Yep - the sky's the limit - no wait - that should be FLOOR! 

That's one cute hair minion.  How's the training going?

Sakina--Thanks! He's a cute and very funny dog. The training? It's not going too well. Everytime I give him a comb, he looks at me and expects me to comb him! I'm not sure who's the hair, er, master and who's the minion.

Lisabelle--Thank you! It's kind of neat to be at waist length, and only now do I consider my hair to be "long." And thanks for the forum sympathy. How long did you stay on that anime writing forum?

On getting older--Although I'm only entering my mid-twenties, I've come to realize that I have reached an age where I'm "old" compared to people other than elementary school students. A few months ago when I was working with the six-year-olds at Kids First (a one night program for kids and parents going through divorce), one of the girls asked me how old I was and when I told her she said, "You're the same age as my dad. Do you want to go out with him?" I replied, "Ah, no, that's alright." Mentally I was going: o_O

Wait, did that even explain my feelings of being old compared to high schoolers? Sorry, who ever is reading this. I've been up since 4:45 am and my brain is a bit fuzzy.

Lisabelle--Thank you! It's kind of neat to be at waist length, and only now do I consider my hair to be "long." And thanks for the forum sympathy. How long did you stay on that anime writing forum?

I stood for about a year.  I left after I realized my stories were not hitting the mark with the club.  Young kids do not like romantic stories.  And for all the amime they watch, you would think they would know a bit about Japanese myths.  Sadly no  .

LOL!  That's a "great" picture! I needed that chuckle.  Thanks!

Lisabelle--I think you stayed longer than I would have if I were on that board. I can see how they wouldn't know about Japanese myths. The few anime shows I've seen just touches upon aspects of Jpns mythology and I think only people who are really interested in learning more would go out of their way to do so. When "Pokemon" first came out the dubs were calling musubi/onigiri "doughnuts", for goodness sake

I know, I put up with a lot of taunting on that board.    That forum was into Inuyasha, Samurai X, Samurai Jack (not an Anime)  I was into Ghost in the shell, Ninja Scroll (great movie btw)!  Vampire hunter D, with Salior moon and Dragonball just for fun.  I cracked down and learned as much as I could about Jpns mythos and there's more to learn!  I would get ideas form the old mythos and make my own stories.  In my album you saw some of the characters I created.  I was quite moved by the 47 retainers and created a character from Juroemon, expert at the Naginata.  My friend, Kirin-san, loved this story so much she translated it and handed it out in her office in Japan!  They loved it!  I was so embrassed ^ ^;;;!
Sorry for rambling away on your journal.

Thank you!  Your such a sweetie! 

Warning: this post is pretty much me complaining about telemarketers from a certain credit card company. Turn back now if you don't have a problem with them.

Telemarketers (grrrr)--For nearly two weeks I've been getting calls from a certain credit card company. Well, the calls are actually for my mom, but since they call while she's at work, I'm the one who has to talk to those people. Anyway, it wouldn't be so bad if the telemarketers only called once a week or even once a day, but it's twice a day and it's always the same people!

I've gotten so fed up that since yesterday I don't even bother saying, "Sorry, we're not interested." Yesterday morning when I got a call, after asking who was calling and the lady began asking me if I was over 18 and wanted a credit card, I cut her off and said, "I know it's your job, but can you guys stop calling? This is getting annoying." There was a pause and she said, "Oh, well if you have any questions, call blah blah blah." Me, "Uh-huh" and hung up.

Then in the afternoon I got another call from the same company and I said, "You people keep calling, but we're not interested." Then there was a pause and the usual, "if you have any questions please call..."

I'm really tired of having to hear that ending part so when I got a call not too long ago (it was just barely 9AM in my area), I hung up before the woman even got to the "please call" bit. The conversation went like this:
Telemarketer: Is Mrs.------- there?
Me: Who is this?
TM: This is ---- credit card company.
Me: She's not here. Bye. *hang up*

The telemarketers are just doing their jobs so I feel a little bad for them and refrained from being even ruder, but things are getting rather ridiculous. I know I could start screening the calls and let the answering machine pick up, but that's almost like letting the telemarketers win and it makes things more inconvenient, especially if it's not a telemarketer; I hate phone tag.

Sorry for complaining like this, but I needed to vent. I feel better now.