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New people I've met, one (last month) ...
New music, JUNO soundtrack.
Pounds lost, 1.5 (3 two days ago, what happened? crying )
Reading or just finished, Bridget Jone's Diary, Fruits Basket manga, Underworld: Rise of the Lycans.
Movies watched this weekend, Dracula & Howl's Moving Castle.
Time spent with son practicing bike, 1 hr (last week)
Much in the fashion of the book Bridget Jone's Diary, I will now record how I am doing regarding new years resolutions and other trivial things. Let's see how long I magane to do this ninja
Turns out I'm way too shy, need to re-learn how to start conversations with strangers.
Watched JUNO, liked it, won't buy it probably, but I really liked the soundtrack so I got it and listen to it almost everyday. Even my son likes it, he keeps asking me to play the first song of the movie, "All I want is you"
So yeah I just finished the Bridget book, it was okay, I liked the way it was written, but of course there were several words that I didn't understand (those Englishpeople) but overall I got the idea. It was too short though, I read it in 2 days. I think I like the movie better, Darcy comes out alot more lol
Reading the (long) Furuba manga, it's so cute ^^ well I'm just on chapter 16, I understand it will get darker later on. Yuki is still my favorite Souma.
Will begin the Underworld book this week. I've read the other 2 and they were pretty good, I like the author's style. Yes I've watched the movie, it rocked *drools over Lucian* I still can't believe geeky guy from Frost/Nixon can become extremely hot Lycan leader.
Hmm, Dracula sucked. I watched the Bram Stoker version, very disappointed. I love Gary Oldman so I thought I'd give this a chance since I'm not horror fan. I was neither scared nor impressed. I thought Gary was doing good till he came out with fur all over, WTF. I think I prefer sparkling vampires to furry ones.
Loved, loved Howl's Moving Castle. I own some of Miyazaki's movies, but none of them have touched me like this one has. I'm definitely buying it, specially since my son loved it too and is now playing pretend Howl's Moving Castle with his toys heart
Oh I entered the Avatar Arena, but I guess my entry won't be live till next week? IDK
 Lluvia Maya · Mon Feb 09, 2009 @ 06:14pm · 3 Comments |
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Happy New Year ^^
Hope you had happy holidays and days off. Mine were busy, busy. My little sister came from the north and stayed with me, and she put me to work.
We did alot of stuff to my house, painting, repairing, some walls came down, etc.
So it didn't really feel like a vacation or christmas at all.
It was all well worth it though, things look great. I'm not done yet, I'll post pics of it when it's all done.
I just new *dorky* glasses, and ouch they were expensive. They better last me at least 3 years cuz I'm not spending anymore money on that. I got the new treatment for them that supposedly eliminates glare and all that, we'll see how that works.
I've been spending too much money lately, so I need to get back to basics and don't get crap I really don't need. I think I'm gonna sell some stuff too ... if only I didn't hate having to go to the post office to ship stuff ...
And oh yeah, a new year and a new set of resolutions. Well I guess spending less is kind of a resolution. I also decided to meet new people this year, hopefully forge new friendships and well, go out more, get out there in a sense. I need to practice my (RL) people skills lol
I'm going to randomly say hi to people I see on the street twisted
Lluvia Maya · Thu Jan 15, 2009 @ 08:45pm · 4 Comments |
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THE SPOILED UNDER 30 CROWD!
When I was a kid, adults used to bore me to tears with their tedious diatribes about how hard things were. When they were growing up; what with walking twenty-five miles to school every morning
Uphill... barefoot...
BOTH ways
Yadda, yadda, yadda
And I remember promising myself that when I grew up, there was no way in hell I was going to lay a bunch of crap like that on kids about how hard I had it.
And how easy they've got it!
But now that... I'm over the ripe old age of thirty, I can't help but look around and notice the youth of today.
You've got it so easy! I mean, compared to my childhood, you live in a damn Utopia!
And I hate to say it but you kids today you don't know how good you've got it!
I mean, when I was a kid we didn't have The Internet. If we wanted to know something, We had to go to the damn library and look it up ourselves, in the card catalogue!!
There was no email!! We had to actually write somebody a letter, with a pen!
Then you had to walk all the way across the street and put it in the mailbox and it would take like a week to get there!
There were no MP3' s or Napsters! You wanted to steal music, you had to hitchhike to the damn record store and shoplift it yourself!
Or you had to wait around all day to tape it off the radio and the DJ'd usually talk over the beginning and @#*% it all up!
We didn't have fancy crap like Call Waiting ! If you were on the phone and somebody else called they got a busy signal, that's it!
And we didn't have fancy Caller ID either! When the phone rang, you had no idea who it was! It could be your school, your mom, your boss, your Bookie, your drug dealer, a collections agent, you just didn't know!!! You had to pick it up and take your chances, mister!
We didn't have any fancy Sony Playstation video games with high-resolution 3-D graphics! We had the Atari 2600 with games like ' Space Invaders ' and 'Asteroids'. Your guy was a little square! You actually had to use your Imagination!! And there were no multiple levels or screens, it was just one screen.
Forever!
And you could never win. The game just kept getting harder and harder and faster and faster until you died! Just like LIFE!
You had to use a little book called a TV Guide to find out what was on!
You were screwed when it came to channel surfing! You had to get off your a** and walk over to the TV to change the Channel and there was no Cartoon Network either! You could only get cartoons on Saturday Morning .
Do you Hear what I'm saying!?! We had to wait ALL WEEK for cartoons, you spoiled little rat-bastards!
And we didn't have microwaves, if we wanted to heat something up we had to use the stove ... Imagine that!
That's exactly what I'm talking about! You kids today have got it too easy.
You're spoiled. You guys wouldn't have lasted five minutes back in 1980!
Regards,
The over 30 Crowd
Lluvia Maya · Tue Dec 16, 2008 @ 03:01pm · 12 Comments |
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I'm mostly satisfied with the way this last year played out. I did manage to do most of the things I wanted to do. Loose weight, grow my hair, change my wardrobe, get my son to practice a sport, read more books, etc.
I still haven't traveled anywhere (anime cons don't really count), hopefully that'll happen next Spring Break.
Today was nice and slow, got to eat my favorite foods and I felt pretty ^^
Thanks to everyone that PMed me, left me a comment and gave me pretty gifts heart
And than you for the letters, who ever you are ninja
Listening to: "Flightless Bird, American Mouth" by Iron & Wine
Lluvia Maya · Fri Nov 21, 2008 @ 02:46am · 2 Comments |
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Warning! Emoish rant below >.>
It finally happened, I finally realized just how very ALONE I am. It was despairing.
I got sick, very sick last Friday. It started just as a stomach ache, then the fever came. I was home alone of course.
My son spends Friday nights at my parents' sometimes. This was one of those times. But my mom had told me she'd stop by in the afternoon to get his pajamas.
So when I felt feverish and in pain, I just took some pills I had in the kitchen. Trusting that my mom would come anyway. Well she didn't, and then I realized I didn't know where my cellphone was. I have no house phone, haven't have one in years.
I must have dropped my cell in the car on the way home. But there was no way I'd go outside to look for it now, it was dark and I was afraid to walk all the way to my car, I was too dizzy.
So laying there, in pain and with a fever of 103, I felt more alone than I've ever felt in my whole life. The tears came, must've been the stomach ache.
It wasn't because I was afraid of the pain, nor because I wanted someone to take care of me. It was because if something happened to me, if this stupid illness killed me, no one would even notice. The world would go on.
Nothing happened, it was the longest night. But I was mostly fine in the morning.
My mom came, she brought my son and he brought me a flower from the garden.
Lluvia Maya · Fri Nov 14, 2008 @ 04:38am · 8 Comments |
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Time changes always get to me, no matter if I move an hour forward or behind *yawns*
How was y'alls Halloween? I had to cancel mine, my son got sick and had to take him to the Doctor during trick or treating. He's well now, which is the important thing.
We celebrated Day of the Day on Sunday, so it wasn't that bad, we got to eat Pan de Muerto (bread of the dead) yum!
Sadly I haven't been as motivated to work out as I was before (when I lost all that weight) and my new pants feel a little snug gonk I either need to stop eating so much crap or get in the habit of exercising everyday again. There's just not enough time in my day sad
Anyone going to watch Twilight on the 21? I can't wait for it, it'll be my treat to myself for my birthday mrgreen
I know it won't be as good as the book (and the book is not really good anyways, but I love the characters, specially the vampires) and the dialog from the previews is all wrong, but still I'm sure I'll enjoy the pretty vampires heart
Lluvia Maya · Tue Nov 04, 2008 @ 06:03pm · 3 Comments |
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Some creepy things, some nice things, some random things.
So I finally found a hair stylist I was happy with. I'm really picky with my haircuts and stuff so I'm always going to different people, until I found a man that did it just right. For some reason he had to leave the salon he was working in, so he called me to let me know that he'd now start seeing clients at home. I went a few times since it was just a haircut and blowdrying, can be done anywhere. Up to this point I had the impression he was gay. Not be stereotypical, there were mannerisms that made me think that.
Then he started mentioning his ex-wife and his children, so I was corrected. Didn't really think much of it, till I realized I was alone in a house with a man I didn't really know. I mean my family knew where I was, but still made me feel uncomfortable. I'm paranoid I guess.
The conversation was friendly enough, made me feel better, till he complimented me for loosing so much weight, then he asked me if I had a boyfriend.
I guess I should've started by mentioning that, even though I'm pretty open to being attracted to very different types of men, he is definitely not any of my types. VERY far from it, I find him almost silly-looking.
He on the other hand seems to think very highly of himself, and he's ready to start dating again. OH GOD.
Haven't been "available" or attractive for so long, I had apparently forgotten it's okay to lie about having a boyfriend when feeling uncomfortable.
"so you have a boyfriend?"
"no, I'm a widow"
"oh sorry to hear that, my sister also lost her husband"
"thanks, it's hard, I feel for her"
"she was sad, I told her she needed to go out, find herself a man, get laid"
"..."
"she finally found someone, she's great, she lost weight, I told her I was right!"
"..."
"so you go out? I wanna start going out again"
"not really, well with my sister or friends, out to dinner or so"
"where do you guys go? I could meet you out there if you want"
"..."
"I'm a very interesting and outgoing person, I can live up the dinner for you, we'll have fun!"
"..."
"I can do your hair, you'll look pretty with me"
By this time I was seriously considering making a run to the door. I couldn't believe where this was going, WTF. I just kept silent and nodded. He also mentioned he could be my personal trainer so I could loose the last 10 pounds I want to loose. RIGHT, he's a little more overweight than me >.>
He finished my hair, insisted again I give him a call and that was that. Needless to say, I'm never going back. But now I'm left with the feeling that this is the type of men I'm going to attract, and it's just depressing talk2hand
Some nice news, I finally got promoted to full Graphic Designer (I was a junior designer) and got a little (little) raise as well, yay ^^
Some random stuff, I'm buying nitemare minis, anyone know someone that's selling them?
Lluvia Maya · Thu Oct 02, 2008 @ 04:07pm · 13 Comments |
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