I got a job! In the town I wanted as well! I'll be a coder! And in an ironic twist of fate... the renters of the family condo moved out, so guess who's moved in!
My new bed is HUGE! Dad says he's going to make a step stool for me so I can get in and out easily! lol!
I also went back to karate tonight. It was good! I remember the basics still. Though I need more coordination practice. It was good to be back. ^_^
That is all.
For now.....
I spent the beginning of the new year moving my grands out to New Mexico. Mom wanted to go back to Texas around Jan 20th, but I insisted we return sooner, much sooner. And after a week of my grandfathers moodiness about the move and my little sisters attitude, she agreed and we came back Jan 10th.
So that's an update about the start of my 2010. ^_^
- Mood:
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I'm in my pjs in the kitchen having breakfast when I hear a knock. I go out and see FedEx dude heading back to his truck. I go out and see the box and pick it up. I thank him and head inside. It's flowers! For me! But there's no return address. Just the company's address. So I go inside, open them up, hunt for the card... and it's Meri! EEEE!!! Such a pretty bouquet as well! All red and white roses and... and... and... other red and white flowers whose name escape me at the moment.
THANKYOUTHANKYOUTHANKYOUTHANKYOUTHANKYOU!
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stainedfeathersIn 2009, 
angeljapan resolves to...
angeljapan resolves to...Pay for my fantasy novels on time.
Lose ten martial arts by March.
Spend more time with my renaissance faires.
Buy new romance novels.
Take evening classes in j-rock.
Go bladesmithing three times a week.
Lose ten martial arts by March.
Spend more time with my renaissance faires.
Buy new romance novels.
Take evening classes in j-rock.
Go bladesmithing three times a week.
I think I'll break number two right now.
mister_valiant 's journal and decided to take advantage of the fun! Will have to use my English songs because I don't know if I could find translations to all of my Japanese songs. Here's the instructions!:Put your music player on shuffle, and write down the first line of the first twenty songs.
Post the poem that results. The first line of the twenty-first song is the title.
No Matter How Hard I Try
I pick things up I am a collector
I served out my detention
Perfect by nature, icons of self-indulgence
In your creation heaven did decree
Hell Yeah! Whoo!
You see these shoes on my feet?
Turn away
Walking out on the show is walking out on you
I, I'm driving black on black
In this contest, you-you, you break yo' neck!
When the dark wood fell before me
You only hold me up like this
Turn my mic up louder, I got to say somethin'
We're trying to take it slow
Who's there knocking at my window?
Crawling in my skin
Death valley queen where have you been
A farmer there lived in the north country
I tried to sneak myself through I tried to get to the other side
Well I kissed the day, I was on my way
- Mood:
full
Happy Birthday to me!
LOL! One daughter comes back from Japan and the other will be going to Japan next year!
I will be visiting!
1. Pick 10 of your favorite books or series.
2. Post the first sentence of each book. (If one sentence seems too short, post two or three!)
3. Let everyone try to guess the titles and authors of your books.
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1: Dageus MacK. walked like a man and talked like a man, but in bed he was pure animal. (characters name hidden for the reason of not to make it too easy.) - "The Dark Highlander" by Karen Marie Moning
2: Another sliver of silvery-pale wood joined the tiny pile at Ilya Ivanovitch's feet, and the rough shape in his hand became a little more foxlike. - "Firebird" by Mercedes Lackey
3: A book on Mythology must draw from widely different sources. Twelve hundred years separate the first writers through whom the myths have come down to us from the last, and there are stories as unlike each other as "Cinderella" and "King Lear". - "Mythology" by Edith Hamilton
4: The only warning of danger I had was a disgusting wave of dead sea-creature stench. For a moment, it over-whelmed the humid, baked-pavement smell that permeated the relatively cooler air of Central Park that hot July evening. - "Restoree" by Anne McCaffrey
5: "Too many!" James shouted, and slammed the door behind him.
"What?" said Will. "The Dark is Rising" by Susan Cooper (aoi_tsuki1) Yay!
6: Farther from shore, nearer to death. - "The Merlin Effect" T.A. Barron
7: The yokai are the spookiest Japanese monsters you've never heard of, and it's high time they got their due. "Yokai Attack! The Japanese Monster Survival Guide" by Hiroko Yoda and Matt Alt (steelneko)
8: "Sailor V did it again! She's really something!" "Sailor Moon" vol 1 by Naoko Takeuchi (steelneko & golden_meliades)
9: Once when I was six years old I saw a magnificent picture in a book, called "True Stories from Nature", about the primeval forest. "The Little Prince" by Antoine de Saint-Exupery (steelneko)
10: King Vortigern the usurper sat upon his throne in London, when, suddenly, upon a certain day, ran in a breathless messenger, and cried aloud - "King Arthur and his Knights" Sir James Knowles
1. Pick 10 of your favorite books or series.
2. Post the first sentence of each book. (If one sentence seems too short, post two or three!)
3. Let everyone try to guess the titles and authors of your books.
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1: Dageus MacK. walked like a man and talked like a man, but in bed he was pure animal. (characters name hidden for the reason of not to make it too easy.)
2: Another sliver of silvery-pale wood joined the tiny pile at Ilya Ivanovitch's feet, and the rough shape in his hand became a little more foxlike.
3: A book on Mythology must draw from widely different sources. Twelve hundred years separate the first writers through whom the myths have come down to us from the last, and there are stories as unlike each other as "Cinderella" and "King Lear".
4: The only warning of danger I had was a disgusting wave of dead sea-creature stench. For a moment, it over-whelmed the humid, baked-pavement smell that permeated the relatively cooler air of Central Park that hot July evening.
5: "Too many!" James shouted, and slammed the door behind him.
"What?" said Will. "The Dark is Rising" by Susan Cooper (aoi_tsuki1) Yay!
6: Farther from shore, nearer to death.
7: The yokai are the spookiest Japanese monsters you've never heard of, and it's high time they got their due. "Yokai Attack! The Japanese Monster Survival Guide" by Hiroko Yoda and Matt Alt (steelneko)
8: "Sailor V did it again! She's really something!" "Sailor Moon" vol 1 by Naoko Takeuchi (steelneko & golden_meliades)
9: Once when I was six years old I saw a magnificent picture in a book, called "True Stories from Nature", about the primeval forest. "The Little Prince" by Antoine de Saint-Exupery (steelneko)
10: King Vortigern the usurper sat upon his throne in London, when, suddenly, upon a certain day, ran in a breathless messenger, and cried aloud -
If I had Chronicles of Narnia or a Harry Potter book about you'd see them on this list. But I don't have them about me right now.
Good luck!
And wish me luck on finding a job. Still haven't found one yet. ;.;
But first I have to find a job and earn some of the money I spent back. Whee!
::bows and exits stage left::
And today there are no pics and tomorrow I head home!
Well not really. Called mom and she says we're going directly to New Mexico after she picks me up. ^_^ I get to meet my nephew! Whoo!
Lovely little day trip. ^_^
Day Forty PICTURES! http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=1
Day Forty-One PICTURES! http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=1
Tomorrow is a one day tour to Kilkenny!
Day Thirty-Seven Pictures: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=1
Tomorrow my tour starts!!
Whew! Day Thirty-Three was LONG. I get to the ferry port at the time recommended before the ferry leaves and find it's delayed until 230ish. Bad weather and a change of boat. I ask about my connection to Dublin. It's the same boat that's going to Dublin so there's no worries there. So I take a hop on hop off bus tour of Liverpool. I just ride around on it and don't get off thinking the boat is still leaving at 230. I get back to the port and the time is now... 430. *sigh* Still the same boat going to Dublin so still no worries. I call the hostel in Dublin and tell them I'll be late. Late late. They say it's okay and hold my bed for me. So finally the boat comes in and I get on. Some guys from a field hockey team invite me to join them at their table in the bar area and we talk and laugh while we get underway. Not bad while in the river and then in the estuary, but once we hit open ocean. UGH. One guy who was all "I have a cast iron stomach! Whoo!" spent about two hours on his knees clutching the toilet bowel. A seat opened up and I got onto it and didn't get off until the boat stopped. Oug.... My Japanese dramamine is GOOD stuff. Got off the boat, said goodbye to the team, and then went to check my bag back in.
The boat to Dublin was much, much, much, much better. I actually had a booth in the bar to myself. I spread out on the bench and fell asleep for most of the ride, which was so much smoother! We got into Dublin at 1230am Saturday morning. And guess what....
No Immigration Officials.
No stamp on my passport.
Oh dear.
I take a taxi to the hostel and get into my bed and just sleep. After getting up I decided to go back to the port and get my passport stamped as the immigration office in Dublin is closed for the weekend. I walk to the bus station and ask about buses to the port. The next one isn't until 115 in the afternoon. *sigh* I go find a hop on hop off bus and ride around the city without getting off. Then I got a meal and went back to the bus station to get my bus. Got to the port, found immigration staff, got my passport stamped and in order, got the bus back to the bus station and got onto another hop on hop off bus (same company) to go to see the Book of Kells. Lovely, just lovely. And our guide around Trinity College was so clever and funny! He was a teacher, I wish I was a student in his class. I know it would be entertaining. Did some money spending, then headed back to the hostel for the posting. Next up is dinner, and then back here for more internet and sleep. Tomorrow I'm going to try for Dublin Castle, Christ Church Cathedral, St Patrick's Cathedral, and maybe a museum. We'll see. It's Sunday tomorrow.....
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