an eternal flaaaaaaaaaaame

I forgot to post about the wedding party. It went quite well, not nearly as bad as I was expecting. Our karaoke serenade of the bride and groom wasn't awful. And then the groom did this song and the bride was crying the whole time, it was so sweet.

After that, we went for real karaoke with Lauren for two hours. It was awesome. The karaoke place had excellent muscat sours. A+ Would drink again.

On Saturday, I rented the Bourne Ultimatum, National Treasure, High School Musical 2, and Sakuran. I've watched all but Sakuran, and I've watched HSM2 like 5 times. Fuck, I love Zac Efron. If only I were 14, then I could have posters of him everywhere without feeling like a creep.

I'm watching Beauty and the Beast now, which I haven't seen in years and years, and it's way funnier this time. I guess I didn't realize that the Prince/Beast guy was just 20 (as he's supposed to be cursed until his 21st birthday), so it puts things in a completely different perspective. He's just this young jerk who stomps around his house and doesn't eat with utensils and only has household items to talk to. It also makes me feel bad for him, since he was just a little punk kid when he got cursed. What spoiled 16-year-old wouldn't kick some old lady to the curb?

On another note, I wish I could tell my appliances what to do and have them do it instead of just sit there.

I finally applied for my loans today, and it made me ill. $60,000. Holy fuck.

wedding bells

Next Friday is the wedding party for one of the girls at the office, and I found out yesterday, that me and Catherine and Mizuko are going to have to provide some entertainment. At first, it was just going to be us singing a karaoke song (I think "Eternal Flame" by The Bangles was the winner), but then they were like, "Oh, Kara, why don't you play a song (or two) on the piano?!" So now, in addition to singing, I have to play "You Raise Me Up" and a Chopin nocturne. Great. Thanks for the heads up!

I wonder what I'm supposed to wear to this thing. Hmm.

I heard a loud "Konnichi wa! Gomen kudasai" outside (not at my door, though), so that means the Witnesses are out today. I'll be sure not to open my door. Crazy bastards.

This new taiko game is great. There's a game section where you have to play against these characters and beat levels and stuff. The end is really hard! You have to beat this weird god creature, and he blocks the screen, so you can't see what you're supposed to hit! But I beat it on the easy course, and now I'm playing through again on the hard course.

My eyes have been really itchy lately. I guess I need to find my Claritin. Argh.