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Friday, September 30, 2005 - 10:54 AM

Yesterday the temperature fell to a whopping 75 degrees so I pulled out my jeans for the first time since probably April. I was dreading it a little. They fit. But. It's time to shed some winter fat.

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Wednesday, September 28, 2005 - 10:15 AM

Finally got a picture of Shawn with his new 'do. Doesn't he look so tough all bald, with guns, standing amongst trash in the Superdome?

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Monday, September 26, 2005 - 11:06 AM

Family survived Rita A-OK. They had NO RAIN, if you can believe that, and only lost a few branches due to wind. My sister had electricity, but my parents didn't have it for about 16 hours. Nothing to really sweat over. I'm actually surprised that Rita took such a sharp right turn to flood Louisiana... again. Did the people in Louisiana forget to sacrifice something for Poseidon or something? Did they blind Polyphemus? Or is this just a sign that we really shouldn't create land where there is supposed to be water? But anyway... since Houston survived without many scratches, Shawn came back last night. Unless another hurricane stirs up along the American coast, he'll be around for awhile. Which is good, as I was really dreading mowing the lawn.

Atlanta was a blast. Five anime junkies all in one anime convention dealer room. It was like kids in a candy store. Since I had to come back on a plane with limited luggage space, I was fairly good in restraining myself. But I still bought a ton of Bleach crap. Little crap, like plushes, keychains, and phone straps. I never thought I'd get into phone straps, but oh yes, I have. My cell phone looks almost like a Christmas tree. DT and Julie also gave me a tour of Cartoon Network. I so want to work there. They showed me the cubicles of the office rats, and I wish I had taken more pictures than just the one. These people obviously love their jobs. I've never seen cubicles decorated with so many posters and toys. The cubes in the promo dept. had props from past promos all over them. I wanted to claim jump a cube and never leave until they offer me a job. And find me a buyer for my house and a job for Shawn.

My only complaint about my trip was that it was so short. Next time I go, I'm going to have to stay more than just a weekend so I can have fun without a constructed con schedule. But at least I did get to meet everyone I'm going to Japan with. I just need to find a roommate and I'll be set.

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Thursday, September 22, 2005 - 10:46 AM

Have some cool things (to me!) to note.

The coolest thing is that Shawn is coming back today! For 10 hours but hey, he'll be here for a bit! He should come in this afternoon and then he'll leave for Houston bright and early. I'm all excited I get to see him with a shaved head.

Other cool thing. I'm going to a Packers game at Lambeau Field! Jen scored some free tickets, so I'll be hopping a plane for the frozen tundra in November. I need to start stocking up on real winter clothing.

Now that we have satellite, I've started watching Cartoon Network again. (That should make DT a little happy.) And at night they run Dragonball Z, a show I haven't watched in years. Before CN airs a show, they run a little promo about the show right before it, like a teaser. The close up they use of Vegeta is MY CEL of him. I squealed with glee like the little otaku geek I am.

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Wednesday, September 21, 2005 - 9:49 AM

Well, as long as hurricanes keep pummelling the southern coast, Shawn will always be deployed. He's already been activated for helping Houston and Galveston prepare for Hurricane Rita. But it shouldn't be so bad this time around as this time they'll have a different governor and mayor to deal with. Laura Miller would have done a better job than Nagin. But anyway...

My birthday present from Shawn came in the mail yesterday. I'm about to take another plunge into geekdom and otaku. I now have a kit to mod my Playstation 2 so I can play import video games. My first import video game? Naruto 2. I should buy one of those shirts I've made for myself... I'm obviously a screaming Narutard in denial.

3 more days until Atlana...

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Tuesday, September 20, 2005 - 1:46 PM

Whoo hooo! I sold a couple of shirts from my online store! Makes me so very, very happy and bursting with glee.

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Sunday, September 18, 2005 - 8:13 PM

Had to update my banner with my new rilezu (post-production) cel. If anyone banes someone's existence, it's Kantarou. Well, and I love his eyes so I had to share. Anyway...

Nicole ever-so-kindly pointed out last night that I need to update. I really didn't think that I had much to say, but she told me what I could talk about. I should have asked her that since she knows all that stuff already, why does she want me to update? But oh well. So here it goes.

Surprisingly, we won our trial. With the issues of this case (that I won't put here), I could have sworn we didn't have a chance in the world. But hey, somehow we won, and I'm pretty sure that it's all thanks to opposing counsel and his idiocy. Hey, whatever works, I guess.

Shawn is still in New Orleans. The date that he could come back changes drastically. One day it's two weeks, then later that afternoon it's November or December. So, like I have to do with everything else as a military wife, I'll believe it when I see it. But this past week I wasn't as lonely. Kerri came in town, which made for a fun and rather talkative week. A few mornings I didn't have much of a voice. Good thing I'm not an attorney.

Right now I'm watching the Emmys and realizing that I really don't watch much TV anymore. I don't recognize half the shows. Not sure if this means that I'm getting older so I don't care about TV as much or I play too many videogames. I'm not sure I care one way or the other either, so this was a rather pointless paragraph.

Oh yeah, and if you look to the left under the site navigation section, you'll see that I finally got my online store for shirts under way. I had some random motivation from Naruto otaku and I decided that while I was at it I should go on ahead and design the other shirts. Even if only a few people buy the shirts, it will make me happy. I've made business cards for the next anime con I go to, for the next person that says they like my shirt. That would rule if I could get this business to actually BE a business. Until that fantasy point in time, I have no plans on quitting the day job.

5 more days until Atlanta. I'm soooo looking forward to a vacation.

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Wednesday, September 07, 2005 - 8:42 PM

Trial is FINALLY over! The jury still hasn't reached a verdict, but I don't have to listen to that blathering Plaintiffs' attorney anymore. I have never seen an attorney act like a total moron in court and drag something out like this. I felt so bad for the jury, especially when a lot of them had to cancel Labor Day weekend plans for Friday and Tuesday.

But speaking of that weekend, I had a blast. Kay and I went to AnimeFEST. Not as many people dressed up, so I don't have that many pictures. I haven't decided if I'm going to post the few that I have. I actually dressed up this time, but not as an anime character. I wore a kimono on Saturday. It was pretty, but I don't think I'll wear it in the summer ever again. It did not breathe, and the walk from the train to the hotel filled it with sweat. But it made my day when Scott McNeil kept petting it and telling me how shiney it was. And when Shinchiro Watanabe said it was a pretty kimono. I almost squealed like a little otaku. One of the big things for me on Saturday was that I got to meet Johnny Yong Bosch, the voice of Vash the Stampede!! Trigun is what turned me over to anime, so I had been wanting to get his voice's autograph for some time. He even took a picture with me. But that's not where I stuttered and had to prevent myself from squealing loudly.

As Kay and I were exiting the dealer room on Saturday, I turned away from one table to see a giant sign depicting Choo Choo Bear from Something*Positive. I've been a huge fan of S*P since I stumbled onto the site almost a year ago. I think I spent a whole day reading the archives. I love, LOVE Randy Milholland's dark sarcastic humor. I turned to the man sitting there, and stuttered, embarrassingly, "Ummm, excuse me, are you Randy Milholland?" He raised his eyebrow like one does when perplexed by someone and said, "Uh, yeah." I completely gushed over myself then, telling him how much I have loved his work, how jealous I was that he lived in Boston, even going as far as talking about how jealous I was that Shawn was in Cape Cod a few weeks ago. He didn't laugh at me to my face and thanked me and talked to me about life in Boston. He then drew a sketch for me of Choo Choo Bear wearing the kimono I was wearing. He told me that he was going to have a S*P panel on Sunday, and said he hoped that I would come. I'm sure he said that to everyone, but it still made me happy.

After that adventure Kay and I met up with Carleigh and Trey to watch Baylor almost lose to SMU. That first half was downright painful. I hope that's not too much of a foretelling for the rest of the season. But even though we were losing it was great to see Carleigh and Trey again. I hadn't seen them since the Baylor v. UNT game two years ago.

On Sunday Kay and I went back to AnimeFEST in time for the S*P panel. I wore my tank top that I had made for A-kon, that says "No, I will not hug you, you sad sad freak". If you've ever been to a con, it makes sense. People from nowhere will hug you or ask to hug you. One girl that was waiting in line for the S*P panel asked me where I got my shirt, and when I told her that I made it, she asked if I would make her one. I about glowed when I gave her my e-mail address. After the S*P panel, (which was freaking hilarious) Kay and I ran into Randy Milholland and his girlfriend (I think) in the dealer room. Well more like they noticed us first. His girlfriend tapped me on the arm and asked me where she could buy a shirt like mine. I told her that I made it, and asked her if she would like one. When I gave her my e-mail address, Randy said that I should sell these shirts. I don't think my smile could have been any bigger. I've been thinking about creating an online T-shirt shop on the side, and it made me oh so happy when someone I admire and whose shirts I love told me that I should sell shirts. I told him my other shirt ideas, and he said they were all good. I don't care if those two people never e-mail me asking me for a shirt, I got so much support in one day to push my shirt ideas. I hope to seriously get an online store running in a month or two.

I know it seems that I'm gushing about how proud of me I am, and I promise I only have one more thing to add. I actually tried takoyaki (fried octopus) at the FEST. I had always been curious about takoyaki, since it sounds so disgusting and I'm not really a seafood person, but kids in Japan just love it. I figure if kids like it, it can't be that bad. And it was only four dollars for six. Kay and I braved it. I will say that it tastes very good. I will also say that I'm not used to eating chewy, almost slimy food, and my mouth was not happy with the texture. I was good with the first one. But my gag reflex took over with the third one and I had to spit it out. But hey, I can say that I've tried them! Kay had one, maybe two, but I don't think she liked them that much. Texture wasn't an issue for her. Her favorite food is oysters on the half-shell.

Shawn still has not returned. He called I think on Monday to say that he was back at the Superdome now that it had been cleared out and the riff raff was a little more under control with the thousands of fresh troops. Yeeeeaaaah, I don't think any of this was handled very well by the powers that be, but anyway.... He said he took a shower for the first time but could not get the smell of the raw sewage and other priceless odors out of his hair, so he shaved his head. I hope he returns before it grows out. I'm very curious how this looks. But I don't know when he's going to be back, and he doesn't know either. He did say that they have finally been able to make some progress with electricity and communication, but they still have a policing problem and they have the levees to deal with. Not to mention helping the thousands return to their homes and/or helping them restart their lives. He originally said he'd be there for one to three weeks, but I think that could just as easily turn into one to three months, with the numbers of people that need help and the level of catastrophe Katrina has laid across the South.

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Sunday, September 04, 2005 - 8:04 AM

Well I decided to delete my last post. It was rather immature of me, and I seem to have started something with someone I don't know and have no idea how this person found my site.

But basically.

This person finds me rather abominable for calling some of the residents in New Orleans lowlifes. Well, I'm sorry, but the people that are still there that are shooting at National Guardsmen who are trying to help them reestablish electricity and communications are lowlifes. Looters are lowlifes. Not the ones stealing for food, but the ones running out with as many plasma tvs as they can carry. Shawn was sent over there to help them, and he's been forced to evacuate due to the insane violence. It makes me sick. Please note that I'm not calling all of the New Orleans residents lowlifes. Many are there that want help and have not been looting or shooting at people. It's very sad that help will be delayed due to these lowlifes. I only hope that the situation will be rectified quickly with little to no casualties.

And that's all I have to say on the subject.

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Thursday, September 01, 2005 - 8:45 PM

I'm STILL in trial. Words cannot describe how ridiculous it is that we're still in trial. I have never seen so much time wasting in my life. And I was in marching band. (I think maybe two people understood that comment.)

Oh and Shawn is in New Orleans trying to help the lowlives that are still there. Try to help people get oh electricity and communication back and they repay you with looting and shooting at you cuz you're in uniform. And people wonder why I generally dislike people and am rather cold-hearted.

I'm supposed to go to AnimeFEST this weekend, but honestly, all I want to do is sleep. If I hadn't already bought my ticket, I would tell Kay that I have to pass. But only Saturday and maybe Sunday. On Monday my head has a reservation with my pillow.

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