I’m actually on schedule this time. I do remember throughout this past week that I need to start typing this out or else I’d forget and linger on to the following month. So here we go.
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Work
For this final week of October, I will be in shipping since Gerry is in
Also for this last week of October, most of management was out for vacation/shows. It was very nice and relaxing around the office. Quiet, too.
Not much else has been going on work-wise that is a big deal. I just do my thing and keep doing it well. I have gotten a few bits of thanks/recognition for the work I’ve been doing so that has to be a plus that they realize my value here. A raise/bonus would be nice, but we haven’t fully recovered from our low fluctuation of orders coming in.
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Health Related
My wrist is fine. Maybe every now and then I’d get some pains, but that is if I am excessively active with it. Odd thing though, I would usually feel the pains AFTER taking the prescribed medicine for it. That bottle is almost done with anyways.
Had a follow-up on my ear. It’s fine. I had a bit of a gripe about that day though. Had to leave work hours early for it (3 hours taken out of vacation time). Then I waited in the waiting room for 20 minutes before being taken into the doctor’s room. Waited in the doctor’s room for 15 minutes for the doctor. He took a look and asked questions and then I was out in 5 minutes. Doctor’s bill plus parking fee plus losing 3 hours of work meant a negative in money and time. Don’t get me wrong, I’m glad nothing is wrong with my ear now, but that day was very blah because of that.
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Video Games
Mario & Luigi: Bowser’s Inside Story (Review) - click
I did also receive a free game from Club Nintendo in the form of “Doc Louis’ Punch-Out!!” That doesn’t deserve a review in my opinion. It was a free gift and it had enough content to warrant it as being a free gift. You just play/spar against Doc Louis…that’s it. This seems like something that could’ve just been on the “Punch-Out!!” game itself. It was either this or a free Mario Hat that is actually a piece of decoration and not a real hat. I would’ve been fine with that also, but that hat seems like it would be sold at one point in the future. Might as well get the one-time free downloadable game.
I’m currently playing “Final Fantasy” on the Virtual Console. Memories. The game is as hard as I remember it. I’m not even that far in it, but I’ve been spending most of my game time gaining levels and gil and does it take a long time. That’s what I like about this game. Not only does it bring back memories, but it kicks my butt and is challenging. I know I won’t finish this game anytime soon especially since I have a good 3-5 games lined up for November and a few more in December…and even a few in January. “Final Fantasy” will be played in my spare time, but it’s not a game I’m in a rush to finish.
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My parents went on vacation to the
There was something odd that happened though. Ever since they left, I was waking up once a night around the same time. That’s nothing new to me. It happens every now and then, but this time it was every day. Not only that, but I was also waking up before my alarm every day. Although once I told a friend about this, it stopped happening. She questioned if it may be an insecurity thing with my parents gone and I wouldn’t doubt it. Maybe mentioning it to her just triggered my brain to stop doing that.
It was nice to see them when they returned. Eating a home cooked meal was so good. I felt very satisfied eating my dad’s cooking again. They took a camera that I don’t use anymore with them for pictures. I exported all of the photos and took a look at them myself…kind of guessing why they were doing things and where they were and who they were with. The next day, my mom wanted to see them and then she started giving explanations as to what was going on. I want to say I was 50% right with my guessing. Seeing familiar faces was nice, but there were a ton of them that I didn’t know (most being little kids). It looked like they had fun and my mom made sure to share stories for almost every picture…twice, ha (she went backwards through the photos after the first time around). Anyways, nice to have them back.
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Miscellaneous
Happy October birthdays. Karaoke for Andrew’s birthday was interesting.
Movies I saw recently:
Marly & Me (liked)
Couples’ Retreat (was alright, glad it was free)
Latest Video Project – Guitar Heroes???
Happy 10th Anniversary to m-flo. I bought his M-F10 album and it is a great collection of his hits spanning from when Lisa was with the group to current collaborations. The DVD that came with it was a great time capsule of MVs and concert clips. I’ll be buying his Cosmicolor concert on DVD sometime soon because it just looks like it was really good. And the tribute album also done where other artists sang m-flo songs was really good and highly recommended to any m-flo fans as well as M-F10.
I recently acquired a second HD camera. A coworker ended up buying the exact same model I have. He loves it, but actually caused some cosmetic damage to it while trying to connect one his high powered lights to it. He ended up getting another one of it at a highly reduced price and was looking to sell the damaged one. I was very interested and asked to test it out to make everything else functioned properly. Other than the cosmetic damage, the eyepiece doesn’t work. That’s a minor issue to me. So for a very cheap price, I now own 2 HD cameras. Sweet stuff. I’ve always wanted to do video projects with at least 2 camera views and once I have some time, I’ll put that to practice. I recently have done a 2 camera recording, but the final product for that will come later after more footage is attained. And, as I’ve told a few people already, I won’t mind handing the already damaged camera around for others to use during events. I was, and still am, overprotective of the one I bought, but the second one already has damage to it so I don’t mind it being in the hands of others.
BoA’s latest single is out, “Bump Bump!” This is such a fun song. I’ve added it to my exercise routine and it’s what I end on. The song is very fun and energetic and it’s great to see her do this style of music especially after her last few English videos. This, to me, is a return to form for her after trying the American scene for a while. BoA also has an MV out for doing the title of the game “Tales of Graces.” The song is called “White Wishes” and the song and video are wonderful. I especially like the part in the MV where she does a hand gesture (around 0:45). That stood out a lot to me. The video just sets the right mood for me.
Bump Bump! - MV
White Wishes - MV
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Girls’ Generation
Almost a year. I do find myself finding less to say about them, but they have stopped their promotions for “Genie” for a while now.
I remember having a dream with some of them recently, although I can’t remember what actually happened in that dream. Must not been as big a deal as the one involving them that was like an RPG.
I did take part in a project where I used one of their songs (Himnae/Way To Go) to perform to. I even dressed somewhat similar to how they dressed when they promoted “Gee.” I think I could’ve done better, but that was during such a busy time.
After this year is over, I’ll end my posts with something other than something SNSD related unless it was something I really wanted to share.
This time I’ll leave with a cute clip of them from a shoot for Meiro Beauty.
Take care. Mmbyeeeee.
