Monday, March 19, 2007

   Arrrghh!!!

I can finally breathe!!! I got slammed from 6:15 pm to 7:30 pm. It was absolutely nuts. I'd describe what all happened, but it's too traumatic to share. *giggle*

Well, as you can tell, I'm at work. It's 8:16 pm and I'm wondering why I even brought along my backpack of stuff to do when it's dead. I knew better than to bring my laptop!

So... I beg your forgiveness for not visiting sites tonight. I'm just too tired to even think.

Laters!

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Sunday, March 18, 2007

Burble burble burble....

Sunday night at work. I'm starting to lose interest in the computer. I've only had it on for about 40 minutes. I did so much stuff in the first four hours of work that I don't really want to do anything else right now. I think I will post here, check something else out and then pull out the crossword puzzle.

My brother & I went to see the movie 300 yesterday. It was visually impressive, but we found ourselves laughing at various times throughout the movie. We asked each other if we were supposed to be laughing. Ghost Rider was better.

Well, that's it for now. Hopefully I'll have something interesting to say tomorrow if I'm not swamped!

Laters!

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Saturday, March 17, 2007

Okay... sorry.

Evidentally my link to my ancient diary yesterday didn't work. So here's links to each page for you guys.

Front Cover

First page

Second and Third pages

Back Cover

Try not to be bored to death by the exciting life the 8 year old me led.

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I finally made some headway on that t-shirt logo. I sent off an idea to the guy about a half hour or so ago. Now comes the waiting.....

Friday was pretty uneventful. Worked at the design for a little while in the afternoon to make up for the wasted time on Thursday. Went to SUX with my brother. Came home and goofed off until around 10:00 pm and then finished up that logo just after midnight. Been reading email and making my brother laugh since then.

So...one more day off Saturday. Not sure what we're gonna be doing. There's a threat of rain and/or snow at us. *sigh* Not fair after several days of 50 to 60 degree weather!

Laters!

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Friday, March 16, 2007

   Time wasted today...

Well, I wasted about an hour and a half Thursday afternoon. I was trying to create a roulette wheel for that T-shirt design. I tried three times. The third time is still in progress. I gave up on it and went for a walk with my brother.

I need to get my butt in gear on that logo! It's for an event that takes place the end of April.

Otherwise, Thursday was pretty dull. I did laundry. Mom baked chocolate chip cookies. What else does a person need?

Oh...my mom found something that I made a long time ago. A diary. I was 8 years old when it was done. I have only three entries in it. I led a very dull life, and gave up after three days. Click here to see them. Up in the right corner is the thing to go to the next image. Enjoy.

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Wednesday, March 14, 2007

   I'm not wearing any pants!!!

Well, actually, I am. I just had that run through my brain cell just now.

Well, it's Wednesday. And that means tomorrow is Thursday! Then Friday and Saturday are after that! And I don't have to work any of them!!!! Wheeee!!!!!! I can't wait for my weekend. Too bad I'm completely broke! I had to bum $20 off my Dad to get gas so I could get to work today. Whee!!!

I think I will go do something mindless now.

"Aaaaah!!! My brains! Babble and drool!" -- Cosmo.

Laters!

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Tuesday, March 13, 2007

In desperate need of dental floss....

I have popcorn hulls stuck in my teeth!!! Argh!

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Well, it's Tuesday. I'm at work. I expected it to be really busy, so I left my laptop at home. It's only 5:38 pm and I'm already bored. I have to work until 11:00. *sigh*

Last night was rather chaotic. Mondays usually are. All the construction crews check in on Mondays. They're usually pretty nice guys, but some of them are rather whiney. I was ready to slap the crap out of one group by the time my shift was over.

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The weather's been truly odd the past several days. The temperature's been in the 50s or 60s! Our snow mountain is a little hill now! There's mud and water everywhere! But it's been so nice out... I think it's supposed to cool down again in the next few days. Oh well, that's late winter/early spring in the northwest corner of Iowa for ya!

Well, I think it's now time for me to find something to eat. My stomach is growling!

Laters!

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Monday, March 12, 2007

   Post in haiku...

Very busy night.
Mondays really suck sometimes.
I want to go home.

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Sunday, March 11, 2007

Hello... I'm baaaaaack!!!

Well, the busy weekend is over. I'm very happy that it is. I actually don't have a headache right now. Nor do I feel like strangling anyone. When I left work Friday night, we had one room left in each building. Last night, two rooms in the main building. It was absolutely nuts.

So, here it is, Sunday.... I'm working. I've been listening to internet radio again. It's very nice.

The switch to daylight savings time messed me up. I went to bed around 2:00/3:00 am when the "official" change happened. I slept until my body said "GET UP!!" That was when it thought it was 10:00, but the clock said 11:00. I skipped breakfast because it was too close to lunch!

Well, it's almost time for me to do some work again. *sigh*

Laters!

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Friday, March 9, 2007

You suffer from delusions of adequacy...

Well, Thursday is coming to a close. I don't want to go to work tomorrow. It's gonna be a zoo! We've got a high school choir and two hockey teams coming in. I wish I didn't have to work....

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I didn't do much of anything today. I had to run over to my sister's house to try to help her husband with something on the computer. I had no idea what to do with the thing, so I wasn't much help in the long run.

Oh! Speaking of my sister... she's home!!!! Yes, she got out of the hospital yesterday and is home. I'm so happy she's home, but it's still gonna be a long road to recovery for her. She was sitting on a lounge type thingy doing some needlepoint when I got there. She said Hi to me and a few other things. She's still havingn problems speaking, but is supposed to get speech therapy soon. My brother-in-law had to do some shopping and was going to take her along. I hope that went well.

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Otherwise, nothing much is going on with me. I did get some work done at the t-shirt design. I need to find some reference materials before I continue with the lettering part.

There's another story part below. It's quite a bit shorter than some of the others that I've recently posted.

Well, laters!

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Again, Dreams

Sam woke with a start in the middle of the night. She had had that dream again. The dream where she was in a garden and Hikaru was defending her against some unseen attacker.

“Sam-chan, are you all right?” Midori asked.

“It was that dream again,:” Sam replied. “I haven't had it for a while.”

Midori went over to Sam's bed and sat on the edge. She reached for Sam's hand and said, “I know it's hard, but try not to let it upset you. You have a gift. You just need to relax and let its meaning come to you.” She was about to say something more, but was interrupted by a soft rap at the door. She turned up the lamp and opened the door to find Hikaru outside. “Hikaru-san, what are you doing here? Is something wrong?”

“I was worried about Sam-chan,” he said. “Is she all right?”

Midori was puzzled. “How did you know?”

“Know what?”

“She had a bad dream and just woke up a moment ago. How did you know that?”

Hikaru stammered, “I... I don't know. I just felt I had to check on her. She's all right, isn't she?” There was a very slight hint of panic to his voice.

“She's fine. Come in and see for yourself if that will make you feel better.” Midori stood aside to let him in.

He hesitated outside the room and entered only after hearing Sam call out to him. “I'm sorry to bother you, Sam-chan,” he said.

“You're not bothering me, Hikaru-san,” Sam said. “I'm actually happy you came. I was a little worried about you.”

“You were? Why?”

“I hadn't seen you since we arrived. I was worried about how you were adjusting. This is quite different from the house in Kamakura. How do you like the bed? This is they type of bed I slept in at home in Boston.”

“I pulled it onto the floor. It was too soft, but I do like the pillows.”

Sam giggled. “Yes, they are much nicer than what you had in Kamakura, aren't they?”

Hikaru smiled. He felt so much more relaxed now that he had seen Sam. “Do you like your room? Once Grandfather had you moved out of the servant's quarters, I mean.”

“Yes, it's very nice. I'm glad to be out of the basement. It wasn't bad, but I felt lost down there.”

“I don't like this house,” Hikaru said. “I feel trapped.”

“You're not used to this style house, are you? Give it some time and you'll feel more at home here.” She reached over and squeezed his hand.

Hikaru winced slightly as Sam had squeezed his injured hand.

“Oh, I'm sorry,” she exclaimed. “I forgot you hurt that hand this morning.”

“It's all right. You just surprised me. Can you tell me about your dream?” He sat on the bed next to her.

“Well,” she hesitated, “all right. It starts with me walking along a garden path at night, and something flies out of the darkness and knocks me off my feet. Off in the darkness there's a horrible scream, then you step into sight. You're silver and are carrying a bloody sword. There's blood all over you, and you walk over to me. I can't tell whose blood it is at all. Then you put your hand on my shoulder and collapse in pain beside me. That's when I wake up.”

Hikaru didn't say anything at first. He just held Sam's hand for a while as they both thought about the dream. Finally, he asked, “You always wake up when I collapse, right?”

Sam nodded.

“And from what you've told me before, you have the gift of sight, right?”

She nodded again.

“From what you have told me of this dream, I saved you from whatever it was that flew out of the darkness.”

Again, Sam nodded.

“What happens after I collapse?”

“What do you mean?”

“What happens after I collapse? Have you ever tried to stay asleep after that part?”

“I never thought about that,” Sam said. “I was always too scared by the sight of you collapsing that I'd wake up. Thank you, Hikaru-san.” She leaned over and gave him a hug. “I'll try to stay asleep the next time I have that dream just to see what happens.” She realized she had him in a spontaneous embrace and let him go with a quick apology.

Hikaru's ears had turned pink, and he mutter a quick apology as well. Midori was trying hard to keep from giggling.

“I, umm... I'm glad you're all right now, Sam-chan,” Hikaru said. “It's late and I probably should go back to my room. You're more than likely tired and need your rest.” He stood up quickly and went to the door. “Good night, Sam-chan, Midori-san,” he said and left the room. Closing the door behind him, he wasn't sure if he heard the girls giggling or not.

He quietly made his way back to his room, thinking about Sam's dream and also about Sam. He was almost to his room when a voice exploded in his mind, “I CANNOT BELIEVE YOU WENT BEHIND MY BACK LIKE THAT!" He stopped and looked around to see who spoke. There was no one about. Another voice, “OH, NAKAMURA-SAN'S GRANDSON IS SO SMALL, BUT RATHER CUTE...” Yet another, “I THOUGHT THIS IS WHAT YOU WANTED.” Voices were coming from everywhere, assaulting Hikaru's mind until he was completely overwhelmed and collapsed in the hall outside his room.

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