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My sister arrived from Japan last Sunday with her son Ricky. They’ll be here until the 20th. It’s nice to have the family all together considering everything that we’ve been through this year. And she’s been through a lot with her own family too, so she could definitely use the break.

She got me shoes! :D I am in love with these:

The heels aren’t crazy high, and I love the fact that my feet are totally strapped in so I don’t have to worry about stepping the wrong way and hurting my ankles. The back part kind of digs into my heel a little bit :’( but I’m guessing that’ll go away once it’s broken in. I’m not usually one to suffer for the sake of fashion, but I’ll make an exception for this, lol.

Aaaaand then we have these:

–which I have yet to figure out what to wear with (ideas plskthx). They look ok with jeans I guess, but I haven’t really put together an outfit that it works with. XD

By the way, my sister and I went to my usual coffee place yesterday and she pointed out that someone *cough* was checking me out. Hee. :’D I’ve got to get a move on about this crush, dammit. It’s just that I have this thing — I’m often unable to make eye contact with a guy that I like, let alone start flirting. *facepalm* (Uh. I guess I need ideas for this too, plskthx. Haha)

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My addiction du jour is a strategy game called Rome: Total War. It’s not new (it came out in 2004) but it’s brilliant, and the learning curve is nice and steep. It’s basically a mix of turn-based and real-time, with the turn-based part involving the governance of your empire, and the real-time part comprising the battles that you fight in order to gain and keep territory. It’s wonderfully complex, and I’ve found it entertaining even though I’ve never been a fan of TBS games. (I recently started a game of Civilization IV but I’ve left it alone. I like the idea of that game and I can totally see why it has so many fans, but I guess I just don’t have the attention span for it.)

I might install Rome on Fernando Torres (yes, that’s still the name of my netbook), because the internet says it should be playable enough on a netbook. And check this out: a strategy guide that’s written in semi-archaic English for the lulz.  (“Have thy rodent chew upon these runes” = “click here”. OHOHOHO)

Until further notice, I’m naming him Fernando Torres.

Even though it's David Villa on the wallpaper. :D

After months of hesitation, I finally went ahead and bought a netbook last weekend. It’s the Asus 1005P, and I’m really pleased with it so far. The keyboard layout might take a while to get used to though (although it’s not a particular flaw of this model). After two days of scouring Cyberzone in SM North EDSA, I ended up with what was most probably the best price for the model. I also got a Smart Bro modem, which I’ve only used for two days but has been a bit on the temperamental side–sluggish yesterday, but pretty awesome this afternoon.  But all in all my coffee afternoons have been a lot more productive now. And that’s good.

Speaking of which–on two occasions now, my friend Ned has randomly dropped by the Starbucks that I go to and found me there, even without knowing beforehand.  Haha. So it’s like my default location now? Like Chuck said, we have officially become the people we hated in college. LOL. (more…)

I ordered these babies earlier today, from a Multiply shop.

I’ll make the bank deposit tomorrow, then try to stay distracted for the next two weeks so the wait doesn’t kill me. This is my first time buying footwear online so I hope they’re comfortable (but since they’re flats I’m not too worried). At around P1100 they’re cheap for boots, much better than mall prices (and the stuff at the mall really isn’t even that great anyway). So yay! :D (more…)

I have a HUGE crush on this guy.

His name is Brent but he’s BrentalFloss over on YouTube, and he’s a genius. He makes parody songs based on (mostly) old Nintendo video game music, and he does everything–writing the lyrics, singing, putting together the bgm. He’s extremely witty, and funny, and I’ve been spending so much time playing his videos over and over again that it borders on stalking, and he’s cute, and he’s an Aries born in April.  I seem to have a thing for Aries boys born in April, idk, I think I find the confidence sexy.

My entry title is from his song on DuckTales, but also see the one he made on MacGyver, Megaman, and “The Truth About Toad“. But don’t go getting a crush on him because he’s mine  I SAW HIM FIRST.  :P

By the way, the “quite” on that one photo?  He used it to censor out the adverb “fuckin’” in a song. LOL

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A few acquisitions over the past month: (1) Cargo pants + tank tops from Terranova. I’ve been going to this store a lot since late last year. A little pricier than what I’d like, but it’s well worth the money because everything is well made and fits great. Their tank tops are A+. A few weeks ago I found the cargo pants–I wasn’t sure about getting them, but then I tried them on, and didn’t want to ever take them off. They’re ridiculously comfortable. I actually got them in brown first then came back two weeks later for the ones in army green, because what self-respecting WW2 geek doesn’t have cargo pants in army green. (2). Waist coat (Erm… vest? I do not know the difference–) from 101 New York. I don’t like vests a whole lot but I like how this one makes me look like I should be bussing tables or stealing loaves of bread or going on my paper route. I obviously have no future in the fashion industry. LOL

HEADPHONE EARRINGS! Only P80 at Pop Cult. The ironic thing is they’re so small, when I’m wearing my headphones, you don’t actually see them. But STILL. :D

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Today I claimed a parcel at the PhilPost office and made Customs P1,057 richer, and I’m trying my best not to gripe about it because I don’t like getting emotional about money. Still, the fact that the PhilPost office is a miserable stinking rat hole is a glaring indication that such tax money never goes where it’s supposed to; it makes it a little harder to think of those sniggering Customs hags as people–just like you and me, fellow travelers to the grave and all that sort of shit–and easier to instead fervently wish that universal justice would waste no time and bite them in the ass.

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To end this on a positive note: back on the subject of crushes, I may try to take a photo of the cute barista tomorrow, if I’m not feeling too shy.  :D