Another year older, but at least no credit card debt!

Anime Expo coming up, then Comic-Con! Hooray!

Had my first ever hard drive death, slowly and painfully going out. I reinstalled the OS repeatedly only to have it fail at the last minute. I ran out and bought an external HD and was able to save all my data, with the computer freezing up and requiring a restart during the transfer more than once. Then off to the shop for most of a week without a computer. Whew.

Went to get my mail from the community mailbox and found a twig had been broken off in the lock to my box... and all the others. I was able to wiggle it out without too much trouble, then spent about 10 minutes taking care of all the others. Hopefully it was punk kids, because they have the excuse of still-forming brains.

Ah, my life overruns with excitement.

A bus driver gave me advice about romance today, out of the blue. He asked if I'd be reading a book on the bus (yes), asked if I had a girlfriend (no), and said I should talk to more people... which is true, I should, but still, kind of out there. Said driver was also overheard saying that he would go over to a female passenger's house and put on some Barry White.

On the flip side, while at the mall that evening, a teenage girl started calling out things to me, like "You've opened my eyes" and "You complete me." I must put out an aura that says "I am amusing to toy with, please try to humiliate me in front of your peers for your amusement" as I get this on a fairly regular basis. I don't make a point of dressing stylishly, just in an average way, so I don't know what causes it.

Happy New Year everyone! Profound, isn't it?

Merry Christmas everyone! It's been a decent season, no depression. More later!

Still lonely and horny. Losing money when the post office regularly steals international packages from my eBay business. Customs forms must be like a shopping list to dishonest employees.

On the plus side, I've finally been able to make Japanese rice balls. Target had a small rice cooker on sale for just $13 and the local pan-Asian supermarket yielded the short grain rice.

Need to post more as always. Went to Anime Expo and Comic Con last month and had fun. My birthday's this week. The usual ups and downs, trying to stay more up than down.

Sick all of last week, turned out to be a touch of bronchitis. Everyone around me nagged me to get it checked out and I finally listed, then got some antibiotics at the urgent care place, which helped a great deal.

Someone felt the need to scream at me as they drove by while I was riding my bike, as well as tossing their drink on me. The state of mind that it takes to do that sort of thing is simply beyond me. Is it because being in a fast-moving car means they won't get caught? What else would someone thinking that way do? Scary to contemplate.

The Bleach movie "Memories of Nobody" played in theaters last week. I hated to be "that guy" and go to the theater while sick, but it was worth it. Tite Kubo, the creator of Bleach, will be at the San Diego Comic-Con, which I'm attending as well. Given how crowded any popular event was last year, I'm not sure if I can even get in to see him though, much less try for an autograph.