Saturday, October 21, 2006

   Duhh..........

Well, it's now Saturday! Half past midnight and I'm goofing on the computer. My brother & I are both online and we were talking to each other with MSN messenger. He's sitting across the table from me!

Friday was a day off. Spent it doing nothing of great import. Went to SUX to see a movie, but ended up putting it off 'til Saturday. We didn't want to wait for a couple hours before the movie started. So we ended up going to Acme Comics. Then off to Target and McDonald's. After a return trip to Target for something we forgot, we headed over to the mall and showed great restraint in Barnes & Noble. Didn't buy anything! Whee! Then to Walgreens just to do something and home again. We were a little peeved at the TV section from our paper and the guide thing on his television... both of them said that "Doctor Who" was gonna be repeated at 11:00. It was on at 10:00!!!! So we missed it completely. Grrrr....

Well, I think I'm gonna finish off email here and then smack my brother in the head just for fun!

Laters!

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Thursday, October 19, 2006

   Meh....

Thursday. Work. Meh...

Sorry for the lack of enthusiasm, but I'm a little tired and a lot pissed off. I saw the schedule & I have only three days next week and all three of them with the little psycho!!! No wonder I'm a bit pissed off.

With that... I will find something else to do. I wish I could remember the site with that one game.... crap.

Laters.

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Wednesday, October 18, 2006

   Warning: Dangerous!

Not really. I just couldn't think of anything else to put as a subject line.

Well, Tuesday is almost over for me. I had the day off. Didn't do anything of great importance except go through a bag of stuff and sort out what can be shredded and what needs to be saved for a few millenia. I'm trying to organize some of my financial stuff and was looking for some statements about my car loan. I found all but one of them! Argh... it's from 2004!

Anyhoo...not much else went on today. It's turning cold outside and we're under the threat of snow for tomorrow. It's too early for that stuff!!!!

It's not quite midnight now and I am through with email and visited all who updated on Tuesday. I should work on my website, but I don't feel like it right now. I think I'll probably go upstairs and play Tales of Phantasia some more. I'm at a point where I need to defeat a boss character. It's not gonna be easy.... *sigh*

Well, time to wander off now. Happy whatever, people!

Laters!

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Tuesday, October 17, 2006

   Urghh....

It's 1:30 in the morning and I'm still awake! I'm usually awake at this time, but I'm also usually up in my bed playing on my GBA. But no... not tonight... I am downstairs goofing here on my laptop because I'm doing laundry. I'd do it during the daytime on Tuesday, but the city has decided it needs to flush the water mains every Tuesday until further notice. *sigh* So here I sit, reading email and playing solitaire.

Monday night was a little hectic at work. I think I was running full tilt from about 4:30 to 7:30. My stomach started to growl and I couldn't figure out why. Then I looked at the clock and saw that it was after 7:00. No wonder I was hungry! It had been a long time since lunch! So now I'm tired and am longing for my bed. I have another load of laundry that needs to be done. I think I'll go check what's in the dryer and see if I can combine stuff in there so I can get that last load going.

I'm sorry my life isn't any more interesting for you guys. I'm gonna try to visit sites tomorrow night... er, Tuesday night. Okay? I just need to stop thinking for a while now.

Laters!

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Sunday, October 15, 2006

   Victory!

Well, it's now Sunday morning...not quite 1:00 am. I'm sitting in the dark in the dining room playing around on my laptop. My brother's in the living room watching MXC. I've been paying half-attention to it.

I apologize for not being on for a couple days. I had Friday and Saturday off. Yeah! I had a real weekend!!!! My brother & I ran around Friday and didn't do anything truly important. Saturday we went to the home opener of the Musketeers! Yeah, hockey season is going again. This is a happy Kisune now. Well, since we're only three games into the season, it's really too early to tell what type of season we're gonna have. We lost the first two games by one point and won the home opener by one point! We had a four point lead going into the third period and dang near blew it!!!! They held onto the lead and got the win! I'm happy about that.

Anyhoo....I think I'm going to finish reading my email now.

Laters!

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Thursday, October 12, 2006

   It's Weasel Stomping Day!!!!

Yep. I'm at work. I'm bored. I wanna go home, but have about 2 hours left before I'm allowed to leave.

All right. I do realize that I did forget to tell you what CD & DVD I got on Tuesday. The CD: "Weird Al" Yankovic Straight Outta Lynwood" and the DVD: FMA volume 4.

Yes...I'm still obsessing over FMA!!!!

Well, it's time to do some work, so that means it's also time to shut down the computer.

Laters!

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Wednesday, October 11, 2006

   So I lied....

I didn't get back online after getting home from work last night. I just didn't feel like it. I was more interested in watching some Kenshin and playing GBA.

Speaking of GBA... I'm totally addicted to Tales of Phantasia right now. I got it for $7.50 last week. I was in SUX Tuesday for an oil change and went to GameStop and WalMart while waiting for the car to be finished. Both places had it for $29.99!!!!! I wonder if Target goofed with their clearance sticker. Oh well... I got a pretty good game for way cheap!

Other than that... Tuesday was a day off. I spent it getting an oil change, buying a CD & DVD (both of which I shouldn't have bought, but wanted bad), getting new pillows for my bed (yay!) and doing laundry. It was rather nice not having to think...

Well, I think I better boogie now. There's a story part down below for those of you that read it.

Laters!

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Journey -- Day 1

It was another unusually hot day when the carriage came to take Hikaru, Midori and Samantha to Tokyo. He was nervous about the trip and it was beginning to show. They left Kamakura late in the morning and the trip seemed to be taking forever. Samantha was watching out the window as they rode, and Midori was dozing next to her. Hikaru sat across from them and looked down at his hands; they were starting to turn silver. He quickly hid his hands inside his sleeves.

Sam noticed the sudden flurry of movement and said, “Hikaru-san, are you all right?”

“What?” Hikaru asked, looking over at her. Her voice sounded as if it was coming from far away.

“Are you all right?” she repeated. “You look a little nervous.”

“It's nothing,” he lied. “I'm tired. That is all.” He gave a weak smile, hoping to reassure her that nothing was wrong.

Sam narrowed her eyes. She could tell he was hiding something, but she wouldn't press him.

Hikaru leaned back and closed his eyes, pretending to sleep, and the journey continued in silence until the coachman announced they were in Yokohama, where they would spend the night. They would continue to Tokyo in the morning. The coachman got three rooms at an inn. Hikaru claimed he wasn't hungry and went straight to his room, leaving Midori and the coachman to help Sam out of the carriage. The women stayed down in the dining room for dinner. It felt so good to be out of that carriage.

As they ate, Sam's thoughts turned to Hikaru. It definitely seemed as if this trip was bothering him in some way. She wanted to help, but wasn't sure what she could do.

Midori looked at Sam and finally broke the silence. “What's wrong, Sam-chan?” she asked. “You've been rather quiet all evening.”

Sam set her bowl down and stared at the miso. “I'm worried about Hikaru-san,” she said quietly. “He's been acting strange all day. I asked him if anything was wrong, and he said he was tired. And then going up to his room right away when we got here. I know he doesn't need to eat like we do, but that wasn't like him.”

“Well, he's probably nervous,” Midori said. “It's a big change for him, going from little Kamakura to Tokyo. He's meeting his grandparents for the first time. That must be a bit frightening for him.”

“I can understand that. I was raised by my grandmother and always got upset if I had to meet my parents. My older brothers and sisters are strangers to me. I never liked visiting them. I just wish Hikaru-san wouldn't shut me out.”

“It may be how he is. He's probably not used to having someone to confide in,” Midori said. She thought for a moment and continued, “I have an idea. Let's take something up to him, and you can talk to him. Reassure him that he's not alone. I'll carry the tray and you can do the talking. Will that be all right?”

Sam nodded and the two of them ordered some onigiri and tea to take up to Hikaru. Sam knocked at the door. “Hikaru-san, may we come in?”

There was a muffled reply from within the room.
“I didn't quite get that,” Sam said. “May we come in?”

Sounds of someone moving around came from inside the room and the door slid open. Sam hobbled in on her crutches followed by Midori and looked around. Hikaru was nowhere to be seen. “Hikaru-san, where are you?”

“Here,” came a voice from under a pile of bedding near the door.

“What are you doing under there?” Midori asked. “Won't you come out? We brought some tea and rice balls for you.” She set the tray near the futon and then helped Sam sit nearby.

There was no reply from the pile of bedding at first, but eventually it moved around until a set of glowing green eyes was visible. Hikaru looked at the tray and shuffled over to it. A silver hand darted out and grabbed a rice ball.

Sam reached over and pulled the blanket off Hikaru's head. She couldn't help but smile at how he looked. His hair was messed up and his clothes rumpled. He looked like a small child that had just been awakened from a serious nap, except for the fact that he was completely silver from head to toe and had fiery green eyes. Sam tried to stifle a giggle, but was unsuccessful. “So that's what's bothering you,” she said. “Why didn't you say something earlier?”

He mumbled a reply without looking at either Sam or Midori and took a bite of onigiri.

“We didn't quite catch that,” Sam said with a sigh. “You need to talk to me.”

Hikaru contemplated the half-eaten onigiri for a moment and then said, “I'm stuck.”

The women looked at each other and then back at Hikaru. Midori said, “Stuck?”

Hikaru nodded and held up his hand. “I noticed my hands were silver in the carriage today. I tried to stop the change, but it kept happening. That's why I came up here right away. I couldn't stop it.”

Sam took his hand. “So you've been up here trying to change back,” she said. “It still would have been nice if you had told me about it. You're not used to asking for help, are you?”

Hikaru shook his head. He looked up at Sam and said, “I can't go like this. Grandfather has seen me this way, but no one else has. I'm not going. Midori-san, tell the coachman to go back to Tokyo without me. Make up some excuse. I don't care. I just can't go like this.”

Sam looked over at Midori and said, “Don't you say anything to the coachman. We're still going to Tokyo no matter what somebody may say.”

Hikaru started to protest, but the look Samantha gave him changed his mind. He wasn't sure, but he may have found someone that could be just as stubborn as he was.

Sam turned back to Hikaru. “As for you, Nakamura Hikaru-san,” she said. “I know you can be incredibly stubborn about lots of things, but this is one time I won't let you get away with it. You're going to Tokyo to meet your grandparents whether you want to or not. And you're going to be calm on the outside. Any nervousness, misgivings, or what have you are going to be on the inside and only on the inside. You got that?”

Hikaru nodded. He was completely stunned by Sam's outburst. He stared at her as if truly seeing her for the first time. He had never seen anyone so beautiful before.

“Now stop gawking and eat your onigiri and drink your tea before it gets cold.” She turned to Midori and continued, “Could you help me up now? I'm a bit tired and want to go to bed.”

“Of course, Sam-chan,” Midori said and helped Sam off the floor. “Goodnight, Hikaru-san,” she said as they left the room.

“Goodnight, Midori-san... Sam...chan,” Hikaru said as Midori slid the door closed. He wasn't quite sure what had just happened, but he knew something had gone on because he fell so much calmer now. He looked at the half-eaten rice ball he was still holding and noticed his hand was no longer silver. He quickly checked the rest of his body and was happy to see he had changed back to normal. He started to laugh and finished eating the onigiri. There was something about that foreign girl that made him feel so good. He finally understood what Takeda-sensei had meant when he told him not to let go of Sam-san. No, not “Sam-san,” but “Sam-chan.” Hikaru knew he could call her that and not feel it was wrong.

After finishing the tea and onigiri and putting out the lights, Hikaru settled in for the night. For once, he was actually looking forward to the rest of the trip to Tokyo. He knew that as long as Sam-chan was with him, he would be happy and could face anything.

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Monday, October 9, 2006

   Short note to let you know I'm alive.

At work right now. I'll post something a bit longer once I get home. Should be about 2 hours from now. Will have story part to put up then.

Laters!

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Sunday, October 8, 2006

   How to drive a person nuts in one easy step....

Get a kitten and keep it in a carrier.

Yes.... my coworker (the little psycho) just got a kitten. It's adorable. It won't shut up. We can't let it run around the back office here, so it's in a carrier. It doesn't like the carrier. It's letting its displeasure be known. LOUDLY!

I'm going to have to have him take the thing home quick or the last three hours of my shift are going to be a living hell.

Don't get me wrong. I love cats. I just can't stand hearing the thing yowl like this. It's a bit heartbreaking. Hell... it's a lot heartbreaking. I want to get him out of the cage so bad, but he's a little wet from spilling his water bowl.

I'm such a sap.... I just took him out of the cage for a bit. He's not happy at all that I put him back in again. *sigh*

Well, I'm gonna go now. I've got stuff that needs to be done here. And that cat is truly driving me nuts.

Laters!

Additional: It's about 45 minutes later. I made my coworker run the kitten home quick. Otherwise the little thing would have driven me over the edge. The kitten needs to be out of that cage and running around. And it probably needs a litterbox more than anything!!!!

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