It's a sad, sad day...

I just discovered that James "The Rev" Sullivan has passed away. He was the drummer for Avenged Sevenfold. I'm so sad for his family, his band members, and all of his fans. He will be missed.

http://www.avengedsevenfold.co...s/jimmy-rev-sullivan
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091229/ap_on_en_mu/us_avenged_sevenfold_death_1



"I'm so pumped up! Let's go kill a hooker!"
Me (jokingly) after seeing A7X live in concert

My bad yo...

I know it's been a LONG time since I've blogged. My bad yo... I've been slackin. My last update was Thanksgiving. So here is what I can remember in chronological order.

November 27 was the 35th AMXS Holiday party. We had fun, there was a band. Sky had some drinks and I was his DD for the night. We didn't win anything unfortunately but it's cool, we still had some fun. Gian participated in a singing contest and won. It was pretty awesome. Gian and Michelle left pretty early so they didn't see the band. Sky and I decided to stay and we're pretty amused and shocked by some of the drunk people. So that was that.

On December 1 Sky left for Singapore for a TDY. He had a great time. He was pool or beach side practically the entire three weeks he was there. Color me jealous. I was up here freezing my arse off. lol I'm only slightly bitter, I promise. Anyway, while he was there he got his incentive flight and he had a blast. He also had some great food and some great memories. He only came back with a few battle wounds. He injured his foot a little surfing and he busted his nose doing a dive. While he was gone I just hung out with some friends and worked on school work.

Sky got back on the 19 of December and that is when my school break started. He got the week off from work as well so we really enjoyed our time off together. Before he left for Singapore we got really into "How I Met Your Mother." We had watched the first two seasons before he left and we rented the third when he got back and we couldn't find the fourth to rent... and that brings us to Christmas!

Christmas was fantastic! We got seasons 1-4 of "How I Met Your Mother" from Sky's parents. They also sent Sky the first two seasons of "Metalocalypse" and me the entire series of "My So-Called Life" (which I'm watching now actually :D). We also received their box of EPICNESS today that included Christmas peeps, pirate booty, Day of the Dead stuff, and my absolute favorite item EPIC lip balm. (Shown Below)


We had an excellent Christmas and I hope that everyone else had one as wonderful as ours. Following our opening of presents we had a pot luck with some friends in a rec room in the bottom of our neighboring tower. We had some good food and had a great time. My ham came out pretty good. I thought with all he stuff included in the recipe it would be a little different but it mostly tasted like ham. lol So we ate and hung out and played some Pictionary, which is always fun.

After a few people left a couple of other friends came by the house and hung out for a bit and then after one of them left (after a very amusing battle with the chain lock on our door) we and our other friend went out. We went to a hookah bar called Karma and shared a cherry and grenadine sheesha hookah. Then we went to the bar My Place where the guys sang some karaoke. We got home at around 3 where we talked to family and then finally went to bed.

Since then I've just been relaxing and not wanting to work on school. lol I'll probably start tomorrow. We're working with Access... ugh... Seriously. Anyway, I'm out of practice so my hands are starting to hurt. :p So here, enjoy pictures of my Christmas tree because I'm proud of myself!




"We're building an igloo in Central Park! It's going to be legendary! Snow-suit up!"
Barney Stinson (Neil Patrick Harris) How I Met Your Mother

"Woman... Stick figure!!!"

lulz. Happy Thanksgiving everyone! I hope all yours was as great as mine was. We went over to Michelle's and there were nine people there (including Michelle and Gian and Sky and I). Everyone brought something and we all had good food and great fun. After a few people left the remaining of us (Sky, Kyle, Gian, Chris, Michelle, and me) played a very amusing game of pictionary. Sky and Kyle won. The title of this blog was one that Michelle guessed that I thought was hilarious. It was an all play and obviously the word was "Stick figure" and I couldn't believe she guessed it because anything involving people I drew stick figures. lol So that was pretty amusing. Some of those drawings were NSFW though. lol Point is we had a blast. All the food was delicious.


There is the turkey that Michelle and Gian made and to the left is the pasta salad I made. I got the recipe from a friend (thanks again, dude!) and it turned out well. I had to deviate a little but it tasted right to me. I also made my mom's gravy and that came out really well so I was excited about that.

Michelle and Gian also made the mashed potatoes. Chris made some really good mac and cheese. Dave and his wife Bhea made some awesome candid sweet potatoes. They also brought breads and apple pie. Kyle brought some really good pumpkin pie and Satoko, Michelle's friend, brought a squash turnover. It was all awesome.

Anyway, I just wanted to talk about that but I have to go now. I have a GIANT exam and tons of other things I need to get done so I probably won't be around for a couple of days.

Happy thanksgiving again everyone!

"But Thanksgiving is more than eating, Chuck. You heard what Linus was saying out there. Those early Pilgrims were thankful for what had happened to them, and we should be thankful, too. We should just be thankful for being together. I think that's what they mean by 'Thanksgiving,' Charlie Brown."
Marcie (Jimmy Ahrens) A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving

Jesus...

WTF? And homosexuals can't get married because god help us if they did it would make our straight people marriages less meaningful. Because you know, us heteros all have the most bestest reasons to get married and our love is stronger and more worthy of the rights to marriage then theirs.

Seriously though. I honestly do not get it. I don't see how people can think that the "sanctity of marriage" is more violated by two consenting adults who love each other than it is by two people who hate each other, or one person who deceived another, or those who have their "practice marriages" (which I've posted about before). It is beyond ridiculous. And the worst part of it is these people think that their opinions matter and that their beliefs should be the ones followed. Yet, do you know what sort of outrage it would cause if divorce, adultery, and birth control became issues we got to vote on? Those are all things that are in the bible (and yes some people do choose to follow those, but not most). A woman on OHO said it best, she said that people go on about how the bible is interpreted differently by everyone and that people follow their own beliefs on what it means to them but when it isn't their "sin" that is up for discussion it is about Christianity and not their interpretation of the bible. So thank you N.W.

Point is it shouldn't be your (general you) decision what two people do. It bugs me even more when the people who say they "don't care what 'they' do" still vote against it. Whatever happened to the "land of the free"? Or you know, separation of church and state? Grrrrr....

Anyway, I have to clean and do homework. I have two exams I need to study for.

Here, instead of a quote (because I can't think of one) you get this cracked article. http://www.cracked.com/article_15664_9-words-that-dont-mean-what-you-think.html

(Thanks for both articles, Desiree)

Hey guys...

Sorry it's been a while. Been busy with school. Lots to do. IFSM and Social Psych are a lot more time consuming than I expected them to be. School is pretty much the only thing going on with me. Sky is leaving for a TDY soon so we decided to put up the Christmas tree mad early so he can get to enjoy it. Here's a picture of it.

What do you think? I should ask Michelle if I can post a picture of her tree when it's done because I have a feeling it's going to be gorgeous.

She and I have already decided that after Christmas when everything goes on sale we're buying a ton of stuff. They have these REALLY pretty ornaments at the BX but they're like $3 a piece. So when those babies go on sale, oh yeah, we're all over that. lol

But I do have to get back to school. I have tons to do and not much time. I'll try and post again soon.

"You won't have to worry about that. When you went to the loo I slipped a tiny pellet of poison into your drink. You'll be dead in about an hour.... Just kidding!!"
Ethan Rayne (Robin Sachs) Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Dude...

Cracked.com FTW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

If you are easily offended and absolutely love Twilight you may not want to read this. There is strong language (but really, what is different about that than anything else I post). But even if you dig Twilight but you have a good sense of humor (and you probably do if you read my blog) then enjoy this.

I'm done with BIO finally. YAY! Haven't gotten my grades yet, hopefully I did well. I'll post grades when I get them. Tomorrow my Social Psych and IFSM classes start and I have my first exam in Japanese. Woo... lol I'm thinking about keeping my degree plan (major) but changing my career plan and instead of being a school counselor trying to be an animal behaviorist. But we shall see. I think I'll make an appointment with the academic adviser and discuss my options and all that.

But that's enough of that. This weekend we've been helping Michelle and Gian move. We got all their stuff over to the new house and the slept there last night. I'll probably go over and help Michelle unpack some tonight. Roxy is loving her new yard. :) So that's really all that's going on there.

Genesis' little sister has a name! Faith Naomi. :D

But those are all the things that's been going on right now. I shall post again later. And I'll post Christmas tree pictures when we get it up. Sky's going TDY so we're putting it up pretty early. But I have to wake him up and we have to run errands and I have to study for my exam. Wish me luck!

"This is Halloween, this is halloween...

Pumpkins scream in the dead of night!" Ok, so you get it. This blog is about Halloween. So we were planning on going out with Michelle and Gian and meeting up with some friends at the E-Club for this Halloween ball thing at night so we were going to hang out at home passing out candy until then. But things changed. Our car is in the shop and we really needed to go to the commissary so Michelle being super awesome said we could take her car and then come pick her up when she got off work. So we walked over and got her car and went shopping and then we were about to start getting ready to go get her when she called and asked if we wanted to go to Hachinohe to a restaurant that is similar to Viking (all you can eat; yakiniku, sushi, bread, gyoza, yakisoba... etc.) and since we didn't know how long we would be out Sky and I decided to go in costume. So we went and had an amazing dinner. Sky ate his weight in meat and sushi and (???) cotton candy. lol Anyway, so we ate dinner and then we went to Michelle's so she and Gian could get ready. Michelle was a pin up girl (and she looked SOOO cute!!) and Gian was a greaser. So after they got ready we went back by our house and Sky changed, he was going to be Tyler but he decided to be the Narrator instead. I gave him a really convincing black eye. I was so proud, everyone thought it was real! Anyway, after we all got ready we headed to the club.

It didn't end up being as cool as it could have been but there were some really great costumes. Some of my favorites were Edward Scissorhands, Dick in a box dude (who totally kept candy in his dickbox), MJ (who there is a picture of), Cruella DeVille, practically the entire cast of Alice in Wonderland, and the Wizard of Oz, Darth Vader and Leia, and V from V for Vendetta. But here, enjoy some photos.




I really wish we would have gotten more pictures of some of the really great costumes. I was so impressed.

Unfortunately we didn't get to see any trick or treaters because we were out all day so now we have like a ton of candy we don't know what to do with... Anyone want some Fun Dip? lol

Speaking of adorable little kids this is Genesis (Kimmie's daughter) at the pumpkin patch and in her costume. She is SOOOOOOOO CUTE!!


Anyway, I leave you now, I'm starving. Hope everyone had a great and safe Halloween!

"I don't even care... I don't even like jelly."
Dane Cook

OMG WTF was I thinking??

I went to this Boot Camp class at the gym. Here was the description from the fitness center website: "BOOT-CAMP Combinations of kickboxing & core-training with pilates." Yeah... LIES. lol It wasn't really what I thought it would be but I guess I came on a "strength training" day rather than a cardio day. Anyway, it was pretty intense but it wasn't as bad as I'm really making it out to be I just am not up to that level yet. So I'm thinking that I'm going to try Zumba on Friday to see how that is. If that is still too intense (because I'm a huge wimp) than I will do Yoga. There are three different kinds of yoga. There's yin yoga, which I guess is really low impact. It's all seated and focuses more on the stretching and all that. Then there is "fitness yoga" or just regular yoga which is like the middle level. Then here is power yoga which is the most intense and is more geared toward strength training. But I guess I will just try the classes until I find something I feel comfortable doing to work up my endurance and abilities and then I will keep stepping it up. I'll also do some cardio too. So we'll see how it goes. Wish me luck.

Anyway, Sky just got home and I'm making him give me a massage before bed! :) Oyasumi!

"This is what it feels like to be a bear."
Peter Griffin (Seth McFarland) Family Guy

Sooo...

Japanese 114 started today. *sigh* I'm actually going to have to really try at this, but on the bright side maybe I'll learn some shit I might actually use!!! Eff!! lol For real, I haven't used Japanese outside the classroom because there is not a whole lot that I have learned that I can use in the real world. :s Anyway, we shall see.

We now have a Surf. Although I haven't seen it since it became ours. I went to lunch with Michelle and another friend and then Michelle and I went to her new house and measured her windows for curtains and the spaces for appliances. Then we chilled at her place until she had work. Then I just went to work with her and worked on some of my bio stuff before class. Then I had class.

That is pretty much it. I'm going to call my friend and go to bed. Oyasumi!

"My apartment smells of rich mahogany."
Ron Burgundy (Will Ferrell) Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy

ATTN iPhone/Touch users!!!

Doodle Jump... It's 99 cents. Do it... now... this game will change your life.

That is all...

DUUUUUUDDDDDEEEE

Driving progress!!! We're thinking about trading our Subaru for a Toyota Surf (AKA 4 Runner) so we traded with the guy for a night so I could drive it and see if I was comfortable with it. I LOVED it. I drove from this abandoned housing area to the Cafe Mokuteki. Sky drove it from there to the shoppette but then I had him pull over at the school because I wanted to drive it home. Then.... (are you ready for this?) when we got home... I BACKED IT IN!!! Granted, it was a front spot so there was only someone on one side of me which made it easier but still. I'm excited. I'm really hoping that guy wants to trade. :)

The other exciting thing that's happened is I'm growing something!!! Granted they're navy bean plants and they're for biology but I haven't killed them! So maybe I can get a house plant and keep it alive. I'll just pretend there is a grade depending on them. lol

Also I went to my buddy's ALS graduation and that was... well, as fun as an ALS graduation can be. lol It was really cool to see the Fallen Warriors ceremony though. That was a first for me. Usually they have a table set up in recognition of the men and women who have lost their lives for this country and the POW/MIAs and there is a moment of silence but it was really wonderful to get to see the enactment of the things they do for fallen warriors during war times. So that is something I will carry with me. If I get the pictures from my friend and get his okay to put them up (since they have him in them) I will post them.

I do have to get going though, Michelle is on her way over and we're going to take Roxy to the dog park and then go to the 100 yen store because I need to get more of those tray things to bring my plants that aren't growing outside (because it's too cold) inside. I shall post again soon. :)

"And then she made me eat her hair pie... No you don't understand, Stewie had some too. Would you stop hitting me???"
Brian Griffin (Seth McFarland) Family Guy

Wow...

I am just amazed at the stupidity of some people. *eye roll* Some people just really need to think things through, and maybe get a grown up's opinion before they make any decisions. lol But whatever.

On the bright side Sky and I got a really cute anniversary gift from my friend Jayme and her fiance Richard. They sent us candles with our wedding colors and here is what I did with them.


Perfect timing too because I was looking for some candles to put in those vases. So thanks again guys, I love them!

I'm watching Transformers and doing TONS of laundry. Seriously, it is embarrassing how much laundry I have. lol But I should get back to that before I lose momentum.

"Satan's camaro in my yard!!! It's stalking me!"
Sam Witwicky (Shia LaBoeuf) Transformers

Oh I forgot!!!

How could I forget???

You want a really amusing website for when you're bored? At www.morphthing.com you can upload pictures and "morph" them or "morph" a baby between the two.

There is a morphed kid for Sky and I. And you can morph with celebrities and stuff. It is kind of time consuming if you want to upload your own picture but it is really amusing. Danielle and I played with it for at least an hour last night.

Anyway, just thought I would share. lol Have fun.

"I didn't get it everywhere... I got it somewhere."
Sky

Misawa Air Show 2009

Was pretty fun. We didn't get to see Gian and Michelle because nobody's phone was working out there. We did run into a couple other friends though so that was pretty cool. We didn't stay long, we didn't even stay to see the Thunderbirds *gasp* I know. But here are some pictures.

Here is JASDF's Blue Impulse demo.





And here are a few pictures of the F-2 Jrs. They aren't that great because I couldn't get very close. We didn't even get to watch the demo so I don't know what they did. I was just happy I got to see them in person. They are SOOOOO effen cute!!!






They are soooo cute!!!! lol So much cuter in person too. :)

Anyway, that's about it. Sky and I are probably going to hit up the BX, do some cleaning, and then watch some TV and hang out.

"I've been drinking green tea all goddamn day."
Rico (Danny McBride) Hot Rod

Today, tomorrow, the future...

I'm finally done with my essay part of my bio 101 midterm!!!! WOOOOOO!!!! *dances* Srsly... that shit took forever! And it was hard. Who, other than biologists and maybe doctors, knows anything about protein synthesis?? And when am I ever going to use this again??? Ugh... I can't wait for biology to be over. Anyway...

Tonight Sky and I are going to Magnum's Steakhouse for dinner to celebrate our anniversary. I would usually want to go somewhere off base for this but I have been craving a fully loaded baked potato and some steak and Magnum's just seemed like the place I would get both. Plus, they have that cute star shaped butter. :) I'm excited. They better have baked potatoes. lol

Tomorrow is the Air Show. The Thunderbirds just got here. They were like practicing right above our tower. So we might be seeing them. I don't know if we will be there that long. We both really want to see the JASDF F-2 demo which is at 0950 and then I really want to see the F-2 Jr demo at 1140 because they are SUPAA KAWAII! See?

OMFG I want one! I'm so easily amused. Ha... Anyway, if you're at Misawa come on out to the Air Show! Everybody's doing it. :)

I put the future in my title when really I just want to talk about how I'm trying to figure out what to do for Halloween. I don't have enough time to order a costume so I'm going to have to do something with very limited options. Hmmm... Suggestions? I have a few ideas but I'm not sure I can find anything that will work for them.

Well, better start getting ready for dinner.

"Sine your pitty on the runny kine!"
Pootie Tang (Lance Crouther) Pootie Tang

OMG Awesome!

It's our three year anniversary!!!!! <3 <3 <3

AND

I got an A on my Japanese final and an A in the class! WOOO!!!


Now enjoy the following video...
I don't even care if it's fake. It's entertaining.



Awesome...

"Perhaps it was the Noid who should have avoided me."
Mayor Adam West (Adam West) Family Guy

Say hello to Prince Kaiser

Here he is with me. And for your information I'm closer to the camera!

Here is a picture of his paw next to my hand.

Here is him sitting on Sky's lap. Notice the front paws planted firmly on the ground.

And here is the comparison of him and Bella.


And I don't know if I already said this but here is their info just in case:

Prince Kaiser
Breed: Great Dane/Bull Mastiff
Weight: 160ish
% Bed Occupancy: 56%

Princess Bella
Breed: Rat Terrier/Border Collie
Weight: 25-30ish
% Bed Occupancy: 87%

So there you have it.

"We get caught laundering money, we're not going to white-collar resort prison. No, no, no. We're going to federal POUND ME IN THE ASS prison."
Michael Bolton (David Herman) Office Space

Last night and today

Last night I was too tired to blog but here's what happened. At around 6 I started going a little crazy because we still hadn't heard from anyone about a plan and I don't like just winging stuff in a way. So I try calling the birthday boy (Ky) and he didn't pick up so I called Michelle. She hadn't heard anything either so then, me being impatient and wanting a plan, I start coming up with ideas. So we pretty much decided to go eat at Mike's (the Tex-Mex place right off base) so they call the Ky and ask him if that's what he and his girlfriend wants to do. Then there was lots of confusion but finally we ended up at Mike's at about 9. But they weren't dressed to go out so they had to leave and meet up with us again. So Michelle and Gian came back to our house with us since we had picked them up and Gian met Kaiser and then I took the opportunity to change because I was wearing heels and then we took Kaiser out. So finally at around 11 we met up at Dacha, the bar right outside the main gate that pretty much everyone hates but goes to anyway because it's close, we all had one drink there (except the DDs of course) and then we headed over to My Place.

When we got to My Place I only planned on having a drink and buying the Ky a drink and then heading home which would put us there at like 12:15 but we ran into another one of Sky's friends and he bought me my first drink there. Then they started singing karaoke and we had to stay a little longer. First Sky, Gian, and Ky sang "Bad" by Micheal Jackson and it was so funny! I wish we had that on camera. Our entire table was almost in tears. Sky and Gian were doing most of the main singing and then Ky would do all this background stuff (like the MJ high pitched "hee hee" if that makes any sense in text lol). And when they were singing the chorus instead of saying "You know it" they were saying "Chamona." Or something. Anyway, hilarious. After that Sky and his friend that we ran into sang "Message in a bottle" by The Police. Then after a couple people did their songs Sky and his friend Rick Rolled the bar! It was hilarious. (For those of you who don't know what Rick Rolling is watch the following video)

(There, now you've been Rick Rolled)
Then Gian and Ky sang "Everybody" by The Backstreet Boys, also funny. Then Sky and Gian were embarrassing us by singing along with this guy they didn't even know to a really weird slow version of "It's my life." Then Sky and I headed home at like 3 am. Much later than planned and then I wanted to but it ended up being totally worth it.

Today I've just been hanging out. I took care of Kaiser (and now he's passed out on my futon) and have been tidying up a bit as well as internetting. :( Kaiser leaves today. We're going to miss him. It's been really awesome having this gigantic dog following me around these past couple days. When his parents get here I'll ask about putting a picture of him up. But until then I bid you farewell.

"It takes a man to give away an angel. You're sweet."
Bernard 'Beanie' Campbell (Vince Vaughn) Old School

Dude... This dog rocks.

Seriously lol. The reactions from people are so funny! Of course I've gotten a lot of "Oh my GOD"s and "That's a BIG dog"s but there have been other reactions as well. One girl in her car was driving by and I saw her jaw drop... literally. Last night a couple was in their car and they drove by on a street that intersected with the street we were walking Kaiser on. They were probably about twenty to twenty five feet from us and they turned around and came up the street we were on because one of them spotted him and they were trying to figure out what he was. One of them said "that couldn't have been a dog" so they had to come see for themselves. lol Then (also last night) we were walking him around and we saw some guy standing by the tower smoking. Then he walked around the other side of the tower, we just figured the wind was hitting him wrong or something but when we started to turn the corner he looked over, saw us, then just ran away. Literally ran. It was hilarious. Sky was like "did that guy just run away?" and we looked down at Kaiser and he had this look on his face that said "what did I do?" Poor thing. lol Luckily not a lot of people have been scared of him. I think only like four people he had seen fairly close have been scared of him.

He's fun to have around though. I'm gonna miss him! :( He'll be happy to go back to his family though.

Anyway, tonight we may go out with Michelle and Gian and some other friends because someone is having a birthday. Then Sky might have one of his friends over tomorrow to play guitar. But first we need to clean the house. It's been difficult keeping it clean with the rain and the dog. But we will try.

Sky wants to use the computer now so I'll post later.

Today, instead of getting a quote you get an entry from fmylife.com
Today, I snuck into my boyfriend's house because I knew his parents wouldn't be there. Later, I woke up in a hospital bed because his sister thought I was a burglar and tased me. FML

Rain, rain go away

No... Seriously... go away!

Poor Kaiser. I'm trying to keep his life as normal as I can but he wasn't able to get his walks yesterday because of how bad the weather was and today may not be much better. Hopefully the rain will take a break around the time I want to walk him. He and Sky are passed out in bed right now. lol You know, strangely enough for how big he is he still doesn't take up as much room as Bella did in bed! Yeah... wrap your head around that one. lol If I get his mommy's permission I'll post comparison photos of him and Bella. But for those of you that don't know who Bella is (or who have started reading late in my blogging) she is my dog who is staying with my in-laws while we're in Japan. She is a princess and she's all of about 25 pounds. Kaiser on the other hand (who is a prince) is probably at least 165 pounds but I'm thinking more around 180. Well here, since I'm her mommy here is a picture of Bella and her sister Sasha.

Awww... I miss them! :(

I miss everybody! I was just talking to Kimmie and I wish I could be back for everyone! My mom was sick, Kimmie is pregnant and sick, my sister is graduating soon, Jayme and Richard are getting married! And right now we're missing reunions on both sides of the family!!! :( :( :( Happy birthday to Desiree and Grandpa Norman! We miss all you guys! I love Japan but right now everyone is making me so homesick! I'm thinking I will go back to the states if Sky gets deployed again, if it's doable that is.

:( Anyway, I'm going to have to take Kaiser out pretty soon so I will leave you now.

"It's not herpes if it's everywhere."
Jason (Jason Segel) Knocked Up

Don't you hate it when you can't think of a title??

I do. lol

Anyway, I'm just hanging out waiting for Kaiser to come over. This is perfect timing. I'd be going out of my mind if I didn't get a doggy to hang out with. There's this GSD puppy that lives in our building. He lives on the floor above us and diagonal to our apartment. We saw him on the balcony but we never saw him up close until yesterday when we went to get into the elevator and out comes this dog. And O.M.G. he is SOOOOOOO ridiculously CUTE! Let me tell you, six floors in the elevator petting him was not nearly enough. lol He's adorable. And after seeing him I have never missed my dogs so much. He resembled our Sasha-bear at that age (about five or six months). So I definitely need a doggy fix. lol I sound like a freakin druggie... only... for dogs. :) In conclusion, I'm excited to hang out with Kaiser.

I'm currently avoiding homework by watching the Avenged Sevenfold Live in the LBC DVD for like the billionth time since we got it. I love Avenged Sevenfold. I'd love to see them in concert again. Here, why don't you enjoy a little bit of it?

*Warning: Scantily-clad females present in this video*


God... awesome... srsly.

On a more serious and important note I'm still struggling with the whole driving thing. Not doing it in general (I've been driving Michelle's car home on the nights I have class) but in finding time and a vehicle to do it. So I'm thinking since we've invested so much in the Subaru we're just going to try and go to this abandoned housing area and try to cruise around there a bit. Then if that doesn't work and I'm still really nervous and anxious with the Subaru we'll try again to find an automatic. Michelle just informed me that her coworker also kind of helps people find cars so I might be talking to him. So we'll see... stay tuned and there will be some progress on that hopefully in the near future.

Ugh... I guess it's time for me to get productive now... :S lol

Oh but before I leave you, I want all military people to go ahead and wrap your heads around this (if you're on OHO you've already seen it.) What NOT to wear... well... ANYWHERE but especially to a military function. **Warning: almost nudity!**
Clicky

Yeah... that was my reaction too.

"You think you're too cool for school... But I've got a news flash for you Walter Cronkite... You aren't."
Derek Zoolander (Ben Stiller) Zoolander

Success!!!

I finally decided what I'm taking next term! Japanese 3, Social Psyc, and IFSM! YAY!!! lol I looked at the syllabus for speech 125 and there is a LOT of reading and writing. I know that Japanese is going to be rather challenging so I'd rather not over do it. I just hope they don't change the speech book before I get the chance to take that class in the spring. So keep your fingers crossed for me!

Anyway, not a whole lot is going on here. We get the awesome dog that I'm watching on Wed. He is MASSIVE he's a great dane bull mastiff mix. So yeah, he's a pretty big guy. I can't wait. He's going to be so much fun. :) That's pretty much it though. I will update later. I'll ask his mommy if I can put a picture of him up here so check back later.

"You mu-mu-mu-make me h-h-happy."
Tugg Speedman as Simple Jack (Ben Stiller) Tropic Thunder

And the struggle continues...

I still can't decide what classes I want to take next term. I already bought the book for speech 125 but it looks like its going to be a pain in the ass to take with any other classes since there is SO much reading and writing. Ugh... I just don't know. I don't want to wait too long but I really can't figure it out. Anyone have any suggestions? :)

Not too much else has been going on. Just school dominating my life. lol I got sick a few days ago (dizzy, nauseous, headache) and I went to the doctor. He took a look and I guess the tube that connects my ears to my nose were so swollen that he was surprised I could even breathe out of my nose. He prescribed me some nasal spray and he wants me to go back in 3 to 4 weeks. A couple days after I started feeling better we went to that bar called My Place again and heard this chick TOTALLY butcher "I'm so sick" by Flyleaf. Oh, God, it was terrible... It was BEYOND terrible. lol Anyway, the night after that we went to Michelle and Gian's and the guys played guitar and Michelle and I played Mario Kart on the Wii (and I'm still going to get that game and practice and kick your ass, Michelle!!!) and then all four of us played poker. It was fun.

That's about all that has been going on... Hopefully life picks up sometime soon. :p

"That's like punching the American flag in the face, god dammit!"
Cody (Danny McBride) Tropic Thunder

I really hate to do this...

Because I could care less about the latest celebrity gossip and whatnot but I just have to say... Really? Nobody realized until just now what an epically raging douche Kanye West is? Because I've been saying that forever.

Anyway, I have been pretty boring. We're going to try and go to the Ball but it's coming up fast and we don't have tickets so we aren't sure we will be able to attend. Sky's going to see if he can get tickets today. He won't really care if we can't go but I would like to go to one. I guess if we can't go this year there's always next year. I guess we'll just see. Anyway, if we do go to that I will definitely post and put up pictures. If I can find a dress to wear that is. :s

Anyway, I've got homework to do...

(856): Maryland truck stops are full of people with killer mustaches
Courtesy of textsfromlastnight.com

Srsly...

I need to quit slacking. On everything. I got a freakin 87 on my Japanese midterm... An 87! :( I was hoping to get As all the way through. I just need to study more before my final so I can make sure I still finish out the class with an A. My sister and I have this competition going on. Actually, she's almost done competing, unless we're going to keep it up all the way into our Master's degrees. That is, if we both decide to go that far.

Anyway, not much has been going on except school and hanging out with Sky. I miss him not having to work. :( I'm sort of working too. I'm watching a dog named Bear. She got dropped off last night and will be here until Sunday night. She's a really good dog.

Anyway, I've been watching Angel, so I'm going to go and continue that.

"You're a lot smarter than you look... course you look like a retard."
Cordelia Chase (Charisma Carpenter) Angel

Just wanted to share

Because it is awesome...



Courtesy of collegehumor.com

"I miss you more than Michael Bay missed the mark, When he made Pearl Harbor. / I miss you more than that movie missed the point, And that's an awful lot, girl. / And now, now you've gone away, And all I'm trying to say, is: Pearl Harbor sucked and I miss you. / I need you like Ben Affleck needs acting school, He was terrible in that film. / I need you like Cuba Gooding needed a bigger part, He's way better than Ben Affleck. / And now, all I can think about is your smile, and that shitty movie, too! Pearl Harbor sucked and I miss you. / Why does Michael Bay get to keep on making movies? / I guess Pearl Harbor sucked, just a little bit more than I miss you."
song: ["End of an Act"] from Team America: World Police

Hello

Sorry, I have been thoroughly enjoying Sky's time off. :) We've eaten at Sukiya like eight times. lol He's been golfing and going to the driving range a lot. I've gone a couple of times. We really need to stop going when all the bugs are out. We'll probably go again Wednesday during the day. He's going tomorrow but I desperately need to do my biology work so he's going to leave me to it for a while.

Ugh... My biology book literally put me to sleep today. That's pretty bad. Oh well, I gotta do what a gotta do I suppose. Japanese has been going really well though. I've started trying to read everything I can off base and I'm getting pretty decent at it. I'm really happy about that.

There hasn't been a whole lot else happening. We watched Roxy yesterday while Michelle and Gian participated in a festival out in Shichinohe. She was a little terror. :p She was really hyper. Our airman friend came over to watch a movie and have some margaritas so when he left we decided to walk her home so she would get all that energy out. We walked him over and then stopped by the shoppette and while we were sitting outside giving Roxy water we had an interesting exchange. This couple walked by and here is how it went:

*guy comes over and pets roxy*
Girl: Quit molestin their dog.
*they go into the BX, Sky goes in to get some things so now I'm outside with just Roxy when the couple comes out*
Guy to girl: Oh, shit... you were supposed to get ice!
Girl: Fuck! ... You didn't pay for the ice?
Guy: I forgot. Go get some ice!
Girl: Ima sit down. You go get the ice.
Guy to me: You see this shit? *shakes head* What's the dog's name?
Me: Roxy.
Guy: *pets Roxy* I had a pitbull. I miss my doggie.
Girl: Go get the ice!
*guy goes inside and pays for ice. He comes back out a few minutes later*
Guy: *reaches toward Roxy* Echo! ... That's not the dog's name but I couldn't remember it.

lol. I was cracking up. And apparently while Sky was inside he and that guy had an equally amusing exchange. Anyway, when we got back to the house taking Roxy for a walk definitely worked and a few minutes later she was OUT. Stayed that way for pretty much the rest of the night. Michelle called me when they were on their way back and Sky wanted food but he had been drinking and then we all had this fun little exchange.

Michelle: We're on our way back now so we'll see you guys in a bit.
Me: Okay, hey I'm really sorry to ask but Sky has been drinking so if you guys are passing McDonald's would you mind stopping and bringing us some food.
*Gian starts laughing hysterically and I thought I had offended so I say*
Me: What? I'm sorry, you guys don't have to if you don't want to.
Gian: No it's okay. I am WRECKED so I understand.
*I laugh hysterically and really wish I had the phone on speaker*

This is so funny because Gian and Michelle don't really drink all that much and when they do they don't drink a lot. Anyway, I was just amused. So we got some free food for hanging out with their adorable puppy all day. Other than the fact I got no homework done I'd say it was a success. We got some really cute pictures of her. When I can figure out how to get the pictures off my phone I'll post them.

But it is now almost three AM so I'm going to go sleep. Oyasumi!

"Go fuck yourself San Diego."
Ron Burgundy (Will Ferrell) Anchorman: The legend of Ron Burgundy

Lately

Things have been pretty boring. Just going to school and trying to get the house reorganized and cleaned up. Today Sky and I are going to go out to the Shimoda/Aeon/Jusco mall and have some lunch then I'm going to hit up Daiso and see if they have stickers of the hiragana and katakana syllables because I'm really lazy and want to make my flash cards easier. :) Hopefully they have them. I'm pretty sure I've seen them there. Anyway, after that we'll probably get some dessert and then run over to Takaida Sports so Sky can see how much a pair of new snowboarding boots would cost since his don't fit right for snowboarding.

We just purchased our bedding set which I am SUPER excited about. I can't wait until it gets here. Of course we won't actually be using the comforter for a while but still. I hope it goes well with our curtains. I think it will, browns and blues go well with other browns and blues and the creams and whites are neutral. Anyway, I'll take pictures when I get it.

Tonight I'm going to go over and do bio homework with Michelle while she's at work because unless there is testing going on she doesn't have a whole lot to do. Anyway, I should start getting ready.

Instead of a typical quote you get a text from textsfromlastnight.com
(610): just saw a DUI checkpoint outside of a taco bell...i feel like thats cheating...

Picture time!

Michelle located her card adapter and was able to put up some pictures so I will share them with you.






Here are pictures of her cake, this really cool candy flower thing (yes, candy... the whole thing. I shit you not), and the Pumpkin shots we had at Peek-a-Boo. Yes, they are flaming. Awesome.

I just got home from yet ANOTHER BBQ for someone else's birthday. Although this time I did not know the birthday girl. It was the wife of one of the guys Sky works with. Thankfully my key spouse was there because if it weren't for her I wouldn't have known anyone. The food was amazing though. I ate WAY more than I should have. Sky is still over there playing poker so I think I will take this opportunity of alone time to clean and make my katakana flash cards. Just wanted to share some pictures. I should have taken my own but I was being lazy. Next time we go out I'll get pictures of the bars and stuff. Promise.

"I was just making a point, Frank. You don't have to celebrate it."
Bernard 'Beanie' Campbell (Vince Vaughn) Old School

Yesterday we had a blast

It was Michelle's birthday so she, Gian, Sky, and I all met up for lunch at Cake House. We hung out there for a bit and then Sky and I went to run some errands. We went to the BX and got some things that we needed and some things that we wanted (NCIS season 6, baby!). Then we came home and watched it for a bit before heading over to Michelle's at around six. We got all the way over there and then realized, like dumbasses, that we forgot all the stuff we were supposed to bring. So we went back home and then back again. We were still the first one's over there though. We then hung out a bit and played with Roxy and then a whole bunch of people started showing up. One of Michelle's Japanese friend's family owns a bakery or a chain of bakeries so she brought the cake and OH MY GOD this thing was HUGE and DELICIOUS. Mmmm... It was amazing. Anyway, after the tons of food and LOTS of cake the party moved to bars in Misawa. First we went to Dacha, but that place is ridiculously expensive and tiny so we all had one drink there and then moved to a place called Peek a Boo and had Pumpkin Shots, then we went to Forever Second and everyone else had a shot called Devil's Brains, then we went over to a bar called My Place and that was where we stayed the majority of the night. I definitely think if we go to a bar again it will be that one. It was the biggest of all of them (which is quite sad because it was still pretty small) and the drinks were a little cheaper and there was karaoke and darts. We had a lot of fun. We didn't get back home until like 3am. I will put up some pictures as soon as I steal them from Michelle. :)

"THE NINJA PATH promises skills and the masters to help you master those skills. Skills that if you do not master will most likely lead to a maimed or dead you. Masters who if you do not master the skills they teach will most likely maim or dead you."
- The I.O.N from The Ninja Handbook

Oh boy....

This is going to be a LOOOOOOOOOONG semester.

I hope I didn't bite off more than I can chew. My Japanese teacher is very cool but the class is going to be difficult. I did not get the fuzzy feeling that I was going to be the top of my class in this course. I really need to step up my game if I'm going to stay in the running with my sister!

So posting may be sort of sporadic since I'm going to be SUPER busy. Ay, wish me luck.

"Hey, why do women have boobs? ... So you got something to look at when you're talking to them!"
Peter Griffin (Seth McFarland) Family Guy

Photos

From the festival and homecoming.















"You could dual-weild Sasha-bears."
My husband