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Of all crazy things to do, why am I resetting in hopes of a shiny Shaymin? I just...have to try, I guess. ^^; Perhaps at some point I'll grow so tired of resetting I'll just settle for a normal one, but a 100% legit shiny one would be so awesome! We'll see how long it takes before I get completely crazy and frustrated trying to do this.

scorpio_alice and I are planning on making a Japan trip over spring break 2010! I need to do quite a bit of saving up, obviously, but I have time to do that. I need to get a job anyway for various reasons. There will be lots of planning involved, but, hey--having done Japan as planned for/saved for in three weeks and by myself (well, with the guidance and generosity of heerosferret, of course!), having months to save up/plan seems like a luxury! And it will be nice to have someone to travel with. I'm already getting excited and thinking of things I want to do there! I need to e-mail Yamada-san from GAINAX and let him know once I know exact dates so we can visit Studio GAINAX again, and he said he wants to come with us to the Ghibli Museum and probably other places as well! Maybe if I'm REALLY REALLY lucky we can get a tour of Ghibli as well! Or even meet Miyazaki through pufferfish's connections if possible!

If anyone wants to join us and come at the same time, regardless of where you're from in the world, please consider it and save up/start planning! I'll post actual dates once I know what dates spring break is to begin with. We're going to have a great time and would be fine with having other people join us for part or all of the trip if you'd like!

In non-Japan-related news, I now have a main character beginning to take form for my NaNo novel, as well as a potential secondary character, but so far not a single scrap of plot. .___.; I really really want a plot here! I literally have nothing. Just. Complete blankness in the plot category. No themes, no ideas, no sketchy thoughts beginning to form. Now, granted, I still have twenty-two days to figure this out, but still! It feels very urgent for some reason. At least my main character is, so far, entirely more interesting and sociable than last year's main character, who never quite clicked with me. I mean, she was all right, but I just...didn't fully enjoy her, I guess. I feel like once I have a plot, I'll be off the deep end as far as NaNo goes! I'm excited already, but I need something more to delve into before I can truly get obsessed.

After class today, Honey and I went to several thrift stores and pet stores, which was fun! I bought a book on animal-related careers, training dogs for agility, The Population Bomb, and The Life of Pi, all of which I'm looking forward to reading. I also bought some rooster mugs and a present for someone on the f-list. Not telling who, though. >3 Also, some reminders to myself on things to get at thrift stores when I have a little money on me: Tiger, leash, and DVD. That should be enough to jog my memory.

There's a really cute young female guinea pig at one of the local pet stores, but I'm going to go down to Melissa's guinea pig rescue on Friday, so I'm going to check there first. The pet store guinea pig apparently is Not For Sale for now, which concerns me (sickness? One of the rabbits in the same cage didn't look so good), and also I'd much rather support a rescue than a pet store if I can help it. But, we'll see. I'm going to bring my guinea pig down to Sacramento with me to see if she gets along with any of the available females, and if she doesn't or I don't fall in love with any of them, I might just have to buckle and get that little girl.

( Just being sad about Hawkeye, no need to read this at all. )

Nothing more I can think of to say! Oh, other than I'm working on commenting to f-list entries! I got slowed down by the fact that I was trying to comment on them in class while working on my projects for said class, and since I got home I keep getting distracted by Honey/Pokémon Platinum/Law & Order/shows about paranormal stuff.

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Of all crazy things to do, why am I resetting in hopes of a shiny Shaymin? I just...have to try, I guess. ^^; Perhaps at some point I'll grow so tired of resetting I'll just settle for a normal one, but a 100% legit shiny one would be so awesome! We'll see how long it takes before I get completely crazy and frustrated trying to do this.

scorpio_alice and I are planning on making a Japan trip over spring break 2010! I need to do quite a bit of saving up, obviously, but I have time to do that. I need to get a job anyway for various reasons. There will be lots of planning involved, but, hey--having done Japan as planned for/saved for in three weeks and by myself (well, with the guidance and generosity of heerosferret, of course!), having months to save up/plan seems like a luxury! And it will be nice to have someone to travel with. I'm already getting excited and thinking of things I want to do there! I need to e-mail Yamada-san from GAINAX and let him know once I know exact dates so we can visit Studio GAINAX again, and he said he wants to come with us to the Ghibli Museum and probably other places as well! Maybe if I'm REALLY REALLY lucky we can get a tour of Ghibli as well! Or even meet Miyazaki through pufferfish's connections if possible!

If anyone wants to join us and come at the same time, regardless of where you're from in the world, please consider it and save up/start planning! I'll post actual dates once I know what dates spring break is to begin with. We're going to have a great time and would be fine with having other people join us for part or all of the trip if you'd like!

In non-Japan-related news, I now have a main character beginning to take form for my NaNo novel, as well as a potential secondary character, but so far not a single scrap of plot. .___.; I really really want a plot here! I literally have nothing. Just. Complete blankness in the plot category. No themes, no ideas, no sketchy thoughts beginning to form. Now, granted, I still have twenty-two days to figure this out, but still! It feels very urgent for some reason. At least my main character is, so far, entirely more interesting and sociable than last year's main character, who never quite clicked with me. I mean, she was all right, but I just...didn't fully enjoy her, I guess. I feel like once I have a plot, I'll be off the deep end as far as NaNo goes! I'm excited already, but I need something more to delve into before I can truly get obsessed.

After class today, Honey and I went to several thrift stores and pet stores, which was fun! I bought a book on animal-related careers, training dogs for agility, The Population Bomb, and The Life of Pi, all of which I'm looking forward to reading. I also bought some rooster mugs and a present for someone on the f-list. Not telling who, though. >3 Also, some reminders to myself on things to get at thrift stores when I have a little money on me: Tiger, leash, and DVD. That should be enough to jog my memory.

There's a really cute young female guinea pig at one of the local pet stores, but I'm going to go down to Melissa's guinea pig rescue on Friday, so I'm going to check there first. The pet store guinea pig apparently is Not For Sale for now, which concerns me (sickness? One of the rabbits in the same cage didn't look so good), and also I'd much rather support a rescue than a pet store if I can help it. But, we'll see. I'm going to bring my guinea pig down to Sacramento with me to see if she gets along with any of the available females, and if she doesn't or I don't fall in love with any of them, I might just have to buckle and get that little girl.

( Just being sad about Hawkeye, no need to read this at all. )

Nothing more I can think of to say! Oh, other than I'm working on commenting to f-list entries! I got slowed down by the fact that I was trying to comment on them in class while working on my projects for said class, and since I got home I keep getting distracted by Honey/Pokémon Platinum/Law & Order/shows about paranormal stuff.