Wednesday, August 25, 2004

Mm. I bought TWO bags of Jolly Ranchers today.
Yes, that's right. I plan on heading out to get more by ten.

My father, mother and I went to this glasses store called "Optyx" today to pick out new frames. My brother, who doesn't wear glasses, came along as well, feeling outcast and rejected. I found my pair relatively quickly, my dad found something nice and conservative (But too round for my tastes), and my mom spent the longest amount of time pulling out pair after pair, trying them all on, and going back to the previous one.

Mine are basically like my current ones only made of a lighter, gunmetal-ish material, and they don't curve to fit the ear. I think that might be a problem, but it's not like I do anything too athletic, anyway.. But my main goal was to find glasses that look similar enough to my current ones so that people won't make a huge fuss over it once school starts up. I'm guessing some people who know me better will take a bit of notice, but I'm hoping it won't be drastic.

I am not a shopper. I generally go to exactly what I like when it comes to shoes, or clothing, or anything like that. There are times where I might take a little more time to browse, but generally I want to go in, purchase the needed item, and get out. This totally irks my mom, but whatever.

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I forgot to mention that I watched Insomniac: Sloshed in Translation when it premiered a few days ago. In case you aren't aware of the show, Insomniac follows this stand-up comedian as he stays up all night talking to various people and witnessing the crazy things that happen late at night in big cities. This time around the guy went to Tokyo, which was basically the only reason I wanted to watch it. I don't normally watch the show; it's not my sort of thing, but seeing a bunch of Japanese girls trying to communicate through Engrish would make it worth my time.

And it was entertaining. When I go to Japan, I want to mess with all the locals and sleep in one of those little coffin/bed hotels. I want to mess with the locals and experience all of the weird cultural differences firsthand (..Well, maybe not the penis festival, but you know what I mean).

I like how he was saying "Chin chin" all night thinking it was "Cheers," while it was really "penis." Good stuff, haha.

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For a couple weeks now I have been leaning more in the direction of customizing my own computer and having the guys down at Superior Electronics take care of the dirty work, but I'm back on the Alienware side again (For the moment, at least.)

I had turned my back to Alienware because of my discovery of the Raidmax Samurai 908 case, because of its surprising five 5.25" bays. This, added to my misreading of Alienware's tech specs, made me aim for a completely customized computer. Yesterday I went back to Alienware.com, looked over the chart again, and found that I had made a mistake- Alienware didn't have just two USB ports, I had only selected enough items to take up two.

So now I'm back to Alienware, with no sign of the money for buying it in the next four months. *shrugs* I can live off of this laptop (And the desktop computer, if it ever gets the Yahoo! stuff installed) for now.

Teh SillyCircus Day.. 10, is it? Bah, I'm too tired to check.


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