nickchanger's blog - Archive: November 2010

Been one-and-a-half month since my last entry...! Probably a good indication that I'm kind of busy :) . So here is an update of what I've done since then.

Last week I passed the 3 months limit at work, basically meaning they need a proper reason to fire me :) . It also means that they will pay for my internet and phone bills. The internet have been ordered but have not been set up yet. Together with the phone bill I could get a new smartphone real cheap so I did, and I have been playing with it for the last few days. It is an HTC Desire Z. This means two things: It has an unfoldable QWERTY keyboard which, of course makes it a bit thicker and heavier than most other phones, and it uses the Android OS. One of the first things I did was to login to Facebook using the HTC Sence app and bamm all of my Facebook friends where added to the phone with picture and everything o.0 . So far the phone is great, but still have a bit of trouble knowing exactly what I am going to use it for - and damn it sucks it battery dry in no time :( .

One cool thing about my new phone is that I can set it up as a Wi-Fi hotspot and then use the wireless network in my computer to connect to the internet through my phones 3G network. The stupid thing is that it is actually a hell of a lot faster than my crappy mobile internet I am currently using :o .

A few weeks ago my parents held a party with my family and friends to celebrate that I was done with school, have found an apartment and gotten a job. As a bit of surprise to me people brought gifts :o . Most of them had asked my mom what I needed which was a good choice as I have no clue what I need >_< . That meant several gift certificates for cloths and different more practical stuff. My friends got me a book on "How To Draw Manga", so now I have to draw more :P . Already have but have not setup my old computer with the scanner in the new apartment yet so cannot show you any :P .

Friday I was at my first non-family Christmas dinner with the people from work and their wifes/girlfriends (and one husband). It was quite fun, great food and lots to drink. We filled a restaurant for the whole evening and cleared their stock of Snaps - which is kind of scary as most of us hate it. I do not understand how several kinds of Snaps all can taste so awful and still be produced in such amounts. Sweet to see co-workers, project leaders and bosses getting wasted though!

In the last week amazon.co.uk have held a black Friday sale. I did not find any interesting stuff in the lightning deals (others from work did though), but I suddenly got inspired to search for anime DVD's and I found some. Two new in the Studio Ghibli collection: "Ocean Waves" and "Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea". I also found two other films of interest: "Little Norse Prince" and "The Girl Who Leapt Through Time". The last of which might be my favourite anime film so far (so I got the collector's edition :P ). Hopefully they will arrive in the upcoming week.

Back in October I did something kind of insane (for me at least). I pre-ordered an anime figurine from Japan. First time I order something from outside Europe and North America, first time I order something that is supposed to just stand there doing nothing, and only the second time I pre-order something :o . When I placed my order it was set as an October release. When the 1st of November came it was changed to a November release. Mid-november they changed it to a December release, so now I'm not sure I'm even getting it this year :( . I considered pre-ordering another figurine as well that would be released in January, but they have changed the pre-order date from November 2nd to December 2nd, and now I am not quite so sure any more. If only there was a bigger market for such figurines in Europe and North America :P . Oh and for the curious the figurine I have ordered is of Hitagi Senjougahara from Bakemonogatari and the one I am considering is of Mio Akiyama from K-On!