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| I am tagged!Each
player of this game states 6 weird things about their self. People who
get tagged need to write a blog of their own 6 weird things, as well as
state the rules clearly. In the end, you need to choose 6 people to be
tagged and list their names. Don't forget to leave a comment that says
"Tag! You're weird!" on their blog and tell them to read your entry.
Also, post who you tagged on your site.1. I really, really, really like soap, but I don't like girly soap. It is never sudsy enough for me. And it never smells... natural. It smells like strong perfume and I have never particularly liked perfume. I like to wash things because soap smells really good and gets all foamy and shit. But I hate. FUCKING HATE bubble baths. I don't even know why, they sort of make me angry. :3
2. I focus on words. There are some words that embarrass me to hear them and I will pretend not to hear you if you use them. It makes me squirm. I know that it's dumb and I try not to hold it against you, but I usually fail. If I squirm for what seems like no reason, you've found one of the Words I Hate.
3. I hate breaking things. Even if I'm mad at them. Even if I want to break them. I can't.
4. I like to eat burned food. Not like, blackened to a crisp or anything, but I don't eat eggs much if they don't have a little carbon on them. And peanut butter.
5. Speaking of which, I hate butter. A lot. Butter and mayo should not come into contact with me. Neither should canola oil, but that's just an allergy.
6. I really, really like to throw things out of moving car windows. No worries, I almost never do it on freeways. Usually on backroads, and it's just biodegradable stuff, like banana peels or apple cores. Watching it bounce gives me such glee. Glee is the perfect term for that.
I tag... no one! Everyone I was gonna tag already did it, and that's no fun at all, is it? XD
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| In 2006?
(x) kissed someone new
( ) dated someone twice
( ) made-out for the first time
() made-out in/on a car
(x) dyed your hair
(x) had a major illness
( ) got cheated on
(x) said "i love you" and meant it
(x) played an instrument
( ) almost died
( ) kissed in the snow
( ) fell/been in love
( ) had your heart broken
( ) broke someone else's heart
( ) had a stalker
(x) had a good relationship with someone
(x )someone questioned your sexual orientation
(x) came out of the closet
( ) gotten pregnant
( ) gotten someone else pregnant
( ) had an abortion
( ) gotten married
( ) had a divorce
(x) dated someone you'll never forget
(x) done something you've regretted
( ) lost your virginity
( ) lost someone you love
( ) lost faith in love
( ) kissed under mistletoe
WORK/SCHOOL
( ) got a promotion
(x) got a pay raise
(x) changed jobs
(x) lost your job
(x) quit your job
( ) dated a co-worker(haha)
( ) dated your boss (haha)
( ) dated your boss' daughter/son
( ) got fired from your job
( ) got straight A's
( ) met one teacher you really like
( ) met one teacher you really hated
( ) failed a class
(x) cut class
(x) skipped school
( ) got into a fight with a classmate
(x) did something you were proud of
( ) discovered a new talent
( ) gave the teachers a reason to teach
(x) proved yourself an idiot
(x) embarrassed yourself in front of the class/or family
( ) fell in love with a teacher
( ) got lead in the school play
(x) were involved in something you'll never forget
OTHER
(x) painted a picture
(x) written a poem
(x) listened to music you couldn't stand
(x) double-dipped
( ) skinny-dipped
( ) went to a sleepover
( ) went camping
( ) threw a surprise party
(x) laughed till you cried
( ) laughed till you peed in your pants
( ) flirted shamelessly
(x) visited a foreign country
(x) visited a new state
(x) cooked a disastrous meal
(x) lost something important to you
(x) got a gift you adore
(x) drank
( ) got arrested
1. Who was the first person you talked to in '07?
Mikae, Keigo, Jana, Marta, Mariyo and James (group effort), but single? James. He was sitting right next to me.
2. The first person you hugged?
Huh... uh, I don't think I've hugged anyone.
3. The first person you called?
Wendy Chu. She lives next door!
4. The first person you texted?
I dunno, I think it was Wen.
5. The first drink you drank?
Huh, I think water. No, some of Mariyo's coffee.
6. The first person that called you?
Wendy! At 6 am!
7. The first person that texted you?
No clue.
8. Have you talked to all of your top 8 yet?
Nope!
9. Any of them?
Nope!
10. Who was the 1st person to hang up on you?
No one has.
11. What was the first thing you watched on TV?
We were still watching the countdown thing... uh, a weird game show that involved lighting a dude on fire while he was strapped to a truck, then spraying him with mochi, then... blowing things up.
12.Who was the first person you thought of?
I don't know, man, what a stupid question.
13. What was the first thing you ate?
Probably muesli.
14. What were you wearing at midnight?
My foppish sweater and a scarf.
15. First Kiss
No one!
16. First fight?
James, naturally.
17. First Laugh?
Okay, that's getting a little specific. Probably at the mochi-covered dude.
18. First person to say 'i love you'
That one... is a sec-a-ret.
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| 1.
What did you do in 2006 that you'd never done before? I moved out of
my mom's house, moved to another country. That was new. I keep
strengthening that spine. I started to break ties with people who are
and were leeches on my emotional and mental health. I haven't really
done that in so many words. I studied a foreign language, I learned to
use Japanese toilets, I learned a bunch on kanji, used a public bath
(alone, but still!), climbed a mountain, went to a temple, went to a
shrine, and goddamn if living a life in another country makes you do
lots of shit you've never done before.
2. Did you keep your new
year's resolutions, and will you make more for next year? I don't
really remember my New Year's resolutions, but I'll make some this
year. I don't really know what, though.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth? Nope, but I expect her to next year. Preggo, I love you.
4. Did anyone close to you die? No, I don't think so. My dog was put down, but we weren't very close.
5. What countries did you visit? Japan. I live here now. That would be it.
6. What would you like to have in 2007 that you lacked in 2006? Confidence in my own decisions, pretty much.
7.
What date(s) from 2006 will remain etched upon your memory? April
7th. The day I moved to Japan, really. That was pretty life-changing,
indeed. I think I'll remember the week of my birthday, since that was
pretty rockin'.
8. What was your biggest achievement of the
year? I stepped up and I did something this year. I moved to another
country and I think, overall, I handled it pretty decently. It's not
that great an achievement, it's not something I can put up on my wall,
but it's badass.
9. What was your biggest failure? Biggest
failure was a personal thing. I didn't measure up as well as I thought
I was going to. I backslid (into the Flames of Hell) and I just could
NOT get my shit together for about a month. I wish I would have stayed
in Japan for the summer break - not because I didn't enjoy being at
home, but because I don't think I improved my Japanese at all.
10. Did you suffer any illness or injury? No serious physical injury was sustained, really. Just bruises and stuff.
11.
What was the best thing you bought? Plane tickets and my guitar.
Well, and yakisoba pan, but that's another story entirely.
12.
Whose behavior merited celebration? James, most definitely. Thanks,
dude. You've kindof been a mindfuck all at once. Sometimes, I wish
you would stop that. But most of the time, I'm pretty thankful about
it. There are people who will remain unnamed that have made big leaps
in their own lives, and you peeps are awesome. I'd like to be more
specific, but for sake of privacy, we shall leave it at this XD
13.
Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed? My own. I did some
things this year that I am pretty damn ashamed of. Certain members of
my family that will remain unnamed. You gave up, you didn't support
me, you didn't bother to try. And goddamnit, I am sick of that. It's
not like I don't have my own troubles to deal with, thankyouverymuch.
Some of my friends. Why did you do that? It's so much easier when I'm
6000 miles away, isn't it? I can't yell at you here, so you feel like
you can just say whatever you want and there aren't any consequences?
Hooo, just wait, you bastards.
14. Where did most of your money
go? Rent, plane tickets and food. I didn't really register how
expensive food gets. Holy crap. Alcohol.
15. What did you get
really, really, really excited about? Well, moving to Japan and
climbing Mount Fuji would probably top the list. Other than that, just
normal stuff, I guess.
16. What song will always remind you of
2006? Journey's "Midnight Train," or whatever it's called. Frankly, I
hate this question because I can never think of one that's like...
year-long. No, wait! John Denver's "Country Roads". The English Camp
songs XDD
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
1. Happier or sadder? Sadder, I think. These last few months have not
been kind to me, but they've been a very necessary evil.
2. Thinner or fatter? About the same, I think.
3. Richer or poorer? Poorer. Moving to another country is expensive!
18.
What do you wish you'd done more of? I wish I'd gotten back into my
hobbies. I wish I'd tried harder to make myself a better person, to
make myself more of what I want to be. I wish I had done more
bodybuilding.
19. What do you wish you'd done less of? Angry ranting. Telling people things. Drunkenly lunging around. Being lazy.
20.
How will you be spending Christmas? Taking tequila shots, actually, at
Lonely Planet (singles' drinking night, hosted by Chae.). I think.
(yes, I did. And played Mario!)
21. Did you fall in love in
2006? I can't really say I did. I dated someone, but there wasn't any
love there. There were people that I loved, I guess. Hmm. The answer
is no.
22. How many one-night stands? None. WOOOOOO. I deserve a medal.
23. What was your favorite TV program? Probably Family Guy. Boring!
24.
Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year? I
don't think I'd call it hate in some cases. I think there were some
serious betrayals of trust, but I don't hate them. I don't feel
strongly enough for that. I don't think so, to actually answer the
question.
25. What was the best book you read? As much as
I hate to admit it... Harry Potter. All six of them. They were
fabulously entertaining.
26. What was your greatest musical discovery? The joys of huge-ass playlists and mp3 players.
27.
What did you want and get? I wanted to move to Japan. I did. I
wanted to climb Fuji and I did that, too. I donated blood twice, I
spoke in Japanese, I taught at a high school (twice!), to live alone in
the dorms.
28. What did you want and not get? I wanted to get a
better body than I have, which I will need to work on. I have to try
harder in that department. I wanted to be more fluent in Japanese than
I am (need to work on that, too), I wanted someone (again) to need me
in a way that he just couldn't do. I wanted to stop that, too.
29.
What did you not want, or not know you wanted, but got anyway? I
didn't know I wanted someone to call me on all the stupid mistakes I
made. And hooooo, did I get that. I appreciate it now, but at the
time it was rather disconcerting. I got a new outlook on America.
30.
What was your favorite film of this year? I only really saw one, and
that was Pirates of the Caribbean 2. So I guess that would be it.
31.
What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you? I was 20, and
I woke up at like... 1. James had called me, he was at the library.
James and I went to Coco's and ate lunch (mmm half quesadilla), then I
got an ume onigiri. Mmm. Delicious. Leon joined us and we went to
Hachimanyama and played around on the playground, walked the go-kart
track and left. James and I ate sandwiches and mashed potatoes (mm.).
Then we watched Saved!, because he didn't really want to watch Rocky
Horror. I don't blame him XDD and then Wen called and we went to
Keigo's and drank. Then we came back and talked for a long time.
32.
What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
Having made the decision to not let other people's mistakes affect me
as deeply as they did. Also, being able to hide my feelings better.
33.
How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2006? I Don't
Want to Do Any More Laundry Than I Have To, So I Will Wear The Same
Clothes Four Times.
34. What kept you sane? ...funny you should
ask. I am not sure I was. I would lay almost all the blame for both
sides of the coin on James. Damn that guy, he makes shit weird.
35.
Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most? Barack Obama
became my hero in December. Other than that, I didn't fancy anyone
that much.
36. What political issue stirred you the most? Probably the habeus corpus thing. That disgusts me.
37.
Who did you miss? My sister, mostly. In the second half of the year,
anyway. I mean, I missed all my friends while overseas, but you deal
with that and it's not an everyday thing, it's a once-in-a-while thing
because there's no point in pining. :)
38. Who was the best new
person you met? I met shittons of new people. James, Jun, Yumiko,
Han, Taro, Ali, Daichi, Yuzo, Erika, Chewie, Yota, Asami, Mayuko,
Misha, Kou, Papa, Hiroko, Chae, Mariyo, Leon, Miruna, Edda, Jenny,
Jackie, Aya, Nao-chan, Yo-chan, Yoshiko, Yura, Brenden, Azusa, Olivia,
Boriyana, Yasu, Kazuya. Vuth, Naoko, Keiko, Little Nao, Big Nao, Yo,
Satoshi, Nanami, Keigo, Mikae, Tuong, Wen, Tom, Qi, Wakayama, Lori-Ann,
Andrew, Takagiwa, Hiroko, Christian (x2!), Sharif, Boyun, Jashmin,
Nelson, Elsa... man, they are all pretty fabulous. The person that was
most influential was James, but I met him in 2005. I actually was
friends with him in 2006, in April. But I met him in November of
2005. So besides him, probably Brenden or Wen.
39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2006: Delusion is one of the most powerful forces I have.
40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:
"At first I was hurt
But then I started to think
It shouldn't hurt me to be free
It's what I really need
To pull myself together
But if it's so good being free
Would you mind telling me
Why I don't know what to do with myself?" - To Be Free, Emiliana Torrini
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| Hey dudes, xanga update.
Here's the last two months in recap.
1. Australian neighbors rock hardcore.
2. Puking in new people's bathrooms creates a whiskey gift later.
3. Don't drink too much or the Iranian guy will kiss your ear and you'll lose your wallet.
4. Don't lose your wallet in general. It sucks.
5. Opening bank accounts is not fun.
6. Sleep is for the weak.
7. Costume parties are good.
8. Parties in general are expensive.
9. Mental breakdowns are not good and are also expensive.
10. Christmas parties are very embarrassing. Though James makes killer cake.
11. I'm not going anywhere for New Year's. Boo.
12. Naked people.
13. Uhhh... that's about it.
Hope you enjoyed the recap!
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| My bed is the best bed in the world. It makes me sleep like, 13
hours a night. Because I wake up and I DON'T WANT TO MOVE.
At all. I just sit there. Going, goddamn, this thing
rocks. It is squishy, perfectly warm, too big for its own good
(so you roll all over it because it is so wonderful).
God, I love my bed.
But. It makes me late for everything. Because I sleep
through alarms badly enough as it is. And add in the beauty of
this mattress? Well, I just don't stand a chance.
But there is a price to pay, my friends, for such comfort.
Terrible dreams. This bed WILL give you the creepiest dreams
ever. People dream of being choked while hearing, "Here, kitty
kitty..." and then blame ME. Like I did it. This bed
assaults you in your sleep with squish-fu and bad-dream-do.
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