Friday, May 16th, 2008
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2:36 pm - twitter anyone?
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Thursday, May 15th, 2008
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9:31 pm - helper wanted for fanime swap meet on thursday
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Anyone pre-registered for Fanime and want to help me out at the swap meet a week from today? I'm willing to give you some of the manga I'm bringing to sell and/or feed you dinner after. :)
Since I'm working Baycon starting Friday, I'm going to the Thursday night swap meet at Fanime, and Thursday is only open to pre-registered people.
I'll be selling a bunch of manga in English, some manga in Japanese, and some anime magazines in both languages. I'll have about 3 boxes of stuff, and carts will not be allowed, as this is a union facility.
Thanks!
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Monday, May 12th, 2008
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11:58 pm - The human whose name is written in this note will die.
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Anyone want to see the live action Death Note movie with me on Tuesday the 20th or Wednesday the 21st? It's playing at Century Shoreline in Mountain View as well as Oakridge in San Jose at 7:30pm. Oh, and the Great Mall too, though that feels more out of the way. All 7:30pm, odd...
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Sunday, May 4th, 2008
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9:05 pm - The Doctor is ice-hot!
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Thursday, May 1st, 2008
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2:58 am - birthday
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Friday, April 25th, 2008
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10:18 pm - about an American fan (me)
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So, I met this guy at Comike (Comic Market, big big amateur comic convention in Tokyo) last year who makes his own anime, maybe one 20 minute movie per year. He goes by Ishikawa Pro (石川プロ). So yesterday, I decided to look for him on Mixi (http://mixi.jp a Japanese social networking site), and found him easily. We exchanged a few notes. I told him I like his anime and that one title made me cry a bit, and he seemed impressed to be getting a note about his anime from a foreigner.
Today, he wrote this in his Mixi journal:
今日、アメリカ人のファンの人に、mixiメッセージもらった！
「お父さんの靴」見て涙してくれたそうです。
カタコトの日本語で感想もらえて超感激っ
なんか外国人にほめられると、めっちゃうれしいなあ。
ひゃっほーv(≧∇≦)v
Basically:
Today, I got a Mixi message from an American fan!
He watched "Otousan no Kutsu" (Father's Shoes) and cried.
Stuff like praise from foreigners makes me very happy.
Yahoo! (plus a very intricate smiley)
He got a lot of comments, including one asking if I were a beautiful blonde woman. If you have me on Mixi, you can easily find and view the whole thing, but I found his post amusing enough. :)
current mood:  amused
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Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008
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7:40 pm - Boo tries to break out!
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So, I saw Boo looking out the window, and I thought he might like to smell the outside air as well. This cat, in case you are not aware, is rather obsessed with going outside, and I don't let him unless I'm holding him, which seems to spoil the fun. He is known to try to escape much more often when people visit, as I've developed a habit of opening the door just a bit and inserting my foot first.
Anyway, I heard a noise and saw him trying to open the window further. Not only does he lack the strength to push it further open, but he also seemed to have the wrong idea of how to go about getting it to open further. He was at this for a while before I remembered my camera does video. Sorry for the low quality. I called him just as I was finishing recording.
http://anysize.org/~ashi/boo-window.avi
Save as, or see if your browser will play it, whichever. It's a DivX avi file with no sound.
current mood:  mischievous
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Sunday, April 13th, 2008
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7:13 pm - mix tapes.
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I was cleaning up and found some old mix tapes from 1986 and 1987. Instead of just throwing them away, I found an old Walkman, cataloged what was on them, and then threw them away.
The first one was recorded from KISS FM, and the others are from KROQ, both in the LA/Orange County area.
Songs titles behind the cut.
( Read more... )
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Thursday, March 6th, 2008
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1:27 pm - Someone is watching over us.
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Wednesday, March 5th, 2008
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1:55 pm - tax preparer
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Anyone recommend a tax preparer in the Bay Area who is familiar with science fiction conventions?
This year I wish to start keeping receipts for all the stuff I can count off, like expenses related to volunteering for conventions which are non-profit organizations. I want to know what I can count off in the future and which receipts I should hold onto.
Thanks!
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12:00 am - will give rides / driving lessons for gas money (again)
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So, my last day at Google was today. It was kind of sad; cake was delicious but heavy to carry around, and the raspberry topping got all over the place. Will post pictures of the cake later.
I'm willing to drive people around and give stick shift lessons for gas money. I have some free time now. :) Hopefully I can get a new contract after 90 days.
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Wednesday, February 27th, 2008
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8:00 pm - phone yes, text no
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Unless you can text to my email address, don't expect any replies to text messages for a while. Do expect me to answer the phone some starting tomorrow. :)
I ordered a replacement cheap GSM phone, but it won't arrive before I take off for the weekend. Therefore, I got a replacement SIM card on my account and put it in the Port-O-Rotary for the weekend. Text messages will get saved on the card for retrieval next week.
current mood: accomplished
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Friday, February 22nd, 2008
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9:54 pm - Phoneless
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I left my cell on the Google shuttle. Hopefully I'll get it back on Monday.
You can reach me via email, IMs, IRC, my Grand Central number, or my home VOIP number, in that order of preference. :)
current mood: amused
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Monday, February 11th, 2008
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3:21 pm - Tcho!
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So, I like this chocolate so much, I've shared it with some of you locals and not-so-locals, and I sold a pack on eBay. You might be happy to know that they are now shipping throughout the US. If you're outside the US and just have to try some, let me know. :)
http://www.tcho.com/
Remember that it's still in beta, but I'm already a fan, and they are listening to feedback as they develop their products.
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Saturday, February 9th, 2008
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10:10 am - upgradedness!
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So yeah, I upgraded anysize.org last night mostly cause Fry's had a great deal on 1TB Seagate hard drives (around $235 before taxes). I ran into some issues, and I had a lot of data to transfer over, but I'm satisfied enough to go to bed now. It has been a long night, and I shall attempt sleep.
If anyone who uses the server notices anything amiss, please let me know. Thanks.
current mood: Beyond sleepy
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Sunday, January 20th, 2008
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12:09 pm - Cute, fun anime con March 13-16
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I really like this cute little anime con with creative events, and I think I may drive this year.
http://www.animeoasis.org/
Yes, it's in Boise, Idaho. I will be just beyond my contract at Google, and if I'm not converted to full-time, I'll have some free time and want to drive there. Anyone want to go along? It's about an 11 hour drive, same as here to Portland.
The event is sold out, but I have two spare memberships, and I have a lifetime membership. It's very creative... have a look at the events page.
http://www.animeoasis.org/events.html
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Saturday, January 19th, 2008
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10:30 am - AMVs wanted for contest
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Thursday, January 17th, 2008
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11:38 pm - Chinese New Year, anyone?
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February 7, 2008 is the first day of the Chinese new year. That's a Thursday. Any interest in a party the following Friday, February 8? Ideas for a location?
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1:55 pm - Jonathan Coulton in SF Feb22
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Wednesday, December 26th, 2007
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9:34 am - Not allowed to hug?
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So I had this post all formulated in my mind and ready to post:
So, what is it with people not being "allowed" by their SO to hug anyone lately?
But before I could get around to posting it, I woke up. It's the first time I remember being in a dream and wanting to post to LJ, heh. I tried to hug three different friends in the dream and was told either they weren't allowed by their SO to hug anyone, or that they weren't allowed to hug me specifically. I'm very into hugging and found this very frustrating and decided to post. I was quite glad to wake up!
I have before actually heard someone in the waking world make reference to whether they're "allowed" to do something by an SO or spouse, and I've thought it was a strange concept, like moving on to a partner as second parent or something. Talking things over, coming to agreements together, seems much better and more equal to me.
*hugs*
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