I won’t be going to Oslo cause my boss couldn’t find anyone to cover my shift. I’ve been pretty mad about it since they told me. I NEVER take a day off and now they can’t find someone to cover for me for one day.. Gah.
I worked all week pretty much, only had Wednesday off. Was on the phone switchboard Monday, Tuesday and Friday and then in my reception on Thursday. I like the phone switchboard cause the day passes really fast cause there’s always something to do but I hate it cause I get so annoyed at the people who call haha. I still wanna say “No” when someone calls and asks “Do you speak English?”. Just to see what kind of reaction I’d get
There’s a new Apple store opening up tomorrow, and I’m gonna get up hecka early (store opens at 7am) and get a 30 gig iPod for $60.. I’m also considering getting a MacBook, cause it’s such an awesome deal and I’ve kinda always wanted a Mac.. Hopefully they have some left when my cousin and I get there.
Been a pretty quiet weekend, I was too tired to do anything really. I went to watch “Sex and the City” in theaters yesterday with Gro and Sarah. Sarah’s baby is due really soon now, July 9th! I can’t wait to see it. Sarah is so cute pregnant
Downloaded and playing Final Fantasy Tactics A2 and loving it so far. It’s just like the PS1 and GBA version.
On Friday night I farmed organs for a gorget so I could get my novia. First I teamed up with some galka ninja that was there, and then Kelenae and Morg came to help me. Thanks a lot, owe you guys one

Yesterday after I came home was spent doing Salvage and ZNM with MithranArmy.

Gives +4 string or something and some MP haha. Inventory -1 anyone?

I killed Morgy (Rikktor) cause that damn bird uses charm-ga! But it was still pretty fun, and I’m glad I got to do something with MithranArmy for once - especially Morgy and Jeff
European championship soccer finale is on very soon, Germany vs Spain!

I downloaded the Sex & the City movie, that I’m supposed to watch with Gro haha. I’ll still go watch it with her though - I won’t mind at all watching it on the big screen I loved every part of the movie, it pretty much started where the series left, and it was an extremely good ending to the series I think. I don’t think I could’ve asked for a better movie really.
Jason Mraz is coming to Norway on July 4th, and I really really want to go. He’ll be having a concert in Oslo, but it’s a Friday - and seeing how I still have like 3 weeks vacation, it’s definitely a possibility.. However I don’t want to go alone… I think I’ll ask some friends, and my sister and see if any of them are interested.. I know he’s GREAT live though and I don’t want to miss this! Arghz.
Work has been very tiring this week. Good thing I have a day off tomorrow I’ve been on the phone switch board (day shifts) yesterday and today, and obviously there are a lot of calls. Answering the phone all day and being polite to so many makes you so grumpy haha. Back to my reception on Thursday and then phone switch board again on Friday. At least I don’t have to work Friday night!

My cousin arrived here this morning. I haven’t seen him in like two years, and he’s going to be here till August to work hehe. Having fun so far though It’s funny cause he’s my youngest cousin and I still remember when he was an annoying kid, following me and his two older brothers around XD.
Work today was busy Phone lines were running like crazy for some reason.. I don’t know what’s gotten into people cause usually it’s quiet at the evening shift.. But it made my day go by faster I guess - so I can’t complain
Dinged whm 75 last night!

Only my 3rd job at 75.. Man. Doing rdm next most likely.

Angel wings, teehee

And with my buddy Prk

Man, I need another vacation!

Got my nails done today A friend of my friend and co-worker is a nail design student, and she needed more practice so I figured it’d be nice to get my nails done hehe. My appointment was at 4:30pm and we were done around 6:30. Not bad at all. It’s kind of hard to adjust to having really long nails though, haha. My nails aren’t usually short but they’re not exactly long either. It looks pretty though. I came home, went back out to 3 or 4 stores to buy a nail file, and none of them had any… Turns out my mom had bought some though, so I filed my nails and then painted them with a french manicure
Now, on to the topic! There was a big update in Final Fantasy XI yesterday, followed by an emergency maintenance today (no big surprise there XD). They added NMs and gear and a bunch of other stuff. Log on after today’s maintenance, kill Simurgh (no drop) and Drooling Daisy (for some new quest where you’re supposed to kill a lot of NMs) and then we found Ixion up in Rolanberry. As this was a new NM, there was no strategy on it or anything, and most of us didn’t even think it was killable..
Was a pretty long fight, and it was not easy.
But, we won I think we were maybe second linkshell server-wide to kill it

Drops:

It was a fun fight, being new and all

I think I managed to find a new version of the LJ-crosspost, so yay for crossposting to my LJ again
I’m fiddling around with themes (layouts) right now, I don’t seem to have much luck being the perfectionist I am, there’s always SOMETHING missing with the themes I really like, hehe. And not being good with html and php, I don’t know how to fix it. Oh well.
I still have to edit the Japan posts, or maybe I’ll just write a really long one along with pictures.. We’ll see. Such a hassle though because it’s going to take forever and a day to go through 700+ pics.
I’m off work till Friday! I wish I’d found out before, but really it was my own fault. I was dumb and didn’t check my work schedule (we get emailed our schedules 2 weeks before the month starts or so), I actually have my whole schedule for the entire summer… Had I known I’d been off I would’ve gone to see my sister, or went with my mom to Sweden..
Summer is definitely here The weather’s been really nice for the past two weeks, but today it got a little colder - figures since I have the week off!
FFXI stuff - my whm is lvl 71! Only 4 more lvls to go now.. Been exping with a few friends lately which helps the boredom, moreso Guppie, a long-time good friend of mine. I try to pick up Doa’s paladin, and he comes with Suzy who’s lvling bard, and it just makes it so much easier hehe.
DH has gotten KV like.. 8 days in a row or more? Maintenance now though so we’ll see what happens after. This update should be good though!

So tired.. Haha. I’ve been away for 4 days with work Was for a course to understand the security guard work agreement.. Very interesting off course Too much social, too much alcohol and not enough sleep haha. 3 nights at a hotel with great food! It was a blast though and I met great people and had tons of fun Next course should be in the fall sometime, we’ll see if I’m still here.

Mm, sleepy at work.. Jason installed the latest version of wordpress, and I don’t think it’s compatible with LJ-cross post but I’m not sure. I’ll check once I’m done writing this.
I only had about 3 hours of sleep, and I work for nine and a half hours… Not too fun but it’s manageable I guess. Working tomorrow too, but in the evening. I’m supposed to have some drinks with my co-workers later today, and I’m hoping I won’t be too tired when I come home so I can actually go. I haven’t really been out-out since the weekend of May 17th.
Haven’t really had time to edit my Japan posts. I think I’ll might just copy/paste them from Gary’s blog, haha. Then again I’ll need to add pictures.. Most of my Japan pics are on facebook though, so if you’re on there add me and you can see them
I’ve started to fill out forms for my US visa and it’s such a pain in the ass cause there are so many of them. I think I’ll have to call the US embassy today and ask what I’m supposed to send now, and what I’m supposed to bring with me to the interview.. I gotta get a full medical check-up too which will cost me 2500 NOK (about $500 usd..). I gotta get all sorts of tests and bloodwork, and also a chest x-ray. I still don’t really want to live in the US, but Mark doesn’t want to come here.. So we’ll see.
Game-wise - currently lvling my white mage! It’s at 66, and I’m hoping to get it to 68 before Sunday evening. Goal was to hit 75 by the end of next week, but that’s not going to happen cause work is sending me on a 4-day course from Monday to Thursday.. Kinda sucks, but I get 3 nights at a hotel and (I think) all meals included. Apart from lvling whm, nothing exciting has really happened in the world of Vana’diel. LS did Odin on Wednesday, but I didn’t have clearance.. But oh well, next time!
The weather has been totally awesome here for the past week. About 70 degrees every day and sunny! I haven’t really taken advantage of the weather though, except for Kitan and I went on a long hack yesterday which was nice
My friend Marina is moving to Ibiza on Saturday for 3 months, and I need to find a week where I can go visit her. Ibiza is not really my type of place to vacation cause I think most people go there just to get shit-faced, and that’s so not my type of vacation.. But since she’s moving I might go and enjoy nice weather and a different scene for a week.

This is the horse I have twice a week. Sofo requested pics of him, so here they are Kitan is a 8 year old gelding mix with a heart of gold.
At a competition that was this weekend:

He was a good boy and had 2 clear rounds and got prizes!

I’m back from Japan, been back for almost a week actually. Plenty of good memories, and the trip was just awesome. It was quite a downer to come back home, hehe. I still have to clean write the posts I saved from when I was there and add pictures, but it’ll probably take a while….

Meme:

Q. What is your wallpaper on your computer?
At work it’s my horse. On my laptop at home it’s Rinoa Heartilly

Q. How many televisions do you have in your house?
In my apartment in the US I have 2, one in the living room and one in the bedroom. In Norway 3. One in my basement living room, one in the livingroom upstairs, one in parents’ bedroom

BIOLOGY

Q. Are you right-handed or left-handed?
Right

Q. Have you ever had anything removed from your body?
Yeah, I had a birth mark removed when I was 16 or so

Q. What is the last heavy item you lifted?
Probably my suitcase, it weighed 24 kilos haha

Q. Have you ever been knocked out?
Yes - happens when I travel between time zones, I get so jet lagged I just black out XD

BULL*OLOGY

Q. If it were possible, would you want to know the day you were going to die?
No, living counting down the days till I die would not be fun

Q. If you could change your name, what would you change it to?
I like my name and don’t think I’d change it, hehe

Q. What color do you think looks best on you?
Blue or red

Q. Have you ever swallowed a non-food item?
Nope

DAREOLOGY

Q. Would you kiss a member of the same sex for $100?
Yes

Q. Would you allow one of your little fingers to be cut off for $200,000?
If there was no pain involved, sure why not

Q. Would you never blog again for $50,000?
Haha yes

Q. Would you pose naked in a magazine for $250,000?
No

Q. Would you drink an entire bottle of hot sauce for $1000?
No!

Q. Would you, without fear of punishment, take a human life for $1,000,000?
Hmmmmm.. if I could pick the person, sure!

DUMBOLOGY

Q: What is in your left pocket?
I never leave anything in my pockets, so nothing

Q: Is Napoleon Dynamite actually a good movie?
In a stupid way, sure

Q: Do you have hardwood or carpet in your house?
Both

Q: Do you sit or stand in the shower?
Stand

Q: How many pairs of flip flops do you own?
A lot

LASTOLOGY

Q: Last person who texted you?
Marina

Q: Last person who called you?
Hmmmm my mom

Q: Last person you hugged?
Mary-Ann

FAVORITOLOGY

Q: Number?
7

Q: Season?
Spring and summer

Q: Color?
Blue

CURRENTOLOGY

Q: Missing someone?
Yes. I miss my fiancee. And I miss Japan, and Gary and Arthur

Q: Mood?
Tired

Q: Listening to?
Nothing, I’m at work

Q: Watching?
People walking by?..

Q: Worrying about?
Moving..

Q: Wearing?
Work uniform

RANDOMOLOGY

Q: First place you went this morning?
Bathroom

Q: What can you not wait to do?
Move… Both pros and cons

Q: Do you smile often?
I try to

Q: Are you a friendly person?
Yes, unless I get a bad first impression of you…

Today was Jason and Reiko’s big day! We all got up early and had breakfast with Jason’s parents and brother at Denny’s. After breakfast we all went back to our apartments and got ready, and met up around 11am to take the subway down to Nagoya station to be picked up by a shuttle bus at 12:30. We finally found the shuttle bus and it was off to where Reiko and Jason were having their wedding!
There was some waiting when we got there, then Vince got her hair done and finally it was time! There was a short ceremony in the church first. Reiko looked beautiful in her wedding gown After the ceremony there was a flower shower as Reiko and Jason walked down the steps to the garden, where we took a lot of pictures and had apetizers. Jason also collected a flower from every person there, walked up the steps to Reiko where he asked her to be his wife again He had a very touching speech to her there. After that it was time to go inside to start the reception!
And what a reception… It was truly amazing and the best wedding I’ve been to. Speeches, toasts, great food (8 course meal!). I’m too exhausted to write down all the details though.. Gomen nasai. I’ll fill out the details some other day!
I took a lot of pictures, but they’re still on my camera.. I’ll sit down and upload some when I get back home though. Gary got drunk, and was saying some memorable stuff, like “I was gonna hug Jason, that’s how peaceful I feel” and as a car passed by he said “I know that car but he doesn’t know me!” and the best one “I feel romantic” which he repeated quite a few times :D. So it was quite a fun walk from where Arthur and Vince are staying back to where Gary and I are staying, haha.