My vacation sucks :( I catch the flu, and when I'm finally well enough to go back to work, the snow makes my school close :/ I stay up all night making spam sushi and onigiri to bring to the airport, and my flight to Cali is canceled D: Stupid airline phone is busy and doesn't tell me by email, phone call or text that my flight is canceled. I found out when I got to the airport! After talking to an airport person, who just kinda pointed vaguely in one direction, I FINALLY found the rebooking line. You know what the airline told us, either wait in line or go home and call the airline hotline to rebook D: One: Why the heck would you go home to use the phone?! Two: The dang hotline doesn't work! Me and my brother and lots of other people tried plenty of times, while we waited in line... Three: You can't even book a new flight ol; we tried to have friends and family do that while we talked with them on the phone since there is no internet in the airport. Four: I'mn out of text, so I had nothing to do to entertain myself except talk with random people around me... I waited 10+ hours in a line to rebook, only to find out the earliest flight out is on the 26th T_T I paid $85 for a taxi to take me back to Lynnwood, and I have no idea how I am going to get to the airport on Friday... I hate snow... Snow, you have ruined my Christmas; I hope you are happy stupid snow :(...

Hmm well I'm just sitting here, being bored, not feeling like doing anything really :/

Today I woke up feeling sick. Well I've been sick with a cough for most of the past 6 weeks, but I woke up today feeling even worse. My head hurts, my throat hurts, my ears are plugged, my nose is stuffy, and I just feel crappy in general. I slept for a couple of hours this afternoon too :( I'm guessing my little brother gave me his flu lol Darn XD I've only been in contact with him for like a couple hours last night when I got to my dad's place too. These viruses sure work fast haha ~_~'

It's suppose to snow this weekend. It snowed like a tiny bit this morning but nothing serious. The English Christmas Program was cancelled though, due to the weather supposing to turn bad and my pastor getting the flu :/ Now I'm stuck at home feeling crappy with nothing to do. I don't feel like watching tv, I don't want to watch a movie or anime or read manga or even work on my fanfiction, which I should because so many people are waiting for the next chapter. I suppose I should also be packing for my trip to SoCal, but I don't particularly feel like doing that either :(

So yeah, here I am on AC being whiney and annoying and annoyed because I don't feel like doing anything LOL

So yeah...I was too busy to come on on my birthday so here is a summary of my not so eventful birthday XD

I woke up, and went to work. You know you're old when life continues on even on your birthday ~_~'

After work I met up with my b/f, Armichan, and her husband and baby <3 We went to Maneki, a Japanese restaurant that I wanted to try out. It was pretty cool. I reserved a tatami room and we got to pretend we were really in a Japanese house. There was a step leading up to the room, and you like take off your shoes and put it next to the step and then go in. There were like mats on the ground around the table, and you could sit in seiza position like in Japan, or they had a secret space under the table so you can just look like you are sitting correctly when really you just sit like in a normal Western chair XD

Sadly, they were the only ones able to come to my birthday dinner, well physically at least XD Of course many of my out-of-state friends were "there" too, like Mei Mei, Chili, Keren, Nance and BBT <3

I was so embarressed, because I had made reservations for 5 with a possiblity of up to 18 the previous night, but then everyone texted me to cancel because of work and finals :/ So I had to recall the restaurant during my break at work to let them know to change it from 4 to 5 people [with all the changes I forgot how many people I originally told them >_<] Well when I got there the lady gave me a weird look and was like "We got your message to change it from 4 to 5, but you already made it for 5" I felt like sucha baka haha Well then my friends were late :/ When my Armi and her fam came we got seated, but I think they thought we wanted to wait for my other 2 friends who had yet to show up so they didn't take our order for like a bagillion hours D: I got chicken katsu and ate my friends tempura and miso soup XD and then I got mango mochi icecream for dessert. It was YUM! ^_^ In the end my other two friends didn't come T_T The waitress kept coming to check on us too, and kept asking about the two empty seats. I'm so pathetic :(

Afterwards, we went to Uwajimaya to do some last minute shopping for our combo ArmiDebby personal bday party Saturday, and met up with my friend Thiney to go get bubbletea at Oasis. I got a milk tea with lychee jelly, since they didn't have lychee milk tea D: Thiney was quite right, it does taste pretty good ^_^

So yeah, that was my birthday :D ^_^v

Hihi pplz! I took a much needed break from AC and focused on lots of fun stuffies while I was away XD ^_^v

1. I finally had time for one of my favorite loves...reading XP Yeah yeah I know...lame. XD I'm such a nerd haha but I was so in book withdrawls. Life is waaay too busy to have time to sit and read these days :/ Ahh but I finally caught up on two of my favorite series, Anite Blake and Meredith Gentry ^_^v Now if only Sue would quickly find and finish them too and I'll be set >_<

2. Finally caught up with Arries <3 He's so hard to get a hold of these days haha It took me 3 months AFTER his birthday to finally get his birthday present to him ~_~' lol We went to the UW's JSA Dessert and Game Nite! It was awesome! I met lots of people interested in Japan and Japanese stuff, and met lots of new interesting people ^_^ I'm now a member, not that I was given much choice in the matter once I stepped through the door XD

3. I finally met up with my Japanese Convo partner! She's like awesome! Only one year of English and I can completely understand her :O We went to get bubbletea at my most favoritest bubbletea place, WOW. Funniest thing was she was at the JSA Dessert night too, and we never crossed paths or met ~_~' LOL Sadness... haha One of the funniest thing about her is that Yamapi [Yamashita Tomohisa] filmed a jdrama at her school back in Japan, and all she said was "Oh, Yamapi." haha Great reaction XD I think it's cool that she was able to see Yamapi irl. According to her, "He's just like how he is on tv" I like that ^_^ Actually, that's probably WHY I'm a fan of him, he's so...normal XD Ah~ The adorkableness of Yamapi never tires me XD XD XD <3

4. I got to hang out with my bestest anime buddy, Michelle my bell ^_^ Her birthday was yesterday, and we went to Tokyo Japanese Steakhouse. It was great! She got so drunk XD Aiya, she's probably the only person I've actually thought was funny drunk. Usually drunk people just annoy me, but she's just so freakin funny XD There was one point where the table NEXT to us was having a birthday party and the employees were over there to sing Happy Birthday. When one of the guys asked who's birthday was it, to the other group, Michelle was like "ME!" and was waving her arm >_< Uhhh >.>;; hahaha True, but not quite what the guy meant lol

5. Met up with Jan at Michelle's party. I haven't talked with him in forever! D: Sadly I am waaay behind on Naruto so we couldn't discuss the newest chapter ~_~' Sadness...

6. I got a raise in pay today! Well it won't go into effect until next month but whatever! I get more money! Whoohoo!!! :D ^_^v

7. I did pumpkin carving with my roomies! Although I mainly just watched them make incredibly complex jack-o-lanterns XD

8. Aiya...I can't recall everything else. Too much stuff to keep track of XD OH! I'm watching Skip Beat the ANIME! Finally! Ren in action <3 and Kyoko's evil spirits ahahaha Can't wait! They need to come out with eps quicker than once a week ~_~'

I'm going on a mini break from AC, not too long and I'll be back :P But in the mean time if any of you have questions, comments, concerns, problems with your profile and such please talk to one of the following. They will be able to help you or redirect you to those who can ^_^

miniaznhero

Peter­

kvietgrl­

solong2010­

bubbletea

jiamei­

shakiro214­

kayce­

TrUaZn2005

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Ok...I felt bad for not incuding enough information, so here I am again working to make sure you all know where you can get help :P

First! Check the FAQ, if the FAQ has for some reason disappeared from AC skip this step, otherwise it should be on the TOP RIGHT CORNER of the page.

To contact the forementioned members you can send them a message, comment, or IM them in realtime chat at the bottom of the page ^_^

For questions about your comments disappearing or having trouble posting comments, which you should not be having since Peter is awesome like that, but if you do you can contact Peter and let him know the problem.

For questions about anime related stuff contact shakiro214.

For questions about drama related stuff contact bubbletea [I think].

If you come across any bugs/problems with the website, or you have suggestions for how to make AC better or what you want brought back from the previous versions of AC, talk to Peter.

Ummm...pretty much you can talk to anyone and they will be able to point you in the right directions, but yeah try not to swamp Peter with too much since he's currently working on updating AC and making it AWESOME!!

I got tired of switching back and forth between xanga and here, so Imma just make a copy of my list here too lol Aiya...why does this list never get shorter ~_~'

OMGosh! Girugämesh is going to be at Sakuracon! :O I'm so freakin excited! As if you can't tell haha I hope they perform on Saturday!

Formed in 2004, girugämesh made their USA debut at 2007's JRock Revolution event in Los Angeles, CA, which also featured artists such as Miyavi, D'espairsRay, alice nine, and MUCC. In 2008, the band has been performing non-stop, bringing their "Stupid" tour to fans in Japan and Europe.

girugämesh is:

Vocals - Satoshi

Guitar - Nii

Bass - Shuu

Drums - Ryo

[info taken from Sakuracon website XD]

For just a taste check out my fave MV by them. It's weird, it's creepy...I love it! XD Girugämesh - Kowarete iku Sekai

For more information on the group check out the following links:

http://www.sakuracon.org/programming/guests/girugamesh.php

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girugamesh

http://www.myspace.com/girugamesh

http://www.girugamesh.com/

http://www.youtube.com/dangercruerecords

To buy their music ol visit http://www.japanfiles.com/girugamesh/

I need help making events for the AC Calendar. I'm going to try to post lots of Events up in AC Buzz, so you all can be more aware and participate in all sorts of stuff. If someone(s) could be so kind as to post events in the calendar that would be awesome. Thanks bunches!

Of course as always, you will be getting rice points for posting these events in the calendar ^_^

If you do decide to help out, please comment when you finish posting EACH event in the Event article blogs, so I know which ones I still need to post. Thanks!

Step-by-Step for How-to-Post-Events

• Click on the arrow for "My Apps" --> "Events" [the one with the little number 12 next to it] --> "My Event" tab --> "Create New Event" [Right corner above calendar] --> Fill in info. [You can just copy & paste the info]
• Make sure the "Event Settings" is set as "Users can RSVP without invitation", "Yes, include this event in search/browse results.", and " Everyone"
• Click "Add Event"
• Upload picture
• Click "Save Changes" button at bottom.
• Done! ^_^v

Omgosh! You will never guess what I got in the mail today!!

I mean, seriously, take a guess.

WRONG! XD hehehe

What I got in the mail was...a package :D

Care to take a guess what was in the package?

No? Awww you're no fun :P

Ok ok...what I got in the mail was a package, and in that package were MY AC T-SHIRTS!!! Whoo hoo!!

Pictures will be coming soon... I was going to take them right away, but all the ones I have submited for the AC Photo Contests are always with wet hair, because I took a shower right before I took them. Yes, that right. I had taken a shower again, before I notice I had mail lol so this time I think I will wait until my hair is actually dry :P 

:Update::

Here's the link to my pictures!! Project AC & T-shirt Album

[Ok so this was suppose to be posted in the AC Buzz, but I forgot my password to access it ~_~' Sooo it will be posted here temporarily until Nancy can resend me the stuff ^_^v]

Aki Matsuri 2008

Every Fall, ENMA presents "Aki Matsuri (Fall Festival)", a 2-day program of Japanese cultural, educational, and fun events for all age groups. A large number of local (Greater Seattle area in the Pacific Northwest) artists and craftpersons practicing Japanese-style arts and crafts including the performing arts, martial arts, and fine art & crafts will be participating during the entire two day event activities.

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!!WASHINGTON STATE!! 

When:

Saturday, September 6, 2008 (10 a.m. - 6 p.m.)

Sunday, September 7, 2008 (11 a.m. - 5 p.m.)

Where:

Bellevue Community College Main Campus

3000 Landerholm Circle SE, Bellevue, WA 98007

G (Gymnasium), L, N, and R-Building

Cost: Admission & Parking are free. Fees apply to some workshops

The 11th annual "Aki Matsuri 2008" will be held on September 6 (Saturday) and 7 (Sunday), 2008 at the BellevueCommunity College's main campus located in Bellevue, Washington.We invite everyone to join in the many activities of the matsuri. There really is something for everyone! The matsuri is an excellent opportunity to experience the rich culture of Japan as we bring "Japan to the Greater Seattle area for a weekend!"This year's Aki Matsuri features the Martial Arts of Japan! Our "Guest Artist from Japan Program" brings the 11^th Headmaster of the Hyoho Niten Ichi-ryu, Iwami Toshio Harukatsu Sohke. Hyoho Niten Ichi-ryu, is one of the ancient Martial Arts of Japan and was founded by the famed Japanese swordsman, Miyamoto Musashi about 400 years ago. Iwami Sohke and two members from his dojo will give embu demonstrations (from 12:30 PM on both days) in the Gym.

Also, a special 2 hour lecture, "Hyoho Niten Ichi-ryu, Reflection of Teaching and Life of Miyamoto Musashi" will be held on Saturday, from 3 PM in the Room N201 (N-Bldg). Cost: $15. Please pre-register by e-mail (president@enma.org). Seating is limited. 

Don't miss this unique opportunity to meet Iwami Sohke and learn about one of the most distinctive ancient Martial Arts of Japan.

In addition, there will be a two full-day Japanese Martial Arts demonstrations program by local dojo members.

The other popular programs include on-stage performing arts, puppet shows based on Japanese Folk Tales, tea ceremony demonstrations in the teahouse, more than 60 fine art, craft, & Japan-related booth exhibits, and Japanese food booths (Yatai). Browse through "Nomi-no-ichi … a Japanese style flea market" to make a lucky find! Meet with "Hello Kitty"!

Consulate-General of Japan in Seattle will present a feature anime movie, "Doraemon the Movie 2006: Nobita's Dinosaur" in the Room L126 (L-Bldg). Japanese with English subtitles. From 1:30 p.m. on both days (total 2 showings). Free, first come, first served ~50.

Workshops & Lectures include: Taiko, Bonsai, English-language Haiku, "Keeping Koi in the Northwest", and "Traveling in Japan". Seating is limited. Fees apply to some workshops. See website for more information.

Sakura-Con will be at Aki Matsuri on September 6-7 selling Membership Registrations for $5.00 off the online price!  This is the lowest price you will find all year on a Sakura-Con 2009 membership!

~~Want to Volunteer??~~

Here is the task breakdown:

Friday, Sept 5, 12pm-8pm

General setup: Includes setting up tables, placing chairs at each table, covering tables, and placing exhibitor signs, hanging banners & chochin, setting up display & exhibit panels, assist exhibitors as needed.

Saturday, Sept 6, 930am-6pm

-Attending the t-shirt, soft drink, sushi and other sales booths

-Attending the ENMA informational booths

-Help staff with some exhibitors' booths

-Being a O-mikoshi bearer when we parade the mikoshi through the campus

-And many more!If necessary, training will be provided for some volunteer positions.

Sunday, Sept 7, 1030am-5pm

-Attending the t-shirt, soft drink, sushi and other sales booths

-Attending the ENMA informational booths

-Help staff with some exhibitors' booths

-And many more!If necessary, training will be provided for some volunteer positions.

Sunday, Sept 7, 5pm-830pm

General take down: Includes taking down tables, collecting chairs at each table, removing table covers and neatly re-folding for storage if not soiled, collecting exhibitor signs, banners, chochin, take down display & exhibit panels, assist exhibitors as needed, and clean-up floor.

If you're interested in volunteering, please email Shelley Namiki at sshells18@gmail.com or Tom Brooke at president@enma.org. Also, take a look at the ENMA website at www.enma.org.

For more information visit http://www.enma.org/2008/overview.htm or call 425-861-7865

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!!CALIFORNIASTATE!!

When: September 13, 2008 (11AM-4PM)

Where: Wesley United Methodist Church

566 N. 5th St.San Jose, CA 95112

- traditional Japanese American foods — Hawaiian style plate lunch, sushi, chicken teriyaki, yakisoba, udon, BBQ ribs, manju and other baked goods

- arts & (handmade) crafts sale

- children's activities

- music & taiko drums

o    local talent with Wesley's contemporary praise band "The 11:30 Band" and Wesley Jazz Ensemble. The Wesley Ukulele Band's will perform their collection of sing-along "oldies" and Hawaiian favorites!

o    San Jose Taiko

- white elephant sale

- outdoor farmers market will be filled with farm fresh fruits and vegetables. There will be both cut and potted fragrant flowers as well as beautiful houseplants

For more information visit http://www.wesleysj.net/AkiMatsuri.htm or call (408) 295-0367

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When: October 4, 2008 (11AM-5PM)

 October 5, 2008 (11AM-5PM) 

Where: San Francisco Japantown, CA

The Japantown Merchants Association will present two full days of exciting events marking the arrival of Fall. Events include:

• taiko drumming
• traditional Japanese festival dancing
• Hawaiian dancing
• Bonsai display
• soba noodle eating contest
• anime movies & costume competition
• children’s karaoke contest
• kiku ningyo (chrysanthemum dolls)
• food
• and more!

For more information visit http://bayanime.com/2008/08/09/aki-matsuri-fall-festival-san-francisco-japantown/

Oh man, what a crazy weekend... I'm like all out of sorts, trying to deal with this huge emotional rollercoaster I was put through this past weekend. It's like delayed reaction or something ~_~'

BOREDOM: Anyways, it started put pretty ok. I went up to Lynnwood to my dad's to hang out I guess. I was going to a party at a friend's up in Lynnwood Saturday evening :D My little brother was away at our church's youth group summer camp as was most of my church friends, so I was kinda bored most of the day before the party.

NOT BAD: Went to my friend's party and hung out with my bestest friend in the world, Armichan ^_^v She was still very much pregnant, and apparently going to stay that way lol Her husband made a deal with the baby, he wasn't allowed to come out that night since his dad would be in no position to be driving any where XD No worries though, I reassured him that if Kenyon (the baby) decided he wanted to make an appearance at the party too I'd be sure to run away with Armichan, and claim the baby as my own ;) I'm sure he was very reassured after that :D

DISBELIEF/WORRIED/HELPLESS/ANNOYED...: Everything was fine, until I got a phone call from my Mom in Cali. Two of my friends had gotten in a car accident, and one of them had to be rushed to the hospital because he was bleeding out of his ear! :O I'm still slightly disturbed that my mom found out before me, when she's in a different state :\\ Of course, my mom didn't really know what was going on, but from what I understood, my friends were being stupid as always and one of them "fell out of the car" was what my mom said. I was freaking out on the inside trying to figure out if it happened at the camp or if they were on their way to camp or what. My mom was saying she couldn't reach my little brother out at the camp site, I was imagining all sorts of bad scenerios, with people having their heads cracked open or their jaw unhinged. I, of course, was still at the party, and I didn't want to worry Armi or make her feel like she needed to take me anywhere seeing as she was incredibly pregnant. Of course I also wasn't sure what I could do, I mean my mom didn't even know what hospital he was taken to >_< My little brother was able to reach me later on, the camp was cancelled and everyone went home obviously. I was so annoyed when I heard that his version of the story; some of my friends thought it would be funny to climb on the back of the car and hang on to pretty much nothing but the roof of the car and the bumper, while my other friend drove around. I mean how idiotic can people get?! I was even more upset to learn that not one but two of my friends had gotten injured and were at the hospital. On one hand I was worried about them, on the other I was giving them a good lecture in my head about being idiots. Of course I couldn't do anything for them or my little brother, who was back at my dad's house; I was still at the party and even if I came home there wasn't much I could do for them.

RELIEF/AMAZEMENT: I left the party as soon as possible, but my brother was already asleep when I got home :( I felt bad for not being able to help him... Sunday morning we went to church, and got an update on our friends' status. One had gotten incredibly scratched up, but he was able to be released with lots of meds and a reminder to have someone wake him up every 2 hours just to make sure there were no head injuries. The other's internal bleeding in the head had stopped, which was a very good sign. About 1/3 into church we got another update, my friend with the head injury may be well enough to be released at 1pm that day! :O Amazing! A head injury and released after one day! 2/3 into church and it was confirmed, he would be coming home later that afternoon! When he finally came home at 4ish we all came to visit him. Our other friend who was injured came by too. Both were so busted him, but they were still joking. They even started comparing how the accident happened, who looked cooler falling off a car, and who got more injured. Guys...who can understand them? XD Oh man, some of their wounds made my stomach turn...

HAPPINESS: Late Sunday night/Early Monday morning I got a call from Armi's husband. "Did you get my message?" "Uhhhh...what message? >_>" *insert ^#@(^$^@($*(*^@$#%$#$&&!!!!* They were at the hospital...the baby was coming! :O After freaking out a bit trying to figure out how I was going to get there, where there was, and all that my little brother ended up driving me. I felt horrible leaving him again, we were watching a movie when I got the call :\\ We got lost a bit at the hospital trying to figure out which building it was. I didn't want to call T (her husband) again since he was obviously helping with the baby. Ended up in front of a building I hoped was the right one, and found out it was after hours and the doors were locked >_< So I had to call him...and he came to open the door ~_~' Of course he rushed back after that because Armi was in pain... uhhhh yeah...great job Debby, take her husband away from her when she's having a baby v_v Spend some time in the waiting area, ran back and forth opening the door for other relatives and friends...was surpised to find that her mom and her sister weren't there yet. Her sister was suppose to be in there with her :O After not too long her Mom and older brother went back to take pictures...apparently the baby was born XD I went along to see, thought they were going to stand at the door and peek in or something since no one had come out to call us in. Uhhhh not quite done yet... Her brother was kicked out, after showing her mom how to work a camera. I stood by the door to keep people out and watched them weigh the baby and do all that other after delivery stuff like shots and what not. I tried not to look at what was going on with her; looked a bit bloody XD Plus, I wasn't too sure she wanted visitors yet hahaha. I spent the night in the room with her, T, and the baby; just trying to help her out. There were a couple of wake ups, which T slept through ~_~' Dang man is going to be useless XD jk jk I'm sure he was just wiped out after all that. Even if he wasn't having the baby it must have been tiring running around and trying to stay calm for her...not passing out...yeah T's not so great with the medical stuff either. It's emotionally and physically draining to stay so calm when your wife is screaming and in pain, I can't imagine how he feels knowing he's partly to blame XD The baby was adorable though. 7 lbs 12 oz, 20 inches, 13 1/4 inches circumference of the head, long fingers, long toes, big eyes. Adorable. He didn't eve cry much, I was very impressed. So I called in and took Monday off. Just spent the day helping her; get the baby for feeding, put back, help switch arms since her arms were still weak and she was still very shaky from the delivery, try to soothe the baby when he was crying, keep small vistors from accidentally hurting the baby (they like to climb on the hospital baby bed, which can tip over), make sure she eats, make sure she's covered, remind her of stuff; just keep her company I guess. As much as I love babies, I love her more, so I'm very happy she was looking and doing so well. Labor without drugs is quite a feat ;) I'm sure she felt like I was hovering lol but I couldn't help worrying if she was doing ok. Armi's the type of person who tries to tough things out rather than get help. I even heard that she tried to ignore her contractions because she was playing a board game with friends at the time, and when it got really bad she went to sit in the bathroom >_< I don't know what to do with that girl LOL I think if the baby came during the party Saturday, she'd be mad at herself for ruining T's fun ~_~' Silly girl; that's my Armichan :D

TIRED: So lack of sleep and all these good and bad news --> Tired...so so tired. I almost fell asleep during my training meeting today ~_~' I'm glad I got to go home early. Training/meeting days are always good for nap days, because I can leave after the meeting/training ^_^v I napped for about an hour, and woke up grumpy still and kinda weird and depressed, so I decided to write this blog. It seems to help. I'm feeling much better now ^_^

Photos from the hospital can be found in my Photo Album