im writing this from a computer at the hotel im staying in in tokyo. i cant find the apostrophe key. im here and safe, its about 6 am and ive been up since 4. i went for a walk earlier and found out the area. ive taken lots of pictures already but internet right now is too expensive to take time to upload them.
japan seems very nice so far. i like where we are in tokyo. its very clean.
Ashita means "Tomorrow" in Japanese. Because, tomorrow I'll be in Japan. I'm very excited!
Anyone who's looked here in the last couple days will see that I added my countdown timer to the sidebar - you can sit and watch it tick down to the very minute of my scheduled departure, if you like. And if you haven't been here in the last few days, look at it anyway. It's there.
I'm all packed at this point, ready to go. I've decided what I'm going to wear that will be comfy on the plane (10 hours ish, I think!), and filled up a ba with things to do and eat (the toys aren't food.)
Everyone share the link to here ( http://oberek.blogspot.com/ ) and pass it around, make sure everyone knows, because I'll do my best to keep up to date on this site with what I do throughout the course of my trip. So excited!
Today was my last day at Target. Most mondays, I work as a cashier from 12:15 to 5pm, and so it was today.
The whole time passed pretty well. It seemed busy for most of he day, which is fine with me because the time goes faster, and I don't like being bored.
As I went to clock out for the last time, everything was quiet. There was something beeping near the pharmacy, but I didn't pass many people. I watched the clock on the time punch machine as I sat, until it showed 5:00pm, and entered my employee number. At the end, it beeped a few times, at that was the end of it. No more going back in.
I had to see Rahul, our HR guy, to get paid out for the time I'd worked since my last check. He did a few things on the computer, and then I was even more officially done. No longer employed. However, everything had apparently been going too smoothly for the day. When he went in to do whatever it was in the system to tell it I'd get money, the servr wet down for maintenance. What fun. Aren't computers grand?
So I wandered the store for a little, saying goodbye to my friends, people I'd worked with for the last 6 months, until I was called back to the office and we finished everything.
I liked working at Target. I don't know if I want to go back, but the people were great, and everyone was very supportive.
Well, I guess that's it for being there though. I probably won't be seeing any of them again for over a month, likely longer. It's onwards and away for me, I'm flying away and when I come back, I'll find another job. Maybe it will pay better.
Mom gave me shots the other day, since I'm going a way. Tetanus and Menyngitis, or however you spell that. Whatever. It was two days ago though, and the tetanus one still hurts, even though its getting better. I don't like needles. :(
I'm trying out posting in different ways, so let's see if this one works, and what it looks like..
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...In accordance with the prophecy.
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Finally, we find out what makes the cursor move around your screen when you move the mouse!
After months of intensive study, a Japanese team of scientists using newly-developed high-powered magnification technology has solved the mystery for all.
She looks like she wants a hug. hehe
It's a trick picture though. I used my amazing photoshop skills to remove something from the image, but I purposely left evidence of it's presence. Can you tell what's gone? Prizes to whoever gets it right. :)
I was inspired to write a haiku from this post today on my aunt's blog: DaisyLand: Haik who?
When I was in school, if we had an assignment to write a poem, I would always choose to do a haiku, because they're relatively simple, and certainly short, and easy to come up with, and they don't rhyme. It made for simple assignments.
The first topic that came to mind to write about is japan, since that's a big thing coming up and it's on my mind.
I will fly away
the land of the rising sun
Japan awaits me
Long plane rides are dull
twelve hours is long to sit down
Arrive with sore butt.
Jet lag: not my friend
Falling asleep at strange times.
the first days are tough.
Fire is fun.
Swords are fun.
So I thought, what if I put them together?
Look and see...
I decided to set one of my swords on fire. The initial plan was to then attack something with it, but I realised that would be pretty dumb.
Fortunately, I had photographers on hand! So, I jsut posed and took some great pictures. I'm quite pleased!
It was great! I'm very pleased with how the pictures turned out. I think it was wicked awesome!
Hooray for flaming swords of doom!
09 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C0
Just spreading it around...
(edited because I decided actually do prefer to be vague)
It's May now. Huzzah! The weather is definitely like spring now, its very nice out. I can hear birds outside as I'm writing this. I like sunshine. I need to go surfing more. I'm going to Japan at the end of the month. That will be great.
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I got a replacement phone in the mail today. It's charging now, but I set most of the settings the way I like. I haven't yet restored my address book or ringtones or anything, though. If anyone suspects I might not have their number, go ahead and email it to me.
As a special bonus, I will now also take requests for what people want their ringtone to be - that is, the song I'll hear when you call me. You can email me that, or post it in the comments if you like. My phone only rings for about twenty seconds, so you can tell me what portion of the song to use, too, if you like. Otherwise I'll probably use the beginning. If you want to send me the song, that's great, but I can pretty reliably get just about anything.
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I forgot the couple other topics I wanted to mention while I was busy writing all that about my phone. Oh well. Just pretend I'm continuing on for a while with a fascinating and important, informative thing.
