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Morning Meditation
I am awake. I get to see my sisters for the first time in over a year. I get to cuddle with Michael.

The Post
So I'm gonna do something new here. Every post I write (which I will try to do every day), I will start with a morning meditation, whether or not it be morning at all. I'll try to post about three things that I'm thankful for each day. So yeah.

Got to hang out with my sisters today. Spent more than I intended, but meh. Had fun.

Getting my hair cut tomorrow. Can't wait. Gonna get it all short and choppy. Woot.

Catie's violin is done, so I'm gonna bring her to pick that up tomorrow, then on to Border's most likely. That should be fun.

Saturday, there's a concert that I'm selling stuff at. Here's hoping I can make a bit of money. Remy really wants his camera.

Nothing more to write right now. Maybe I'll make another post later.

Oh, and my check engine light is on again. I know what it is, but still. -sighs-

I apologize for anything that doesn't make sense... I'm watching something at the same time as writing this.

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Randi

Blah

Okay, so, while I don't have anything specific to write about right now, I decided I need to make an effort to write on a daily basis. At least something.

So. I have determined that I need an iPhone. Particularly an iPhone 4. My Pre keeps dying. Like, on a more-frequently-than-daily basis. I charged it to full late Monday night. It died around seven last night. Charged it to full again late last night. Let's see how long it lasts. I'm not even using it that much! What the hell! Maybe I should just leave my messengers offline. But there's a reason I leave them online! -sigh-

In any case, that's not the only thing I don't like about my Pre. I can't stand physical keyboard anymore. It was fine on the Rumor, okay on the Treo, but on the Pre, I'm sick of it. It needs to go away. I thought I would prefer it. I was wrong. Should have waited a couple months to get the iPhone. -sigh- All well. Hopefully they'll come to Sprint before my contract with them is up. I don't like AT&T or Verizon. Sprint has always had excellent customer service with me. Admittedly, I'm rather nice to people that are working. Or people in general. -shrug-

Remy is pissy 'cause he can't get his camera yet. Of course, quickly enough for him is he'd already have it, so... meh. Admittedly, I rather want it, too. Photography is fun. And it's not just him that thinks so. -shrug-

Get to claim my sisters tomorrow. Gotta tidy up my back seat to make room for them. I miss them. What with them being on the other side of the country until recently. So that's exciting. Of course, I'm not buying 'em anything but food, as I don't have the money, but I can take 'em around and show 'em the awesomeness that is my city.

Get to hang with Catie Friday. Going to Border's. That should prove fun. Anything with Catie tends to be fun and full of randomnosity. I love it. Hey, it's just now sinking in that Catie reads this thing! Without my prompting! Cool! I have a reader! Hi, Catie!!

In other news, I like ramen.

Also, moose eraser.

I have no idea.

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Randi

This is what happens...

When Catie's over and I get bored.

SO! Catie came over today. She's actually still here. Over my shoulder. Say hi, Catie!

"Hi, everyone!"

Thank you, Catie!

Anyway. So we're watching Supernatural, 'cause she got me hooked (-shakes fist-), and we got to being random, as we are wont to do. And I said I should draw a Devil's Trap on the inside of my trunk. And she's like, "Do it!" And I'm like, "I will!" And she's like, "I'm gonna hold you to it; you won't!"

I did.



Oh yeah. I think I just drastically either reduced or increased the value of my car.

So, this is what happens when Catie comes over and I'm bored. Mass chaos. And randomnisity.

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Randi

OCARINAAA!

So in case my last post made approximately -21% sense, I ordered an ocarina from Korea a couple weeks ago. So, I had been waiting impatiently for it to arrive. And guess what. It did today! Who guessed right? Oh, good, you get a cookie. No, not you, you should have guessed right. Maybe next time.

-ahem- Anyway! So, the ocarina I ordered is a Noble brand plastic alto C ocarina, in dark red. It's so pretty! It actually has some weight to it, too! It came with a simple fingering chart, a really soft pouch, and a neck strap. I am not exaggerating when I say I've removed it from my neck once since I put the strap on, to eat my ramen (om!). Which I forgot about during the cooking process (oops!). I was so busy looking at and practicing tabs that I left the water boiling for a half hour! Good thing I didn't add the noodles! o.o

Anyways, so I went from the Blue Oc of Death to my beautiful red ocarina that I have named Hassou {(n) Japanese for: expression (e.g. in music); idea; conception}. And her sound is so, SO much better than the Blue Oc of Death! Whereas the BOoD sounds airy and like it's dying, Hassou sounds beautiful, full, and clear! Click below for a sound sample of me (!) playing one of the first songs I learned, Zelda's Lullaby from...can anyone guess? You over there, want to redeem yourself? Yeeess, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. Now you get a cookie! Enjoy.



So, yeah, not much else to talk about right now. My arm still hurts from Saturday, though.

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Randi

Been a while...!

I'm sorry I haven't posted in a while! A few things have happened.

Let's see. We went to Anime Boston. Did Morty and Jasmine from Pokemon Soul Silver/Heart Gold as cosplays. Lots of people wanted pictures. It was fun. We did fairly well with sales, though not as well as we would have hoped. Meh. We likely won't be in the black this year, but that's all right. I expected as such.

So shortly after the con, I started attending nail tech school. I should be done that late September, early October. Can't wait! This will get me working in a job I can sit in! And I actually think it's fun!

In other news, I have a new obsession. This one is, thankfully, not nearly as expensive as some of my other hobbies, but is probably more time consuming. I have picked up a new instrument: ocarina! It's such a pretty instrument, and very small and portable! I will consider later posting a small clip of the first song I learned. No, it's not Hot Cross Buns. -shudder- But yeah, I like playing sweet potato style ocarinas, and currently have an 8 hole plastic piece of crap that should soon be replaced with a better, 12 hole version. Larger range, hi.

So yeah! Not sure what else to write, but there's a small update. ^^

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Ugh

I'm sorry I haven't posted... been super busy. Leaving in about six or seven hours for ANIME BOSTON! The biggest con I go to right now. I hope to change this some time, but I love Anime Boston. Bringing Jonathas and Hayato with me. Not sure about Ryuu and Karen. Ryuu needs his faceup sealed, and to have his eyes put back in, and Karen's wig needs to be secured.

I only have a few things left to do today! A couple things to pack, a couple things to finish when we get down there, but this should prove a very fun weekend! We don't have as much spending money going down as I would like, but meh. Should be fine.

Don't know what else to write about. I need to shut down and pack my computer. That should prove interesting.

I will post from the con, if I remember!

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Randi

Meat Blob

So I made dinner today. It came out awesome! So here's a recipe-of-sorts!

Ingredients:
-1lb ground lamb
-1 1/2lb ground beef
-about half a medium white onion, finely chopped
-2 eggs, beaten
-2 cups mozzarella
-1 1/2 cups cheddar/mozzarella mix
-several cloves of garlic
-1 1/2 tsps garlic powder
-1 1/2 tsps cumin

Directions:
Preheat oven to 350°
Mix the meat, onions, eggs, and a quarter-cup of mozzarella in a large bowl
We used a large tin disposable pan; they can be found at many grocery stores. Grease said pan. Or, you could use a loaf pan.
Put about a third of the meat in the pan. Spread the remaining 1 1/2 cup mozzarella over the meat, then add the remaining meat.
Spear the garlic into the meat; I used one about every three inches. Sprinkle the garlic powder and cumin over the meat.
Spread the cheddar/mozzarella mix over everything.
Bake for 45 minutes for a large tin, an hour in a loaf pan.

Et voila, hubby-dubbed meat blob!

The crispy cheese that ends up on top is the most flavorful! This has been dubbed by several people as, "The best meatloaf I've had in a long time." I'll be making it more often!

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-grumblegrumble-

So, we bought a replacement camera yesterday at Toys-R-Us, because that's where we were. When we got home, we opened it and took a couple photos. A couple hours after getting home, though, we found our good camera. So, we decided to return the one we bought.

Turns out Toys-R-Us does not allow the return of cameras once they're opened. I was quite upset. And I don't get upset at retailers very easily. So, we are now trying to sell it on Craigslist. If it's not gone by the time we leave for Anime Boston, we'll sell it there. Congoers that have forgotten their cameras or don't have one wouldn't mind buying one at AB.

On the plus side, we finally put some air in hubby's car's tires. So that's good. She's riding so much better now! Also, while we were at the gas station, I found for the first time in a long time one of my favorite snacks, so we picked some up.

We also cleaned up the floor under the table. It's so much nicer, now.

Jonathas has found a likely permanent place on the table, watching my type. He says 'hi'.

Nothing else to update on right now.

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Randi

Jonathas's New Outfit!

Jonathas's new outfit came in! So excited! Also, I finally found my good camera, so I have FINALLY captured his eye color properly! For the first time! I'm so excited! Oh, AND, my watch gears came in, too! There were two blue gem dials in them, treasures of finds! I'm considering getting two new custom wedding rings forged with them in silver, next to the brass dials with blue gems. I'm excited. Here's a picture! Click him to make him bigger! ^^ (Remy: Don't you wish you could do that with other 'him's?)



The gem doesn't show up as well, so here's a better picture of that...



I love it!

That is all!

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Randi

Wish me luck!

I am attempting to convince MOH to let us do an idea we had online instead of through snail mail, for your amusement!

See, we came up with the brilliant plan to be penpals! But not just any penpals, mind you! We have a requirement. Whenever we write, we need to be:

a) Sleep deprived

2) Writing in the style of the letter correspondence in a Jane Austen book (specifically Pride and Prejudice)

third) All of the above

(I do that... mix up my bullet markers...)

So wish me luck in convincing her! Hopefully, she can start a Blogger, and we'll just write back and forth! Great laughter is to be had! If I can get people requesting it on this post, she'll read it! Maybe it'll be enough to convince her! So come on, comment! Please? I wanna do it!

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Birthday part two!

Okay, so, it's later in the day, and it turned out to be pretty good. We went to one of my favorite restaurants for lunch buffet, and MOH surprised us by treating (MOH: "To make up for your birthday!" ->hubby), and then we came back to our place and watched lots of videos and Twilight with Rifftrax (the ONLY way to endure it, I tell you!). Lots and LOTS of laughter was to be had all around.

So we haven't had dinner, yet, but hubby had to go to work and MOH had to get home, so we had cake first. Black forest cake from Frederick's Pastries in Amherst. I LOVE Frederick's. We got our wedding cake from there. In a couple months, I will be able to report how the cake top tastes after a year of being frozen. They say to wrap it in plastic wrap, then tin foil, then more plastic wrap, then more tin foil, and put it in the freezer. ^^ It's marble cake with buttercream(?) icing. I can't wait.

Anyway, MOH is now home (-sad-), hubby has left for work, and I am sitting here, typing at you! A "Happy birthday" thread has been posted on the Junky Spot forums for me, which makes me happy and feel welcome. I've only been a member there for, like, a month! So they're pretty awesome. And you should totally consider buying from Emory, he's amazing, and if it's not listed on the Junky Spot website, but it's a company he carries, he can likely get it. ^^

ANYWAYS, I have no clue what else to write about. SO! If I think of anything else, I'll make another post. Otherwise, oyasumi!

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Randi

Wow

Okay, so, I'm awake in the AM. This post can be proof of my being awake before 11, even! OMG! But, we're going out to lunch today, and the lunch buffet at one of my favorite restaurants closes at 2:30, and we need to pick up my best friend first. Also, I'm kidnapping her for several hours. XD Today should prove super-fun. If for no other reason because I'm spending it with hubby and best friend. I need to come up with an intarwebs nickname for her. I mean, I call my husband 'hubby'... I'll think of something later. I simply refuse to use the word 'bestie' other than to mock those that use it or in an ironic sense.

So we're going to San Fransisco Kitchen on Main today. It's a tradition; on either of our birthdays, we go there for lunch. On his birthday, we brought his best man and his girlfriend. Oo, that's what I'll call her! MOH! Maid of Honor. 'Cause that's what she was! Anyway, this place has the best crab rangoon and rice noodles ever! I'm excited. Nan King has better chicken wings, but we can get Nan King any day. Today calls for tradition.

I can now call myself a 'twenty-something'. I just need two more years, and then to stop. 24 and I'm done. Gotta be able to rent a car! Don't care about running for office. I'll vote, but don't ask me to run anything. But, yeah, that's what I've always said: I just want to reach 24 and stop. Aging, that is. People say they want to be 18; what about drinking? So they say 21. What about renting a car? Not at the same time, obviously, but still!

Well, my word, but this entry is all over the place! Well, not sure what else there is to say right now. Will update later with how predictably awesome (or unpredictably awful, gods forbid) my day went!

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Randi

First post!

Well, this is my first post as my new internet presence. Six years ago, I sought a good user name to convey what I thought of myself. Of course, "Kitsune" was taken, so I tried several variations, and chose "XkytsuneX". Well, it's been six years. I figured it was time I dumped the username I made when I was not yet sixteen, and, in time for my twenty-second birthday, adopt a new name. I have really been opening up to the fact that I have multiple personality lately, and I'll always be a fox, so I, after much fun with NameChk.com, chose FourPartFox. Now, not all four parts are foxes, but the main two are, so meh.

To read this properly, I will assign one of four tags to every post. Randi will be me, the main personality. Remy is my brother; more level-headed, but moody. Adrian will be the voice of all of my characters, as that is what he was before he became a personality. Beast is my rage. Whichever of those four tags is present, that is who is speaking.

On the eve of my birthday, I write this. In an hour and fifteen minutes, I will be legally twenty-two. In two hours thirteen minutes, I will be officially twenty-two. I was a pain even back then! Going out to lunch tomorrow with husband and best friend, then cake. Saturday, it's a cookout as a going-away party for a cousin, and then out to dinner with husband and his family. Next week, we leave for Anime Boston. Somewhere between all this partying, I need to get a lot of stuff done. Yay!

Well, not sure what else to post right now, so... I'm done for now. On to my traditional blog signature!

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Randi