She died this morning (July 11th, 2008) at around 8:10 am of kidney failure.

R.I.P.

I love you, Oatmeal.

mood: sad

It's been 10 years since your death in 1998 but you're still as alive as ever.

You're remembered by your tens of thousands of fans and your music still touches people every day. Even though you were a lecherous alcoholic, I still love you, and so does everyone else.

Rest in peace, hide-sama.

You will always be loved.

mood: sad
music: good bye by hide

So I was reading the translated version of "hide's diary" that was on his website (hide's diary was on his website, the translated version was outsourced to two translators whatever you can find it on the intarweb), and apparently hide was once mistaken for a hooker by some driver in LA.

Priceless.

hide the Streetwalker.

And earlier I was watching a hide tribute video (I couldn't watch the whole thing, I got too emo cuz I'm a little sissy) and one of the comments (which was really cute) was "hide's not dead, he just went out for a smoke :)"

To which my head replied: "Yeah, and when he comes back to find out they burnt his body and threw the ashes in the fucking ocean, he's going to be PISSED. And they only poured one bottle of booze in there, too!"

Which made me giggle.

But yes.

hide was mistaken for a hooker.

mood: giggly
music: beauty & stupid - hide

MOTHRA APPROVES OF THIS MESSAGE.

Nobody is committing to ACen and I am so close to just saying forget it.

I'm not about to spend $40 and find out that nobody can room with us or split the cost of stuff and have it all go to waste.

I'm so cranky right now. :(

Also my mom gave my food to Ian before I got home from work.

._.

So I recalculated the costs of things and this is what I came up with.

The total cost for everything is...

$230 - Hotel
$ 40 - Badge
$ 40 - Gas
$105 - Food
$ 20 - Safety Buffer.
$435 - Total

That's assuming lunch is going to be $15, and dinner is going to be $20, for three days (for the food budget), and the gas budget was assuming 270 miles (160 to and from Milwaukee/Rosemont, and 10 trips in between hotel and convention center), 25 MPG, and a gas price of $3.20.

For two people, the price split up would be like this:

$115 - Hotel
$ 40 - Badge
$ 20 - Gas
$ 53 - Food
$ 10 - Safety Buffer
$238 - Total (for each person)

3 people (each)

$ 77 - Hotel
$ 40 - Badge
$ 14 - Gas
$ 35 - Food
$ 7 - Safety Buffer
$173 - Total

4 people (each)

$ 58 - Hotel
$ 40 - Badge
$ 10 - Gas
$ 27 - Food
$ 5 - Safety Buffer
$140 - Total

5 people (each)

$ 46 - Hotel
$ 40 - Badge
$ 8 - Gas
$ 21 - Food
$ 4 - Safety Buffer
$119 - Total

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The badge price may differ, depending on when you pre-register. First tier (what I am getting) is $40, then I think 2nd tier is $45, and 3rd tier and at-con pricing is $50.

My prices may be wrong.

Anyway, I am planning on 4 people in the hotel, and first tier pre-reg badges.

:)

So, that's the price break up.

Oh, and Happy New Year.

Tags: acen, anime central, price
mood: happy
music: Bathwater - No Doubt

If your life was a movie, what would your soundtrack be?


So, here's how it works:
1. Open your library (iTunes, Winamp, Media Player, iPod, etc)
2. Put it on shuffle
3. Press play
4. For every question, type the song that's playing
5. When you go to a new question, press the next button
6. Don't lie and try to pretend your cool...just type it in man!

OPENING CREDITS: Kylie by Akcent ("I wanna do you in the backseat of my car"... ROFL.)

WAKING UP: Hey Baby by No Doubt

FIRST DAY AT SCHOOL: Lunacy Fringe by The Used (o_O;; )

FALLING IN LOVE: Epic by Faith No More ("It's it! What is it?!" ... XD )

FIGHT SONG: Love Song by Luna Sea (Make Love, not war?)

BREAKING UP: The Approaching Curve by Rise Against (Did I just turn him gay?)

PROM: Mermaid by GLAY (>____> )

GRADUATION: After the Bombs by The Decemberists (bombs...)

LIFE: You Help Them by Say Anything ("You're far too cold for me to warm you, though I'd love to hold a lighter to your skin!")

MENTAL BREAKDOWN: Cleaning Out My Closet by Eminem (>___> )

DRIVING: Life in a Tenement Square by Flogging Molly

FLASHBACK: Jolene by The White Stripes

GETTING BACK TOGETHER: Stick With You by The Pussycat Dolls (Hmm, how appropriate.)

WEDDING: Seize the Light by globe.

LOSING VIRGINITY: Bathwater by No Doubt (XD )

BIRTH OF CHILD: Reckless Fire from the sCRYed soundtrack... >_______>

FINAL BATTLE: Midnight Celebration by HYDE (>___> )

DEATH SCENE: Poor Little Rich Boy by Regina Spektor (I'm not a boy ;_; )

FUNERAL SCENE: Standing Sex by X Japan (necrophilia...?)

Guys, I need more people for ACen.

>___>

It's only me and Beth right now, Devan a possibility but we can't count on her ;_; (SORRY DEVVY-POO).

We're staying in that one hotel right next to Mitsuwa market, and Beth is going to drive around and I am the navigator. We go down Friday morning (probably), and go back Sunday after closing ceremonies.

$300 bucks for room and board, gas contribution, that includes registration price of $40, not including spending money...

And that amount is WAYYYY exaggerated in case we get lost and drive to Miami and back and eat 500 pizzas.

I'll recalculate some other time.

That was allotting like $20 for dinner, $15 for lunch (each). And a huge gas budget.

My family has never been very affluent, we've always managed to scrape by but sometimes we've had to sacrifice some things.

This year, we knew we wouldn't have much of a gift-giving Christmas. My mom's yearly raises weren't enough to keep ahead of the changing market and the rising prices of things. It was okay, we all accepted that this year wouldn't be full of hundreds of gifts and we'd just have to make due or have a late Christmas. We handed it over to God, knowing that He would provide for us.

3-4 days ago, my mom was talking to her financial director at work at their smoke break, explaining how she told me and my siblings that Santa didn't exist so that if we happened upon a Christmas where we didn't get what we wanted or didn't get anything at all, we wouldn't be disappointed. She told her how we didn't have any money this year for Christmas.

Today, my mother walked into her office with an envelope waiting on her chair. The card was signed only with the word "Believe"... and inside was $1,200 worth of Visa gift cards, and another $50 for a Borders/Bookstore gift card.

God provided. How anyone can encounter a situation and think "God doesn't exist" I do not know.

My mother talked to the financial director, knowing she was probably responsible. There were other people involved, but the financial director organized it. My mother thanked her, to which she replied, "Don't thank me, thank God. When I walked away from you after that story God kicked me in the ass to do something. My ass still hurts."

Thank you, Lord.

Thank you.

mood: amazed

Friends of mine...

Christmas Lists plzkthx.

Either post them here or e-mail to mcpeterson@wi.rr.com

:)

Tags: christmas
mood: hungry
music: namamekashiki ansoku, tamerai ni hohoemi (acoustic) by Dir en grey