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[Nichi]

I know he's around, as about a week ago I accidentally messaged him on Steam, waking him up, when I was trying to message Stew ^^;;

Tonight, after I get off work, there will be more Portals -w-

[Bella]

@everyone but cockle: this is us:

N'aww, that's sweet. ;w;

On that note, Kari, we really should hang out some time this summer. Idk how/when, but I'm considering taking a trip to Boston sometime, and it would be a lot of fun to go with you! :>

so guys, i just noticed something.....where the hell is nej? i haven't seen him post in at least a month, wtf is going on?

Oddly enough, I was thinking the same thing a few days ago. I chalked it up to him being busy with university / finals / possibly graduation. At any rate, hearing that Pent's been in contact with him made me less worried, though I still miss having him around.

Today I combated my sadness through CONSUMERISM! Dad and I went to Concord, looked at fancy-ass plants in a nursery (he wants some lilacs, lupines and at least one Japanese maple ...) and I petted all manner of exotic / fluffy / prickly plants (including a topiary carved like a bear, lol), because I'm the sort of lunatic who runs around rubbing her hands on trees and bushes. Then went over to Sally Beauty Supply where I bought some new processing caps and a dye application brush (since I lost my last one...) and I also found some awesome-looking nail polish on sale. Then we headed over to the new Asian market, where I picked up some mochi and a bottle of strawberry Naipis, which is basically the Taiwanese answer to Calpico/Calpis (and just as tasty). Then it was off to browse the mall and pick up some more hair dye since I'm out — Hot Topic had a buy one, get one half off sale so I bought two bottles. Picked up a couple things at Target, including a really cute pair of flats on clearance for $10, which is great because I literally have no "nice" summertime shoes.

After that, we headed over to this other shopping complex to go to Moritomo, a very nice Japanese restaurant my programming professor told me about. It was closed until dinnertime (4:30pm) so I wasted time at Books A Million while dad checked out his stores. Then we went to Moritomo. The restaurant didn't disappoint - the wasabi shumai were TO DIE FOR, the chicken karaage was delicious and crispy and I had green tea and red bean ice cream for dessert, IT WAS SO GOOD, I HAVE TO THANK MY PROFESSOR FOR TELLING ME ABOUT THAT PLACE~~~

[Chocofreak13]

i haven't had karage in so long you lucky bit---
and adzuki and green tea ice cream, oh god i hate you ;^;

and we totes need to go to boston together. if you could manage to stay in the area for a day or two, i'd drag you on a driving vacation. >:3


@pent: glad to hear someone's in contact with him! tell him to post moar. :0

[Nichi]

Will do if I get in contact with him again ^^;

@Bella: Sounds nice :3
Also, I so wish I could join you but it's pretty much 200% guaranteed to not happen unless I either give up all hope of moving or throw what little money I have into a one-way ticket and simply not go home :\

[Bella]

@Pent: *hugs* :C

@Kari: Next time you're in Concord you should go! The food was delicious, the place had nice ambiance/atmosphere, the waiters and staff were nice, and the prices were good too. It's easy to get to as well - it's literally just a minute's drive off the interstate, in that really big shopping plaza with the Staples, Books-A-Million, GameStop and Eastern Mountain Sports (and a few other shops i'm forgetting). :O

As for visiting for a day or two — I would really like that and I think I could probably manage it. ^^

[Chocofreak13]

sweeeeet. i say we aim for july.

also, i should mention that to my mum. most of the business we've had in concord has been in the early mornings, but if the prices are cheap maybe we could make an evening of it. :0

[Cockleshell]

What's this?! You guys are traveling in Massachusetts without me?!? I wanna come ):

[Chocofreak13]

driving vacations are goooooooo~

[Bella]

sweeeeet. i say we aim for july.

also, i should mention that to my mum. most of the business we've had in concord has been in the early mornings, but if the prices are cheap maybe we could make an evening of it. :0

What time in July are you thinking? Because early-to-mid July would probably work best for me. I'm planning on taking the bus down, so I'd need somebody to drop me off, and there also needs to be somebody around to take care of Luci. So it would be best to aim for a time when my dad's at home. -w-

What's this?! You guys are traveling in Massachusetts without me?!? I wanna come ):

driving vacations are goooooooo~

Where are you/we thinking of going?

I'd like to go to Boston and maybe the NH seacoast (I've never really been over there), but you guys are more knowledgable about the region so I'm up for suggestions.

[Nichi]

So, one of 2k's hard drives is, in fact, trying to die on me. All evidence points to it: random lag spikes in Source games (Excluding TF2), the problems with Portal 2 last week, getting an I/O error while trying to torrent more anime...

I do have a replacement that could get me by...but I have to wait for Kari to get a list of the anime on a drive I sent her, so I know what I can safely get rid of from that drive :\

[Bella]

Oh shit. Make sure you backup everything important...

[Nichi]

Doing so now. The handful of Steam games I'm currently playing are backed up and can be quickly restored once I drop in the new drive, and I'm about to try and migrate over anything in the downloads folder I want to save (Especially Ranma 1\2; given that I just downloaded that)

EDIT: I think we'll delay Portal until I can get the new drive in. Want to take as much stress off of it as possible, so I don't lose everything :\

[Bella]

Good good.

And yeah, I figured we'd be putting off Portal until you get her fixed up. I was looking forward to playing with you but this is more important so don't sweat it. -w-

[Nichi]

Alright. I'll still be on after 9PM your time, so we can still IM -w-

[Chocofreak13]

@bella: the thing about driving vacations is that we never know where we're going to end up, we just drive~