Anyone got any excitin' plans this summer?
Well, being in grad school, summer is kinda the same as most any other time, although the professors tend to slack a bit so we (grad students) naturally slack too My Excitin' Plans:

a)keep dating my gorgeous friend (I truly hope she has the same idea!!!)
b)hiking across the White Mountains
c)visit my friend in NYC for a weekend
d)goto Martha's Vineyard
e)goto my friend's wedding in Seattle, and therefore hike Rainier and Olympic NP

That's about it... if all my plans failed that wouldn't be so bad as long as (a) was still there, ah but love is careless, cruel, and beautiful all at once...SIGH

cheers,

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I have to take two summer courses to finish off my degree (one online, another with an easy professor, so it's not THAT bad). Inbetween stat problems, I'll be inputting my beefed up resume to anyone looking for an entry-level accountant. Hopefully ends come together by the fall.

If I can secure a cheap enough flight, I might take a weekend vacation or something to Florida or Texas.

And the usual videogames/music deal.

First off, I'm going to relax. Big time. I'm leaving my job within a few weeks, and after that I'm taking some time to chill out and enjoy the little things in life. And by that I mean karaoke on weeknights without the guilt of waking up exhausted the next day for work. A friend and I are going to (hopefully) start a website that gives info on all kinds of Boston-area karaoke joints, and rate them on a bunch of things like song selection, bar prices, parking, sound system, etc. Every time I go online to find karaoke stuff, I find scattered information here and there about places that do it. Hopefully, we can change that, put up some pictures of each place... kind of like a Phantom Gourmet, but with karaoke. And not having a real job is going to give me time to do some "research".

Other than that, I'm planning on going to NYC with some friends and maybe take a road trip to Canada.

My plan is to survive the Lavalite world, resolve the mystery of the 2 Earths, determine why the skin secretions from ichthyostegas can cure cancer, and not invoke any financial headaches. I need a vacation, not from my job or from this general vicinity, but from existence itself. I have often thought about this (which appears to be death). Imagine not having any obligations, to be free even from having to sleep and eat. I mean, not even exist. That would be swell.

As it turns out, I actually have no normal plans (which is typical), but steady work. Completely unceasing and relentless.
Everything requires payment and I suppose this is my payment for existence.

Zoloft, now in chewable!! J/K man.

Moving back to Penn State to take more summer courses (so I can just get out of college sooner), but this time with a friend so that should be fun.  Unfortunetly, I'm not sure how exciting that sounds... but this!  Gotta 1cc Homura (which is coming along nicely), then Espgaluda, and probably have to back to Gradius V and get a decent loop 2 score (not sure how forward I'm looking to that, considering a loop takes like, 35 minutes!)

Ahem, excuse me.  Will also have to help my parents move stuff later this year as they move out of this house...

I was planning on relaxing all summer before my big move to Japan, but my father just passed away yesterday.  Now I get to clean the house and pack away my things, because the house will be sold after I leave the country.  Ugh, worst couple of days ever.

Sorry to hear that, you have my condolences.

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My definite or almost definite summer 2007 plans:

-Visit my sister across the country for a week
-Go to my dad's 60th birthday party
-Continue working 60 hours/week
-See The Simpsons and Harry Potter 5 in theaters
-Attend a midnight launch event for Harry Potter 7
-Finish Super Paper Mario
-Continue drinking regularly with friends

My hopeful summer 2007 plans:

-Start and finish Ace Attorney 2
-Start and finish Xenosaga Ep3
-Read Harry Potter 7 before some asshat spoils it for me

My wishful thinking summer 2007 plans:

-Spend less money on VGM
-Understand women

Going to NYC in August to visit a friend.

Other than that, not much.  I'm going to be starting grad school in the fall in another country, so I'm busy getting stuff together for that.

Work on the Ravel G-Major concerto until my fingers fall off. By the time this summer is over, I'll probably hate all French music.

I'm actually going to widen my social circle! *faints* Got a few outings planned with some friends and a family BBQ. Then there's finishing up Super Paper Mario...

Don't try to understand ALL women, because you'll fail. Each woman is different. Just try to understand the woman you're currently involved with or who you have your eye on.

Isn't that the truth.  My girlfriend and I discussed this topic a while ago.  My contention was that every woman is determined to be different, which makes it very difficult to have female friends.  When a guy meets another guy, there are a few topics that are almost guaranteed to be common interests:  sports, music, electronics, games, cars.  It is rare to find a guy that does not have any interest in any of these.  Guys can build friendships around just one common interest.  Meanwhile, women are unique and special and don't want to compromise their specialness.  This makes them more particular about building relationships with other women, to the point where if everything doesn't line up just right with their personalities, the relationship is going to implode.  This causes fewer female-female friendships, but the ones that do last are much stronger.

Most of the women I've talked to have agreed that it's much easier being friends with men than with other women.  Men just aren't as particular or demanding of their time as other women are.  Plus, men tend to be a lot easier to understand, which makes dealing with them less mentally fatiguing.  Men have fewer hidden agendas; the open agendas they have (e.g., sex) may be unsavory, but at least they're known and so easier to handle.

My advice:  only date tomboys.

And even then you will fail.

Sorry for your loss Kirin...

I'm not there yet, but I've learned a lot about women in the past year, courtesy of a friend who's spent a lot of time studying and experimenting with them. IMO, the key to beginning to understand women is to accept the fact that introspection will lead you astray. That is, never try to predict a woman's response to a situation by asking yourself how you would respond to it. Down that road lies perdition.

I totally agree

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That's kind of like my mantra: only date models.  (But oh yeah, btw, I'm lonely and miserable )

Hmmm, besides work, I'm moving!  Albiet, from northwest of Tokyo to slightly southwest of Tokyo (Saitama to Kanagawa)...

Gotta get a bigger place for the wife!

Dude, you and I must have totally different taste in women
I personally can't stand the ultra-thin, sickly-looking, "sexier than thou", model types! Now, fitness models I can deal with (well, some of them anyway), but I suggest healthy, down-to-earth gals!

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Hey, congrats!  I got one of your emails earlier about landing that human resources job, but I didn't hear about the wedding, so I hope you two are off to a great start!!  Cheers!

Seconded. After you've dated two of them you realize that you've already dated them all and it's time to move on. Healthy and happy girl next door types (preferably ones that like karaoke) are the way to go!

Moving back to America from Japan.  While it's definitely the better thing for me to do in the long term, I'm kind of walking through my life as a zombie right now constantly trying not to think about the fact that I'm never going to see my town or my schools or my kids again.  So yeah, kind of depressed about that.  If I do get a job upon returning and manage to get my life started up again in the states, I'm sure I'll feel better... so here's hoping!

Joe, where are you moving to in the States?

Hopefully northwest of Chicago, at least for the time being.

Oh, I didn't mean like chics who are actually employed as models, that would suck (those chics are fricked up in the head), I was referring to chics that could be models (healthy ones ) but actually have real jobs and personalities.

Thanks Carl,  I haven't sent out an email about it yet, was going to send it after I got the new place to let people know the new addy.

My summer:

Work my ass of for school, and in my little spare time, finish up some comic series I missed out on (I just finished Preacher. Can you believe that?), and maybe spend a bit of time catching up on games (I'm looking at YOU, FFXII/Suiko V/Shadow Hearts/Beyond Good and Evil!)

Also, I've been working out, started last week. My body is a symphony of pain. >.<