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I looked like a freakin' penguin at work on sunday :|

So. The first year I worked during the Superbowl, I made some mad money. Over $100 in tips if I recall correctly. Plus my boss gave me like $10 or $20 extra, I think. The next year I had only made $80, and my boss again gave me some money to at least cover the "guaranteed $100" he promises to the waitresses.

Clearly those were better times.

I didn't work the Superbowl last year, but I asked the waitress who covered me and she said thinks she only made about $100, so I guess I wasn't too worried about it at first.. but after having been there for 6 hours and only having about 4 tables during that time with a little over $20 in tips.. I was getting frustrated. My boss felt so bad for me and rightfully so. I had to be there for another 5 HOURS and I wasn't making any money.

In the end, I had 8 tables. 3 of which I got no tip from. So I racked up a whole $42. I had a WHOLE room to myself while the other two waitresses shared the main dining room that was reserved for people who paid for the Superbowl party we have every year and I only made $42. Thankfully, my boss gave me another $60 so I made $102 in total. Not too bad, I guess.. but it sucks that the other two waitresses each made almost $200 even after tipping the buss lady. And I think I heard my boss saying he gave them each $75 afterward. I know they had to work a lot harder.. but that's not necessarily my fault. I had nothing to do for about 3/4 of my time there.

But whatever I guess :I


I bought myself a Samson C01U as an early birthday present to myself and it came in the mail today. I wish I could record stuff, but it figures that I'm sick, right? Now I just need a pop filter and maybe a shock mount, if I have the money for it... plus a mic stand since I stupidly misread something about that and assumed it came with a desktop stand. Oh well.


So yeah. My birthday is next saturday. That also means Valentine's Day is coming up. Figures that the year I actually have a boyfriend, he lives hundreds of miles away so I can't actually see him for that day though :X Just my luck. Buuuuut I have to work anyway. And I still think Hallmark holidays are silly.

...haha. He's so cute because he thinks he's a bad boyfriend based off the fact that he doesn't know what to get me for Valentine's Day. But honestly, I don't care. He could get me a pair of socks.. and while I'd laugh at him for doing something so silly, I'd still think it was the sweetest thing ever. I keep telling him he doesn't have to get me anything, but he keeps asking me silly questions like what my favorite type of flowers are. I refuse to tell him :P

I might sound ungrateful or something, but I don't want him spending money on me when I know he has more important things he needs to afford. I completely appreciate the gesture though and it reminds me just how adorable he can be.

Get your own valentinr




I'll get back to real updates soon, I promise DX


I think I'm going to take my camera to work today to take a picture of how douche-y I look in what we have to wear for Superbowl :/

Last night, I decided on a whim to learn how to play Love Story by Taylor Swift. There's a few mess ups since I'm not great and playing the guitar nor am I that great at singing (not to mention I think I'm getting sick, so that kinda makes it worse. Lolz).. so listen at your own discretion :B


http://www.box.net/shared/tutaqkmme3

I'm already doing pretty bad with the whole 'picture a day thing. OH WELL.



I want to go stalk around a Gamestop and get a Shiny Pichu D: I wonder if it still works for bootleg versions r_r

I've been considering doing one of those 'picture a day' projects on my LJ for awhile now. Maybe it'll motive me to post here more. Sooo.. starting today, I guess I'll do that. I'll keep the photo(s) relatively small so hopefully no one complains :X




First off, I got a new coat. Ignore my derpy face I'm pretty excited about it. It was originally $150 and it got marked down to $45. I actually only paid about $33 for it by using my mom's Kohl's charge card to be eligible for a 30% off coupon and a free shipping coupon online. Awesomesauce, right?

I was a little worried after I realized it was listed as a 'plum' color. It looked pretty brown on the website and that's one of the reasons why I wanted it in the first place (The main reason being the fur trimmed hood, lolz) but it actually looks pretty nice. The picture doesn't show it off too well, but the coat actually is a more purple color. But it's not a gaudy purple or anything. I like it. I wish the coat itself were a bit longer (Maybe I'm just too tall?) and it's slightly snug.. but I plan on losing weight.. eventually. I haven't been doing great so far.. I need to really work on that. Preferably before visiting New York again :X

I've seriously made absolutely no progress and I hate myself for it.




I'm still liking figure drawing. Though I thought my arm was going to fall off the other day from all those 10 second gesture drawings we did. My shoulder hurt soooo bad for two days after. I was literally almost in tears because of the pain I was in. I just hope we don't have to do anything like that again any time soon.

I probably should have drawn more hands and feet in my sketchbook that I turned in for the critique today... but oh well :X I have to do 30 hands and 30 feet in total for my final portfolio.. augh.



I've been working as much as I can lately. I actually skipped classes yesterday due to lack of sleep, which was lucky in a sense since I got called by a coworker to ask if I could work for her. So I did.. only made $13 in tips, but that's like.. $26 on my next paycheck.. which goes straight to paying for classes. So that was four days in a row I worked. Normally I only clock in at about 22 hours per a two week pay period by my time card that just ended on the 24th had 32 hours on it. Woo.

I'm contemplating apply for a census job. Though I'm kind of scared that it'll be too much for me. I could really use the money though. Blarg.


The other day I got an e-mail from the internship mailing list for my university about a paid internship at Namco Bandai in Japan. It's too bad I'm not at conversational level in the Japanese language because I would have actually been eligible to apply for some of the positions. Of course, I would have needed to find a way to afford to fly over there and have living expenses for three months as well :/ Which probably wouldn't have happened considering I'm going to be struggling to pay back loans for few years as it is. I really don't want to be in any more debt right now.

Oh well. Maybe some other time if the chance comes up again.

I logged into SMT: Imagine for the first time in months yesterday. I'm still not sure why lol. Does anyone even still play?

Oh my god... a majority of the voice cast in Lunar Silver Star Harmony is so bad ):

Were this not one of my favorite games I would not buy this shit again x_x BUT I'M A SUCKER, OKAY.

Based off the voice samples from the site, this is the cast list I'm getting.


Alex - Yuri Lowenthal
Nall - Spike Spencer (WTF. WTF IS THIS SHIT. AAAAAAAH.)
Ramus -
Luna - Danielle Judovits?
Nash - Sam Riegal?
Mia - Heather Hogan
Jessica - Kari Wahlgren? Michelle Ruff??? I DON'T KNOW.
Kyle - Sounds familiar but I can't think of who...
Mel - lololol pirate
Lemia -
Ghaleon - NOT JOHN TRUITT ;-; I think he kinda sounds like Cam Clarke, but matt_alan thinks it might be Troy Baker, which I also find plausible.

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I want to learn to crochet.


EDIT:
http://voiceactingalliance.com/board/showthread.php?t=50019

Uhmmm.... what?

I'm actually really enjoying my figure drawing class. The fact that I have naked people standing in front of me didn't really phase me as much as I thought it would. We had a male model last week and today it was a female. My drawings today came out a lot better than my ones from last week, so once my camera charges, I'll post some pictures of what I kept from today's class.



Lucien got a really good check from the audio book he recorded for a few weeks ago and he's going to have even more from the new animated show he went in to record for the other day.. soooo he wants to fly me back to New York for Spring Break (: I talked to mom about it and she seems okay with it. She's giving me a lot less trouble about Lucien now that she knows he's not an online predator XD In fact, she's been asking why he won't come here to visit instead since she'd like to meet him. I keep telling her it's because of his work, but it actually boils down to a few different reasons.. including that mom has already said that he wouldn't be able to sleep on the same floor of the house as me.. which is stupid because we slept in the same room at Otakon and I slept in his room while I was over there (though she doesn't know that. Derpaderp) soooo that's pretty silly, considering Lucien and I are both adults :|

Soooo while him visiting here would be nice, I just know it wouldn't be comfortable for the both of us with my parents keeping an eye on us at all times x_X


But yeah. I might be in New York again around March 20th - 28th :D

Classes are fairly interesting so far. I started classes Monday and I can already animate a bouncing 3D ball in Maya. Woot. (I would have rendered it out to show off, but I haven't figured that out yet). Have to create two different balls of varied weight for Monday.. time to get Maya reinstalled into my computer.

Had to buy a light box for Hand-drawn animation. It's a cheap one, but it's pretty nifty. Our first assignment was to make a character model sheet. And now we have to animate that character jumping and find time to record all the frames with a Digital Lunchbox by next Monday. Aaaaugh.

Math Literacy.. guh. I really wish I would have passed this the first time around. Because now I have to work in teams for this retake of the class and there's a group presentation project at the end of the quarter.. I already got frustrated with the first in class assignment we did to the point where I almost cried because I couldn't figure things out. That made me feel STUPID because I took this class two quarters ago and I really can't remember anything from it? :(

Figure Drawing... haha. I have to draw naked people for 3 hours. Haven't seen any naked people yet.. but I hope I don't faint or something when the time comes :|



Oh yeah. I'm pretty much out of the Hetalia fandom, so I'm probably just going to try to get rid of my Germany cosplay (along with the Finland one I still need to get rid of. Guess I should get rid of my trading cards too. If anyone is interested and wants to know what I have so they can make offers, feel free to ask.

I just still need money, man ): My birthday is coming up and I reaaaaally want a laptop, but I doubt that's going to happen. And I just can't afford to splurge on one given that I need to save up that $5k to be able to go to school next year (I have about $500 to my name at the moment..). I've even though about selling my iPod, DS Lite, and PSP at this point DX

Was supposed to go inquire about a job at that bakery by the train station, but everytime I'd go by there it would be closed. Then I checked today and the sign was gone DDDX This is like the third time that's happened when I find out that place is hiring :|

I wish I could save a little extra money by getting a ride to the train station instead of having to take the bus (ESPECIALLY SINCE IT'S FUCKING COLD NOW) but nooooooo. My parents are mean. When it gets warmer I'm going to leave an hour earlier than I need to and just walk to the train station... even though it'll take me an hour each way, of course. But I could use the exercise too, so no complaining x_x

Now's around the time where I don't want to be on the computer as much because it's so effing cold in here. My hands are turning red, for reals ):

I'm just here now to waste time before going to the Christmas party at my work...

....yeah.



Got cards from jaxelrod, keruchu, and glasscap recently. Thanks! (:

Just sipping a drink with too much tequila in it gives me a headache.


I'm a terrible Mexican ;A;

I've received cards from ignomius and greenridernikki. Thanks guys (: I honestly still have yet to send out my own cards. Aaaaugh. They'll be out sometime before New Years >_>;




Like every year, we'll be going to grandma's house for Christmas Eve. This is the first time we'll be celebrating Christmas in her new house. But yeah.. so we'll get there at about 7 or so and have to wait until midnight to open presents.. though people usually get bored and want to do it at 11pm or so, haha. Then we'll probably stay till around 1am or 2am and come back home to open a present or two from our own tree. We save the rest for Christmas morning before heading out to one of my aunt's houses. I'm not sure whose house we're going to this year.


Ummm.. but basically, I probably won't be around LJ until after all the festivities tomorrow, so I'll see you guys after it's all blown over. Hope you all have a happy holiday. ♥

It's a few months away, but is anyone in need of a room for ACen? My friends and I have 2 rooms booked for ACen and it would be helpful if the 2nd room (which I'm in 8D) had more people in it to lower the cost. And since people seem to like to drop from hotel rooms at random, it's nice to have backups!~

Room 1
Victoria katsuke
Christina katgi
Laura aoi_menai
Debra
Friend of Debra(?)

Room 2
Me! chuu
Nikki greenridernikki
Jeremiah (Nikki's bro!)
Calli
Joyce



That's what I was told was going to happen anyway. So with at least 5 people per room it's about $105 per person. Lucien might be coming if he can afford it (because I'm soooo special and he wants to see me again :B) and I'd like to push matt_alan into going as well, but he probably has school during that time. In which case they would be staying in Room 2.. and would therefore make this post pointless (Or I can push Joyce and/or Calli into room1 or something). But you know.. things happen. And financial responsibilities suck. But ideally, at least 7 people would be nice to get the cost down to about $75 per person >_>

Sooooo if anyone is interested, let me know :O