Saturday, December 30, 2006

The Week In-Between

Cheers to a new year and another chance for us to get it right.
- Oprah Winfrey

Greetings All! I hope you’re all having a good day like I am! My week since Christmas has been exceedingly dull and boring. I’ve done very little worth mentioning actually. I wish I had more to talk about. Grrr… Don’t ya just hate boredom? I do. It is the bane of a college student’s existence on break. It is what we fear the most. It is what drives us to find ways of occupying our time. It is probably the sole reason why most college students work over breaks as short as Christmas and spring break. You can’t make enough money on breaks that short to justify sacrificing your time. People do it because they are so bored that they simply have to in order to keep themselves occupied. Being in a financially stable situation going into the break, I felt no need to put my time to working. It just wasn’t worth it to me. I wanted to use my time for other endeavors such as touching up my Shugo costume, shopping for Christmas gifts, going to movies, and going snowboarding. I have managed to accomplish most of that with the exception of the Shugo costume. I foolishly left all my fabric back at school and thus have no means of touching up the costume. Dangit. But, even with all that, I still find myself sitting at home in the afternoons bored to tears. There have been a few days where I was so bored at home that I got in my car and just drove around. I stopped at a few stores and stuff, but it was mostly just driving around. Yup yup. I’m pathetic. I’m actually looking forward to getting back to school so I can have something to do for a change. Such is the life of a college student I guess.

A Little Walking-Around Money
As I said, I was in a financially stable situation going into the Christmas break. With my job at school, I have been roughly able to stay afloat with no problem. But, after going snowboarding and paying for lift tickets and equipment rental, which put me out about four hundred bucks, I was in a little bit of a bind. Yes, I had more than enough money to use to buy Christmas gifts and live on over the Christmas break, but I no longer had enough to make it through the semester at college. This is where my job over the summer came in handy. At the end of the summer, my boss made a deal with all of us interns that if we made at least a 3.0 average for the semester, that he would pay us one thousand bucks. Well, as you read a couple of posts ago, I managed to come out of the semester with a 3.8. Needless to say, that was more than sufficient to get me the thousand. So, on Thursday I went by the office and watched as my boss handed me one thousand dollars in cash in front of the other interns. Out of the six of us, only two made the thousand. So, it was pretty interesting looking at the others’ faces as I was given my cash. Admittedly, I felt a sense of satisfaction in it. So, with that money and what I got over Christmas I have enough to make it through the semester with no problem at all. ^_^ Yay for good grades and generous bosses!

Ailments
There has been a bug going around. I cought it. It sucked too. I got it right after my snowboarding trip. And, the worst day out of the entire sickness was Christmas day itself. Yeah, talk about a bit of a downer. I spent most of Christmas day itself sitting in one of two recliners at my grandfathers house with a slight fever. I was just beat too. I ended up napping Christmas afternoon for about 3 – 5 hours. I’m not sure how long exactly. It was refreshing too. I woke up and I was feeling a bit better than I had been before and I no longer had a fever. That nap ended up being the turning point of the sickness. Aftter that nap I started getting better. And, it was two days ago that I finally kicked the sickness for good.

It’s not only me that’s been sick though. My entire family seems to have one ailment or another. My dad had his sprained ankle and a broken elbow (also from the fall off the roof) plus some sinus related problems, and my mother has her seasonal allergies. My sister is the worst of us though right now. On the ski trip she fell down and knocked her thumb out of joint really bad. They popped it back into place with no problem, but that wasn’t the worst part. It was the strain that the accident put her tendons and ligaments through. A few were seriously injured. So, she went under general anesthesia yesterday afternoon and they stuck a pin in her. Now she’s all bundled up on the couch, feeling nauseous all the time, and not eating. It sucks to be her right now.

Ring In The New Year With Sound and Light!
Well, not to end the post on a bad note, here is a music video for everyone. My last one of My Chemical Romance's Welcome to the Black Parade got a bit of a mixed response, so lets hope this one goes over a little better. It's of Augustana's Boston, which is a song about new beginnings as we enter into this new year. Enjoy!

Well, with that I’ll consider my post complete. Since I won’t be posting again until 2007, I'd like to go ahead and thank you for this past year’s worth of support. It has been an honor reading your blogs and I have thoroughly enjoyed the comments you have left on mine. Thank you so much for your visits. They really have meant a lot to me. After all, without your visitation, this is just me typing to nobody. ^_^ Have a Happy New Year and I’ll see ya ‘round TheO in ’07! Sayonara!

Caesar1280's Anime Ticker

.hack//Legend of the Twilight, Air, Air: The Movie, Akira, The Animatrix, Appleseed, Aquatic Language, Ayakashi: Japanese Classic Horror, Beck, Black Lagoon, Blame!, Blood the Last Vampire, Bokurano, Burst Angel, Castle in the Sky, Cowboy Bebop, Cowboy Bebop: The Movie, Digimon Tamers: The Runaway Digimon Express, Egao, FLCL, Fullmetal Alchemist, Fullmetal Alchemist: The Conqueror of Shambala, Gankutsuou, Gatekeepers, Genshiken, Ghost in the Shell, Ghost in the Shell: Innocence, Ghost in the Shell: Solid State Society, Gin-iro no Kami no Agito, Grave of the Fireflies, Grenadier, Haibane Renmei, Hellsing, Highlander: The Search for Vengeance, Hikaru no Go, Howl?s Moving Castle, Jin Roh: The Wolf Brigade, Jyu Oh Sei, Karas: The Prophecy, Last Exile, Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi, Midori?s Days, Milennium Actress, Mushi-shi, My Neighbor Totoro, Naruto, Naruto: The Movie, Nausicaa, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death And Rebirth, Ninja Scroll: The Movie, Other Worlds, Paprika, Perfect Blue, Pet Shop of Horrors, The Place Promised In Our Early Days, Prétear, Princess Mononoke, Read Or Die, Read Or Die: The TV, Samurai Champloo, Samurai Seven, Samurai X: Trust & Betrayal, She and Her Cat, Spirited Away, Steamboy, Tide-Line Blue, Tokyo Babylon, Tokyo Godfathers, Trigun, Voices of a Distant Star, Witch Hunter Robin, Wonderful Days, Wrath of the Ninja, X

Anime I've Seen - .hack//Legend of the Twilight - .hack//Sign - 5 Centimeters per Second - Air - Air: The Movie - Akira - The Animatrix - Appleseed - Aquatic Language - Ayakashi: Japanese Classic Horror - Baby Blue - Beck - Black Lagoon - Blame! - Blood the Last Vampire - Bokurano - Burst Angel - Castle in the Sky - Cowboy Bebop - Cowboy Bebop: The Movie - Digimon Tamers: The Runaway Digimon Express - Doorbell - Egao - FLCL - Fullmetal Alchemist - Fullmetal Alchemist: The Conqueror of Shambala - Gankutsuou - Gatekeepers - Genius Party - Genshiken - Genshiken OAV - Ghost in the Shell - Ghost in the Shell: Innocence - Ghost in the Shell: Solid State Society - Gin-iro no Kami no Agito - The Gokusen - Grave of the Fireflies - Grenadier - Haibane Renmei - Happy Machine - Hellsing - Highlander: The Search for Vengeance - Hikaru no Go - Howl's Moving Castle - Innocent Venus - Jin Roh: The Wolf Brigade - Jyu Oh Sei - Karas: The Prophecy - Karas: The Revelation - Last Exile - Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi - Midori?s Days - Milennium Actress - Mushi-shi - My Neighbor Totoro - Naruto - Naruto: The Movie - Nausicaa - Neon Genesis Evangelion - Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death And Rebirth - Ninja Scroll: The Movie - Other Worlds - Ouran High School Host Club - Paprika - Perfect Blue - Pet Shop of Horrors - The Place Promised In Our Early Days - Prétear - Princess Mononoke - Read Or Die - Read Or Die: The TV - Samurai Champloo - Samurai Seven - Samurai X: Trust & Betrayal - Serial Experiments Lain - Shanghai Dragon - She and Her Cat - Spirited Away - Steamboy - Tekkonkinkreet - Tide-Line Blue - Tokyo Babylon - Tokyo Godfathers - Trigun - Trinity Blood - Vampire Hunter D - Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust - Voices of a Distant Star - Witch Hunter Robin - Wolf's Rain - Wonderful Days - Wrath of the Ninja - X Total: 93

Anime I Haven't Completed - .hack//Roots - Ah! My Goddess - Angelic Layer - Avenger - Baccano! - Bamboo Blade - Basilisk - Binchou-tan - Black Cat - Bleach - Blood+ - Boogiepop Phantom - Case Closed - Le Chevalier d'Eon - Chobits - Chrono Crusade - Code Geass - Coyote Ragtime Show - D.Gray-Man - D.N.Angel - DearS - Death Note - Dennou Coil - Desert Punk - Digimon - Dragon Ball Z - Ergo Proxy - Eureka Seven - Excel Saga - Fighting Beauty Wulong - Final Fantasy Unlimited - Flag - Freedom - Full Moon - Gantz - Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - Gintama - Glass Fleet - Great Teacher Onizuka - Gundam Seed - Gundam Wing - Hayate the Combat Butler - Hellsing OVA - Higurashi no Naku Koro ni - Ikki Tousen - InuYasha - Jigoku Shojo - Kage Kara Mamoru - Karin - Kino's Journey - Love Hina - Loveless - Lovely Complex - Lucky Star - Makai Senki Disgaea - Marchen Awakens Romance - Meine Liebe - The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya - Mononoke - Monster - Moon Phase - Mr Stain on Junk Alley - Naruto Shippuuden - Negima?! - Negima! - Neon Genesis Evangelion: End of Evangelion - Nerima Daikon Brothers - NHK ni Youkoso - Night Walker - Ninja Nonsense - Noir - Peacemaker Kurogane - Pokemon - Prince of Tennis - R.G. Veda - Ragnarok - Rec - Red Garden - Robotech - Romeo x Juliet - Rosen Maiden - Rurouni Kenshin - Saikano - Sailor Moon - Samurai Deeper Kyo - Sci-fi Harry - School Rumble - Scrapped Princess - Shin-chan - Shingu - Shion no Oh - Shuffle! - Shrine of the Morning Mist - So Long, Mr. Despair - Solty Rei - Sousei no Aquarion - Speed Grapher - Spice and Wolf - Super Milk Chan - Tales of Phantasia - Tenchi Muyo - Tenjhou Tenge - Texnolyze - The Third - Tsubasa Chronicles - Urusei Yatsura - Venus Versus Virus - Welcome to the N.H.K. - Winter Cicada - X-1999 - Xenosaga - XxxHolic - Yu Yu Hakushou - Yume Tsukai - Zero no Tsukaima - Zipang Total: 116

Manga I've Completed - Cowboy Bebop - FLCL - Manga Messiah - Manga Metamorphosis - Q*Ko-chan - Saiyuki - Shirahime-Syo Total: 7 Manga I Haven't Completed - .hack//Legend of the Twilight - Black Cat - Blame! - Chobits - D.Gray-man - Darkside Blues - Death Note - The Demon Ororon - Desert Coral - Disgaea - Eureka Seven: Gravity Boys and Lifting Girl - Fruits Basket - Getbackers - Hayate the Combat Butler - Kamunagara - Legal Drug - Love Hina - Loveless - Megatokyo - Naruto - Negima - Read Or Die - Rurouni Kenshin - Tactics - Trigun Maximum - XXXHolic Total: 26

Anime I'm Currently Watching
Samurai 7, InuYasha, Samurai Deeper Kyo,
Boogiepop Phantom, and Shrine of the Morning Mist

Manga I'm Currently Reading
Read Or Die, Hayate the Combat Butler, and Megatokyo.hack//Roots, .hack//Sign, 5 cm per Second, Ah! My Goddess, Angelic Layer, Avenger, Basilisk, Binchou-tan, Black Cat, Bleach, Blood+, Boogiepop Phantom, Case Closed, Le Chevalier d'Eon, Chobits, Chrono Crusade, Coyote Ragtime Show, D.Gray-Man, D.N.Angel, DearS, Death Note, Dennou Coil, Desert Punk, Digimon, Dragon Ball Z, Ergo Proxy, Eureka 7, Excel Saga, Fighting Beauty Wulong, Final Fantasy Unlimited, Flag, Full Moon, Gantz, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, Gintama, Great Teacher Onizuka, Gundam Seed, Gundam Wing, Hayate the Combat Butler, Hellsing Ultimate, Higurashi no Naku Koro ni, Innocent Venus, InuYasha, Jigoku Shojo, Kage Kara Mamoru, Karin, Kino?s Journey, Love Hina, Loveless, Lovely Complex, Lucky Star, Makai Senki Disgaea, Marchen Awakens Romance, Meine Liebe, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, Mononoke, Monster, Naruto Shippuuden, Negima?!, Neon Genesis Evangelion: End of Evangelion, Nerima Daikon Brothers, NHK ni Youkoso, Night Walker, Ninja Nonsense, Noir, Ouran High School Host Club, Peacemaker Kurogane, Pokemon, Prince of Tennis, R.G. Veda, Ragnarok, Rec, Red Garden, Robotech, Romeo x Juliet, Rosen Maiden, Rurouni Kenshin, Saikano, Sailor Moon, Samurai Deeper Kyo, Sci-fi Harry, School Rumble, Scrapped Princess, Serial Experiments Lain, Shingu, Shuffle!, Shrine of the Morning Mist, So Long Mr. Despair, Solty Rei, Sousei no Aquarion, Speed Grapher, Super Milk Chan, Tales of Phantasia, Tenchi Muyo, Tenjhou Tenge, Texnolyze, The Third. Trinity Blood, Tsubasa Chronicles, Urusei Yatsura, Welcome to the N.H.K., Winter Cicada, X-1999, Xenosaga, XxxHolic, Yu Yu Hakushou, Yume Tsukai, Zero no Tsukaima, Zipang

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