Crappy quality as always with my cell phone.

The view of the livingroom, from the bedroom.


The living room, from the kitchen.


The kitchen.






The entry hall, viewed from the kitchen.


The bedroom. We knocked out those cabinets.




The bathroom.


The rooms are a bit messy as we're not situated yet. Still lots of work to do.

So we've been living in the house since the 2nd, more or less. Things have been too hectic around here for me to post or do much of anything but house related things. Some of the things we've done since purchasing the house on the 22nd are...

Ripped out the flooring in the bedroom and living room of the first floor. Put in laminate flooring which we got pretty damn cheap, at $.66 a sq ft.

Bought a breand new washer and dryer.

Had a plumber come in and hook the washer up.

Had electricians come in and update alot of the electrical.

Took down the wood paneling in the living room, and spackled both the living room and the bedroom.

Painted the living room and the bedroom.

Bought a new fridge since the one that was here would only freeze things no matter how low the temperature was set.

Got a new shower head.

Bought a new sink and toilet, which won't be put in until we rip out the floor in the bathroom.

Made a platform bed, that's a little too high. Started making a computer table for our computers.

Started putting up moulding around the living room.

Started Scra[ing the ceiling living room.

The living room and bedroom are almost done. We really just need to put down the moulding and finish scraping and painting the ceiling in the living room. We haven't even started on the kitchen and bathroom yet. But we're glad the living and bedroom are just about done because for awhile, we were only living out of the bedroom, while most of our shit was taking up space in boxes in the other rooms. Things have been going ok, I suppose. Kien's brother is totally not focused and is buying things for and working on, everything but his own apartment. But with that, he's hardly doing anything at all. Kien and I have done basically everything here so far. Granted it's all been to or for our apartment, but we know we're going to end up doing all the work in his brother's apartment too. Since his brother isn't the sharpest tool in the box, and his girlfriend is using her pregnancy as an excuse to get out of everything, it's all going to be left on us. I mean, my brother and his girlfriend have been of more help and they live an hour and a half away and only came here for half a day, and they did more to help us than these people we'll be living with, who are 15 minutes away.

His brother is also spending lots of money. He wants the best of the best stuff, but doesn't research it. Nor does he have any friends to show off too, so it's like he's showing off for himself. From a raindrop shower head, to $.86 tiles for all over his bathroom (there are ones for $.12 ea that look perfectly fine and come in many colors), to paint and primer for the basement support beams (O.o ?!?!?!). He also originally wanted to buy $1,000+ ea washer and dryer when there are perfectly good older models or just not so electronic front loaders that are hundreds less, just don't look as cool. I mean sure, I'd love to get the Samsung red front loader uber washers of heavenly clean, but let's be realistic here. The money that we don't spend on rediculously priced washer dryer, the more we have for the bare necessities like flooring, cabinets, furniture. Come on. He also wants to get a new stove when he doens't even cook. Karen also said herself that she can't cook for shit. So why get one? You won't even use it, so what's wrong with the one that's up there now? As long as it works, it shouldn't matter. Kien and his brother went in on this house together. Kien already has a ton of debt. If his brother keeps spending like he is, then we'll all be drowning in debt and get screwed when it coems time to pay things like insurance and whatnot. Not to mention that fact that kien's brother made him sign up for the Lowe's credit card. Before we went, his brother was all like ok I'll do it. Then as we're walking in, he's like you do it. He's that shy. All kien did was fill out a little brochure sized form and hand it to the lady.

We were gunna get windows from Sears. & of them for about 7k total, with a supposed savings of about 2k. They had financing, no payments, no interest for 1 year. Kien says to his brother, if you're not here, I'm gunna have to sign for the credit card, and I won't be able to be a co-borrower for Anne's student loan since I'll have too much debt. Will you be a co-borrower for her, if that is the case? I guess he said yes. I don't know, but between the 3k additional debt for Lowe's and more and more piling up as we fix up this house, the situation isn't looking too good. Kien has good credit, but alot of debt. His brother doesn't have much debt at all, but a mediocre credit score. If he builds up on the debt. We really all will be fucked. And I'll be unbelievably pissed if I can't go to school at all because he can't control his crazy spending urges and whatnot.

Kien luckily was paranoid enough to call another window guy to get a quote on the same windows Sears was going to install. This guy is only charging 3.6k including labor for the windows. Kien's mom said she would pay for the windows to get done as long as we pay her back eventually. Karen's dad is paying for our roof to get done, which is going on as I type this. My brother and his girlfriend came to help out and visit on Sunday. They painted the bedroom a bit and we hung out some.

Did I mention Karen is using her pregnancy as an excuse to get out of everything? She's about 4 months pregnant, tops, and barely shows. When we go shopping, she carries bags with like 3 paint brushes in it, to the house, from the car. She says she can't lift anything heavier than 50 lbs cuz she's pregnant. She hasn't wiped down her kitchen or bathroom, she can't help paint despite the masks and crazy ventilation we have going on because she can't be anywhere near the fumes. I just know she's going to be jealous of our apartment because it already is looking awesome. Since she can't do shit and Kien's brother isn't any better off, she'll expect us to put our all into helping them make their apartment nice, despite that fact that we have so much work to do and have been doing to our own apartment by ourselves. God forbid we might have a lack of motivation to work on an apartment that isn't ours, by ourselves.

Kien and I have really been working our asses off making our apartment nice and livable. we got no help with our flooring or painting or spackleing despite his brother and even karen's being here. But no. Karen's is too busy yelling at Cathan for every little thing. Phuong is off putting up solar sensor lights and painting poles in the basement to do anything that matters.

Guess we'll see how things go as time passes. I'll try to post some before as after pics later.

Long time, again, since I last posted.

I don't know if I've mentioned it in my last post, but i finally got my haircut. Kien was an angel and stopped me from having to do it myself, and paid for it to get professionally done. I love it for the most psrt. It's light, airy, and easy to wash and do. Here are some pics.

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Kien's parents, for some reason, decided to let us worry about ourselves and find a place. So we've been looking into condos and multifamilies lately. We looked at a condo in Chinatown. It was going for $160k I believe, but it was the size of our kitchen in this apartment O.o. No thanks...

Friday, Kien made an appointment to see a multifamily house, but the realtor cancelled an hour and a half before we were supposed to go, due to an emergency. It was rescheduled for Monday at 10:00 a.m. So we left a bit early and got there at 9:30. She got there at about 10:30, but no biggie. Anyway, the house was built in 1890. It's in Everett, MA. The outside is decent, but also a bit misleading. The inside is pretty dumpy. It was marked down a bunch because it needs a ton of work. The asking price was $309,000 (originally appraised at $370 something k, but we offered $285k... And they accepted! Kien's brother, his girlfriend and her son (she has another on the way) will be on the second floor and Kien, Blue (his dog), Phin and I will be on the first. We're pretty much going to gut the place and redo practically everything. I'm a bit apprehensive about moving. Mostly because I love living in the city so much. While the house isn't too far from a train station, it's basically suburbs. It'll take close to 20 minutes to get into town. It's ok though. Once we finish all the work on the house, it'll be like awesome. New flooring, paint, appliances, bathroom, cabinets... everything. Really, the condition of the inside is really bad. I don't know why anyone would want to live in it as is. It's like dingy 70s style. Mostly wood paneling for the walls, vinyl flooring... the one carpet on the first floor has a huge nasty stain on it, too. And it looks like whatever painting they did was with spray paint. There was paint on the window of the front door and the door knob. The hallway when you first enter the house from the front is an ugly baby blue and the cabints in the kitchen on the first floor are the same ugly color. There are also hardly any cabinets in teh kitchens. I suppose that's a good thing though, since we're gunna get rid of them anyways, so there's less work. We originally planned on taking pictures of the inside, but once we got in we didn't even bother since we're ripping everything out anyways.

While Kien and I were waiting for the realtor, I took a couple pictures of the house and the view of the street from directly in front of it.













I just hope Karen doesn't expect me to babysit 24/7.........

It's been a very long time since I've made an entry here. Lots of things have happened since I've made an entry here. Lots of things have happened since my last post.

For one thing, my 21st birthday passed. My family came to celebrate/visit that day and they brought presents ^^. My parents bought me Rosetts Stone Japanese Levels 1 & 2 and my brother and his gf (though she didn't come) bought me Mario Kart and Diddy Kong Racing, both for the DS. It was nifty... Kien and I went to the package store and I paid for the alcohol, just because I could and when I gave him my ID, the clerk said Happy Birthday hehe. I just thought that was nifty. I wonder how many people go there to buy alcohol for the first time on their birthdays.
Anyway, my mom and I were pretty much the only ones drinking... but it was pretty fun and weird at the same time. I never really thought, growing up, that I would ever drink with my family/parents.

What else has happened...? Oh! I went with my family to Six Flags last Monday (the one before the 4th). Our friends since Kindergarten; Grace and Eugene came too. They're bother and sister =p. Grace got sick after the 3rd ride so she didn't go on many rides the rest of the time we were there, but since my mom doesn't go near the scary rides, I would just go with my dad, brother and Eugene ^^. The rides I went on were: Thunderbolt, Scream, Nightwing, Batman, Superman x2, flashback, Pandemonium, Bumper Cars, Tea Cups, Time Warp and Mind Eraser. I think that was it. I sat out on the water rides (even the ones in the main park) because I didn't feel like getting wet, as it wasn't all that hot that day. Superman is by far the best coaster I've ever been on. Which reminds me of something hilarious my brother did...

Apparently when he was in HS, they had a field trip to SF for "Physics Day" or something. The park was closed to everyone but the schools and so the lines were pretty short. My brother managed to get on Superman 10x in a row. Because of that, he knew where the camera was along the track. So when we went on Superman the first time, he actually POSED FOR THE PICTURE. And I don't mean a smile and peace sign... he tilted his head dramatically to the side, closed his eyes lightly, and opened his mouth, letting his tongue hang out slightly. It was HILARIOUS. Everyone else is screaming/smiling with their arms up in the air sitting up, and he's sitting behind them looking like (fogive the choice in words) a retard. It was priceless. I almost wish we bought a copy so I could show how funny it was. It really just about justified paying $20x bucks for the thing haha. Oh well.

I ended up spending the night at my rents house after Six Flags. Kien didn't want to go enough to try and get the day off of work, so it was just me in my borther's spare room. It wasn't too bad. Poopie (my old cat) spent alot of the night with me, which was nice. Phin can't sleep in our room when we're asleep or not in it because he can't be left alone with Oni, our guinea pig. So he stays out in the rest of the apartment. Aside from the fact that he's very roudy at night and insists on playing and biting our feet while we're trying to sleep. It's damn annoying. I miss when he was younger and we'd prop up a pillow against the wall and he was small and light enough to sleep on it. I also miss when he would come visit us early in the morning, purring and kneading. Oh well. Once he grows up a bit he should be back to normal, I hope.

I have pretty big news, which I'm going to save for another post, as this one is getting rather long.

First of all, I've noticed (though I didn't just notice this now), that there seems to be alot of ignorance between people who wish to learn another language and those who find it "stupid". Looking on YouTube at certain (ex.)caucasions who speak Japanese rather fluently if not almost perfectly, they receive alot of hate. People call them "weaboos" and tell them to stfu because they'll never be Japanese. To get over the fact that they're not Japanese etc... While I understand that alot of these comments are coming from bored 15 year olds looking to start trouble, it doesn't make it right. I can't believe there would be such ignorance towards the people who would want to become more well rounded/a better person/LEARN by learning another language and it's culture. America is not the be all end all of the world. If eveyone was going to speak English eventually, well I think we would see a much larger group of people who can speak it right now, let alone properly. English isn't even taught properly despite being mandatory in many schools; as a second language.

Just because someone is interested in a language and culture that is not America or any other country where English is the native language, doesn't mean they automatically hate their own country and would do anything to have been born of the country of interest. They don't "think they are Japanese". I'm very sure when they get ready in the morning, and they look in the mirror, they see a (ex.) white person looking back at them (I won't even get into those who have naturalized, become citizens of another/second country). God forbid someone would want to broaden their horizons! If you want to continue to be ignorant, go ahead, but leave your rediculous comments and accusations to yourselves.

Lastly, on this subject, while there are "wiggers" and "wapanese", etc... You rarely hear of someone being made fun of for "acting white". Like 'being white', for any race, is normal. As if being white and/or acting white automatically makes you seem more intelligent. So then why would anyone want to act/be otherwise? Seriously, this world has some incredibly ignorant people. We're all the same in the end, so what's wrong with wanting to speak another language. If you want to communicate with some of our other "brothers and sisters", learning their language is the way to do it. Why wait decades upon decades until "everyone learns English".

Since I'm not working at the moment (going to school FT shortly and looking for PT work(nights, hopefully not weekends... not so easy when they can't toss you around like a rag doll with an open schedule) Kien and I rely on his income. It's more than enough to support us, but with the aforementioned debt and soon to come student loans, it's not necessarly all peaches and cream. The only reason I'm even willing to work retail, a job I would rather die than do, normally, is because I would know I'd be saving up for a Japan trip. As I've stated in earlier posts, I was hoping to visit Japan between my 2nd and 3rd year in college. I don't want to visit Japan in my late 20s, early 30s. I want to experience my generations life there, while I'm not all that old. I mean, there's nothing wrong with doing so as an older person, but everyone knows (aside from experiences' knowledge from being older) 20 something is where it's at. With that, Kien wants to wait until ALL of our debt is paid off. INCLUDING the future student loans. We're talking somewhere between 20-40 thousand dollars. Now I'm not all that good at math. In fact, I never got past pre-algebra in HS before I dropped out... But that is going to take a long ass time, even with both of us working. I don't know if I could handle working knowing I can't do anything I want to until all that debt is gone. Do people normally wait until all of their student loans have been paid off before they start to actually live??

I was thinking, I could always try really hard to get a scholarship/study abroad, but from my understanding, not all scholarships cover study abroad and I very well may have to pay for everything out of my pocket. If I were to do that, I might as well go seperately from school and do the things I want without a strict schedule/limitation. I also would rather visit for pleasure before going for "business". That way I would be more familiar with the country and how things are done etc. before having to take things more seriously. I don't want to be stuck in this country forever! I want to be able to live! To travel! To experience the things that hold my interest, first hand! Not to mention the other things I want to get done/fixed. I need to win the lottery! >.>

Oh! Also, if I visit Japan before I go there to study abroad (or to work whatever), then I'd be more comfortable. I don't really want my first time in Japan to have been spent alone (without Kien or a good friend). Sure I would make friends there, but 1. I'm not very good at that, and 2. The plane ride would be that much better having a friend to talk to for 14 hours each way. But Kien doesn't want to go. That's probably the main reason he wants to wait. He doesn't want to spend so much money on something he doesn't give two shits about. Guess I'm going to have to talk to a friend or two and see if they would want to go and pay their own way. Either that, or I'm going alone! Or I could ask my mom O.o

So Kien and I reformatted our computers last night. I'd been meaning to for the longest time because I think I downloaded something unhealthy and had been getting popups constantly. Plus I had way too much crap on it so it was bogged down quite a bit. Since I've reformatted, I've noticed my keyboard hasn't been lagging like it used to, which is awesome. Whenever posting, I would have to reread everything a few times to put in the letters the keyboard/computer lagged over and missed. That was annoying, so I'm glad that's not happening anymore^^.

Aside from that, Kien had to sort of reactivate his copy/key of XP because it was coming up with a sort of error. The rep told him that the key was used too many times, and he would have to buy a new one for $180... So he waited until I used the key and cd from my laptop that had 32 bit Vista, and then called again. This time, they just gave him some sort of code and everything was fine. So weird. You know what's a bit annoying though? The first rep he was connected to didn't speak english very well. He couldn't understand him and had him repeat himself over and over. I'm not saying people who don't speak english as their first language shouldn't be working. Just that they shouldn't be working in a job that requires them to communicate in english unless their accent isn't horrible. It saves time and makes the process easier. Alot less communication/misunderstandings too. I wouldn't wanna work a job where I was talking in a second language that I wasn't comfortable in. While my Japanese is limited, I wouldn't want to work a job where I had to speak Japanese, and yet sounded like a foreigner and therefore made things complicated. Whatever! Maybe I'm retarded or anal or something, but that's how I feel.

Anyways!!! I like Vista. I'm glad we got the laptop, too, because I wouldn't be on my computer right now. Well... I would, but only for like 30 days until the trial period runs out. I like the look of the windows, the taskbar, Computer/My Documents... it all seems more organised with Vista. Takes a little getting used to, but I like it.

So we just got back from the Flyleaf concert. Overall, I think this one was better than the 3dg one we went to on Sunday. Resident Hero (an unsigned band) was decent, though they seemed a bit too "Adult Rock" for my tastes. Almost like a harder version of the GooGoo Dolls. Sick Puppies were fun. Apparently they're from Australia. Again, their lyrics weren't that great, but they rocked pretty hard. Then there ws Kill Hannah. They were "Electronic Rock" and weren't that good either, but there was alot of crowd interaction which got them brownie points from me. Flyleaf was great performance wise. The ony qualm I have is that Lacey did't talk to the crowd, at all. It was more like watching them on tv. I did manage to take the crappiest picturs ever on my cell which doesn't have flash. I'll post those at the bottom of this entry.

I think this concert was better than the last probably because everyone was in the mosh pit (general admission) and since the Avalon is traditionally a bar, it was a relatively intimate setting. Kien and I 'moshed' a bit and I again lost my voice a bit and my ears are still recvering hehe. Again though, I'm pretty disappointed that Flyleaf didn't talk to the crowd! I mean no, "We're Flyleaf" no "Give it up for the other bands" no "Are you ready to rock?" no "You've been great, Boston" Nothing!!! Didn't even explain what certain songs were about or meant to them. All of the other bands had a ton of crowd interaction! Disappointing. Performance was great though!

And now for my crappy pics. The zoom on my cell blows, we were alot closer than it looks like in them. And for some reason everyting is a bit flourescent. Anyways...

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We just got back from the 3DG/BB concert. It was fun ^^. I'm not a big fan of Breaking Benjamin but the guitars were pretty sick. The opening, not so well known band; Red, was decent too. Loved Three Days Grace. Wish I saw them before the new cd, as I prefer their older stuff to their newer. But it was still fun. My ears were kinda muted afterwards and I also lost my voice a bit from screaming/yelling ^^. The Orpheum is small. Which can be a good and bad thing. Good in the sense that no seat is technically a bad one, unless of course you end up sitting behind someone who's large or tall or just has a big head (all seats are actually pretty close to the stage... we were on the balcony). And bad in the sense that everything is compact. There was no room to move around and even where you would think a mosh pit would be, there were seats (as it was originally built as a concert hall for orchestras and whatnot).

I really dislike Adam's (leader 3dg singer) new hair. Kinda makes him look like a druggie. And he was wearing a funny hat, but it's all about the music in the end. Certainly didn't make me dislike them. Also, both in 3dg and bb's runs the lead from the opposite bands came out to help sing a song. Fun indeed. Lookin forward to Flyleaf!

My attempt at translating some of what I previously stated into Japanese: Feel free to make corrections. Tired and my knowledge is very limited.

わたしはボイフレンドとうちにかえりました。きょうコンサートにいきました。（わたしはきょうボイフレンドとコンサートにいきました。）Three Days Grace がすきですよ！Breaking Benjamin がきらうです。Orpheum はちいさいですよ。たのしいかとですね。

Happy Mother's Day to all the moms out there!

Today is the day of the Three Days Grace concert that Kien and I are going to. I'm a bit excited. It's been so long since my last concert. As I think I've stated before, it'll be Kien's first real concert. The only other one he's been to was a free one that was outside in Government Center. We didn't stay very long for that one though as we got there a bit late and couldn't really see much.
I'll write up a tiny review when we get back, or tomorrow.

Friday, I dyed my hair again. The light color was kind of annoying me because you could noticably see my roots. Not to mention it was faded quite a bit so it's looked sort of brassy. This time there color is a dark purple/red. I've seen quite a few people with this haircolor or similar, but I didn't think it was going to be this dark. The box said and was more of a "True Red". Oh well. Kien and I both like it better than the last color. I believe I took some pics of the last color with my cell. It's just a matter or sending them to my email and uploading them onto photobucket. I'll have to take some pics of this new color too^^. Perhaps today, since I'll be going it for the concert.

I've thought of a few sort of topics I'd like to discuss. While I have no readers that I know of, I'll toss them up soon anyways for the sake of getting my views out on "paper". Also I'm now in a Japanese studying spree, so I'l (like I always say) put up some of my practicings. For those of you familiar with laptops.

Lastly, I’m typing on my new laptop! I haven’t painted it yet, but I hope to soon. Either that, or get a really cool sticker thingy online. It’s the HP dv6000. We upgraded some things from the standard setup it had so it’s not a complete POS. It runs Lineage 2 fine on high graphics, with the same occasional lag I get on my PC. So I’m happy. We also got the Coolmax NB-400 cooling pad for it. It’s kind of bulky but it does the job.

That is all for now. Must get ready for the concert!

It's been so friggen hot the past two days in this apartment! Uncomfortably so. Kien doesn't wanna set up the AC until it's like 90 degrees >.> I can only hope Oni (our guinea pig) doesn't die of heat stroke or something.

I've been yearning for Japan these past few days. Badly. It's days like these, where I'm 100% willing to leave everything for a life there. The fact that all I've been listening to for the past few months is Japanese music, doesn't help either. I should probably stop looking at pictures of Japan and whatnot too. I want to be there so badly that it's almost depressing.

I also can't decide on what hair style I want. My brother and his girlfiend are pitching in together to get me my hair done and a couple DS games. Though my birthday is still a little over a month away, I almost feel like I'm panicing, trying to figure out what style I want. Part of me wants something short. ( Something like these )

But I think my face might be too long and skinny to pull them off. I'll most likely stick with something that has some length to it.

( Like these )

( I absolutely LOVE this one )

Now that I really look at the one above, I think I just might go for that one, or perhaps something of a mix between that one and one of the shorter ones. I'm pretty sue I'm going to need/want some kind of bangs. Guess we'll see how things go til then. Might change my mind.

Laptop was delivered today, but we were still sleeping so they're trying again tomorrow. Can't wait to personalize it and whatnot.

And just because I keep telling myself I'm going to do it; I'm throwing in a couple Japanese sentences to keep up with practicing. Would hate to forget what I've learned this past semester.

かばんのなかにおかねがあります。さかなやのまえにおとこのひとがいます。このちかくにえきがありますか。えきわりょかんのとなりにあります。

The Real Story of Paul Revere's Ride

In 1774 and the Spring of 1775 Paul Revere was employed by the Boston Committee of Correspondence and the Massachusetts Committee of Safety as an express rider to carry news, messages, and copies of resolutions as far away as New York and Philadelphia.

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So I got my grade for the semester in Japanese....... A-! I was so worried becaue I had missed a bit of school/homework and even the mid-term, but apparently I was really doing well (I think the teacher likes me, which helps^^) but I did awesome. It's been a long time since I've gotten such a good grade. Helps that it's something I'm really interested in.

My dad's surgery went well. He was in a recovery state from Tuesday afternoon until Friday afternoon when my mom brought him home. Speaking of which, my mom stayed with us the whole time he was at the hospital. After she left, I felt kinda bad cuz we didn't really do anything while she was here, but it kinda screwed up my routine and it was a bit awkward having her here for so long. We did go to McDonald's on Tuesday, and we walked around Faneuil Hall a bit. Wednesday was school for me (last day) so we didn't do anything then except visit my dad after I got out of school. I played with his crutches for the majority of the time we spent there. Thursday night we wen to Trani for some cupcake "bust-outs" and whatnot. My mom wanted to walk around the neighborhood afterwards but the sweets gave me an upset stomach so I just wanted to go home.

So the last two days of school... Monday was the final. It took up the whole class and I was actually the second to last person to leave but I wantedto try and finish the two seperate sheets aside from the packet even though she said the shets really didn't matter as much as the packet. I managed to get a B+ on the final("V" for very good" lol) despite having not studied ^^. And Wednesday we spent the whole time listening to the teacher and a couple ppl from the class sing Japanese songs while practicing origami. I couldn't read the directions for the life of me. Not even because they were in Japanese, but because the pictures were horribly illustrated. Luckily Keisha knew how to make them from mmory so she helped me out a ton (TY Keisha^^). The teacher also brought in drinks and some Japanese candies/treats ^^. It was a very nifty last day, to say the least.

Also, Kien bought me a laptop which should be here within the next week or so. I'm gunna try to paint it white and purple ^^.

So Saturday we went to AB. There wasn't all that much to do, except walk around looking at the people and their costumes. Though there were a few rooms that had animes playing on huge projection screens. The "main event" was a few hours long starting at 6 or 7 pm (can't remember) and it was performance entertainment. People who dressed up and/or wrote skits performed and some just walked across the stage showing off their costumes. Some were nifty and some clearly didn't have much effort put into it. Perhaps I'll go more into detail about the skits another time, as it's late in the night.

Before the main event, we went out to Wendy's and Burger King to eat and pass some time. We left the main event relatively early as Kien wanted to catch the UFC which started at 9. When we all got home, we drank, played video games, and watched Smokin' Aces, though I was too drunk and just passed out in bed.

Something I loved about Saturday? It was 70 degrees! So perfect. And tomorrow (Monday) it's going to b 82 as a high! Finally! Though I shouldn't get my hopes up because I'm sure it'll dive right back down to the 40s before you can say SPRING! >.>

( And some pics from AnimeBoston )

I'm so sick and tired of this cold and rainy weather we've been having for the past 6 months (LOL). No but really, it feels like it's been months since the last sunny day in Boston. The minute we getone, the next day it drops back to rain and wind. The other night, the wind was so bad that it blew the plastic off the windows and rain was coming through O.o I just want to wear my green capris and t-shirts! I don't wanna wear a sweater and coat anymore damnit! Hopefully the weather for the weekend stays in the 60s and sunny like the weatherchannel says it's gunna be!

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It's a bit old, but I thought I would post this really quick. I find it pretty interesting.

So Kien, his friend Blade and I are all going to Anime Boston on the 21st (Saturday). I would like to Cosplay but I'm not positive if I will. Since Kien and Blade aren't going to, I was thinking I would just go as a character that isn't extravagant. Like Chiyo-chan or "Osaka" from Azumanga Daioh. Though my hair actually matches Chiyo's hair color, I think I might be more fitting as Osaka. Ans since they're both school girls, it's not as blatently obvious I'm some anime character, so I won't feel awkward when it's just the 3 of us. I would just need to buy a skirt and knee-high socks. Hmmm...

Also, for Japanese class, we'll be performing our skits next Wednesday. No school on Monday!

My dad is having hip surgery on the 1st x.x Apparently the surgeon who's doing it has done a few of the guys from Aerosmith and Bruce Springstein (amongst other celebrities).
My dad mentioned plans to get me Rosetta Stone: Japanese for my birthday which is coming up in about 2 months now. The big 2 1! I deffinately want to get my hair cut, and I also wanna go to CheeseCake Factory and get a Strawberry Daiquiri. Teehee!

My hair... I know I already posted a few pics of the general idea for my next hairstyle, but I want to see if can find a more accurate picture. There was a website that I found my last haircut at, but I can't find it for the life of me. I could have sworn I added it to my favorites, but can't find it there either.

( Here's a couple more, and an amusing one )

It's been a bit too long since I last posted an entry. So let's play some catch up, shall we?

I dyed my hair a redhead red/orange. I forget what day it was, but it was sometime last week. I'll have to take some pics before it fades too much. I had bleached it and had a light almost strawberry blonde color that I used after the bleaching, but it ddn't come out as dark as it was supposed to be >.> so I went back to the store and got a darker color. I really like my hair being "natural" red. I might keep it some type of red tone for a while. I also bought the CoverGirl TruBlend foundation. I had to buy the lightest olor they make because I'm so pale, and it was the last one CVS had in stock, but I love it. It really evens out my skintone and tones down the little imperfections. It actually the frst foundation/coverup tat has matched my skitone and done it jo ^_^. I'll deffinately be buying more of this stuff.

My family same out to visit this Sunday (Easter) and we all went to Cheesecake Factory It was pretty fun and yummy. Afterwards, we all went to see Grindhouse which everyone liked. Let me just say I've always thought of Rose McGowan as incredibly pretty, but in this movie... God damn! I'm so jealous of her lips. They're perfect, I swear. I think she looks best with pale skin, dark brown (f not black hair) and red lipstick. Ahh so jealous ^_^;;.
So yeh, Grindhouse was great. Very funny and entertaining. Kept you on the edge of your seat a bit too, even tough it was deffinately not a horror movie.

We also brought Phin to the vet on Thursday to get neutered and his shots. The assitant there complimented me on my cat carrier and Phin and how they were both beautiful hehe. I thought that was nice. Phin was pretty much back to his old self late that night (we dropped him off at 8 am and picked him up at 6:00pm).

My boyfriend and I were playing Everquest 2 for about 2 moths, but an old friend from Lineage 2 called Kien up and told us about the new chronicle that's coming out the 11th and gave us the "lowdown" on chronicle 5, which I left just in time to miss, though I hopped onto the PTS to check it out. But by that time, I was already burnt out on the game. Anywho, we quit EQ2 and we're back to playing L2. We felt kinda bad leaving EQ2 because we had just started a tiny guild of very few people (one of which came with us to L2), but EQ2 really isn't the game for us. Nothing ever seems to compare to L2. This is the 3rd time we've come back to it, each time starting over fresh. Forgot how hard it is to make mony though! We're gettin back into th groove of things though.

Hmm... what else, what else...

Oh yeh, in Japanese class, we're writing skits in small groups. Soon we'll be performing them in front of the class. I was relieved when Keisha said she would team up with me. But we also sorta got stuck with the oldest man in our class. He says he's 82 (he sorta looks it but deffinatey in goo shape if he is). I overheard him ask Keish if he coul work with her, but she said she was in my group, and then asked me if I minded him joining. Wha am I gunna say no to the guy? So we've ened up staying late the past 3 classes because things take extra long having to explain things repeatedly to him. He missed quite a few classes in the beginning of te semester and he doesn't do his homework, though I don't think I would at his age, either (who am I kidding, I never did my homewrk in HS and that was the teenage years haha). Keisha and I have pretty much come up with the whole thing, though he does throw in ideas here and there, even if we don't end up using them as they're not really viable.

*sidetrack* Rose McGowan on The Tonight Show! *squeal* Another opportunity to revel over her prefect lips ^_^;;.

Oooh, and I wanna get my hair cut for my birthday for the 3rd year in a row. For some reason, I really like this almost mullet lookin hairstyle. I'll post a pic of it here. Also, here's what we came up with for our skit. Nothing spectacular, just a short thing utilizing some of the things we've learned.

( Skit )

( Potential Hairstyles )

So the boyfriend and I just went to see 300 for the first time. I enjoyed it, though having watched the documentary (forget what channel it was on), I felt it was lacking. It was still a very cool and entertaining movie, I think. Even the credits were nifty. Watching them I found myself thinking... Americans make cool movies. Then I realized; that would be one thing I would miss a ton if I were to move outside the country. Sure, I'd see the big Hollywood movies eventually, but there seems to be a sort of pride being from the country where the biggest hits come from. The movies where countries all around the world marvel at, just as I do here, being an American citizen. Maybe that's weird, but that's how I feel.

Anywho, those are my thoughts for now.