A Very Neo-Free 3 Seasons
Aug 02, 2009
Ah, so, now I seem to know nobody around here. Ha ha.I really need to get better at this sticking to on website thing. Or at least, the not keeping 20+ tabs open at one time thing.
Can't say much about the time I've been gone. I got bored with Neo and took a hiatus, and boredom brought me back. I just got done road-tripping with my house-mates, so I guess I can talk about that.
We went down to Santa Fe for a week to visit Tay and Ty's grandparents, (they did invite the whole household, so it's not like we invaded), and on the way we didn't do that much. I did most of the driving mostly because we all squeezed into my van, but also because I am the one who does best at long-term driving (except for crossing the dam; Seth took over on that for me when I started tailgating more than I usually do going out, and Seth did coming in). It's weird. I get road-rage and impatient and regularly take the 215 at 90mph (145km/hr), but put me on a long stretch of highway and I mellow out and become as polite and serene a driver as my mother is.
Actually, this trip taught me a lot about everyone's driving habits. Taylor is a calm driver, but he will not go the speed limit and empty highway makes him sleepy. Tyler tries to drive aggressively and speed until Taylor back-seats him and Tyler gets frustrated and refuses to drive any further. Seth is probably a very good driver, but likes to mess with us too much and takes some risks to freak us out, so we booted him off right after we realized this. Mike drives pretty much like I do on the highway, but he just hates driving, so we didn't make him do so much. Stacy freaks out at everything and is jumpy and dodges invisible nothings in the road, so we kicked her off pretty quickly and gave her some Dramamine to shut her up. Kiyoshi, turns out, never got his driver's license, even though he can drive, so we only let him drive on the 66 when we took it.
Anyway, so I take from Vegas down the 93 until we hit the Dam, where Seth takes over because I'm rage'ing at the traffic, and I take the wheel back at one of the pullouts in that construction zone because Seth is starting to mess around. We stop for lunch in Kingman, Taylor volunteers to drive, but he starts to fall asleep, so we switch off for Tyler at a rest stop. Then Tyler kicks himself off because he doesn't like the criticism and Seth takes the wheel while I sleep until we stop for dinner in Gallup. Then I drive the rest of the way while most of them sleep, and make a rest stop outside Albuquerque, then we take the 15 to Santa Fe. Between all the stops and the twins' directions, we arrived at their house a little before dawn.
I would like to say here and now that I love the twins' grandparents and Historic Santa Fe (until the blatant hippies took over the square at sundown; that got weird). They didn't actually have space for all of us. Tay and Ty took their old bunkbeds, Stacy took the guest bed, Seth took a reclining chair, Mike and Kiyo each got a couch, and I volunteered to sleep in my van.
I will now describe to you the awesomeness of my van. It's one of those old Volkswagen Type 2s, and it has the original front two seats and first row. After that, I have it gutted to fit a mattress and a mini fridge. The mini fridge is powered by the solar panels I have outfitted on the roof (which can also be used to jump-start my battery on the days I forget to turn of my headlights) and I have the van rigged for bio-fuel (which I found out you can get for free in many places along the 66!). and one of my windows has a cheap little AA battery-powered fan in it to circulate the air without turning on the battery.
All in all, I think I had the most comfortable bed of everyone who came. We stayed up in Santa Fe for a week just visiting their grandparents and eating all their food, before we reached the designated day of departure.
Santa Fe was great, and on the way back, we took as much of the 66 that we could find. Along the way, we stopped at a few historical sites and I raided the antique shops. We made it a pint to stop in Prescott and Flagstaff's historic areas as well, and caught some live bands in Flagstaff, and ended up doing the overnight driving thing again because of it.
When I started nodding off, Stacy volunteered to take over, and when we kicked her off, we decided that we may as well let Kiyo drive as the only one who hadn't at that point. Kiyo turned out to be a pretty good driver, and the 66 is relatively unpatrolled, so we didn't worry about getting pulled over. No one was awake or rested enough to drive when Kiyo got tired (since we didn't really sleep in shifts like we normally do), so he just pulled off the road and we slept until dawn woke me and I felt good enough to drive.
We reached the dam again around noon. Correction, we reached the queque for the dam at noon. The traffic over that thing is horrible. It was so bad I had enough time to try to wake anyone up to drive, wake Mike to driving levels, put on the parking brake (since we were on the hill), and switch drivers before the cars in front of us moved enough to irritate the ones behind us.
I can't wait for that bypass bridge to be completed.
Once we got past the dam, I took the wheel again and I took us the rest of the way home.
Really, I wish they would hurry up and finish that bypass already, or not lot idiots drive on the dam. One or the other.
Tsukasa
The Boredom Begins
Mood: Sleepy
Everything All at Once
Nov 25, 2008
Wow. Um, hi there. It's been over half a year since I last posted. Well, in my own defense, I've been busy. Crazy busy. I'll tell you just how busy.May through June was spent scrounging up money for a trip to Japan, originally planned to be one month long, starting July third. After tons of scraping and saving and picking up every job I can find, I was finally able to meet my budget.
I get there and have a great time, but I didn't have enough room in my budget for an internet connection, so I actually lost contact with everyone. Come the end of July, I search my luggage, and can't find my return ticket. I panic, I frantically knock on my neighbor's doors until I find someone (who I will refer to as Taro) willing to let me use their phone for long-distance calls, and I am finally able to get a hold of Taylor at 3am US time.
I tell him my situation, and he says he'll talk with everyone to help raise the funds for my return. This is the best we could do for now, and I ask Taro if it is ok if I could let 'my friend' call this phone. Taro agrees, but tells me he doesn't speak English and can't take messages. I tell him this is ok.
Two days later, Taro is at my door, telling me there is a 'yelling man speaking nonsense' on the phone that keeps saying my name. It's Tyler, who is one of those people who thinks that if you shout loud enough, you can overcome the language barrier. They came up with the money and are going to transfer it into my bank account. He asks me to wait until my Tuesday to make sure the transfer goes through. I do.
Tuesday rolls around, I go to the post office to withdraw the money, and it won't go through. Another phone call with Taro's phone, then one more day of waiting for a call back, and I find out the bank has frozen my card. They tried to work it out, but since I am the sole owner of my card, the bank refused to talk to anyone but me. However, the bank hours are when normal Japanese people sleep, and I won't bother Taro that much. I tell everyone to relax and I'll work it out.
So for the next month and a half, I avoid the Japanese police (because my traveler's visa may have been expired, since I am now way beyond the date I said I would be gone), and pick up any job that will pay me without having a legal visa, until in late September, I can finally afford the plane ticket home. Customs gave me funny looks the whole way through, and every time they questioned me, I just smiled like an idiot and nodded. Eventually, I was on the flight home.
I made it through US customs (it is surprisingly a lot easier to enter the country than it is to leave, or at least, that's my experience). I was so impatient, I took the first US ticket I could get a hold of and ended up going as fas as LA. I use the wireless internet of the airport and generally loiter until I find someone willing to drive me from LAX to Las Vegas (took all of four hours, thanks craigslist), and waited the extra hour for the truck to arrive, and it is already full of people. Only the driver spoke English, and I had to sit in the back the whole way, but it was a free ride.
I am dropped off near the South Side, and take buses until I am close enough to walk home.
And more trouble begins.
Since I arrived too late to take classes, all my student things don't apply any more. If I were to re-activate my car insurance, my rate would triple, I wasn't covered under my father's health insurance, and most of my financial aid wasn't renewed.
Up until now, I have been negotiating with my bank, the insurance companies and financial aid, along with applying for any and all jobs I think I can do, and hoping to save enough money to qualify as a full-time student again.
Now, I finally have enough free time to breathe and interact on Neopets again.
So, yeah, I have a legitimate reason for not being on.
Sorry to anyone who (probably did not) miss(ed) me.
Tsukasa
Long Time No See
Mood: Hungry
An Amusing Idea
May 13, 2008
[No image yet. I'll put one up when I get home.]So, I have a little pet project here on Neo that I'll never see to fruition. I always thought it'd be an amusing something to do, just to see how people react, and keep doing it until I get frozen.
What is this project?
I want to buy up all of Neopia's Main Codestones. That or organize a group that'll help me do it. I don't plan on reselling them, I just want to hoard them all to myself. I want to be able to see the boards going "Where did all the Main Codestones go?" "Why did the price suddenly jump up?" or "Hey, it seems the same person is buying up all the codestones!!!" It'd be so amusing.
I will hold these codestones in my SDB for months, periodically going out and buying them all up again.
Then, after a year, I will sell them. I will sell my thousands of Main Codestones for a single neopoint each.
That, or I'll get frozen for hoarding and they will all disappear from Neopia forever.
But really, TNT would probably Tarla them and increase the RE for them insanely to combat the mass buy-up of codestones. I still think it'd be amusing, though. I wonder if there is any rule against plotting to deflate the cost of things. I know there is a rule against inflating in this manner, but deflating might be a different matter.
Anyway, if this idea amuses you, feel free to neomail me.
Tsukasa
Hoarding
Mood: Sleepy
Musically Inclined
May 10, 2008
I guess it could be said for everyone that music can become an important aspect in their life. It can be for all the cliche reasons everyone knows and agrees with, for some worth-while reasons that sound very profound in today's culture, or just for some odd-ball happenstance. I don't know how many of you know, but I am a bit of an audiophile. I have a record player, and a few old records I listen to when I think no one else is home. I don't think anyone else knows about it yet.One of the reasons I do so is because analog recordings preserves the quality of the music better, and also last longer. Vinyl also gives the music a bit of a warm tone to it absent in CDs. Maybe I am the only one who feels this way.
One of the bands I have been heavy into recently is the Beatles. I even have my other house-mates listening to them now. I sometimes wonder, though, why no one makes songs like that anymore. It's not like it is an outdated style. So many people like the sound. Maybe they are intimidated by the quality. (w)
Now, don't get me wrong. I listen to modern music, too. Some of my favorite bands are Ellegarden, Bump of Chicken, and Concerto Moon, just to name the most recent plays on my playlist. I like to think that I listen to a lot of kinds of music, though my focus is Rock. I am under the belief that there is no bad genre of music, just some songs I don't like listening to. I have some Hip-Hop, Country, Pop, Rap, and even some Techno. (w) I think maybe it's just my culture, but I really do prefer Rock.
I'm not sure why I started to write this. Maybe I really do have way too much spare time on my hands.
In a slightly different direction, I am starting to learn how to play the Bass Guitar. I get hand-cramps so easily, though, so it's difficult. I'm trying my best, though!
I am part of a group called Narnia now, and am simultaneously the Queen and (Grim) Reaper. I even have a picture of myself as a Grim Reaper, but I can't find a working scanner, nor do I even have the same hair-cut anymore, so maybe it's no use. (w) I got my hair cut this evening, this time professionally, and it turned out pretty nice. It suits my face a lot better now, and it was only US$30, not bad for nice service, and a nice result. I'll probably go there again.
(Not that I remember the name of the place...)
Well, I think I am out of things to say for now. I'll see you later!
UPDATE! I have made a new blog all in my own power. I think I did a good job. Any and all comments are welcome!
Tsukasa
[Ellegarden]
Mood: Bored
Circumstances
Apr 14, 2008
Well, there is a lot of good news to be said for now, I guess. Everything seems to be calming down now, and I am finally able to let myself relax. That doesn't mean everyone else is calming down, just that I am, which is perfectly OK by me, so long as their worrying doesn't tear into me.Which it probably will, but I like to pretend I won't stay involved.
That thing that's been happening is finally dieing out, and now that it is over, I feel I can say a little about it without flat-out dodging all the questions and such.
Ever since the start of this semester, the college I attend and several others in the US have been maintaining a sort of Watch List for students. Particularly, the students that are or could become potentially dangerous to their self or others. This is in direct response to campus shootings over the past couple years. Normally, such a thing wouldn't interest me very much, as it is not any of my business what the other students are doing. I am simply not that paranoid. However, it directly concerned me about a month ago, and I'll start that from the beginning.
As I stated earlier, it started about a month ago when a couple of the professors became noticeably nicer and more out-going towards me, one even asking why I was "suddenly getting so quiet". I'd try to take a nap in the grass and one would come over to check up on me. Eventually, it started to annoy me, and I lost my temper at one of them.
Needless to say, that was a bad choice.
At that point, I went from being possibly on the List, to definitely on the List. Of course, when the Dean decided to inform my roommates of this, he simply mentioned that I was on the List, without mentioning exactly what the List was. So, obviously, that meant I most definitely was a hazard to myself, as everyone assumed the List was the (pretty obvious S-word that is filtered out here) Watch List.
Which, by the way, happened without anyone informing me.
At least now I know why everyone has been walking on eggshells around me lately.
The only reason I found out about this, was because Taylor and Tyler, with Kiyo in the same room, finally confronted me about it a couple days ago.
So, once I actually knew what everyone was being so down about, it was a lot easier to off-set it all. Maybe now that they're not so cautious, the school will lighten up as well. At least I know what they're so riled up about.
As for the sleepiness and out-of-body experience, that hasn't been improving much, but now everyone knows about it, so they want me to go to a doctor. I don't think I need to, but it might be a good idea. I don't know. I haven't been to the doctor since I was, like, 13 or something. It's probably nothing serious anyway, and I'll end up paying a lot of money for some doctor to tell me that I need to change my diet or something.
Not gonna happen. It's called the College Diet for a reason. For those who don't know what that is, it's the state-of-pantry when it mostly consists of mostly of instant food, cereal, Spaghetti-Os, take-out, and any low-cost food that can be heated in a microwave. This happens because of budget and time restrictions for meal times.
Tsukasa
Wish Me Luck
Circumstances
Mar 29, 2008
I'd feel bad if I just left for a long period of time without saying anything again, so I'll just start out by saying this. A lot of things are happening right now, and I don't have much computer access. I'd disclose the details here, but I'm not sure if I feel comfortable doing that. Needless to say, I'll be suspending my avatar lends for a while, and I won't be on very often for a while.There's a part of it I will talk about here, because it only involves me, and it could affect the nature of my activities from here on out.
I've been very tired recently, like I can't seem to wake up all the way. This happens to me sometimes, so it didn't really concern me too badly. I just have to make sure I'm aware when doing things such as driving. Then, on Saturday, I woke up feeling ill - again, nothing new to me - but this time the feeling stuck pretty much all day. I could hardly eat anything and most of the day, I felt pretty clammy, but it wasn't too bad and I rested. Sunday, was something that surprised me.
It happened during a night event. I hadn't been able to focus all day, even while I was having lunch with everyone. But around 6, while we were standing in line, everything completely zoned out. It was like I was experiencing everything second-hand. Everything was kind of subdued, blurry, and even the sound and sensations were fuzzy. I looked around, but it was like there was a delay on my body as my mouth continued to work mechanically to the words of the song.
I realized what was happening, but it was like I didn't have the energy to panic. Eventually, I zoned back into my body, but I can't help wondering exactly what had happened. I continued to be out of it for the rest of the night, and I left dinner early so I could get home.
I'm used to having weird, suppressed moments when I'm sleepy, but I wasn't really tired. It was like it was impossible for me to scrounge up the energy to so much as become aware. I'm wondering if it has something to do with my Hypoglycemia, or even if it means that it is starting to morph into Diabetes. I'm actually quite OK with Hypoglycemia. It's just low blood-sugar and all it means to me is "Don't skip meals or you'll act like an emotional a-hole". All of my natural grandparents have/had Diabetes, as well as my dad.
As for my roommates, I haven't told anyone outright, but Kiyo and Taylor have been hanging close. I'm not sure if Kiyoshi has actually noticed, but Taylor has expressed his concerns. I'm not sure if Tyler is just responding to how Taylor is acting, so I'm not sure about him. If anyone else is noticing anything, they haven't said anything.
Tsukasa
*sigh*
Avatar Lending
Mar 21, 2008
I started doing avatar lends yesterday morning, and it turned out that it was a lot of work. I lend out a lot of basics, plus Codestones, and it seems they are in demand. I received several NMs for lends, usually just one or two items, but I've also had people wanting to borrow everything. I ended up staying later than I had planned.I suppose it is my fault, since I have it listed in my siggy that "I lend a lot of things." (I also note when most of my items are out, and that I am looking to buy another set of codestones).
Anyway, there were two people that wanted pretty much everything, one that I was able to take care of last night, and one I actually finalized with this morning. Even though I knocked out about half my neopoints getting these items, I found that I really like lending. It feels good.
However, staying up late has its consequences, and I was late to work again. Not that anyone that matters knows, and anyone who knows cares. My supervisor still hasn't shown up an hour and a half after the shift started.
I'm getting really mad at my bank recently. My "local" branch (read as: The branch that is "only" fifteen miles away from where I live) only seems to be open when I am unavailable. They close at 5 on weekdays, 1 on Saturdays, and don't open on Sundays. Mondays I am busy from 7am to 6pm, Tuesdays and Thursdays 7am to 2pm (but these are when I get shopping, gas, and other things). Wednesdays are impossible, as I am busy from 7am to at LEAST 7:30pm, Fridays are 9am to 5pm, and Saturdays 9am to 2pm. Sundays, I am busy pretty much all day, too.
Why does this matter? Because when I was doing Direct-Deposit, it didn't work, and the Night Drop box is always closed, for some obscure reason even the employees don't know. Thus, I have not been able to deposit my last couple paychecks, because I simply don't have the time to act within the convenience of the bank.
I live in Las Vegas. I have learned to expect things to be open 24/7, and when they aren't, they are inconvenient. I go out of town and am surprised when things close at 9 or even 5. Here, I could go out at 3am and get a taco, do my grocery shopping, or even dine at Olive Garden. Things don't close.
So why does my bank close? It's just so stupid!
Grr...
Yeah, that was a little overboard, but I feel better now. Ta-ta!
Tsukasa
Full Collateral Only!
Post-Hiatus
Mar 20, 2008
I suppose this is the part where I make up blatant lies about where I've been and why I have not been posting. This is the part where I apologize. This is the part where I come up with some sob-story to make everyone who follows this less angry.
We all know it'd just be a flaming sack of 
, so I'll skip the theatrics and get to the truth.
I kicked the Neopets habit for a couple months.
You heard me. I stopped cold-turkey, and now I'm back again. Why? Because my interests come in stages. I have periods where I write a lot, watch a lot of TV, read a lot, doodle a lot, acquire a lot of music, and play online games a lot. It just happened that I lost interest in Neopets for a while, as I am prone to do, and decided to come back a couple nights ago.
So where am I right now? Well, you can see a few of my stats here. I have 462,000 in stocks (down from the 480,000 invested) and 284,813 in the bank.
I still haven't reached my goal, but I also haven't been trying, so maybe it doesn't count.
In real life, we did move into a house outside of campus. Stacy and I share a room, Taylor and Tyler are usually in another, and Mike, Seth, and Kiyoshi in another. The guys rotate because there aren't enough beds, so one gets the couch each night. Us girls get the master bedroom. Aside from not having to hear the inebriated neighbors through paper-thin walls, bills, and space to breathe, it isn't that much different.
(Read as: Nothing is the same. It has changed for the better.)
I got a raise at work over Winter and now work for US$8.66/hr, but with the rising price of gas, it's not covering it very well. Our state got a massive budget cut (around $96 million), and education was hit hard, so I can only have 32 hours a week, anyway, but the way my schedule is, I can only realistically work 23. I've been thinking about getting a second job, though I will not renew my current contract for the summer.
The job I have is nice and all, but there have been crack-downs, so we really can't do much except sit around doing nothing for hours on end, just being available in case something happens. Also, there's this guy there that I can't stand. It's like he expects me to entertain him, and when I don't, he gets all moody in an angry way. I've never been easily annoyed at people before I met him, and now I also get angry over stupid things. I really hope I can separate from this guy soon.
Anyway, you don't want to hear about that.
That's all for now. I'll write more when I have something to talk about.
Tsukasa
You Touch, You Buy!
Christmas
Dec 25, 2007
It's almost six o'clock Christmas evening, and I am allowed to be on the computer for the first time since I went to bed around midnight last night. Seeing as I have no one else to tell - mostly because everyone who I would tell was there - I'll share my Christmas experience with you.I was woken up around 7 this morning by not one person, nor two, but three. Apparently, Stacy had offered up our room to host the holiday festivities, so everyone had come over between about 5 and 7:30 this morning. So Taylor, Tyler, and Stacy thought it to be quite appropriate to wake me up in their overly hyper manner.
I always plan about an hour for me to decide to get out of bed most mornings because it takes me a long time to decide that I really am awake and have to get up, then to actually motivate myself to leave the covers. Needless to say, I had to be pulled out of bed. I was still very groggy and out of it while we were doing presents, clear until we were almost done with breakfast.
So who all was there? Obviously Stacy and myself, Taylor and Tyler were the first to get here, then Seth and Kiyoshi (I think Kiyoshi was waken up the same way I was and it was thanks to him that I got to sleep in until seven), then Mike came in after I was up.
I got several pajama sets - I am always wearing pjs around the dorm -, a scarf, mittens, a beanie, a new mp3 player - my old one's hard drive crashed, but the new one isn't being recognized by any of the computers I tried it on, so I need to get it replaced -, and $250. Put this on top of the fact that my parents are coming in in a couple days, and Alice and I decided we'd just go to the store together and buy what we like, I think it turned out well.
We also got a new DDR, so right after breakfast Taylor and Tyler decided they wanted to have a dance-off. They did the same levels, and almost looked like they were equal, but since Tyler is more athletic, he won. Not by much, but he did. They were actually going to do more rounds, but Seth wanted to play, so they all started taking turns.
At this point, I was sort-of taking a full-stomach nap. Sort-of because I wasn't asleep, just ignoring the world around me while laying down on the couch. I came to awareness with one cat. The other two were each on Mike and Kiyoshi.
This and that happened, and we all had dinner at about 4:15. During this, Mike brought up an interesting idea: that we should all move out of the dorms and see if we can share a house. No one particularly objected, so long as it wasn't too far from campus once we realized that a couple of us did have cars. The only issue would be coming up with a down payment and figuring out how to split the bills.
Christmas ended on that note. If anyone reads this, I'd really like their opinion. Should I consider this offer and pool money together for a house, or stay here at the dorms? Tell me.
Tsukasa
I Hate Consumer-Friendly Packaging
A Quick Update
Dec 22, 2007
My screenies page has been updated with a new series. It is 23 images long, and is about my being scammed out of 100k. It also includes an explanation about the screenies, that may be of interest to anyone who is interested. Warning for a large image count.For the record: the movie was ok, I forgot my book at the office and only got through the prologue before one of our stricter superiors entered, and I managed not to leave bed until 11:43 this morning. I also did some Christmas shopping: everyone is now taken care of.
Tsukasa
Fully Rested
Profanity in the AC and a New Book
Dec 21, 2007
As some people may already know, there has been a user named notkev that has been wishing all of us a very merry Christmas in not-so-very polite terms over the past week or so. A lot of people find this crude and immature, and others find it humorous and stress-relieving; I find myself to be the latter, but what are the effects of such boards?On the positive side, it encourages TNT to fix their filters, provides a laugh to those of us who find it funny, and gives everyone the chance to unwind a bit on the created board.
On a less positive note, children are exposed to that sort of language - both those that lied about their age and those who have lied about their age.
So is it a good thing or a bad thing? I can't tell you what to think, but I can waste my time typing about things you already knew about.
On a completely different subject, my brother gave me an early birthday present: a novel called Twilight. I'm going to start on it after posting this, and will continue to read it until I leave work for a movie tonight.
The movie? National Treasure. Stacy, Taylor, Tyler, and Seth are all going and agreed to pay for me (since I didn't want to go in the first place).
Tsukasa
Shooting to Sleep Til Noon Tomorrow
A Successful Day
Dec 19, 2007
This really is turning into one of those boring, personal blogs, isn't it? Well, maybe it's because I'm not all up in the gossip like so many others seem to be. The only thing I'm really in on are the profanity boards to lighten us up in the spirit of Christmas, but I think that argument deserves its own post.
Anyway, today I did some advertising around for my screenies and received 2 awards--well, received one and was promised another. They were given by Hannah and Shan. Thank you guys so much! 
Also, on an even more personal note, a class I had withdrawn in showed up in my grades as an F this morning. I wrote to the professor and the earliest he can get it straightened out is the first, but he promised it would be done. It seems our conversation had slipped his mind. Long story short: Environmental Science and I don't mix.
I got an A- in Japanese, though. I thought for sure I wouldn't have anything better than a C. Too bad I get a different teacher next semester. (Even though Karasawa scares me). I hope my next semester's Japanese class will be as fun as the ones before had been. While with Karasawa, we had bi-semesteral get-togethers where we ate at a Japanese restaurant, then some of us would do something afterwards (usually bowling).
No other grades have been posted.
Today was the big party my English class planned, and it was really rockin'. We had all sorts of music, and nothing was really low-quality. (I even enjoyed the rap and hip-hop!) It seemed everyone had a good time. No one even opened the drinks I brought, so I got to take them home with me.
Tsukasa
I really need to think of a tag for this
Nice
Dec 18, 2007
Well, I was up late last night. Instead of having to build around my school schedule, I am now working 8-5 Monday thru Friday, so at least I get an extra hour to sleep in. This extra hour has so far been occupied by my cats coming in and laying on me. It's so warm and they purr so loudly that I have a lot of trouble getting up in the morning. I love my cats.Anyway, while I was on the AC, two pretty neat things happened. One was that my signature has been liked by a couple people. Those who I'd gotten permission to screenie made it into my screenies page. It is the very last image, and it is a long one, so bear with me.
The second thing is that a lot of people visited my screenies page and liked it. The board exploded before I could start making shots of it, so I'm afraid I have no proof, but guys, you have no idea how good that made me feel. :)
I've decided that I'll update my avatar count on Saturdays, so hopefully by then, I'll have all my clickies. I'll also be working on removing doubles (since the ones I had previously are also listed). As I mentioned before, my only wishlist right now is to make it back to what I was before: avatar lends, about 1.3m in the bank, and 1m in stocks. I also had the lab map and 3 painted pets, but that is just a little unfeasible right now.
If anyone could help me with avatar lends, tell me and I will gladly accept.
Well, I think that sums up the entirety of what I have to say.
See you next time!
Tsukasa
No longer as mad at Daniel
Hello and Welcome
Dec 16, 2007
Hello, my name is Tsukasa. My former account was cyronelle_v2, but I'm afraid there is only a slim chance of my ever getting that back. I won't be too detailed, but basically while I was in the restroom at work, a coworker of mine (the 'Daniel' hinted at in my username) got my account frozen for something he posted or attempted to post on the boards, so I'm afraid I have to start all over.Getting away from that, I am currently 24 years old; my birthday is November 7th. My personal history is a little long and boring, so I'll be brief for now. I was born in Japan and lived there for my first 2 years. My parents then divorced and I did a lot of family hopping all around the US until I was 18. At that point I moved back in with my mom for a year and a half before I came back to America and family hop for a while. Finally, I settled down in Las Vegas, NV, with my roommate Stacy.
I usually lurk around in the STC or AC, but I'm not too social there, either. I roleplay on another site (because let's face it, TNT's rules and filters are not very fun), and do a bit of writing.
I work part-time in the Telemedia area of where I go to school for $8.06/hour and am a full-time student. Between scholarships and my job's benefits, my part of the rent is covered, and my only expenses are food, car payment, insurance, and books; but my car will be paid off in February. I am not a fan of credit cards and refuse to let myself fall into debt like so many of my peers seem to have done. I am a firm believer in reading a document in its entirety and understanding it before signing my name (which aids me in my quest to dislike credit cards).
I will probably make this account (iamsomadatdaniel) my main and chat on a side account from now on so I can avoid losing everything all over again. When I have come up with a side account, I will post about it.
Well, this is probably enough for now. I should try to get a feel for this layout. Isn't it spiffy?
Tsukasa
No longer as mad at Daniel
About Me
I'll do this section when I have the time, inspiration, and mind capacity to do so. (Read as: Someone will have to do this for me if it's going to happen.)I guess I can start with some basics, since I seem to have the time to do so, and sleep is avoiding me. I suppose I'll start it like a fact-sheet and see where it goes from there.
Name: Tsukasa
Age: 24
DOB: Nov 7 1983
Height: 5'6" (168cm)
Weight: 118lbs (53.5kg)
Hair: Short, dark red (dyed)
Location: Las Vegas, NV, USA
Born: Sendai, Japan
Roommate: Stacy
Close Friends: Kiyoshi, Sachie, Kanako, Taylor (the younger twin), Tyler (the elder twin), Seth, Alice, Mike
Favorites: Dr. Pepper (drink), Jolly Ranchers (candy), Udon (food)
They say you can tell a lot about a person by how they talk about others. I can't think of anything to say about myself, so I'll talk a bit about my friends for now. Kiyoshi was someone I met in my year-and-a-half in Tokyo, and I met up with him again here in the US. He's calm and quiet most of the time, and very observant. He wears glasses and spikes his hair. I believe he works with tourists.
He ends up looking after me a lot. On more than one occasion, he has told me that I space out too much and don't pay enough attention, or that I need to use my common-sense more often. I guess it seems I have the kind of personality of someone who is just not all-there all the time. The lights are on but no one's home kind of thing. Kiyoshi would, if nothing else, make sure I got where I was going and back alright both here and in Japan. We used to drive around in this big, ugly brown van back in Japan when we needed to get somewhere far because Kiyo was the only one of us with a driver's license.
Sachie and Kanako were two friends I left behind in Tokyo. They were quick to make friends with me. Sachie was really smart and lectured me often on doing reckless things (like walking in the rain without an umbrella). Kanako was really bouncy and spacey, but really sweet. Kiyoshi told me sometime after meeting up with him here that they had been suspicious of him, but eventually appointed him to be the one to look after me when they were busy. The four of us (five if you counted my older brother Yasuichirou) were always at my house playing video games.
Taylor and Tyler are identical twins with red hair and green eyes. Physically there is no difference, but their personalities are very different. (I'll say it now, I've always been fascinated by twins.) I'm not really sure how to describe it. They both want what's best for the other. Taylor acts on this by giving up things he wants. For example, if there is only one of something, he'll be sure to let Tyler have it. Usually, it's silly things like the last cookie, but Tyler gets mad at him over it when he finds out and usually makes Taylor accept it whether he wants to or not. Taylor is better at English and Social Studies and is very grumpy if you catch him without Tyler in the mornings.
Tyler is the more dominant of the two and is better at Math and sports. However, he becomes a little hyper and - I guess you could call it 'clingy' when he's separated from Taylor. Tyler is also more prone to getting frustrated and losing his temper, particularly at Taylor not looking out for himself well enough. It is a well-known fact that Taylor attends some of Tyler's classes and vice-versa so they can both get good grades. Tyler will work about evenly on their homework so they get similar grades, but Taylor will almost always put Tyler's work first, then ends up getting poorer grades because of it, which makes Tyler angry.
During their Freshman year, their was a mix-up with the dorms, and the two ended up sharing a room with another person, so there weren't enough beds. Taylor and Tyler tried to share a bed, but I guess Tyler kept getting kicked off, so he ended up voluntarily sleeping on the couch for about a week so that the two of them wouldn't be cramped. They do the Twin Thing on purpose: dressing the same and speaking at the same time. There are subtle differences, but I don't know how to explain them. Also, they tend to gang up on people while playing video games.
Mike and Seth are guys in Kiyoshi's dorm that I have gotten to know. Seth is Kiyo's roommate, and he also seems to have a not-all-there personality like me. I don't know him that much yet. It seems Kiyo and Seth had a conflict earlier this year about from what time their room should be quiet, and Kiyo eventually triumphed to the point that it must be quiet starting around 10:00pm. I don't think I've ever heard Mike utter more than three words at a time. He is always on his laptop typing away at something, or playing video games. I have never seen him eat, sleep, or get up to use the restroom. He is in my English class.
Stacy is crazier than Kanako. She is always very hyper and bouncy and seems to completely lack a brain. I try to avoid her, as she is extremely annoying to me. Her attempts at conversation toward me usually are something along the lines of: 'So, who do you like?' 'Wanna go shopping with me?' 'Y'know, if you had some make up, I could at least borrow it from you once in a while.' Alice on the other hand, is a sweet, quiet girl that always seems nervous. I don't see much of her, but she's in my Math class.
Well, this should be good for now. I'll try to put in more later.