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I didn't mention it yet here cause I didn't want to jinx myself and only 4 ppl knew about it. Sooooooooo.....I start my new job on Thurs!!!!!!!!!

I had two job interviews last week: one for Ricoh (printing company) and the other for Aviall (an aviation company that is right across the street where I worked for Amazon). They had me fill out the paperwork and do the pee tests and basically go from there. Whoever called me first saying I got the job, I was going to take it. And Ricoh called me this morning. If none of these worked out, I still had my Bank of America job still open but it was taking forever with them since they were still waiting for their machines to come in. I was going to be working 3rd shift on their insert machines. But now I'll be working 1st for Ricoh so that'll give me time to use my evenings for my schooling once I get all of that taken care of.

Thanx to all who has given me encouragement and patience with the whole shitty job situation. It really helped me through my bad moments when I didn't think it was going to work out for me.

When making sizing images for a mood theme, they can't exceed over 100 with W & H correct? Or better yet, what is the best # to use for the W&H when making mood themes?

If anyone can answer this sometime today would be of great help!

Dexter marries his "sister". For those that watch the thriller series on Showtime "Dexter", I kinda find it a bit weird/creepy but hey, more power to them.

Gotta love it!!

Went to Walmart this morning and went nuts in the discounted X-mas goods. Bought 10 candles of different sizes and scents. Only found two of the bigass round 4 wick candles so I snatched them up.

Bought lighted garland since the previous one I had isn't safe anymore since the other cat Smokey chewed on the chord one yr.

3 rolls of wrapping paper: one of spongebob, one of The Christmas Story, and one with a cute santa and snowman.

Non-discounted stuff that I couldn't help cause the prices were good:

-Spongebob trashcan that opens when you step on the peddle.

-the AC/DC Live game for my Rockband.

Then on Sunday, I was checking to see what kind of deals that Yankee Candle was having and OMGAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!!!! I found two discontinued candles back on their list but I think only for a limited time.

I was quick to jump on the Cherry Blossom jar candle since toranookami got me hooked on that scent a few yrs ago when she sent me a votive one yr for my bday. If you happen to read this chickie, you better jump on it and get yourself a full size candle before they take it down again.

And the other, my older sis got me hooked on a few yrs ago when I went home on vacation. She had two and gave me her extra one. I haven't burned it cause it just smells so damn good. Just sucks they only have the med. sized available and not the big of Cherry Lemonade. It smells sweet yet the scent makes you think of summertime.

I LOOOOOVE their candles, just wished they weren't so pricey which is why the only time I buy their stuff is when a sale is on or I can find a coupon to use.

The one candle I wished they would put back out I think it was called Fresh Cut Grass or something along the lines of cut grass. I'm the kind that LOVES the smell of grass when it's mowed.

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Hope everyone had a nice holiday. Mine wasn't too bad, I could finally do what I wanted without being around annoying ex-inlaws and their brats. And I didn't feel like a pig either when it came to eating food on Christmas. I had Vietnamese food for lunch and a Japanese hot pot Christmas night at toriru4ever's while we expressed how much we miss Japan. I also brought over the movies that I got from mom and we watched Iron Man and Tropic Thunder.

Hmmm....how to say this....but I don't see what the hype about Iron Man was about. It was an okay movie but nothing SPECTACULARLY HUGE but then again, I'm not a comic book character fan. It had quite a few drag on moments and quite a few predictable moments too. And I was quite disappointed in Tropic Thunder.

If I didn't have to work the day after Christmas, we should've ended the night with The Dark Knight since I will never get tired of that Batman movie.

ETA: I also forgot to mention that I got some awesome Spongebob pjs from toriru4ever.

I don't know why this time this person's name clicked in my head since I saw it listed before in the credits and didn't ring a bell at the time.

But Mako (deceased and he was born in Kobe Japan *inside snicker*), Uncle Iroh's VA from Avatar played on a few eps of M*A*S*H*. The one eps "Rainbow Bridge" he was on the enemy's side as a Dr. when he and a few others went to switch out wounded patients. And today's eps "Hawkeye Get Your Gun" he was a Korean Dr. that Potter and Hawkeye went to help out. I don't know why today's eps and seeing his name again made me realize just who he was.

So there's my useless news for the day.

I PROMISE to have some sort of write up along with pics of Japan in the upcoming weeks. The whole job searching and moving is taking away what little free time I used to have.

that I am now LEGALLY FREE and no longer tied down to 10yrs of marriage.

It's hard to believe that the day finally came around when it seemed like FOREVER just to get here. After this experience, I think I made my choice of not getting married again. And the only way I would ever give in to doing it again, is well, I'll know if it's right. But I also realized that one doesn't have to get married in order to be with the person that they love with forever.

I am happy with this decision and can finally move on with my life.

So raise your glass and have a drink for me.

And I quote MLK Jr. (though I changed a little part in that) - "Free at last! free at last! thank God Almighty, I am free at last!"



Now if I could just get a fucking job, I'll be good to go.

There's so much to tell since before we arrived but I'll get to that once we get back.

The weather has been like spring weather and thank god I brought 2 pairs of shorts with me. I think the part that gets to be a pain in the ass from time to time is navagating through the train stations. So far we've met up with two of Mona's friends. Went to Ikebukuro on Mon and went to the Sunshine Building too but the part we were most interested in was the observatory on the 60th flr. That was pretty awesome cause you could see a good bit of Tokyo except I wish it wasn't so hazy cause then we could've seen Mt.Fuji. The sun was setting so I got a decent pic before the haze covered it. And then we waited till it got dark so we could see the city view when lit up.

Tues. we hit Yoyogi Park, Meji Shrine, Harajuku, and then Shibuya. I just wished I knew where all the clubs were in Shibuya that bands perform at but I'm sure it's not going to be an easy find since alot of places are hidden or underground. Went to one of the Harley shops to price shirts for my family and I HIGHLY doubt that I'll be bringing anything but one shirt. The cheapest for a damn shirt was going for $50 and even they don't want that much back home!!!!!

Within 2 days, I've already bought 4 Beat Crusaders cds; 2 from Book Off (a used cd and book store) which even though it's a used store, both cds were still in shrink wrap and paid much cheaper than a reg. cd store and the other 2 I bought at HMV in Shibuya. Tower Records I'm sure is still a bit higher than HMV but I'm still blown away at HOW EXPENSIVE the Japanese music cds are!!! Most are over $20 and again, I never paid that much the last time I bought a new cd. At least HMV has a sale going on where if you buy one it's 10% off or buy 2 and 20% off. Then we also hit Mandarake which is like doujinshi fangirl HEAVEN!!!! The one we went to in Shibuya had a section with figures for a decent price, just too bad they didn't have certain characters for certain series I'm still into.

Looking at the weather, I just hope and pray that it doesn't happen but they are calling for rain Thurs and Fri which will suck ass since we'll be in Kobe and I don't want to go sight seeing in bad weather PLUS I don't want to stand in the rain on Fri when we go to see Gallow.

Sometime next week, we'll be meeting up with Tokyo Cooney from youtube. Search his name and check out his vids. He's quite the character and I think he'll be quite an interesting guy to talk to. Hell, I'm still surprised that he actually emailed me back with his number compared to Toshi who seems to be scared of meeting two of his many female US customers since he never contacted me back.

Tonight, we are meeting up again with Ai the girl we first met on Sun. to go eat and drink. The other thing that sucks ass is how the trains quit running so damn early. You can't stay out so late and if you do, you either have to get a taxi back (which isn't cheap pending where you are going to) or get a hotel room in the area that you are in. I'm here to have a good time, not to be rushed just so we can make it back within a certain time. Granted, the 1st 2 days we didn't mind coming back as early as we could (and early was about 10 or so) since we were worn out but now that our bodies have adjusted to being here, it's a bit of a downer to still rush things.

And one more thing, I CAN NOT BELIEVE how HUGE and LOUD and ANNOYING the crows are here!!!! I took some pics to compare to the ones back home. Where's our BB gun when you need it? Haven't seen many stray cats yet like I would see on some of BECR's blog pics but maybe that just depends on the area you are in.

I guess I should work on updating here more than once a week. Feels weird not posting as much as I use to.

Last weekend was pretty busy. Sat night spent the night @ toriru4ever's and got the chance to finally play Wii. Feels kinda weird till you get a hang of the controller and talk about ADDICTING!!! At least in the sports sections. I haven't tried golf yet but the boxing is dumb as hell. Tennis, baseball, and bowling is neat. We did the fitness tests and my age group was 44. The thing that fucked me over on that during the tests was the tennis for some reason. Yet when I play the reg. game, I have no problem at all. Now I want to play tennis for real. *lol* The only thing that sucked was having a sore arm and shoulder the next day for doing all those movements. Thankfully the pain is finally going away.

Sunday, we went to the Japanese Fall Festival in Richardson. First time for the majority of us except for originalkitsune. Not a bad little event, had alot of food vendors thats for sure. It was so funny, my nephew's gf who went with us, tried a piece of takoyaki and once she found out what was in it, she freaked. *lol* Later in the evening, she still couldn't believe what she ate, especially what the inside looked like when a piece of squid came out of one of the balls that was in my container. Yeah, I wasn't fond of them either so no squid for me. Probably would've tasted better with different seafood in it. Tried an eel bowl later and that was pretty good! Much better tasting than the eel that Tokyo One uses. The eel bowls were made by Tei Tei, the Japanese place we tried out after Afest.

After we left the festival, we headed to an Asian grocery store that Mona goes to. "Shop Smart, Shop S mart!" Oh sorry, wrong mart. "Shop Smart, Shop Itchy mart!" *lol* Checked it out and then walked down to one of the cafes for desert and coffee.

Once we got back to Mona's, man, talk about a looooooooong day! Where in the hell did the weekend go!!!??

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Had the chance to watch the season premiere of S3 of Dexter. Feels kinda weird to start off on a whole new page. I'm still so used to what the book was about that I can't shake that off. Deb looks good with short hair but the series still feels out of place w/out Doakes. I guess for now, Jimmy Smits character is taking his place but I have a feeling he's gonna end up on Dexter's list. The new guy (played by Desmond Harrington) who seems to be kinda hitting on Deb is pretty cute though looking at other pics of him, he looks better with hair. I'm just curious as to what is going to go on with the DA following Deb around. Also seems kinda weird to see Dexter and Rita have more "family" time aka having sex all the time when they show him over at her place. After seeing the upcoming preview, I'm not too happy with what they are already throwing into the mix in Dexter's life. I'll post it under a cut SO BE WARNED THIS IS A SPOILER!!!!

( You were warned! )

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Last but not least....17 more days till vacation!! OMGAH!! *faints*

This toy mouse is awesome! Would love to have something like that even for Sam's old ass.




And one more under cut that is hilarious!

( Treadmill kitties )

Sorry I don't have much exciting things to post lately so you'll just have to deal with the new stuff I'm posting on my sale.

Updates include:

- Gundam Wing Endless Waltz Custom Gundam Models (includes the pilot figure too)

- Treize & Tallgeese II

- Heero Blood Mage fanart from Militant Wing (all the info explains it all in the sales link)

- Disney's Pocohontas Collector Cups from Burger King

- Blue jeans in the clothing section

The sale is listed HERE. Thanx!


If anyone wants non-anime related stuff, better speak up between now and Sept. 5th cause I'm going to try and have a yard sale the weekend of the 6th and I'm putting out the non-anime stuff to sell.

Any questions, feel free to ask in the sales entry.