12:30am (f @ 7)
Thur - 3pm - 12:30am (F)
Fri - 4:30pm - 1:30am (f @ 8)
Sat - OFF
you needn't concern yourselves with the things in the parenthesis
Current Music: Tsuki Akari - Rie Fu
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03:57 am - LOL
( Who comments the most on this journal? )
Well I feel loved now XD
Current Music: Jiyuu Shi - Rythem
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November 26th, 2007
04:39 am - Giftgiving... need help
So at thanksgiving every year we draw names for christmas presents, this year I drew two names for me and my sister, we drew my mother and my aunt, haven't figured out for sure which one we're buying for. However, I had a brilliant idea for my aunt.
She grew up in Germany, and she LOVES romance novels. She reads those in english though, not many german romance novels available here in the states. I know there are quite a few people I've got contact with that are german, or living in germany, or KNOW someone living there. I would like to know what romance novels are popular there? hopefully I can find them online somewheres.
Current Mood: ![[mood icon]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/mood/classic/thinking.gif) contemplative
Current Music: At the Beginning - Donna Lewis and Richard Marx
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November 20th, 2007
03:01 am - The Lion King
Well, last night I saw The Lion King on broadway! There aren't words that would do it justice, it was absolutely beautiful!
I went with my sister, we bought our tickets eight months in advance. We were both very blown away by Rafiki's performance in particular, she and Scar were magnificent! I also very much enjoyed Zazu, he was hilarious. Our Simba was an understudy, but he did a fantastic job as well, and the kid-Simba was utterly ADORABLE. Young Nala was loud, but she didn't really put a lot of emotion into her performance.
I really enjoyed how Scar was portrayed, in the film he's got that laid back type rage, conniving, but he never yelled at Simba. The Scar in the broadway production, however, seemed a lot more... bi-polar. He would wheedle and coax, but in the end he would nearly resort to shouting, only to catch himself and cover his intentions when he was talking to Simba. I could understand how Mufasa and Sarabi would let Simba hang around film-Scar, but if I were his parents I'd think twice before letting my kid hang around broadway-Scar. I loved his performance though, it gave a great insight into his character.
I remember being blown away by the film when I first saw it in the theater, but the broadway production was so much more powerful! My soundtrack will never come close to the live performances.
Just WOW. @.@
Current Mood: Thoroughly blown away
Current Music: He lives in you - The Lion King - Broadway Cast
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November 7th, 2007
08:11 pm - Stuff, commission price change, artistic constipation...
*copied from DA journal*
Well, halloween was lots of fun, I wore the Sherlock Holmes costume to work, the hat was waaay too big, at least it fit with the headset on under it! When I got home we watched food network for several hours, got a total of three trick or treaters. Oh well!
Here are updated commission prices, as I mentioned in a previous journal:
Sketch - $5.00
Colored Icon (headshot only) - $6.00
Flat colored image - $8.00
Colored and shaded image, plain background - $12.00
Colored and shaded image, full background - $20.00
additional characters - $4.00 each
I raised them a bit, this way I don't get so sad when I try and translate them into per-hour wages >.>
As I said before, if you've already requested a commission, I will honor the old prices.
In the future I might do more of that 'buy me something in exchange for a drawing of anything you want (within reason)', and depending on what exactly you'd like to commission, it might be cheaper to buy me something ;D
In other news I guess I'm over my upload constipation, I hadn't realized that I hadn't uploaded anything on TLKFAA for five months. I was trying to hold true to my word that the next thing I uploaded was Lioness_Lick_14's art trade, but try as I might, I can't get the sucker to turn out the way I want it to. I'm sure having me stop uploading for five months wasn't exactly what she had in mind anyway >.>
Current Music: ZARD - Glorious Mind
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October 21st, 2007
02:31 am - If someone buys me this...
If someone buys me this soon enough for it to arrive before halloween... I will draw them the biggest, besterest commission drawing EVER. As many characters as you want (within reason), full background, the works. AND I'll love you forever.
http://www.buycostumes.com/Category/0/Product/12450/ProductDetail.aspx
yah I'm a dork.
Also depending on subject, I could do two drawings instead of one....
/beg
edit:
Thank you Daph <3
This halloween is going to be AWESOME!
Current Mood: nerdy
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