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awkward_as_heck @ 2021-08-30T18:10:00

2021-08-30T09:26:17Z

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Happy Live Day 2

2020-06-18T12:29:47Z

~~Yes, I paid. Will fill out this post when I can watch it without the stream skipping.~~

Okay, rewatch was better.

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Stuff

2020-04-04T13:10:49Z

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Endless Koichi Aggrandizement. I mean Endless Shock. 10th Feb 2020.

2020-02-11T13:35:58Z

I’d had this ticket sitting on my shelf for a while now, but I wasn’t so excited. I’ve been so down recently, I jut don’t know. I haven’t been that impressed with the times I’ve seen Shock before. (Once live years ago back when I was living in Hokkaido, I came down to Tokyo for Shock and a bunch of other shows, and at least once on DVD back when livejournal was still fandom central).

It was pretty chilly today, so I wore a long coat to the theatre which was a good decision. Yurakucho is a bit of an odd place, lots of expensive designer shops mixed in with an assortment of restaurants. I went to a vegan place for a burger which was okay.

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More DELTA

2018-06-22T13:14:30Z

Between work making it impossible to do my LSA lessons and the patronizing e-mails I get from the course people I am so over bloody DELTA.

I cleared M3 off my plate after a rough all nighter but I've come to pretty much a dead standstill on the LSAs.

I was about to get ready to clear them off but then I got an e-mail from the course leader with a new schedule and I want to throw it away because it was just thrown at me, not consulted. No kind of real-feeling sympathy.

I'm going to go to my manager tomorrow and try and force the issue for the next two/three weeks so I can get back on schedule but things have been awful at work too. One of the super part timers is taking a massive chunk of time off over the summer which means everyone else gets to pick up slack. I just can't stand being there some days.

I'm going to try and misery it off tonight and kick my butt into gear to clear off the LSA drafts by the end of my weekend and force the issue of the classes by the end of July. I might be able to get back on the actual schedule that way.

It makes it worse to think that the course leader is saying I might have to shell out for the course again, which I know is a risk but it makes me feel so much worse. If I have to do the course again I'm most certainly not doing it with them.

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2018-05-08T14:53:35Z

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If this was the 110m hurdles, my shins would be bruised and my wrists broken.

2018-02-25T09:26:24Z

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DELTA. DICKS more like

2018-02-13T15:44:32Z

So, when I applied, over two months ago for module 2, I selected two orientation course locations, Osaka and Hanoi as they were geographically closest. They told me Osaka and they'd get the information to me in good time. Well, we're under the four week mark, still nothing. So I sent an e-mail to ask about two days ago. Got a reply about two hours ago.

Their response, simply: Looks like Osaka is a no go as no other candidate has applied to it, so can you go to another location.

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I did plan the budget with slack in for a further away trip, but no warning that Osaka might not work until four weeks to go? And only on my prompting no less. What the hell are they thinking? An international trip is a much bigger undertaking than an internal one and takes so much more time to plan/co-ordinate. The best price deals are long gone. I hate flying. I have to buy health insurance. I have to dig out a big suitcase.

It looks like I'll be going to Dublin. I guess I can be happy that they still have courses available within the dates I booked off. But I don't wanna. I have to screw around with so much money stuff, sort insurance. I don't think visas will be a big deal (ETA they aren't, British Passport) but medication might. I have to sort airport shuttles and money changing and I want to cry and throw up just thinking about it.

I feel sick. The whole evening is shot and I need to work on goddam M3. I've got in-text stuff to re-write and appendices to make and just...

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The end is sort of in sight?

2018-02-10T14:24:27Z

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DELTA again.

2018-02-02T14:13:29Z

I have had a week.
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DELTA continues to drag.

2018-01-17T14:58:02Z

I swear to Cthulu if I didn't need this qualification...
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awkward_as_heck @ 2017-07-28T21:27:00

2017-07-28T13:10:03Z

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medical stuff

2017-05-22T06:50:03Z

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awkward_as_heck @ 2017-05-15T16:14:00

2017-05-15T07:31:04Z

I just don't know what to do some days.
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awkward_as_heck @ 2017-04-23T20:03:00

2017-04-23T11:19:03Z

God. Some days.

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KAT-TUN 10Ks Report, All three days

2016-05-03T13:14:10Z

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Dreamboys JET review SPOILERS

2013-09-06T14:16:17Z

SPOILERS

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awkward_as_heck @ 2013-05-09T22:21:00

2013-05-09T14:51:20Z

Urgh.

So I generally try to go about life without poking my head too far above the parpet and having lived in Japan for nearly three years with a mostly positive experience and haven't had to really. Tonight though.
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Fic: The Man in the Mirror

2012-03-18T12:03:23Z

Title: The Man in the Mirror
Author: awkward_as_heck
Fandom: Engine Sentai Go-Onger/Kamen Rider Kabuto
Characters: Suto Hiroto/Yaguruma Sou, Go-Ongers
Rating: Teen
Warnings: Violence
Disclaimer: Don't own
Summary: Hiroto has a choice to make.
Notes: Post series AU. Has vague connections with a couple of my old LJ fics; Old Wounds and The Object of Everyone's Affection but stands completely on its own.

( The Man in the Mirror. )

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The Kamen Rider Meme

2011-09-08T12:35:58Z

The one that was your first: Den-O

The one with the best theme song: Kabuto- Next Level

The one that made you laugh the most: Den-O. The first episode had a dude on a bicycle in a tree and the lulz only went up from there.

The one that made you cry the most: W. Ep48 got me good.

The one that surprised you: W. At the previews I was 2 in 1? WTF. They won me over very quickly.

The one that didn't meet your expectations: Theres quite a few but Kiva stands out the most. It had everything to be really good then just sort of petered out.

The one with the best relationship: Tendou and Kagami. It took them a long time but they built an awesome dynamic.

The one with the best fight scenes/action: Theres a lot of good stuff throughout the series. Kamen Rider One and Two have their classic Rider Kick. Gills had some pretty brutal fights in Agito. Ryuki has some good stuff between the human riders. Hibiki was pretty novel. Ryuu-Den-O was awesome. W made a art out of form switching. Theres a lot of good in a lot of different ways across the franchise.

The one with the best suit design/transformation scenes: The realisation of W's concept is excellent.

The one that you compare all the others to: As a benchmark for comparison Den-O, it was my first, it'll always be what I come back to. That said each title exists on it's own merits and it is quite hard to compare them with one another except in very broad terms.

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Re: Doctor Who: Let's Kill Hitler

2011-08-28T12:23:04Z

( Spoilers )

This could be a lot longer but I find myself not caring that much. Thanks for making Doctor Who dull Moffat.

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This is a Doctor Who rant.

2011-04-24T02:34:54Z

SPOLIERS probably.

( So yeah, Doctor Who and all that )

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Gacking from Meg and Mariko

2011-03-16T09:21:06Z

Basically gimme two or more characters out of my fandoms who aren't usually paired together (by me/others), and I'll write a paragraph with them together. Characters can be from the same fandom or from different fandoms.

Brief fandom rundown because I haven't talked about fandom stuff in forever:

KR: Agito-OOO (But not Hibiki)
Sentai: Timeranger, Abaranger-Goonger (I missed a lot of Goseiger and I don't want to try Goukaiger just yet)
Tomica Hero Rescue Force but not Fire

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My thoughts on Gokaiger

2011-02-14T11:56:39Z

First thought: Red has a big mouth and kind of resembles Katori Shingo from SMAP.
Second: Where to they find these crazy tall blue dudes?

So I kind of like it so far. I think the overall team look is better, Blue's height is offset by Red's broad shouldered build which is a step up from last year, I always thought Hyde made Alata and Eri look like kids. Also my anti red bias has not kicked in yet which is pretty impressive 'cause the last time that happened was back when I watched Time and Abaranger. Whilst I appreciate that the Red is the focal point for the series I nearly always find the other characters more interesting. Whether or not this will turn out to be true, I don't know but it would be nice to get an atypical red and I think the pirate motif will allow it. Blue, I like Blue, nothing out of the ordinary there. Appropriately interesting past please. Yellow, liking. Green, liking, I just hope they don't overplay the physical comedy. Pink, hopefully the manners will mellow a little but I think the 'Princess' character could be a good counterpoint to the pirate mentality.

In all: Toei, you've got something good, don't screw it up.

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Japan

2010-08-05T09:21:28Z

So, I've made it safely to my host town in Hokkaido.

I have lovely chalet to live in and everyone seems really nice.

I was glad to arrive as Tokyo was like walking into a wall of moisture everytime you left the wonderfully air conditioned shops but was still loads of fun.

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