Notes from 61455

[redmisoplz]

So last Friday night, I was looking through Nagoya JET Sarah's recent wedding photos and I was bawling like a baby. True, it was in part due to the fact that everyone looked amazing and Sydney Harbour is possibly one of the best places to have an outdoor wedding, but I was mainly crying because it made me miss her and her husband Ian incredibly. They were the two who always stopped me mid-sentence when I'd start to put myself down and say things like, "We'll not have any of that. You're a lovely girl and someone will recognize that someday." And if ever I needed someone to tell me that, I needed it Friday.

After looking through Sarah's photos, I happened to check in on aichijet and her page said she was spending the weekend in Iowa visiting her family. I wrote on her wall something saying, "Just knowing you're a little closer to me makes me happy." To my surprise, she texted me and said, "Hey, why not drive over here Sunday morning for some shopping and lunch?" So I did just that! :D We went to the same mall she took me to in October and had Starbuck's and did some shopping before going to Chili's for lunch. It was short -- only about 3 hours -- but it was exactly what I needed. The drive cleared my head and aichijet's company was as pleasant as usual. I like knowing that there are some people in the world that I don't have to explain myself to or worry that they're misunderstanding me. And she brought up a good point: Despite thinking that America is this huge expanse of land dividing friends forever, those obstacles can be overcome.

The longer I live, the more I realize anything can be accomplished.

While wandering through the mall, I found the shoes I'd been looking for since Christmas!! Incidentally, I was with aichijet the last time I bought my adidas sneakers in Nagoya, and when I was with her again, I managed to finally find a pair I like. She must be lucky! XD I didn't buy them because I'm POOR and they're $70, but that particular store is also in my hometown and they sell shoes online, so maybe I can pick up a pair next month.


Seriously. Tell me these shoes aren't the cutest thing ever. I DARE YOU.

Cohort members still make me want to throw myself off of something tall, but there's only 3 more weeks left then summer comes.

Btw, Nagoya Mew Mew: 5, Arashi Concert Jimusho: 0.
I'm seriously thinking my FC number is made of nothing but win. *I* don't get to go, but I've been told that goods will be bought if I supply the funding. 先輩、頼みます！m-_-m My Time Con DVD is in and at the post office right now, but I have to figure out the best way to get it. If I drive there tomorrow morning when they open, I'm afraid the postman will have already left and tried to deliver it to me again. I can go tomorrow afternoon after 3:30pm but he may not be back by then either. And if I don't get it then, I think I'd have to wait till possibly Saturday. ;_; That is entirely too long to be without concert footage.

Oh, I've received gifts from various flist members in the past few weeks and so I think I'll round them all up and take pictures to show off my new things. (tipsytoe, I got the cute little coin purse and the picture of Inocchi and Sakamoto! Thank you!!!♥♥♥) I promise when I get some free time I'll share with you all what my lovely friends have sent me. ^_^

But for now, bedtime.

Comments

[nagoya-mewmew.livejournal.com]

Actually, I knew I was close to you, but you didn't know you were close to me. ^_^; Well, we may not be that close really. I dunno. You're in Madison, right? I'm down here in Macomb, IL, which is close to... nothing. >_< But a friend of mine here lives just outside of Madison and she says it takes her about 4 or 5 hours to get home, so that's not far, right? :D

Haha, I wouldn't shoot you! You're talking to the girl who told a total stranger (inuhariko) to "come on over to Japan! You can stay in my room!" XD I think okuralove816 hit for Osaka, actually. I feel really bad that I didn't know some of my flist planned on going this summer or else I would've put you in touch with my sempai so she could ballot for extra tickets. ;_;

Btw, could I be on your list of people who get to read about your adventures in Japan?? I need to live through others! XD

[tayuri.livejournal.com]

XDDD yes, i'm in madison, how far are you away? i'm not really from around here (aka CA is home) so i have no real idea about distances between stuff... my friend from iowa city keeps saying we're close >.> but four hours? well, for an arashi fangirl, i'd totally travel! ;D

really?! you said that? LOL!! it's ok, i didn't have a solid plan to go until just recently and it would've been too late to ballot by then *pets* please no worries!

of course you're already on my list! XDDD you're my friend, right? unless you thought it was some special list or something lol don't worry you'd be included either way ;D i'll try to have an exciting adventure for you!

[nagoya-mewmew.livejournal.com]

Will you still be up in Madison next year? I'm going home for the summer, but maybe sometime next year I can drive up and we can have an adventure in Wisconsin!

[tayuri.livejournal.com]

next year as in 2009? or fall of 2008? well, doesn't matter i'm stuck here for another five years or so, so the answer's yes!

where's home? (if you don't mind me asking) lol, i hope you're not expecting too much since i don't think wisconsin is THAT exciting... unless you like beer and cheese curds XDDD

well, i look forward to the possibility of meeting up with another arashi!fan any day!! <3333

[nagoya-mewmew.livejournal.com]

"Home" for me is Terre Haute, IN. About 4.5 hours from where I am now in Illinois. But when I come back in the fall maybe I'll have some time to come up and play.

All my friend from Wisconsin talks about is beer and cheese... and hunting and country music. I'm starting to wonder how we even became friends. ?_?

[inuhariko.livejournal.com]

And I love you for that forever and ever and ever and....

you get the idea.

And you are spreading more love this year I see. JIMUSHO LOVES ROBIN.

[nagoya-mewmew.livejournal.com]

ILU TOO T-CHAN!! *glomp*

I really don't think the jimusho loves me, I think they just have a thing for my number. Of course if my number keeps hitting, it WON'T hit at the time I can actually go back. That will be my luck. I can just see it now. -_-*