State of the Union

[kaitou]

So, I leave for Japan first thing Thursday morning, so if there is something I must get for you, it's last call! (I will do my best, but I don't know how much geek shopping I will actually get to do. I'll actually be working the weekdays I'm there, and my Japanese coworker has told his sister to show me the town on Saturday and maybe Sunday) But I am sure I can pick up things like candy, cds and manga. So let me know!

In other news, I like the new Doctor Who. Matt Smith is basically pretending to be Tennant, but I can live with that. There seems to be plenty of good humor and action. Amy pond locking the Doctor's tie in someone's car was very clever.

I really loved 'How to Train Your Dragon.' The animators did a great job with eyes and facial expressions. And you know I love a smart, engineering hero.

Dad ended up in the hospital yesterday, but it wasn't a big deal. He's been diagnosed with "benign paroxysmal positional vertigo" which basically means that he'll get vertigo and there's not much to do about it. But it's not debilitating and doesn't last long. I think the fuss from the family made him more nauseous than the vertigo.

OMG I'M GOING TO JAPAN~!

Comments

[mewsrissicat.livejournal.com]

I'm so happy for you~! Gcat and I were just thinking that we need another visit, soon!

But in the meantime, I hope you have a really great time. ♥

[kaitou1412.livejournal.com]

Yes we do! Maybe in late May? I gotta go pick up Roxy the 1st weekend of May, and then I could probably use a weekend or two of down time. LOL. My turn to come to you guys I think.

[m-steelgrave.livejournal.com]

Have fuuuuun! :)

[kaitou1412.livejournal.com]

I will totally do so.

[elfowls-nest.livejournal.com]

I giggled like a loon that the new Companion is an Amy. XD

Have fun, and safe trip!

[kaitou1412.livejournal.com]

So far I quite like Amy. I reaaaaally liked chibi!Amy, and I hope we get to see her pictures of 'the raggedy doctor' she drew when she was little.

[aphelion-orion.livejournal.com]

Have a safe trip! ♥

[kaitou1412.livejournal.com]

Will do!

[wednesday-10-00.livejournal.com]

Hope you have an awesome trip! Eat lots of Kit Kat flavors!

[kaitou1412.livejournal.com]

I am going to be ALL OVER the kit kats. I asked my coworker to bring me back weird candy, like lemon kitkats once, and he brought me back assorted hard candies. So disappointing! But I'm sure I can find some odd stuff to bring back and horrify my redneck coworkers.

[wednesday-10-00.livejournal.com]

A friend of mine just got back from Japan, and she said they have a ton of flavors right in the airport (I guess they've figured out how much foreigners love them...). If you like lemon, try the ginger ale ones, they taste more like lemon than ginger ale (so good!). I also really like raspberry passion fruit (dark chocolate with fruity filling) and sakura matcha.

(Speaking of horrifying coworkers, my friend brought back a couple good kinds of candy and then mixed them up with those awful dried umeboshi things. So cruel. So hilarious.)

[kaitou1412.livejournal.com]

Hahaha! That's hilarious. That's almost as bad as the ALT I knew in Japan that brought her students licorice as an omiyage. 'who wants candy?' 'ok, who wants to go get a drink of water to wash out the horrible taste?'

[sheraton.livejournal.com]

Okay, I'm'a gonna snap and actually ask -- would you bring me a fun KitKat or two and something devastatingly cute and kitty?

Or even something chocobo! As if I had to say. ^^

I'm glad your Dad is okay; I know that unexplained things are a pain but it's better than many of the explanations out there. ^^;;

(((((HUGGS))))) I hope you have MUCH MUCH fun and even the work is fascinating there! ♥

[kaitou1412.livejournal.com]

Hee! I will do my best. Shouldn't be too tall an order. (The chocobo might be out, since I don't think I'll have time to hit Animate or similar stores after all. But I'm sure I can find SOMETHING adorable and cat. it IS Japan after all)

For Dad it looks like the calcium crystals in his ears aren't behaving properly. He's always had ear problems so it's not a surprise. (Ugh, and I did have to go and inherit his ears) He sounded really good when I talked to him yesterday.

[ickaimp.livejournal.com]

Yay! Congrats! Have fun in Japan!!! <3 <3 <3

[kaitou1412.livejournal.com]

I will! I'm going to hang out with my coworker's sister...and SHE'S the one who has suggested going to see the new Conan movie. So I may not be able to slip away and buy doujinshi, but I will have at least one geek experience.

[siliconmage.livejournal.com]

'In other news, I like the new Doctor Who. Matt Smith is basically pretending to be Tennant, but I can live with that.'

Absolutely all of that fades by the second episode. We've been watching them as they come out in Londonland and we're three episodes in. The Tennant doesn't last, we're thinking the first episode was intentional.

[kaitou1412.livejournal.com]

Ooh, thanks for letting me know. I'm being good and catching it on BBCA (very glad that they're not very behind). So will I like the Doctor the Doctor becomes? I get the feeling that I will.

[siliconmage.livejournal.com]

We nearly died from the awesome.
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[kaitou1412.livejournal.com]

ZOMG....Argh! And I will miss ep 2 while I'm away! Thank god for reruns.

[siliconmage.livejournal.com]

Watch it on the internet. Megavideo has it up, I think.

[soranokumo.livejournal.com]

I third the Gcat and Rissi's notion of a visit soon! Miss you, Ann-sempai~!

I... I had heard that there were green tea sakura Kitkats? I would love to try one, if I could. *makes adorable kitteh!eyes at you*

That said, I hope you have a wonderful trip and have a lot of fun. ♥

I'm glad to hear that your father is doing all right, and it sounds like everyone I know who has seen How to Train Your Dragon has loved it. That's a good recommendation for me, right there.

[kaitou1412.livejournal.com]

Hee, I will try and find some. And if I don't find any, I bet you can find them on your trip.

And my god, you're going to love HTTYD so much.

[velithya]

Have a safe trip! :D

[roseinmist.livejournal.com]

If we were going to see you sooner, I'd ask for some Aquarius. :o)

But have a super-awesome good time!

[kaitou1412.livejournal.com]

Heh, you might be able to get that at the Japanese markets in Novi or Livonia. I'll check that out next time I'm there.