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staplerx, winterwing3000 and baine!
Yes, hi, I am back. It was a rather interesting, if short, week in San Francisco-- and my self-imposed deprecation of 'Net has now officially been ended. And I come home with stash, too:
* Wacom 4 x 5 tablet with PS Elements 2, Corel Painter, and nik Color Efex
* The Devil Wears Prada
* The Undomestic Goddess (new book by Sophie Kinsella, author of the Shopaholic books!)
* Hardboiled and Hard Luck (new book by Banana Yoshimoto, my fav author!)
* New Thalia CD (El Sexto Sentido: fav song is "Seduccion")
* Full Moon o Sagashite 4 (J) COLLECTION IS COMPLETE!
* Peach Girl Fan Book (because Tokyopop will never translate it)
* Sailor Moon (v. 2) #11 (Chibichibi cover)
* New pens (purty colors!)
* Bad Cat
* Kokology vol. 2
* St. Ives Apricot Scrub + Witch Hazel + New hair clips
* New mini-notebook (I was tempted to get an Engrish one, but resisted)
* Neutrogena At-Home Micro-dermabrasion kit
* A bunch of things I left at home before, like fic notes and sketches
21st -- Rochelle was super-kind enough to come over and make me pancakes (okay, they were flat and tasted a little funny, but she covered them with blueberries and bananas, so they were all good in the end), and later, her mom came over and we discussed the finer points of tigertail vs. elastic for my broken-for-6-months bracelet (the tri-purple one I got from Scott). I ended up getting together with Steph later on, and we went bowling at Classic Bowl (*wails* They replaced their DDR with In The Groove! You could barely hear the music, it looked almost EXACTLY like DDR --I saw no hand plants or mines-- and I only got 2 stages!) and bowled ourselves silly. I also got a Krispy Kreme. ^_~ Weird thing is, it's only after I eat Krispy Kreme (or Mediterranean food, apparently) that I get car-sick. Last time I remember getting seriously car-sick was when I was like 8, and had a bad hot dog before going down a VERY windy street (possibly Lombard).
Funny thing about when Rochelle came over-- on the 20th, Mom and I went hiking up near Land's End (more on that later) and then had our facials... I went shopping at J-town and picked up Kokology v.2. I asked Rochelle one of the questions, which deals with octopi (octopuses?) floating near coral. It was quite cute when Rochelle described how one of them was just kind of "glub-glubing along" in the water above the coral. Hee. I think we brought it up again when Steph was with us at Classic Bowl, and I was imitating this octopus while I waited for my ball. It was quite funny.
Going back to when I arrived on the 19th, Mom and I met up at the hotel, at which point I went shopping around downtown (well, sort of: I didn't exactly buy much, save for some things at Virgin). We went home and had a nice dinner (I was anti-pizza the whole week) and I believe I passed out pretty early, having been up at 6:40am that same day (I don't even remember if I posted anything before I left... if people were wondering where I was, I'm sorry!). Next day was the big plan I'd staged-- go with Mom to Land's End, because I'd never been there with her before, maybe have some lunch, and then enjoy some nice facials and a time at the Kabuki Springs and Spa.
Well, turns out Mom said the place *I* thought was Land's End for a good three or more years was... not. She said it was past this place called Painted Rock (painted as in, "covered in bird shit") which was roped off. I had every intention of climbing over said rope (had one leg over it and all), but Mom begged me not to go even LOOK, even though I told her I really needed that sense of closure. I don't know why she didn't, considering last year was supposedly the first time she'd ever been to LE. Well, of course I respected her wishes, and we left out this path I never knew about, on 32nd Ave and Camino del Mar. We grabbed the 38 to the springs-- no Japanese people in sight, though the place was obviously made up to imitate Japanese bath houses and resort places. It was Women's Only day, but that didn't stop me from being shy-- I wore my black bikini while other women of all shapes and sizes (almost all of them with tattoos, strangely enough) strutted about buck naked. My facial was scheduled first, so Mom could enjoy the baths, dry sauna, and steam room by herself while I was getting scrubbed down. It was rather relaxing, up until the "extraction," aka zit popping. ^^; I didn't look freakishly different after that (maybe a bit shinier?) but hey, the hour was over and I figured it was a $75 well spent.
Mom got her turn next, while I followed the prescribed regimen and went from the showers to the dry sauna, then to the steam room, then the cold showers, then the hot pool. It was rather nice and relaxing-- free lemon water and sea salts. The area was a bit smaller than I imagined, but still, it was very pleasant. Since the aesthtician was so nice, I gave her a full tip, which sucked up a good $172.50 total.
After that, Mom and I went to Mifune, where I discovered that my tolerance for fish is even lower-- now even shrimp is causing a gag reaction in me. And I LIKE shrimp! Well, at least I finished enough to please Mom, who paid for lunch. I went shopping for pens and school supplies at Kinokuniya, grabbed some manga at the bookstore, and grabbed my first Nutella and fruit crepe at Sophie's. (I still need to get that spreader thing!)
Flash forward... er, there's a big jumble of days. I did meet up with Katia and Steph (22nd?), and we walked around the Richmond (whoops, I left my leftover Napoleon cake, Mediterranean food, Doritos and sour cream in San Francisco... >_>). Steph wasn't feeling too hot, and departed from us later; I went with frugal shopper extraordinaire Katia and got the collected works of "Fathom" the Michael Turner comic series (and what turned me on to that comic book style-- he's my favorite artist!) and 2 new pairs of pants at Mervyn's. I hate being a size 0-3, mind you. So many cute things I couldn't have because they were too big!
Then there was a bonfire (23rd), which was a smashing success-- lots of people, everyone paid for something, and the fire burned till well after midnight. God/Anthony even made the most perfect roasted marshmallows-- mine was so perfect, the skin of the marshmallow separated from the fluff inside! It was delish! I was glad I had nothing to do with the organization, and I got to see and talk to lots of people... though toward the end when we were trying to get rides, I had a bit of a tiff with Jimbo, who thought I was more than capable of taking the bus with some others, and walking those blocks from Geary and Park Presidio ALL BY MYSELF after 1:30am. Thankfully, the guys in the backseat were nice enough to cram aside and let me sit there with them for a measly 15 minutes, so I got home and promptly passed out-- from tiredness! It was a totally alcohol-free bonfire, which was good, because the cops DID come by and check!
Sunday (24th) I went shopping with Steph and Eva, which is when I got most of my stuff-- I went to Forever 21 and talked to Tobey, got 2 new tanktops, also got my tablet at CompUSA (the first guy I talked to was a complete idiot and said the store didn't have tablets anymore; he was also a jerk about giving help!). The bagel I got downstairs at the mall (Segafredo) sucked, mainly because they GRILLED it, plus their cream cheese wasn't Philly. And the lemonade was "old." Oh well-- I got a whole bunch of things, snagged some new books at Border's, and though I had dinner alone, it was delicious.
And so here I am, back in broiling San Fernando Valley. School's about to start in three weeks, things are... er, "questionable" with Scott, though he's been undeniably affectionate today. I have lots of catching up to do with friend's pages and communities, but I'll try and get as much done as possible. No one has gotten back to me with WDKY17 (guardian_kysra? You okay? No prob if you can't/don't wanna do it, I was just wondering) aside from Mamono, so I might just post her edited version up tomorrow. Armed with my new tablet, I'll try and get more fanart and icons (for ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
iconfiend100) up.
What is the DDR song from the Extreme Nonstop Megamix that plays about 10:21 into the mix? It's instrumental, and I don't know which one it is! (It's not A or V)
FO post coming soon (not NOW). I've got a LOT of emails to catch up on.
staplerx, winterwing3000 and baine!Yes, hi, I am back. It was a rather interesting, if short, week in San Francisco-- and my self-imposed deprecation of 'Net has now officially been ended. And I come home with stash, too:
* Wacom 4 x 5 tablet with PS Elements 2, Corel Painter, and nik Color Efex
* The Devil Wears Prada
* The Undomestic Goddess (new book by Sophie Kinsella, author of the Shopaholic books!)
* Hardboiled and Hard Luck (new book by Banana Yoshimoto, my fav author!)
* New Thalia CD (El Sexto Sentido: fav song is "Seduccion")
* Full Moon o Sagashite 4 (J) COLLECTION IS COMPLETE!
* Peach Girl Fan Book (because Tokyopop will never translate it)
* Sailor Moon (v. 2) #11 (Chibichibi cover)
* New pens (purty colors!)
* Bad Cat
* Kokology vol. 2
* St. Ives Apricot Scrub + Witch Hazel + New hair clips
* New mini-notebook (I was tempted to get an Engrish one, but resisted)
* Neutrogena At-Home Micro-dermabrasion kit
* A bunch of things I left at home before, like fic notes and sketches
21st -- Rochelle was super-kind enough to come over and make me pancakes (okay, they were flat and tasted a little funny, but she covered them with blueberries and bananas, so they were all good in the end), and later, her mom came over and we discussed the finer points of tigertail vs. elastic for my broken-for-6-months bracelet (the tri-purple one I got from Scott). I ended up getting together with Steph later on, and we went bowling at Classic Bowl (*wails* They replaced their DDR with In The Groove! You could barely hear the music, it looked almost EXACTLY like DDR --I saw no hand plants or mines-- and I only got 2 stages!) and bowled ourselves silly. I also got a Krispy Kreme. ^_~ Weird thing is, it's only after I eat Krispy Kreme (or Mediterranean food, apparently) that I get car-sick. Last time I remember getting seriously car-sick was when I was like 8, and had a bad hot dog before going down a VERY windy street (possibly Lombard).
Funny thing about when Rochelle came over-- on the 20th, Mom and I went hiking up near Land's End (more on that later) and then had our facials... I went shopping at J-town and picked up Kokology v.2. I asked Rochelle one of the questions, which deals with octopi (octopuses?) floating near coral. It was quite cute when Rochelle described how one of them was just kind of "glub-glubing along" in the water above the coral. Hee. I think we brought it up again when Steph was with us at Classic Bowl, and I was imitating this octopus while I waited for my ball. It was quite funny.
Going back to when I arrived on the 19th, Mom and I met up at the hotel, at which point I went shopping around downtown (well, sort of: I didn't exactly buy much, save for some things at Virgin). We went home and had a nice dinner (I was anti-pizza the whole week) and I believe I passed out pretty early, having been up at 6:40am that same day (I don't even remember if I posted anything before I left... if people were wondering where I was, I'm sorry!). Next day was the big plan I'd staged-- go with Mom to Land's End, because I'd never been there with her before, maybe have some lunch, and then enjoy some nice facials and a time at the Kabuki Springs and Spa.
Well, turns out Mom said the place *I* thought was Land's End for a good three or more years was... not. She said it was past this place called Painted Rock (painted as in, "covered in bird shit") which was roped off. I had every intention of climbing over said rope (had one leg over it and all), but Mom begged me not to go even LOOK, even though I told her I really needed that sense of closure. I don't know why she didn't, considering last year was supposedly the first time she'd ever been to LE. Well, of course I respected her wishes, and we left out this path I never knew about, on 32nd Ave and Camino del Mar. We grabbed the 38 to the springs-- no Japanese people in sight, though the place was obviously made up to imitate Japanese bath houses and resort places. It was Women's Only day, but that didn't stop me from being shy-- I wore my black bikini while other women of all shapes and sizes (almost all of them with tattoos, strangely enough) strutted about buck naked. My facial was scheduled first, so Mom could enjoy the baths, dry sauna, and steam room by herself while I was getting scrubbed down. It was rather relaxing, up until the "extraction," aka zit popping. ^^; I didn't look freakishly different after that (maybe a bit shinier?) but hey, the hour was over and I figured it was a $75 well spent.
Mom got her turn next, while I followed the prescribed regimen and went from the showers to the dry sauna, then to the steam room, then the cold showers, then the hot pool. It was rather nice and relaxing-- free lemon water and sea salts. The area was a bit smaller than I imagined, but still, it was very pleasant. Since the aesthtician was so nice, I gave her a full tip, which sucked up a good $172.50 total.
After that, Mom and I went to Mifune, where I discovered that my tolerance for fish is even lower-- now even shrimp is causing a gag reaction in me. And I LIKE shrimp! Well, at least I finished enough to please Mom, who paid for lunch. I went shopping for pens and school supplies at Kinokuniya, grabbed some manga at the bookstore, and grabbed my first Nutella and fruit crepe at Sophie's. (I still need to get that spreader thing!)
Flash forward... er, there's a big jumble of days. I did meet up with Katia and Steph (22nd?), and we walked around the Richmond (whoops, I left my leftover Napoleon cake, Mediterranean food, Doritos and sour cream in San Francisco... >_>). Steph wasn't feeling too hot, and departed from us later; I went with frugal shopper extraordinaire Katia and got the collected works of "Fathom" the Michael Turner comic series (and what turned me on to that comic book style-- he's my favorite artist!) and 2 new pairs of pants at Mervyn's. I hate being a size 0-3, mind you. So many cute things I couldn't have because they were too big!
Then there was a bonfire (23rd), which was a smashing success-- lots of people, everyone paid for something, and the fire burned till well after midnight. God/Anthony even made the most perfect roasted marshmallows-- mine was so perfect, the skin of the marshmallow separated from the fluff inside! It was delish! I was glad I had nothing to do with the organization, and I got to see and talk to lots of people... though toward the end when we were trying to get rides, I had a bit of a tiff with Jimbo, who thought I was more than capable of taking the bus with some others, and walking those blocks from Geary and Park Presidio ALL BY MYSELF after 1:30am. Thankfully, the guys in the backseat were nice enough to cram aside and let me sit there with them for a measly 15 minutes, so I got home and promptly passed out-- from tiredness! It was a totally alcohol-free bonfire, which was good, because the cops DID come by and check!
Sunday (24th) I went shopping with Steph and Eva, which is when I got most of my stuff-- I went to Forever 21 and talked to Tobey, got 2 new tanktops, also got my tablet at CompUSA (the first guy I talked to was a complete idiot and said the store didn't have tablets anymore; he was also a jerk about giving help!). The bagel I got downstairs at the mall (Segafredo) sucked, mainly because they GRILLED it, plus their cream cheese wasn't Philly. And the lemonade was "old." Oh well-- I got a whole bunch of things, snagged some new books at Border's, and though I had dinner alone, it was delicious.
And so here I am, back in broiling San Fernando Valley. School's about to start in three weeks, things are... er, "questionable" with Scott, though he's been undeniably affectionate today. I have lots of catching up to do with friend's pages and communities, but I'll try and get as much done as possible. No one has gotten back to me with WDKY17 (
guardian_kysra? You okay? No prob if you can't/don't wanna do it, I was just wondering) aside from Mamono, so I might just post her edited version up tomorrow. Armed with my new tablet, I'll try and get more fanart and icons (for iconfiend100) up. What is the DDR song from the Extreme Nonstop Megamix that plays about 10:21 into the mix? It's instrumental, and I don't know which one it is! (It's not A or V)
FO post coming soon (not NOW). I've got a LOT of emails to catch up on.
