And then I realized, I'm just slutty.

INOUE JOE JULY 2nd!!!
1,800 YEN!! ANNA IS COMING WITH ME!!

I just have to get tickets on Wednesday. I'm totally going to wake up early and go to Lawson and buy them before work. No joke. There's no garuantee that I'll get tickets for the showcase so I have to go to this one.

Shouldn't get too excited until I have the tickets in my hands.

Breathe, Heather. Breathe.

Okay.

I love myself today. ♥ I wrote. Treated myself to some lunch out. Spent some quality me-time window shopping. I got some お世話になりました presents for Lydia and Tomoko though I want to get a little something more for Tomoko for letting me stay at her place. Got some cinnamon tea which is really delicious (I might get some for Tomoko). Got a straightener with Bic Camera points so it was free. Now I'm watching Nepleague. :)

INOUE JOE!!! :DDDD I HAVE TO GET TICKETS.

I want to avoid comms until this flailing about Ashita no Kioku subsides. I got the video and I like the song more now, I will conceed. I think it's been said a million times already, but I really like the concept of the video. I want Ohno to paint a pretty tree and swing on my walls. But I still think the song is nothing special. Where's the Muteki video! I want that one.

I'm up stupidly early on a Sunday and that makes me sad. The crows were at it again but it was probably a combo of them and my internal clock saying that it's time for work, don't be late! It would have been a perfect morning to finish my laundry if it wasn't rainy and miserable outside. My bathroom is in desperate need of a workover... I am going to steal some cleanser from work tomorrow and try scrubbing my tub. There's some kind of black buildup on the bottom that isn't mold because it won't go away with my mold cleaner. I want to know what Ben's mom used to attack their toliet because it was sparkling when they left and you don't even want to know what it looked like before.

I'm meeting aeslis in Shibuya later today to sell some stuff at Mandarake. I thought I would sleep in until noon and then not even leave the house until 2 but it seems like I'll be ready to go by noon or 1. Haha And then! I'm meeting an old classmate at 5:30 for dinner. Kumiko and I were in middle school together. Or maybe it was high school? In Singapore. She moved to SAS and then I went back to Canada. She went to university in Hawaii and she just moved back to Tokyo. I bet she's got a wicked accent now. I'm so excited to see her!

happenstanc3 did this kink list thing and I wrote something for her. It's really shitty but it's something. It took 45 minutes and I didn't even get to the happy ending. Maybe I'll do the list too; it might help the creative juices.

Okay, I copied everything into word and I have to pare a list of 388 down to 100. This is supposed to be common tropes/themes in fic? I want to see this somewhere:
3. Aliens make them have sex (fuck or die; fertility rituals; intoxication; taking one for the team)


( Ohmiya; 368 words )

Okay, so Andrew and I met up for dinner and he gave me his JLPT2 study stuff so I can start thinking about that.  I got a new backpack -- pretty pink Coleman thing for 3,300. :D  I also found Freecell at the bookstore in Ueno station.  And then we had donairs for dinner.  Yum.  Though now I'm hungry and miserable.  We spent 2 hours in a phone shop discussing changing to Softbank since Andrew's contract with AU is up and he's getting jerked around. 

Ah, and it had been such a good day until then!

I ended up trading in points (which I didn't know what they were for anyway) and got a new handset... and I regret it so bad.  I switched to a different, cheaper plan so my bill won't get any more expensive even though I have to pay 840 yen a month to pay off the handset but still.  The biggest thing that I hate is that I can't put it in English.  I don't need it really but I want it.  But even without that... I don't think I like it.  The interface isn't as nice as mine (though you can download new ones, I just never bothered) and I don't like the buttons.  The screen pixelates the emojis and it makes all this fucking noise whenever it does anything.  I haven't gotten around to messing with the sound settings but I feel miserable after doing this (I should feel so happy to have new things!) and I have a massive headache right in the middle of my forehead and behind my eyes and I want to curl up and cry. 

It's only a phone!  I'm just worried I can't take it back.  I just wanted a new phone--even though I like the one I have and didn't really like any of the others.  I didn't like the others more than I like my own, not enough to change but I did anyway.  I should have looked at other models, gone to Yodobashi Camera or something and actually played with them and I would have seen right away.  I don't see why I can't take it back on Saturday (providing I can... I'm not canceling, just returning the hardware I don't want) when I'm out and about in Tokyo if I really, really hate it.  And I probably will.  It will be a bitch to trek from Hiroo to Ueno and then back to Shibuya or wherever I'm meeting Kumiko though.  UGH.

I feel so wretched.  Really, really awful.  The most aggravating thing--all the shit I downloaded on my other phone can't be transfered so I have to pay to get it all again if I want. DX  I better like the damn phone if I do that.

Yes, I realize how fucking lame I am that I am so upset about this.  That's what makes it even worse.  And I didn't even spend anything!

Why is it that CD Japan always has a listing up for goods before any of the Japanese distributors do? I want to place an order for this book somewhere since it's limited. It's supposed to be released in two weeks; talk about short notice. I guess I'll check again tomorrow.

I got a solid 8 hours of sleep--actually woke up before the alarm went off at 5:55--but I still feel a bit tired. I don't have class first period so I can have a coffee and read my book or something. Or look productive and put some stuff together for elementary school (not that I have to do anything really). Then just one first year class and then two electives (Eiken test prep)for the 3rd years. But Kaneko is doing all of them. -__- So it's going to be a very long day.

Well, I didn't find a dress but I did find a really gorgeous turqoise knit top for the wedding reception. I was going to shell out up to 10,000 at Zara for a dress but they had nothing! I think there were four in the entire fucking store. One was alright but it was one of those sack dresses that have elastic on the bottom which only look good on skinny people. I am starting to hate shopping because nothing in this country looks good on me. That should be enough motivation to start working out but... I kind of like my size. I'm not grossly overweight but it feels a lot worse than it is when I live in a country where the average person is still a size 2. And they have no boobs so everything fits weirdly and makes me look huge. It's really annoying to shop here because every store carries the exact same stuff. All the same colours, all the same patterns, all the same styles. Fuck. I can't wait to get back to Canada so I can go to RW&Co and Jacob. Shit.

The knit was only 3,990 and I will be more likely to wear it again than a dress, in all honesty. That with a white tank and my black pencil skirt will look really good. Got a necklace to dress it up. I will try to wear my stilletos but... probably won't. I have black flats that will work just fine.

Didn't end up going to the movie. I was done a lot earlier than I thought and didn't want to hang around that much. I'll go watch something on Wednesday after work for Ladies Day. I should try to do some writing while I've got the itch. Get something out while I wait for more Entourage to finish downloading.

Ariel's recital was amazing. I regret not having my camera to video tape her. Just amazing. She's a pro. Not that I know dick about playing the violin but she was the best performer there, even better than a violin instructor. Her pianist was really cute too. XD I hope she has another recital so I can go and tape her playing.

We went to visit Anna in the hospital afterwards. She's staying at St. Luke's International Hospital in Tsukiji. It's kind of trippy because in Sujata Massey's Shimura Rei series, the protagonist's cousin works at St. Luke's. So I've know about it for a few years and now I finally went. She was so happy to see us! Apparently no one else has come to visit, except for her mom who flew in from Dubai (where she lives?). The diagnosis is an e. coli infection of the kidneys. From sex. She passed out at work and was running a fever and has been for the last three days or so and she has to stay until Thursday. We brought her like 10 books to read and I gave her the moogle I made, which she loved. :) Fingers crossed that I never have to be hospitalized because she has to pay 30% of everything, I think. Which is like 250$ a day, just on the room. Insurance, what a joke. Anyway, hope she gets well soon!

Tomorrow I might go to Zara to look for a dress for Yuka's wedding. Or a nice top but I kind of want a dress. I don't have any dresses that I can wear everyday. Justin wants me to go to Laketown, since he doesn't want to come down here but maybe I can talk him into it. Although, it is only 290 yen and 30 minutes to get there.

Arashi doujinshi. But I feel so lame doing it. It's such a crap shoot. (I should sell back the stuff I bought before... or auction it off?) Though I have learned the name of the circle I like (includes HanaKimi's mangaka!) but I think they are quite popular so the store wouldn't have any. They are also more expensive because of that I think (starting from 1000yen). It's only in Ikebukuro so it's not a horrible trek and they even have lots of goods for cheap (DANGER). Maybe I'll go in April for a personal shopping day.

I haven't moved from yet since getting home. I don't know what I'm going to cook for dinner. I have chicken breasts but nothing else to make with them. They need to be cooked because they are going to go bad. Maybe I'll chop them up and make nuggets... though I don't have any eggs or yogurt to coat them with. I guess I have to go to the conbini after all. :/

They already went bad.

I just watched Enchanted on DVD (and my player didn't screw up, thankfully).  What a cute movie!  I love how Disney can spoof itself but not make it look cheezy at all.  I could have used a little more screen time with Dr McDreamy but oh well.  I enjoyed it anyway.

Ariel and I are going to be the Ladies Who Lunch again on Friday and go to Asakusa.  I'm going to help her look for a yukata to wear for hanami on Saturday.  We'll be early, since the peak bloom period isn't supposed to start in Kanto until the 25th of March so hopefully that means it will be not so busy.  I'm trying to organize a place to stay over because I don't want to trek all the way into to Tokyo (again) wearing kimono.  And Ariel will need help dressing.  Ben's parents are visiting so I'm going to try staying with Ariel but Dan was supposed to maybe be staying with her since it's his last night in town.  And I haven't seen him yet... oops.  Bad friend?  Maybe.  Though I'm the flexible one and he never emailed me.  In my defense.  Anyway, I'm going to finally get the rest of the odds and ends to wear my kimono. :)  If only my contacts would arrive before then...

I like wearing flip-flops at work.  I might get a pair of sandals to wear in summer there.  The toe looks much better this morning after getting cleaned and dressed properly and starting anitbiotics.  Should be almost as good as new by tomorrow.

Hello new friends!

Subaru Shoten fucking sucks balls. I'm never going to bother going there again even though it's right next to school. There's no point since I don't even rent from Tsutaya.

I tried to find Sato Takeru's photo book today but alas. I did end up buying Arashigoto after seeing it was only 1400 yen and also a bilingual Japanese cookbook. :D I'm going to build my housewifey repetoir! And I bought cake.

Kame is a guest on Onee Mans tonight. I want to see him be with his comrades. And then Mei-chan at 9! I'm also cooking mee goreng for dinner and I'm so fucking excited. I just hope it turns out... I should get cracking; it'll be 8pm by the time I'm done probably.

I think I want to start taking more pictures to justify my new camera. I should make a point of taking one picture a day -- more for my ~other blog~ than this one since I haven't updated that one since... after my epic drunk episode which was a month ago. Oops. I'll start with dinner.

Something is wrong with my DVD player.  Or the cables.  The sound is all fuzzy and it's really hard to understand what they are saying (and of course there are only subtitles in Japanese).  I forgot to pick up cables before coming home.  I'll have to go tomorrow when I go to return my DVDs.  I can't afford to get late fees.  Not for 3 DVDs at 150yen a disc.  I've still got 5 episodes of CSI: Miami to watch. 

Went to Monzennakacho with Andrew and Justin today.  One of the oldest Hachiman temples in Tokyo is there and they have flea markets twice a month.  I found a nice cream coloured obi for 1000 yen!  I'm going to see about getting it dry cleaned and then figure out how to wear it. :/  I wonder what larger ladies have to do with kimono because even though they are supposedly "one size", they don't exactly fit if you are fuller figured.  The pattern that's supposed to go in the center doesn't line up if you try and tie it the way I found online.  I've still got to get a few more ties before I can wear my kimono properly.  And an occasion to wear it! 

Tomoko's party was really fun last night.  I met a lot of really interesting people and even got the number of some guy.  He goes to Reitaku University and looks like a cuter version of Atsushi from Exile. XD  He said I should go to his university and meet people.  Haha.  Really nice, I hope we'll hang out again.  I also met the infamous Haruhisa who Tomoko told me about but... he didn't do anything for me.  Really good cook, though.  Her friend Sho was hilarious.  He's a grade 6 teacher in Kamagaya and we talked about elementary school English and I told him if he gets excited about English, the kids will follow suit.  There were so many good moments.  I really wish there had been some video.  Haha.

I would rather be watching Voice (Eita!  Toma!) but I paid for these DVDs. :/  Gotta watch them.

No new emails from K.  He said he liked the picture I sent of the chocolate and that staying at my place isn't hard but he's really busy these days.  Understandable.  I put the ball in his court for that reason but it still makes me feel uneasy.  Sigh.