Not having any patience for drinking tall cup after tall cup of Starbucks (because grande is already too much) to get my own Starbucks planner for this year (which I slightly regret, as Starbucks has finally learned to make their planners cute and easier to carry around), I made my bffl Rye buy me a "Navigator" planner. I realize it's designed for someone who constantly travels, but even though I have only one destination planned for 2012 (Japan in November! :D!!!!!111!1), I'm hoping (and money-willing) I'll be inspired to get out more (cough calling frostbittenlove 8D).

In a lot of ways, I can't wait to see what 2012 has in store for me. :D (And that's not just because of the free coupons inside the planner, hee.)

This short post is brought to you by Ryo's psycho face
whilst he holds a fish which he has only recently learned to like eating

I would, if LJ isn't down like half the time 8( (No, okay, I'm just lazy. And reblogging is so much easier...orz)

But for now--


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Coming up (hopefully soon): a long-winded (I hope not) post on online affection (or too much of it) and/or How I Turned My Family Upside Down By Posting A Status on FB About Twilight And My Twitwat Cousin Felt The Burning Need To Defend It.

This post if brought to you by Ryo's hand in his pants

A long talk with a senior officemate has ultimately made me realize several things; not that these things haven't crossed my mind before, but they became more clear now:

- since our editing unit is actually more of a 're-editing and quality check' unit, there really is no room for creativity. Hence, when it comes to promotions, we're based not on skill but on leadership.

- Leadership? Please. I'm a Leo, I was born to bitchslap people into submissiveness. But what I was never born to do is to kiss people's asses to please them. Especially if they're blithering idiots who obviously got to the top because they kissed asses themselves, but practically have zero leadership.

- another way to be promoted in our unit is to 'step up,' according to SO (senior officemate). Training them and assisting them in their work would be a good start. Which actually wouldn't be too hard for me, since the probies already think I'm a senior.

But then. But then. Another thought hit me. DO I ACTUALLY WANT TO BE PROMOTED?

Of course you do, people would say. Promotion is good, it has higher pay, etc etc. BUT. In my company, being promoted from a junior video editor to a senior doesn't actually give a significant raise to our salaries. Plus it would mean more kissing of asses, which I absolutely abhor. Sure, Leos are born leaders. But we're also lazy. I'm not going to put effort into something I don't really want. And if I'm going to be completely honest, the only reason I'd want to be promoted is because the others who came in much later than I did would be promoted before me.

Oh well. Decisions, decisions. At least I'm still getting paid. Office work is not my life. It's just a hobby I spend nine hours on five days a week.

--that I'm actually typing up this random post just to say so.

I looked through my f-list and all I see are community posts. Apparently everyone stayed away from LJ like I did?

Wow, hello. It's been awhile since I last posted. (I hope my posts don't start like this every time, haha.) Tumblr has admittedly been keeping me away, and even though I once vowed not to fall under its spell, I've been tweeting a lot instead, too. (I have two accounts. Cough. And I have three Tumblrs. Four, counting the other one I made for when/if I leave LJ but I'm still here, so I pretty much think I'm not going to.)

My life for the past months, in summary and bullet points for easy perusal:

→ I turned 26 last July 26. I'm a dork, I actually think that's cool.

→ However a week before my birthday, I arrived at work dizzy and nauseated and actually ended up doing a fantastic artwork of my dinner all over the third stall of the female rest room at work. The diagnosis said acute gastroenteritis and possible vertigo, but to my knowledge it's really just food poisoning. Apparently fish goes bad easily. No, I did not know that. All I remember was how delicious the leftover fish and chips tasted, only to be horribly ejected from my stomach hours later. It was the first time I vomited so much that I was already retching bile. Burns the throat, that. I have more TMI stories from my second venture into an emergency room for the second time in 2 years (the last time was when I slipped and fell down the stairs last year. Mind you, both accidents/illnesses I've had that had me end up in an ER happened while I was on night shift duty. Therefore NIGHT SHIFT IS HAZARDOUS TO MY HEALTH!!) such as apparently when they attempted to stick a needle in my left hand, the vein swelled up (I wasn't looking like the little kid that I was), but I won't tell them all. 8D Anyway, I'm all recovered!

→ HOWEVER, I am currently undergoing therapy for muscle spasms in my neck. Apparently my neck, shoulder and back muscles are tight--literally. Which means they're stressed. And the stress comes from sitting too much. FUUUUUU. Who knew sitting is also hazardous to your health?! 8( Yesterday morning (because it's almost 1AM here) was actually the last session for now. I'm glad, but I actually want more. Massages are actually better when it's done by physical therapists. XD

→ Due to the deal I've made with sinonymity where she watches a Ryo drama for a Maki drama I'll watch in exchange (I still can't get her to watch 1LoT though, drat. HI SIS ♥), I've finished Atashinchi no Danshi and am currently watching Hana Kimi. I don't know about the remake, but man, the ikemen in Hana Kimi. I crush on Tennouji and his moobs. Also I've come to realize that I'm not attracted to Shirota Yu. Maybe it's the way his hair is styled in the drama, idk. I'm also watching Zenkai Girl. I'll refrain from spazzing here since I already do so much of it in Twitter, rofl. (Needlessly to say I fell in love with the drama from the first episode alone. However, I still remember my beloved Hongo family with Sky-ghost fondly ♥)

→ At the work front, we have a whole batch of probies. They all call me 'Ate,' not because I'm older than them (or so I like to think LOL) but because they're actually quite young (19-20). Funnily enough, they actually think I'm one of the senior editors even if my rank is still junior. LOOOL. I feel flattered despite the truth that my bosses will never promote me because I'm a pain in their necks.

→ I've enrolled for Japanese classes at my alma mater and I AM SO EXCITE UOIQWUQOIW. I've been trying to self-study, but I've hit the part where Kanji comes in and it confuses me like heck. This time, by studying formally, I hope to conquer it. Also this way when me and my bff Rye finally go to Japan for vacation next year, we won't wander around looking like the lost idiots we would be IF I learn enough.

→ Earlier I bought anti-wrinkle creams for my face and eyes. I've been meaning to for some time, actually. Does anybody else use them? The brand I bought was Nivea because the prices of the Olay and L'Oreal ones were like WHOA. I find it funny how I get fussier with my face/body care as I grow older.


So how have you guys been? ♥