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| Saturday, September 13th, 2008 | | 4:29 pm |
I never really post.... I guess it's cuz not much is changing, and the things that are changing lately are just things to complain about... and I don't really feel like complaining here. What's new and positive? Well, I am getting some friends for my diamond doves and starting to work on getting my parrotlet. Um, I'm working on setting up my own webpage which will be mostly cosplay related. The fall semester of grad school has started and I'll be a licensed teacher in January. I'm assisting in first grade this year, too. Um, yea that's about it! Current Mood:  accomplished | | Monday, August 11th, 2008 | | 7:57 pm |
So tired... I haven't posted in too long, sorry. I got back from Otakon last night. The weekend was freakin awesome. I met so many cool people, got an autograph from one of my favorite voice actors, cosplayed, bought fun stuff, and geeked it up. Oh man am I an ubergeek, but it was so fun! My flight almost got cancelled last night though, because flights to the north were getting cancelled and delayed, which in turn caused mine to delay. When the aircraft finally arrived, the gate clerk was like, "okay guys we need to get on really fast because if the plane is not airborne by 7:08, it will be cancelled." Oh snap. But things ended up going off without a hitch. The one complaint I have is about people. This poor gate attendant was doing the job of like 4 different people because they were short staffed. A flight to Boston got cancelled and people were pissed. Yes, it's frustrating when your flight gets cancelled. But I don't understand why people get so angry at the airline. They cancelled the flight because of weather! Do you really want to get on a plane and crash because you have to fly through a thunderstorm? Airlines don't find it fun to cancel flights, but they have to put passenger safety as the number one priority. The guy was super nice about everything and he did his best, but people were still all angry and upset with him. Instead of giving yourself a stress headache over things that can't be controlled, be thankful that you'll live to see that later flight you have to take. Your work can live without you for a day. Another couple got mad at the guy because their flight had been delayed and they decided to saunter around the airport...for hours. Dude, seriously, common sense. If your flight is delayed, never go far for long! Sometimes planes are able to get out sooner than they expect. I'm not saying sit around for hours, but don't go dawdling around the airport for hours at a time without checking back every 15-20 minutes. Blah. So anyway, I had also been feeling kind of bad about my birds lately. I have a lot of them, but they are small and I'm able to take care of them all. People kind of made me feel like I have too many. But I have supportive people who love me who encourage my hobbies, no matter how many live animals I have nor how much I sew. ...or how nerdy I get. <3 Current Mood:  lazy | | Thursday, July 10th, 2008 | | 10:52 pm |
Amagad! I just booked my flight and preregistered... I'm going to Otakon! Now comes the freakout about costumes & being on an airplane! GAH! Current Mood: accomplished | | Tuesday, July 8th, 2008 | | 5:07 pm |
Argh! I am so tired of being broke! I should be making a hell of a lot more money than I am. I should be able to afford to Otakon with no problem. I should be able to go to the NYBS! GRRR!!! /endminirant Current Mood:  frustrated | | Monday, June 16th, 2008 | | 3:46 pm |
Nostaliga... Perhaps it is the exhaustion from the lack of sleep due to a domestic disturbance outside my apartment last night... or perhaps it is the onset of returning depression (in summer of all times... odd...), but I am experiencing a very odd phenomenon. I am "homesick" for my life in Japan. Yes, nearly 3 years after my return, I'm experiencing true longing and not just culture shock. I miss the traveling I got to do. I miss the money I was making there. I miss not having a car yet being able to get around easily. I miss the kids, my coworkers, my friends....and damn do I miss the food. Let's face it, Japanese food in America sucks unless you are willing to pay a small fortune for an authentic restaurant. Even the "Japanese food" that they do have over here is so limited. You're basically talking sushi or "hibachi" - which by the way, is not Japanese. What about Japanese-style crepes? What about that rice/egg dish that I had at the Kyoto ryokan? I miss lying on a futon, crazy and energetic television, being able to communicate in a language other than English, and general cultural things. I have lost so much of what little language skills I acquired over there, and I have no time to take a class over here. And sadly, there is really little hope of me ever returning for a significant amount of time. *sigh* How the hell do I get over this one? Current Mood:  homesick | | Sunday, May 25th, 2008 | | 12:38 pm |
*Facepalm* Can someone please tell me when exactly it became a crime for teachers to have personal lives and hobbies outside of educational matters? There is a huge debate on one of the sites I frequent about how you shouldn't do so much cosplay when you are a teacher and you definitely shouldn't ever let students or parents know that you make costumes. Oh and on Halloween make sure you only wear store-bought costumes, not ones you might have made yourself no matter how "mainstream" that costume might be. OH THE HORROR! I CAN SEW! Good Lord. Is it really so hard for people to understand that one can balance a personal and professional life? I don't sit there and go "amagad kids last weekend I went to an anime convention and it was so fun and I cosplayed lol!!!!!!1111one" It's not like it comes up in lunchtime discussions with other teachers. The teachers who do know about my geekdom are fine with it. Hell, my friends as me to hem pants for them because they know I can sew. I'm not going around advertising it, but I'm not hiding anything either. I'm not ashamed of the fact that I am a nerd. What are these people doing to do when their former students or even parents of students see them at a bar one day? Are they going to leave because they are a teacher and "shouldn't be there"? Or are they going to learn that being a teacher during the day doesn't define who they are after work is over? I'm all for being professional. But there is a time and a place for it and a time and a place for having fun. /end rant Current Mood:  annoyed | | Monday, May 19th, 2008 | | 7:47 pm |
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So apparently I am getting my interest in sewing and costuming back. I might start commissioning for friends. Woot woot, ACEN-inspired-rejuvenation. | | Wednesday, April 30th, 2008 | | 8:27 pm |
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₪ In return you must post this in your journal. | | Thursday, April 10th, 2008 | | 6:48 pm |
More Geek crap So I think I have decided to forgo No Brand Con in lieu of one of the conventions in Minneapolis. Greyhound wants upwards of $80 to go from Milwaukee to Eau Claire whereas on MegaBus it is $8 one way to Minneapolis. Yea, a huge difference and much more realistic for me to afford. In other news, I am sick of everything, ready to quit my teaching license program, and just in a generally pissy mood. I guess I am finally tired of feeling like a failure. Why the hell am I a teacher when I could have been a meteorologist or an astronomer.. or something else that makes more money. Mom always wanted me to be a linguist... maybe I should have listened to her. /end pityparty Current Mood:  rushed | | Thursday, March 27th, 2008 | | 4:33 pm |
Geekdom Okay, I'm cutting for those of you who are not geeks like me. :) ( Conventions ) Current Mood:  geeky | | Monday, March 17th, 2008 | | 9:16 pm |
So I was sitting in my shower thinking the other night... shutup... my year is seriously booked already. ( Blah ) Okay so now that I wrote it down, it doesn't look like that much. This is the bare bones, however. Lord knows how much I'll be doing in terms of class, preparing for Karen's wedding, and possibly having my own classroom. Plus, if I start this aviary thing this year, that will take up a huge amount of my time. Okay /end whining. And as always, one of my goals is to get to more conventions, so if anyone wants to be my convention buddy, holler. Current Mood:  drained | | Tuesday, February 26th, 2008 | | 9:35 pm |
Exhausted Oh wow. I am always so tired. I feel like all I ever do is homework. I am not sleeping well and I'm getting sick again. I'm worried that I may not have it in me to finish my licensure program. Ugh. Stupid winter blues. Current Mood:  blah | | Wednesday, January 30th, 2008 | | 8:49 pm |
Ginger left us today. She had a heart murmur and hadn't been eating. She was 18. She's back with Dusty now. Ironic that it's the 2-year anniversary of grandma's passing. Current Mood:  sad | | Tuesday, January 15th, 2008 | | 9:26 pm |
| | Monday, December 31st, 2007 | | 11:09 am |
Wiping the slate clean So I was going to write this big heartfelt message about wiping the slate clean but I forgot half of what I wanted to say. So here is a summary: As of midnight tonight, the slate is getting wiped clean. If you have done anything in the past to hurt me, at midnight tonight the "statute of limitations" is up and I am putting it behind me. Similarly, I am forgiving myself for stupid things I have done in the past. Depression will be a lifelong struggle for me, and I seriously cannot continue to live in such a way that I am constantly beating myself up for my mistakes. I don't want to get to the brink of sanity again. I got told this year that I might have a personality disorder and that I am having hallucinations of things that aren't happening. A lovely thing to be told of course. I'm refusing to get to that point by clearing the slate. It will be a brand new year with new possibilities. After all, I cannot fulfill my purpose if I can't even be at peace with myself. On a lighter note, here are my resolutions: ( Resolutions ) Current Mood:  hopeful | | Friday, December 28th, 2007 | | 4:57 pm |
2007 So I totally stole this from Sarah but what the heck, I haven't posted in 5 weeks so yea. ( 2007 ) Current Mood:  rejuvenated | | Wednesday, November 21st, 2007 | | 5:48 pm |
Holidays So yea I haven't made many posts of substance as of late, but here is one of substance (although it is disjointed, sry.) I have learned that I hate being tied down by school. I love school and I love learning, but the fact that I must do my program in Milwaukee ticks me off. I want the freedom to be able to switch jobs whenever I want and move whenever I want. I don't like this contractual stuff. However, being tied to people doesn't bother me at all. I live in Milwaukee because I am tied to my friends. I don't want to leave there because my friends are there. I don't want to be too far from my family either. And, my friends and family have no impact on my career, so I don't feel suffocated by them as I do by school. I also have no free time whatsoever. I have school 2 nights a week and am not home until at least 8pm on those nights. Considering I need time to wind down before my early bedtime, this is a problem! 6 am does come early after all, and I have trouble sleeping as it is... So anyway, on the nights I have off, I do homework...and more homework. I have been home for a grand total of 2 full weekends since the school year began. Life is just too crazy sometimes. Trying to schedule a time to take my car in for maintenance proved difficult. In addition to this, my knee has been causing me tremendous pain. I had a second MRI done on it last Friday and received the results yesterday. Not only did the doctor confirm for me that the ortho I saw in Illinois had no clue what he was doing, he also informed me that basically nothing can be done for me at this point. It's not bad enough for surgery, but I have more "wear and tear" than normal. Goodie. So here I'm thinking now that it must all be in my head or something. I guess I have to live with the pain until something breaks or tears. I am also having a nice new back pain. I pulled a muscle while sleeping, which is not uncommon for me. The pain usually goes away in a few days at most. I've had this pain and tensing up for well over a month now. Not only this, but I have been having stomach problems that some suspect could be an onset of lactose intolerance. This is a major problem when I live in Wisconsin! Others suspect it could be an ulcer. I don't know what it is. I'm testing the lactose theory by avoiding dairy right now. I really have no desire for more doctors, especially when they can't figure out what's wrong or do anything for me. Also I gained some of my weight back. Grrrr! At least the Christmas season is approaching. Current Mood:  aggravated | | Monday, November 5th, 2007 | | 9:41 pm |
Snow is cold Oh my, flurries already. This puts me in a very very bad mood. Current Mood: annoyed | | Sunday, October 7th, 2007 | | 9:33 pm |
Wow busy This whole owning birds thing is like an addiction... now I want finches, canaries, and even ducks. Wow. Doves: my gateway drug. Oh and also I have been so busy that I basically come home from grad school, check e-mail, and sleep. Sorry o~o Current Mood:  tired | | Wednesday, August 15th, 2007 | | 9:23 pm |
End of vacation It's coming to the end of summer vacation for me... that means a few things. My birthday is coming up, paychecks will start coming again, and I will begin my licensing program. As much as it sucks to have to be responsible again, I find myself getting nasty cabin fever and trying to stay away from the computer as much as possible. I also have decided to get a pet - a bird. I haven't had a bird since I was around 5, so this will be an adventure. I am 99.9% positive that I will be getting a pair of ringneck doves. They seem to be most compatible with my current lifestyle, and affectionate enough that I will be happy. So, yea! New things going on! On the less happy side, I was referred to a new orthopedic surgeon for my knee. It's constantly hurting. I also am quite exhausted, probably because I got a lovely vaccination today. Anyway yea, I need my energy back! Current Mood: tired |
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