On the 8th of September, we celebrate Seki Tomokazu's birthday!!
Always and forever ♥~!
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Tuesday, September 08, 2009
Happy Birthday to Seki Tomokazu!
On the 8th of September, we celebrate Seki Tomokazu's birthday!!
Always and forever ♥~!
Monday, September 07, 2009
Do not want to be late!
A/C humming, fans whirring
Egads, I don't want to be late for my Seki's birthday post this year!! But crap I'm so busy! CRAP!!!
Meanwhile. Oh. I love my church kids, shoot me. I couldn't emote at all when I was with them, but thinking about them and watching these videos make me want to cry!! T____T I'm going to miss them more than anything.
Thank God for internet.
And because the best presents are the ones meant to be shared, I'm going to share my presents with you guys! Please do not let these videos leak out, I don't believe any of you are weird to that extent.
Video downloads
>> Father and Son Duet, Four Hands
>> Jonathan's Awesome Solo
I'm so proud of him, and so so so touched. I'm eternally grateful to know such wonderful people, that even parents get hauled along for the ride. I can't ever repay them, but wah, best present ever are these wonderful, awesome, beautiful people in my life. THANK YOU GOD!!!
Oh, must refrain from being overly emotional. +___+!!!!
Okay. Time to munch on Anne I mean go see her. :D Seki's post will be up soon, please be patient with me okie??? I'll try to expand the post over the week however, it won't end the minute I post it up. XD
Egads, I don't want to be late for my Seki's birthday post this year!! But crap I'm so busy! CRAP!!!
Meanwhile. Oh. I love my church kids, shoot me. I couldn't emote at all when I was with them, but thinking about them and watching these videos make me want to cry!! T____T I'm going to miss them more than anything.
Thank God for internet.
And because the best presents are the ones meant to be shared, I'm going to share my presents with you guys! Please do not let these videos leak out, I don't believe any of you are weird to that extent.
Video downloads
>> Father and Son Duet, Four Hands
>> Jonathan's Awesome Solo
I'm so proud of him, and so so so touched. I'm eternally grateful to know such wonderful people, that even parents get hauled along for the ride. I can't ever repay them, but wah, best present ever are these wonderful, awesome, beautiful people in my life. THANK YOU GOD!!!
Oh, must refrain from being overly emotional. +___+!!!!
Okay. Time to munch on Anne I mean go see her. :D Seki's post will be up soon, please be patient with me okie??? I'll try to expand the post over the week however, it won't end the minute I post it up. XD
The world IS round afterall
"Graduation (Friends Forever)" - Vitamin C
"As we go on, we remember
All the times we had together
And as our lives change, come whatever(!)
We will still be friends forever."
I'm not graduating haha, but I feel this way? As our lives change, COME WHATEVER BABY, I'LL TAKE IT ON! I know I have times where I feel like I can't take it, but in the end, there is no cliff at the edge of the world. The world IS round, life is a complete circle, all is harmonious and good no matter what comes towards us, we will make it back. Circular reasoning, anybody? But it's not always as bad as some people berate me for. ::grimaces:: In my life, I've felt that people come and go, only to leave imprints but not to remain. Even now I have trouble comprehending that, is that silly? I have wonderful friends in my life, but I can't grasp such a simple concept. I had a really tough time this weekend saying, essentially, farewell to everybody at church. Part of me says that I'm not leaving, I'm never leaving them, that this distance I'm creating is merely physical and has no effect whatsoever on my relationships with everybody, and the other part of me sees that I'm going to lose each and everyone of them. That terrifies me, especially in regards to my family that I worked so hard to regain. I love them so much that I cannot bear to think about being apart from them, and yet at the same time, I feel silly in even thinking that something as superficial as physical distance would prevent me from having a loving relationship with them. Yet, there's no way of preventing that worry despite rationalizing it out. Even now, with discussions aplenty, our family's always had a tough time expressing love amongst ourselves. It's easy to say and tell someone else we care for and love them, but when it's our own blood, we stutter and pick on each other. Where is the positivity, where is the love, I might bemuse. I clarified today that, even though we never said anything directly on the matter, this will never come between us again. We're all mature enough to put the past behind us, and well, I guess that was more difficult for me personally. We all have our futures ahead of us, and we are all going in different directions, but that doesn't mean that we'll drift apart. It's just difficult to see that, if I'm having this much trouble with my family, how much harder is it to extend it to my friends? I love my friends, but I've had such a bad aftertaste of lost relationships because I lost contact with past friends. It just seems like I'll lose people I care about if I am not able to keep in touch with each and every single one of them! Will they forget me, and most importantly, will I let myself forget them? I nearly completely wiped this one person from my memory for a while, which was really freaky since I had no conscious intention of doing it at all. I just... forgot who she was completely, as if she was a stranger when I passed her, and blotted her from precious memories I had with her. WEIRD ANY? Whoever said that you can accomplish anything you set your mind to is WRONG in extreme cases like these. I did NOT set my mind to do this, in fact the very opposite, and yet my memory just went poof! Derailing, but point of the illustration is just that my fear of losing people, both relationship-wise and memory-wise, is causing much concern in my preparation for departure.
Yet. As I return to this weekend, even if I was hiding for the intention of cushioning myself from the pains of separation by doing it intentionally while near them, I see myself as being so utterly selfish that I want to smack myself. I hope I reassured everyone that I'll be okay, because I will be, but staying away from people might have been counterproductive to my intentions. Dawrgh, I pray people skimmed over my mistake! Enough about that now though, but despite that I was pushing so hard, I couldn't help but feel the overflowing love everyone was trying to show me. I am so touched, that my kids went above and beyond to express their love, and the adults might have trouble communicating their concern and care but also love me. I don't know how to express my gratitude and love for any of them in return, and I probably fail as a girl in that department. (Haha...) I can't tear up, I can't summon a genuine smile, I can't show myself to the world, especially to these people who are overflowing with love for me. Harsh, aren't I, but I don't know how to just be myself in front of people. I may be my own worst enemy in judging myself, but at the very least, the message got through to me. This picture frame spells it out for me, and thank YOU for transcribing God's message to me with magnets because I really am that dense. I like alphabets, and now I have cool magnets to remind myself with every time! ::gets bricked:: Anyway. It's almost foreign to me that I can see that, you know what, I really won't lose these people. The relationships I've built along the way are not black boxes that are meant to be closed, concealed, and left behind, but they are the beginnings of many bright opportunities for me on which to grow. I will cherish these memories forever, but more importantly, I will continue to make more along the way. I have faith in God, in other people, and in myself to carry that out as long as there is breath in my lungs.
It is because of my shortcomings and my downfalls that I can appreciate the fullness of life that I've found. I suffocate but I'm still breathing, isn't that evidence of being alive? Wrapped in an extra big bow (with a pillow on top), God's gifts to me are endless. I will take it. I will make the effort. I know I will encounter more obstacles once I accept this gem, but I pray that I will always find the strength in God to keep going.
God gave me a present. I didn't know what it was for the longest time, but He let me in on the secret. It's love, and it's wrapped with SHINY!!!!! I LOVE IT!!! HAHA.
What a horrible way to end an inspired post. 8D
"As we go on, we remember
All the times we had together
And as our lives change, come whatever(!)
We will still be friends forever."
I'm not graduating haha, but I feel this way? As our lives change, COME WHATEVER BABY, I'LL TAKE IT ON! I know I have times where I feel like I can't take it, but in the end, there is no cliff at the edge of the world. The world IS round, life is a complete circle, all is harmonious and good no matter what comes towards us, we will make it back. Circular reasoning, anybody? But it's not always as bad as some people berate me for. ::grimaces:: In my life, I've felt that people come and go, only to leave imprints but not to remain. Even now I have trouble comprehending that, is that silly? I have wonderful friends in my life, but I can't grasp such a simple concept. I had a really tough time this weekend saying, essentially, farewell to everybody at church. Part of me says that I'm not leaving, I'm never leaving them, that this distance I'm creating is merely physical and has no effect whatsoever on my relationships with everybody, and the other part of me sees that I'm going to lose each and everyone of them. That terrifies me, especially in regards to my family that I worked so hard to regain. I love them so much that I cannot bear to think about being apart from them, and yet at the same time, I feel silly in even thinking that something as superficial as physical distance would prevent me from having a loving relationship with them. Yet, there's no way of preventing that worry despite rationalizing it out. Even now, with discussions aplenty, our family's always had a tough time expressing love amongst ourselves. It's easy to say and tell someone else we care for and love them, but when it's our own blood, we stutter and pick on each other. Where is the positivity, where is the love, I might bemuse. I clarified today that, even though we never said anything directly on the matter, this will never come between us again. We're all mature enough to put the past behind us, and well, I guess that was more difficult for me personally. We all have our futures ahead of us, and we are all going in different directions, but that doesn't mean that we'll drift apart. It's just difficult to see that, if I'm having this much trouble with my family, how much harder is it to extend it to my friends? I love my friends, but I've had such a bad aftertaste of lost relationships because I lost contact with past friends. It just seems like I'll lose people I care about if I am not able to keep in touch with each and every single one of them! Will they forget me, and most importantly, will I let myself forget them? I nearly completely wiped this one person from my memory for a while, which was really freaky since I had no conscious intention of doing it at all. I just... forgot who she was completely, as if she was a stranger when I passed her, and blotted her from precious memories I had with her. WEIRD ANY? Whoever said that you can accomplish anything you set your mind to is WRONG in extreme cases like these. I did NOT set my mind to do this, in fact the very opposite, and yet my memory just went poof! Derailing, but point of the illustration is just that my fear of losing people, both relationship-wise and memory-wise, is causing much concern in my preparation for departure.
Yet. As I return to this weekend, even if I was hiding for the intention of cushioning myself from the pains of separation by doing it intentionally while near them, I see myself as being so utterly selfish that I want to smack myself. I hope I reassured everyone that I'll be okay, because I will be, but staying away from people might have been counterproductive to my intentions. Dawrgh, I pray people skimmed over my mistake! Enough about that now though, but despite that I was pushing so hard, I couldn't help but feel the overflowing love everyone was trying to show me. I am so touched, that my kids went above and beyond to express their love, and the adults might have trouble communicating their concern and care but also love me. I don't know how to express my gratitude and love for any of them in return, and I probably fail as a girl in that department. (Haha...) I can't tear up, I can't summon a genuine smile, I can't show myself to the world, especially to these people who are overflowing with love for me. Harsh, aren't I, but I don't know how to just be myself in front of people. I may be my own worst enemy in judging myself, but at the very least, the message got through to me. This picture frame spells it out for me, and thank YOU for transcribing God's message to me with magnets because I really am that dense. I like alphabets, and now I have cool magnets to remind myself with every time! ::gets bricked:: Anyway. It's almost foreign to me that I can see that, you know what, I really won't lose these people. The relationships I've built along the way are not black boxes that are meant to be closed, concealed, and left behind, but they are the beginnings of many bright opportunities for me on which to grow. I will cherish these memories forever, but more importantly, I will continue to make more along the way. I have faith in God, in other people, and in myself to carry that out as long as there is breath in my lungs.
It is because of my shortcomings and my downfalls that I can appreciate the fullness of life that I've found. I suffocate but I'm still breathing, isn't that evidence of being alive? Wrapped in an extra big bow (with a pillow on top), God's gifts to me are endless. I will take it. I will make the effort. I know I will encounter more obstacles once I accept this gem, but I pray that I will always find the strength in God to keep going.
God gave me a present. I didn't know what it was for the longest time, but He let me in on the secret. It's love, and it's wrapped with SHINY!!!!! I LOVE IT!!! HAHA.
What a horrible way to end an inspired post. 8D
Thursday, September 03, 2009
Typing test = good distraction
"Love is..." - Katou Miriya
I need to practice typing accurately. ::sweatdrops:: My typing speed hasn't gotten any better or worse, still averaging around 95 wpm. I can't seem to break my top speed of 112 wpm. Blasted typos. Sad. I ought to try a typing test on Shiro's laptop, see if less noise distraction (うるさいにゃ！) makes any difference.
Swiped the following link from Gokumew.
Plug: http://www.freetypinggame.net/free-typing-test.asp
That passed the time quicker. Stomachache's milder, can of 7up three-quarters down...
Can't help but lament that Kaji's perfume is what I'd pick. And Tsukimori. Stupid Tsukimori-head. I want to sniff Yunoki!!! A man who can don those layers is MY MAN! Or my evil twin. Huh. Would Miyata wear Yunoki's perfume then? Hm, most curious now.I wonder if that's the concoction he and Naokun made in my dream!
I really shouldn't be awake at this hour, I always sound off. Piglet's Big Shit, remember Bon? 8D
Plug: http://www.herohero-q.com/index.php?e=3165
Nagasawa-san's post hascutest most interesting picture of Seki. I like your pigtails baby!!!
I need to practice typing accurately. ::sweatdrops:: My typing speed hasn't gotten any better or worse, still averaging around 95 wpm. I can't seem to break my top speed of 112 wpm. Blasted typos. Sad. I ought to try a typing test on Shiro's laptop, see if less noise distraction (うるさいにゃ！) makes any difference.
Swiped the following link from Gokumew.
Plug: http://www.freetypinggame.net/free-typing-test.asp
That passed the time quicker. Stomachache's milder, can of 7up three-quarters down...
Can't help but lament that Kaji's perfume is what I'd pick. And Tsukimori. Stupid Tsukimori-head. I want to sniff Yunoki!!! A man who can don those layers is MY MAN! Or my evil twin. Huh. Would Miyata wear Yunoki's perfume then? Hm, most curious now.
I really shouldn't be awake at this hour, I always sound off. Piglet's Big Shit, remember Bon? 8D
Plug: http://www.herohero-q.com/index.php?e=3165
Nagasawa-san's post has
New Macbook Pro, and then some
"日のいずる国 ジパング" - Takahashi Hiroki
Yesterday, daddy didn't go to work so he took me to Fry's to return the 15.4" MacBook Pro in exchange for the 13.3" one instead. With the price difference, I picked out a 500gb Hitachi SATA hdd that was on sale for $80. 5400rpm instead of the 7200rpm I had my eye on initially, but hey, can't complain when there's more space (the 7200rpm one is 320gb) for the same price. Yup. Even *with* service cost (yes I opted to let the service guys install my hdd instead because I don't want to attempt to tamper with a machine I'm wholly unfamiliar with), I managed to cut the cost by a little under $200 from the 15.4". Sweet.
So now I own a 4.5 lbs block of metal. With a 500gb hdd. Hm.
However, I got a sign today that this computer is what I should settle for. I was poking iTunes after I got the OSX and base applications installed, and since I haven't loaded any pictures or music into the computer yet, all I could use to test the audio (proper speakers in any shape or form are quite nonexistent on this machine, sad) were online radio feeds. Naturally, I'd look for something anime related, so I found animeamaze.net I think. First song that comes on is labeled, "Galla - Kiseki no Hana." Hm. Except... SEKI TOMOKAZU is the voice I hear. Unmistakeably. Definitely my baby. Not Galla. WHAT? It's mislabeled to begin with, but it's MY BABY? It's the Takahashi Kyoudai version of "Kiseki no Hana," but what's crazier is still that it's SEKI coming out at me. It's mine, it's made for you, keep it, take it, says the MacBook Pro. So. You win MBP, I will keep it. 8D
And so the Mac partition shall be named Shirogane.What.
You don't have to think very hard to figure out what I'm going to name my Windows partition now, do you?
I'll install WinXP tomorrow.
Meanwhile.
It's nearly 5am! What am I doing up? To be honest, I'm not up on purpose at all. I have a blasted stomachache from dinner. I thought it wasn't so bad that I could sleep it away, but nope! After managing to pass out sometime after 3:30am, rolled awake at 4:30am in pure agony. :D So now I'm miserably groggy and sitting in front of Razi, sipping a can of 7up and typing up this long-winded thing because I can't focus on anything else aside from ramblings. Stupid, stupid stomach. What a pain in the midsection. ::groans:: Waiting for it to subside takes sooooo long... This also means that I can't eat at all today so I can rid my stomach of whatever is causing this. Oh the acid is nasty, cry...
At least it's only Thursday! If I'm careful, I'll be able to eat on Saturday. Would really, really suck if I'm sitting and watching other people eat at my own going-away thing. The milk is not spilt yet, no crying. ::sniffles:: Heh.
I wish for more flautists to show up! Send me off with sweet, sweet music please! ~^w^~
Yesterday, daddy didn't go to work so he took me to Fry's to return the 15.4" MacBook Pro in exchange for the 13.3" one instead. With the price difference, I picked out a 500gb Hitachi SATA hdd that was on sale for $80. 5400rpm instead of the 7200rpm I had my eye on initially, but hey, can't complain when there's more space (the 7200rpm one is 320gb) for the same price. Yup. Even *with* service cost (yes I opted to let the service guys install my hdd instead because I don't want to attempt to tamper with a machine I'm wholly unfamiliar with), I managed to cut the cost by a little under $200 from the 15.4". Sweet.
So now I own a 4.5 lbs block of metal. With a 500gb hdd. Hm.
However, I got a sign today that this computer is what I should settle for. I was poking iTunes after I got the OSX and base applications installed, and since I haven't loaded any pictures or music into the computer yet, all I could use to test the audio (proper speakers in any shape or form are quite nonexistent on this machine, sad) were online radio feeds. Naturally, I'd look for something anime related, so I found animeamaze.net I think. First song that comes on is labeled, "Galla - Kiseki no Hana." Hm. Except... SEKI TOMOKAZU is the voice I hear. Unmistakeably. Definitely my baby. Not Galla. WHAT? It's mislabeled to begin with, but it's MY BABY? It's the Takahashi Kyoudai version of "Kiseki no Hana," but what's crazier is still that it's SEKI coming out at me. It's mine, it's made for you, keep it, take it, says the MacBook Pro. So. You win MBP, I will keep it. 8D
And so the Mac partition shall be named Shirogane.
You don't have to think very hard to figure out what I'm going to name my Windows partition now, do you?
I'll install WinXP tomorrow.
Meanwhile.
It's nearly 5am! What am I doing up? To be honest, I'm not up on purpose at all. I have a blasted stomachache from dinner. I thought it wasn't so bad that I could sleep it away, but nope! After managing to pass out sometime after 3:30am, rolled awake at 4:30am in pure agony. :D So now I'm miserably groggy and sitting in front of Razi, sipping a can of 7up and typing up this long-winded thing because I can't focus on anything else aside from ramblings. Stupid, stupid stomach. What a pain in the midsection. ::groans:: Waiting for it to subside takes sooooo long... This also means that I can't eat at all today so I can rid my stomach of whatever is causing this. Oh the acid is nasty, cry...
At least it's only Thursday! If I'm careful, I'll be able to eat on Saturday. Would really, really suck if I'm sitting and watching other people eat at my own going-away thing. The milk is not spilt yet, no crying. ::sniffles:: Heh.
I wish for more flautists to show up! Send me off with sweet, sweet music please! ~^w^~
Tuesday, September 01, 2009
God is Good
"To be continued..." - Kishio Daisuke
Dude, dude dude dude~! Seki's birthday is next week baby, NEXT WEEK! My baby's turning thirty-seven!!! Oh gosh how time flies, I still remember prancing about the lockers during that day annually, informing classmates and teachers everywhere I went, and having people ignore or stare at me like I've gone mad. Haha.Hey, it was better than when Mrs. Barnheiser shook me by the shoulders to tell me that Trunks is only an imaginary character, pshaw! Anyway. September 8th, peoples, please mark that on your calendars as I have! ::rolls::
Okay fine. Hiropon's birthday is the 7th, don't forget that one either. Hiropyo~n! Teehee.
SEKI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ahem.
I haven't properly announced to people yet, but I have a confirmed date of departure to Shanghai now. September 15th, exactly a week after Seki's birthday, and exactly two weeks from today. If I haven't seen you before heading out and you'd want to, please leave me a comment, email, call, something. Regardless, I'll miss all of you here in the States, and the rest of you, well, I'll still see you on this beloved plane of virtual reality known as the internet! XD
For the time being, my LJ posting will probably parallel my blog, so I apologize if you're used to not seeing my posts clutter your friend's page. :P Feel free to remove if it bothers you.
I'm feeling wonderful today, despite the horrible air quality here. I *hope* the fires are all doused by now, but the sky is orange-brown and smells like burnt earth, yay! ::chokes:: I hope the rest of you living in the area aren't dying from stagnant ash in the air. Regardless of all that, all my bags are packed (figuratively speaking), and I'm ready to go!!! Where am I standing? With God's good grace at my side, that's where. I've been seeking answers and wanting help for so long that, as some of you know, I've tripped into a cozy little ditch. Today is a miraculous day, I never thought I'd live to see the day that God answered my prayers. There is hope and light, and it actually exists outside the figment of our imaginations!
Thank you. You know who you are, and I am forever grateful for your understanding and acceptance.
In other news, for those who haven't heard, I bought a MacBook. Yeah, me, a PC-user. I'm battling with the MacOSX like crazy, the shiny is detrimental to my productivity. ::shakes fist:: It's a 15", and my mother is irritated. So I'm most likely going to go into Fry's tomorrow and return it. Again. ::headdesk:: My kid thinks I should go into an actual Apple store to buy the smaller one, so, eh, I'll discuss it with my dad tonight. Man, so much pain with file transfers again. Do you KNOW how much time and energy it takes into configuring an Apple computer to Windows XP when I'm distracted to infinity and THEN transfer nearly 100 GB worth of data into the right place??? ARWARGH!!
Mother bought me a chicken baguette tonight, glad she remembered to buy me food once after forgetting to feed me for nearly two weeks. >_>;; Good thing I can actually drive and buy my own food. Woohoo.
Ahh, this song, I think you're right Kimi.
"Yunoki Azuma desu, yoroshiku ne. ^^"
Dude, dude dude dude~! Seki's birthday is next week baby, NEXT WEEK! My baby's turning thirty-seven!!! Oh gosh how time flies, I still remember prancing about the lockers during that day annually, informing classmates and teachers everywhere I went, and having people ignore or stare at me like I've gone mad. Haha.
Okay fine. Hiropon's birthday is the 7th, don't forget that one either. Hiropyo~n! Teehee.
SEKI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ahem.
I haven't properly announced to people yet, but I have a confirmed date of departure to Shanghai now. September 15th, exactly a week after Seki's birthday, and exactly two weeks from today. If I haven't seen you before heading out and you'd want to, please leave me a comment, email, call, something. Regardless, I'll miss all of you here in the States, and the rest of you, well, I'll still see you on this beloved plane of virtual reality known as the internet! XD
For the time being, my LJ posting will probably parallel my blog, so I apologize if you're used to not seeing my posts clutter your friend's page. :P Feel free to remove if it bothers you.
I'm feeling wonderful today, despite the horrible air quality here. I *hope* the fires are all doused by now, but the sky is orange-brown and smells like burnt earth, yay! ::chokes:: I hope the rest of you living in the area aren't dying from stagnant ash in the air. Regardless of all that, all my bags are packed (figuratively speaking), and I'm ready to go!!! Where am I standing? With God's good grace at my side, that's where. I've been seeking answers and wanting help for so long that, as some of you know, I've tripped into a cozy little ditch. Today is a miraculous day, I never thought I'd live to see the day that God answered my prayers. There is hope and light, and it actually exists outside the figment of our imaginations!
Thank you. You know who you are, and I am forever grateful for your understanding and acceptance.
In other news, for those who haven't heard, I bought a MacBook. Yeah, me, a PC-user. I'm battling with the MacOSX like crazy, the shiny is detrimental to my productivity. ::shakes fist:: It's a 15", and my mother is irritated. So I'm most likely going to go into Fry's tomorrow and return it. Again. ::headdesk:: My kid thinks I should go into an actual Apple store to buy the smaller one, so, eh, I'll discuss it with my dad tonight. Man, so much pain with file transfers again. Do you KNOW how much time and energy it takes into configuring an Apple computer to Windows XP when I'm distracted to infinity and THEN transfer nearly 100 GB worth of data into the right place??? ARWARGH!!
Mother bought me a chicken baguette tonight, glad she remembered to buy me food once after forgetting to feed me for nearly two weeks. >_>;; Good thing I can actually drive and buy my own food. Woohoo.
Ahh, this song, I think you're right Kimi.
"Yunoki Azuma desu, yoroshiku ne. ^^"
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