Ugh. I have things I promised to do since Sally’s vanished for her own sanity. So, you get a bonus, random post from me as I procrastinate.

[Jasson has] gotten better at procrastination! (120)
[Jasson] cannot get any better at wasting time! (255)

But I think maybe I should have followed her suit. I had five C programming assignments, an XML project, and a project analysis due and I more or less just finished them. And I thought HTML and CSS made my eyes feel like they were melting. XD

Woot! Crim’s engaged! Congratulations! About time something finally started going your way! *GLOMPS!*

Just read chapter 326 of the Naruto manga. I saw the foreshadowing several chapters back, but… damn. Found myself muttering “Shikamaru, stay back” — that is bad. I love manga, but I never get into it like this.

Ah well, at least they didn’t pull a Highlander with Hidan. (haha! That was freaking cool!)

Mmm… green, darjeeling, raspberry, herbal peach, or camomile tea? So much to drink, so little bladder volume.

Sure, mom. JPop/Rock is my “thing.” Why did you order me to turn up “Shiawase no Iro” then? *snerks* Sure.

This bout of randomness was brought to you by the letter P and the number 26!

Okay, it suddenly occured to me that I’ve had my bag of Darjeeling tea a whole month and hadn’t tried it yet. ^^;

They’re changing out the water mains near where I live, so we’re on a boil water notice anyway. What better way to make the most of all that boiling than to make myself piss like a racehorse brew gallons of tea.

It’s got an interesting flavor. It’s clearly a black tea, but the stuff I have has almost a floral taste to it. It’s nice and bold too. (yum!)

I think I have a second favorite. =) Of course, my favorite is still my Kukicha Hatsukura. So much tea, so little time.

Anyroad, spending more time on my dictionary. I hate leaving the main page in a lurch like this, but I’m not going to fiddle around with the code any further until the new version comes out.

I’m in an odd position where I can tell my dictionary is getting decent usage, lots of people are using it, searching through it, and linking to it when they need to define something. Usage ranges from anime sites, blogs, and a few gaming sites. Heck, I’m even getting hits from a few colleges who are linking to me as a cultural resource. (Though I have to call my own authority into question here…) But I’ll be damned if I know what to do with the thing. I had no intention of making it into a Japanese <-> English dictionary, but I’ve added 50+ words I’ve picked out of my Naruto fansubs.

As bent out of shape as I get about not getting feedback for the main site, I get absolutely nothing out of the dictionary. I received my first e-mail about it in three years day before last (sent through the library *sigh*), when someone e-mailed me about my definition of yuri. They insist I have to include that it also means beauty, claiming that their Japanese teacher told it meant that. Their inclusion of their teacher’s name doesn’t mean much to me; but, some kanji I could print out and take to Yoshiko’s when she gets back (or e-mail to Ook) would have been better.

The ‘tone’ of the e-mail annoyed me enough that I deleted both his original message and his reply, even though they’re still sitting in my trash folder. And this brings me to the real point of this post. I beg and plead for help almost every update. Yet when someone tries to offer me some feedback I get annoyed.

Heh.

Was it because it was sent through the wrong form? I run the damned dictionary, but I spent nearly a half hour trying to find where I’d explained what yuri was on the library. -_-;; Of course, I also have my dictionary form set up so it preceeds every e-mail with “DICTIONARY — {subject}”.

Was it the tone? I don’t mind someone telling me they study Japanese, but this guy tried to explain his credentials in his second reply — even going as far as to give his teacher’s name. The actual content of both e-mails after that was a single sentence. It felt almost arrogant to me.

Or am I the one being arrogant?

I don’t know. I checked my Japanese <-> English dictionaries and all I found was yuri (alone) meaning lily and that it was a girl’s name. So, I e-mailed Ook. (*super glomps!* Thanks!)

Maybe it’s time I just remove the contact form…

Come on, $80 textbook: sell already! Jasson wants a paid account. *whine*

I accidently deleted a couple accounts [on lunaescence]. Whoopsie. Maybe if they used at least semi-proper grammar I wouldn’t have made the mistake.

Andrew posted a hilarious view of locker rooms. So true, so hilarious. XD (Very NSFW!)

Yep, I finally decided to try the Sponsored account. I needed more than 6 icons, since I don’t want to ditch my current set just because I downloaded 50 more. The ads are annoying me, though. (See paragraph #1)

My economics textbook went for $55, but I spent almost $30 in Rockford. I finally broke down and bought myself a new teapot and a crapload of tea from Herman’s Boy. I got a pretty large bag of Raspberry tea and a little envelope of this expensive, imported Japanese green tea. (I thought I had its name, but apparently I don’t. It’s not in their catalogue yet either.) I could seriously burn hundreds in that store and drink it all up in nothing flat. XD

Erm… yeah, probably should mention this too whilst I’m being a random whiner. =]P

Hey, guys? Remember way back when on Cyra’s board where we all discussed creating a comic?

Thanks to playing around with Flash, I’m feeling inspired. (That and I keep sleeping until 1pm every morning; I need a reason to get up and stay up.)

So yep, you all get to laugh at my hideous artwork. It’s not going to be in color or anything. And it’s going to be really awful and probably hugely cartoony. Premise is going to be college-life along with some gamer and anime-fan jokes thrown in for good measure. Length of each comic strip is probably going to be no more than 5 panels.

If you want to see a cartoony rendition of yourself or your online persona, reply with a short description. Keep in mind that nothing is going to be that detailed.

Thanks!

Just a little quick randomness before I have to go back to homework:

1. Coffee doesn’t feel good when blown out one’s nose.
2. How the HELL did Mom learn about Katamari Damacy and what the theme sounds like?? We’ve never played it! O_o LOL
3. [Jasson has] gotten better at wasting time! (255)
4. ZOMG! I’ve changed my desktop 7 times in the past three days! I’m worse than a girl!!!1111eleventyone
5. Ooh, apply for a job at my favorite used music store? Schwing!
6. Dear Santa, I’ve been a good lil emo boy…

*POOF!* That is all.