Ronald Reagan Library

so, went to the Ronald Reagan Library yesterday with some coworkers. it's up in Simi Valley so it was kinda far but the area was really nice. 今まで行ったことが無かったため、行ってみました。

すっごいいいところでした。they do function as a library because they do allow you to look at documents they have available during Reagan's presidency. but mainly, it's a museum. レーガンの生涯が詰まった展示品の数々を見るのが結構面白かった。俳優として活躍していただけあって、かっこいい。and it's not just that, you can really tell how much he put into helping our nation through his presidency. it was just really an amazing tribute. they have a number of his quotes all throughout the museum, but the best one is the one on his grave.

if you ever get the chance, you should go. definite recommend! you get to see air force one stuff too so it's really interesting. would definitely go back on my own time!

Currently listening to: Iridescent - Linkin Park

Access

so, i have to use microsoft access at work. access.... WHO THE EFF USES ACCESS!?!?!?!?!?!? well, i'm sure people do use it, but man, it's so confusing. 今までの人生で使ったことがないため、苦戦しております。*sigh*

now, it's fine if i'm just editing a file that already exists. but now i have to actually create one from scratch.... あ～もう! 大変。i shall now go work on that shit.

Currently listening to: Sweet Vanilla - HYDE

SORA

got a dog this weekend. yea, it's kinda all-of-the-sudden. i think life just got harder... kinda looks like this ↓

Currently listening to: プライマル。 - THE YELLOW MONKEY

秋分の日サイコー！

had a day off today because it was the autumnal equinox day in japan. isn't it wonderful to be able to get a japanese holiday off in the US? no one else is off so yea, pretty great! :)

今日はオフィスの同僚ちゃん’ズと食べ回り。for lunch, we went to the angry chef in the westin bonaventure. なんか、基本パスタ屋さんみたいだけど、タコスとかもおいてたりする。so, we all decided to split a shrimp scampi pasta, angry chef pasta, and the bulgogi taco set. the taco was actually really good! would definitely want to get it again. the scampi was pretty good too. すごいあっさりしてて、食べやすかった。the angry chef pasta was just so-so. it was creamy but spicy. kinda too heavy for my taste.

after, we decided to get some sweets. went to melt gelato and crepe cafe in el segundo. MELTのジェラートは前にも食べたことあったけど、前はモールで食べたから、お店を訪れるのは初めて。結構空港に近い。i got the swiss chocolate gelato. OMG so good! すごく濃厚。食べ応えあったね。でも、シャツにこぼしてアウチ。-__- i'm so ドンくさい。one of the girls got crepe too so got to try some of that too. すっごいモチモチしてておいしかった。甘すぎず、いい感じ。

the bf joined us for dinner and we went to kagura in torrance. トンカツが有名なお店。彼は揚げ物系大好きなので、良いかと。man, it's a bit pricey but really good. i got salmon, not katsu, but i got to take a bite out of the bf's and man, it was deeeelish! my salmon was pretty good too. but kinda regret not getting the katsu... lol.

この日はほとんど新米ドライバーの方に運転してもらいました。ちょっと怖かったけど、まぁ、大丈夫でしたね。楽しかったし、結果オーライですね。

Currently listening to: Someone Like You - Adele

おデート

this weekend was pretty fun! my mom had work most of the time so it was nice and relaxing. lol.

on saturday, went to the hokkaido fair in torrance with a co-worker. いや～、珍味とか見ると興奮するね。思わずしおから買っちゃったよ。deeelish! i also got the mochi cream again. this time around, it was the apple pie flavor. リンゴとクリームに加えてさくさくしたパイ生地っぽいものも入ってて超おいしい!また食べたいね。

sunday was bf day! 久しぶりのゆっくりしたおデート。we ended up eating lunch in torrance and spent the rest of the day just kinda kickin' it. watched some videos, washed the car, played a bit of badminton, and got some ice cream. 何かを特にやった訳ではなく、のんびりすごしましたね。それはそれで楽しかった。only thing is i forgot to take pictures. darn. and i got a new camera for my birthday too. ugh. ま、また今度いっぱい撮りたいね。

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複雑な心境

this was already news last night, but it was also on the top page of today's L.A. Times. it's about the marine who risked his own life to save his comrades and got the highest honor medal for it last night. 昨日のうちにちょっぴりラジオで話を聞いたんだけど、あんまり詳しく知らなかったから今日に新聞で読みました。

it was really sad, yet it made me smile. the guy is really a good guy. when you read his story, it makes you want to cry but at the same time, it makes you smile that there are people like him out there. でも、やっぱり悲しいね。あんま人事じゃないしね。一応友達が空軍に入ってるから。i mean, he's not in a dangerous place right now, but you never know.

anyways, the full story from L.A. Times is available here.

Currently listening to: ビギナー - AKB48

Mochi Cream & ドジっこ

so the new dessert place in the Mitsuwa in Torrance finally opened. upon checking it out, the first thing i notice are the mochi creams. it's like mochi ice cream, but more variety and not frozen. とにかく種類がめちゃめちゃあるの。一個$1.80とまぁまぁなお値段。これは買ってみなくてはということで購入。i got the darjeeling, my mom got the red potato, and my sister got the caramel pudding. mine was the best, imo. my mom's was okay. i don't like caramel, so yea... でも、ホントおいしかった。ダージリンの香りが猛烈。サイズもちょうどイイ感じ。また違うのを試したなぁ。

oh, and i also fell yesterday. もう、それは豪快にすでーーーーんと。滑ったんですね。in my hallway. i was kinda running in my slippers and i guess there wasn't as much grip as i'd like it to have and bam, i'm on the floor. で、その拍子に部屋のドアに穴を開けちゃったみたい。馬鹿ですね。ひじもちょっぴりすりむいたし。but it's okay, it's a cheap door anyways. i still need to figure out how i'm gonna fix it tho...

Currently listening to: SO YOUNG - THE YELLOW MONKEYS

Event & 本多屋

so the event last night was kinda ぐだぐだ。it seems like a lot of people weren't aware of their parts in the event until really last minute. so everything was kinda rushed. でも、一応何とか無事終わりましたね。思ったより人は来なかったけど。。。でも、イベント自体が長かった。it seemed to take forever. i'm just glad it's done.

so, afterwards, a few co-workers and i decided to go to honda-ya for dinner. 一応食べ物はイベントで出たけど、お菓子類が多かったからね。で結局本多屋で軽くつまめる焼き鳥やら色々頼むことに。なんか、気のせいかメニューが変わってたり、焼き鳥の種類が増えてたと思う。ぼんぢりが最高にウマかったでっす! but man, it was a loooooong day.

Currently listening to: I’m On One – DJ Khaled ft. Drake, Rick Ross, and Lil Wayne

EFFFF

so, there's an event today at work that i need to attend. it's outside. in this freaking heat wave. EFFFFFFFFFFFF >:(

死なない程度にがんばらせていただきます。

Currently listening to: Breakeven - The Script

あげぽよ

最近良く耳にします。but in my mind, i'm like ??? で、調べたら、最近JK（女子コーセー）の間での流行語だとか。要するには、アゲアゲ↑って意味らしい。ugh, stupid japanese people and there knack of coming up with new funky words... なんか、それ以外でも、「～ぽよ」ってのが流行ってるみたいね。語尾に使ったり、他の言葉の後に付け足したりと色々。アメリカにいながら日本の流行語についていくのは難しいなぁ。

こういう娘たちに流行ってるのか？

Currently listening to: Moves like Jagger feat. Christina Aguilera - Maroon5