Welcome to Nishi's Journal, part of her personal page, A Dream I Dream. Nishi is a 25 year old Indian American who recently graduated from law school and passed the New York State Bar Exam! She's on her way to becoming an attorney and eventually wishes to work for human rights and peace policy. She's an avid Japanese anime and manga fan who collects Ribon and Nakayoshi and is a web designer as well. Her major sites include: UsagiandMamoru.com, MiakaandTamahome.com, and TooyaandAya.com. She also collects anime goodies, see her Treasures. Sometimes she has items for sale or almost ALWAYS on Ebay Auctions. This journal is a place for me to vent, to share, and to catch up with friends. Come see the world through my eyes. - Nishi

Wednesday, February 5, 2003 10:07 p.m. in 2 hours I shall turn 26.....26.........wait did I say 26? heheh nooo I meant 25...yes that's right....I'll be 25 forever. :D hehehe mummy ordered a chocolate cake with chocolate mousse inside! :) HAHAHAH she knows how I love chocolate and is making me special shrimp curry tomorrow! I really do think 25 is the ideal age. :) anyway! SO! I found 1 more apartment to look at tomorrow! It's on the E 90's on the upper east side of manhattan - 1 bedroom for $980/mo! Also found a bunch of others around that area - TWO BEDROOMS (2!!) for 975! :) Hope the bldgs are nice! so as I was calling some of the people to make appointments, my dad keeps getting calls on his cell and 10 minutes later he's screaming at the top of his lungs about how someone called him 10 times about the fax line being busy and he even picked up the phone and yelled my name into it which startled the guy i was making the appointment with - betcha he thinks i come from some wild family........@.@........so anyway.....AT THAT VERY MOMENT I decided "ENOUGH!" and called and activated my cell phone! Don't care if I don't have my 1st paycheck in hand - this cell phone is NECESSARY! I got a cool 646 area code number for manhattan :D EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE :D I'll consider that my birthday gift to myself :) My freaking video phone is giving me problems! For the UsagiandMamoru.com Valentine's Day COntest I received my 2nd entry today - this gorgeous mirror that the creator etched or engraved this beautiful image of Serenity and Endymion kissing - it's actually a drawing from the manga and it's just beautiful! I'll try to get my vid phone to work in the next few days and take a snap of it! So far just 2 entries. Hope more come by the 14th! Vanessa! nice to meet you! I guess u know now how the contest is going ;) I can't wait to see your entry! Wanna give me a hint? Please? Please? PREETTYYYY PLEASE??? Janeen I read your blog...what's wrong? *BIG HUGS* whatever it is I'll say a prayer for u ok? :) Aisha!!! lord it's been FOREVER since I talked to you! What happened to your blog? I went and checked out your band's website and LOVE IT!! I wish I could hear some of your music! Crystal awww thank you anyway! I'm so glad I met you! I hope I get good news too! *HUG* SailorSaturn :) Any friend of Miyu-chan's is a friend of mine - I love miyu! :) How're you? Thank you about the sari! Did you actually scroll all the way down? I gotta admire that! I hope I get to meet Simi! I always wondered about the "you have 6 'twins' in the world" thing and how you're never destined to meet bla bla :D I'm imagining 5 other Nishi-look-a-likes in the world........not as bad as say 5 more Howard Sterns ;) ok I have to take the noon train into the city and check out the apartment and then go to my office....haha MY OFFICE!!! I actually have an office! I need to fill out paper work to start work on Monday........... Wow........I start work on Monday.........as an attorney.....at a law firm.......in Manhattan......... YAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH HHHHHHHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!! ok enough outta me - night everyone! - Nishi Tuesday, February 4, 2003 03:21 p.m. ok.....I found 3 apartments and 1 person to contact which all have 1 bedroom or 2 bedrooms for $1000 or less (some with utilities included) They haven't called me back yet. Hope one of them has an apartment available.... This Friday I'm visiting 4 apartments owned by people who want to sublet a room....2 of the women are...older.....one smokes and has cats....not too sure about that one....the other 2 are college-aged girls and one is even going to law school next fall :) Those 2 may be better for me. But still....it's not like owning and having your own place...you've moving into someone else's place........I'd really rather get my own....we'll see.... Anon :) thank you! *HUG* I tried both sites but neither has anything good unless you're willing to go to Harlem or Washington Heights and that's just too far up - it's not even Manhattan really anymore. But thank you :) *big hugs* D-chan what blasphemy Danielle ;) One CANNOT live without cable or dsl! It's just not possible ;) hahaha :) Crystal awwww thank you so much! But again neither of those places helped :( But I appreciate it so much :) *big freaking hugs* :) Ailinon-chan HOLY HECK! You found the MOTHER of all Watase Yuu sites!! I'm downloading the Imadoki scans now! OH MY GOSH! *HUGGGGGGGG* you are so so so wonderful!!!!! I love you guys - you make me feel better when I'm down. *HUGS* As I wait here for people I left messages for who're selling apartments to call me back (what an awkward sentence) I watched the Columbia Space Shuttle Memorial Service on tv.....that was sad...... br> I'm eating Spaghetti :) yummy :) Ok new goods! A poster I ordered a long while back finally came! It's a large Princess Serenity poster from the Sailor Moon R Movie! Also got the Marmalade Boy Volume 5 and 4 rare KIRA KIRA cards (2 of which I will be selling (not shown here) - the 2 that ARE shown below will be part of my collection) Ok I'm off.....mummy will be home soon and I shouldn't be on the comp ;) - Nishi Monday, February 3, 2003 10:05 p.m. *sigh* it is so hard to find a 1 bedroom apartment for $1000 without having to pay broker fees. $1000 is pretty much my limit........after income tax, ny state tax, and ny city tax, I'll only be left with $3000/month approx. and 1/3 of that max can go to rent and that leaves $2000 to go to groceries, my loan repayment ($550/mo), phone, cable, dsl, credit card debt, other debts to be repaid......*sigh* I really REALLY wanted an apartment not too far from where I worked to call my own...to decorate in my own style...the sublets and shared apartments I searched all have their owner's style and just wouldn't feel like my place or home to me. I wish my dream apartment or something close to it would just dropout of the sky and find me. Janeen I know you say not to worry and that it'll work out but it sure doesn't seem that way........I've really searched so many places....citi-habitats, rent-direct, sublets.com........what other sites are there to search for apartments in manhattan without huge brokers fees? Guess I'll keep searching.... Hope you're all having a good night. - Nishi Sunday, February 2, 2003 11:59 p.m. Well still not too happy about the apartment search situation but I'm working on it as best I can. I prayed over and over to God about it for the past 24 hours and will keep ON praying - and hope He helps. Went to church today and afterwards we of the youth went to see our church's new property to build our very own church on! It's a perfect plot of land for us - up on a hill, great area! I want to get more involved in our youth now - it really needs more participation and involvement and I'm happy to help out. We had to go with papa afterwards for some closing he had to do(?) and so mummy and I stopped at a McDonalds where I got a chicken fajita, hot cocoa, and yogurt parfait (speaking of which it's making me hungry right now)! :) Something to cheer me up :) Guess what I got for 5 bucks! that's right $5! - the Kodomo no Omocha / Kodocha Buruccha!!!! You have NOOOOOOO IDEA how THRILLED I was to win this!!! Purchased as a combination deal with a whole lot of cardcaptor sakura and small sailormoon things - I'll give them away as prizes probably. NEXT - AYASHI NO CERES TOOYA AND AYA - SOMETHING TO DO WITH THEIR BABY!!!!!!!!!! I got t his from Yahoo! Japan Auctions for only I think ONE DOLLAR ($1) - AMAZED - I'm gonna send the scan to the tooya and aya list and ask them what they think it is! 3rd - a Princess Emeraude and Eagle Poster from Magic Knights Reayrth - Eagle is her brother 4th, a pic of my first Yahoo! Japan auction win - a 3 item sailor moon calendar lot super cheap! FINALLY, 5th and lastly, a VERY cute Sailor Moon Ceramic Cup featuring Usagi for only $1! I'm off to sleep as Ricky will call soon. Night everyone. - Nishi Saturday, February 1, 2003 09:21 p.m. boy is this one freaking sucky day..........after all that good news..........bad news was just bound to happen right? We all saw what happened with the Columbia shuttle explosion........brought tears to my eyes.....feel so bad for them........everything was going normal one second and the next everything changes........doesn't make sense when bad things happen to good people.....never....... Sashi called me and told me the bad news.....she can't be my manhattan apartment roomate :( so now I don't know what to do.......it's so expensive to live in the city that the only way to do it is to have a roomate.......ricky's friend Rickan apparently knew how to get a 1 bedroom apt on the upper east side for $800 and he's gonna ask Rickan tonight..................Sashi wanted me to consider living in the New Jerset Metro area and commuting by ferry into manhattan (would take 20 minutes) but I'm not so sure about that........*sigh* my whole thing had been to finally work and live in manhattan with a friend and have the life I'd dreamed of for years.........why is it when you get good news, bad news always follows.....*sigh* I'm a depressed Nishi today. Anyone know a female non-smoker interested in sharing a 2 bedroom apartment in Manhattan? Email me and lemme know ;)I found great ones in the range of $1500-$2000 for 2 bedrooms. - Nishi Saturday, February 1, 2003 12:32 a.m. OH MY GOD!!!!!!!!!!!!! MY FRIEND AMI VASHI WON FEMINA'S BEAUTY PAGEANT (2nd Place) and now gets to go TO MISS WORLD AS MISS INDIA!!!!!!!!!!!!! SHE"S GONNA BE IN MISS WORLD!!!!!!!!!!! Ami's the one on the right. I met her through Ricky (my bf) and we'd all hung out a lot this summer and became good friends. I am REALLY STUNNED she made it this far and won!!!!!!!!!!! I AM SO FREAKING PROUD OF HER!!!!! Go to http://feminamissindia.indiatimes.com/cms.dll/html/comp/default? and you can view the results there! She had gone to India this past fall to dance because she does classical dance and while there decided to compete in the Femina pageant and Femina is HUGE in India! The girls who win their pageant all go on to represent India in Miss Universe, Miss World, and Miss Earth (1st, 2nd, and 3rd place respectively) and after that of course get offered movie roles! You become literally an Indian icon! I can't believe I'm friends with her! AGHHHH!!! GO AMI!!! I gotta go tell everyone I know now!! AMI WON!!! SHE'S GOING TO MISS WORLD!!!!!!! YAHHHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Like Sarah Beth said to me just now on AIM, this is a good year for me and my friends :) - Nishi Friday, January 31, 2003 08:45 p.m. BIG THANK YOU'S to Callie, loved your greeting card and that was SO SWEET of you to send it! Lana and Tweety thank you guys :) Reena *big hugs back* you're awesome too! Thank you so very much! Caroline I was jumping with you with happiness :D Lady and Crystal thank you so much both of you! Crystal your warm words meant a lot :) And last but never least,Miyu-chan who also got her black belt! YAHOOOOOOOOOOOOO :) OH AND ADRIANNEE who without her support I woulda been a depressed little Nishi often! :) Congrats on YOUR JOB TOO! :) And to Seraph who I just saw posted as I was writing this! THANK YOU!! I WISH YOU LUCK TOO!!!!!!!!!! :) ShaRukh flip top eh? BWAHAHAHAHA flashy ;) I start my life as a lawyer officially on February 10th! I'm spending this Sunday and Monday (and maybe Saturday too?) apartment hunting all over the upper east and west sides and in central village and in midtown and the west village! Hope something good comes my way! My friend Sashi who's supposed to be my roomate in this aparment in the city hasn't contacted me since last month.......*worried worried* I called her and emailed her a couple times.....*worried worried* This sweet girl named Mulian sent me a valentine's day card and letter :) Musta taken my address from UsagiandMamoru.com and she's so cute - I think she wanted stickers ;) HAHAHA I'm gonna write her back this weekend and include a few sailormoon cards I have left. I've become a Yahoo! Japan Auction fiend now! I got this beautiful Yui Ayumi Delicious! Clearfile featuring RINGO for very cheap! Also a private owner contacted me directly and sold me her Saint / St. Tail / Tale Nakayoshi Furoku TRUMP CARDS! I am so very greatful and happy that before my birthday I found a great Manhattan attorney position and have already been able to locate some great apartments....ranging in price from $1600 - $2195 - 2 bedroos :) There's a chocolate covered, sprinkle-covered, chocolate cream-filled Dunkin Donut in the fridge that is calling me. I'm starving! Gonna go eat! Write later! - Nishi Wednesday, January 29, 2003 02:56 p.m. UPDATE: 5:14pm I GOT OFFERED A JOB!! The firm, which I won't name here right now, offered me $52K with excellent benefits - the one with the cool attorneys! I am just taking 48 hours to think it over and to hear back from the Trusts and Estates firm! But if I don't hear back or like what the T&E ppl say, I'm taking the offer from this one! YAHOOOOOOOOOOO! I"M GONNA WORK AT A MANHATTAN LAW FIRM!!! MY DREAM IS COMING TRUE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THANK YOU GOD! 2:56PM: I called the employers back but had to leave voice mails with all 3 of them because they're all out at meetings etc. *crosses fingers* GAWD I hope I get hired! How else am I gonna pay for my expensive collecting hobby..........*sweatdrop* FOR SALE: I'm selling Sailor Moon Shitajiki / Pencilboards SHOWN BELOW! Check out my auctions at: SelenitynoMegami's Auctions GUESS WHAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I WON A MARO-CHAN MESSAGE BOARD FROM KODOMO NO OMOCHA! AND A NEO QUEEN SERENITY GASHAPON FIGURE! The Maro-chan message board is really cool because it TALKS and can be used 3 ways - to write messages that fade away or as a real message board and you can record and play back messages so people can leave voicemail for you on it! How cool is that??? Kodomo no Omocha / Kodocha Maro-chan Message Board! Below is the Neo Queen Serenity VERY OLD Gashapon(?) figure - I want to get it restored to whatever it was originally - it has discoloration and a crack somewhere and is missing its waist ribbon but it's so precious! I need to update my collections page with all these new items soon.......tonight.......... Right now....I'm just nervous about job hunting........I've worked so hard...and done everything in my power........I hope the trusts and estates firm hires me....or that wonderful firm with the 2 funny bosses and all the st john's and binghamton alumni.....they're my 2 top choices. - Nishi Tuesday, January 28, 2003 11:52 p.m. thank you to Adrianne and Sawah and Miyu-chan and hello to Nishi from India! Nice to meetcha! :D I watched up to ep 97 today of Kodocha - can I tell you how awfully the anime butchered the manga story line after ep 67-69? TOTALLY WENT OFF COURSE - made up a new storyline and just went crazy - stupid writers. I still love Kodocha though :) Must have more manga!!! Pres. Bush's address tonight...I HATED IT!!!!!!!!!!! I HATE YOU STUPID WAR MONGERING IDIOTS! I WISH I HAD NEVER SUPPORTED BUSH! end rant. In other news! HEhehehe - I lost this ebay auction for the 1994 sailormoon calendar - went up to $62.78 - and at first I was SOO upset but I wound up buying it from somewhere else for only $17 :D YAHOOOOO :) I really won :) Also won a Sailor Moon Cel with suck background, a Sailor Moon Hentai Doujinshi which on the cover features Neo Queen Serenity! Also shown is a KAre Kano Jumbo card! I wanna scan that (or give it to Danielle to scan) and make the image into a layout for a Kare Kano shrine :D I'm gonna call all 3 places I interviewed with tomorrow.........*nervous*.............and find out what my status is...........hope one of them will be the one that hires me........just to be safe...tomorrow morning I'll send out a few more resumes maybe to new places in the St. John's Law Career Opps newsletter........ Wish me luck guys - I need it. - Nishi Monday, January 27, 2003 11:23 p.m. ...........this is gonna be a jumble of thoughts.........mummy's online education and my having to explain and do things for her for it makes me lose patience in 30 seconds and I don't mean to be that way with her, my precious mummy, but I can't even help my own self sometimes..........papa's constant harping on being on the computer at night (what else is there for me to do living at home with these parents?) may get worse as time goes on...he was very angry about phonecalls to ricky totalling somewhere $80-$90 in one month............am deeply worried that I may not get ANY offer from any of the jobs I interviewed with.........that alone scares me so very much after all the efforts I made :( ........haven't jogged regularly in weeks, feeling down about myself........life isn't progressing.......I've wasted so much of my 25 years........life in the doldrums - welcome. *sigh* that aside, I'm losing myself by watching KODOCHA - I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE Kodocha! Acquired a pretty sailor moon usagi cel - i think it's from the first episode where she picks up Luna? Can anyone confirm? Acquired a rare Japanese poster of Miaka and Tamahome: A nice combination Fushigi Yuugi and Sailor Moon fan art also came for me.... Possessions bring me joy - but only if they carry great sentimental value for me. What can I do to cheer myself up? *thinks* .....I ate a whole 8bar pack of kit kats - I LOVE kit kats! But I feel that 440 calories growing on my thighs........stupid stupid stupid..........*thinking only leads me to dwell on negative things and not stuff that cheers me up* crap! I hope things get better soon. I hate being unhappy like this. Dana I'm a TB Bucs fan :) Was cheering for them the whole way through! Caroline you and UC San Diego :) must visit! Reena bday is Feb 6 :) ShahRukh wise is the man who holds his tongue! :) heheheeh wise my foot - u just know I woulda bust a cap on ur a$$ ;) JK :) Crystal thank you *big hugs* I really need your well wishes! See ya guys later. - Nishi AND THE BUCS WIN THE SUPERBOWL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Sunday, January 26, 2003 11:22 p.m. MANNNNNNNNN I wish I had bet a LOT of $$! I knew the bucs would win! I had been a longtime fan of the bucs when I was going out with my first love and through him got into football and the bucs themselves. Since then I've liked the Dallas Cowboys and the Bucs together. YAAAAY! Finally after so long! The Bucs deserved that win! And I saw Shania perform after SO LONG!! I loved her outfit! It snowed here! We went tonight to a housewarming at my uncle's and watched the superbowl there. I may be turning 26 soon but I swear everyone thinks I look like 19-21 still ;) Or it could also be I never act my age around "adults - old aunties and uncles" and I'm so short! DOH! I spent the entire night playing with the kids (my little cousins). I still feel like such a kid around the "adults" cause I can't relate to them even if I am an adult as well. Relate better to peers of my own age or older who grew up here. I have NO patience with mummy. I've gotta learn how to have patience again with her. She got flashed on the road like 4 times (by someone behind us with their high beam) cause mummy was driving so slow (30 on a 55) on this main road as we searched for the road to turn into. Just a litle tiny bit of snow and nighttime and mummy and papa turn into freaks of nature! I drove back home tonight and even then with nothing more than a dusting on the roads mummy was like 'LOWER THE GEAR!' she crawled before at 45 on the highway. 45.....ARGH!! I went to the mall this afternoon and picked up some Chapstick night lip treatment cause the recent cold weather affected my lips when I went outside without lip gloss and got a small cut on my lip - ouch! It'll be better in 2 days with this vaseline like thing. Picked up February Cosmo!!! WHEEEEEEEE - decided to read "what his cellphone says about him" to ricky and it was SUCH a stupid article and he trashed it. Don't blame him! He has this cool sprint phone that he got with a flip top so that the numbers don't get pressed by accident - the cosmo article said guys have flip tops to be flashy. OY. I got Ricky 2 beautiful Valentine's Day cards and a present :D Can't say it here though so SHH :) Ok I'm off to have fun! Night! - Nishi It was my mom's birthday today! Happy 51st MUMMY! Saturday, January 25, 2003 09:21 p.m. To celebrate mummy's bday, we went to this restaurant called 'Four Brothers' where we ordered veal...after which papa tells me it's baby cow...but when I start flipping out he tells me "not really baby, every cow has the part they make into veal" - I hope he was serious. I don't think I'll order veal ever again. We came home then and had Carvel's ice cream birthday cake :) was yummy! I did mummy's nails in a pretty pink and had spent the whole day cleaning - swept, mopped, did the dishes, WHEW! I spent yesterday watching Kodocha eps 38-56! :D I finally got all 102 episodes! EP 56 made me mad though cause it diverged from the manga making the director guy tell Sana that she would fall in love with Naozumi which does NOT happen in the manga. GRR. I spent the other night reading ALL OF KARE KANO!!! GOD I LOVE THAT MANGA! I wanna be just like Miyazwa :D hehehehe and Sana-chan....funny how the stories and such I love have characters I deeply identify with and/or admire. For those of you who Love Kare Kano!! here's the link to all of the manga summaries and translations that have been done up till this past October issue: Kare Kano Manga Translations - go there and read everything that happens after the last episode was animated! Can;t wait till tokyopop releases volumes 2-3 and I can get them in the mail!!! I'm waiting for Kodocha and Marmalade boy already! I received the first entry for the UsagiandMamoru.com Valentine's Day Contest! Sailor Figment sent me this beautiful cross-stitching framed cloth portrait she did of Serenity and King Endymion (from one of the artbook images of them) - she said it was being submitted as an "entry" if I wanted it to be but it was really a present for my graduation and passing the bar and that another sample of a cross stitching she had done previously could be the entry but I can only accept actual completed *physical* entries so I'm going to use her present to me as her entry :) She's so talented! I'll take a snap of it soon! Erika! hi there! thank you so very much! :) *HUGGGG* with work and perseverance you can study paintshoppro or adobe photoshop and learn to make graphics and study HTML and make webpages too! It's not hard! :) Just takes a little time :) Callie Aragorn is so yummy :) *drooool* Reena I love your new layout! *HUG* Tweety yaaay for Arwen :) I'm glad ur well! What's new in your life? I'm going to make a Kare Kano Miyazwa and Arima mailing list! *runs off to create it now* OK I MADE IT! GO JOIN: KareKanoLove - a mailing list for Miyazwa Yukino and Arima Souchiro! - Nishi Thursday, January 23, 2003 10:22 p.m. Find out WHAT YOUR NAME MEANS too! :) The first name of Nishi gives you a dynamic and highly strung nature. You have a humanitarian and principled side to your character and will go out of your way to help someone if you feel there is injustice or unfairness. You often become involved in situations without any thought of the consequences. You are basically seeking truth in life and have a very analytical and questioning mind. Being perceptive and intuitive, you often respond to your hunches, which can lead you into bitter experiences. You love change, travel, and new opportunities and dislike monotonous detail. Though you show enthusiasm over a new-found interest, you seldom finish the things you start. If you are repressed or restricted in any way, you become frustrated, moody, and depressed. You often speak directly and can be cutting and sarcastic. You experience many disappointments with people, for you trust others and take them at their word, only to be let down. In time, you could become cynical and extremely critical towards people. Your driving, seeking nature and intensity of feelings could cause you to experience nervous breakdowns, nervous problems, fits, goitre, or a weak and sensitive solar plexus. An impulsiveness could cause you to be accident prone. Pretty cool huh? Thanks to Rebecca who found that link! I cleaned out and organized my closet today! It gave me such a feeling of accomplishment! Also cleaned my bathroom - squeaky clean I can take a bubble bath now :) The personal injury firm that gave me that offer called me today - they thought on Monday they had told me they could give me till Wednesday but I hadn't received any such message! I had to decline them....I felt so bad :( They were really nice but I need the best opportunity in terms of pay and location and time. I really felt bad turning them down since they'd been so nice to me....but I really can't work 9-7/10pm and that hard for only 35K.....just not enough....I'm really hoping one of these places I interviewd at give me $45K! I'm gonna relax tonight. - Nishi My 4th interview at a law firm Wednesday, January 22, 2003 11:44 p.m. First a pretty quiz result - I love Arwen and Aragorn! What Lord of the Rings Character Are You? I only got back home tonight at 10:30pm....the interview went VERY VERY WELL!!! Maybe that inner instinct feeling was right and I will get this one... so here's how it went 4:15pm: my dad dropped me off JUST in time to catch the train and later on this old geezer sat next to me who I saw in the reflection of the window PICK HIS NOSE - TWICE! And he had BADDDD B/O! (body odor) YUCK! I was glad when he left. 5:35pm: I arrive at Grand central and it doesn't matter how many times I take the subway or train, once I get out I find the right direction i'm supposed to go only by trial and error or lucky break - can never instinctively know which direction the street #'s go up or down - I need to learn how to orient myself. 6:00pm: make it to a starbucks on corner of madison and 36th avenue, 2 blocks from where the law firm I interview at is. In case you haven't heard IT IS FREEZING IN NEW YORK and it's been like this for a good several days. I was frozen and couldn't even SAY "white chocolate mocha" to the counter person. My mouth refused to move. I can't stand weather that goes below zero or is only 10degrees - see why I hate winter now? I ordered my usual white chocolate mocha and warmed up and then headed out. 6:35pm: arrive at law firm on East 38th street. This firm is so cool. They do a lot of litigation and court work and proceedings but it seems so stress-free! They wear business casual (sweaters!) unless they have to go to court and most everyone goes to court in the mornings 2-3 days a week. The 2 main partners were SO FUNNY and SO COOL. One of them is Mario Cuomo's NEPHEW!!!! Mario Cuomo was governor of New York. They were interested in me because the firm has history of Binghamton undergrad and St John's Law so I fit in very well :) They don't have set hours, NO weekend work at all, you can leave at 4:30 or 5 or 6. You of course are expected to do all your work and meet deadline which may call you to work late but they only bill 1900 which is about 37 hours a week (billable hours though so I'd have to work like 40-45 hours a week probably - totally reasonable)!! They have great benefits but I couldn't gauge their salary though.... ANYWAY - GUESS WHAT! I did write a short story - it's a Sailor Moon Usagi and Mamoru short story about how they fall in love tasting snowflakes. Read here: Usagi and Mamoru Short Story - Tasting Snowflakes by Nishi I got the desire to write a manga-like story out of me by writing that :) I got my Tooya cel in the mail today! :) It's so beautiful!!! Ok I'm off for the night. Good night everyone! - Nishi Tuesday, January 21, 2003 09:48 a.m. Morning everyone! :) Rebecca I left a message on your blog about the cel :) Seraph thank you!! *HUG* how've you been?? I wrote all day yesterday when I had time and below are the "entries"... Monday - Day of the 3rd interview at 5th Avenue 10a.m. - I'm sitting here at a starbucks on 5th Avenue 1/2 an hour before my interview. It's snowing in NYC. I generally hate the cold & winter but I love snow. I love when it's snowing & it's just cold enough to bear and it makes you feel alive - that fresh breath of cold air in your lungs. I'm seeing people actually smile - big white teeth - yes - in NYC. It's an amazing & wonderful city. To me, there's no greater city than New York City. No matter where I live in life, this'll be my fave city. 2:30p.m. - I'm sitting here by track 110 downstairs at the Grand Central Terminal - on one of those red plastic chairs. I had picked up from Kinokuniya bookstore: Kare Kano #1 and Saint Tail #7 (collection complete) tokyopop english translations and I LOVE the manga! Kare Kano was translated beautifully and in parts made me laugh right out loud and get strange looks from the people next to me. Heheheheh. I'm SO GLAD it's being translated. If only the anime could've been done longer. I have to go to the bathroom so bad right now. Good thing girls can hold it forever. I feel like writing a manga. A happy short story about a couple who recognize their feelings for each other. :) Wish I could improve my drawing enough to draw a manga. Ah well. I'm a far better writer anyway. So maybe somebody can draw for my stories? :D Or maybe my art will improve?! :) heheh I saw the cutest guy at a Barnes and Nobles - Indian I think - coulda been a model. DOn't worry Ricky - he's not as cut as YOU! :) Oh yes....my interview... Again, another interview that went very well except I did say one stupid thing which I hope he forgets - I said "I'm just looking to get my h ands dirty with law." I mean = what the heck I say dirty for? Somebody stick a bandaid on my lips or something. Sheesh. the guy was pleased with my interest in T&E and Elder Law and with my experience on all of it. The downside was that they're not eager to hire anyone yet and are taking their time. I'm the first one they interviewed. I didn't get that inner instinct feeling hat always tells me (and that I trust) if something like this would go my way. I hadn't gotten it even as I prayed on Sunday night but i HAD gotten it about the firm I'm interviewing with on Wednesday evening so what does that mean? Wed. firm will be the one? After this interview I was a bit disappointed that it wasn't the shoe-in I'd hoped it'd be. He showed interest though and I'll hear back within 2 weeks (by feb 5th - one day before my bday - oy veh!) 2:50pm - I'm on the train now...my feet hurt...still gotta go to the bathroom like crazy. 9:00pm - after my wonderful mom picked me up from the train station we headed back home where same wonderful mom told me to get wood and make salad and I was so freaking hungry (only had cereal and 2 cups of starbucks coffee all day! White Chocolate Mocha and Toffee Nut Steamer) so we ate first and then I did the things. I'm so sleepy now and I want to go to bed. I called Ricky and told him so. My dad looked at me funny when I said I'm going to bed at 9pm - something I haven't done since high school! HHAHHA :D Good night my ricky - love you! P.S. I did finally get to go to the bathroom :D ======================= So that was yesterday. I slept so good :) Today I gotta mail out auctions and wash dishes and possibly clean our upstairs bathroom. Oooh goodie goodie fun day. I might be sleeping over my cousin Mat's apartment tomorrow night since my 4th interview is in Manhattan at 6:45pm!! I'll talk to you guys later. - Nishi I FINALLY OWN A NEO QUEEN SERENITY CEL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Sunday, January 19, 2003 09:22 p.m. A cel owner offered me a Neo Queen Serenity cel!!! I'll be paying for it once I start working but GOD IT'S MINE!!!!!!!! I can't believe I own that! Now I just have to wait to buy that $3000 neo queen cel I've wanted for years off this one site - unless someone already bought it. *SOB* Also below is the Tooya / Touya / Toya cel from Ayashi no Ceres of him crying. It's so beautiful! I also have a pencil sketch for it here. Also for Danielle here are the Full Moon Wo Sagashite keychains of Full Moon and Mitsuki I ordered. Also shown are Takuto and Meroko but I didn't get them. Wish they had Eichi-kun. Whew...after that my big news is my interview at a trusts and estates and elder law firm tomorrow! I really hope I get that job. If I don't get it I don't know WHAT I'll do. I have another interview on Wednesday but it's at a litigation firm and I really don't want to be litigating 24/7......rather be doing something I know like T&E and elder law....stuff that doesn't always require going to court. Well I prayed to God about it a lot tonight so I hope He helps. Thank you to Jeremy and Lana and Suni *HUGS* to all 3 of you! RameoG where would I be without you car insight? ;) Callie I know right! I hate the new interferance! But Ross really did it to himself - he never makes his move right away! He shoulda just gone for Rachel! Instead ther guys get her! Adrianne your advice I always love! I got the Neo Queen cel! :D NISHI FROM THE UK Hi there!! It's so nice to meet you! I used to know a Nishi from the UK a LONG time ago - used to keep in touch with her through email...wonder whatever happened to her. Maybe it's you??? Sarah - the comment box isn't a chat exactly *sweatdrop* it's just a box to leave messages :) Nice to meet you! I have to finish a document I'm writing for my dad and then need to catch some zzzz's for my interview. Need to be on the 8 o'oclock train! See ya guys later. - Nishi Thursday, January 16, 2003 11:32 p.m. the good news I have my interview on monday and a NEW interview on Wednesday at another Manhattan firm :D YAAAYY 3 interviews now from the 210 I mailed out! my yahoo account started working again earlier this week! :) I made it to my interview today on 7th avenue and it went well the bad news ahahha read on!!! :D Where do I begin? I woke up and showered and after ironing my suit & then letting papa re-iron it cause I stink at ironing these days, I then changed into a different suit altogether and was ready to go when papa tried to start the gold benz and it wouldn't start!!! Time? 8:51! I had to catch my train at 9:12 to make it to my 11:30 interview in Manhattan on time! Papa had parked this benz out in the driveway and left the other 2 in the garage and I guess the cold was too much for this troublesome car which has caused a lot of problems! Papa yelled up to call Mekha and Mili and tell them to drive back from work to drive me to the station. Mili got here at 9:00. "Show me your skills Mili" I said and we raced off. HOWEVER, we got caught behind every slow, drivier, traffic light and obstacle there was! Why do people drive 40!???? 50!! 50!!!!! 9:10 - traffic light 9:11 - stupid guy had to turn left into a gas station with a slew of oncoming traffic to wait for 9:12 - I jump out as the car's still moving and RACE in my PUMPS up the stairs only to see the train moving....going, going, GONE. *SOBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB* I walked back to Mili in the car where I called the law firm and told the guy I was having car trouble and was taking the train and would be late. He seemed ok with it (not too thrille dmind you, but cool with it). Mili quizzed me on interview questions for 1/2 an hour and then papa called and said Mil had to come home so he could use the car and mil couldn't goback to work. I waited at the station and called Nitz and made plans to meet up with her to get my gold rings back. She was so happy for me about the interviews :) I love her :) I rehearsed my "why should I hire you?" response and then as I waited, got waylaid by an over-talkative blonde girl who proceeded to regal me with stories about her dean and how he could cook and his salt and pepper shakers shaped like animals and how she liked small campuses...on..and on...and on.....talked my ear off she did! I lost her on the train. WHEW! Got to grand central and caught the shuttle to time square and from the the 1 train to Penn Station where I got out and found the place I was to interview at - BIG tall building...there was a Starbucks right across from it so I stopped in to get my white chocolate mocha :) I called ricky and told him everything that happened! I then got ready and went for the interview (re-scheduled for 12:30). It went well. The guy was nice but he was hiring for a litigation associate for consumer protection and I have had no such experience. I don't think they'll hire me because of that. Either way it was a beautiful office and I handled his questions very well. I walked out and after calling ricky and nitz (re-scheduling with her for this Monday after my 5th Avenue interview) I went and browsed the stores at Grand Central, decided to try french vanilla coffee from a regular coffee stand in the terminal and decided YUCK cause I had to add EIGHT (8) PACKETS of SUGAR to it to make it sweet enough - what do I want? Diabetes??? I'll stick to starbucks or a real coffee place. I had walked so much my feet hurt like HECK. I caught the train back home and mummy got me. I was disappointed when I got home and found only 5 rejection letters for me (nice ones though) and no more interviews. But then this evening after 6:30 another firm called me and scheduled a 6:45p.m. appt with me for next wednesday :D YAAAAY :D I really REALLY want this Monday's firm to hire me - they're located on 5th Avenue and are a trusts and estates and elder law firm which is everything I've been doing in law school and at my internships!! I'm gonna do everything I can to make them want to hire me. I really want to work for them. I liked everything about them! GOD I HOPE I DO WELL ON THAT INTERVIEW!!!!!!!!! As I was looking our the starbucks window at the people walking down 7th avenue in manhattan I just LOVED IT. I could sit there and WRITE STORIES about everything I see. The writer in me just wanted to get out and start writing about the execs on their cells and the men pushing parcels - NYC is just SO FULL OF LIFE and activity. It's never boring. I so pray and wish I can start working there. whew...that was a novel.......I got Mili to talk to Ricky tonight about the different areas of business from finance to marketing etc since all she knows is accounting and I don't want her to be pigeonholed into just one field without finding out about the others. ANYWAYZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ as a result of the troublesome gold benz, we may be getting a new 2002 C240 in this nice burgundy - wine red color I think. Papa only buys benzes and the only other car he'll buy are honda civics ;) I wonder what other cars are like.........I'd really like to try other cars and see what the real difference is. I think benzes are nice but I really like the honda civic. Just more fun to drive. I like sportier and smaller cars. I WANT A CONVERTIBLE!!! Rebecca *HUG* yaaayyy! I wasn't a big fan of the gashapons and only got this one cause of Serenity. I do hope they make more! Be wonderful if they did Mamoru and Tuexedo Kamen and of course Neo Queen!!! Tweety! thank you! it did! I haven't seen you in so long! How are you? I hope life is treating you well! Callie my sisters told me this morning :) I can't wait to read the next HP book! janeeeeeeeeennnn woo hooo! now watch out for Nishi the Comment-Box bandit :D Adrianne *HUGGGG* hey no need to apologize my dear friend! :) Friends are always there for each other even when you don't stay much in touch! :) I'm off! *HUGS* to everyone. - Nishi Wednesday, January 15, 2003 02:26 p.m. I'm preparing for my interviews.......so far printed out everything to do with both firms....now gotta memorize them and study interview questions. Whew. I'm gonna call the personal injury firm and ask them for more time and if they can't give more time on their offer then I'll have to tell them no. I finished watching Kamikaze Kaito Jeanne anime last night (all 44 eps) and it's NOTHING LIKE THE MANGA! They completely butchered it and changed everything! And it started out so great! Instead, I'm printing out the scanlations that Adrianne sent me and finished printing volume 1 (4 chapters) so far - and there are 7 volumes (total 30 chapters) WHEW! The manga is SOOOOOOOO GOOD!!! Why do anime companies mess up so bad when they decide to animate a manga - dammit - stick to what the author writes! I hate the animator's crap! I bet Full Moon Wo Sagashite is also going to be butchered! I got my Full Moon wo Sagashite KEYCHAINS!!!! They're SOOOOOOO CUTE!!!!!!!!!!! Danielle I'm going to take a picture of them for you! Did I also tell you guys I got my sailormoon gashapon part 3 with princess serenity? I spent one afternoon last week putting all the figures together - was so much fun working with my hands like that. I pre-ordered Karo Kano manga volumes 1-3 and the rest of the kodocha and marmalade boy volumes. I can't wait to receive them. Make sure you all pre-order your volumes as well before they're no longer available!! thank you caroline :) I hope they pan out too!! *big hugs* Ailinon thanks for the advice :) *HUG* I felt the same way as you - it's best to looking within yourself for the meaning of the dreams as it's so personal and based on your own thoughts. I'll try the word association :) Hemal, my bday's Feb. 6th :) Be strong ok? You'll be great! :) *HUG* Reena hahaha *HUG* *HUG* thank you so much! :):):) Miyu-chan you're right :) a little faith, patience and luck make for a great formula for success huh? ;) Lady *HUG* Did you enjoy your bath bubble? :) I love your journal! :) thank you so much for your well wishes and your thoughts! *HUGGGGGG* Danielle did I tell you how much I love Serenitatis' layout? You're s talented! *big hugs* Janeeen/Jterra!!!! *HUGGGG* you finally updated your journal and I read it but I couldn't comment :( You need a comment box! :D *HUG* Callie, thank you for the link :) I'm off. See ya'll later :) - Nishi Tuesday, January 14, 2003 12:18 p.m. Updated 5:03pm BELOW from 12:18pm I received a response on a message board where I posted my strange dream of seeing the sun chasing the moon in the sky and the moon eclipsing it for a solar eclipse and the sky shaking and mathematical equations etc....the response was: The moon is a symbol of feminine, magnetic energy.....the sun, masculine, electro energy.....father, mother, God, Godess. When they conjoin something new is created. This is personal as well as cosmic. It will shake the heavens.....or air, a symbol of the mental body. The whole cosmos is filled with mathematical equations......the one pure science. After this period of change, things will become more simple. The feather is a symbol of clarity. This one is made of stone. It may be saying the past was not enlightened. You have a certain amount of fear regarding these changes and the communication of them. I am prone to premonitions and am worried about end of this system of things prophecies.... No Hemal!!! I LOVE to dream! I love having amazing dreams like this and I never want to forget them - I'm very into dream interpretation. I've always had crazy dreams that were very symbolic....I know I've had foreshadowing dreams telling me what to expect when the world starts changing.....but i won't go into that here... GUESS WHAT EVERYONE!! I GOT A NEW INTERVIEW AT a 5th Avenue firm in Manhattan!!!!!! :) It's for Monday at 10:30am! I'm doing research on the firm now.....they called yesterday while I was at that brooklyn interview and was a result of the 210 resumes I mailed out on Friday! How quick was that? :) I spent the morning cleaning the whole house! Swept, washed dishes, tidied up everything because an appraiser came over to appraise our house. We'll be selling this and moving to the new home we're building. Caroline *HUG* thanks babe! Yesterday's interview was a bunch of bull! Btu at least now I have another one to look forward to! Let's hope more firms out of the 210 I sent out reply! I'm gonna go read my new Marmalade Boy manga :) Post later! Updated 5:03pm BELOW from 12:18pm I GOT ANOTHER INTERVIEW at a nother firm in Manhattan on 7th Avenue for this thursday at 11:30 :DDDDD ANDDDDDDD I GOT A JOB OFFER from the firm I interviewd at yesterday - the one with the horrible hours and only 35K pay....the owner was so sweet! I really liked them - I told him I needed 2 weeks to decide but he could only give me till Thursday at 12noon and thursday is my next interview. *sigh* I'm gonna have to call back and turn them down....cause I have the chance to make more if I do well at these next 2 interviews....I hope more firms who received my resume call!! I still can't believe it! Today I got my first real job offer from a law firm and have 2 interviews at Big Manhattan law firms......*screams* thank you God!!!!!!!! - Nishi I saw the sun chasing the moon Monday, January 13, 2003 07:13 p.m. I have 2 things to share with you guys today....a dream I had last night and my interview......... the dream... this morning somewhere before or around 5am....I had one crazy dream which I seek a dream interpreter for....here's what happened..... I had been at a sucky movie....Ricky was there and he and I walked outside and as we stood outside (the theatre?) we were looking at the moon when suddenly it moved down a bit...and I stepped back to see it again and then I saw it rising....we watched it rise VERY FAST in the sky and suddenly (can't be sure of the sequence) but I saw as the moon moved the sun chasing the moon....they circled around until the moon eclipsed the sun (solar ecplipe or lunar?) and I was staring at it - there were lots of people near me now - I watched the whole sky start reverberating...and I think something exploded...or super-sonic-waves-like-things.....and then the sky started moving very very fast.......and all these mathematical equations appeared in the sky and the guy next to me (some genius) was holding up his calculator to capture the equations - complicated looking things...finally the sky started slowing down and he wound up only getting simple addition calculations.... then somehow the dream changed or I can't remember how it changed and I was witnessing a new archealogical discovery of something that looked like a neanderthal's head...and a feather molded next to it.... then I was on a train or bus and it came to a stop because of something...some disturbance and the bus driver or whoever wouldn't let us out without taking a tally first...she had index cards and was going to tally us that way....I had called ricky on my cell phone and he said he'd call me back but then I thought whatever was out there might hear my cell phone ring and come get us.... end of the dreams as I woke up at 5:15am or roundabout. So WHAT DOES IT MEAN????????????? my interview that dream didn't leave me all morning until I was finally driving to Brooklyn for my 2nd round interview. I got there in 1 hour thanks to very little traffic and was an hour early for my interview so I stopped at a starbucks and had a white vanilla mocha latte and a croissant and YES - it's confirmed - I am NOW OFFICIALLY a Starbucks coffe-girl :) Who knew I'd finally actually like coffee ;) NOT ME! :) MY INTERVIEW WAS A BUNCH OF BULLSHIT! 'Scuse the language but jeez louise!!!!! I got there at 12:50 for my 1pm appt and they didn't see me till 2-something...and when I finally met the head...it was fine...i told him about myself...what I was interested in and he liked me and I thought he was cool too. Then he told me I'd be working minimum 5 days a week till 8/9/10pm and maybe even weekends if that's what it took to meet my deadline and I was like uh.....i was told 7pm (and even that I wasn't happy with) and all this for only 35K??? And it's really like slave labor...all that work and hours for such little pay? You won't believe how much work - they're a personal injury firm with high volume of cases but GOD - I coulda gone to a corp firm (which I didn't want EVER) to make $110K for those same hours! AND THEN - AND THEN!!!!!!! at 2:30 they gave me a PERSONALITY TEST TO TAKE!! Stinking 1.5 hour long personality test asking me what I agreed with and least likely agreed with and asking me all these puzzles and number patterns...what the heck........no way in heck am I working for them. What do I want? Grey hair and 17 wrinkles by the time I'm 28? NO WAY JOSE. GOOD NEWS! when I called home after the stupid interview mummy told me someone from Manhattan called to interview me :D WHEW! YAAAYY! The stuff I mailed out is working!! YAAY YAAAY YAAAY :) So I'm calling her back tomorrow and gonna set an interview up right away. Just finished dinner and gonna relax for the rest of the night. Callie that's sweet but I'm gonna be watching the AMA's and relaxing with my sisters and not up to hosting a chat but if you'd like to invite the UMML members to the chat go ahead! D-chan awwww *HUGGGG* I'm so sorry! You're gonna love AnC though! *HUG* *HUG* forgive me? :) - Nishi Sunday, January 12, 2003 11:02 p.m. I got the most beautiful present from my ricky in the mail on saturday - along with a letter he mailed me (on his last night home before heading back to school) 2 beautiful flowers he'd found in his garden that weren't damaged by the cold and 3 jasmine leaves from a plant he grew....and he pressed them in books and mailed them to me. I was so touched I called him right away to thank him. I kept them in a place of honor - inside the Full Moon wo Sagashite Eternal Snow Music Box! :) it's locked in there :) We rented Picture Perfect (with Jennifer Aniston) which was a nice movie and rented LILO AND STITCH and it was SO GOOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I LOVE THAT MOVIE! I had no idea it would be such a good film!!!! :) We watched Men in Black 2 tonight :) ALSO a good movie :) Today we hit the Pougkeepsie Galleria and went shopping - just my sisters and me. We shopped and I picked up a black belt, a black shirt, a white shirt, Nivea Q10 night cream, oil of olay hand cream, and then we got separated and I wound up hanging out at our meeting spot on the benches in front of Filenes swinging my purse, eating my pizza and singing to myself this lame song 'I'm never gonna shop with my sisters again cause I'm sitting here all alone singing la la la la' hehehe :) TOMORROW IS MY INTERVIEW!! I called up my cousin Mat who told me that the interview is 2-3 hours most likely because they'll take me out to lunch and make me meet all the lawyers and see how I get along - see if I fit in with their firm. Nothing about cases or writing memoranda or briefs or complains in an alotted time which is what I was thinking! WHEW!!!! HAHAHA I was so worried :) My cousin's so cool :) Lana!!! YAAYY! I can't wait to see your entry!!!!!!!! Callie sorry sweetie for not thanking you right away. Thank you for the links to Yu-gi-oh but next time you should just email me informative things becaus I don't check my blog until I have something to write...and...please be patient babe :) Miyu-chan thank you :) you're the key to my sanity :) *BIG HUG* Rebecca-chan!!! I know!! $626 for a neo queen cel that had no background, with line-fading and a poor sketch??? Not worth that much!!! Whoever bid that high is crazy. Hope they pay the seller though! I love Justin Timberlake's song 'Cry Me a River' - supposed to be about Britney Spears and her cheating on him.......*sigh* it must be so horrible to have such a public relationship and break up on both of them.....I liked both people....but not too crazy about Britney and what she did to Justin.... anywayz....I'm off to sleep....night everyone! - Nishi Friday, January 10, 2003 11:44 p.m. I am so angry with Yahoo! 2 emails and STILL no responsiveness about my account's deactivation!!! If this continues I won't be able to control my yahoogroups (I own a ton of groups and updates lists and belong to so many!!!) Big news! I got a *second round interview* with that brooklyn firm I interviewed at - the scary part is - my 2nd round interview on monday will be 2-3 hours long! What're they going to do? Give me cases? Make me write a memo? Research and write up something? Holy crappers. Tonight hasn't been a good night.....the free domain-email accounts I offer through usagiandmamoru.com and miakaandtamahome.com may have to end unless I can get the users to help pay for it. Each costs $40/month (total $80) and I no longer have a credit card to charge it onto. Yahoo....email...I'm having a lot of mail-related problems aren't I? I sent out the 210 resumes/cover letters to all the manhattan firms this morning. The mail lady looked at me like I was crazy when I walked in and handed them to her all stamped :D My mom and I went together cause we had to drive to Poughkeepsie to drop of a gift basket for the law firm I had interned at my first summer of law school - they helped fill out the employment affidavits I needed for my bar application. After we had done that mummy and I had a special mother-daughter afternoon at Poughkeepsie Galleria where I bought pretty navy-blue closed-toe shoes for my interview and after that we hit the food court where I got chicken teriyaki from the 'Little Tokyo' fast food place. We had a nice time together. I gave my sister, Mili, a pedicure in the evening (boy did she need it!) and got a chance to look through the Arina Tanemura artbook - it has beautiful pull out posters from Kamikaze Jeanne and Time Stranger Kyoko! I got my first anime cel! It's of Tooya from Ayashi no Ceres - where he cries in the scene when he finds out Aya is carrying his baby. :) The former owner will be giving me a copy of the scan for my own use tomorrow so I'll upload then. Adrianne sent me a CD full of scanlations of manga like Kamikaze Kaito Jeanne, Time Stranger Kyoko, Gals and Full Moon Wo Sagashite! I'm ecstatic! I love her! :D Now if only tonight had been peaceful and good....*sigh* not one day can go by without something going wrong right? oh well - can't elaborate here. Suffice it to say my heart's in turmoil. I'll see you guys later. - Nishi Thursday, January 9, 2003 09:59 p.m. what the HECKEDY-HECK!!! WHY ISN'T MY YAHOO ACCOUNT WORKING?????????? As I was telling Adrianne, I logged in this morning fine and changed my signature and when I try to login again this afternoon they say my account's been deactivated! WELL REACTIVATE IT STUPID YAHOO! I hate oligopolies. mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm not a happy camper tonight on the good news front, the recruiting agency sent me all my resumes/cover letters and with my sister Mekha's help, I signed, folded and stuffed 210 envelopes and my dad walked in on us finishing up and while I didn't reveal details he offered me 86 stamps and to mail the rest out from his office :) My dad's pretty great and cool when he's not yelling at me :) 210 manhattan firms - one of them will give me an offer i can't refuse :) Did you all hear yet? I heard a few weeks ago on Entertainment Tonight that Friends will be on for a 10th season! WOO HOOO! If you're a fan of the manga and anime Tokyo Mew Mew, like I am, you'll either be happy or chagrined to learn TOKYOPOP WILL BE PRODUCING THE ENGLISH TRANSLATION APRIL 2003! I'm excited! :D Other than the mess-up with sailormoon and a few other things, TokyoPop has done great jobs with the manga it's acquired (in my opinion)! By the way - the spider's still here somewhere....*shiver* Ailinon!! *big hugs* I can't wait to see "Memory"!!! Like all your shines, I KNOW it's going to be breathtaking!!! Crystal, thank you! I agree totally! You can re-negotiate after the 1st year but I doubt the salary will be much higher! D (are you Danielle or will u keep me guessing? ;)) Devdas has english subtitles! and a Doujinshi would be GREAT!!!!!!!! :) I can't wait to see what you come up with!!!! Reena *HUGS* wasn't amazing? :) I cried to hard!!! SilentRaging it was bought from a private dealer. Miyu-chan Ken as Rett? This I must see!!! :D - Nishi Wednesday, January 8, 2003 05:29 p.m. my eyes are so sleepy.....ricky woke me up at 7:30am (godforsaken hour) because his flight was leaving from orlando back to L.A. I wish he was coming here.....even though I slept till 12noon my eyes are still tuckered out. I helped mummy clean the kitchen and clean downstairs... while downstairs on this comp...I met a spider...a yucky, gross, blackish-brown thing.....I remembered that lesson that "don't kill spiders you find in your home - they're just lost, show them the way out." So i decided to be nice and got an empty checkbook box and tried to get it to come into the box but instead it fell onto the desk and crawled under the keyboard.... I think it's still under this keyboard.... I'm only a *teensy* bit scared....teensy...hee hee - yeah right!....see what happens when I try to be nice? it always backfires.... I read Kodocha Book 5 today and I didn't know Naozumi's crazy fans break sana's LEG! I LOVE SANA-CHAN! I wish I owned all the Kodocha eps :( I can't wait to read Book 6! oh little spider who scares the hell out of me - where are you hiding so I can get u the heck on our of my house? deep breaths... Don't forget - I have a bunch of auctions and my huge Sailor Moon Valentine's Day Contest giving away lots of Sailor Moon prizes going on! Do enter! :) I was showing Caroline this custom Tuxedo Mask doll (Ken as Tuxedo Kamen) on ebay and I was like I wish someone would make me THAT! :) I own a very nice Bandai Japan Tuxedo Mask doll from the S season I think so it's all good - wish they'd made Prince Darien in his cape and armor...*drool* why yes I am drooling over a 2-D animated character and why yes I'm a freakin' weirdo. HEHEHEHE. Ok I'm gonna get going before this spider gets me. See ya later tonight folks! ok I took too long to leave cause now my mom's bitching about how I'm always on the "stupid computer" and on and on and on! GODDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD somebody take me from this agonyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy - Nishi <-- take THAT spider - take THAT annoying vexations of my life! Tuesday, January 7, 2003 10:32 p.m. My interview went well :) Only a few probs - they pay only $35K, want a 2 year committment, want me to work like a slave, with hours of 9am to 7pm.....and it's plaintiff's personal injury focusing on car accidents and slips and falls. This would be fine if the pay was higher. Like $45K cause I dunno how I can afford to live on 26K NET (after taxes) anywhere in the city after adding in how much rent is, life insurance, my loan repayment, and myriad of other expenses.....unless they can drive my salary up to $45 or even $40K I can't take it (unless it's my ONLY JOB). I'd basically be doing everything a lawyer does....within 2 years I could open my own firm after working there is what the owner of the firm told the lawyer who interviewed me. Interview itself went very well....I'm supposed to call back on Friday to find out where I stand. I think it's a good thing I still got that recruiting agency to get all my stuff to send to targeted manhattan firms. Driving down on 684 I hit 90 mph and loved it - great new song I heard on the radio - something like....the words you said in my head...la la la anyone know it? Was on Z100 and K104....anywayz driving was a nightmare! I had gotten directions from mapquest and of course it forgot to list I'm supposed to take the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway - I wound up being half-hour late to the interview but was all good :) The interviewer loved me! EEEE :) I liked her too! It'd be a nice place to work and I'd learn a HUGE LOAD of stuff right away - i WISH they paid more!!! anywayz.....Suni thank you so much! *HUG* To my knowledge pitas is free free free and will be forever! Cause they host nothing on their servers cept the links to your pages/text and the rest you upload on your own servers. So they're not losing anything! It's such a great blog tool - I love it! Crystal! thank you! You're so nice and you instantly made me feel better :) *big hugs* Adrianne *HUGGGGGGG* u do the same! when we gonna catch up huh? D-channnnnnnnnn if you go to grad school near NYC, I'm taking you to china town!!! :D Now, it's return of the quizzes!!! I'm off to do stuff! See ya'll laters! :) - Nishi Monday, January 6, 2003 10:09 p.m. My interview is tomorrow! I got my pant-suit ready, my shoes, my writing sample and list of references :D I'm set and I'm driving all the way to Brooklyn. I only wish Ricky was really able to come for the week :( We got my dad a German chocolate cake tonight to celebrate his 51st. He said yesterday at Red Lobster was his favorite b-day cause his daughters paid for it ;) :) Nithi leaves tomorrow to go back to school. I'm gonna miss her :( I have a big Usagi and Mamoru.com Valentine's Day Contest going on and it's open through Valentine's Day Feb 14th 2003! Check it out :) The prizes are great! :) I also put up a ton of new auctions on ebay so check that out! :) I don't have much else to write so I'll put down something nice I got in the bible-emails I get: From: Matthew 18:12-14 "What do you think? If a man owns a hundred sheep, and one of them wanders away, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the hills and go to look for the one that wandered off? And if he finds it, I tell you the truth, he is happier about that one sheep than about the ninety-nine that did not wander off. In the same way your Father in heaven is not willing that any of these little ones should be lost." nice huh? :) - Nishi Sunday, January 5, 2003 10:10 p.m. I saw the hindi movie Devdas tonight (we rented it) and it was BEAUTIFUL. Ashwariya Rai (Former Miss World) is my new fave actress (after Kajol ;)) - the movie was so sad at the end but beautiful throughout. 2 images from the movie DEVDAS A brief intro to Devdas: Devdas" tells the story of Devdas Mukherjee (Shah Rukh Khan) who returns to his Calcutta home from London. The original story was written early last century and was rather simple - Devdas wants to marry his childhood sweetheart, and even though his girlfriend's family has no apparent problem with this, his own family clearly does. The quiet, seemingly mellow soul that he is, Devdas watches as his only true love is wed to someone else, and the rest of the story stands back and lets Devdas drink his way to his death. The premise here is that both Devdas and Parvati were soulmates, yet couldn't be together in their lifetime. Needless to say, this is a clear rip-off on the legendary Indian tale of Krishna and Radha to begin with (both Lord Krishna and Radha were married to other people, yet remained in love with each other until their deaths), but tragic love stories always work if told properly, and its no wonder that this tale has oft been told both on film and stage. And while it clearly is a very Indian Romeo and Juliet, it is somehow even more heartbreaking and effective than the Shakespearian saga. I highly recommend this movie to anyone who hasn't seen it yet! Go to an indian friend or go to your local indian deli and RENT IT! No Miyu-chan Ricky may not come after all. Ticket's have poor return flight times (departing 7am which'd mean he has to be at jfk at 5am) and any other time is way more expensive. So no :( I don't think he's coming after all. *sigh* and I got my hopes up. We went to Red Lobster to celebrate my dad's 51st b-day (though his bday is tomorrow actually) and I love Red Lobster! Great food!!!! I ate so much and am STILL stuffed (and that was at 4pm!) - Nishi Saturday, January 4, 2003 11:48 p.m. Tonight's MGOCSM sucked! Only 1-2 of the dances were great! and only 1 or 2 plays were ok. Everything else - blech! Usually each year, our church dioceses in NY put on great christmas shows...oh well! Next year, I wanna get our church to put on a fashion show like I was in during college! After we got home my mom made me her kitchen helper and I had to do everything! "Nishi, cut the onions" "No that's not enough!!" "Nishi go get the tuna from downstairs." "Nishi get the egg whites from the eggs" "Nishi peel potatoes" "Nishi warm up chore (rice) and set the plates and glasses." "Nishi roll this tuna cutlet material." ON AND ON meanwhile Nishi is wondering why her THREE SISTERS are just sitting in their room doing nothing while SHE has to do everything. GRRR. I coaxed my mom to ask my dad about ricky coming on tuesday and guess what - HE CAN!!!!!!! Rick's coming by train tuesday afternoon/evening? I might meet him after my interview's over in the city by Penn Station :) Papa's birthday is this Monday but Nithi might go back on Monday so we're supposed to have some dinner-out-party tomorrow night to celebrate.....I don't want Nith to go back.....she and I have gotten so much closer this christmas break......I'll be kinda sad when she goes....we fought a lot growing up and though we were both at fault, often times I wish I had been a better big sister to her.....then maybe we would've remained close all throughout....I'm just happy she and I are closer now - not as close as each of us are to the twins but hopefully she and I will be really close one day :) I love my sisters all so much. Anywayz, GUESS WHAT RICKY BOUGHT ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The total with shipping came to $55 but it's supremely rare! It sold on ebay recently for $127! The Anastasia Imperial Music Box with Czar Nicholas and Czarina Alexandra :) EEEEEEEEEEEEE I LOVE RICKY! Thank you sweetheart! When I think of that, it makes up for all the "nishi-abuse" I get at home! I also acquired these recently - the Arina Tanemura Artbook / Art Book with rare never before seen images from Full Moon wo / o Sagashite and Kamikaze Kaito Jeanne and Time Stranger Kyoko! :D Also an Anastasia Movie Poster and THANK YOU TO DANIELLE / D-CHAN who told me that AnimateUSA was having a sale on pencil boards / shitajiki so I got 3 pencilboards for only $3.20 cents - I got Max Lovely, Wind Up Tina from Nakayoshi, and Alice19th by Yuu Watase! That's it for today's show and tell! Sarah(WildCat) thank you so very much! *HUG* I visited your site and love it! I always loved X-Men and I like how you have so many comic images and not so much of the cartoon! Do you have a journal? Katrina do you know how much I love your name? There used to be a Katarina on Days Of Our Lives (one of my old fave soap operas) and I loved that name ever since! I visited your journal and left you a message. *big hugs* Miyu-chan you're so cool, u know that? D-chan I'm gonna receive the FullMoon and Mitsuki keychains soon! YAAAAAAAY :) I hope you ordered!! They're running out of stock! Good night everyone! - Nishi Friday, January 3, 2003 10:36 p.m. Guess what! I have an interview at a law firm in Brooklyn on TUESDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I hope that works out but then I've spent so much money on the recruiting agency......but I'll keep that in case I get great offers from manhattan law firms! One of the guys I danced with on New Year's emailed me and we got into an IM convo and I told him I was 25 and he confessed and told me he was 17!!!!!!!!!!! 17!!!!!!!!!! I thought he was 19! (even THAT was bad) he was joking all throughout how he got to dance with a girl 8 years older. *SOB* I FEEL SO OLD!!! :) He's a sweetheart though and very nice and decent. Ricky and my sisters got a laugh outta that one ;) It's been snowing here ALL DAY! And supposed to snow through tomorrow. Wonder if we'll go to the MGOCSM. I put sailor moon posters, cards, fruits basket cards, and saint seiya keychains ON EBAY! so go take a look! :) Night everyone :) - Nishi HAPPY NEW YEAR 2003!!!!!!!!!! Wednesday, January 1, 2003 02:57 p.m. New Year's was SUCH A BLAST!!! And I have the aching feet to prove it!! We left home around 12:30/1pm and got to Long Island around 2:30 and we chilled there getting ready. I wore this low cut beautiful black dress (very simple but classy) and my sisters also all wore black dresses. I got to meet Mili's soon-to-be significant other, Boyd, and they're so cute together! My sister is so crazy for him :) We took pictures and headed out to the Long Island Rail Road (railroad?) (LIRR) and with our usual shennanigans of confusing the changing trains we got out at Penn Station into a MAD GROUP OF WEIRDOS AND TIME SQUARES RUSHEES! I saw people holding UNO cards - what was going on?? We made our way to the club (Club One 33 on West 33rd Street) and even though we were a half hour early (7:30pm) there was already a line and it was FULL of Indian guys. Mek, Nith, Mili, Boyd and I got into line and then Mili and I ducked out to get a hot dog and a pepsi from one of the street vendors cause I was starved. When we got back into line things had started getting crowded. The boys there were SO YOUNG. 18-20 was the majority range to start out (I was so disappointed) - Ricky's cool with me going and dancing though cause he knows I won't do anything bad :) While waiting in line, they called out for 21+ to get into the left line so Nithi, Boyd, and I did and this nice guy let Nith and me through and when we got closer to the front is when we got ambushed by disgusting drunk under-21 loser-indians. One of them kept touching my behind and Nithi was being pestered too so Boyd jumped in and backed them off :) He's cool :) We finally got in at 9pm and made out way to the open bar and I got rum and cokes for everyone. Within 5 minutes guys were hitting on me - much to the amusement of my sisters who were like "I can't believe chechy is getting hit on so fast!" - one guy tried to get me to join his table and kissed my hand, another wanted to know if I would take him back hom to 56th street and was convinced I was drunk (in 5 minutes??) cause I held a rum & coke in my hands *roll eyes* - I decided rum and coke tastes good but I hate rum :) One guy at the bar would not leave me alone till my sisters took me by the hand and got me away. UGH! I got nicely buzzed and we all chilled and when the music started getting good we hit the dance floor. Instantly we were surrounded by guys and my sisters and I all got separated and I had one guy dancing in front and one guy in back - LORD! In total I got hit on and danced with 14 guys all night. I was dancing with one guy around midnight and when they yelled 5-4-3-2-1 I gave him a hug and then ducked out and found M&M's frined Sangeetha and who gave me her cell phone and I called Ricky and screamed to him HAPPY NEW YEAR and I LOVE YOU :D We danced the rest of the night away and the only bad thing was one guy who I had to throw into a mirror cause he wouldn't stop trying to dance with me. Literally I threw him. No joke. Indian guys just don't know when to quit sometimes. We left around 1:30/2am cause Mili and Boyd were tired and so we got our coats from coat check and trekked back to Penn Station. The place was a MAD HOUSE. We picked up some water and snapples and I called Ricky again and then we caught the train and had to stand half the way. We didn't get home till 4 a.m. Boyd went and got us fries and burgers and cokes from McDonalds and I spent a long time on the phone with Ricky recapping the night for him, munching on fries. He surprised me with something - he wants to come by train to visit me next week here at home! He'd be coming from Orlando to Penn Station to HERE.....he wants to stay from tuesday to sunday. He says he misses me :) I love him so much :) I dunno if it's such a good idea and will have to talk to mummy first....we'll see........ :) We got up this morning around 11am and after getting ready dropped by Dunkin Donuts to get coffees, cinnabuns, hot cocoa and an egg+cheese sandwhich for me, and of course donuts :) We drove back home listening to ASOKA (great soundtrack from a great Indian movie) - the club had played everything from hindi to english (mostly english) music so it had been great. I worked the bartender-girl well and had tipped her $5 so she served me promptly everytime I came for drinks :) My sisters said I danced really well and it has to be in our blood how we can all dance good :) It was funny for them to see me buzzed and being silly :) We're home now and I washed the smell of smoke out of my hair and GOD MY ACHING FEET!!!!!! I had put bandaids all over my shoes so no broken skin and no blisters but I should have padded the soles of my feet because i have painful callouses on my pinky toes and the balls of my feet now :( OWWWWW - I just buried my feet in Nivea cream to take care of them. The countdown last night happened so FAST....wasn't ready for the 2003 but just enjoyed it when it happened! :) I'm ready for this near year to start now! *HUGS* and a very happy and blessed New Year to: Lana, I hope you had an awesome 2003! Ailinon, *HUGGGGGGGGGG* thank you so much and I wish the very best to you!!! Audrey Bonne Anne!!! *HUGGG* How did you celebrate? Miyu-chan thank you and God bless you!! I hope we achieve everything we want to this year!!! Lindsay, Rebecca *big hugs to you*, and Callie-chan - so glad your pitas will be up! Link is http://www.miakaandtamahome.com/callie :) Lady thank you *HUGGGGG* You are in my prayers! Caroline *HUGGGGG* HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!!! ShaRukh!!!! thank you and I had a wonderful time!!!!! How was your new year's??? Adrianne!! *HUGGGGGGGGGGG* I think I DID have enough fun for both of us! LOL! :D A very happy and blessed New YEAR 2003 to ALL OF YOU :) - Nishi HAPPY NEW YEAR IN ADVANCE!!!! Monday, December 30, 2002 10:33 p.m. EST As I was going to start writing this entry it really hit me that it'll be 2003 in a little over 24 hours.....it's come so fast....doesn't feel like it's almost the start of the new year...... For New Year's Eve my sisters and I are going to a party in the city!!! It's going to be so much fun! My first real New Year's Eve party! Will have the details when I get back on Wednesday! 2002 was such an eventful year for me....I turned 25...finished my last semester of law school....graduated law school....took the bar...passed it! So many beautiful moments with Ricky...my one year anniversary with him....going to see Ricky in L.A. TWICE with my parents blessing :D I can only pray and hope that 2003 will pick up on 2002....I will turn 26 in February. The fist 1/4 of my life has finished....the 2nd is about to begin....may this new year bring me the job I wish for, the apartment with Sashi I wish for, and the life and independence (financially and emotionally) that I need. I am having a recruiting agency (FindLawJob.com) send me 200 employers to mail my resume and cover letter to. They print the resumes and cover letters and envelopes out and address it to the proper persons at the firms. They narrowed my search only to Manhattan law firms (small to medium size) and practicing international law, civil rights law and estates/probates/wills. It cost me a lot of money and has driven my credit card higher than it has ever been in my LIFE. I was really worried about the cost but after talking to my law school friends and to my sister, Mekha, they made me feel better. I am making the right decision because the opportunities I get from this will be worth the cost. I am not spending another penny after this until I land a job though! With express shipping, the finished products will be at my house next week, then I sign it, stamp it and mail it out. Hopefully I'll get results. Here are my last acquirees (got them for very cheap): A Saint Tail Plush of St. Tail herself! And a Sailor Moon poster of Princess Serenity and the others in their Princess forms. I also previously ordered and will receive the Kodocha volumes 3-5 and Ceres Celestial legend manga volumes translated of Volume 1: Aya. And Danielle you're going to hate me but I will be receiving the Mitsuki and FullMoon keychains very soon! If you come online and AIM me I'll show you where I got the keychains from and you get all 4 (Takuto and Meroko too!) :D Callie-chan you MUST go to the login page and click the "forgot password" link under the login field and write in sailorcallie and type in the email address you used to register it with. MacrossMoon99@hotmail.com is NOT it. Danielleeeeeeeeee *huggles* sorrryyyy but how can I NOT acquire the Eternal Snow Music Box? It's so beautiful and meaningful! Besides that you know how much I had to pay to GET that??? Leanna yaaaay you're getting a pitas!!! *HUG* can't wait to see it! Hemal thank you so much :D Happy New Year in advance to you!!!! If I don't write again till I get back on Wednesday HAPPY NEW YEAR 2003 EVERYONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! - Nishi Sunday, December 29, 2002 01:32 a.m. this has been an AWFUL FREAKING NIGHT. I don't want to talk about it. Instead, I'll say - I saw Lord of the Rings 2 tonight - was very good - I love Aragorn and my twin sisters love Legolas (I think he's cute too but Aragorn does it for me more). Sawah I miss you too my dear friend *HUGGGGGGGG* Merry Christmas and please! I KNOW you look beautiful in lengas and saris so don't even start! :) Rei thank you for your lovely message *HUG* It's so nice to meet you! I visited your site and love the pop-up layout and heck the whole anime layout. What series is that from? I recently acquired the Full Moon wo / o Sagashite Eternal Snow Music Box which, according to the anime and manga, Mitsuki's father gave to her mother. Also acquired a Magic Knights Rayearth Zagato and Lantis Poster and I found a better picture of the Sailor Moon Gashapon Part 3 with Princess Serenity I acquired a month ago and should be shipped in the new year. Because I've had a horendous night, I'm just going to leave this entry with pictures of the items. Enjoy the pics. Click the thumbnails for larger images. - Nishi Saturday, December 28, 2002 01:52 a.m. Adrianne I love you :) Thanks for that link! I'm definitely going to apply! I decided that I would go ahead and apply to district attorney's offices all over new york city, and also to all the courts, and in the meantime go to that program director interview. If at the end of that week of the interview I don't hear back from anything I mailed out, and if the Criminal Program hires me, I'll take the job. Thereafter, I'll keep trying for attorney positions or legal positions as required by the ACLU. - Nishi Friday, December 27, 2002 04:25 p.m. The bright light at the end of the dark tunnel turned out to be a false light. The Family Court position in Staten Island wasn't for an attorney but for Director of the Criminal Programs - it sounds interesting and does pay $45K but it's not a lawyer position.....I wouldn't be a lawyer. What should I do? Take it and start working and still try to get a real court attorney or law firm job? What for then did I go to law school and get my bar license and everything if I don't get to work as a lawyer? I'll be admitted soon and all for what? I still don't have the right job. God....I cried praying to God this afternoon....begged Him to send me that job at a court or a firm in the metro area. I told Him I didn't want my dream of living and working in the city to be shattered. Ricky was saying maybe I should go work in white plains...but if I do...I'm stuck there...I'll turn 26 in Feb....I'll work there for a year and then at age 27..plans for marriage start....what use is there then in trying to achieve my dream of living and working in the city while young? To have that life of city fun, activities, rich city culture...all of which I missed out on for so long....I won't ever have that dream if I work anywhere upstate of the Bronx. I wanted a good 2 years to myself...to live and enjoy NYC before marriage took me away to another city. So I kept praying to God, telling Him if He'll just please - out of his abundant mercy, loving-kindness and grace work on the people I had already emailed, faxed, and mailed to - somehow reach one of them and get me that city court or city firm job I wish for....as a lawyer - not a director. It was so much fun to dream for a while about working 9-5 in Staten Island's Family Court and finally getting to live in a manhattan apt with Sashi....Neil had told me how easy the commute would be...... I'm going to try every single court there is from staten island to the Bronx. One of them must want an assistant attorney - I know they're hiring for them. It has to work. God...please...I've been working and trying so hard....please help. Suni *HUG* thanks for telling off that creep who left that message on my comment box. I deleted their message and banned them. (had to delete yours too but not for a bad reason *HUG*) Thank you :) Danielle I adore you *HUG* Ramit Merry Christmas to you too! I'm listening to South - Too Much Too Soon - they're a great band from the UK....their music is...haunting...catchy....it's different.....download this song and tell me what you think :) I don't have the MP3 so if someone finds it let me know! "This heavy air is hard for me to breathe . . . too much too soon . . . leave if you said what you wanted to say, stay if you want I won't fight this with you." Thursday, December 26, 2002 11:48 p.m. Evening everyone! Sorry for not writing on Christmas day! Lots to tell you! First off, I am never making eggless egg nog again! I used a recipe calling for vanilla pudding and rum....I don't think I like rum - UGH. It tasted ok (the end product) but NOTHING like I wished it to. Who knows, I may never make egg nog at ALL! I'll just buy the real thing one day and see if I like it. I've been having a craving for almond boba / bubble tea all day. miyu-channnn i want boba! (EDITED 1:32 a.m. YES MIYU-CHANNN I WANT BOBAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA :)) WE HAD A WHITE CHRISTMAS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MY LIFE (that I can remember)!!!!!!!!!! It began snowing here around 12noon(?) and snowed ALL DAY and night NON-STOP!!!!! We got I think 6-8 inches! We cooked all christmas day and ate delicious food and watched old home videos in the evening. I then settled in to watch Full Moon o Sagashite eps 1-28 :) I LOVE THE SHOW SO MUCH! I regret selling my furoku and ribon manga containing the color pictures of the series! :( I got Mekha into SAINT TAIL and Mili today and now both love the series manga of Saint Tail :D Today, Mekha and I PLAYED in the snow :) Only us 2 had snow boots so we went hiking in the woods and I took her to the lake behind the girls scouts property and it was SO beautiful! No one had been on those snow covered trails except 1 or 2 deer and then us......it was so peaceful....we hiked back working up a good sweat and then decided to play! Yes a 25 yr old and a 19 yr old decided to play in the snow like 10 year olds :) HEHEHEHE we first rolled down the hill behind our house like oh...5 times till we were dizzy, then had a snow ball fight where our faces got all wet and our noses runny (pretty picture huh? ;)) and then we built a snow man! Pathetic snow man that l