Give me your lols.
Yesterday I wrote up a rather lengthy blog that included a lot of embedded videos. Upon reflection, perhaps all the videos were a bit much, but the point of the post was to write something lighter to contrast my melancholic previous entry. I was almost complete when I accidentally did some key-smashing that "backed" my browser to the previous page and I lost almost everything. I say almost, because well, LJ did "autosave" but that left me with one paragraph and that was before I had completely rewritten it. *sigh* This is not the first time I've desperately wanted to humanize LiveJournal just so I could kill it. Stay calm, Midori...
Moving on....
Just a few days ago it was a balmy 50 degrees and a great day to pretend that spring had come. I was in the office chatting with our bookkeeper (aka The Boss's Wife) and her father. Her father then randomly asked me if it was all right to call me Sunshine. Since he's a real nice guy (and he probably has more trouble pronouncing it than actually remembering it) of course I say that it's okay.
But. Seriously.
Do people really look at me and think Sunshine? Of all the names that one could have come up with, is Sunshine that ultimate name you would associate with me?
"Definitely not a Julie or a Rachel, Bob." "You're right, Steve. I'm thinking less typical and more natural?" "Oh, like grass and trees?" "Perhaps a bit more name-like; think hippy." "Oh like Sunshine?" "Now you're talking." IDEK.
I tease, of course, I mean it's a perfectly good nickname and I'm sure it's an easy term for him to remember. I may have a couple of pink sweaters, but... Sunshine? Haha.
Well, I definitely milked that topic longer than it needed to be. So, anyway.... (This was all better written in that lost post. Heh.)
Well, I was finally able to meet up with Jessie and David before they headed off to Houston and then back to Japan. It was surreal seeing Jessie in the states, but part of that could have been that her hair wasn't colorful anymore. We went to a Japanese hibachi-style restaurant, which isn't typical Japanese food, but it was a good midpoint between Baltimore and Middle-of-Nowhere Virginia. Both Jessie and David are wonderful at entertaining Asuka, while I, the parent, am terrible. David taught me that making a goofy face while saying a monosyllable was excellent at withdrawing giggles. I use that technique quite often now. That method also works for Jessie too, apparently (and that's why they're brilliant together). Haha!
At the restaurant, I did get a bit of a shock:
What the hell is this blasphemy?!
This is green tea, NOT iced tea, NOT water, and most definitely NOT a cocktail that should be served on a beach with a paper umbrella.I took a sip and, yes, there was lemon IN my green tea. WTF!
Next time, I will take them to a fabulous Japanese restaurant in Annandale that serves the best Una-jyuu and Negi Toro-don. I don't care that they live in the land of Una-jyuu or Negis and Toros, but I seriously have something to prove and it is because of that damned green tea.
Um. Yeah. So they brought Asuka and I gifts, which I am completely embarrassed to say that I had nothing for them. Nothing. Ashamed. They gave Asuka a felt Tigger height chart in CENTIMETERS! :3 And a Zelda's Link raincoat. How cool is that? For me, they brought Otousan:
My very own Otousan Mug!! :3 I've brought him to work because that's where I drink all my coffee and we work perfectly together.
They also made us sweets which my father quickly polished off. He says not to give us any more so that he doesn't have to exert any more restraint. With the way he went at them, I was surprised there was any restraint exerted. Anyway, good times were had and I didn't want them to leave.
And for those of you who do not know about Otousan, he is Softbank's mascot based on a series of commercials of his family. Did you know that he has a twitter and that his name is Shirato Jiro?! So adorable! Below is the first commercial with subs, although whoever translated it left out some key words, like when she says, "You too, big brother." Big brother is an important distinction, but I guess you eventually figure it all out anyway.
And here's the Quentin Tarantino (Tarachan de~su!) commercial without subs:
Instead of bombarding this post with a ton of videos, I'll leave off here. If you've got the time, then why don't you leave me a funny comment, quote, video, whatever. I hope everyone is well.
[Edit: Well that was a format fail. Come on, LJ, I'm only using your rich text options. Can you please get it right?]
Moving on....
Just a few days ago it was a balmy 50 degrees and a great day to pretend that spring had come. I was in the office chatting with our bookkeeper (aka The Boss's Wife) and her father. Her father then randomly asked me if it was all right to call me Sunshine. Since he's a real nice guy (and he probably has more trouble pronouncing it than actually remembering it) of course I say that it's okay.
But. Seriously.
Do people really look at me and think Sunshine? Of all the names that one could have come up with, is Sunshine that ultimate name you would associate with me?
"Definitely not a Julie or a Rachel, Bob." "You're right, Steve. I'm thinking less typical and more natural?" "Oh, like grass and trees?" "Perhaps a bit more name-like; think hippy." "Oh like Sunshine?" "Now you're talking." IDEK.
I tease, of course, I mean it's a perfectly good nickname and I'm sure it's an easy term for him to remember. I may have a couple of pink sweaters, but... Sunshine? Haha.
Well, I definitely milked that topic longer than it needed to be. So, anyway.... (This was all better written in that lost post. Heh.)
Well, I was finally able to meet up with Jessie and David before they headed off to Houston and then back to Japan. It was surreal seeing Jessie in the states, but part of that could have been that her hair wasn't colorful anymore. We went to a Japanese hibachi-style restaurant, which isn't typical Japanese food, but it was a good midpoint between Baltimore and Middle-of-Nowhere Virginia. Both Jessie and David are wonderful at entertaining Asuka, while I, the parent, am terrible. David taught me that making a goofy face while saying a monosyllable was excellent at withdrawing giggles. I use that technique quite often now. That method also works for Jessie too, apparently (and that's why they're brilliant together). Haha!
At the restaurant, I did get a bit of a shock:
What the hell is this blasphemy?!
This is green tea, NOT iced tea, NOT water, and most definitely NOT a cocktail that should be served on a beach with a paper umbrella.I took a sip and, yes, there was lemon IN my green tea. WTF!
Next time, I will take them to a fabulous Japanese restaurant in Annandale that serves the best Una-jyuu and Negi Toro-don. I don't care that they live in the land of Una-jyuu or Negis and Toros, but I seriously have something to prove and it is because of that damned green tea.
Um. Yeah. So they brought Asuka and I gifts, which I am completely embarrassed to say that I had nothing for them. Nothing. Ashamed. They gave Asuka a felt Tigger height chart in CENTIMETERS! :3 And a Zelda's Link raincoat. How cool is that? For me, they brought Otousan:
My very own Otousan Mug!! :3 I've brought him to work because that's where I drink all my coffee and we work perfectly together.
They also made us sweets which my father quickly polished off. He says not to give us any more so that he doesn't have to exert any more restraint. With the way he went at them, I was surprised there was any restraint exerted. Anyway, good times were had and I didn't want them to leave.
And for those of you who do not know about Otousan, he is Softbank's mascot based on a series of commercials of his family. Did you know that he has a twitter and that his name is Shirato Jiro?! So adorable! Below is the first commercial with subs, although whoever translated it left out some key words, like when she says, "You too, big brother." Big brother is an important distinction, but I guess you eventually figure it all out anyway.
And here's the Quentin Tarantino (Tarachan de~su!) commercial without subs:
Instead of bombarding this post with a ton of videos, I'll leave off here. If you've got the time, then why don't you leave me a funny comment, quote, video, whatever. I hope everyone is well.
[Edit: Well that was a format fail. Come on, LJ, I'm only using your rich text options. Can you please get it right?]