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A Decade of Digital.

Posted by terri | Filed under digital life, geektech, natsukashii

It was over 10 years ago on December 25, 1998 that I got my first digital camera. It was a Fujifilm DX-7 camera that my parents had gotten for me for Christmas.

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De-Scrooged?

Posted by terri | Filed under heart, home, natsukashii, watashi

We are at last in December and with Thanksgiving done and gone, it is time for the Christmas spirit to come into full swing. For about 10 years or so now, December hasn’t filled me with any Christmas spirit for a variety of reasons. I am, however, hopeful that this year will be different.

Kicking off Christmas: Happy December 1st!

Without going into too much detail, I want to say that life this year has definitely been more settled as opposed to the past 10 years, and I think it’s finally time to embrace the Christmas spirit. I’ve been thinking of ways that I could “de-scrooge” myself as I have normally been “bah humbug” about the entire holiday season. I came up with a couple of things, some of which I probably WON’T go through with.

Christmas Tree: The last time I had a Christmas tree in my house was in 1996. Every Christmas tree we got years prior were awesome, though our decorations were a bit ghetto fabulous. It definitely brought a spirit of Christmas that not even the most tricked out gift could. As much as I would love to welcome that wonderful, nostalgic scent into my home, it certainly is not practical enough for me to get one. I won’t have much presents to put under the tree and the electricity bill at my house runs high enough as it is. I admit, I feel a bit of the “mommy pangs” when I think about Christmas trees, because I think I can only justify getting one if I had a child to enjoy it. Not gonna happen this year.

Christmas Baking: I definitely take joy in baking and creating stuff in the kitchen, but my success rate has never been good and so I find that I have not been doing it much lately. I think Christmas time is as good enough a time as ever to start again. I’m thinking of cookies and other desserts that I can try my hand at to give out at Christmas time. And if Hunny volunteers to do the dishes, I can be even further motivated!

Christmas Party: I mentioned back in July or so that I wanted to do some kind of housewarming party to celebrate the closing of the “sale” on the house. I’ve made the house a little more inviting with the removal of a lot of clutter and the addition of a new TV, but I have to admit that I am still a little shy about bringing people into my house as I still feel it’s a bit messy and dare I say it, perpetually 汚い? Well, we shall see… I won’t rule it for this holiday season…

Photo Christmas Card: This tops the “most likely to do” list. It was actually Hunny’s idea that we do one this year. We haven’t discussed execution, but we don’t anticipate it being a huge production as I have seen with other people I know. And I think being the  geeks that we are, we probably will do it with iPhoto.

So my hope is that I will at least do one or two things to for the holiday season. My iTunes library has been rechecked with Christmas songs, and so I’m ready to get this season started…

Worth the weight?

Posted by terri | Filed under chub chub, natsukashii, watashi

I spent my day off alone today, so I figure I might as well do something productive that I can do myself and that of course was cleaning my house, namely my old room. I am ashamed to say that my old room has not seen a cleaning in more than 10 years. It has mostly been used for storage of all my stuff. Up until lately, I’ve been kind of a pack rat, but in my recent housecleaning frenzy, I’ve learned to get rid of stuff — not keeping things just for the littlest sentimental value. You can imagine that it in 10 years, a lot of stuff accumulates and rummaging through it becomes this wonderful trip down memory lane. And though there are so many things I could write about for the sake of nostalgia, I think it’s more appropriate to write about what I realize I need to do for my future.
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They’re back and they need work!

Posted by terri | Filed under natsukashii

So in case you haven’t heard or caught it on YouTube: the New Kids on the Block are reuniting.

And if you click on that link, you’ll agree: they sound HORRIBLE.

But apparently, it doesn’t matter how they sound. It’s fun having the New Kids on the Block back together. Whether you hated them or loved them, they have a special place in your childhood if you were born in the late 70’s, early 80’s. I guess you could say that they were the *NSYNC and Backstreet Boys of my junior high years. Seeing their Today Show appearance and all those “ladies” screaming and clamoring for them, it’s downright hilarious. I immediately thought of my best friend from elementary school being so crazy about them that her room was full of their stuff. Heck, she even named her cats Joe and Jordan. You could say that she was beyond “fan girl” status at that point. As for myself, I caught on to their infectious pop, but wouldn’t call myself a fan. My friend definitely amused me with her fanaticism, so much to the point that I would write short stories about her favorite boy band in a, uh, not so favorable light. Let’s leave it at that, but now I am curious as to where those stories went…hee hee.

I have to say I am so surprised that the New Kids on the Block are reuniting. I figured they’d be so over it, but hey, if you need the money, you need the money. And I think for those people looking to recapture a part of their youth, they’d dish out money for this once-defunct band’s reunion tour.

Way to milk that cow, guys!

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Hello from the island of O'ahu in the beautiful state of Hawaii. I am terri, a local girl who at 30 is trying to make sure that life doesn't entirely pass her by. I've recently become engaged and am enjoying living a great life in paradise.