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I’m still moving entries from the old format to wordpress.

I’m doing this by hand.

Why?

Well, for one, it’s not a quick-snap import process because habari’s not even 1.0 yet so of course wordpress won’t support importing from such a new format.

For another… I’m doing a lot of meta-tweaking (tags, categories, editing old entries with updated info) that I think, in the long run, will be better for the blog. It also lets me see that I have a disproportional amount of random “personal” type entries which is maybe boring for casual readers who don’t know me (^ ^;;; )

I’ve gotten through all of 2009 now, back to post #74. There may or may not be 74 posts left to transfer since if I delete posts the id numbers don’t change. Certainly by Monday all the archives should be back online.

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My streak of uninspired photos continues with more whiteboard magnets.

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This is a bit more on par with the kinds of photos I’d normally take – Nendoroid Mio arrived on Tuesday. I want to do a specific post just reviewing her, though, so I won’t talk about that too much here. I’m amused that Yui was released first for the Azone dolls, and Mio was first for Nendoroids. Yui’s also first for Figma (which I have pre-ordered, naturally). It’s true Yui fulfills the more typical main character role, but Mio is pretty popular too XD Hard to choose, right?
As I may have mentioned elsewhere, I won’t be getting any Ritsu or Mugi figures. Although I love K-ON! as a whole, Yui & Mio are really my favorites so merch will be limited to them, primarily.

My life has been interrupted yet again by technical failures – Emi’s gone off the deep end and won’t boot, so Sony’s sending me a new hdd to replace the supposedly defective one. That may or may not solve the problem, but it’s a step in the right direction… maybe. I was surprised Sony is trusting me to replace it myself, however. Must be a cost-cutting measure. Harddrives are cheaper to ship than entire laptops, naturally.
So that means I’m back to using Ai as a primary machine (although I never quite stopped, as Emi showed signs of issues only a week or two after arrival). I love her, but her video card is just not up to some of my entertainment tasks. Like facebook flash games. Some of them become painfully slow to use and it’s almost not worth it.

I’ve also been working on my sound novel project, in bits and pieces. I suppose I should poke at nscripter code soon so I can at least play around with it and decide on the feel for the story.

I could’ve sworn I did an update between last time and now but apparently not… (-_-;)

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these earrings make me think of my friend B <3

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I love this little flash drive <3 it's so stylish I put it on a chain so I could wear it as a necklace~ { not telling you what's on it, nope~ }

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I was tired and feeling really uninspired. these are magnetic clips for my whiteboard

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found this while cleaning up. came with one of my curling irons. because… I definitely would use a 1″ iron to curl my eyelashes? or something… (@_@)

in other news, I am exhausted all the time now. do not like winter. hibernation mode has obviously been set to “on”.

maybe now that I’m caught up (er, again) I will post something interesting? or at least not do a 5-photo batch next time.

yeah, definitely falling behind, here….

016, VITRON-C (yes all in caps)

017, ニコニコねこ～ (kitty on my house slippers from Chiba)

018, snowy tree

019, snowy streetlamp

the past two days there’s been a lot of snow.
I have been doing a lot of shoveling.
I am very sore.

weird coloring because I was nearly out of time to take a pic and kind of rushed it. blehhh. new hand, though.

first prescription pills I’ve had in a long time. and they’re vitamins, no less.

more vitamins, over the counter type. I actually have one more I need to get soon…

最近、本当にやる気がない。　何にもやる気がない。　あまり眠れなくて、起きててもずっと疲れてて、あたまがちょっと．．．
英語で書くもやる気がない。　今日、名探偵コナンが見てちょっとマラソンしたんだ。 （もちろん走る「マラソン」じゃなくて、見る続けるの「マラソン」なんだ。　日本語でこんな使い方があるんのかな。）　平次は出なくてさぁ、いつ戻るの？　まっ、漫画を読んだから、全部もう分かってるけど。　（今よく覚えてないけどな）　

今まだ眠たい気がするんだけど、いろんな用があって、寝ないだろう。

これが、ミクシィなんて使ったほうがよかったのにな。　ごめんね。

oh hello there, insomnia. I have (not) missed you.

010 of 365 – my chequebook. as if you were surprised.

011 of 365 – some adorable kitty earmuffs for Aryanna

012 of 365 – something that’s finally representative of something I did that day: I went to an Eddie Izzard performance. <3 *tips hat* verrrry busy. *speeds off in a car with a jazz chicken, a frog, Mr. Squirrel, and a Persian cat*

Since I was (basically) asked to post (I’m looking at you, P!) here are the most recent three 365 photos.

This is fairly representative. Except I don’t usually have it on my lap like that. And I don’t have giant pairs of shoes.

I have this (bad?) habit of buying stuff from Japan (and other asian countries), having it sent to me via EMS, and then not being around to pick up the package when it’s delivered. So I make trips to the local post office. I had two notices for packages this time – one from Japan and one from Korea.

Since the package from Korea was new elastic (and other things) for Aryanna, I tried to restring her last night. It was… a difficult process. And I’m still technically not done – I couldn’t get her headcap back on properly so it’s just there, held on by a silicone cap and wig. Once the elastic stretches out a bit more I’ll try again. Then I’m not taking her apart again for years. ( > >)

Two photos again today.

First, from a Nendoroid shoot, Mikkumiku Kagami and Konata (although you can’t see much of Kona-chan).

And today’s, Suzumiya Haruhi Pinky:st girls + Aryanna’s shoe… XD

Contemplating tackling clutter soon – I’ve talked about this before, but something may actually be done about it this time.

Torn between working on a number of projects all at once, unsure of what direction to go.

two photos today, since I didn’t post yesterday~

the first was taken in the morning yesterday, before I left.

the second was taken this afternoon, when I disassembled Aryanna in an attempt to restring her with her current elastic.
that was a miserable failure, by the way. her strings were so stretched out it wasn’t possible to even push them to reconnect after I’d trimmed them down. so she’s currently in pieces. Well, her torso (minus head) is assembled currently (^ ^; ) somehow that one was okay.

I ordered new elastic from Luts along with other things I’d been meaning to order (the string puller and forceps were out of stock unfortunately! (T_T)), including two alternate pairs of hands, a face mask (so her faceup doesn’t get dirty in storage), silicon wig cap (to keep the wig from sliding and also to prevent [further] staining), and some pretty extras I happened to notice, like a crown headband~ (^ ^) No clothing items – there wasn’t anything I was particularly interested in, and no other dolls. I’m really out of the loop when it comes to other doll companies, so I don’t even know where to start regarding SD-sized clothing. I want to make most stuff myself, but certain things like shoes I’m definitely never going to make myself…. (^ ^;; ) I’m also tempted by a wig I saw at Leekeworld recently, but a) I need to remember what her wig color was first and b) she has three wigs already so technically she doesn’t need any others….

I have more photos from the disassembling that I might post to flickr later, and I’ll certainly take more photos once she’s been restrung properly (she’ll be able to stand~!).

The other event today was the arrival of my ミックミクかがみ Nendoroid. It’s Kagami in Hatsune Miku’s 「ミックミクしてあげる」 outfit, as seen in the Lucky Star OVA. This Kagamin is #62 in the Nendoroid series – I hadn’t realized there were so many now! (@_@) regular Kagamin is 28a, b & c (Comptiq, HP, and Chara)… and I think Tsukasa and Miyuki were just released not too long ago. Of course I’ve preordered Yui & Mio Nendoroids, but I’m getting a little nervous because some sites don’t seem to cut off their preorders even when they aren’t sure they’ll be able to fill all the orders they get. I suppose it’s no loss to them, if they don’t charge until shipping, if there’s not enough stock, the order just gets canceled – but for the customer, what do you do? Have faith the store you’ve chosen will come through? Place two and cancel the slower one? What if it falls through? Resort to ebay? I managed to snag HP ver Kagamin for a reasonable price (considering her popularity and length of time she’s been discontinued) on ebay, and it’s likely Mio & Yui will stay somewhat reasonable right after release, but there’s always a chance the company will end up with an unusually limited quantity, or they will just be SO popular demand greatly exceeds supply. K-ON! is pretty popular (evidenced by it gaining a second season! so excited!), but has Good Smile anticipated this? Well, one way or another those two will be mine. Ritsu and Mugi are a pass, though. (Sorry girls, one of you interrupts my OTP and the other is, well, entertaining but not my favorite.)

Listening to K-ON! music always makes me smile… and also makes me want a guitar again. We’ll see what happens there.
Tomorrow’s going to be fairly busy, I have no idea what my 365 will turn out to be.

Technically 2010 has already begun, but for me, who is not home yet, it feels as though nothing has changed. There are a lot of things I need to do when I get back, and none of them are ones I can really start from a distance. Anything I could do I’ve done already (mostly planning), so here I am, wasting time online, staring at adorable figures and thinking about what to write.

Tomorrow’s 365 might be airport-related, but will probably still include Yui since she’s my special travel companion this time around~
I wonder if the plane will have decent food choices again… it should, seeing as how I’m flying on the same airline, the return trip, but unfortunately such things are never certain. I suppose I’ll have to make sure I buy something edible before boarding, along with my standard 1L of water.

I’m not sure what I’ll do on the plane – depending on how sleep-deprived I am, I might read more of Ep6. Ai will be fully charged either way. KH is also an option, as well as the book I brought (which I haven’t even read the first page of yet).

I do need to read more books, that’s for certain. I’ve definitely slacked off on that front, drifting more towards translations of works online, or things like Umineko – not that Umineko doesn’t count as a novel, because it does, however the writing style is much less… literary overall. I was contemplating doing some one-book-every-week thing (since for me that’s usually very possible, I’ve read several books in a week in the past) but I’m worried adding something like that to my list of Things To Do might throw off the balance, so we’ll see what happens.

As long as my 365 photos remain public-safe, I’ll probably continue to write an entry to accompany them. It’s unlikely I’ll end up with 365 entries this year, since there are always days when I don’t feel like writing anything, and even doing 30 entries in 30 days is frequently a challenge.
But, who knows.