Monday, April 23, 2007

Happy-Birthday-Fun-Time!

So, my birthday came and went. It was a lot of fun, but at the same time I wish it could've seemed a little longer. I was quite happy with the turnout; everyone came in the morning to go to Uwajimaya. That's seven people, including my sis and me. We had to take two cars, and my parents had to drive because they didn't trust any of our friends with that responsibility. XP Poor Momular, she was stuck with the two awkward guys in her car. So then, in the car with all the girls, we talked about quite a few things. One thing that came up was flirting; all agreed that it really shouldn't be flirting unless you're trying to do it. I've had my own sister tell me I was flirting with a guy, when all I was trying to do was tease him and just have some fun. Teh weirdness. We got to Uwajimaya by 11:00 AM; right away, I went to the Kinokuniya that connects with the store. I was trying to find .hack stuff (that I didn't already have), but I couldn't find anything. A bit of a bummer, but oh well; I did get the Escaflowne Movie soundtrack (the best part about the movie) and some English manga I needed to catch up on. I almost got a little Pokemon keychain, because I had really wanted to get one at Sakura-Con, but I wimped out. Blah... On to the snacks! Man, I bought so many sweet buns with bean paste; everyone else bought a lot of melon bread. Everyone loves the melon bread. lol Then I also got some Kagome fruit/vegetable drinks; saw them at Sakura-Con too, so I wanted to try 'em. One thing I wish I had remembered to buy was green tea ice cream. That stuff is addicting, I love it. I think all of my items cost around $20; not too bad, considering my guy friend, that really didn't have the cash to spend, bought way more than me. One other thing I bought was this weird drink, I don't remember the exact name, but it had little balls of squid ink in it. I remember seeing it on TV once, on a travel show, so when I saw someone drinking it at the store, I asked, "Excuse me, where'd you get that?" She told me it was over in the food court, so off I went! Lucky for me, someone had just ordered one of those drinks, so I just said, "I'll have one of those." From what I can remember, the drink I ordered was called "Taro Squid Ink" something. It was... unique. I've never tasted squid ink before, it's not really comparable to any other food I've ever had. I made everyone else, including Mom and Dad, take a sip, except without telling them what it was first. My mom was grossed out when I told her, but everyone else was fine with it. We all got to swap spit; we're a real family now! lol So, we got home pretty quickly, had pizza for lunch. It's a good thing we got home around 1:00 PM, because some people had to leave early; I had to make sure they all watched Tokyo Godfathers! Around 1:45 we went to watch the movie, and thankfully they were pretty quiet the whole time. I think everyone really liked it, which makes me happy. ^_^ Satoshi Kon is awesome, how could you not love his movies? After that, we just did whatever. I was able to get Kyle off the computer to show people AMVs for awhile, but after that we were kind of bored. And tired, can't forget about tired. Around 6:00 we had dinner, then I got people to watch some Jubei-chan with me until dessert; the ice cream cake was quite fabulous, I must say. I'm glad Mom was able to find one for my birthday; it almost didn't happen, since it seems most ice cream cakes aren't that big. And so, the evening wound down to a close; Dad taught Adam how to play cribbage, Jessica said she'd come to my iaido class Friday (YAY!), and it took forever for Mike to leave, as always. All in all, it was fun, but I was quite exhausted by the end of it; so was Nick, our dog. Poor thing. XP I'm 18 now, which is hard to believe. Life is too short. I will leave you with that statement. Ta then! God Bless

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