Meanie.

There's this computer tech guy who sits about 12 feet away from me, works on the website for one of the branches of UNDP. I didn't really speak to him at all at first, but we never came into direct contact -- only passing by each other once in a while. One day I ran into him in the elevator and introduced myself; he introduced himself back, but he reacted kind of oddly. But my basic reaction was, "okay... whatever." It's not like I really have to work with him. (I was a bit disappointed 'cause he was the one I overheard talking about the PSP and I was thinking we actually might have something in common to talk about.)

This morning the internet network connection was not working so I went over to ask him if he was getting a network connection on his computer. He said, "Not really. That's why I restarted." Oookaaaayyy -- as if I'm supposed to know he restarted his computer. I said, "Oh good. So it's not just me." It was more of a statement than anything else. The usual reply is some sort of agreement. His response was, "I doubt it." What is his problem anyway?

Catching up...

I finally finished Beck! Episode 25 played fine, but 26 was a motherfucker! It would play a couple of minutes, stop. Then I tried to play it again, and it would play from a few seconds after the place where it stopped -- for a minute or two, then stop. Repeat process. So I missed a couple of seconds every few minutes. I know I didn't miss too much of the story, but it really broke up the mood of it. aslfjaslashdfljsk! It's such a good show, I really adored Koyuki, but was so disappointed in the way it ended. It wasn't a bad ending, I just want more, dammit! And the whole thing with Ryuusuke (is it Ryousuke or Ryuusuke?) being all secretive and unfathomable sometimes bugged me. A lot. Probably because I liked Koyuki a lot more and just felt cheated out of seeing him because I had to watch Ryuusuke being stupid.

Also watched two episodes of Peach Girl. I had started reading the second half of the manga (which the Americans have called "Change of Heart" even though it's all under "Peach Girl" in the Japanese), so I kind of know what happens later in the series. Boy am I glad. I really, really like the series, but I know that if I didn't know what happened later I'd be horribly upset by the evil Sae-chan! What a bitch! Momo likes Touji and Sae does anything and everything to make Momo feel bad, even besides trying to break them up (and they literally just started going out)! I really like Momo, though, she's got guts and sense -- she doesn't fall for Sae's traps initially, only when she sees what really does look like incriminating evidence. Anyway, I wish I could read the first part of the manga, but since it was licensed quite a while ago, it's near impossible to find it on IRC, and just as impossible to find it in a bookstore to be able to read it there (I'm *so* not paying $10/volume to buy over 6 volumes!).

I've watched up to episode 16 of Wild Striker and I almost wish I'd seen this one before seeing Whistle!, because Whistle is so much better (so far) and even though I'm enjoying WS, it makes me roll my eyes a lot more than it might have if I hadn't seen Whistle. But I'm still enjoying it enough to continue.... provided Angelica gives me the next bunch of episodes because once I get to 19, if I don't have more, I might end up stopping! (Oh, btw, Liz dl'd episode 32 from IRC for you -- she's so nice! So, when you get home, give her a call and if she's home she can AIM it to you since it's on the home computer.)

I have also downloaded episodes 10 and 11 of Tsubasa Chronicle, but haven't seen them yet. And I'm going to try and get back into dl'ing manga from IRC. I really miss it, but I hate not being caught up, and especially 'cause we lost a lot of manga when our computer crashed in February. =(

ATTENTION: ANGELICA! Please pick up your information packet at the LJ post booth.

You know it's gotten bad when I update several times in a 5-hour span. I was going to say, I feel sorry for people with me on their flists, but I'm not really that bad... and hey, that's what filters are for, ne?

Now that I've justified my goat-given right to spam LJ...

I think I might have mentioned that Nicky called while I was in the theater on Friday night. I wasn't able to get back to her until last night, but she wasn't answering so I left a message (phone tag is fun). But she called me back a few hours later and we had a nice little chat. ^^ Turns out Arthur said he might be able to afford it for Nicky to go to Yaoicon (end of October) this year, so she was calling to ask if we were going. Unfortunately, I told her, we'd just (in my case, almost literally) registered for Onna! in early October so we probably wouldn't be able to afford another con (which requires much more money to get to than a quick train to NJ) so soon. She then said if we weren't going, she wasn't going to go, because... what was the point? Which is kind of what figured in when we decided not to go (although if it was cheaper and/or I liked the con more, I'd love to have gone to see fandom friends). =(

In any case, she brought up a possibility -- going to visit her instead! She said her brother's supposed to move out in August, and her parents will be going on vacation at some point (shortly thereafter?), so we could possibly have the house to ourselves! OMG, this would be so wonderful, especially the part about not having to pay for hotel! My wallet loves this kind of thing. I wonder if we could really make it so work this out? I did tell her that we're going to Otakon August 18-21, and that I'm going to be working full time until the end of July, at least. And I'm not forgetting that I have to start on those cosutmes soon. I really have to go get my sewing machine belt fixed. Maybe we can schedule it for September, possibly even if her parents are not away. Well, it's a thought, and we'll have to discuss it further anyway, and see what happens.

Switching topics, I've come to a lull in my anime watching. I don't want to go further in Wild Striker until I have more, and I'm not completely in the mood for Peach Girl either. I'd really like to see Samurai Champloo. Angelica, can you pweeeeeeaaase give it to me? T_T