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I know, I suck, my bad!

First, my Yokosuka trip. I went to see Danielle for her birthday! I wasn't sure it was going to happen since I had to rely on Space A and sometimes that isn't easy to catch. But obviously I did, and it was fine. So I flew in to see her and stayed for a week. When I first got there we mostly just hung out at her house and prepped for her party. We also started watching Glee so now there's another show I have to keep watching! (Way to go, Danielle :p) I had a blast with them though.

The big thing we did was our trip to Tokyo where we went to H&M and Forever21 in Harajuku, stopped and checked out one of the busiest intersections in the word in Shibuya, went to the Square Enix store in Shinagawa, and stopped in Yokohama for sticker pictures and the store with a ton of Totoro stuff! I didn't take pictures of that store because I thought I would die from all the cute. Seriously, Danielle and I were freaking out. But here are pictures from everything else.

Walking from the train station to the stores in Harajuku

Danielle and I at H&M

Weird, creepy, shady rabbit thing on the wall of H&M

Shoe art at Forever21

Lulz

Unfortunately pictures weren't allowed to be taken on the inside. I was sad faced because there was some pretty amusing stuff in there! But here's another picture of the outside.

For some reason those condoms are named George and Emily. So after Harajuku we headed over to Shibuya... by accident. We thought that's where the Square Enix store was but after further investigation we discovered it was actually in Shinagawa. But we took advantage of our misdirection and took some pictures and video of one of the busiest intersections in the world... well in Japan at least. Here is a photo of all the people waiting to cross. That's right outside Shibuya station, we're in the Starbucks across the street.

And here are people crossing.

So yeah, that scene in the Fast and the Furious Tokyo Drift... Complete bullshit. Just in case you were wondering. So yeah, after we watched that like a billion times we headed back into the train station (holding hands as we crossed like a bunch of foreigners) to head to Shinagawa.

In Shinagawa we only did the Square Enix store. Here are some pictures of that. We took a billion so I'm not going to put them all in here, just a few.
Here was the front.

Giant Cactuar!

On the "first floor" (there were like three stairs) had all the plush dolls and less pricey stuff. "Upstairs" were the more detailed collectibles and jewelery and stuff. And in the ground there was a giant Sephiroth replica.

I thought it was amazing, so here is a close up.

And now I'm getting lazy so I'm just going to add some of the pictures of the figurines and if you don't know them ask, look them up, or ... too bad for you. :)





Word.

And now I'm too tired to discuss anything else. Came home. School ended (got an A). Went to a going away. People got drunk. It was funny. Made a new friend. School started. I'm going snowboarding soon so I'll be back to post about that. Later!

"It breathes fire, Marshall!"
Barney Stinson (Neil Patrick Harris) How I met your Mother

Our trip to Aomori

Bright and early Sunday morning Sky and I headed over to Michelle and Gian's house. Satoko met us there and then we all headed out to Aomori. Michelle and Satoko were going horseback riding and Gian took Sky and I to the big Buddha. It was so amazing. Check out the photos!

This is the temple that was on the way.

This is a little fountain/waterfall thing that I thought was pretty on the way.

Here is the outside of the big Buddha.

Oh it was so beautiful. You have to take off your shoes and it was FREEZING in there! But so worth it. Here are some photos of the inside.







These were on the walls in the middle. Also in the area was a little shrine here's a picture of that.

Then there was a little statue. Here is Sky and I in front of it.

I told you it was cold in there! After we took some pictures in there we went upstairs and saw these:

I guess people purchase these and they get engraved and they are prayed for every day. I wanted to buy one and just take it home! I bet they were kind of pricey though. So that was the big Buddha.

After that and when Michelle and Satoko were done riding we went for lunch at Tony Roma's. One was just built out there. It was delicious! Too bad it's so damn far away. After our amazing lunch we went by a second hand shop to look for a snowboard for me. Michelle had found one there for a great deal and I wanted to see if I could get one as well. Unfortunately I struck out so I'm still looking, Satoko is helping out a lot. She is checking all the Japanese sites and auctions for me. Hopefully I can find one soon so that we can go sometime. I guess I can rent from outdoor rec if it's taking a while. Anyway, I will update when there's more on that. Well that's my update, hope you enjoyed it. :)

"It's gonna be legend-... wait for it... and I hope you're not lactose intolerant because the second half of that word is DAIRY!"
Barney Stinson (Neil Patrick Harris) How I Met Your Mother

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