The Golden Gator Awards

 Those who know me well know that I am, in fact, a huge J-Rock nerd. Granted, I've gotten considerably less crazy over the years (I really did take my plushie everywhere, Jamie. EVERYWHERE.) but I still love the music and performance value and whatnot, and am still a supporter of the scene here in the states. Obviously, I'm not alone, because last week I saw this:

( Nyer I <3 hide )

In other news, I decided to clean out all the dead skin, crumbs and who-knows-what sauce out of my keyboard while I was setting up my computer over the weekend. I also decided to paint it, so I now have a lovely purple and ivory keyboard.

 trying is the path to failure; mediocrity is its vessel.

( The Romantic (the Four) )---------------------------------------------------------

( The Observer (the Five) )

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( The Questioner (the Six) )

I made Alex a bento for lunch today:

Seriously, waking up Christmas morning with a good percentage of your closest friends is the best present ever.

Thanks for spending the day, you're all lovely awesome~!




In other news, Alex comes back today!!!! =D

Highlights of the holiday thus far:

After my plane landed, I came home to a freshly prepared cut of fish, miso soup, sesame broccoli, and tsukemono, courtesy of my dad. =D
They're giving me the old storage chest that used to be in my room, thus knocking one thing off my xmas list. =D
They've also promised me a couch and an armoire. =D
Our turkey dismembered itself in the oven.
Our dinner guest was a really cool old guy who, though military service, lived in Japan for 7 years. Also, he asked a 10 year old to take care of his 10 porch cats (they're neighborhood strays he feeds). He assured this by threatening to break the kid's leg if he didn't. <3
While mom made me take a virus off the computer. She had unplugged the internet, saying she didn't want any viruses 'sneaking in' when the computer was off. <3 parents sometimes.
Ohio ice cream. <3 Illinois ice cream sucks.
They forgot to put the wine away. I'm fixing that problem. =D
My dad cut too much ginger for the sweet potatoes. Thus, homemade gyoza tomorrow.


<3 Thanksgiving at my house.

( Observe... )

I seriously want to get a baby sling to carry Tilly around in. She'd totally love it.

Hey, I have internet again! Woo!

So in case you missed anything in the past........4?...5? months, here's what happened:

I took summer classes
I went to Ohio for a month
I went to Cedar Point
I became exceptionally broke
I turned 22
School started for the 5th time
I became exceptionally un-broke
Alex moved in with me
I built a new computer

And that's that. 22 is boring, school got old after the first week, and my huge paycheck hasn't come yet. Even when it does, I'm only getting out of debt. No monies for me lol.
The good news is that so far, living with Alex is fantastically easy. We have two rooms - (my old) bedroom, and the office. It works out nice, since there's plenty of space, two closets, two bathrooms, and now no one is stuck with the small room. Except Tilly, but she likes it.
Also, my new computer is working like a dream. (I can do homework at home now!!) I upgraded my old compaq to a new motherboard, new quad-core processor, and a new HD video card. In the process, i had to go out and buy a new case, new ram, and a new dvd burner, as my new stuff didn't work with the old stuff. Basically, I have two computers now. The new one looks like a rave in a box. I haven't put the graphics card in yet, as it's a little confusing. When I tried to install it, my computer just kept re-booting. Clearly it hates me. Ann is supposed to come over tomorrow and help with that. She'll get a meat pie.

Oh, and I made meat pies. They taste of yum.

Going to the Feast this weekend, might bring back pictures.