Now me I'm sentimental, but I'm not one to cry

[psipsy]

Ok, so like many others that knew about it, I jumped on RightStuf's insane sale, and I go for the 25/$100 deal. Then I get the email telling me my stuff shipped, except for the backordered items, which meant only 4 DVDs actually shipped, and no idea when the others are going to show up. Lovely. Oh well, it's not like they're the only ones with sales, I got the entire set of Ikkitousen at Suncoast for $50.

New hard drive added to the stack, a 320GB that I have named Suigin Tou. For future plans, I'm gonna have to find some SATA/1394 bridgeboards before long, cuz SATA is starting to take over. (Tho there are SATA/IDE adapters; no word on how well those work yet.)

Higurashi no Naku Koro ni #25 made me squirm in my seat.

Assateague Island was much less busy than Ocean City, which equates to being more enjoyable for me. It was also post-Labor Day, which I think had a lot to do with it.

I want to go camping sometime! This would also involve getting a decent tent and sleeping bag. Or at least the sleeping bag, which I can use at conventions. Speaking of conventions...

This coming weekend is AWA! Which I'm not going to this year. Probably not next year either. I'm running into fewer and fewer people that I know at that convention and I'm finding I enjoy the road trip aspect of it more than the convention itself. Conventions next year are going to be fewer than this year, except for Anime Expo. Maybe I'll go to Ohayocon again. I dunno.

The workouts have been going well, typically one every other day. Initially the workouts themselves lasted about 40 minutes, but as I've increased the weights and repetitions, it's now over an hour long. There's also a change in my dietary habits. For example, instead of chugging a Big Gulp or two of soda, I'm down to a 20-oz bottle that can last me all day. Most of what I drink now is water. I feel good about this.

I miss the days when I would zip around on a bicycle, getting wherever entirely under my own steam, even if it was a range of only a few miles. But oh how that bike riding wrecked my knees. Hopefully some structured exercise will allow me to get back into that, coupled with the fact that I'm long past my late-teens growth spurt. I know of more than a few places that a bicycle would be great for, places that aichan95 and yamikochan wouldn't be able to access. Like those Rails-to-Trails.

Alright, I've rambled long enough; I'll stop polluting your Friends' Page now.

Comments

[rubian77.livejournal.com]

Camping at Assateague (according to my husband, who's done it) is great except for the ticks. If you do that, go late or early in the season!

You can get a tent at Kmart for $50, perfect for one. Sleeping bags are like $20-30, and I'd recommend a good one like Coleman otherwise the stuffing bunches up like a cheap throw pillow.

On bike riding... if you evenly build up your inner & outer thighs, quadriceps and hamstrings, it shouldn't throw your knees out of whack. I don't think it was the pedaling itself that killed your knees so much as your muscles not being equal.

[psipsy.livejournal.com]

It wouldn't be just camping at Assateague, but anywhere in general.

Coleman's good. My air mattress is made by them and it's held up great so far. The only limitation I have with it is finding decent enough floor space in someone's room at conventions, but a sleeping bag would be a lot more forgiving.

Hm, building up leg muscles evenly. I'll keep that in mind when I start the leg regimen at the gym soon. Especially with the inner/outer thighs.

[sarahstalcup.livejournal.com]

Yay for working out! Now clean your house! JUST KIDDING.

Anyway, I'm glad things are well. I find myself honesty becoming more and more dissapointed with conventions as a whole as the years go by.

I remember the good ol days when I actually got excited about a convention!

~Sarah

[psipsy.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it used to be that Otakon was THE convention to go to, but lately I think it's still going because of inertia. Everyone goes to it because everyone goes to it. Smaller conventions are where the fun is nowadays.

[resonant.livejournal.com]

Sammykins says you're mad at me ... so sorry! Can I send you manga to make up?

[animedude.livejournal.com]

Who the flurking shnit is Sammykins?! Because if you are talking about me, I am going to surgically remove you testicles. And by "surgically" I mean "forcefully with pinking shears"

[psipsy.livejournal.com]

Hm, I will make use of "flurking shnit" in the future.

[animedude.livejournal.com]

spread the word! I either made it up, or I heard it on the Simpsons. Either way, its gold.

[psipsy.livejournal.com]

I shall discuss the penalty directly with you.

[yamikochan.livejournal.com]

You shall have to... Face the wrath of Oyashiro-sama!

SKREE-SKREE-SKREE-SKREE-SKREE-SKREE-SKREE-SKREE-SKREE-!!!

[psipsy.livejournal.com]

Oh, cut that out.

Re those conventions...

[the-mind-of-gil.livejournal.com]

I realize that it would be quite far afield for you, but are any of the conventions that you have attended, regularly attend, or intend to attend [*grimace*] in Colorado? I'm probably going to be in Colorado Springs and the Denver area (visiting the cuzzes in the latter) for a week next April. I thought it would be gnarly (does anyone say "gnarly" any more?) if we ended up being in Colorado at the same time.

Of course, there is also the possibility that I'll be moving back to the Northeast sometime after next spring and will be close enough to your establishment to visit once in a while. If I do move back, I'll be looking for some extremely cheap digs.

Re: Re those conventions...

[psipsy.livejournal.com]

Hm, nope, nothing in the pipeline for me going to Colorado. Tho I'd like to take a road trip out there sometime.

If you pick PA again, rural areas in central PA are priced reasonably. Maryland is shiny, but their real estate market has a notoriously heavy crack habit.