I am…completely exhausted T-T. Very busy couple of days I guess. Now where to start…
Umm…ok so on Tuesday Liz and I went to the meeting with our international advisor. Nothing major, she just needed to know about our flight plans and to give us information about insurance and all that. She seemed more enthusiastic about my camera then me XD. She kind of snatched it out of my hands and started clicking away, was funny as hell really XD. I know KCP and all the international programs are always quite excited about their students photographing stuff. She also got to see Harumi again and Natsuo for the first time. I swear if she ends up buying on of those dolls I’ll laugh my ass off. She could come to meetings with us XDD! Wonderful little bit of knowledge though, KCP no longer requires 1 semester of Japanese to go in to the program….so why is this good news? I might be able to talk Joe into doing it with me next year *evil laughter* and possibly Andrew and Jess. They actually planned on doing a different program through their schools but cancled at the last minute because of the RA thing. KCP is still the win for Japanese study abroad though :P.
So anyway, after and interesting meeting we took the boys around campus and did some photographing…I’m sure we looked odd. Was so much fun though ^^. And gave me a chance to use Camera-chan
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Such sick doll obsession….and the crazy will only increase with each doll T-T. *sigh* ah well, I have no other hobbies that cost money, might as well waste it all on dolls XD.

Sooo then yesterday I spent most of the day studying and folding more clothes…very boring day. Not even worth talking about.

Today I went to some “self discovery” career thingy where they give you an assessment test to determine what careers your most suited for…no surprise Liz and I got the same things. Was rather interesting though.
After that I made Joe stop off at the drug store so I could pick up diet stuff. Yes I’ve finally resorted to pills and crap to help lose all the effen weight I gained. Metabolism boosters, appetite suppressants, vitamins, and protein bars. w00t. I am quite determined to get back down to 98lbs. according to the weight chart its actually a normal weight considering my height and smal build. Screw all the doctors who said I should be 115. I’ve been there….and it was fat, not healthy. I’ve only got like 8 lbs. to go and I’m in the clear. Hopefully I’ll lose more. I will fit my ass into a pair of H. naoto pants if it’s the last thing I do!

Umm….oh, also updated the “Random” gallery with stupid pictures of me being a retard and my room. I thought I should document it while it’s still sort of clean….plus I really just wanted to use Camera-chan XD.

OMFG…I got my camera today! Much earlier then expected ^^. I was quite afraid of being disappointed with my $600 purchase…but I’m more then happy! I spent most of the day taking pictures of random crap around Joe’s house ( it being laundry day). I’m pretty sure I’ll be hugging a lot of the automatic features for now and later on I’ll go messing with the custom stuff ^^. Sooo being that I’ve never stated it, I got a Nikon D40. I must have read over the review on dpreview.com like a million times before I decided to get it. My favorite feature….SHUTTER SPEED OPTIONS AND MANUAL FOCUS! w00t no more crappy point and shoot
 
 

Believe it or not those were shot in extremely low light and me being a spaz with a shakey hand…Yay ^^! Pictures that don’t suck! I seriously want to photograph everything now o_o. At least this gives me modivation to finish up that last Yukata for Natsuo so Liz and I can have our little traditional photoshoot with the boys. *clicky clicky*

*sigh* so um, besides that…I’ve been doing nothing XD. Kind of trying to get stuff in order. Less then two weeks now o_O. I did yet another major room renovation today so hopefully it’ll stay that way till I leave XD. Also started checking off stuff to pack….what an adventure that’ll be.

Tomorrow Liz and I have the appointment with our International Advisor to finalize everything with the flight plans…and I still have to go yell at the school some more for messing up my billing T-T.
Thursday Joe and I are supposedly going on a dinner cruise that he’s owed me since Valentines day…but the cruise ship effed up our plans and have been giving us trouble ever since. At this point I think I’d rather him just get a refund and we’ll go blow $200 in Manhattan for a day. I guess we’ll see how that goes.

Ah. another boring day at home. I think I prefered being busy all day o_o. With Joe’s car out of commission there’s seriously nothing to do except slave over the computer all day doing design crap -urgh-

Highlights of my week:
I FINALLY ordered my effen camera ^^. I kept putting it off cause my mother wanted to see if she could get a discount or something for it though one of her friends….but christ if I wait for her I’ll get it for Christmas. I should get it no later then April 5th XD. Just in time I suppose. If not Joe will have to ship it to me T-T.
I spent like 39485735 hours perfecting how to hack myspace and manipulate the layouts. I can now basically make a myspace page look like whatever the hell I want it to now ^^. I still kept mine pink though. I think I’ll probably start working on pre-made myspace overlay’s for the site now. Just very time consuming. Unique idea though…can’t say I’ve seen custom Jrock myspace overlays anywhere.

Little over 2 weeks left (17 days) and I R out of here. Still need to go shopping and get my hair done -.- And if my camera comes in on time I’ll photograph my newly sexified head o_O. fun fun! For now I waste time hoping it’ll pass by faster -.- Christ I hate being stuck in the house T-T.

Urgh, finally I’m not dying of over tired so I can update this damn thing XD. Lets see…
On Friday Joe took Liz and I over to the school. It was kind of hell because I decided to just not go to sleep that night….so I was kind of dead all day. Finished paying off tuition though^^, well I still owe like $60 but I doubt they’ll be like “OMG we want our $60 NOW or we kill you!”, I’ll probably hand that in this week being that I’ll have to go back up anyway. We also scheduled a meeting with our international advisor to discuss our flight plans and some last minute stuff before leaving. Its kind of hard to believe theres nothing left to do for this trip but sit here and wait till I can at least start packing stuff….and then once everything is packed I just wait some more o_O. Luckely I’ve calmed down with the whole Japan thing…I’m saving it for the plane trip bwahahahaha.
So on friday night I passed out at like 7pm XD…only to wake up at 2 am the next morning. Lol I really can’t win. I left my house at like 10 and met Liz on the train for the Doll meeting in Manhattan. We almost didn’t find the place…it was stuck behind a building where you couldn’t see it. We got there probably at like 12. A lot more people went then I was expecting o_o. And OMG I want like 5 dolls now T-T. It was definitely a good opportunity to see what different dolls look like in person…I’m currently hooked on getting a DOD Ducan as my first SD sized doll T-T… but for a $700 doll I’m really going to have to wait XD. Liz and I are probably going to split the Too&Bee-A once we get back from Japan…its only like $250 a person including makeup, a wig, shipping etc…and I already bought my cute little girl and outfit XD. So I’m all set as far as that goes…just needs shoes…but she could steal Harumi’s till she gets her own…and damn it I really want a Ducan now T-T. I guess its a trade off…the girl who bought the Ducan wants an Ivan now after seeing Liz’s XD…and like everyone wants and Ivan&Kirill set after seeing ours. Dolls will be our DOOM….ah well. We made lots of friends yesterday and I was surpriesed how nice everyone was o_O. We’re so use to the American Jrock scene which usually consists of pissy, stuck up, elitest girls who think they know it all or overly hyper scary fangirls who make retarded coments and act like idiots….very few seem to stray from either category (in New York at least)… It was a very pleasent change XD. And Harumi and Natsuo got to meet other dolls ^^! I took a ton of pictures yesterday….but hell, I’m far to lazy to go posting them all here. There’s a thread on the DOA forum where I posted here….I’ll probably add the pics to the E-S gallery soon. Hooray!
Soooo towards the end of the meet up, Shono came by and was absolutely horrified XD. I’m sure he thought we were all crazy. Some how he’d never seen BJD’s even when he was still living in Japan. Lol it was really funny, a few people walked up to him and be like “are you a doll owner?” in which he gave the funniest look and reply “Why are you asking me that?! I’m a guy! I dont’ play with dolls!”. XDDD poor Shono. He was all woozy too cause he just had to give blood. We left pretty quickly after that so we could go eat and sit down after standing for like 2857023948 hours. Unforunately we won’t get to see everyone for another 3 months T-T. But we’ll be back…with h. naoto fabric and a will to sew! muahahaha.
We spent the rest of the night discussing random crap and talking about Japanese….seriously Japanese is so effed up I have no idea how the hell I’m going to learn it. I feel stupid to ever think there was a chance I could have learned it on my own. Theres just so much stuff to it that you really would never know of unless someone teaches it to you. And books seriously fail. I’m going to see Shono on Tuesday hopefully and hes going to help me with the Japanese in return for help with his midterms lol. And then I should probably set up to do some study session with Liz T-T. I’m not worried so much about passing classes or anything like that as much as I’m worried about interacting with people. It really is so sad that I won’t be able to participate or even understand much of conversations when I get there. I suppose it really is just something I’ll have to learn through experiance….unless I can try and Katakanize everything… “SHAPUPENSHIRU”! XD wth Japan.
So ummm…I’ve written way too much by now and I’m still effen tired from yesterday so Ima go lay down. Peace ;P-

Hooray! Awesome day today! I like…actually did stuff besides sitting on the computer all day rotting my mind. Sooooo Liz came over and brought Natsuo! Him and Harumi finally got to meet for the first time ^^! To celebrate the moment we decided to hold a little photoshoot. Soooo we dressed them up all cute and basically took pictures all day. Things started out fine…ahem…but then the clothes came off XD. God…its so bad…but so effen funny. We must have been histerical the entire time. These poor boys T-T. Ah well. SO here’s a taste:

Yeah…somewhat rated R I suppose….all in good fun though ^^. The entire shoot is up in the doll gallery if anyone dares to look XD. Once I’m done sewing their Yukata we’ll do another shoot…hopefully before Japan..
DON’T JUDGE US! AND finally….I got my plane ticket ^^!!!!! I depart at 12:30 on April 6th…like a 14 hour flight T-T. It’s going to be hell…but I’m on my way to Japanland so I really couldn’t care less. I just have NO idea how I’m going to compose myself on the plane. I’m already so excited about it now…I’ll have to go out shopping once we check into the dorms on Saturday…and My first Sunday will of course be spent in Harajuku XD. I’m pretty sure I’ll explode.
I’m ordering my camera probably the end of next week which I’m also happy about…$600..but well worth it. Expect a ton of pictures after that as I get a good feel for it. I need to update pictures of my own as well….after I get my hair cut though…yet another thing on my to do list before Japan. Hehehe so much to do in so little time. Very exciting though.