Saturday, December 1, 2007

   What's the use?

The time: 12:35 am, December 1st.
The place: Room 110 of motel-hell.
The mood: mildly cranky & distracted by anime!!!
The weather forecast: crap.

Yeah... I'm hanging out in a room at work because the weather is supposed to get crappy. I have to work Saturday, so I am here ahead of it. I would rather be at home where I can sleep in my own bed and play with my cats.

Well, let's see... anything exciting happening in my life? Not really. My parents finally got home from Maryland. They're only home for three months before they head out again. I wish I could go out there with them....

Well... I just got to see the last episode of Trinity Blood. Great... I really need to find out what happens between this episode and the 4th one. Dang! I wish I had Cartoon Network at home!

So... I think I will wander off now. I really need to check out a few other things online here. Then I may try to lose consciousness. After a rousing bout of Lego Star Wars on my GBA. Or whatever is on Cartoon Network now...

Laters!

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Wednesday, November 28, 2007

   ZzzzZzzzZzzzZzzzz

ZzzzZzzzZzzz.

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Tuesday, November 27, 2007

   For the love of God, Montressor!

Random quotes from Edgar Allan Poe. Always good.

Working again. So what else is new?

Seems people are starting to get busy with the end of term stuff at school. I can't believe this year is almost over.

That's about it from me. I'm feeling a little hostile at times, but that's nothing new....

Laters!

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Monday, November 26, 2007

   I'm so cold... I think my core temperature has reached Absolute Zero!

Well, not really, but I am a bit chilly.

I'm glad my list of things I'm thankful for was a source of amusement for you guys. Yes, the ability to refrain from doing serious harm to people that deserve it is a great gift to have. As for Joe Montana... well, what can I say? He's kinda cute, he was a really good quarterback, and I had him on my Christmas list a few years ago. Didn't get him. Dang.

As for working on Thanksgiving, there's one place that Caesar1280 didn't mention in his guesses of places that make someone work on holidays: motels/hotels. I work in a motel. I have worked every Thanksgiving since I started working here. I don't think that's exactly fair. I will be working on Christmas Day and New Year's Eve also. The only good thing about working on Thanksgiving and Christmas Day: I get paid time and a half! Yes, I get paid as if I worked 12 hours instead of only 8. Sweet.

Well, I'm at work as usual and am a little hungry. I had some tomato soup and some yogurt for dinner, then had an orange a little while ago. I think the orange made me hungrier. *sigh* Can't get much with only 50 cents in my pocket. Candy bars are a dollar in the vending machines! Yikes!

So, that's about it from me tonight. Happy whatever, y'all!

Laters!

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Sunday, November 25, 2007

   Whatever...

My last few days summed up in one word each.
Thursday: work
Friday: work
Saturday: off
Sunday: work

Interesting life, eh?

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Over on deviantART, I posted what I was thankful for on Thursday. Here's the list here for your enjoyment.

Cats.
Family.
Friends.
An over-active imagination gland.
The ability to refrain from doing serious harm to people that need it.
Joe Montana.

Laters!

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Thursday, November 22, 2007

   ZzzzZZzzzzZzzzzZZzzzzz

It's Thanksgiving. I'm sleepy and I haven't had any turkey!

Well, it's now 4:37 pm. I am at work. The little psycho is reading the approximately 3.6 pounds of advertisements that came with today's SUX Journal and commenting on every little thing that catches his eye. I wish he'd just stop.

It's insanely quiet in here. I can't believe I have to deal with this for another 6 hours and 20 minutes. Arrrgh.

I think I shall try to find something interesting to do here at work before I go completely insane and re-enact a scene from the original Men in Black.

Laters!

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Wednesday, November 21, 2007

   Grrrr!!!!!

Oops, wait a minute. That should be "Brrrrrrr!!!"

Yes, the weather has decided to act like November at last! I think the temperature was about 30 degrees when I looked before leaving the house today. I actually had to pull out the winter coat! And just two days ago, it was around 66 outside. I suppose I shouldn't be surprised. It was inevitable that the temperature dropped to normal. At least it hasn't snowed... yet.

It's another glorious day off from motel-hell. I'm taking advantage of the library's wireless hotspot to do stuff again today. That's where I was yesterday when I referred to "here" in the one post. Sorry, I forgot to clarify that.

Tomorrow will be back to work. *sigh* I fully expect to be bored out of my head. The restaurant and lounge won't be open, so the few guests we do have will not be happy. I don't think many places will be open. Except the restaurant across the street. I think they stay open. Oh well, I'll just be taking along my lunch. Probably will be a sandwich or some nuclear pasta thing. *sigh* How pathetic, eh?

Well, I think I will continue wandering around the Internet for a while again. Until tomorrow...

Laters!

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Tuesday, November 20, 2007

   It's Tuesday!!!!

Well, that's not really a reason to celebrate, but it is a day off for me. Yeah, a Tuesday! Wow!

The weather is acting a little more like November outside for a change. It's cold! I think the temperature was something like 66 degrees yesterday. It may be just above 40 today! Yow! What a change! At least it isn't snowing!

I posted another story part down below. I was going to write more to it, but I decided not to. Well, that's not entirely true. I just have had the world's biggest case of writer's block for a while now. I'm hoping to get over it soon. I think it took me almost two months to finish off a section of the sequel story! Now all I have to do for my November goals is get two pictures that have been stuck in my head onto paper and remake an old website of mine. ... and there's only 11 days left this month! ... I'm doomed!

I did get a sketch done at work last night. It's not one of the ones I wanted to do, but it's another picture. I haven't scanned it in yet. I'll probably do that later this evening when I'm back at home... which is where my sketchbook and the computer that has a scanner attached to it are!

So.... I think I will continue my mad wanderings around the internet here for maybe another hour. Then I'll go home and try to figure out what to do for supper.

Laters!

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To the Countryside

Nakamura couldn't sleep. He was worried about Hikaru. He was worried about the man, no, the yôkai, named Tôshi and what he wanted with Hikaru. Finally, he got out of bed and went outside into the gardens. It was a warm summer night and the moon stared lazily over Tokyo. Nakamura sat on a bench and looked up at the sky. He needed to make a decision about Hikaru. The boy was clearly in a lot of pain for some reason he did not know, nor could Doctor Hajime diagnose. Only Tôshi seemed to know what the problem was, and Tôshi did not seem to think it important to tell what he knew.

Nakamura sighed as he stood up to return to the house and went up to Hikaru's room. The boy was sleeping because of the sedatives and looked so peaceful. Nakamura reached out to smooth Hikaru's hair. The silver part shone faintly in the moonlight from the window.

Nakamura came to a decision as he watched his grandson sleep. He went to his private room and wrote two letters. The first was for his wife, informing her that he was taking Hikaru to the family estate. The second was for Samantha, and explained that he would send for her the next day. He then found a servant and instructed him to deliver the letters in the morning and to see that a carriage was made ready. He returned to Hikaru's room to pack the boy's clothing and take it down to the waiting carriage. He asked a servant to accompany him back to the room so he could get Hikaru.

He gently picked up his sleeping grandson and carried him down to the carriage. He was surprised at how light the boy was. Placing Hikaru gently inside the carriage, Nakamura instructed the coachman to drive to the family estate.

Hikaru did not wake during the trip, nor did he wake once they reached the estate and Nakamura carried him into the house. He finally woke sometime in the afternoon and found himself lying on a futon in a strange room. His head still hurt and he felt like he was going to be sick, yet he managed to sit up and take a look around the room. He could hear voices coming from outside. Slowly he got to his feet and went to the door.

Sliding the door open and stepping outside, Hikaru looked out onto the largest garden he had ever seen. A Zen rock garden lay in front of him, and off to his right was a carefully landscaped flower garden with a stone bench near a huge tree. Two people were sitting on the bench talking. One was his grandfather, but the other was a stranger.

Hikaru was not sure if he was seeing things, but the stranger with his grandfather seemed to be silver. He rubbed his eyes and looked again. The stranger was indeed silver. Silver like he could turn.

The stranger had noticed Hikaru standing outside the room and told Nakamura, who got up and went to the boy's side. “Hikaru,” Nakamura said as he approached, “you shouldn't be up. Is something wrong?”

Hikaru was holding onto the door for support. He looked up at his grandfather and said, “Bathroom. I need to go to the bathroom. Where am I?”

Nakamura smiled as he helped Hikaru to the bathroom. “This is my family estate,” he explained as they walked. “I thought you would find it peaceful here. This is more like your home in Kamakura,right?”

“Our house was never this big,” Hikaru said.

A few minutes later, Hikaru was back in bed at his grandfather's insistence. He was allowed to sit up so he could eat some miso. After he was through eating and a servant had cleared away the food, his grandfather came into the room and asked, “How are you feeling?”

“Better,” Hikaru replied. “My head still hurts, but I no longer feel like it's going to break open.”

“That's good. Are you up to having a little company? There's someone here who wants to meet you.”

“All right,” Hikaru said. “I don't mind the company.”

Nakamura nodded and left the room. He returned a short while later with the stranger that had been with him in the garden. Hikaru had not been mistaken. This woman was silver from head to toe.
“Hikaru, it's not polite to stare,” Nakamura chided.

Hikaru looked down, embarrassed, and the woman chuckled. “It's quite all right, Takeshi-san,” she said. “This is perhaps the first time he's ever seen someone like me since his mother. Isn't that right?”

Without looking up, Hikaru quietly said, “I don't remember my mother. I grew up thinking she was dead, but Father's letter said she disappeared.”

“Disappeared?” the woman asked. “Ah, well, that is something to be looked into later, for right now I believe an introduction is in order.” She came into the room and sat by Hikaru's side and bowed. “I am honored to finally meet you, Hikaru,” she said. “My name is Rin and I am your grandmother.” She sat up straight and smiled.

Hikaru looked at her in astonishment. This woman was his mother's mother. He wasn't sure how to react to this news and stammered, “I... umm... very nice... umm... I'm happy to meet you, too, Grandmother.”

Rin's smile grew broader at her grandson's reaction. He clearly had not been expecting an impromptu family reunion. “Oh, you do look like your mother,” she said. “You have her eyes... and ears. But you also resemble your father quite a bit.”

“What was my mother like?” Hikaru asked. Rin began to speak of Shizuyo.

Nakamura left them to get better acquainted and went outside. He was alarmed to see someone sitting on the largest rock in the Zen garden. “What do you want?” he asked.

Tôshi cocked his head to one side and said, “I see you finally followed instructions, Nakamura-kun. Thank you for bringing the whelp here. Now, be sure to bring the girl soon. He'll be needing her.” With one graceful fluid motion, he stood and leapt from the rock, landing silently in front of Nakamura. “The sooner the girl arrives, the better,” he said with a leer. “Tell Rin I'll be waiting.” He turned and walked across the garden and out the side gate, disappearing into the trees.

Nakamura cursed himself for yet again being unable to stand up to Tôshi. And yet again, he was filled with dread at Tôshi's plans for Hikaru.

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Monday, November 19, 2007

   Guess how I am right now!

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