Stress Time

I hope everyone had a nice Thanksgiving! I ate more than was good for me (there went my diet!) and had lots of fun with my family! I actually won at Mah Jong which is a total shock since I usually lose, and my cousin who really wanted to play Mah Jong was the loser!

Now I have to psych myself out to get going on my Christmas shopping. I'm an unusual female in that I actually HATE to shop. I'll only go shopping if I absolutely have to. That's why for me Christmas is full-on stress time! Not only do I have to shop, but I have to fight crowds and look for parking as well, and I really hate it. I know I should try to do my shopping online, but I'm such a procrastinator that I always keep putting it off, and end up having to go to the malls like three or four days before Christmas to get all of my shopping done. I really need to get started earlier! I'm so lazy!! :P

At least I sort of have an idea of what I'd like to get everyone, so now the only problem is getting my lazy butt off the couch, and finding the money to pay for everything! (Time to rob the bank!!!)

The other problem is I don't have much time to shop in the first place. This past weekend for instance. Most people got Friday off, but I had to work. And I also worked a 1/2 day on Saturday as well. Because it's getting close to the end of the year, it's getting really busy at work and to make matters worse, there's only myself and my boss in our office. I'm still bugging him to find another worker to help out in the front. We haven't had a part-timer here for a year and a half now, and things are just piling up!

This past weekend instead of starting my shopping I was lazy! I borrowed videos again! Started watching Bakuryu Sentai Abaranger, watched some Music station episodes (got to see Kanjani 8!), and watched Casshern with my sister (interesting!). Tried watching "Botan To Bara" since it was supposed to be pretty popular in Japan (and Shirkawa Yujiro is in some of the episodes!), but it's just not my type of drama. I just couldn't get into it so I guess I'll pass on it.

The women's volleyball team got shafted by the NCAA AGAIN!! Not only do we NOT get to host a regional, but they shipped the team off to the most difficult regional as well! I hope the volleyball team beats everybody's ass just for that!! >_<

The football team upset Northwestern on Saturday (miracle of miracles!!). That means Northwestern is no longer bowl eligible and UH still has a chance of going to the Aloha Bowl, but they're gonna have to beat Michigan State. I'm thinking it probably won't happen unless some kind soul upstairs takes pity on the team and gives them another miracle.


Well, time for me to start working AGAIN!XP Bye-Bye!! ^_^

Happy Thanksgiving!!!!

I'm gonna be at my aunty's house in Mililani for the rest of the day so just thought I'd make a fast post to wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving! Hope you all enjoyed your Holiday and ate lots of turkey! Mata ne!!!! ^_^

My Semi-Restful Weekend

Since my boss was on the outer-islands this weekend, I didn't have to go to work on Saturday (YAY!!)! I slept in till about 6:30 then I had to get up because I had to make my mom's breakfast. It was nice being able to sleep in a little longer than usual!

I basically lazed around the house, but managed to do some housecleaning. Mostly just vacuumed and dusted, but I didn't just lie around the house all day which I was very tempted to do.

Around lunch time my sister and I went to our favorite Japanese video rental store and borrowed a bunch of videos. I managed to pretty much finish Gaoranger. I couldn't borrow a special that they had since someone had rented it, but I finished the TV series and I watched the movie as well so I think I might pass on that special. I also got to watch Kamen Rider Blade (Ureshiiii!!!)! This storyline is really good! Morimoto Ryoji is sooooo cute! I love this show! Now I gotta wait another 4 weeks for the next tape (boo!). Also got to watch Shirakawa Yujiro in Sekai Ururun. He went to Ireland to learn how to shuck oysters. He came in 14 out of 18 at the World Champion Oyster Shucking contest held in Ireland this year which is really good considering he had never done it before! He really enjoyed his homestay family and even cried when he had to leave! It was so touching! He is so damn handsome! Also finally got to watch Kurokawa No Techou. This drama seems pretty interesting so I think I'm gonna keep watching it for now.

The UH Women's Volleyball team won the WAC Championships AGAIN! That means they get the automatic berth to the NCAA Championship! The women's team just rocks this year! They've done more than anyone thought they would! They still give me stress, but I gotta admit that this team is really fun to watch! The football team on the other hand is just bad. They won this past weekend over Idaho, but it's been a pretty disappointing season considering they were supposed to be pretty good this year.

How about all the fights at sporting events over the weekend?! Really wild! I know most people will probably disagree with me on this, but I think there should be someway to punish some of the fans from the Pacers-Pistons basketball game. I mean, I know the players are rich and they're pro athletes, but they're also human! If some jerk threw a cup of beer at me I'd probably go crack him in the face too! That was totally wrong! And the stupid fan who went walking on the court? How mentally retarded can he be? And people wonder why there's so much wars in this world. X(


Sunday was chore day as always. Did the laundry, raked the leaves in the yard (actually I had to rake 2 weeks worth of leaves since I didn't rake last week because it was raining all day last Sunday!), went grocery shopping and cleaned the bathrooms. I was so tired after that! I wish there were someway to just wave a stick and have everything done! I hate raking the yard! Anybody wanna come rake the yard for me? PLEASE!!!!!!XP

Slacking Off!

I'm so bad today! My boss is taking a few days off to go to the outer islands so I'm sitting here in the office all by myself. Instead of working I'm posting an entry in my blog! How bad is that! :P

I can take a day off tomorrow (I can sleep in! Yay!) and go borrow some extra videos! I also need to start my Christmas shopping (boo! I'm so broke!)! I wonder if I should look into doing all my shopping online this year. I'm usually a last minute shopper so maybe doing my shopping online will help motivate me to get started early this time. It probably beats fighting with the crowds at the shopping malls and looking for nonexistant parking!XP

Yesterday was Okada Junichi's birthday! Otanjyoubi omedetou Junichi! Sorry I'm one day late! Oh well, I already told him happy BD at the Forum on time so, feh!

Last night's CSI episode was really interesting. Pretty freaky, but really interesting! I really love this show. It's one of the few American TV shows that I watch regularly. The others are Cold Case Files, Law & Order SVU, and Sue Thomas F. B. Eye. I enjoy detective shows a lot, can you tell? XD

Well, time for me to get ready to listen to the Women's volleyball match on the radio. Today they're playing SMU in the first round of the WAC volleyball tournament. Hope they win! Ja ne! ^_^

No More TV!

My brother comes home from Las Vegas tonight so no more cable TV at night anymore! Gotta go back to my cute little baby TV in my bedroom. -__-" Oh well, at least I can watch DVD's when there's nothing on regular TV, but I'm gonna miss watching all those forensic shows on Discovery and Court TV!

Sports Update: The UH football team got their butts kicked up and down the field by Fresno State on Friday. Sad! The team just sucks this year. I don't understand it! On the bright side, the Women's volleyball team went undefeated in the regular season! The almost lost to Nevada (they were down 2-0!), but rallied to take the game! I think the football team is doing so bad because the Women's Volleyball team is doing so well. The football team was supposed to be really good this year and the volleyball team was supposed to be a little weak, but the opposite is happening!

I'm almost done watching Gaoranger. 2 more discs then the movie and I'm done. Next up will be Abaranger. I also got to see the next two eps of Hontouni Atta Kowai Hanashi. I can't believe some of this stuff actually happens to people! Really scary! I hope those kinds of things never happen to me! Still waiting for the next tape of Kamen Rider Blade to come in! I gotta see what happened to Aikawa Hajime! Also waiting for the 10/31 show of Sekai Ururun to come in since Shirakawa Yujiro is in that episode! Come on tapes come in already!!!!!! ^_^"

Tomorrow is gonna be very busy at work since it'll be payday again! I'm kinda dreading going to work tomorrow. The phone is gonna be ringing off the hook again! *Sigh!*

Well, gotta get ready to go pick up my brother from the airport! Ja, mata ne! ^_^

Holiday!

Today I had a nice rest! It was Veteran's Day so my boss gave me the day off! Ureshiiiiiiii!!!! I spent the day lazing around a lot. Watched some dramas, played video games, took a nice long nap!

I also cleaned up my room a little. It got a much needed dusting, put my manga away on my bookshelf (I need another bookshelf!), and put my DVD's away on the media shelf (I also need another shelf for my DVD's!).

It was pretty quiet today since both my brother and sister weren't home today. My poor sister had to work today, and my brother left this morning to go to Los Angeles. He's meeting some friends who live there, then they're all going to drive down to Las Vegas. He won't be home until Monday which means I get the TV with cable until then! YAY!!!! That means I can watch some of my old drama videos and shows that I don't normally get to watch on cable! Hmmmm...think I'll go do that right now! Ja ne!! ^_^

Osouji

Been really busy lately! Our refrigerator broke down last week so my mom decided to buy some new appliances. She got a new refrigerator, stove and microwave oven. This meant that we had to clean out the kitchen as well as the refrigerator. Thursday night my sister, brother and I had to go through all the junk my mom had accumulated. We finally just decided to dump everything out to save time! Talk about a mess! We took out at least seven bags of rubbish! -__-;

Friday the appliances came. The guys who were supposed to install everything were supposed to come at 5:00, but didn't come until almost 6:00. To make things worse, the stove my mom bought was bigger than our old one (nobody makes that small size anymore apparently) so they had to cut a bigger hole in the counter to make the stove fit. They didn't leave until after 9:30 pm! After that, we were all so tired we just ate ochazuke for dinner and then I went to bed at 10:30.

At least the kitchen is clean now, and because we dumped a lot of the leftovers the refrigerator has lots of room in it now. The appliance guys also took my mom's old a/c so there's more space in the storage room also.

Saturday Timmy Chang broke the passing record (finally!). Even better, they won the football game! The receivers on the team have got to get some sticky hands or something. They're awful at catching passes! They go on the road to Fresno next, so I'm feeling another loss coming up. The team has been really bad on the road this year.

Started to watch Hyaku Jyuu Sentai Gaoranger this weekend. Kaneko Noboru is really handsome, and the guys in this show are pretty funny! I'm enjoying it, though I think I enjoyed Hurricanger more since Shirakawa Yujiro and Kyo Nobuo were in it.

Still have to watch my Gakkou E Ikou tape. Hopefully, tonight I'll be able to watch it.

Well, back to work now! Mata ne! ^_^

The Day After....

I am so disappointed! Four more years of stupid Bush! I can't believe the people in this country! After starting an unnecessary war, increasing the nation's deficit, and filling the pockets of the rich and powerful, we got him for FOUR MORE STINKING YEARS! Unbelievable! X(

Well, at least all the campaining crap is finally over! No more sign holders on the side of the road, no more political ads on TV, and hopefully no more phone calls to my office about Mufi!

Okay, got that all out. Going back to watch Shirakawa Yujiro in Tenbatsuya Kurenai to make me feel better! Bye-bye!! ^_^

Where Has The Time Gone?

I can't believe it! It's already November! It's almost the end of the year! Where has all the time gone? It's gone by so quickly, and there's still so much to do! 2 more months and tax season will start all over again! AAAAAUUUUUUUUGGGGGGGHHHHHH!!!!!!XP

On Saturday we took my brother to Stuart Anderson's Cattle Company at Ward Warehouse Shopping Mall for his birthday dinner. Bad idea! That night there was a Halloween event there so it took forever to find parking! We got to the restaurant 10 minutes late, but we were seated right away. I had prime rib with onions and mushrooms! Delicious! My brother also had the prime rib, but the next biggest cut, and also ended up eating the rest of the appetizers that we didn't finish (there went his diet!).

On the way home it was majorly pouring!! When we passed by near Waikiki we noticed that a lot of streets were blocked off. We found out later that there was really bad flooding in Waikiki! That's how bad it was raining! It also got flooded in Manoa, and many buildings on the University of Hawaii campus got flooded! The weather is just majorly weird right now!

Tomorrow is Election Day so I'll be going in to work a little late. I'm gonna go vote first then go to the office. I'll be so glad when this is all over! Today the phone kept ringing and ringing and most of the calls were from people helping with Mufi's campaign. Drove me nuts!! Trying to do payroll's and answering the telephone at the same time is just impossible! To top it off I had to go deliver tax payments to the tax department and the banks! Nagai ichinichi deshita!

There were good things that happened along the way too however! I finished watching the TV series of Ninpu Sentai Hurrincanger! I still have to find one more special and a movie then I'm done (awwwww, no more Shirakawa Yujiro and Kyo Nobuo! :(), then I have to start looking for Gaoranger or Abaranger. I might go with Gaoranger since Kaneko Noboru is in it, but it's kind of old so I might have a harder time finding it. I might have to go to Nippon Video for it.

Kamen Rider Blade FINALLY came in! The storyline is getting really interesting! Darn tape ended at an interesting part and left me hanging! Now I gotta wait a whole month again! XP

I also finally got to start watching Hontouni Atta Kowai Hanashi. Tsukamoto Takashi and Ishigaki Yuma were in two different stories on the second episode! They're so cute! The stories are so freaky! Good thing it was still daytime when I watched it!^_^"

I also received the DVD's of Tenbatsuya Kurenai from Groink (Yay! More Shirakawa Yujiro and his buff arms!) and all the discs seem to be working fine! I'm sooooooo happy!!! I really liked this show since the characters in the show were really interesting (and did I mention that Shirakawa Yujiro and his buff arms are in this show?) and the stories were really interesting as well. Oh, yes and Shirakawa Yujiro and his buff arms are in this show! XD THANK YOU GROINK!!!

Well, time for me to start getting ready to go to bed so I can get up early and go vote! DON'T FORGET TO VOTE EVERYBODY! Oyasuminasai! ^_^