Making full use of my brand new data plan for my blackberry, I am of course posting here. I have about ten minutes before I have to head back so I am just killing time.

Xanga looks odd in the blackberry browser. I'd use opera mini, but the renderer tends to stack the topbar elements on top of one another, making it pretty much impossible to click on the new entry button. If the cursor moved more fluidly it might work better.

There are a lot of fun apps out there for blackberries. I'm having fun with google mobile and google maps. Google maps actually triangulates your position using cell towers, and is accurate within 900 meters. Not too shabby for something that isn't GPS. I have also amused myself by getting directions for walking to various places, like to work or las vegas.

Time's almost up.

whoo almost ten days.

today was kind of an off day, mostly because i got almost no sleep last night and subsequently let my imagination run wild after i fell short of an assigned task today.  no big deal, i got it done after some help, but in my exhausted state it was enough of a "blow" to rock me a bit.  after talking it over with my aunt and letting my imagination run wild like i said, i don't feel any worse.  i'm going to hit the sack in a few minutes, which will go a long way towards bringing me back to normality.

in a bit of sad news, my blackberry broke last week.  on the plus side, t-mobile is sending a replacement since it's still under warranty.  i lose my contacts, but i still have most of them on my sim card so no big loss.

started watching Toaru Majutsu no Index.  it is the master of cliffhangers.  it is also mighty awesome.  more this weekend.

Once again, lunch break. Once again, lots of time left over.

The first half of the day has just flown by. I can't believe it's almost 2:00 already. In a couple hours I'll be getting ready to head home. Crazy.

Except now I have some sinus irritation, which really sucks. Back of my throat and my left nostril are burning. Probably dried out.

Still have like 20 minutes before I have to start heading back. Guess I'll browse the web.

in the few minutes i have before i have to go to work, i think i'll write a quickie anime post.  i've picked up a handful of new series in the past week or so.

Toradora! - i wasn't too sure about this one.  the manga is pretty awesome, i've heard really good things about the light novels, but i had two qualms about the anime adaptation.  the first is kugimiya rie as taiga.  don't get me wrong, she has a great voice, but i was sure she would be forced into using her louise voice for taiga and to be honest i'm getting sick of that typecasting.  japan is in love with tsunderes and always will be, so that typecasting will probably never go away.  but for taiga, she is using a much deeper version of louise and only gets up into louise range when she's yelling.  i have to say i was pleasantly surprised to hear that voice.  my other qualm was with taiga's character design.  i was on the fence until i started watching it, and now it doesn't bug me quite so much.  i'm enjoying it fairly well, though i do wish they'd slow down a bit.  the second episode blew nearly to the end of the published manga chapters.  i know they have a lot of material from the light novels to draw from, but if the pacing is off it won't matter.

Kemeko DX! - i had no idea what this one was about.  i heard /a/ praising it, and just dived in.  it's another one of those frantic action comedies that i love so much, so i'm really looking forward to new episodes.  also it's good to hear kawasumi ayako's voice again.  the doll-robot thing is kind of creepy though.

Akane-iro ni Somaru Saka - from the length and translation of the title, i figured this came from an eroge.  i wasn't sure i needed another eroge adaptation at this point, but when i learned about the all-star cast that had been lined up for it, i figured i'd give it a shot.  it's playing on some big stereotypes, like the isolated rich girl and the loving, doting younger sister who might not be related to the main male lead.  and i know she's trying as hard as she can not to, but every once in a while hirano aya lets a little konata slip out.  i'll see where it goes for now, the plot is advancing along at a rather even clip so there will definitely have to be some drama later.

Clannad After Story - same ol' clannad.  not much to say here.

Black Lagoon - with every episode of this i watch, i have to hold back the urge to slap myself silly for not watching this sooner.  it is intensely badass.  i wasn't sure what the plot was about, and the images i'd seen posted on /a/ shed little light on it.  but about ten minutes into the first episode i was hooked, and i stayed up an hour too late watching episodes.  i'm up to episode 5 at this point, and i really want the day to end so i can watch more.

Sunabozu and Toaru Majutsu no Index - haven't started either of these yet.  i've heard some excellent things about Sunabozu, so i figure it'll be another slap-self-silly restraint session.  Toaru Majutsu i'm pretty much in the dark about.  i've read some plot summaries, and it seems interesting enough.  i've gone down that road before, though, and a series can go either way for a person when you know next to nothing about it.  i've found some real gems for myself that way, and i've found some amazingly awful series.  we'll see.

alright off to work i go.

A cafe near work has public wi-fi, and I have about ten minutes before imy lunch break is over. So, here I am.

What to talk about...well, I had to "freeze" my kumatan last night. I hadn't played in almost two days, and I won't have a lot of free time until the weekends. That is too long to keep her waiting. So I pulled the save data and zipped it up. I'll hold onto it for a while. It's silly, but it's kind of sad. Although, I'm sure in a few weeks I'll be on to something else.

It started to feel like work. Before I was employed, I could devote a ton of time to it. Now I only have fits and starts anymore, and being "obligated" to turn it on every day to feed her and pet her doesn't fit in with my schedule. It was fun while it lasted.

Well, this entry was a lot longer than I thought it would be and my thumbs are getting tired. Later.

hooray for almost a week without a post.

my first three days went very well.  day 1 was a little harsh, mostly because i got next to no sleep the night before and spent the entire day listening to lectures and reading training manuals.  thursday was a lot better, as i not only read manuals but i also observed several people doing actual work.  friday went great, i've started my actual training with practice data that i can completely decimate and make all kinds of wacky mistakes with.  so far i've made a few beginner mistakes, which is how we all learn.  so things are going well.  i'm looking forward to how things will go today.

in gaming news, i'm making progress in kumatanchi, but it's starting to feel more and more like work rather than gaming, so i'm not sure how much longer i'll be able to keep playing it.  the thing is, though, if i stop then i'll have to delete my save data so i don't feel awful about not feeding kumatan for months.  but that will also mean, if i stop i stop forever.  i have an idea for how to get around that, but it'll still tug at the heartstrings.

i've also gotten back into WoW.  i cancelled my account a while back, having lost interest after being faced with a 3 level flat grind to finish some quests.  i was also concerned about money, since it was nearing the end of the semester and i wasn't going to get financial aid anymore.  but now that i'm working, i can afford the cost of WoW.  as well, i read on wowwiki that a new patch had introduced mounts at level 30.  i stopped my game at level 27, so i had to get back in.  i managed to grind up to 30 in about two days, got my mount, and now i'm back on track.  i've got a couple of quests in my queue, so i'm looking forward to having some spare time to work on them.

gotta leave soon.