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November 6th, 2007 ☆ The old man.

There's this old man, who sits on his veranda every morning.
Doesn't matter if it's hot or cold, raining, snowing or sunny...
He sits on his porch, and I can only assume he watches everything passing by him. He usually smiles at me when I pass him.

Yesterday, he wasn't out there sitting on his porch.
So I spent a good portion of my walk wondering if something had happened to him, because I go to school four mornings a week, and I've always seen him sitting there.

Well, he was there this morning.
So I guess he's all right.
I had half the mind to stop and ask him why he wasn't there yesterday, but I figured not only was it not any of my business, it would be extremely weird. Haha.

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October 8th, 2007 ☆ 100 Questions

1. How old will you be in five years? Twenty-seven. That's kind of scary.
2. Who did you spend at least two hours with today? Hm, no one really. Maybe my birds? Because they're at least in my room with me (being as annoying as they can be, might I add).
3. How tall are you? Last time I was measured, it was 162cm. My license says 167cm because the lady was stupid and wouldn't listen to me when I told her, I have boots that have super thick souls, I'm really NOT THIS TALL.
4. What do you look forward to most in the next six weeks? I don't think anything is really happening in the next six weeks. So I'll look forward to something nice but unexpected.
5. What's the last movie you saw? I probably say some movie on TV, but at the theatres it was Sydney White.
6. Who was the last person you called? I... actualy don't remember.
7. Who was the last person to call you? A customer at work. Probably one who was lost.
8. What was the last text message you received? From Melinda, about the movie she wanted to see not being played in the city.
9. Who was the last person to leave you a voice mail? I don't have voicemail because I don't understand how to activate it.
10. Do you prefer to call or text? It depends who it's to, and what you're talking about. It's always nice to hear someone's voice though.
11. What were you doing at 12am last night? Watching TV and chatting.
12. Are your parents married/divorced? They're still married.
13. When did you last see your mother? Today, she made turkey for dinner.
14. What color are your eyes? Brown.
15. What time did you wake up today? Shortly after nine, but then I lounged around until about 10:30 and actually got out of bed.
16. What are you wearing right now? PJ's! A black tank top and pink, silk PJ bottoms.
17. What is your favorite Christmas song? Oh that's hard. On piano, I like playing 'Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas', but I also like 'Winter Wonderland' and 'Sleigh Ride'. Oh, and 'O Holy Night'.
18. Where is your favorite place to be? With people that make me feel happy.
19. Where is your least favorite place to be? Lost by myself.
20. Where would you go if you could go anywhere? Back to Japan
21. Where do you think you'll be in 10 years? I'm not sure. I'll find out when I get there.
22. Do you tan or burn? Burn. I have two colours; milk or lobster. That's about it.
23. What did you fear was going to get you at night as a child? Well, for a while the usual boogey monsters and ghosts. Then for a while I thought my parents were ailens.
24. What was the last thing that really made you laugh? An episode of Whose Line is it Anyways that I watched online last night.
25. How many TVs do you have in your house? Two
26. How big is your bed? It's a futon, twin I guess.
27. Do you have a laptop or desktop computer? Lappy!
28. Do you sleep with or without clothes on? Usually with
29. What color are your sheets? Blue, green, orange, yellow... there are flowers on them.
30. How many pillows do you sleep with? Somewhere between four to six.
31. What is your favorite season? I like autumn and spring. Autumn because the colours are amazing and it's not too hot or too cold, and spring ... for the same reasons. Haha.
33. What do you like about winter? The snow when it first falls. It's disappointing when it looks so dirty afterwards though.
34. What do you like about the summer? Working; maybe it sounds crazy, but I like working in the summer. Sure, it's stressful and super busy at times, but we always have fun.
35. What do you like about spring? Spring flowers.
36. How many states/provinces have you lived in? Two, I guess
37. What cities/towns have you lived in? Here and Nagoya
38. Do you prefer shoes, socks, or bare feet? Depends. If it's for me personally, then usually bare feet. But since so many people have super gross feet and that totally creeps me out, socks.
39. Are you a social person? I'd like to be more social, but I'm painfully shy.
40. What was the last thing you ate? Sour cream and onion pringles.
41. What is your favorite restaurant? Hm. It depends what I'm in the mood for really.
42. What is your favorite ice cream? Sherberts! Mint chocolate chip, chocolate chip cookie dough... gelato is also amazing.
43. What is your favorite dessert? Depends on how I feel that day. Today, it was Pumpkin Cheesecake.
44. What is your favorite kind of soup? Campbell's Chicken Noodle (and not that kind with that extra added crap) or the broccoli soup my mum makes with a bit of curry in it.
45. What kind of jelly do you like on your PB & J sandwich? Raspberry
46. Do you like Chinese food? Yes, yes I do
47. Do you like coffee? No, I don't drink it. I love the smell though.
48. How many glasses of water, a day, do you drink on average? Um, one? I drink a disgusting amount of tea.
49. What do you drink in the morning? Tea
50. What's the first thing you do in the morning? Depends on the day; usually shut off my alarm clock. It scares the crap out of me.
51. Do you sleep on a certain side of the bed? Nope, doesn't make a difference to me
52. Do you know how to play poker? No T_T Teach me?
53. Do you like to cuddle? Yes
54. Have you ever been to Canada? Well, I live in Canada... so....
55. Do you have an addictive personality? Unfortunately
56. Do you eat out or at home more often? At home, I don't eat out much here.
57. What's one habit you can't break? Compulsively checking my email / mixi.
58. Do you know anyone with the same birthday as you? No, I don't. It's June 13th though.
59. Do you want kids? Yes, but I don't think it'll happen.
60. Do you speak any other languages? English and Japanese. I'm taking Latin now, but I can't speak it.
61. Have you ever gotten stitches? Yes, when I was born.
62. Have you ever ridden in an ambulance? Nope! Almost though
63. Do you prefer an ocean or a pool? Ocean
64. Do you prefer a window seat or an aisle seats? Aisle, for sure. I get restless.
65. Do you know how to drive stick? I think so
66. What is your favorite thing to spend money on? CDs, magazines and DVDs
67. Do you wear any jewellery 24/7? Yes; my two rings and treble clef necklace.
68. What is your favorite TV show? Ooh that's hard. I like CSI, ANTM, Grey's, Friends, etc.
69. Can you roll your tongue? Yep
70. Who is the funniest person you know? Everyone's funny in their own way.
71. Do you sleep with stuffed animals? No, they always fall off.
72. What is the main ring tone on your phone? It's on virbate
73. Do you still have clothes from when you were little? My mum does
74. What red object is closest to you right now? My nails, haha
75. Do you turn off the water while you brush your teeth? Yes of course
76. Do you sleep with your closet doors open or closed? Either or, I don't really care
77. Would you rather be attacked by a big bear or a swarm of bees? BEAR. Bees are disgusting and you'd never be able to get that buzzing sound out of your ears.
78. Do you flirt a lot? Not really
79. What do you dip a chicken nugget in? BBQ sauce or plum sauce
80. What is your favorite food? Depends on the day
81. Can you change the oil on a car? No
82. Have you ever gotten a speeding ticket? Amazingly, no
83. Have you ever run out of gas? No! I seriously hope I never do, I think I'd just sit there and cry, haha.
84. What is your usual bedtime? Usually 1am ~ 4am.
85. What was the last book you read? I don't read books very often. Unless it's for school.
86. Do you read the newspaper? No
87. Do you have any magazine subscriptions? Yep, Cure and Shoxx.
89. Do you watch soap operas? No, they're too... not for me.
90. Do you dance in the car? Yes
91. What radio station did you last listen to? No clue
92. Who is in the picture frame closest to you? I don't have any framed pictures close to me
93. What was the last note you scribbled on a piece of paper? What Danyel and I were doing for our project
94. What is your favorite candle scent? Vanilla or Cinnamon
95. What is your favorite board game? Monopoly! Life! Twister!
96. What was your best subject in school? I guess... English. Or if you count university courses, Japanese.
97. When was the last time you attended church? When I was in high school, we had to.
98. Who was your favorite teacher in high school? Probably Mr. B
99. What is the longest you have ever camped out in a tent? Overnight. I'm not a camper.
100. Who was the last person to do something extra special for you? I'm not sure. I'll have to think about it.

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October 4th, 2007 ☆ ファックユー。

So.
Here I am, hanging out at the JStone, and since we close in a little more than a week (October 15th) it's not very busy. Not to mention all the kids are back in school, so people don't really come camping during the week. Makes sense.

So I'm just surfing around (because let's face it, there's no here, therefore there's no one to clean up after or to check in and the phone isn't exactly ringing off the hook), and I found this guy's blog.

→ http://www.oshawapilot.ca

Turns out, he was a camper here sometime this summer.
Turns out he blogged about us.
Too bad it wasn't very nice.

He said this:
Biggest rip-off: JamRock. $40 for a campsite, $10 extra for our two children (WTF?), and $6 for a tiny bag of firewood. When we called from our cell to inquire for availability, the girls answering the phone at the desk apparently had no idea about the basics of campgrounds, despite being employed by a campground - it took me three different girls to finally get an answer to the question “Do you have any full service campsites available tonight”. When we arrived shortly afterwards, it was clear to me the reason behind this was that social time amongst themselves was more important then customer service. Once checked in, Interested in using their WiFi internet? Unsurprisingly, you pay per minute. Yes, overall the campsite was clean and well organized, but given the midweek vacancy rates and negotiation power that gives you at local hotels, one must ask themselves why they’d pay nearly $60 to camp when I know I can negotiate a room at a 4 star hotel for $15 more.

Let's go over this, shall we?
One: if you had said, "full service" ANY of the girls working here would have known what you meant. Maybe there was some miscommunication. He was on a cell phone; so who knows what the quality of that was like.
No, I'm not a camper, but I've worked here for years, and yes, I know what it means. Anyone we train, knows what it means it's one of the first things we learn. So I can't even begin to believe that could be remotely true.

Two: The cost was not $40.00 per night. It couldn't have been if you wanted a full service site. And for two kids, it's $6.00, not $10.00. You can WTF all you want about it, but we either raise our prices to include kids, or you pay for them separately. Why? Because we have a rec program that runs from 9 - 9. If we didn't have it, you'd be be bitching about that too.

Three: Yes. We're all friends. But no, we all also understand that work time is for WORKING and taking care of customers. I don't know who was on when you were here, but if we want to hang out and socalize, we get together NOT at the campground.

Four: Erm. Wifi has NEVER been by the minute. I guess somewhere along the line there he was massively confused. Why would we charge by the minute? That's retarded. It's $5.00 for the day, which works out to $0.003 a minute. So if we did charge by the minute, it would be not even one cent per minute, in which case is definitely NOTHING to bitch about.

Five: Next time, I wish you GOOD LUCK at getting a four star hotel for $55. No seriously. Record it, and send it to me. Because I would honestly love to see it. This is a tourist city; if you really think you can get that kind of hotel for that price, you're living in some sort of fantasy world.

But hey.
At least he said our park was clean.
It just goes to show, you can't make everyone happy, no matter what you do or how hard you try.

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September 17th, 2007 ☆ Blah.

So lately, I feel kind of... blah.
Crappy, I guess, but I can't put my finger on what the reason is.
Maybe it's because I haven't really been eating lately. I have absolutely no appetite, again, and I couldn't care less whether or not I eat. Which yes, is absolutely horrible. And I KNOW that, which almost makes it worse.

If you take Friday, Saturday and today,
I've had eight cups of tea, a ham sandwich, a grilled cheese sandwich, crackers and hummus, two small slices of pork, a bit of mashed potatoes and about five Oreos.

That's not really enough for three days, is it?
But oddly enough I don't have a headache or feel dizzy or anything.
I just ... feel blah.

But on the other hand,
I've been really interested in lucid dreaming lately.
I don't know even where I started to hear about it, but I think it's terribly interesting.
So I was reading about how to train yourself to do it, and before I go to sleep I tried a bunch of these different techniques.
Last night, it worked! Sort of.
I know at one point, I knew I was dreaming (which is what a lucid dream is; you know you're dreaming and you therefore can control your dreams). I was able to make some choices, but there were other things that seemed to slip out of my control. So I think I had a hard time holding onto the, "I know I'm dreaming" thing. But it was cool.

Tonight I can try again!
It would be something else to be able to completely control your dreams.
At least that way, for a little while, I could get anything I wanted, haha.

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