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Wow! It doesn't feel like a day for strawberry shortcakes. Maybe for the rest of the country. (Who are having record highs.
) It's kind of a summery treat. It's about 55 degrees right now, and rainy. So not what it's supposed to be.
But, I love strawberry shortcake. It's also Flag Day, World Blood Donor Day, and Family History Day.
Had the weirdest dreams last night. They were trippy, scary, surreal, and gory.
One of them probably could be a really crazy movie. Complete with some sort of 'monster' (maybe a T-rex), weird fights (a lot of them where I didn't do much
), dorm halls that were like the inside of an air duct (very tight and square), a huge wide conveyor belt thing (like they have at airports, only without rails on the sides), running away from said 'monster' and people not really noticing and getting trampled, weird stuff on a train (not even getting into that one...), killing 'monster' by ramming train and I think some sort of explosives into it, and it just kept going. Another, somebody was brutally torturing someone, and at one point you'd think the person would have died. But, they kept coming back to life. Another, someone kidnapped me. What was going on with me last night?!
Although, it's been a while since I've actually had a full night's sleep, so that was really nice. Still...
Scheduled my pre-hearing meeting with my lawyer. It's at the end of August. Made one of my scrambles last night for dinner, since Dad was gone. It had 2 different cheeses, eggs, sweet peppers, dried onions, carrots, dill, and garlic. Another good one.
Made a Mexican meatball soup tonight. It was very good. Pic looks a little blurry. Hopefully, I can fix it tomorrow.
Finished watching Hanayome wa Yakudoshi or the Pretend Bride. It had a really nice ending. I'll miss the Azuchi family.
They all really grew on me over time. Ichiro and Akiko actually did get married in the end. I thought they were going to kill off the mother, Yukie, in the last 2 episodes.
I'm glad they didn't. They managed to have the main part of the wedding at the hospital she was staying at. Akiko refused to get married without Yukie being there for them. It was very touching. It was hilarious how everytime Ichiro wants to kiss Akiko, something comes up. Kaori became a good rival for her. And, now they compete to see who grew the best peaches every year. 3 years after getting married, Ichiro quit his job in Tokyo and decided to finally go back to the farm. Right when he showed up, they find out Akiko's pregnant and rush her to the hospital. Last scene is Ichiro chasing after Yukie and Akiko in a car headed to the hospital. I like how those 2 get along well now. Almost making fun of each other.
Finished Oishii Proposal yesterday. Had a horrible and strange ending.
I loved the series up until then. It just didn't make sense. Oh well. It's the worst ending I've seen in a while.
The next bunch of dramas I might watch look very promising.
A lot of them are really popular, have high reviews, and interesting sounding plots. The next new shows I might watch are: Honey and Clover, Zettai Kareshi (Absolute Boyfriend), Hana Yori Dango (Boys Over Flowers. I've watched some of the anime, but didn't like the art style. Maybe it'll be different this way?
), and Coffee Prince (a Korean drama. I'm very curious about this one.). So, interesting lineup.
Since the next chapter of Afterschool Charisma isn't up yet, I started another manga. This one's Saijou no Meii or The Best Skilled Surgeon. It's really interesting and funny so far. Saijou Mikoto was born with a bad heart. It was thanks to the incredible skills of the leading Japanese pediatric heart surgeon, Shindou Mamoru, that he survived into adolescence. He looks up to him and has vowed to become the best pediatric surgeon the world has ever known, to show his gratitude. Interesting that it was by the same mangaka that did Yakitate! Japan. I've only seen the anime of that, but I liked the humor and plot. So, maybe this will be just as good, if not better.
But, I was wrong. Photoshop's awesome that way.
deviantART fave: Sweet Halloween Dreams I did not make this! A really awesomely done drawing. It was featured on Facebook. Kind of creepy, yet cute. And, very detailed.
Mood:
I don't really consider it a 'happy' day.
So, I'm not putting happy in front of it. This is a day to honor those who have died in our nation's service. They deserve at least a day, if not more, to be remembered.
It's been colder today. I hope that soon we'll be at our normal temp again. Not very good weather for picnics or BBQ's, like some people do for the holiday.
It feels like it's the coldest Memorial Day that I can remember. Got back into my walking.
Already did 2 out of 3 of my walks. My friend, that wanted to be my walking buddy, and I don't seem to be connecting.But, I'll keep trying. It seemed like people only looked at the date, and dressed for it. Or maybe they were hoping for it to be normal. They looked cold.
Worked a little on the comic essay in You Maga. Read some more of Dune. Getting a bit more exciting.
Watched more of Oishii Proposal. Haruki finally kissed Suzuko, and confessed how he felt about her.
Now that they know they both are in love, it's making things even more complicated. Michiru's trying to force Haruki to marry her. Suzuko's old flame is telling her not to get involved with him, or she'll get hurt. These 2 and his father are the only ones against them being together. It's getting more and more interesting. I hope it doesn't end in tragedy or something. They're cute together.
In Letter Bee Reverse, Aria is sent on a delivery. It's been a long time since she's been 'out in the field'. She has absolutely no coordination. Niche reluctantly helps Aria out, after Lag begged her to. Lag has a horrible fever, and lost too much heart to go out for a while. I like Aria's Shindanjuu. A violin used as a weapon? Awesome to me! The only problem is she has to have an immense amount of concentration for it to work. I saw her towards the beginning of the series, and she usually uses her violin to heal people.
Mood:
What a funny sounding holiday. But, there's a ton of awesome food that comes on a stick.There's kebabs, corn dogs, fish, yakitori, popsicles, caramel apples, and many more tasty things. When I have something on a skewer, I always feel like I'm going to impale myself.But, it is a handy way to eat things. It's also Black Forest Cake Day. I love black forest cake! Haven't had it in a long time.
It's been grey and cloudy today. Not as warm either. Hope it gets sunny again soon.Finished looking at our Japanese cookbooks, and added a lot of recipes to my list. Some are things like an awesome sounding salad dressing. That would add a little pizazz. There's a Japanese dessert I've wanted to make for a while called Snow White Jelly. Looks really tasty.
There's also a corn soup; and stuffed salmon. It's stuffed with something similar to a potato salad. Sounds good just reading about it. I'll look at the Mexican cookbooks today. Tomorrow I'll look at our Spanish cookbooks. Which, just glancing at it, looks like we have more of those than our Mexican ones. Interesting. I know they're not the same type of cuisine (although, they have many things in common), but I thought we'd have more Mexican recipes.
I'm really liking Oishii Proposal. It seems to be getting better every time I watch it.Suzuko's invited to Haruki's fancy party. He picks out and buys a dress and shoes for her. After that, she gets a hair and makeup makeover. She gets to have a glimpse at what his life is like. She gets angry at him after the party, when he tells her that she was only there to taste-test the food. And, tries to walk all the way to Tokyo in high heels and a dress with straps. He searches for her all night, and finds her at a bus stop in the morning. Still refusing to get in the car, she gets on the bus barefoot. He gets on, throws his jacket over her, and leaves. Kind of a funny, yet memorable scene.
Worked more on that You Maga article about my horoscope. Then, actually got to reading Dune!I'm still off and on about it. Although, it's getting more interesting. Also, filled out more info on one of my characters. It's been fun, and helps me develop the characters to my story more. Worked a little more on my building descriptions too. It's been helping me get a better picture of them in my head. Hoping at some point to draw them out.
I'm finally done with my 1st full sheet of character faces!
Might have to go over one character again, just to correct his hair. (It's been driving me crazy!
) Then, I'll work on them in Photoshop. I'm not going to ink them. They're more like sketches. I think I'll do what I planned before: post each character's face individually, putting the description either in the author's comments or in some blank space on the drawing itself with the help of Photoshop. I'll have to remember to either write in my signature, or sign it using small font in Photoshop. After that, I'll post the whole sheet, so people can see them together.
Played a little of the Sims 2. Just noticed that you can change the roof styles.
So, I played around with that. It's funny, I'm still finding 'new' things in the game.
deviantART fave: Rainy Day Bento I did not make this! Kind of an interesting looking bento.
Youtube:
This is the 2011 trailer for Gintama. Gintama's finally starting up again a week from today. (It's been a little over a year since it went on hiatus.) Can't wait! Looks just about as funny and crazy as before, maybe it will be more so:
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Yay for puppies!The founder, Colleen Paige, also created National Dog Day and National Cat Day. It's put up by her Animal Miracle Foundation and Network. Which is a non-profit organization that offers financial assistance and educational programs. They also try to get local shelter animals adopted on these holidays, and various other events throughout the year. Kind of nice.
It's getting warmer and sunnier.It almost feels like it's too bright outside. But, it's better than dreary grey skies. I had more of those weird leg pains on Monday, and slept in. Then, my computer was really slow.
(Usually it does that when there's updates and such.) So, I didn't really have time to post Monday. Then, I was out all day yesterday. Again, not much time to post, either.
I went with my mom to her appointments for a test at a hospital yesterday. I thought I wouldn't have enough things to do, and be absolutely bored. But, oddly, I barely got through half the list of the things I wanted to work on.We went to a really good Greek restaurant called 'It's Greek To Me' for lunch. We both got Gyros and drinks. The special is to have them with fries. But, the Gyro was so huge, I don't think I would have been able to down the fries as well.It was full of layers of meat, and some salad, and a huge thing of tzatziki sauce on top. All in a very good pita. It was so big, I couldn't pick it up like you normally would. Had to use a knife and fork through most of it. Crazy! But, it was all very tasty!
I worked on the You Maga article while I was waiting yesterday. Managed to remember most of the words, without looking them up. Although, there was one kanji that really got to me. I've seen it with other kanji and it has a different meaning with each one. I haven't seen it by itself before, so I spent a while trying to figure it out.
Guess I'll look that up later.
Read part of the first chapter of my story, Alliance, again while I was waiting. Actually, found a couple of mistakes. Weird, since that's the chapter I've re-read the most. But, nice catch, I guess.I also realized I didn't print out a hard copy of chapter 12 yet. I usually print out each chapter when I'm done with them, and put them together. It's becoming a pretty heavy thick book with that alone. Still not enough words/pages to publish the story as a novel yet.
I'm hoping for this to be a series, so I'll probably leave this first book on a big cliff hanger. It helps me edit the whole thing, and it's nice to have a hard copy version.
Worked on some crossword puzzles, too. It's been a long time since I've done them. So, that was nice. Also, read the rest of the last (or second to last) issue of Hadassah. It's about time! The next one is probably coming out soon.When I got home, I also started a search term list for when I look for recipes. Sometimes, when I search for them, I forget what type of things I'd like to make.So, this would be very useful. Also, will probably come up with a list for what music I'd like. So, fun fun!I feel like I was very productive yesterday.Even though I was gone. I also edited the lists to the right hand side. Will make it easier to read, and they're in a better order.
Finished watching Psychic Detective Yakumo yesterday when I got home. Had a very good ending. But, still left it wide open for a 2nd season. I really liked this anime, so I'm hoping they will make one. Yakumo's father's 'ghost' is still roaming free and will probably use more people to get at Yakumo. He thinks if he gets Yakumo angry enough, he can take over his body. And, finally, feel 'alive' again. Disturbing.And, supposedly Nanase killed herself. But, they never found the body. And, if she did die, what would she be like if she came back as a ghost? Also, Yakumo and Haruka grew closer during this whole ordeal. Gotou is going to take custody of Nao. And, it seemed like she's working on talking. (She's mute, I think because of some sort of trauma.) Could be wrong. It was a very interesting and suspenseful series.
I had my psychiatrist's appointment on Monday. Everytime I go, it ends up being at most 10 minutes. She talks fast.I have to get my annual liver and kidney check sometime within the next month and a half. Nothing's wrong with them, it's just a check to make sure things are ok.The med I'm taking can affect the liver and kidneys. Even if you've been fine after years of taking it, it can still cause problems. I'm a bit reluctant to get a blood test, but it's to make sure I'm still healthy.
Started another drama on Monday called Oishii Proposal, or Tasty Proposal. It's been hilarious so far! Suzuko's a strong-minded woman who's a chef at an Italian restaurant. She 'bumps' into Haruki, a celebrity businessman, after he accidentally scratches her car at a restaurant. Later, they meet again at her restaurant. He tells everyone who works there that he's the owner of the company who took over the restaurant. And, since there hasn't been much profit, he wants to fire everyone and remodel the place. Suzuko and Haruki make a deal that if she can impress him and a 'special' guest that her food is on par with a 3-star restaurant, he won't fire them. Well, she ends up impressing them, and he keeps the deal. He's kind of a jerk so far. But, I think he's also a bit naive. Liking the story, too.
deviantART faves: Liechtenstein- Cup Collab APH: Cup Collab Aruu I did not make these! These 2 are for the Hetalia version of the cup collab. First, it's Liechtenstein in a cup of Triesner Federweiss. Looked it up, and it's a wine made in Liechtenstein, and is popular there. It's cute. Second, China in green tea. Also, cute. He's floating on the teabag. Funny that they put Shinatty in there.
