Good Morning, 2010! The Princess' Diary Intarwebs Edition

[NotMiki]

things I hate: legal writing, being conscious.  things I'll be engaged in for a while longer, alas...

[Jo'ou Ranbu]

Actually, I think that if we give Snow a hard time over missing DLCon, it's only because this will make the third year in a row where he says "I can make it!" then pulls out.  that sort of thing earns razzing.

Hey, I had said this year from the get-go that I'd be tied to whatever the hell would happen to my work life. >_> The other years, I guess I can't excuse myself other than not having a money tree and those things being -expensive- for a foreigner. On the plus side, the new probable workplace is... well, I'd be very surprised if I didn't get -some- sort of flight discounts.

Speaking of which! I took my documentation to the place, it's all dandy. Now, I have to make the admission medical exams and all. I'm looking at having my blood and urine taken, my heart checked and my hearing tested in the span of next morning - all so I can have all the results handy for the return this Friday. This is so gonna be a busy week.

[Cmdr_King]

So I took my car to my mechanic Saturday after having some really weird problems.  He immediately suggested a cracked radiator, and while I was at work discovered that the cam shaft needed replaced.

He got back to me today with the cost of parts involved, about $500 (plus whatever his labor and so on would be.)  However, given the nature of what needed done and the age of the car, he's not confident he won't find other significant problems once he gets in and starts changing things.  As such, he doesn't really want to proceed until I've considered whether I can afford, or if the car is worth, addition costs that might arise.

However, given that I'd want a car in the 3-5k range, I'm not certain my options on simply replacing it are any better.  (Cars in the 3-5k range are quite rare now due to cash for clunkers).  So yeah, still deliberating.

[Lady Door]

2:30pm is the slowest time of the day, especially on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.

4:00am still wins for the most awkward time of the day.

I have to say that seeing both of these on any given day makes things extra irritating.

[Anthony Edward Stark]

I woke up at 5:15 AM. Dragonball: Evolution was on. It's even more funny when you're only half-awake.

[Jo'ou Ranbu]

I never thought you could do all those exams so goddamned fast, bus trips included. All medical tests taken, two of them I already have the results handy. Only thing left is the blood/urine exam, which will be up on the internets tomorrow.

[Jo'ou Ranbu]

So, I was an O+ for blood type all my life and I -never knew-. Also, in spite of eating a human head-sized chocolate bar a day and being a Coca-Cola addict, I'm pretty much within typical levels of glicose.

[Anthony Edward Stark]

Sucks for you. I'm AB, all take and no give.

[Jo'ou Ranbu]

It's mostly "hey I probably should donate some blood one of these days" anyway.

[Lady Door]

So, I was an O+ for blood type all my life and I -never knew-. Also, in spite of eating a human head-sized chocolate bar a day and being a Coca-Cola addict, I'm pretty much within typical levels of glicose.

Blood type personality analysis time!

Type O: "You want to be a leader, and when you see something you want, you keep striving until you achieve your goal. You are a trend-setter, loyal, passionate, and self-confident. Your weaknesses include vanity and jealously and a tendency to be too competitive."

(I'm B+. It is the ultimate irony in blood types, yo. "You're a rugged individualist, who's straight forward and like to do things your own way. Creative and flexible, you adapt easily to any situation. But your insistence on being independent can sometimes go too far and become a weakness.")

[Yoshiken]

* Yoshiken eyes his profile.

Date Registered: February 22, 2009, 01:38:37 PM
Posts: 1260 (3.424 per day)
Total time logged in: 33 days, 5 hours and 2 minutes.

That's right, I have spent over 1/12 of the last year on the DL, including times when I should have been sleeping, and not including Anonymafia accounts, despite me spending a hell of a lot of time logged in as Light. Yaaaay.

[Jo'ou Ranbu]

Come back to me when you've spent 1/3 of a year logged in.

[Yoshiken]

But is that in one year?

[Meeplelard]

I said it in chat last night, but might as well say it here!

It seems my sister got engaged.  So yeah, I'm going to have a Brother-in-law at some point in the future <_<

...no, its not Mandy who got engaged, you sick freaks!  And its not my older sister Tara either; its the "Elusive 3rd sister of Meeple" that none of you have met cause she lives in Philadelphia.

[Jo'ou Ranbu]

But is that in one year?

Yup.

[Yoshiken]

But is that in one year?

Yup.

...I managed to nearly maintain a normal sleeping pattern throughout that year? (Nearly! So very nearly! One or two more weeks and I'd've managed~)

[DjinnAndTonic]

I said it in chat last night, but might as well say it here!

It seems my sister got engaged.  So yeah, I'm going to have a Brother-in-law at some point in the future <_<

First thought: Man, Jewish people have some weird traditions with this whole arranged marriage thing for someone that young to be engaged.

...no, its not Mandy who got engaged, you sick freaks!

Congrats, you managed to make my Second Thought all squicky. Ew. ;_;


Does the idea of having a brother-in-law bother you?

[Meeplelard]

Its not so much that it bothers much as much as its kind of surreal, I guess.  I mean, my sister getting engaged means that in only a few years, I could conceivably be an uncle, which is going to be something new to get use to.

Though, its going to be especially weird when you consider that this makes Mandy an Aunt! I know, the idea of a young aunt isn't that bizarre (hell, I had a friend in Middle School was an uncle himself, due to having sisters much older than him...well, half sisters actually), but its still weird thinking of MANDY as being one.

[NotMiki]

Not as weird as an aunt who's YOUNGER than their niece/nephew, which happens, I'm sure.

I have a friend whose biological parents divorced and remarried another divorced couple.  Both original sets of parents had a kid, so she has a quadruple-adopted brother she's not biologically related to (to all the anime fans out there, yes, this is the same as Marmalade Boy, a show she avoids, for obvious reasons.)

[Ultradude]

Not as weird as an aunt who's YOUNGER than their niece/nephew, which happens, I'm sure.

I have a friend whose biological parents divorced and remarried another divorced couple.  Both original sets of parents had a kid, so she has a quadruple-adopted brother she's not biologically related to (to all the anime fans out there, yes, this is the same as Marmalade Boy, a show she avoids, for obvious reasons.)

My dad's dad remarried, had a kid after I was born.

Uncle who is younger than me!

Kinda wish he didn't live in Texas >_<

[Hunter Sopko]

I found out today my Grandma has lung cancer, and the cancer seems to have spread to her spine as well. She apparantly also had it two years ago as well, which she neglected to tell us, telling us she was in the hospital for something minor. They thought they got all of it, but she also didn't stop, you know, smoking after that until maybe last summer. Tried to keep this from us too. Probably cause she didn't want to stop drinking and smoking.

Hard to really say anything at this point. Outlook is not good, but she knew what she was doing and has made peace with it... though she pretty much left everyone else out of the loop. Her decision, really and I actually support it, though not the way it played out. Just kinda sucks we didn't know. The fact that she lived to 83 drinking and smoking as much as she does is a minor miracle in itself.

[NotMiki]

That's rough, Kevin.  Don't really know what else to say.

[Jo'ou Ranbu]

Yeah, Soppy. My condolences about that, and at least you can console yourself with how long she lived. Sucks that she also hid it from you and your family, but I'm pretty sure that things wouldn't have gotten any better for her. At this point, the best is just to spend those last moments with her.

On other, unrelated news, I just finished the exams for the new job, and I start on the Monday after the next. Goddamn yes.

[Cotigo]

Condolences to Sopko, congratulations to Snow, "Wow I don't care" to Meeple, etc. etc.

[AndrewRogue]

It started raining on me on the walk back from Subway to work. Got to walk in the rain for about ten blocks. I feel good now. ^_^ <3