Below are the 20 most recent journal entries recorded in craneswing's LiveJournal:

[ << Previous 20 ]

Tuesday, September 4th, 2007
9:02 am	Quizzie-thingie and update Seven Quirks/Habits/Random Things About Me: 1) I stand on one foot, usually while doing the dishes, my sister calls me "flamingo" because of it 2) I'm actually pretty good at cleaning and organizing things. 3) Yes, I am a martial artist, but really, I don't like fighting 4) Kind of like how I like weapons (martial arts, not guns) but I'm not interested in war 5) I'd rather be cold than hot, however I think I'm more miserable when I'm cold 6) I probably think way too much 7) I'm usually much more frightened than I appear to be And on that note... Here's the quick version of why I've been kinda MIA; When my aunt came to visit us, she stayed in my room, so there's feeling of displacement #1. Getting things moved around in the house to the point where I can't always find everything plus intergrating my sister's stuff = feeling of displacement #2 Not only did I end up taking more hours at work due to absent co-workers, but also there was a graduation/midterm thrown into the mix that very weekend and those always leave me displaced at work for a few days (no matter what I do) and this was extended by the fact that we had a summer camp the week after as well (which due to that I took even more hours at work) thus we get more feelings of displacement x3. So all this work coupled with not sleeping in my bed and being disturbed by my mother and her smoking = me not sleeping well *at all* Finally, moving day. From here on I have no internet access for another week (exception being while I'm at work). Driving to NC and back is at least a 20-22 hr trip. Upon my return to my house, the outside lights aren't on, everyone's asleep, and the only place I have to sleep is on one of the kid's matresses. Not exactly a warm welcome, which would have been nice after such a stressful trip. It gets better at breakfast the next day while my sister, who was in one of her moods (granted she had been really ill for a few days and just then getting back on her feet, though still not entirely well), starts laying down the law while I'm sitting there going, "Uhm, ok, I'm an adult, this house is still partially mine, and most of the stuff you're talking about is your responsibility considering you and your husband are the ones playing houseowners." I also take on a few extra hours at work since we're a little shortstaffed now that Kyle's gone and Ryder's working one or two days as opposed to three or four, and thursday I ran the dojo by myself. First half of the weekend was doing as much work around the house to help my sister and then on saturday I got away as soon as possible to take a break at Neko's house, which was very nice. And yes, really, this was the quick version. Current Mood: awake (Comment on this)
Friday, August 17th, 2007
7:08 am	quick update; life still nuts, one more week until mother and brother move out, cat is driving me up the freakin' wall, have picked up my SRMTHFG fics again, gonna try to get it settled and posted before the fanfic.netdom kills me, aunt is coming here from Texas to help with the move, have to pick her up today, clean up my apartment and wash my bedclothes because she'll be sleeping in my bed... currently pain in the ass brother is *sleeping* in my bed... seriously this kid is really beginning to piss me off. Current Mood: annoyed (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Friday, August 10th, 2007
4:53 pm	So, yeah, was one of those "OMGWTFYOURLIFEISGOING TOGETTURNEDUPSIDEDOWNMUAHAHAHAPWNED!!!" I get called at work and am told that a guy is willing to take the Suzuki off our hands, all I have to do is buy an oil cap. No problem. So after a really hectic whirlwind day at the dojo, I leave ten minutes later than I wanted, rush to Pep Boys for the oil cap, rush home to find like three different cars parked at my house. Okay, whatever... turns out the guy buying the car got there a half an hour earlier than he originally said and our boiler went. A plumber fixed it, left, an hour later it was leaking again. So my brother and I slept in shifts so someone was awake to empty the large coffee can we set up to catch the water. This lack of sleep for both of us made for a really long day, or at least for me. I fell asleep at 3am, woke up at 7am, took a twenty minute nap somewhere between 8-9:30, and have stayed awake to endure the craziness since. Bottom line, it's going to take a lot of money to fix the damn thing. My financial situation is getting pretty bad. I really have to get my butt moving doing some cross-stitching so I can at least start making some money somewhere, so, if anyone or anyone they know needs a handmade type of gift, I'll get it for them. It may take me a week or two depending on what's wanted, but I will do what I can for what I can. Everyone is more than welcome to re-post this to their LJ's and such, I need all the help I can get. I also am selling some books and games and such, so, again if anyone wants/can re-post/help out in some way, this is what I'm selling; (for the record, anything tagged with (yaoi) is for the 18 and older crowd, so, just warning now, if you're not this age don't buy it because here's the warning and I don't need your parents suing me for what three pennies I have left to my name) Gravitation 1-4 (yaoi) Demon Diary 1-4 (yaoi? tendancy to be so?) Inu Yasha 1-2 Prince of Tennis 1-3 Ranma 1/2 #1 The Sims for Windows Alice for Mac (this is that weird, goth-Alice-in-Wonderland game) Final Fantasy X2 with Guidebook Sukisho Volume 1 (unopened, yaoi series) Star Wars: The Phantom Menace (novel) Star Wars: Rogue Planet (novel) Star Wars: The Phantom Menace book and tape (kids volume) Passion 1-2 (yaoi) Target in the Viewfinder (yaoi) LOTR: Fellowship of the Ring (paperback) LOTR: The Two Towers (paperback) LOTR: The Return of the King (paperback) Harry Potter 1, 3, and 4 (if anyone is really, really interested, they're a bit beaten up) So, yeah, feel free to leave a comment if you want something and I'll give you my prices, I'll only charge a few dollars for shipping unless it's out of the country or you want/need it right away. Thanks guys, I really appreciate anyone and everyone who is willing to help me out. Current Mood: exhausted (Comment on this)
Thursday, August 2nd, 2007
12:17 am	If you want the truth, ask a six-year-old Ryu: Mommy, Daddy works in a windows store, Grandma looks at lots of big papers, you go to school, Aunt Tsuru works in the dojo, and Uncle John delivers pizzas. What does Uncle Ran (my younger brother) do? Mommy: (wondering where her son's mind is going) Well, what do you think? Quinn: Hmmm... (is serious, deep thought) He sleeps really well, and he's really good at video games... Uncle Ran is a freeloader! Mommy: @-@; Me: (upon hearing this tale) O_o LOL!!! Current Mood: amused (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Tuesday, July 31st, 2007
1:35 am	My dissapearance from LJ has been due to a couple of things. One has been because of the massive moving project among my family, a trip to Illinois and Indiana which was much more eye-opening than I anticipated, and the final book in Harry Potter. Just so you know, I'm not going to spoil, just in case. The moving thing is, erm, going. I have the majority of my things in my new room. Getting everything sorted and finally organized has been a bit much. My sister, hopefully, if she's smart, will start moving boxes of hers and her family's stuff into my old room asap. Mom and bro are packing, mom's having some reservations on this whole moving thing but she knows she's gone too far to back out now, she closed on a condo and she knows this is going to be best for her. My trip to the midwest had my understanding of one of my friends all the more clearer, though I don't know if she knows it. I've had some reservations about my friend, though I love her dearly some parts of her personality is outright frustrating. I also found that I really don't like the midwest. Something about the people rubs me the wrong way I think, the atmosphere feels a little, I dunno, just something about being out there didn't do well for me. And as for our favorite boy wizard, ::sighs:: the ending was fairly appropriate, there were a few things I feel we could have gotten along without, but all in all it was very good. I wonder about if Rowling will continue her work in the wizarding world, move into new territory, or let this be her one and only contribution to literature. Am very tired, so semi-poetic, and with that I say goodnight. Current Mood: tired (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Monday, July 23rd, 2007
3:37 pm	hey everyone, just wanted to say that I got safely back home in NY, trip and wedding were awesome, and would like to post more but I'm going into semi-seclusion to read HP7. Hope you all understand, I just don't want any accidental spoilers ^_^ Much love to all, will post more later on. (Comment on this)
Saturday, July 7th, 2007
7:27 am	The moving into the new room has been a project to say the least. It does need to be repainted. my little tart-warmer thingie broke, made me kinda sad but I think I can glue it back together, it's a clean break. I mention these things cause it still kinda smells in there u-u; the kid that lived there before was a smoker, so, ick >-P I have so much stuff to do at here and for work, I really hope I can get these things done before my trip so I can not only enjoy my trip but not be stressed when I get back. I think that's my main goal, because I know if I leave things undone it's going to bother me and since this trip is going to be a bit of a vacation I don't want to be bothered. Last night was cool, a small TGIO party for Script Frenzy, Donavan (our Nano ML) was there so we did just, in extreme brief, discussed plans for Nano which included choosing a new ML. Daniel can't/doesn't want to ML anymore, Donavan is willing to stay on as co-ML but we still need a leader. I had an interesting time doing the ML-ing, so if no one else wants to take the position I guess I wouldn't mind giving it another try (especially since Nano is a lot more organized and bigger than SF). We'll see. Well, I better run off and get stuff done instead of messing around here. Current Mood: busy (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Wednesday, July 4th, 2007
8:41 am	Well, Script Frenzy is over, I ended with a pretty good word count and a script that while I'm not impressed with, I am happy with what I got started. I'm a bit irritted I haven't been able to start moving into my new room as of yet, but I feel bad bugging the kid who's moving out. He's a long time family friend, works the night shift, and the room he's moving into back home has to be cleared out too... I feel for him but at the same time it's been holding me up u-u; I haven't done any work for the dojo, which I feel a little guilty for, but it's supossed to rain for the next few days so maybe those will be the best days to spend over there. Besdies that, not much else going on I guess... I forget if I mentioned my family was teetering on whether they were moving or not, but it looks like those plans are back on now that everyone understands what they're supossed to do. I can't wait for my mom and brother to move, as much as I love them I need them out of my life. As far as my brother goes, he's just really, really irritating and I'd like to not clean up after him. With my mom around I still feel this tug to stay home and I'm constantly sticking around for her sake. It's something that I just can't get over. Now I can make plans without thinking, "Will mom be okay if I go out?" or anything. Wow, I may even be able to have a bit more of a social life u-u; We'll see. Hope all is well with everyone else! Current Mood: okay (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Thursday, June 28th, 2007
7:59 am	Heya guys and girls, figured now would be a good time to update. My mom is thinking of retracting her offer to my sister about the house. My sister brought up some things that, to my mom, sounded immature, like she's not ready to take care of a house yet. This irritates the crap out of me for two reasons; 1) As much as I love my mother, I want her gone, I want her to move and stand on her own two feet for a while and I really wish she would do it without trying to convince me to go with her so I can do the same (stand on my own two feet, that is). 2) A huge WTF to my sister. You're going to be living in this house for free, all you have to pay is utilities, and you're asked to fix a few things around here. Why did you have to go and be so ungrateful? She does it all the time and she just doesn't seem to ever get it. ::sighs:: I suggested to my mom that she makes a list of what needs to be repaired around the house and what materials we have/you'll buy, and tell my sister that beyond that, if she needs or wants something fixed then she's going to pay for it. My mom said she was already thinking or doing that, I just hope that she not only does it but sticks to her guns for once. One of her problems I find is that she lets things go. She's under this impression that she doesn't need to tell her adult children when to clean up and fix things but then she's like "I'm not done raising you!" It's like, you can't expect us to act like adults if you keep treating us like children. At least not me. My only excuse right now is that I'm working full time, my brother has no job. If our roles were reversed, not only would this house be spotless, but the lawns would look a lot better, some of the repairs would be done, shopping and laundry would always be complete and dinner would be on the table at 6 o'clock. I can only imagine what other projects of my own would be done... I probably would have been able to write five screenplays this month, edit my NanoNovel and begin getting it published, lots of my cross-stitch projects would be done and being sold on eBay... so, see, I wouldn't even really be fully unemployed. Oh well, one can dream. So, after today the dojo is closed. I'm thinking of going in tomorrow morning to get some stuff done, babysit in the afternoon, go to write-in, have fun and such. We'll see. Saturday will be spent with family, maybe, if no one seems to remember that the dojo is closed maybe I'll go in that day too, just to get the hell away from here. If not, then the day will be spent doing the shopping, the regular cleaning around here, and packing up more stuff from my room since I should be able to move into my new room on Sunday. Sunday will likely be spent buying cleaning supplies, cleaning and airing out my new room cause the kid who rented it before smoked like a freakin chimney and right now it smells really gross in there. I'll also have to take a look around and see if anything needs to be fixed or something. Monday will likely be spent as a dojo day. Tuesday too depending on what I get done. I swear one 8 hr day without distractions is all I need. We'll see. I better run, now it's a quarter to nine and I better get to work so I can get ready for the next couple of weeks. (Comment on this)
Saturday, June 16th, 2007
7:23 pm	Things have been busy. Brief overview; Home: Mom and Bro are moving August 17th. I move into the studio apartment July 1st. Work: Got into arguement with Business Director over Graduation. Dojo Manager has become a closer friend since he agress with me that out BD has been a dick, for lack of a better term. Dojo is closed for a week but I will likely pick up hours during that time because I will be off during another time and really need the money. Will be nice to get a ton of stuff done without the distraction of everyday interuptions. Personal: Speaking of vacation, I am going to be in Chicago from July 12th until the 23rd. This will be nice, get to see best friend/crush(i think) and go to other best friend's wedding... First best friend asked me to pretend to be her girlfriend to freak out her grandparents, so far fine by me. Have decided I need to work harder on losing weight before this trip. ... I really wish July would hurry up and get here because I want to move out of my room. (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Thursday, June 7th, 2007
7:28 am	Considering it's only been, oh, ::looks at wrist at the non-existant watch:: I guess 'forever' is a good way to sum it up, I believe I owe an explanation to you all. I'm sorry. School ended, not sure how I did since I haven't paid my bill yet. Considering I feel like I learned next to nothing, I really don't care and I'll pay it when I damn well feel like it. I'm trying to transfer to another school but it's proving to be really difficult. I have to be more disciplined and follow up on the whole thing. A friend of mine suggested going to school in Chicago, and there's one college that will give me the degree I want but I'm a little unsure. I still want to go to school in Hawaii, but also there's another slight complication to pull into consideration. My mom told me sometime last week that she and my brother are moving out by August. Now this isn't going to leave me without a place to live or anything (mom said I can always live with her no matter what but I'm not very into the thought of moving to North Carolina), my sister and her family will move into my house and I'll move my room to the other side of the house where the other room is not only a lot bigger but has a bathroom and stuff, used to be a studio apartment, but we've been letting my brother's friend stay in it (he's moving out by July 1st). This will only be temporary, my sister and her husband will make a few repairs to the house and sell it while my sister finishes up school, which should be December. Script Frenzy is going well, have over 12,000 words so far, I just hope I can be this successful with Nano in November. This weekend will be... interesting. Sad thing is, is that it starts today. I already woke up an a quarter till six to drive my brother to work (and I didn't get to sleep until like 2am last night). I have to go to work, get things packed up for our graduation and midterm on Saturday and do whatever else I end up getting stuck with for the day. I get to leave early, but I'm going straight to my sister's house to babysit the kids while they go off for the evening. Since they won't be back until late, there's no point in me going back home so I'm going to sleep over. Since I have to babysit that afternoon anyway as well, might as well stay there for the entire day. Once my bro-in-law comes home I'm going to drive out to a town I never been to before while stopping by my grandfather's grave, which is a place that not only have I not been to for at least a decade if not more, but it'll be my first time getting there on my own. I gotta pick up a fellow Frenzier on the way so we'll see what'll happen. Then the next day is the graduation/midterm, so, again, interesting stuff. I just hope on Sunday my family will let me rest. ::groans:: man, I don't feel so well, maybe sensei will have some mercy on me and let me skip class today. Current Mood: stressed (Comment on this)
Saturday, May 12th, 2007
11:09 am	Well, had LinoTypo meeting for Script Frenzy, and it seemed to have went well. Got a good idea of where everyone is, and what's going on, and I don't think being a Municipal Liason will be all too difficult, well, maybe a bit more work but it's all good because school ends on Tuesday ::does a happy dance:: and I won't have to worry about it all through the contest. So, I think I promised revealing my script idea via LJ, so here you go; The screenplay is so far titled "Martial World." It occured to me some time ago that no one really knows what I do (not even my co-workers) and most of the things I do do are overlooked and often thankless. But beyond that, no one really knows what goes on behind closed doors and moreso a lot of people have many misconceptions about the martial arts, who we are and what we're about. Some of my scenes will be very true to life and some I plan on sticking in for dramatic effect and to make the story more interesting. Now, I have two, maybe three ideas of how the script/movie will be laid out. I wanted to do it like an interview... Interviewer asks the instructors questions, they recall situations and anecdotes and so on. Another is the typical here's the story, these are the characters, this is what happened, the end. The third feels very random and unorganized at the moment, maybe I don't really have a third layout idea... but I certainly have other ideas for screenplays >.< I got two other ideas that came to me the past week. One is an idea I've had before but never acted on, and another is still very disorganized but who knows when it'll form into a hurricane and blow me over. If I'm lucky it'll hold off until November. I've been so busy and stressed that my fanfic and cross-stitching has been suffering horribly. I'm hoping that when school ends I can get everything in my head back together and get stuff done. see ya all! Current Mood: busy (3 Comments |Comment on this)
Tuesday, May 8th, 2007
11:56 pm	So, in our system we have the Seven Dragons. These are seven of the highest ranking masters. They have decided to get into groups and go across the country doing clinics and such as part of a huge country tour. Two of them were supossed to come to our area this friday. Then the clinic was canceled. I seized this opportunity to put in a Script Frenzy meeting (or at least suggest it, which mostly everyone seemed to be up for). Then just last week I find that the clinic is back on. So, great, I spend the next four days stressing about how I'm going to fit in this SF meeting and this clinic that I've been told that I have to attend. I find out today that the clinic had been canceled indefinitely. WTF >.< it's all good I guess since now I don't have to stress about two high-profile events, but I'm sitting here going, "Dude, you guys are masters; you can't figure out how to settle up with a clinic? Come on..." Whatever. I'm more content about the situation now any it's all good ^_^ Current Mood: okay (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Friday, May 4th, 2007
7:15 am	Okay, so, May has begun, the countdown the the end of school has begun, the countdown to the possibility of going to Stony Brook and having a dorm room therefore living sort of on my own has begun, but most importantly... The countdown for Script Frenzy has begun. I'm pretty excited about this project. I also have decided to try out being an ML (Municipal Liason; basically a writing cheeleader and organizer) for this insanity, though not many people in my area seem to be into it, or at least as of yet... I want to make a flier and spread the word throughout the two colleges near me, so maybe there can be more recruits that way. It'll be fun ^_^ Soooo... go to ScriptFrenzy.com, sign up, my handle there is SoloShikigami (same as my Nano handle) and see what insanity will be unleashed. I will reveal my plans for my script at the first Script Frenzy meeting and then, if I have time, say so here. Current Mood: crazy (4 Comments |Comment on this)
Friday, March 30th, 2007
5:42 pm	so much for me getting a ton of stuff done today. I mean I had a seriously severe workload planned for today, most of it self-inflicted, but basically I had myself planned to pull a late night last night and work really hard today. Long story made short, today has been one of those days that make me think I must have been Hitler or something in my previous life. For those who care, here's the long story; I was very tired last night and I did pick up my clothes so I stayed up playing games. I had a long day and I figured I deserved to have some fun. I did, slept, woke up early and got started on my huge chore list. I've barely scratched the surface of the damn list before my sister calls up bawling about being in some sort of horrible pain (now, my sister is always "in horrible pain," whether its real or in her head has no consequence) and the doctors won't give her anymore pain meds and she won't see a pain management counselor for another five days. So I find myself driving over to her house to help her manage the kids while she finds a doctor. Between this and having brunch together, eh, it just took all day. I brought my homework with me but none of it got done. And I have work tomorrow, I said I'd take my nephew to the movies tomorrow night... I'm just hoping on Sunday I can catch up u-u; ::huge sigh:: well one really good thing is that I have no school next week... still have work, and lots of it... but also I've gotten permission to leave work early the last two days of work during the week. ::sigh:: I'm just getting lost. I know what I want to do it's getting up the energy to actually get it done. I decided to transfer to the local four year college, they have classes in Japanese language and culture just not enough for a Bachelors. However I can also live on campus if the need arises, which is another reason I'm doing this. Still shooting for Hawaii, because if anything else I just really, really want to get the hell away from everything. Current Mood: blah (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Thursday, March 22nd, 2007
11:02 am	Hey guys, know I haven't posted in a while, kinda turning into my MO I guess... whatever an MO is... Main Objective? I think so... whatever... Point is, is that I'm going to post something here and have it be at least semi-meaningful. I'm sick. Yay. I wish I could stop coughing long enough to get my mom off my back. I know I should probably see a doctor and get medicine and such but you know, I don't feel like wasting my time in a doctors office for them to give me the medication I know I need. If I need any meds it's antibiotics, and the only antibiotic they'll give me is amoxicillan. The reason I know this? I *always* get it. I know they gave me something different when I had the flu but it made my face go numb so they gave me the amoxil instead. I swear, honestly, if I could get one full day to myself to take care of myself and go the whole nine (this means hot shower/steam bath with herbs, drinking nothing but tea, orange juice, water and soup and just plain old rest) I bet anything I would feel a whole hell of a lot better. But no. I can't do this because I have to work and I have to go to school and any days I do have off get taken up by my family. Seriously. Friday we all stayed home and my mom wouldn't leave me alone. Every twenty minutes she asked me for something else. Saturday was no good either, because part of the day was spent digging out our vehicles, my sister came over all afternoon and then I was responsible for entertaining my nephew for the rest of the time before going back to her house for dinner. Then sunday was spent running errands for the household because my bro had to work and my mom brought work home and had to get it done. So if we were going to have any food for the week I had to do the shopping. So that brings us to this week, where I had two tests, lots of homework, a lot of stuff at work and a really, really long weekend to look forward to. This weekend, I'm going to see TMNT with Neko-chan, then the next day we have a tournament. After the tournament I'm going straight to Neko's house and we'll curl up on her couch and watch SRMTHFG (because she's fairly behind in the series, I'm not sure if she... wait she did, she saw Galactic Smash at least, I *had* to show her that ep, what with the Otto/Gibson cuteness ^_^ ) and possible TMNT movies and cartoons... and if we have money/time/desire we may go see the movie again. I am highly amused that Kevin Michael Richardson is in it. Well, for now I'm in bed, drinking tea and orange juice, will go to work and do my best, tomorrow Neko doesn't come in until later on so I'll send the morning taking care of myself, and yeah I'll try to find a doctor, so if nothing else my mother leaves me alone >.< As far as my cross-stitching, it's been going nowhere. Blame the stressful home/work/school environments. Current Mood: sick (3 Comments |Comment on this)
Tuesday, March 6th, 2007
11:33 am	call me uptight, but joking about losing one's job is not fucking funny. Especially when the person having the joke on is freaking out that she may not be able to pay for school or her bills not to mention that she really needs to go see a few doctors and barely has the money to put gas in her car. If I wasn't so stressed out it probably wouldn't bother me. I want to cry now. Thanks Shannon. Current Mood: stressed (6 Comments |Comment on this)
Monday, March 5th, 2007
9:24 pm	School is irritating. I wish I had more time. I wish money didn't run the world the way that it does. I'm totally stressed out, but it's all cool. Current Mood: stressed (Comment on this)
Friday, February 23rd, 2007
5:10 pm	Nope, still not dead but expect to be there soon. School killing me, work killing me though things are gong well, family getting utterly irritating. Really want to go away for school, afraid of the repercussions it may bring (ie I may never want to come back to NY) however if nothing else my main worry is money. I'd rather not work while I'm at school, though I may have no choice. I don't have as much time or inspiration as I was hoping for towards starting my embroidery side-business, having some complications with my nephews blanket (though the main complication is that I don't have the patterns still, the pictures yes just not actual patterns and I don't have a printer, I'm sure I could use the printer at work but every time I'm there either the computer and printer is being used or I start working. In all fairness it is only supossed to be used for business only). ::sighs:: I do have to get the heck out of here. I can't take this... my mom and brother got into *another* fight and I feel like every time I have a day off of work the two of them get into an arguement as soon as my mom gets home. And then I have to hear each of them bitch about how terrible and horrible the other one is and I'm just sick of it. Current Mood: irritated (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Sunday, February 18th, 2007
10:47 pm	not dead... very busy... barely have time for anything, what else is new... mother got hurt, is ok just needs care... wonder what the heck is going to happen to my family when I leave... Current Mood: contemplative (2 Comments |Comment on this)