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...with newly installed semagic...

( yes, my friends, I have a new computer )

( update in which I attempt to briefly cover iniq's visit, work, a trip to japan, yuletide, and some recent highlights )

christmas.... just as the weather's turned a bit more christmassy (read cold with the occasional dust of snow ^^;), I'm also making progress with presents and cards, so this is the last call for signing up. The post in question is >>>HERE<<<. ^___^

on the same note, it's also time to say THANK YOU... ^__^

1) to whimsy_chan for the lovely christmas card. It's the first one that's arrived, so it's very special. ^_^ *smoooooch* thank you, Lady!

2) to kedriaa. there are no words to describe my surprise and happiness, and just how much it means to me. he's absolutely adorable! ^_______________________^ thank you so much! *snugsnug* ♥♥ *makes the puppets dance and dances with them*

and now... definitely time for bed. *sleeeeeepy*

Doing legal translations breaks my brain. *ded*

I really like doing it, but this is also where I painfully realize just how different the structure of English and German actually is.

And it doesn't matter whether it's English-German or German-English. Just trying to wrap my mind around those paragraph long sentences and scrambling not to forget to include anything when I have to switch around everything to convert it into the other language....waugh!

But as I said, I like doing it. It's a challenge and it's fun. ^_^

So. I'm at work.

I would rather not be at work. I usually don't mind my job, but today is one of those days where you don't feel like working at all, no matter how much you like your job. It's hot. And stuffy. And I can see the glittering lake from my office window. *pout* No fair.

Anyway, I got back from Austria yesterday (yes, yes, I completely forgot to make an entry that I was going in the first place. ^^; I was going to last Friday, but then things got insanely busy at work and I never got around doing it.) Much fun was had, as always when I'm with iniq *squish* We went to Vienna (one day), we went swimming in the river (two days), we had icecream (every day), we went shopping (a lot) and generally enjoyed being lazy. ^___^

Tomorrow morning I'm flying to Germany to attend a wedding (whee, pretty dress!) I'll be back Sunday night.

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On the fannish front...>_> can I say it again? OMG!INITIAL D! *_* I finished 2nd stage this morning on the train and couldn't help having a peek at the first episode of 4th stage. Unfortunately, I only have the first 5 eps of 4th stage so far. *prods download*

Aaaand, I want fic now. Good fic. Involving Takahashi Ryousuke. With black hair (wtf, 2nd stage?!). Oh, and Keisuke. Or Takumi. Or both of them. *glee*

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Did I mention I didn't want to be at work at all? Yes? ^^; Yes.

Sleep...where are you? ~.~

I'm back at work again... after leaving around 9pm-ish yesterday, as I had volunteered to take the night shift (until 9.30pm) since they couldn't find anyone else. Resulted in about 12 hours of work, but it's good money and not the real problem either....

The problem is that I haven't been sleeping well for the past few nights - tossing, turning, dozing, waking up, weird dreams (earthquake dreams, wtf? I'm not in Japan anymore!) yadda yadda... I have no idea why, though. And I get little enough sleep as it is with working full time. *shakes angry fist at uncooperative body*

Ah well. Nothing I can do about it. ^^; Work is not too busy, either, so maybe I should make a list of things to do while waiting for work to come in...? I like making lists. *grins*

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Whew.... both presentations are over, and both went well I think. ^^; *relieved*

Now I just have to finish the papers based on those presentations, do the translation I need for Monday, and start to study for my Finnish final.

Work tomorrow and dinner with work people afterwards for finishing the project I was working on in December. ^__^ I have a suspicion that it's gonna be fancy. Mwehe.

Aaaaand.... I bought myself flowers today. Just because. Heh. ^____^

I need to go to bed now, really. But... the newest episode of Bleach awaits me before that. Just.Can't.Resist. ^^;

*whines* I have to work overtime today...>.< There is an important signing going on and I need to stay in case they have copies to make and stuff to print etc... I really hope they get this done soon.

The fun thing: I'm on the fifth floor. They are on the second. ahahaha. -.-
And the air condition doesn't seem to work properly, either. Bleh.

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On a happier note: Peaches and nectarines smell like summer. ^_^ They do, really.

What the HELL is unclear about the request "Please change all the rates for the LAST quarter, which we are billing NOW. Yes, that means up until June 30, 2004." ?! How else could I have expressed my wish for them to change the rates for the LAST quarter through June 30, 2004?

And now, after a WHOLE DAY'S work, I have to notice, that they changed the rates STARTING JULY 1!

I have to practically redo everything I did today. I can't even start to say how that pisses me off. I don't have the fucking time to that.

If it weren't for all the people here, I would cry now...

*stomps off*

*damns Microsoft Word and Idefix to the 9th level of Hell*

Cooperate and let me do my work, damnit!!

What happens when I get bored at work?
I surf the internet.

What happens when it gets worse?
I get a paid LJ account... -_-"
Smart. Very smart.
I must be out of my mind. Yeah, right. Bored out of my mind.

You know, it's fine, when I don't have to run around ALL day till my feet hurt. And I do enjoy being online for a while, read stuff, look at stuff. It's not like I don't know how to entertain myself.
But still, after some time I start wondering why I'm even here. My vision starts to blur because I've been staring at the screen for too long. And deep inside I've got that horrible, nagging feeling that I actually should be doing something worthwhile, since they give me money for that. I'm not here to just sit around and do nothing!

>_<

Gah!

First of all, I've been tired since i woke up this morning. and it didn't help that I spent most of the time at work typing and staring at the computer screen. *sighs*

However, something was on my mind all day long. I was wondering how important one's birthday is. Somehow I never thought that it was all that important to me. Of course, when I was a child, it was different, back then it was something very special. but now... I don't know. So what if some people you care about (and you know they care about you too) just forget your birthday?
I just never thought it would bother me that much. But it does... and that surprises me, and it makes me feel selfish... -_-

Oh well, maybe it's just because this has been a crappy day anyway...