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[pacificpikachu]

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.

Gah, so upset about Hawkeye... I just push it out of my mind most of the time because if I think about it too much it just hurts and depresses me. I loved that little guinea pig. I know I did what I thought would be enough and there's only so much one can do, but I can't help but wonder if it would have been the same outcome if I had taken her in on Wednesday or Thursday instead, or if I hadn't put the male in with her at all... Idle, pointless wonderings, and painful ones. Might as well just push them out of my head. There's no use for them anyway. I don't want to think about Hawkeye for now because it saddens me too much. She was so sweet, and so beautiful. I absolutely hate tragic deaths like that--it's the same with the two hens I lost to heat stroke before I left for Japan. I still have trouble thinking about them, because it was so sudden and tragic and I really loved them. Old age is one thing, there's nothing you could have done to change it is one thing, but deaths that feel pointless and avoidable? That's when I start feeling it, and badly. Please refrain on commenting on this paragraph--I just don't want to have to think about it more, in all honesty. I just wanted to write it down, and now I want to leave it alone for a while.

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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[snowflaika.livejournal.com]

Oh Japan, the land of pokemon! How I'd love to go, but the plane tickets alone would cost me my whole life savings X(
I know how you feel about Hawkeye, I have the same thing with my hamster. It's been more than a month but I still can't think of her without getting very depressed and blaming myself for her death even if I'm not 100% sure about it ;;

[pacificpikachu.livejournal.com]

Awww, how much is a plane ticket for you? Here they're only around $600-700 round-trip from California, so they're not too terrible right now. My friend and I are planning on staying in hostels, so that won't be too bad, and then it's just food/train tickets/spending money that's left to pay for. That's why I've decided to go again, because it really isn't too bad cost-wise, as well as the fact that I've been wishing I could go back for the last two months or so. I most definitely need to get a job if I'm going to pull this off, though!

Yes, that's definitely how I feel about her. :( *Hugs* I'm so sorry about your hamster, too. It's always hard losing animal friends, no matter how small.

[snowflaika.livejournal.com]

Actually I gave it a second look and found cheaper tickets (about the same amount in $$$ like for you) but this sounds tooo suspicious, I have to check that again plus I didn't know which airport to pick so I just typed Tokyo ._. also, when exactly is the spring break? I don't want to make my hopes up lol

[pacificpikachu.livejournal.com]

It would be the Narita airport, which is strangely listed as being Tokyo for some reason (even though it's like an hour and a half from Tokyo). My spring break is March 26th-April 4th, but we'll probably end up taking off either a few days earlier than that or staying a few days later than that because I'd like to stay around two weeks if possible. Hope you can join our ranks! >3

[ionneos.livejournal.com]

Oh, plots! I've had this annoying one about wishes in my head for so long now, but no matter what I try, I just can't get the actual plot solid enough. Ah, well. I hope something comes to you soon!

Paranormal...Do you watch Ghost Adventures?

[pacificpikachu.livejournal.com]

I hope you're able to get it together soon to write it! You could always try NaNoWriMo, if you want to challenge yourself! It's really fun and makes it so you have tons of support when writing. :D I'm sure people on the NaNoWriMo forums would be happy to help you get your plot more solid if you go on and ask!

Hmmm, I don't think so...? Perhaps I may have. I basically just watch whatever paranormal documentaries are on, ahaha.

[ionneos.livejournal.com]

I need to be honest...I have no idea what NaNoWriMo really is. ;-; I know what it stands for, but...my knowledge drops off about there.

Ghost Adventures is awesome! It's usually on Friday nights at 9, I think. Three lovable guys get locked down into a haunted building for an entire night. You can imagine what happens after that.

[pacificpikachu.livejournal.com]

Ah, NaNoWriMo is where you write a 50,000 word novel within the month of November! Here's the site: http://www.nanowrimo.org/ Check it out! It's incredibly fun and amazing. ♥ This will be my third year doing it and now I don't think I'll ever be able to stop because it's so fun!

Oh, I'll check it out sometime! :)

[crimson-angel02.livejournal.com]

If you really are serious about other people coming with you, I'd love to go! I was even thinking about saving some money to try and do a trip next summer. But I was planning on going alone but I think going with other people would be 10x better! :D But if you wouldn't mind having me along, I'd be up for something like that. :3

I send you many hugs <3 People think that since they're small animals that you don't get upset when they died, but they're wrong. I remember when my little rattie girl died while I was away at college I was so upset by the fact that I wasn't with her when she died. :/ (I wasn't able to take her with me to school because I stayed in a dorm w/ a fish only policy but was planning on moving to an apartment over the next semester but sadly she died before I could. :()

[pacificpikachu.livejournal.com]

I am quite serious about having people come along! I'd love to meet you and you'd be welcome to come along on our adventures! It helps that I've been to Japan and know how to take trains everywhere, and just know some of the general things to do and whatnot, and I think traveling in a group will be much more fun than going alone. :D I don't know if you can just get a flight straight to Japan, but if you have to do a transfer, do it out of San Francisco and then maybe we could fly together. :D Like I said, I'll post actual dates and details and whatnot when I know them. ♥ According to Gin, the weather in the spring in Japan is much better than the summer weather. The summer weather is...really unpleasantly humid. D:

I think our plans are going to end up with us going to lots of fun places in Japan, so I think it'll be great if you can come along!

Awww, thanks. ♥ Sorry about your rat, too--that is sad to lose an animal when you don't get to say goodbye.

[placetohide.livejournal.com]

I take it you beat the elite four? :O My team is still only 51 so I'm training obsessively so I can beat them soon and get a shaymin too. Good luck trying to get a shiny one!

I was planning on going over to Japan in the spring one way or another (so I can at least go and have some fun if I can't get a job), so if I can't get a job in Japan lined up in the next couple of months but can find a local job here, I'd totally want to come along if you wouldn't mind having me! I can guarantee I'm much more fun and less mopey in person, haha. Plus I have a degree in Japanese, so, uh... I speak Japanese. And would be useful? XD;

[pacificpikachu.livejournal.com]

Yes, I did! I had the same problem as you, though, that my team was all around level 51 so I had to do some wild leveling to make it. I just barely managed to scrape past Cynthia with all of the team at level 57! Hope your training goes quickly! Thanks for the luck with getting a shiny one--it's taking forever and gets annoying, but as long as I do it while doing other things, it's not too bad.

Oh, that would be great if you end up able to come along! You're definitely welcome to join us, and your Japanese skills would be helpful and appreciated. :D I know enough Japanese to get around and not get lost, but anything more than that and I fail. I'll keep you updated about actual dates and details and whatnot once I know more! I'm trying to find out when our spring break is in the first place because my school's website doesn't seem to list it. :/ Of course, I'm hoping you get a job in Japan AND here in the first place, but regardless I hope we get to hang out in Japan one way or another.