tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33868952008-08-29T06:04:35.636+09:00Blog of a 20-something, gothically inclined American female transplanted to Japan. Topics range from website design and maintenance to sex to politics to news to music to military the humdrum of everyday living.Colehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03698809826359542273noreply@blogger.comBlogger811125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3386895.post-79672863036981012492008-08-29T05:48:00.002+09:002008-08-29T06:04:35.649+09:00

When I have time on my hands, such as I do now, I have a relatively 'bad' habit of watching reality TV. Now, I don't especially like anything Survivor-esque where everything is staged but, rather, the shows where the crew seems to more follow the lives of real people, even if the final production is edited for affect. Nevertheless, I still cannot believe how some people act when the camera is

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And boy, have I (we) been shopping. Definitely related to my previous Weekly WrapUp post but money has been a priority lately. First it was heading to about 8 car places from large, well known dealerships to tiny corner lots until finding the car that suited us best which wound up being a brand we had never considered (Suzuki) and a model of which I'd never heard (Forenza); funny how things

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Time for another Weekly Wrapup, this time about money. In the past week, have you spent more or less than usual? Definitely more but moving will do that to you. What was your biggest purchase? What made you decide to buy it? We bought a car for functional reasons. Do you typically mull over purchases or are you an impulse buyer?I'm more likely to take my time deciding if I don't really need

Colehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03698809826359542273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3386895.post-49937383635982797112008-08-13T08:20:00.002+09:002008-08-13T08:43:59.252+09:00

This really applies to several aspects of my life lately. Obviously, I think you can tell that I've seen The Dark Knight with my Batman fiendish husband. We saw it in an iMax and I was disappointed that a) It wasn't a full iMax and b) only some of the scenes were filmed with an iMax camera. With that said, the movie was still much better than I expected - it went by very fast despite its long

Colehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03698809826359542273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3386895.post-68954885974106551482008-08-09T01:06:00.002+09:002008-08-09T01:13:57.628+09:00

You'd think I would blog about smoething as big as moving around the world, back to my home country if not exactly in the same place as my home state. But, no, not me. There wasn't a "bye guys" or even a "see you later." I don't know why but things like that sometimes become so normal to me that I forgot to mention them. So "Bye" and "Hi" again. On Tuesday i flew for nearly 24 hours on 3

Colehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03698809826359542273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3386895.post-36689419043443869272008-08-02T18:50:00.002+09:002008-08-02T18:52:22.749+09:00

I went out last night and got really super drunk. This is a first for me. Same with the damned hangover. I do not plan to make this a frequent occurence as I really don't think I should be doing and saying all those silly things like I did last night.

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You know what else? The sheets and blankets have numbers written on them in permanent marker. Ghet-to.

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A wet little Cole. Wonder where she came from? Well, I'll tell you. She was living in her apartment with no furniture save for an air mattress and all her belongings being shipped overseas. Then they kicked her out (in reality, housing came and must have decided the place was fine, so we handed over the keys) and she spent countless hours (more like 5) wandering aimlessly through the slums (

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So Ryan thinks my blog sucks these days or something. Whatever. d= I do think it's suffered a bit from me being busy with some others projects, some of which are more secretive than others. The moving stuff has also kept me busy periodically. I am not officially living in a stuff-less apartment - no furniture (we invested in an air mattress), no dishes, no computer, no good fan, no TV (and no

Colehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03698809826359542273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3386895.post-77795163518145164272008-07-20T21:58:00.003+09:002008-07-20T22:24:49.222+09:00

Time is really winding down. We're officially without bedroom furniture. I came up with the bright idea of using an air mattress which we are now doing so we're not on the floor. Either tomorrow or the next day they'll be coming for a smaller shipments of goods. Clothes (which we've already separated for the most part), dishes (which I'll split so we have some to use here and some there) and my

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Going to bed and tossing and turning because you're hot and you can't stop thinking. Especially when you're tired. Especially when you're tired and you're expecting people to come pick up the furniture. )=

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Ever wonderHow to Win a iPod Nano and $250.00 massage/Chiropractic Gift card? Head on over to CrunchNow.com and subscribe to their RSS feed. Double your chances by blogging about this contest sponsored by CrunchNow and BloggerNoob!

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It's been very rainy this last day for which I am grateful. Both the temperature and humidity has dropped considerably making my apartment much more comfortable. Soon, I will not be quite so favoured when it comes to weather. Every time I am hot here I think "How the hell am I going to handle Texas?" We leave in less than a month now, and plans are certainly well underway. I'm starting to stress

Colehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03698809826359542273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3386895.post-72937823191883275292008-07-10T01:14:00.002+09:002008-07-10T02:48:15.771+09:00

and using very bad puns. You see, about 3 weeks ago, there appeared some signs in the elevators instructing us lowly inhabitants that on the 24th of June there would be no hot water for several hours and that in the beginning of July they would be doing work that involved replacing 2 water heaters. No biggie. I thought it was smart to put these signs in the elevator. June 24 came and hadn't

Colehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03698809826359542273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3386895.post-80754818791285671552008-07-07T18:29:00.000+09:002008-07-07T18:31:09.316+09:00

Just a quick note to say that July 7 is the 5 year mark for Ryan and I (thanks to an inquisitive cousin 5 years ago d=). Coincidentally, we shall be heading out to eat tonight. Mmm, italian.

Colehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03698809826359542273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3386895.post-16276003180424898102008-07-06T15:30:00.000+09:002008-07-06T15:32:11.519+09:00

Not to be confused with "Save the Date" which is a ridiculous concept. No, I'm talking about on your blog. Please, for the love of all that is good, show the damned date for your posts! I want to know when you wrote this, especially if I'm coming from an outside link that doesn't show it. I am absolutely amazed by how many sites do not do this. Absurd!

Colehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03698809826359542273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3386895.post-44486961561317783392008-07-05T01:48:00.004+09:002008-07-05T01:53:58.665+09:00

Would be a bit hypocritical if I didn't take part in this, eh? With much ado, the first Weekly WrapUp! What did you accomplish this week? I went grocery shopping, cleaned the house, tried a new recipe, opened a new site - Weekly WrapUp,updated the layout of another site - Reviews by Cole, finished some icons, updated WordPress plugins, read 2 books and spent time with Ryan.. What were

Colehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03698809826359542273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3386895.post-64756575964215117102008-07-04T03:15:00.003+09:002008-07-04T04:14:58.039+09:00

I'm sure you've heard the term "social bookmarking" and you've also heard about sites like Digg, Technorati, StumbleUpon or Delicious. Hell, "Digg" has even become a Web2.0 Invent-a-Verb in much the same way "Googling" has. But what exactly is social bookmarking? At it's most basic definition, social bookmarking is an easy way to say "Hey guys! Look at this cool site I found!" without having to

Colehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03698809826359542273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3386895.post-64524264972329995532008-07-01T21:27:00.001+09:002008-07-01T21:45:09.207+09:00

Just a thought - I finally tried Sake. I figured I had to before I left and Ben said, so too! I was really.. unimpressed. I tried it cold and it tasted like a mix of beer and soy sauce. Now, I don't mind the soy sauce but I've never liked beer. I grinned and bore down 3 shots before giving up. Oh well!

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For whatever reason, this whole weekend, Ryan woke me up while I was in the middle of sleeping for no good reason. For instance, today he couldn't sleep so he lays there and finally decides that his boredom might be cured by talking to me. So what does he do? He asks me if I am "awake." Well, the funny thing about that is, no-I-wasn't-thank-you-very-much but now that he's spoken, I am and that

Colehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03698809826359542273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3386895.post-73933677040275831062008-06-30T16:40:00.001+09:002008-06-30T16:43:49.690+09:00

Weekly WrapUp, an end-of-the-week meme! Tune in every Saturday for a set of questions to post to your blog!

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It's been a while, huh? I haven't been up to much, just haven't been blogging here as frequently as I could and, probably, should be. So what's going on, hmm? Furniture window-shopping via the internet. Our entire bedroom set it loaner so, when we move, we'll need to purchase that. Also coming out of our (or should I say "his") wallet will be a coffee table and/or set, bookcase(s) and a desk

Colehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03698809826359542273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3386895.post-69573945058980169892008-06-22T21:30:00.002+09:002008-06-22T21:55:30.041+09:00

That's right, I'm now a member of Twitter so you can follow me! It's just one of my many technological advances as of late. I adjusted it so that site updates will appear on my Twitter so you should keep and eye open for that. You can also follow my site from any feed reader or add it to your iGoogle accounts. Click here or, if you're using Firefox, click the RSS icon in the address bar. I know

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I know this is a little irrelevant now as we're assuming Obama is our democratic candidate which, if true, is awesome for him but I'd noticed something of interest. I was perusing the political macros site, PunditKitchen, not too long ago and, of course, many of the macros focused on our presidential candidates: McCain who looks older than Grandpa Simpson, Clinton who has a vagina and Obama who

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