Pictures from Japan!
They’re a bit out of order but I’m sure you’ll like em none the less 😀
The executive summary:
We spent the first week in Tokyo. Then went by bullet train (Shinkansen) to Kyoto for a few days then to Nara then to Osaka. We spent the last week in Nagasaki. ‘We’ being me and three friends. I’m not in any of the pictures by the way (except for the melon pan pictures!).
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[Dorama]
Waaahhhhh. What a dramatic month this has been. Anyway, I hope you’re all enjoying the new site (although little has changed apart from the array of errors that many of you have encountered). We hope to be resuming normal services shortly so don’t fret ^^
[Site]
I’ve received several PMs asking why donations are closed. It says why in the announcements and the donation page, but I’ll explain here anyway. When a sufficient amount of donations to pay the server bill and any miscallaneous costs associated with keeping the site afloat is met, then donations are closed until the next server bill is payed. This is illustrated on a chart that is linked on the donation page. The site admins wanted to stress transparency in regards to donations, so don’t worry about your donations disappearing on you =]
[Life]
As some of you may know, I graduated from high school a few weeks ago and I’ve just turned 18. I’m going to [insert undisclosed university here] next year, but I’m still taking summer classes at the local community college. Anatomy + Japanese.
Anyways, I’m out of time. Bye~
I hate going downtown. There’s nothing to see there, the pedestrian walkways stink of automotive exhaust and fucking cigarette smoke, and people walk so slow they’re like chibis with fucking stumps for legs. Each time I go for a few hours and come home with a sore throat from all that air pollution >.< And let’s not even get started on noise pollution.
Maybe that’s why city people are so cranky – cities are just horrible places to live in.
It’s about time for me to have a haircut.
A quick post while on a coffee break; I don’t know if anyone else feels (or is crazy enough to feel) the same way, but I do find moderating quite therapeutic.
On a good day you see good offers waiting to be granted (though some, for various reasons, might not be granted immediately), torrent reports coming in for torrents that need fixing, comment reports and all sorts of reports waiting to be resolved. When the system runs smoothly, the reports that come in are sensible and well-written, and you get a real sense of progress fixing stuff up, improving descriptions, making changes to the Wiki (yeah, it is constantly being changed even if nobody notices T_T) and taking care of adoptions. Yeah, it’s easy to get high on moderating.
Then there are days when users just refuse to make your job easier, insist on asking questions that have been asked countless times (and hence have been answered in the FAQ), or generally just make things difficult, whether intentionally or unintentionally (sample question asked in help form: “how do i put up a display picture?”. It’s a legitimate question, but also one that could easily have been self-resolved if one could be bothered to explore the settings page).
On those days, you erase your memory and start afresh the next day 🙂
It’s a never-ending cycle really. Every Monday, you look forward to Friday and every Friday, you hope Monday is far away. But before you know it, it’s Monday again and you need to get up early for work.
There is also another cycle related to work, as mentioned by a friend of mine yesterday. To paraphrase:
“You go to work to make money. You need money to help achieve happiness. You need happiness because you work.”
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… is over.
Don’t ask me to sing anything for the next 24 months. My voice will still be recovering.
IS FCUKING HARD TO SING. WHAT THE HELL WAS HE THINKING?!
… says the one singing bass in a concert tonight =\
Yay for high Fs.
First of all this is actually my first official blog post ever. I never felt much like blogging but now that we have BoxTorrents blog I thought it appropriate to add something every now and then. So here it is!
I have never liked alcohol much. I don’t like the grainy taste of beer or whisky. When in Japan I tried some sake but it tastes a lot like beer and whisky, although it’s made from rice. I’m more of a liquor person I guess. Mix drinks also do well for me, so long as they’re not mixed with gin which tastes like soap even if you dilute it with orange juice, in case you like that stuff mix it with tonic to get mouthwash or car polish …
I never understood what is so great about alcohol. I guess I don’t really have a strong preference for alcoholic beverages because I’m just as happy with some tea or juice. Most people seem to frown upon it, other people accept it. In all though, I take pride in choosing for myself what I like so if I feel like drinking I will drink, else I will stick to soda.
What is your experience with different kinds of alcoholic or non-alcoholic beverages? Do you drink even if you don’t want to drink sometimes?