acks, I'm not dead (yet), really! @_@
Sorry about the random disappearance! The short reason is that I was struggling to finish one of three papers and LJ was being seriously distracting. I procrastinate good. And get easily distracted. The long reason is...... So! Lesson learned and I'm not taking a drastic action like that again. @_@ For one, without LJ to distract me, I got distracted by everything else. *facepalms* And, for another, I ended up wasting more time trying to play catch-up today on all the entries I missed. I also headdesked when I realized the notes I made for paper #2 were in one of my lj entries and I couldn't see them when it was deleted. DD: Anyway, paper 1 of 3 is done, yay~~ And I'll just take my usual hiatus which means I'll sneak on LJ regardless because I'm a procrastinating dork when papers 2 and 3 roll around. :)
General news catch up, though I think the others may have posted about this already, solartempest, yavarice, kintaei, heki, and I went to Horseshoe Resort last Saturday for some snowboarding action! It was my fifth boarding trip this season though someone keeps adding random lift passes to my jacket from places I've never been to. Admittedly, I don't feel I have improved very much after going so many times and I'm a little frustrated about that. :/ This year was my first time learning to snowboard and I've never properly skied before so it was a really new experience as a whole for me. And the first lesson I took was basically useless since what I can do now I didn't learn then. I'll likely look into getting my own gear in the future though I'll have to start saving up for that soon.
So about Horseshoe, Kevin is already pro at boarding and both Andy and Kelly were really quite good the few times I saw them. Winnie was my boarding buddy♥ and I was happy I got to board (slowly!) with her. XD We also got a way cooler room than we expected to get (we could've cooked our own food if we'd known! D:) and had dinner at a nice lil place in Craighurst. It was unfortunate check out was so early in the morning. I had wiped out too many times when I was on the slopes so I was dead tired and in tons of pain! on Sunday, not to mention in a bit of a catch-22. It hurt like crazy to do anything besides sit, but sitting made it (my tailbone et al.) hurt way worse. I could barely walk down the hall at home on Sunday; it's a little better today, thankfully. ^^*
I'm caught up, I think, on Kamen Rider Decade? Watched up to episode 5? But I was so sad to find out the reason I started watching the series is now moot. DDX I thought some of the original actors from Kamen Rider Blade would make a guest appearance but, no, they're using other actors. Okay, I understand the story/parallel universe thing would mean the stories would be different and all, but I was still hoping. I thought the only reason Kamen Rider Kuuga was a different actor was because the original didn't really want to guest-star in it. And now it looks like everyone is getting replaced anyway. Woe. Though speaking of Kamen Rider Kuuga's actor, I actually like this guy a lot in Decade. Total eyecandy. *_* And an awesome character to boot. To even that out, the main female protagonist is a real cutie, too~
There's a seminar on anime (and contemporary Japan or something like that?) today that I'm just about to head out to. Cazdyn is going to be a discussant, apparently, so I'm half hoping Erik might show up. :D I also hope it won't be as facepalm-inducing as my anthropology of Japan class has been since...ever.
Whoa, I ended up rambling more than I expected. I wish I had been nearly as rambly when I was writing my paper. It felt like it would never end because there wasn't enough words. Wah!
Edit: Changed my desktop wallpaper back to one of my favourite photos. It always manages to put a smile on my face. :D <-----is a big dork XD
General news catch up, though I think the others may have posted about this already, solartempest, yavarice, kintaei, heki, and I went to Horseshoe Resort last Saturday for some snowboarding action! It was my fifth boarding trip this season though someone keeps adding random lift passes to my jacket from places I've never been to. Admittedly, I don't feel I have improved very much after going so many times and I'm a little frustrated about that. :/ This year was my first time learning to snowboard and I've never properly skied before so it was a really new experience as a whole for me. And the first lesson I took was basically useless since what I can do now I didn't learn then. I'll likely look into getting my own gear in the future though I'll have to start saving up for that soon.
So about Horseshoe, Kevin is already pro at boarding and both Andy and Kelly were really quite good the few times I saw them. Winnie was my boarding buddy♥ and I was happy I got to board (slowly!) with her. XD We also got a way cooler room than we expected to get (we could've cooked our own food if we'd known! D:) and had dinner at a nice lil place in Craighurst. It was unfortunate check out was so early in the morning. I had wiped out too many times when I was on the slopes so I was dead tired and in tons of pain! on Sunday, not to mention in a bit of a catch-22. It hurt like crazy to do anything besides sit, but sitting made it (my tailbone et al.) hurt way worse. I could barely walk down the hall at home on Sunday; it's a little better today, thankfully. ^^*
I'm caught up, I think, on Kamen Rider Decade? Watched up to episode 5? But I was so sad to find out the reason I started watching the series is now moot. DDX I thought some of the original actors from Kamen Rider Blade would make a guest appearance but, no, they're using other actors. Okay, I understand the story/parallel universe thing would mean the stories would be different and all, but I was still hoping. I thought the only reason Kamen Rider Kuuga was a different actor was because the original didn't really want to guest-star in it. And now it looks like everyone is getting replaced anyway. Woe. Though speaking of Kamen Rider Kuuga's actor, I actually like this guy a lot in Decade. Total eyecandy. *_* And an awesome character to boot. To even that out, the main female protagonist is a real cutie, too~
There's a seminar on anime (and contemporary Japan or something like that?) today that I'm just about to head out to. Cazdyn is going to be a discussant, apparently, so I'm half hoping Erik might show up. :D I also hope it won't be as facepalm-inducing as my anthropology of Japan class has been since...ever.
Whoa, I ended up rambling more than I expected. I wish I had been nearly as rambly when I was writing my paper. It felt like it would never end because there wasn't enough words. Wah!
Edit: Changed my desktop wallpaper back to one of my favourite photos. It always manages to put a smile on my face. :D <-----is a big dork XD