6/25/06 - i don't blog here at all do i? but at least if you are one of few that actually read this you can rest assured that i'm still alive ^_^ 11/10/05 - ...... and that would sum up the amount that i have written here in oh, 5 months? >.< sorry nick i should be writing here more, but the net just doesn't call me like it once did.... i guess have been WAY wrapped up in my pursuits of people here in CA.... Seiichi.... Daisuke.... chasing after boys isn't always the most time productive activity, but it was fun, until the rejection hits.... now though? dunno. i keep chuggin along, often sprinting or mad dashing along, like i always do, preoccupied with one thing or another, always worried that i am overlooking other loose ends and connections in my life.... I just- dunno, well i can think of nothing more foremostly than going back to Japan. but my biggest trouble is that i have things i want to have happen this month, while the opportunity presents itself, and i'm afraid my plans will go unrealized.... ahhh the nebuleousness of the future. Well i hope that satisfies you update-junkies. ^_^ i think i will make that blog of my Japan trip, maybe now. Take care all. Claire p.s. here's the long awaited japan blog. https://www.angelfire.com/dragon/hikaruclaire/are_you_ready.htm 6/25/05 - Hahahahahah hahah! It's been so long since i ranted here! That's because only Nick ever reads this..... HI NICK! But I've just been not in the mood to glue myself infront of my computer to update this or my headband site. But now my headband site needs attention badly so i will rant here for the heck of it. Rant rant rant rave rant rant rave rave rave blah blah rant blah yaddy yaddy yadah blah blah. Isn't that profound? ^_^ But seriously, it had been a weird week. I feel like i have been floating in a river with many others and the sand grains of time have been slowly sifting through my fingers. I've been busy but i can't tell if I am accomplishing what i really want to accomplish.... meh. I really already feel like summer is almost over since it's only 3 weeks left until Japan.... Why do i feel like i need more time instead of eagarly awaiting my once in a lifetime trip? I want to live my life without any regrets so that i have nothing to feel sorry about or felt like i missed something in the future. 3/2/05 - Ho hum, ho hum, a pirates' life for me~! Heheh dunno, not much to say, haven't updated at all but thought it would be slightly prudent to rant a little.... going to Anime Overdose this weekend, yay! .... and my teachers at my college are going on strike... not sure how to react, no classes is messing some of my friends over.... dunno, hopefully, this won't last longer than a week... 2/15/05 - >^.^< **nyaoo!** kawaii nihon no neko ^^ just because i need to rant here more so i will. Hi nick. oh and ANOTHER british guy wants a headband. Ha go figure. 2/12/05 - HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY (nick and others)! Ahh that felt good to yell... ^_^ yah yah my headbands are selling like hotcakes! Some one asked me how would you know if hotcakes sold well... i said that you could tell if they were all gone! And what else, oh i've had 2 guys from britian want to buy a headband from me, funny what's up with all these Brits and my stuff... the second guy is also trying to get his friends to buy my stuff too.... i think i might give them a deal if they all order their's together.... you know, save on shipping, and whatnot.... nah i'll charge them all full price, i need the money.... i looked at my headband hours log and i've put almost 100 hours into makinig these things.... o.o it's kind of rediculious how slow i am. i really need to speed up so that i'm earning more for my time.... and what else, oh oh I AM SO OBSESSED WITH BLEACH MANGA!!! it's crazy i'll read like 10 chapters in one sitting sometimes, i really shouldn't but i can't help myself.... i wonder if i should curse or hug Norbumaru for showing me directmanga.com in all it's downloadable splendor...... yaddy yaddy yaddy blah blah blah.... ^_^ oh and i'm taking an Ikkido weapons class right now and i love it! now i'm not just some sword nut who takes tai chi, i'm a sword nut who also pretends how to use a jo (staff) and nunchucks! BWHAHAHAH! Just so you know, this rant is not supposed to make anysense whatsoever, i just write here anyways because it's fun and because Nick (hi nick) reads this. i think i'm going to drink my coaca now. Jaa ne! 2/1/05 - Hurrah, hurrah!!! My first headband order has arrived! And she lives in... Wisconson? Meh, hey they sell! Let's see if the Penguin, Apple, and Windows sell..... 1/12/05 - I wonder why I find myself repeatingly resisting the temptation to redesign my site over and over again.... it's like every time i sit down to edit some small thing, i realize how much this other part sucks or needs editing, and if i didn't stop myself, i could very eaisly go on an potentially long tangent. Like i just look up on this site how to add a guestbook, and i saw a section on CSS, and almost, ALMOST began a redesign on the front page and the rest of the site! i know i want to redo it, it's much to cluttered, but i was just uploading some more photos! Argh, descrations, descrations (and that isn't even spelled right! u.u...) um anyway (Nick) so the images are updated....oh i am currently done with cutting the corners of the naruto headband metal plates and will be painting tomorrow..... annnnddd let's see if i get to updating my profile ^_^ goodnight... 1/7/05 - HURRAHHHHHH! HURRAH FOR ME! ^_^ Stage 1 of Project Headbands is complete! What does that mean? I've finished sewing all 30 headbands!!! For me, who can get overcome sometimes by daunting tasks, i'm glad i've accomplished this goal. Its taken me 32 hous of work, (i'm keeping track this time around) but i've done it. YAY! Now i have to move on to the metal tags (cutting the corners off, applying the symbols, cutting the braids)... well here goes nothing! Ganbatte Hikaru-chan~~ 1/3/05 - Yawn, it's late i wonder why i bother to fill this out..... any way, a few small tweaks, mostly to the Headband page.... found out i could use a camera phone to take pictures and send them to myself via email.... isn't technology niffty? ^_^..... oh and i spend maybe a good 3 hours making myself a link banner over to the left..... so please link me, link me now! And hey Nick, since your like the only one who reads this regularly, what do you think of the changes? better, worse? Do the new pictures make you want to buy a headband? 12/31/04 - HAPPY NEW YEARS TO ALL! A few minor changes, not much... burnt my hand while making bacon today so that kinda sucks.... 12/23/04 - WHEEE!! I'm offically a member of the Gnawed Hearts Wizard Howl and Megatokyo fanlisting! YAY! Umm not much really going on, i've been busy getting ready for christmas and working at longs... that sort of thing..... and who really reads what i write here anyways except for maybe Nick....... meh, oyasumi nasai (good night) 11/29/04 - A small update, i changed a couple of backgrounds in the gallery so that they were all the same...gotta go back to mucking through homework..... 11/28/04 - Any update of any kind was all for you Nick... the sad part was that i've spent 5 hours not doing really much of any on this site. Meh oh well.... do you think the new "page portal" is any good? We'll see what i have tome to add next... ♦8/29/04 - Mwhahaha! Finally! I've found how to add a text box with a scroll bar!!!! yay!! Yah, so what you might say... WELL IT'S A BIG DEAL TO ME!... it's stupid it was right under my nose the whole time.... just sitting there under Format>Forms... u.u well i guess that's the only update... maybe some more art later? Dunno... HikaruClaire ♦ 7/20/04 - Yay! I'm back now, after a very lovely trip to Atlanta and then Barcelona, Spain... I can see why the Spanish colonists loved California so much, the two places are very similar...also visited the Picasso museum. It was amazing to see the progression, no EVOLUTION of this amazing artist. Did you know that he started as a portrait and landscape painter? Very good place too go if you care about art.... I am also officially a Cola Coa convert... what is this Cola Coa you ask? Simply the most delicious chocolately drink ever concocted by man! If your ever in Spain or Portugal you must have a cup! Ahem, er, well as for site news, my bro has been bugging me so I will soon have all those "X" 's on the art gallery fixed so that they go somewhere... as for longer term stuff, I want to scan in a group comic that my art class worked on a while ago.... it's like a 70 page comic so we'll see if it fits my bandwidth and storage space... also maybe I'll actually write out my Kyrie and Kai saga in the Story Ideas page.... who knows, maybe I'll get that motivated and have that much free time ^_^... till then, ta-ta for now! HikaruClaire ♦ 6/16/04 - Updated the Naruto Headband page...GO BUY ONE! ^_^ hehe...my animated Moogle Movie is up... I made a flipbook, scanned the pics together and then used some iMac program, Avid Cinema, to make it a movie... it should open in Quicktime. Also the Written Works Page is up, check it. Oh and as of Friday 18th, I shall be gone on vacation for a month and it's unlikely I'll get to update.