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First off it was my mom and I going down to Springfield to see Fantastic Caverns, we drove down on Sunday with the help of my mom's friend/coworker's garmin. Which my mom plans on buying for the family when she gets some extra money since it worked pretty well and some of us ie me are directionally challenged. We stayed at a Bed n' Breakfast called the Walnut Street Inn which is this three story pink Victorian house near downtown Springfield. Since we stayed Sunday night we got 40% off bringing the total to just $80 that my mom and I split. Our room was once the library so they kept that theme in the room though the only book title I recognized was The Holy Bible. After dropping off our stuff my mom looked up restaurants on the garmin we had originally wanted to go to this Bar and Grill but all the downtown restaurants were closed so we drove to TGI Friday's since I wanted steak. Personally I like Applebee's steak better cause at least they give you side dishes. Once I finished my sad excuse of a meal we went to the Bass Pro shop since it is supposedly the largest one in the country to see their wildlife exhibit. However it is closed until spring 2010 for renovations, so we wandered through the main store the funny thing was there was this smaller turtle that kept waving it's feet/claws in front of the bigger one's face being a brat. Sadly from then on my body decided that it is not accepting this whole period once every three months without a fight. So while I laid down with my heat packs and popped pills and my mom sat in front of the fireplace while we watched the Amazing Race.
We woke up for breakfast at nine which consisted of a ham and cheese omelet, however I just got scrambled eggs since my stomach hates me, hash browns and apple bread pudding. We made small talk with one of the other guests before gathering up our things and driving to Fantastic Caverns, this was the point where the garmin took us to this farmhouse out in the middle of nowhere, that probably house a serial killer therefore we decided to just follow the signs. Our tour group into the cavern was only about 7 other people so it was easy for me to take pictures around them. Though I have already been there before I didn't know that during the days of prohibition there was a bar and club inside the cavern but it was shut down when someone got shot. :[ The ride back was uneventful mainly me sleeping but later that night we went over to Kerry's house for dinner since Kelly was visiting. I found out that Kelly wants to name her future kids Finn and Winny, which is not that bad considering Kerry's options for boy's names include Sage and Skye. We played Taboo with my mom, Derek and I being on one team then Kelly, Kerry and Kerry's friend on the other. Come to find out my mother sucks at Taboo like whoa, so it was no surprise we lost but when you consider Kelly and Kerry are identical twins it's unfair for them to be on the same team since their brains are on the same wavelength.
Tuesday was lunch with my grandmother as well as Kelly and Kerry at Olive Garden. Which was fun but my Grandmother and Patrick seem to think that the reporter from the Witches of Eastwick looks and acts exactly like me...I not sure if I should take it as a compliment or insult. Wednesday I took the garmin, thank god I did there is no way I would have gotten there on my own, to Hutchinson, Kansas to see the Cosmosphere which by the way garmin pronounces weird. I got to the Bed n' Breakfast I was staying at but the house's decor I would just say just think of lots of frills and Donna Dewberry one stroke painting vomiting all over the house. The couple that owned were really nice and they had a cute cat named Groucho who tried to climb my leg in order to get my scarf. Considering it was drab and gross outside I just stayed in and rested since I needed to be awake for the drive back. Breakfast was served at 8 while I wasn't a fan of the ham, egg and potato casserole I did enjoy the blueberry muffin and the fruit salad. Since I don't really do early after food I went back to sleep for a bit before waking up and going to the Cosmosphere. When you buy a ticket for the day you get access to the museum, one planetarium show, Imax show and Dr. Goddard's Lab show. I went to the Secrets of Greece Imax movie which I enjoyed, it helps when you can recognize some the pieces they are talking about makes you feel special. Although the shots where they fast forwarded time so it feels like you're spinning were not appreciated. I wish it wasn't so dark in the museum but I got the pictures of Apollo 13 that I wanted. The Planetarium show was boring but I did like the Dr. Goddard's Lab show since it was more interesting if only it didn't have the bratty school children there. I headed back around three managing to get back home around seven.
The last thing I did was go to Red Barn Farm with Kerry, Derek, Sydney and Kale. Kale was funny cause he kept waving to the animals plus the fact that he is a complete ham in front of the camera. Kerry apparently doesn't know the difference between cows and goats which Derek and I wouldn't let her live it down. Only Kerry and I took the kids to the pumpkin patch since Derek is allergic to hay so we had to explain allergies to Sydney. Kale for a little person is awfully strong pulling my arm as he wrapped himself around my legs while we were waiting for the tractor. Found a pumpkin for my house then I got a little one for both of the kids.
I spent the rest of my break attempting to finish my painting homework I managed to get two out of three done but Donna is so impressed with how the class is working she is pretty lax with due dates. I just need to paint the final still life of a pencil in a glass of water. But this week I just haven't had any drive to do it or anything else painting wise. Yesterday since it was nice outside I finished the painting for my mom's coworker Aaron that he wanted inspired by the band Tool but in the end it reminds me more of Sin City. My mom told me that he liked it and now her other coworker wants one too.
On the job front it's still bleak but I have been applying to more places just today I applied to the Nelson since I was there and they said they had part time positions available. Now I need to apply online to Micheal's, Babies R' Us, Toys R' Us, Macy's, JoAnn's and Sears. Damn it someone hire me I am tired of filling out this shit. -_-*
Here are the albums of all my trips.
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The rehearsal dinner and wedding went off without any problems this past weekend and as of right now Kerry and Derek are in Mexico till Saturday. Now if only my calves would stop throbbing in pain from all the set up us bridesmaids, only bridesmaids cause the groomsmen are jerks -_-* and bolted. Tomorrow I am going to Kohl's for clothes then off to Anime Iowa Thursday through Sunday.
Here is a link to more pictures of the wedding that my uncle took.
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I originally had my interview scheduled for 1:10 but since Kerry wanted to leave early I had to reschedule it for 10:20. So I had to get everything set up and done Thursday night, like have my outfit ready and hair straightened, so that I could just get up and go that morning without much fuss. The interview was with one of the local riverboat casinos here that I have frequented for everything but the actual casino. I had applied for a hotel desk clerk position but my availability didn't work with it but I also applied for another which I interviewed for which was slot specialist but I didn't get it so I applied for some cashier positions which are more towards the hours that I can work so we'll see if I get another interview for those positions.
So after the interview I came home and changed out of my nice clothes and soon enough Kerry showed up with Nikki so we were on the road by 12:30. Brittany was supposed to come too but apparently she up and went to Colorado Wednesday and her phone was conveniently left off so it all went to voice mail. We arrived at the lake house around 4 Kelly and Laura were already there since they arrived earlier to set up the decorations like the banner and the balloons with penises drawn on them. :/ Everybody got into their swim suits, even me, then headed down to the dock. Surprisingly enough I did end up getting in the water usually I don't but we floated around on noodles and rafts just talking about jobs and how Brittany is an idiot. After spending a few hours in the water and fighting the current to get back to the dock we went up and got some food. While waiting for food to cook Kerry opened her present which was mainly lingerie and then some bachelorette party gifts from Nikki like penis straws and a dice game. We ended up playing one of the games which consisted of popping the balloons with the penises on them since inside were perverted names like Chubby Schlong and so forth some were actually pretty funny. Kerry had brought some movies down with her and we ended up watching the Jane Austin Book Club which was cheesy but not too bad. Once that was over we ended up heading off to bed for the night.
The next day I woke up to Kerry using Laura's iphone to find places to rent a wave runner, technically we have a seadoo but it was up in the garage since my uncle took out the lift for it so since Kerry wanted one and she is the bride and it was her weekend we decided that was fine. She found a place that was just two coves over so we drove over there where Kerry and Laura took the driving test since Kelly and Kerry have a license but they lost it somewhere over the years. But we got it for four hours for 175 plus gas and tax split between 5 people, Kerry and Kelly drove it back to our cove while the rest of us drove the car back to the house, went around in a circle a couple of times but we made it back. I opted out of riding it since I didn't want to get in the water that day since it was cloudy at least in the early part of the day. Everyone made a bad decision in not wearing sun screen so everyone but me got burned. Once the four hours were up Laura and Kelly took back the seadoo and we met up with them there so that we could all pay. I have no idea how the two of them ended up showing up late but maybe it was cause they're just pokin' along into the cove. We all payed our share as well as received our complementary beads before heading back to the house. The others swam some more while I took a shower then got into normal clothes since gravity hates me and my neck.
While everyone was getting ready to go out to dinner I napped on the couch for an hour or two. By the time I woke up most everyone was finished getting ready and trying to figure out where we could eat, I threw out steak which the others voiced their agreement to. After driving through the toll bridge past the dam and then down to Osage beach the only places that had steak that we found were Outback and Applebees. We out voted Kelly, who apparently hates Outback for some reason and eating there. Our waitress was kind of an ass to us towards the beginning but she got better towards the end so that we actually gave her something as a tip. But most of the time we were complaining about Brittany since we only found out that she was in Colorado when one of the other bridesmaids Jen, who told Kerry she couldn't come beforehand, actually looked up Brittany's parents' number in the phone book to figure put where she was. Kerry is getting fed up with all of Brittany's crap and drama, Laura is already done with it not even speking to her anymore. I told her that since she purchased all the bridesmaids' dresses that if Brittany gives her an out to take it and give the position to Nikki. They're the same size so she'll fit the dress plus Kerry has been friends with Nikki a whole lot longer than Brittany. One of the funny moments at the restaurant was when one of the waiters came up to me asking where I bought my hat, it's a wide brimmed brown hat, and told me it was wicked cool. :/
Since it was a bachelorette party Kelly and Laura wanted to do something raunchy since this will only happen once, hopefully, in Kerry's life so they bought her a little tiara with pink penises on it to wear. As well as a toy horse that they took some tape made a name tag that said Derek which she was supposed to ride all night. Therefore taking those things into Outback where there were a large surplus of families wouldn't be a good idea. So Kelly decided that Kerry needed to go someplace where she could wear her tiara but I think Kelly really just wanted to go to Captain Ron's. It is a restaurant with two outdoor bars, a dance floor, stage, fake beach, volleyball court and balloon bounce. We all got drinks though they all got alcoholic drinks while I just got a virgin daiquiri that was pretty good. Kerry got a lot of attention and well wishes from some of the people there, one guy even shook her hand told her congrats then gave her ten dollars. The others decided to play volleyball on the court while I watched as wellas took pictures when Nikki went off to the bathroom two random drunk girls opted to help Kerry against Laura and Kelly although technically Kerry was fine on her own. We stayed there for awhile mainly so Nikki could wait till all the kids left the bounce so she could go in it, all of them but me played in it. On our way out Nikki was contemplating talking to 'Noah' well more like she was trying to ignore everyone else's coaxing. Then some guy came up to us asking us to help find his sandals he said he'd give the person who found them 50 dollars which we kinda shrugged at but then he went 'No I am completely serious' Laura ended up finding them but opted out of taking the money. We all told her she was an idiot. We then headed back to the home completely tired out by 10 in the evening.
Sunday was similar to the other days where everyone but me got into the water and lounged on their rafts. Everyone headed up to the house around 3 to clean the house before getting ready to drive back to KC. It didn't take too long for the cleaning to get done since we didn't stay long or really wreck the house. It had been at least 5 years since I had been down to the lake house which was just as my aunt and uncle started to remodel the house. It looks really nice at least on the inside now if only they would get the dish washer installed.
Monday Kelly brought up her 'friend' Micheal up to meet my mom and the rest of us. From what I've seen he seems nice though who knows if it will work since he doesn't go to school in Columbia, long distance doesn't seem like it would hold up with Kelly. Mostly when you consider the fact that Kelly once dumped her boyfriend cause God told her to, good thing too cause he is opening a hookah bar somewhere downtown nowadays.
The other thing that has been happening is that my dad's cousin and former boss Phil is suing my dad claiming that he stole all his employees and work connections. All of which are false so my dad is filing a counter suit for slander and defamation of character. Plus if Phil still goes through with it dad knows all of Phil's dirty laundry that he can use against him. This whole situation with Phil is getting to be more ridiculous as time goes on.
Well the only other thing going on is tomorrow I have a chiropractic appointment and that's it for important stuff until the wedding so we'll see what happens between now and August 9th.
Health and money woes go hand in hand considering that all my money is going to my medical bills. Word of advice to anyone who gets an ultra sound if you are told as an option to have a vaginal ultra sound don't. Not because it is uncomfortable, even though it is, don't or otherwise you'll be out over $700 like me even with insurance taking away some of the cost. Since March I have spent over $1600 on medical bills, good thing I had graduation money to use or I'd be in the negative right now. I have been going to a chiropractor lately since I have been having severe chest pain for the past couple of years and I have finally decided to do something about it. He figured out that instead of my spine being curve like I was told it was by my former doctors my vertebrae are actually twisted around mostly towards the bottom of my spine so it fucks up everything else like my ribs. Luckily I get a deal from Dr. Spencer since his wife is a friend of my mom's so I only pay one set amount for the month versus every time I see him which so far has been every week. Happily it seems to be working so far.
Yesterday I got the rejection letter from David's Bridal and even though I've applied to a lot of places, Ann Taylor, Barnes and Noble, and so forth, I don't think they will hire me due to the fact I can't work until later in the evening and those stores are only open till 9 or 10 at the latest. Therefore I have been trying to get a job at places that are open later like hotels or casinos so far I haven't been able to really find out if the hotels around here have any openings since the search engines for them suck like whoa. I may just have to go through the phone book and call each hotel myself and ask if they have positions available. My mom says I should work as a cashier at Price Chopper since they allow flexible schedules and if I work 24hrs a week I get benefits but I'm not so sure. It seems like a last choice but as of right now I have no money what so ever coming in so I need a job soon and I may have to lower my standards.
Yesterday was Kerry's bridal shower over at Brittany's and I think it turned out well most of the people there were my mom's family and a few of Kerry's friends from childhood. I have figured out what I am wearing with the bridesmaid dress and Kerry approves of it so that's one less thing to worry about. This up coming weekend is the Bachelorette party down at Uncle Eddie's lake house but most of the people going are more of acquaintances so I may just go around and take pictures which works for me. Then two weeks after it is the rehearsal dinner then the wedding. Kerry already has her wedding gift from me I had pay extra to get it here as soon as possible so I don't have to worry about spending anymore money on Kerry or Derek.
That's basically it, hopefully soon Park will send me my award letter cause this is getting ridiculous how long I've been waiting. But I at least know now that I get to take color theory since they added another section, which means this upcoming semester I will be taking 18 semester hours. Here's hoping that I don't die trying to pass them all.
But the main part of this note is for you all to send me a picture or really anything as inspiration from that I will draw most likely an outfit since I mainly do design but I can really draw anything. If you give me a picture and you want something specific like a suit or a dress just say so. Once I am done I'll post them to facebook in an album so that everyone can see.
Thanks for your help everybody.
This thursday my family is going out to dinner in Riverside for my GrandDad's birthday and since David Lee and Egmont are in town. Probably while I am there Kerry and I will figure out when and if the Boys, Sydney and Kale want to have a group trip to the KC zoo.
That's it for now talk to you later.
So really nothing has been happening that someone would consider interesting and I don't think that will change anytime soon. But if anything does happen I'll let you know but their are no garuntees.
I have all my classes for the fall at Park set up but I may need to talk the my Fine Arts advisor because she told my academic advisor she didn't think I could handle one of the higher level art courses even though there are no prerequisites. Which is a load of bull, cause I've done work in that medium before at least twice. Here is the tentative schedule...
MWF
Intro into Visual Arts 9am-9:45
MW
Painting I 12-2:45
TR
Color Theory 8:45-11:25 (I am actually on the waiting list for this one so we'll see if I do take it)
Art History I 11:35-12:50
Modern Art 1-2:15
Fiber I 2:25-5:05 (This is the class that the FA advisor doesn't think I can handle yet)
I worked both Saturday and Sunday last weekend and it looks like unless I get called in my last day is the 3rd from 11-3 working the register once again. But I'll have to go back to the store before then cause Ryan decided to make us read Americana by Don Delilo for our last week of class. None of us approved of that idea. Yesterday I did go to work to see when I did work and pick up my check as well as some cards to send to my relatives since I am graduating and I am a poor college student in need of money to pay my $100,000 college loan debt .
Though my main goal was to find a nice dress for my graduation ceremony that I could wear later to another function like to my sister's bridal shower. But all of the dresses that are on the racks are knits which don't work well when someone has a chest, were too expensive or weren't bright colors like I want. So I think I will try down town Iowa city and see what I can find during my break between Lit and Leutner. Though I did manage to get some shorts from Kohl's as well as some vests since I only had one pair of shorts and a pair of capris.
Friday there was the annual JCA sushi night that I went to but I spent most of the time with Brad talking and later Yusuke, Mari, Marc and Joel joined us. Afterwards Alyce, Brad, Joel, Marc a couple of others plus me went to Ihop because Ayumi had never been there before. It was there that we learned from one of the Grad students that Yuasa-sensei will be leaving after next spring because she wasn't granted her tenor by the University. So that means that the head of the entire Japanese department is leaving so obviously Ishikawa will follow soon after cause he has been wanting to leave for a while now. It was said that the 1st year level Japanese class is going to be scaled down from 5 classes into 2 so that means the need for less TAs as of right now only one has signed her contract for next year. Also they are getting rid of the MA program for Japanese as well as fifth year and maybe fourth year Japanese as well if they don't have enough people for it. The reason for most of it is that the person in charge of the college wants to combine all of the language and linguistics departments into one. But considering how many different languages that are taught here at Iowa that is ridiculous to actually seem like a good idea to anyone getting a language degree.But most of the people I know and myself will be out by the time Yuasa leaves and when the shit hits the fan. It's kinda sad that this is happening cause when I came here Iowa had one of the best Japanese programs in the country. Goes to show you what budget cuts can do.
Anyway I think I will start on those grad cards or eat something besides oreos. Not sure when I will post again but hopefully it will be before I move back to KC the 17th. Ah, Sweet Freedom I can almost taste it.
FUCK YOU. You had your week now leave me the hell alone.
No Love what so ever,
Hotaru
Naka-kon was fun but it was fun because I got to hang out with Naruto, Tammy, Sari, Ami and Akane. I realized that I have become really elitist with costumes and panels. I guess it should be expected considering I have been going to conventions for 8 years now and having lived in Japan that the bar I have would be a bit high. There were a lot of tweens at the con who were really stupid by just sitting in the middle of the hallways and dear lord I have never smelled funk that bad as what came off of some of the tween girls. But I did slaughter my competition in the Japanordy game getting about 7000 or more points way more than the two guys I was against.
After the con Tuesday I had the wisdom tooth pulled, I had thought that it would take a while and that I would be drugged up like crazy so I had Akane take me since my family was busy. I went in the numbed up the side of my face once it kicked in I turned on my music and they took out the tooth. It took then 1 minute and 22 seconds I hadn't even gotten to the chorus of the song. I surprised Akane when I came out since I had only been back there less than 30 minutes total. So that went well, the swelling and the pain is almost completely gone which is great.
Although while recuperating from my tooth being pulled turns out I had gotten and ingrown toenail. So Friday we went to the doctor for him to see what we should do. I ended up choosing to have the toenail removed and god did that hurt. It will take 6 months to a year for it to grow back which means I will be wearing closed toed shoes at Kerry's wedding no matter what she says.
Other than that I am just going to school and dealing with getting everything ready for me to get the fuck out of here. I will head back to KC around easter to take back more stuff and for my doctor's appointment so hopefully you'll here from me before then. Later ^.^v
Anyway I worked last Thursday at the register from 10 to 2, it went pretty well only a few mishaps do to being flustered and the fact that they switched to touch screen registers. I saw a few people I got along well with at work(Eric and Jessica) and talked to them for a bit since it seems like most of the people that work there now are completely new to me and most of the people I really got along well with quit (Scott). Sadly I am not scheduled to work for the rest of the month. I doubt I will get a lot of hours in march either since the first weekend I am going back to KC for a family birthday party and for me to renew my driver's license. Then the next week I will be leaving on Thursday so I can go to all of Naka-kon then I have a break on Monday since on Tuesday I will be getting a wisdom tooth pulled and I am not sure how I will be feeling for the rest of spring break so I am leaving my options open until then but I will be spending the entire time in KC and going back on Sunday.
The fun thing that happened lately was on Friday Anne held a 和食 night at her house, where she made a tofu dish, gyoza, curry, rice and katsu with mochi ice cream for dessert. Besides me it was Brad, Marc and three Japanese exchange students who also go to Iowa there. Yusuke and Ai are in mine and Anne's Japanese society and culture class while Taka is in Brad's Human Origins class. So all of them, especially the boys, speak English really well. Taka asked me and Brad the usual 'Why did you choose to study Japanese?' he said he was curious because he didn't remember why he really started studying English all he remembers is that his mom made him start when he was 4 years old. I also found out Yusuke is friends with the little sister of a Johnny's boy, which he mentioned when the band's song came up on his ipod and it makes total sense considering the university he goes to. While the boys played video games us girls cooked the food without any problems except for getting goosed by Koyo, Anne's dog a few times. When cooking every so often there would be a shout of randoms Japanese curses mostly coming from Brad, we thought it was highly entertaining. The other entertaining thing was when Anne came to get everyone it had started to snow and as always when it snows people turn into idiots while driving no matter where you are but especially in Iowa. So the entire time Anne was driving, Taka and Yusuke were freaking out which was funny to all the rest of us who were smooshed into the car since we're all mid westerners.
Hmm can't think of anything else since really living in Iowa is boring as all get out. Hopefully things will get a bit more interesting if not I won't be posting until march it seems. See you!
I switched out my Japanese fiction class for Luetner's Warrior Dreams class since Warriors dreams would be more interesting and easier on me as opposed to Teirney's class. My classes for this semester now are Japanese Society and Cuture, Principles of Reasoning, Interpretation of Literature and then Warrior Dreams. So not too bad but all of the classes have a large amount of reading required.
I am now actually scheduled to work again at Barnes and Noble. I have a shift on the 12th working register for 8 hours so I will be getting back into the working groove slowly but surely it seems.
The 25 random things note I posted on facebook made both of my sisters write notes to me talking about how the hope I'll never feel suicidal again. Which I told them that is all in the past but really I was so surprise with Kerry's reply because she actually apologize for being a jerk to me when we were younger. Seems that future married life is actually taking the Nazi out of her. Who knew?
I have a funny Brad story. Brad and I now have Warrior Dreams with Joel Black who we both get along well with. Joel reminds me a lot of Jon Coffee so pale skin, straight brown hair very boy next door. So while Brad was working at the counter in the computer lab a girl asks 'Where is the stapler?' to which Brad replied 'In front of the black kid'. I burst out laughing and Joel just looks at Brad and goes 'Did you really just say that?'. Brad was sadly disappointed cause the girl didn't know Joel's last name and he then had to explain the joke to her but god, I thought it was hilarious.
Now, I can't promise anything but I'll try to update more but really I'm in Iowa nothing happens here at all so don't be waiting on pins and needles.
However I just learn it is now in Aug of 2009...THAT'S 7 MONTHS AWAY!!!!. 5 of which Kelly and I will be out of KC. God, what the hell. Ahhhhhh, little sisters make no sense.
The rule: post the first sentence of the first post for each month.
Jan
Happy 2008!!!Here's hoping I survive the year. Here is part one of my break.
Feb
I'm back in KC almost completely unpacked and looking forward to Naka-kon but anyway the point of this post.
March
Latest Shounen Club's Jr league had Shige doing five idol poses as a demo for the teams.
April
So Flist do you all know if you have to be in the fanclub in order to get tickets to JE concerts?
May
Recently back home there has been all kinds of cool weather that Ami and me are missing cause we're here in Japan.
June
*death* I just finished uploading and tagging eleven albums of our two day trip to Kyoto, Nara and Iga Ueno.
July
Back from my trip to Tokyo but I'm still kinda sleepy. But it was totally worth it cause it was the Luna N' JE Extravaganza.
Aug
I feel like I am melting outside so instead of going to Sakae with mom today I am back here writing the rest of the Tokyo entry.
Sep
Today was the day all the new students begin to arrive and it will continue for the next few days.
Oct
So I am in class right now and I should be doing my project work however since the teachers want us to use power point I am procrastinating.
Nov
Well today is the first day of my 5 day weekend which is very much needed especially after going to see NEWS this past weekend in Fukui.
Dec
So I am waiting on Kate to get back from classes so I can give her the majority of my stuff.
Since it was still cold I went into the Sub arena, there was a group of girls across from me and one of the times I woke up from nodding off I looked over and two of them were in Chiramizu outfits and another was in a wedding dress o.O? Around that time the place was chair I had seized opened so I wandered off to find another place to sleep. I got really good at too. The big thing I noticed at Hiroshima was there were a lot of little kids and when I say little I mean like under 7. There was this family of a Mom, Dad, tween girl, 3yr old girl, 2yr old boy and an infant. The little boy was adorable his older sister had a bunch of Yamapi Uchiwa and he took two of them, which were about the same size as him, and started waving them around as he started to walk in circles. Also later I saw two moms and the three kids between them who they had dressed in the white tux outfits that NEWS wears at the beginning of the concert.
( News Concerts 12/13 )
( News Concert 12/14 )
Then entire weekend was a blast and worth every penny. It brought my grand total of JE concerts to 8 six of them being NEWS. But I do have to say if you ever go to Japan and you have a chance to go to a JE concert go to it. It really is a one of a kind experience. And they really do look that hot in person.
My trip to Hiroshima for the NEWS concert was awesome; I will make a separate post about the trip later. But before my trip I had my test, then had closing ceremonies, followed by the NUFS going-away party. At closing ceremonies both Brad and Yoshi gave speeches and Brad kept freaking out about it. Both of us made fun of Dion for being in suit and wearing tennis shoes. I said goodbye to Eneke and Lee at the parties since both of them would be heading back to Australia while I was in Hiroshima. At the going away party Alastair, Brad and I decided to take a picture on the staircase to pay tribute to our sempai’s pimpin’ group photo from last semester.
After getting back to Hiroshima I stopped bye the apartment to grab Sakie’s present (a ticket to the Dec 23rd at 17:00) and charge my phone. I also stopped by Kate’s to give her some more of my stuff but I stayed there for a bit longer spazzing about the concerts. I then went over to meet up with Brad so we could go and cancel our phones. But since Alastair, Keith, and Jane were going to the post office to change the address they send the JPLT results to. But Keith and Alastair also went to go and exchange their coins for bills. Alastair never used his change and Keith decorated his door with 1 yen coins. I think Alastair got about 4000 yen worth of coins while Keith had 3000 yen. We were there forever cause Keith’s coins kept breaking the machine.
After we got back we said goodbye to Andie and then Brad, Jane and I gave the picture I painted to Hatanaka-san which she liked and thanked us for. Then we gave the ticket to Sakie who kept looking at it as if she couldn’t believe she actually got it. Brad said that if she didn’t have to come with us to cancel our phones she would have started to cry. We headed over to Au to cancel our phones as well as pay the fees. I learned that since I hadn’t gotten the bill for my international calls I wouldn’t have to pay it since they couldn’t find out how much I owed. So I will only have to pay it if I go back to Au to get another phone. After that went to the bookstore where Brad picked up some manga and his jam Exile’s Last Christmas single. Sakie and I went back to my place to see if she wanted anything she took a box filled with hangers and a small table for her brother. I ate some food and then Headed over to Ihouse to meet up with Brad, Jane, Noah and Fei so we could head over to eat at the Hard Rock Café.
We took the school bus to Kamiyashiro and then the train to Fushimi where we then met up with one of Alastair’s Japanese friends. We made our way to the restaurant were we were lead to one of the larger tables, since we were a party each one of us got a toy bear dressed like Santa with the Hard Rock written on it. After looking at the menu some of us were kinda hesitant to get anything since Hard Rock is expensive anywhere but Jane mention since her boyfriend Kohei (a.k.a. Hot Coffee) works there everything was 30% off. Which makes a hell of a difference; I got chicken fajitas while Brad got a burger. The main reason for this get together was that Jane, Alastair and Noah’s friend Camille had came to visit Japan and since he was the only who hadn’t been told by then they were going to surprise Noah by having her be the friend that Alastair was bringing. It worked but there were a few close calls, but apparently Camille walked by Alastair a couple of times cause she thought he was just some normal Japanese guy since he ended up wearing this bright blue coat with fur to go get her. Also since four of us were graduating Kohei had the staff bring over balloons and dessert for Jane, Alastair, Brad and me. Then we all had to go up on stage and dance which was filmed and photographed. :/ Brad and Alastair horded the apple pie dessert which was gone within a few minutes. Kohei gave Jane a present and the three of us (Brad, Alastair and me) were all kinda ‘I hope that isn’t a ring’ and fairly wary cause we’ve all been kinda so-so about this relationship. It was a lot of fun and most of us headed back together to Hongo where we had to get a taxi. I said goodbye to the others and headed home to sleep.
The next morning was when Brad was supposed to leave at 9 so at 7 I went to Ihouse to say bye. I talked to Hatanaka-san and asked since I was leaving the next day if any of the rules applied to me anymore, she said no so I headed over. I went in and Brad was cleaning his bathroom and Sakie was on the floor folding his clothes. He had to leave in less than two hours and he still wasn’t packed. I yelled at him for it and he just said that packing was what mom’s were for. So me being the good friend (and pseudo annoying/helpful older sister) that I am along with Sakie, Chiaki, Felicia and Jane we all got Brad packed and ready by 9. But during this time I found out that Kohei had spent the night and Jane and Alastair were going to have to sneak him out when certain people weren’t looking. I said bye to Brad along with Take and Nanae who went with him to the airport. Then I said bye to the other Ihouse people since Tuesday was cleaning day for me, wished luck to Alastair and Jane with their future endeavors (Operation get rid of the rat as Alastair called it) told Dion and Renae to be safe, wished Keith good luck in fighting the Dark wizards. Even a Kohei said bye to me, one that was I my class but mostly this semester I hung out with my other sempai. Went back to the apartment gave away more stuff, I literally knocked on Nani’s door and said take this please. Had my room check and with Yoshi’s help I was able to get the recycling put away. I watched Best Artists and while that was on Nani and Kate stopped by to say their goodbye’s since they were heading off to Tokyo Disney that night.
At 4:30 I headed down and got my taxi to Fujigoaka then the bus to the airport. My whole flight was fine, good movies (I got to watch Hanadan ^.^v), good food, no crying babies. My only problems were with check-ins, idiot staff, baggage charges, not being there and having to wait hours. From this experience I have vowed never to do anything that involves Chinese airlines ever again. So I got into KC around 11pm the 17th and my parents picked me up and we headed back home. Got inside said hi to my cat, who has gotten chubby, before checking the interweb.
My sleep schedule has been all out of whack cause it is break time so I stay up late and sleep all day. Also since this is getting fairly long here is the rest in bullet points.
*Sister’s engagement party was the 22nd it fun and where the majority of my family saw m again. Most of the comments were about how skinny I was which isn’t as bad as it was in the summer. I only lost 4lbs not the 8lbs like before.
*Hung out with Akane spazzed about JE concerts
* Dentist :/
*Hanging out with Akane and Ami watching Supernatural
*Christmas Eve at Aunt Melody’s- Patrick (Grandmother’s Boyfriend) dressed up as Santa, 2 year old Kale walking around in Derek’s Darth Vader Helmet.
*Christmas day at Grandma Ilean’s- Baby Lily, Turkey, and talking with Aunt Linda
*Lunch at El Maguay with Akane and Ami with more Supernatural added in.
*Saying Bye to my Uncle David before he headed back to Texas
*Try on bride’s maid dresses for my sister, they’re cute but I hope we find something better cause I hate bubble skirts.
So next is the NEWS Concert entry and then after that maybe an end of the year post. Jeeze, this year has just flown by.
Tomorrow is my grammar test then closing ceremony followed by the NUFS party where I will stay for a bit before heading out to Nagoya to catch my bus to Osaka. Where I will catch my overnight bus to Hiroshima. Once there I may wander around before heading to the concert venue. I'll buy tickets to the earlier show on Sat and the later show on Sun there. After the later concert Sat I will head to the Grand Intelligence Hotel to check-in. Wake up Sun go to concerts catch the overnight bus back to Osaka then a bus back to Nagoya.
Mon I will cancel my phone and go to the post office to mail Luna her poster and change my address. Clean my apartment and then hang out with Brad, Alastair and maybe Kate and Jane. Although Jane may ditch us cause she would want to hang out with her boy toy (Coffee) which is fine I get that she's leaving her boyfriend here but I don't take lightly to being ditched. Even Brad is fed up with it and that is saying something. Tuesday I have a room check at 3 and sometime I am going with Kate to the onsen. But if she ends up not being able to go I will head over there myself. Also Tuesday morning I will say bye to Brad for a bit. The rest of the day will be me packing my back pack with all my technology and I don't know staying awake. I may head over to the Okonomiyaki place or Bikkuri Donki since they are both open late.
Then I take a taxi to Fujigaoka around 4am to catch the 5am bus to Chubu where I will be flying to Shanghai at 9am. Then at 4pm I leave Shanghai go through Atlanta and the get into KC at 11pm on the 17th. So that is what is happening for me within the next few days. Here is a batch of albums and I will most likely upload the next ones when I am back in the states. Enjoy.
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My trip to Tokyo last weekend went well I went to Koyama's Mom's ramen shop on Friday then spent Saturday at Disneyland before heading back on Sunday. Thursday most of us went to Shooters Bar for their Thanksgiving special which was fun mainly cause Allyson made everyone Indian or pilgrim hats which all of us wore to the bar. We had people literally walking over to the other card in order not to be near us. But I got turkey and pumpkin pie my main reasons for going but it was nowhere near as good as my Grandma Ilean's but that is to be expected.
Have everything figured out for my Hiroshima trip the 12th-14th. I will finish my test, go to participate in closing ceremonies, after party, then go to Nagoya station and take a bus to Osaka. Then from the take an overnight bus to Hiroshima since all straight from here are sold out. Get into Hiroshima around 6am then head over to where the concert is. I have tickets to the 18:00 show the 13th and the 12:00 the 14th but I am going to buy tickets from scalpers for the two other shows when it gets to be starting time. I booked a room at the Grand Intelligent hotel for Saturday night only since I will take the overnight bus on the 14th back to Osaka then I will be taking another bus back to Nagoya.
Also I am going to start packing/shipping/cleaning come Monday which also means that I will have to cancel my Internet I can still get it if I go to school or Ihouse but those places have curfews and bad connections. Also next Sunday is the JLPT which may kill but if not the final two weeks of school that are just basically test after test will. So wish me lots of luck on tests, packing, and so forth cause I think I may need all the help I can get at least with academics but I need motivation to clean and that I really have none of.
These are the pics from Tokyo, I haven't put up the latest ones but I'll do that before my Internet get shut off and post em here. Anyway I am going to apply for my loan for next semester and maybe actually do my speech revision. Bye!
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* Hiroshima trip was alright was far too rushed and I kinda blame the tour guide. Some people are slow as all get out but since the office ladies are nice they weren't left behind. From what I did see of the Peace Park I thought it was nice. The museum was depressing as it most likely was meant to be but apparently I and Brad have no souls according to Jane since we didn't cry at one point in the museum. Hotel was nice watched Hollow Man while it was on, thought it was really creepy. Mainly cause of the invisible, possessive, psycho rapist pervert that is Kevin Bacon. The next day sadly was mainly spent on the bus but I thought Himeji was worth it. Once we got back to Ihouse after the ridiculously long drive it was dark and I fell, more like stepped, down into the gutter like thing that is two feet deep. Scared the office ladies, I was perfectly fine cept I then had wet shoes :/
*School is boring as always starting the new project soon so I need to run my two theme options by the teacher to see which one she wants. I should be at school now but I spent part of this morning get sick so we are going to see if I feel better second period if not I will just stay here. Cause I am pretty sure the trek up the mountain will make my stomach worse.
*Kyoto left Friday and arrived to where the Hostel was I didn't really have the best directions since it just said leave exit one and it is two minutes away. But luckily Kate saw the sign across the street so we went over to check in. It was a good thing I brought extra money cause they only took cash there. Got to our dorm room and picked bunks met the nice lady who was also staying there. We dropped of the heavy stuff and then headed over to Kiyomizudera were we tried to take as many pictures before it got dark as possible. We also went through the shrine area as a special event where we got to see all the guardian statues. After that we headed back down cause they were kicking us out to set up for the night time viewing we went to go get food instead of staying for that. We stopped at an Okonomiyaki place and picked up food, it was okay but really not the best. We then walked back to Higashiyama and while walking back we found one of the shops that dress you up like geisha. I kinda wanted to do it but it is expensive and you need an appointment before so I chose not to. After that we wandered all around the back roads of Gion and we saw this shop/hotel/restaurant that looked right out of Spirited Away. We took pictures of funny Host/Hostess club names and other random stuff before getting back to the hostel.
At 6:40am the next day the hostel staff went on loud speaker with the morning call the only thing that I truly disliked besides the bathroom smelling like a port-o-potty. So Kate and I decided to screw the hostel schedule and we stayed in bed till like 9:30/10 before we left. We tried to walk to a bus stop that would take us to Kinkakuji we wound up at the wrong one but we still got there. While walking we came to the river were there were tons of birds. Most of them were Hawks and I had never seen so many in one place before. After we found the bus stop and got on the bus we got off at Kinkakuji and made our way inside. There were a whole bunch of people but I think since we were there early in the color changing season we were able to get some good shots. There was this family of little girls who were half and one was soo cute. She was about 2 or 3 and kept playing with the rocks on the path. Also later when we were taking the bus back they got on and even though the little girl was in a carrier on her dad's back she still reached up to hold one of the handles. After that we tried to wander and see what we could find and when going into a temple we realized that it was the 7-5-3 festival so we saw a few kids all dressed up. Most were girls and I think all of them were 3 but they were cute. We then went to the Very Berry Cafe where we got a Caramel and Banana waffle sundae. We wandered through the shops trying to find purikura but we had no luck so by then we were tired and we just headed back to the Hostel.
Sunday it rained so we mainly just packed up our stuff and went home after food at Lawson's. I came home and showered and that's about it. I've been mailing my advisor and I know now that the reason there are so few Japanese lit and Lang classes is because Leutner is on medical leave. But everything looks okay and I should be able to graduate by the end of May. It all just depends on my placement test so I think I need to steal Brad's stuff from 3rd Writing and Reading 2nd semester. Although if I have to take W&R it is doable but if not I will just be taking 12 sh hours only on MWF which is good especially if B&N will let me work with them again. So here are all the links for the pictures from Hiroshima to Kyoto enjoy.
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So the weekend before I leave Japan, which is Dec 13th and 14th I am going to the Hiroshima cons. I had everything figured out within an hour of being back in Nagoya. Now we just need to see who can get the money but I definitely going to all of them I’ll buy tickets to two before hand and then get the others from scalpers. Not the best way to do it but hey I am leaving the 17th ;.; and it will be my last fun thing to do in Japan so I will go all out for the concert. Also this time we will try to be more blatant by just having an Uchiwa to look like the US flag on one side and then having Koyama on the other. Also low cut shirts might have to be purchased and this time I know not to scream out stuff it Japanese I just need to shout of stuff in English or scream ‘Gaijin da yo’ Kate did it they looked in her direction it works.
Um this Friday and Saturday is the Hiroshima trip so expect pictures and another entry Sunday or Monday most likely Sunday since I have to go back to school Monday ;.; Anyway hope you all enjoyed or at least thought my fangirling was interesting I think I am going to possibly go to sleep now or at least soon so bye!!!!
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I think I will write about day two and Monday later since I am going to the Art museum with Alastair and Kate soon so enjoy and here are the picture links. Enjoy.
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