桜コン 2008： 2日 と その他

*Final Event of the day*

After the first days event and looking over the schedule *yes... I did look over the schedule plenty of times* I concluded that there was really not much for me to see at the convention anymore. However, I was some how pulled back into going back to the convention and this is how my day turned out:

1. I woke up at 5am b/c I had to go to work at 6. I was opening Returns and I was not at all happy at the thought. What made matters worse was the fact that I only slept for an hour before I had to wake up again. Needless to say, I was very sleep deprived. *Especially after I had been trying to break my school insomnia for Spring Break* I didn't realize that the day was going to be much longer than I had planned...
   
   
2. After getting off of work at 2:30, I was asked by one of my classmates who was at the convention to get her some food when I head up there. I tried my best to find a way out of it, but eventually, I gave in. I did, however, say that I would be coming in late b/c I wanted some time to nap before another long drive to Seattle. At this point, certain things I'm over looking *the time and how much gas I had left* would have a great impact on the direction my day was going.
   
   
3. After sleeping for about 2 hours *really not enough time for a good nap*, I got up and headed up to Seattle for the convention. The time is now 5:30pm. As I was driving I looked at my gas gauge and noticed that I was really starting to run low on gas, but my stupid assumptions led me to think that there was a gas station in the city. ><
   
   
4. Most of the skits were actually good. While some were like "..... wtf just happened?", the parts I tolerated most showed at the start of the show. Needless to say, I did have some favorites. The one that I like the most was definitely this one: Watch me!. A Naruto Shippuden parody on the save Sasuke arc *currently showing now* Though it had some funny moments and a lot of fan girl junk I didn't really care about, the overlying message that Naruto bitches about Sasuke too much was what won me over.
   
   
5. After *amazingly enough* sitting through every skit, I figured it was time for me to head home. I didn't want to be in Seattle any longer and I was worrying about how much gas was left in my car. For those who know me, I don't take direction well and tend to get lost very easily. That's exactly what happened when I was trying to find the freeway exit out of the city. Normally, it wouldn't bother me, but I was low on gas and starting to panic a little. *Lesson I learned about cities: There are no gas stations in the city. Only at the city limits and outside of the downtown area* Apparently, I was a little too slow at realizing this and when I finally back tracked to the convention, I found that I had actually pass the Freeway entrance. ><
   
   
6. Finally! I found one. However... why the hell is it running so slow?! Apparently, the station was almost out of gas and was about to hit empty. It took 10 minutes to get to a gallon and a half. *I rounded it up to $6 before I called it quits and left* Luckily for me, my car was pretty good with gas and I made it a little bit more than 40 miles back home. *Yes, I got gas when I got back. A lesson learned about filling the gas tank before long drives XD* Of course, when I got home, I had received another call... [The time is now 11:30pm]
   
   
7. On the other end of the line was one of my co workers *clearly drunk* asking me come hang out with the rest of my co-workers for a bachelor party. At first, I was thinking about not going seeing as how it was really late, but I figured "... eh... what the hell." So I headed, back the way I came, to Tacoma. [Now midnight]
   
   
8. [Entire post opted out b/c of blurry memory and certain things I would like officials not to see XD]

In the end, I got home at 3am. ._____.

Needless to say, I have a light headache and a chest cold again :/

Sakura Con analysis: ★★★★☆

So until next time... またね

Oh... btw... 2 Months!!! XDD

桜コン 2008： １日

*... Snow... in March...? A sure sign of the end XD*

Well, not much has happened since my last post, but I'll go ahead and enlighten you:

• It snowed 3 times since my last post o_O
  
  
• I bought my plane ticket for Japan ^-^ *and at a much better price*
  
  
• I went to Sakura Con today. (More details below)

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Ok. Well, I decided to go to Sakura Con *yes... it's an anime convention* b/c a certain someone wouldn't leave me alone about it till I said yes to going. In the end, I went. So here's what happened:

- I woke up at 5:30am this morning b/c I was thinking that I would have to wait in a horrifyingly long line in order to get my access badge for the convention *which started at 7am*. I shouldn't have been to surprised at the lack of people I saw that early in the morning. *Very little had come* It wasn't clicking that it was a Friday still XD So, I waited for the rest of the group to show *some of my classmates* since I had arrived earlier than anyone. *Even though I thought I was late XP*

- After everyone arrived, I went to go get my badge and saw where everyone really was. The Registration line was horrifyingly long. However, since I had pre-registered, I just had to jump into the short line, which was less than a minute really.

- Since we had arrived early, there was nothing that was really open, since everyone was still getting set up and it was still the first day. So we waited around till about 11 to really do anything.

Key points:

• Spent a good hour in the exhibition hall and the rest of the day just wandering around.
  
  
• Got to meet Dave from Snafu Comics *he was pretty cool*
  
  
• Saw some good and kind of eh.. cosplayers
  
  
• Watched some AMV's *out of pure boredom really*
  
  
• Saw a first press THE TREND KILLER from Sadie. I wanted it. It was damaged. I was mad.
  
  
• Wandered around the majority of the time *7am -3pm*
  

Not sure what else to write, so I'll just post some pics I took.

Exhibition Hall

My failed attempt at taking a picture of an AMV XD

Cool painting

View from the 3rd floor *mmmm... Gameworks... the only decent arcade in this state*

It started snowing.... again. -___-

Awesomest picture of the day. XD

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The stuff I bought:

It was a misprint, but nothing seems to be wrong w/ it

XD

Who doesn't like a little Portal fun?

A closer look

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Well, that's all I have for now. I may or may not go again to the convention tomorrow b/c of the lack of time I have, so this is basically it for now.

じゃね．．．

心に深いクレーター

*Painful reminder of my memories*

Well, I'm not sure I have much to post in this entry, so I'll give you just some quick updates as to what's currently going on:

• Work has been cutting my hours again. Instead of working 8 hours tomorrow and Thursday, I've been cut down to 4 hours each day. ><>
• For those of you who may or may not have known, yes, I am working on buying a plane ticket for a month *almost a month, actually* trip to mainland *Japan*. I plan on getting tickets Friday, so hopefully my next paycheck will be enough to cover it. After that, all I'll have to do is save some money. *Easier said than done unfortunately*
  
  
• Pat and Derek have been trying to pressure me into moving down to CA to help them provide a bass line for their new band. It's slowly working. No worries though. I'm on my way there. It'll be a few months till I get there though. ;D
  
  
• On a lighter note, I got financial aid! ^-^ Essentially, I'm paid for for the rest of the time I attend college here, with a little money left over. This will definitely help with trip costs and other misc. costs I'll have till next term. :)

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Speaking of school, I finally checked what my grades were for this term.

Here are the results:

- Math in Society: C *This much I expected. DAMN YOU COMPOUND INTEREST! ><*

- Intro to Sociology: B *From an F to a B... It doesn't get much better than that in my book XD*

- Abnormal Psychology: A- *Holy hell.... Wow.... My first A while in college XD*

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As for next term:

- Chemical Concepts
- Japanese *Finally*
- Cultural Anthropology

They all seem like a well rounded classes, so I hope they don't suck. :/ That's all I have to say, so..... yeah.

またね。

永遠に憂鬱

When I'm done procrastinating, I'll consider updating this more often. XDD

FINALLY! This term is at it's end. It was, to my surprise, actually interesting. As some of you may or may not have known, I was dropped from my original schedule *see a few posts back* and had to re-apply for new ones. This was probably a good mistake.

• Sociology, despite my lowering grade, was really interesting. Though there was no homework and very little interesting activities, the material was really interesting to read about. What I learned: Don't blame yourself. Blame society. XD
• Abnormal Psychology was equally, if not, more fun than Sociology, simply because of all the activities we did. Like the class above, there was no HW and your grade solely relied on tests, participation, and in-class assignments. Still, it was fun to learn about all these things that could be wrong with you. What I learned: I may seriously be f*ked up. ^-^
• Math in Society is exactly as it sounds. Math that you use in society. :/ It wasn't very fun, but there were some things that I had previously learned that definitely helped on some tests. Other than that, I felt that this class was a waste of air and time for me. *Which is probably why I skipped every other day. XD* What I learned: Uhmmm..... Compound interest? :|

Next week is finals week and I'm less than thrilled about it. Despite Soc. and Psyc. being interesting classes, the tests are something that you definitely need to study for. *Something I have yet to do* After that, I have a few weeks away from school *but not from work* then more school at the end of the month.

Work has been mixed for me. For some reason, the store decided to hire 7 new cashiers. That makes 17 cashiers in total. There's only about 6 working a day and the new hires are getting all the hours. I'm slowly losing hours and it's not cool. I'm starting to consider my options: 1.) Find more hours in another dept. *something that could happen*; 2.) Find a temp. second job *not easy with school in the way* 3.) most radical: Leave for another job that gives me more hours. <- Not too sure I want to do this yet, seeing as how it's got a good pay and my coworkers are cool to be around. We'll see though. When Spring really gets going, maybe the hours will get better...

Future plans: Well, as you might have heard, Pat and I have been planning a return trip to Japan ever since we moved back here to the US. XD We are starting to get the plans rolling now. Everything seems to be working out so far, with only minor, easy obstacles. We're heading up to the mainland *Japan, for people from Oki* for a good majority of June. Then, I'll be down in CA for the remainder of the month. Hopefully, everything will go according to plan. We've been working out dates, prices, and times for a little while, so we hope things will go smoothly. Definitely working on my Japanese again. Not as easy, as when I first learned it, but with a little review, some or most could come back. :)

Sakura Con is coming up at the end of the month. *If you're wondering why I'm bringing this up, I'll give you a little back story: Going with my Japanese Club. First convention. Just seeing what's there. Nothing else* As I prepare for that, I'm wondering if I should dress up. I was thinking as going as someone killed in Battle Royale. *Lots of cuts, lots of blood XD* Thoughts?

Taste of Chaos is next month as well. It'll be my first concert here in the US, so I'm definitely excited for that. A7X, atreyu, MUCC, and D'espairsRay = Awesomeness. *Plus, my jump the line passes will put me that much closer to MUCC* =D

Ajikan's new album is pure love. Every track is awesome. If you haven't heard of them or haven't heard this album, punch yourself! Then BUY IT AND ENJOY IT'S AWESOMENESS!!! NOW!!!!!

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Okay, I'll do some reviews now:

Tekkon Kinkreet: Good movie. Kind of got lost half way through it. Very colorful. Kind of powerful. I think there was a moral, but I couldn't really pick up on it. ★★★★½ (Would be trippier if you were high. XD)

30 Days of Night: It followed the graphic novel pretty well. Seeing as how the actual comic is pretty short, I was pleased with some of the extra stuff they added into the movie. I wasn't to happy with how they changed up some characters and plot *it's supposed to move right into the next novel* but it was tolerable. Kind of happy I didn't watch it in the theaters now. :P ★★★½☆ (I wish they would have followed the story a bit closer for a sequel which, in my opinion, is actually better than the original :P)

The Prestige: A movie about magic that I had been wanting to see for a while, but forgot about. It has a good storyline, good characters and really good plot twists. *I caught the first one, but the last one definitely surprised me* ★★★★½ (Great twist on the world of magic)

Resident Evil: Extinction: I really did not have any high hopes for this movie since I had read up on it before watching it. Aside from the fact that a few key characters are missing without a good reason as to why, the story progresses fairly well and falls into the mold that this series has already made for itself. Nothing surprising. Very disappointing. Plus, there might be a sequel.... again. *sigh* ★★☆☆☆ (God.... not another sequel..... >_<)

Cloverfield: Well, I finally experienced the hype that I had been waiting for *back in Jan.* and it was kind of mixed really. It was good, but it meh at the same time. I say this because the more I reflect on it, the more I realize that I'm forgetting things about the movie. Only things that are sticking are the deaths and the monster *which I suppose is really the only good parts of the movie XD*★★★★½ (Don't sit so close to the screen XDD)
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Anyways, that's all I have to say for now. Until next time. じゃまたな．．．