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Yes, I like K-ON, too. It’s very fun…and relaxing. Makes all the cares go away so that your brain can slowly turn into sparkly, happy mush! So I couldn’t resist drawing a picture of Mio-tan. (You can see the full version in my fanart gallery.)

I just ordered ANOTHER batch of books from amazon.jp. I’ll post the list this time…last time the list was so long and there were so many Japanese titles that I didn’t post the list. That and I can’t get wordpress to post in Japanese…so all the titles just came out as jibberish. Here’s what I got this time:

- Ikkoku Meirei no Croisee #2 by Hinata Takeda

- Fellows! 2009 vol. 5

- Aki Irie and Kaoru Mori compliation

- S magazine #27

- Daguerreotypeist by Ikuko Hatoyama

- Saikyou Mashoujo Akira by Aruco Wada

- Dorohedoro #13 by Q Hayashida

- Genkaku Picasso by Usamaru Furuya

- Ningen Shikkaku by Dazai Osamu, Usamaru Furuya

I’m not sure if I’m happy or not that I got that last book, Ningen Shikkaku, or No Longer Human, by the famous novelist, Osamu Dazai. I mean, I WANTED it, but…well, early last week when I was fidgeting on whether I should make my order or not, that book magically appeared. I LOVED Lichee Hikari Club, so I wanted to see Usamaru’s other adaptations. Unfortunate, I fidgeted with indecisiveness about the bulk of my order too long, and 3 days after I saw the book there, it was out of stock. Croisee went out of stock too (luckily, it was restocked) but I got nervous since things sometimes disappear forever and made my order. Well, naturally, they restocked yesterday, but since my other order was still pending, I thought I’d try making another order for Ningen Shikkaku and then combine it with my first order, thus saving me $30 in handling fees.

Well, less than 2 MINUTES after I confirmed my order, they automatically started the shipping process for Ningen Shikkaku, and I couldn’t combine it with the other order. I emailed them about it and their solution was to refuse the package when it comes to my door, and have it shipped back and they’d refund everything. So the books going to come ALL the way across the pacific ocean, across America, straight into my HANDS, and then I’m going to send it back. Yeah…I might just be eating that $30 shipping fee for that $6 book. We’ll see how I feel once it gets here….

A friend and I went to go check out the Gay Pride Parade in downtown Houston last night. It was a lot of fun! We got dinner first at this place on the street where the parade was going to head down, hoping that our valet parking would save us from trying to find a space (they were nonexistant) in the neighborhoods around downtown. I got oyster pizza! It was really good~~

Even though it was night by the time the parade started, it was SO hot, and with all the people everywhere, it was even hotter. It was kinda like a mini mardi gras, though, and the people on the floats threw beads, and people took their clothes off. My favorite float(?) in the parade was a cowboy wearing only chaps and a hat on a bike with two plastic horses attached to it which seemed to jump up and down as he rode, chased by a girl in a wedding dress on a bike with a cage around it. (???) The two were shooting cap guns at eachother. Eventually it got a little too hot for me and I fainted so we had to go home but it was still fun. Next time I’ll be sure to drink more water…

So long, Michael Jackson. I can’t say I was ever really a fan of you, or your music, but the Thriller music video still has a special place in my heart, I’ll give you that. Another famous artist (who I hope never dies), Suehiro Maruo, puts it best.

I’m done with Domooooo~~!!! Happiness!!

The past 2 weeks have been so grueling..it was a mad dash to the finish line and now I’ve got nothing but free time. (sorta) Now I get to do all those things that I’ve been meaning to do for the past month, two months. I just got back from being out of town visiting home for father’s day and today I planned to just relax, which I did. I finished a picture! Whee! You can see the full sized version in the gallery. I guess it’s kinda random.

Woo-hoo! Tons of books and more books came in the mail today~ Still haven’t had the chance to look through them, but so far so good! Happiness…