tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62735262011-07-08T04:41:51.622-07:00English versionAlindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18295117273102984072noreply@blogger.comBlogger541100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6273526.post-22197106939225116512009-07-30T23:38:00.000-07:002009-07-31T01:30:06.089-07:00

To be honest, I was going to just come in here and post "Updated discography pages and the concert schedule", then go to bed... then I came face-to-face with Drea and started to cry.Less than two weeks after that last entry, on June 23rd, our little Drea-monster developed an abcess and died during surgery. We all really miss that bunny. She was quite a character - willful and onery as heck, but

Alindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18295117273102984072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6273526.post-45499742360768387182009-06-11T10:57:00.000-07:002009-06-11T11:00:26.533-07:00

I'm pretty sure I've mentioned before that we have a rabbit. She's a doe-grey mini-lop named Queen Andrea Lea Cleopatra's Foot. Blame my girls for that wild name - we just call her "Drea".Say "Hello", Drea.She's been really active since the warm weather started: hopping around the house, climbing up on the furniture, jumping on people's laps - and of course her favorite activity, tormenting the

Alindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18295117273102984072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6273526.post-68523765584792857332009-06-07T12:37:00.000-07:002009-06-07T13:14:10.818-07:00

Four of us went to Bradley Lake Park in Puyallup for a WAVA school get-together on Thursday. It was good clean park with a nice trail that wound around the lake. Here in this pic, Kirk and his two youngest sisters, Victoria and Mary, are sitting on an interesting tree that Victoria found while we were walking.Mary had to stop at every single dog we passed.We did a lot of stopping!Last night, all

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Massive updates to the News, Concert Schedule, and Discography pages ^^bEnjoy!peace

Alindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18295117273102984072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6273526.post-26797465311707111492009-02-26T10:19:00.000-08:002009-02-26T10:22:32.321-08:00

Massive updates to the Concert Schedule page today. Fukuyama-san's scheduled out way into August already! I'll be updating the discography and, hopefully, the news pages later this week. Watch for them...See ya later!peace

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Happy New Year, everyone ^-^I updated the concert schedule page last month and forgot to tell you. Did anyone see it? Today, I updated the concert schedule page again. Huge update this time! Fukuyama-san is booked out way into the middle of June already!It looks like JAM Project's next DVD just might be "Live at Budokan"! When I think Budokan, I think of all those live albums by stadium rock

Alindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18295117273102984072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6273526.post-16306177948823458882008-10-28T23:33:00.000-07:002008-10-28T23:38:24.048-07:00

JAM Project leaves for Europe today. I updated the the information on the Paris and Barcelona concerts. Also, added info about a new JAM Project CD to the discography.In other news, Election Day is November 4th! Get out and vote!peace

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Updated the concert schedule page with information about the JAM Project concerts in France and Spain. ^-^peace

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Today, I added some new Fukujin information the concert schedule and discography pages. ^-^peace

Alindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18295117273102984072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6273526.post-8561856331256606352008-09-13T11:35:00.000-07:002008-09-13T11:51:01.299-07:00

In Japan right now, it's currently 3:30 in the morning of September 14, 2008. Today, Yoshiki Fukuyama also turns 45 years old, just like I did last month. ^-^Normally, I and a few dozen other people would go on his site's BBS and post "otanjoubi omedetou" there, but after all these months his BBS is still broken. When I asked him about it at Otakon, he said that the staff were currently in the

Alindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18295117273102984072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6273526.post-29176686332052412412008-09-13T02:48:00.000-07:002008-09-13T02:52:07.492-07:00

Updated the concert page. Plans are to update the discography, news pages, and the Friday Otakon report by the end of the day. Wish me luck! ^-^bRight now, it's 3:00am. I lay down for a couple hours of sleep... oyasuminasai!peace

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It turns out that Fridays report isn't fully done yet. I started to write an entry in the Japanese version of my blog and it turned into a full mini Otakon report. Check it out, if you can read Japanese... or if you just want to see a couple pictures that haven't been posted on my site yet.Tomorrow, it's back to work, so the next updates may not be until Saturday - but I'll try to be faster. ^-^

Alindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18295117273102984072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6273526.post-102871922596184832008-08-27T10:59:00.000-07:002008-08-27T12:01:09.704-07:00

picture: Otakon 2008 - at press round robin with JAM Project on SundayIt's been busy this last couple weeks since we returned from Otakon, but slowly the Otakon report is taking shape. The English version of Thursday's report is up. I hope to have Friday's reports done by tonight. Then Saturday and Sunday need to be done. Becca's been helping with some of the picture/video editing. I also need to

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Yea, that's us.We've recently added a new member to our family. Her name is Tobi. She's about 2 1/2 lbs of total terror, and cute enough to get away with it.That bring our total back up to 3 cats... and a rabbit - plus the half dozen or so feral cats we feed. The feral cats pretty much ignore her, as does our oldest, Kitty. Cali, on the other hand, takes every available opportunity to show the

Alindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18295117273102984072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6273526.post-41698859318116280172008-06-19T08:26:00.000-07:002008-06-19T08:52:07.839-07:00

because the old one died T-T.Windows decided to not work and refused to repair and now it's not finding the hard drive at all. I had some translation projects in progress on that computer that will have to be started over again. The biggest loss is some of Rebecca's songs and AMVs in progress were on there too. I'm still hoping to recover the data off that hard drive for that reason.We really

Alindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18295117273102984072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6273526.post-75454585740014168952008-06-08T23:16:00.000-07:002008-06-08T23:43:39.506-07:00

I'm writing this while sitting in a Starbucks waiting for my sister to get off work so we can carpool home. I'm probably going to crash hard when I get there.A couple translation updates on my site this morning:"No Border" - the first of many translations that Eleanor is doing for me to earn her part of the airfare to Baltimore in August. We're going to Otakon to see JAM Project together. ^-^b "

Alindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18295117273102984072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6273526.post-40432905123389621972008-06-05T03:44:00.001-07:002008-06-05T03:46:25.687-07:00

Today's updates: News, Concert Schedule, Discography.No big essays tonight. I need to take the girls to a school event in the morn... and morning comes fast. I'm going to bed. Good night!peace...

Alindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18295117273102984072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6273526.post-21068177327964207362008-05-18T12:25:00.000-07:002008-05-18T13:08:17.564-07:00

Updates in English:News, Discography, Concert Schedule, Anime Connections, and still working on the "internet appearances" page and translations.Updates in Japanese:News, Discography, Anime Connections, and still working on the "internet appearances" page.Coming soon... Spanish?!? In an attempt to reach out to even more of Fukuyama-san's international fans, Pedro (with Nidia's help) has offered

Alindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18295117273102984072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6273526.post-53175094709499493492008-05-11T13:42:00.000-07:002008-05-11T13:45:34.633-07:00

For today's breakfast, I wrote "kids plan it" on the menu. Half the house ate pop tarts and the other half poured a bowl of cereal. (shrug) Ah, well. I just took advantage of the fact that I didn't have to please everyone today and scrambled together some green onion, shiitake, spinich, eggs, and cheese. Yum!I also used the fact that it's Mothers' Day to bludgeon my way into full control of the

Alindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18295117273102984072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6273526.post-17983489143463678202008-04-30T10:06:00.000-07:002008-04-30T10:13:49.254-07:00

I'm changing my index page and moving the update history into the diary. Here's the last few updates prior to today:Alinda Sue's Yoshiki Fukuyama siteConcert Schedule, Discography,Main (News) (April 11, 2008)Main (News), Concert Schedule, Discography, and Profile (November 3-4, 2007)Concert Schedule, Lyrics (October 16,2007)Discography, Main, Concert Scheduleand large Lyrics and Translations

Alindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18295117273102984072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6273526.post-21255180026341544172008-04-30T01:05:00.000-07:002008-04-30T01:17:19.965-07:00

Autism has come up a lot in the news lately. I think March was National Autism month or somethhing like that... Interesting that, because Kirk's birthday is in March. Kirk, my son, is autistic.He's quite a charming 24 year old with long curly "rock star" hair that he frequently wears tied back into a ponytail.He loves food that begins with "P": pizza, pop, potato salad, and peanuts. He loves

Alindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18295117273102984072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6273526.post-1147765510369538892006-05-16T00:02:00.000-07:002008-04-26T12:35:07.279-07:00

I just heard Neil Young's new album, "Living with War". You can listen to a streaming broadcast of the entire album, on his site. Check it out!One of the things that has really disturbed me about this whole thing with Bush's pet project (the war in Iraq) is how sanitary it has all been. The administration has done everything they can to make this war as painless for the American people as

Alindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18295117273102984072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6273526.post-1147445386854147732006-05-12T07:31:00.000-07:002006-05-16T00:46:01.783-07:00

Hello, everybody ^-^2007 will be quite a year! Not only will it mark the 10th Sakura-Con and my 25th wedding anniversary, but it is the 25th anniversary of Macross.If ever there was a perfect year to invite Yoshiki Fukuyama to Sakura-Con, this would be it!If you like Yoshiki Fukuyama and attend Sakura-Con or would attend if Fukuyama-san was a guest there, please join me in trying to convince

Alindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18295117273102984072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6273526.post-1136707383923403142006-01-07T23:23:00.000-08:002006-01-08T00:09:00.986-08:00

It's a few days late, but Happy New Year!It's been four years now since January 8, 2002 when I put together a few web pages "just for the sake of learning how to make a web site". I guess I'm still learning, because I keep making new pages for the site. ^-^bI just spent the last few hours doing exactly what I did this day 4 years ago: adding new information to the Yoshiki Fukuyama profile page.

Alindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18295117273102984072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6273526.post-1135865246133810522005-12-29T06:07:00.000-08:002005-12-29T06:07:26.133-08:00

Alindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18295117273102984072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6273526.post-1135865170216934232005-12-29T05:58:00.000-08:002005-12-29T06:06:10.226-08:00

Straight from the horses mouth, so to speak...Fukuyama-san finally updated his diary. ^-^ He says that it's been about 2 months (since November 1st) since he quit smoking! Yeah! He says that he still has the urge to smoke, but he hasn't been doing it. I imagine it must be pretty difficult. Tobacco is a strong addiction to overcome. I wish him the best in his efforts.Well, gotta go to work now. I

Alindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18295117273102984072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6273526.post-1135825276596095722005-12-28T18:27:00.000-08:002005-12-28T19:06:52.596-08:00

Hello everyone. Long time no see. I guess I'm pretty bad at keeping my diary updated. It's been even longer since I updated mine than it has been since Fukuyama-san updated his (October 8th)! I guess my web site reflects my life. I get so caught up in everyday living that I neglect contacting friends and family... and when I have time on the computer, I get so caught up in updating basic info

Alindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18295117273102984072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6273526.post-1126448263449457632005-09-11T05:39:00.000-07:002005-09-11T07:50:46.360-07:00

Good morning, everyone ^-^I'm leaving town (and my computer) for a few days to go camping. We're traveling up to the North Cascades and then heading over to Sun Lakes State Park to visit with my mom and step-dad who are camp hosts there this year. It should be a lot of fun! Look for me to be back Wednesday night or Thursday. I'm not keeping a strict time schedule... the object of this trip is to

Alindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18295117273102984072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6273526.post-1124820652629753762005-08-23T07:04:00.000-07:002005-08-23T11:10:52.656-07:00

By popular demand (well... not so popular, but demand anyhow...) I'm finally updating the diary on my site. Hi, Pedro!By the way, Pedro's back... has been for a couple months now. He's posted a couple entries about his trip in his blog. He's got more to post yet, but I suppose I'm in no position to fault him for being slow, eh.Well, anyhow, today, I have a rant and a report about what happened

Alindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18295117273102984072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6273526.post-1118648002173504402005-06-13T00:18:00.000-07:002005-06-13T00:33:22.176-07:00

It's been a very busy week. Hopefully, I'll get them up this week sometime this week...Pedro was able to get an email out to me... apparently he's having trouble getting into the hotel's wireless network for internet...Anyhow, I found out that he definitely got to Fukuyama-san's concert and met Tsuyoshi-san there, but something happened and he didn't make it to Tsuyoshi-san's concert. What

Alindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18295117273102984072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6273526.post-1117992157960613252005-06-05T09:44:00.000-07:002005-06-05T10:22:37.966-07:00

This morning I was rearranging the BBS message areas to more clearly match my home page and accidentally erased all the messages in "Yoshiki Fukuyama Fan Chatter". ^^;Sorry. We're going to have to start over from here, eh. By the way, I added a Fukuyama-san related poll to the message area.I finally got word that Pedro made it to Japan ok. Tsuyoshi-san posted on his BBS and on Fukuyama-san's BBS

Alindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18295117273102984072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6273526.post-1117382205508613522005-05-29T08:25:00.000-07:002005-05-29T08:56:45.550-07:00

Pedro, my friend in Puerto Rico is leaving on a trip to Japan tomorrow. On June 4th he's going to Yoshiki Fukuyama's tribute to Macross 7's main character, Nekki Basara. (For those who don't already know, Fukuyama-san was the singing voice of Basara during the run of the series, 1994-1998.)I do have to admit to a just little bit of envy, but I'm very happy he's going. I look forward to seeing his

Alindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18295117273102984072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6273526.post-1115733503354356202005-05-10T02:42:00.000-07:002005-05-10T06:58:23.406-07:00

Nekokoshan died last Sunday.For those that don't know, Nekokoshan was Yoshiki Fukuyama's cat. He entered into Fukuyama-san's life as a kitten, way back in the very early 90s. He and a fellow member of Humming Bird wrote a song about the kitten called, of course, "Nekokoshan". The song was included on their first album and Fukuyama-san has been singing about Nekokosan ("Mr. Kitten" in little-kid

Alindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18295117273102984072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6273526.post-1124821909099503602005-05-07T11:31:00.000-07:002005-08-23T11:31:49.100-07:00

I ran across this survey while link hopping. My results came as no big surprise:You Are 35% Normal(Occasionally Normal)You sure do march to your own beat...But you're so weird, people wonder if it's a beat at allYou think on a totally different wavelengthAnd it's often a chore to get people to understand youHow Normal Are You?Becca took this same survey and came up 25% normal... (heehee)Hope you

Alindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18295117273102984072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6273526.post-1114908706650697272005-04-30T15:30:00.000-07:002005-04-30T18:37:54.536-07:00

It's a good thing I'm crazy, because right now it is the only thing that's keeping me sane.Always the optimist, I'm going to give you the "glass half-full" view of this week's events.The good news is...*Since Dan stayed home sick from work last weekend, I was able to take a couple of my daughters up to Kinokuniya in Seattle to pick up everybody's manga. While there, I was able to put in an

Alindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18295117273102984072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6273526.post-1112368361367941682005-04-01T06:41:00.000-08:002005-04-01T07:12:41.366-08:00

I was looking at the links on Yoshiki Fukuyama's official site this morning and found a site I hadn't noticed before. It's an anime music site in Brazil called Anime Songs Net.There is an article with an interview with Fukuyama-san on the site. Based on the content, I'd say the interview was the beginning of last summer... It's been translated into Portugese (of course) and, for the English

Alindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18295117273102984072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6273526.post-1111757340526590792005-03-25T04:54:00.000-08:002005-03-25T05:47:47.210-08:00

Good morning ^-^Yea, I know... it's been a while. Sorry. Life has been very hectic this year.I recently had to ask my boss to rearrange my hours at work. I was finding that the mid-shift I was working was leaving too much burden on my older daughters. I wasn't getting home until 8:00pm, after people started to get tired. It was getting especially hard for them dealing with their brother. He may

Alindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18295117273102984072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6273526.post-1105580505600197252005-01-12T17:33:00.000-08:002005-01-12T17:41:45.600-08:00

I've given permission to a Rhia to use the translation of "genkai battle" on her Yu-Gi-Oh fan site. I don't know much about the show, but it's a pretty nice site. Check it out! The Genex Connection peace

Alindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18295117273102984072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6273526.post-1105579956729858132005-01-12T17:31:00.000-08:002005-01-12T17:32:36.730-08:00

I hope everyone had a great holiday season. Mine was very busy, but we had a lot of fun. It's been a hard year for a few family members though. We all have to chip in to help a bit. It's times like this that bring us closer together. Still... I'm hoping things will go better for them this year. This last week marked a couple landmark moments for my web site: Last Saturday was the 3rd anniversary

Alindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18295117273102984072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6273526.post-1103736440228213512004-12-22T09:30:00.000-08:002004-12-22T09:27:20.226-08:00

Here I am, after too long not posting, eh. Sorry about that. Well, Christmas is in three days... Actually, as far I'm concerned, it's only two days away. Christmas Eve is when we have the big gathering at our house with my side of the family. There'll be about 20 people crowded into our little house again this year. It should be fun, even if it is a bit "cozy". ^-^ In church Sunday, they were

Alindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18295117273102984072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6273526.post-1099527345917355662004-11-03T14:44:00.000-08:002004-11-03T17:54:18.863-08:00

Please, tell me this is a bad dream. I can't believe that there are enough people in this country stupid enough to fall for Bush's scare tactics! Yet, it really seems so. Kerry has conceeded and the news doesn't seem to even cover any results except the activities of the Republicats and the Demicans. In the last four years, Bush has sent troops into Iraq, claiming that they were needed to "

Alindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18295117273102984072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6273526.post-1097616022659714512004-10-12T14:00:00.000-07:002004-10-12T14:20:22.660-07:00

This week I am on vacation. I found out back in August that, for the first time, I actually have two weeks vacation time! Of course, it would have been nice to know that before August, since it needs to be used by the end of the year or I lose it. Maybe it's just as well... I might have been tempted to use it for a trip somewhere during the summer, instead of using it now for what I really needed

Alindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18295117273102984072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6273526.post-1095832574962765632004-09-21T22:41:00.000-07:002004-09-21T22:56:14.963-07:00

One other update I forgot to mention: Becca-isms (in General Blather). Becca is my second daughter. She can sometimes be a bit... uhm... interesting. I had a page with a few of her quotes on it, but of course that meant remembering her off-hand comments long enough to write them down. Better solution: she now has her own blog where she can do what she does best - ramble. Have you ever seen the

Alindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18295117273102984072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6273526.post-1095831463022863082004-09-21T21:38:00.000-07:002004-09-21T22:37:43.023-07:00

"This topic brings me to that worst outcrop of herd life, the military system, which I abhor... This plague-spot of civilization ought to be abolished with all possible speed. Heroism on command, senseless violence, and all the loathsome nonsense that goes by the name of patriotism -- how passionately I hate them!" Those words were written by Albert Einstein, a truly intelligent man and fellow

Alindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18295117273102984072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6273526.post-1090832600433135702004-07-26T02:02:00.000-07:002004-07-26T02:03:20.433-07:00

Saturday, our family took a long needed ride together to the ocean. We were crammed 8 people in an old 7 passenger van, but it felt good to get out. We need to do it more often. Between my work schedule and my husband's schedule, we only have 1 day out of the week that we can all be together... if there are no meetings or appointments on that day. I miss the days before I had to get a part

Alindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18295117273102984072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6273526.post-1081957591694911482004-04-14T08:33:00.000-07:002004-04-14T08:56:03.780-07:00

Change of plans on the 6th: We decided to drive to a park instead. Pt. Defience park in Tacoma is criss-crossed with over 100 miles of hiking trails. This time, the kids and I hiked up from the promenade at Owens Beach. This week was my baby's birthday. She turned 7... I guess she's not really a baby anymore, eh. ^-^ I updated a few things on the website this last few days: - Concert schedule

Alindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18295117273102984072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6273526.post-1081270589738017492004-04-06T09:46:00.000-07:002004-04-06T10:00:14.780-07:00

It's been a fun week... work, broken toilets, bills, etc. However, today I have no work, no major errands, and it's beautiful outside! We have several trees in our yard, all of them in some stage of bloom: cherry, plum, apricot, apple, pear, quince. Even hayfever can't dampen my spirits today! \(^-^)/ I'm going to try to get a couple updates done on the site this morning. After that, the kids

Alindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18295117273102984072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6273526.post-1078106904109461232004-02-29T17:47:00.000-08:002004-02-29T18:11:19.530-08:00

I keep telling myself that. Maybe some year, I'll convince myself. Right now, I have a headache. One of the local power company's transformers blew a couple blocks away, and took my computer with it. I've been spending the last few days combining what was not blown on my computer, with parts from an older computer we had out in the garage. At least, my hard drives turned out to be intact...

Alindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18295117273102984072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6273526.post-1076874620893576472004-02-15T11:42:00.000-08:002004-02-15T11:54:43.043-08:00

I can't believe it's already February 15th! The time is flying so fast! I've started the Japan report... look for it under "General Blather". So far, I've finished through the 20th. I've finally got a day free today, so I'm going to work on the 21st and 22nd. Hopefully, I may even get to the 23rd. That's the day I first saw Fukuyama-san! I used a roll and a half of film that day! ^-^ Tomorrow,

Alindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18295117273102984072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6273526.post-1075981393050272132004-02-05T03:34:00.000-08:002004-02-05T03:49:15.950-08:00

The two weeks we spent in Japan were absolutely awsome! The cities were clean, transportation easy, and the people were the best part yet! With very few exceptions, everyone we met was helpful and friendly. I didn't want to leave... I definitely want to go back some day. At my husband's suggestion, I took lots of pictures - 11 rolls worth, in fact. I got all but one of the rolls back from

Alindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18295117273102984072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6273526.post-1074171221803226452004-01-15T04:50:00.000-08:002004-01-15T04:55:34.780-08:00

I don't have much time to post. We need to leave within the hour and I still need to get in the shower. Our plane leaves for Tokyo at 0945. Ready or not, here we come... If I can, I'll post from Japan. If not, I'll see you in two weeks. ^-^ peace

Alindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18295117273102984072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6273526.post-1073455396026331832004-01-06T21:04:00.000-08:002004-01-06T22:04:10.886-08:00

This winter has been a lot different than the past few years. Not only did we get snow, but we got it four times! We've actually had snow on the ground for about a week now! They predicted 6-8 inches of snow for this morning, changing to rain by late afternoon. We got at least 6 inches, I think. It was nice having real snow. It changes the world somehow. I had an errand to run, so I went for a

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I like winter... always have. The fact that it's snowed three times this week absolutely thrills me - but boy is it cold tonight! It's not the actual tempurature that's the problem. I lived through much colder when we lived in Anchorage, but here in the Puget Sound region we get a very wet cold, the kind where it only has to drop to the high 20s to chill a person to the bone. High 20s (farenheit)

Alindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18295117273102984072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6273526.post-1073032584898310722004-01-02T00:15:00.000-08:002004-01-02T00:36:42.863-08:00

Happy New Year! This year, I decided to replace my update Journal with a general diary... well, actually, two of them: one in English (this one) and one in my rather unskilled Japanese. I had thought for quite some time that I should have been translating the Journal entries into Japanese but now, on second thought, I've decided that the English diary and the Japanese diary are going to be

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