It could always be worse

I just have to keep telling myself.
School is going well, social life is good, talked to Paul last night so that's fantastic.
Then last night I went to bed. Packed up the laptop and carried it upstairs, as I do every night. Put it on the bed, plugged it in opened it back up and the display didn't come on. I wigle the mouse thinking maybe It just went to sleep or is stuck i sleep mode, no dice. So I manual power off and reboot. Unfortunatly at this point I already know what is wrong, I'm just trying to prove myself wrong. Still nothing. I do the reboot: unplug, remove battery hold power button for 30 seconds, battery back, plug in an power on. Laptop powers up, fans come on, keyboard lights up.... No display.
Several months ago I had an issue with the display going out bit it always came back, after some research I found that the video card in my model is known to fail. They will almost always fix it under warranty within two years of purchase. My two years was up about 30 days ago.
This morning I called Apple in Japan, and they are going to pick my laptop up Sunday. Ship it to a fixer place. And I should have it back in about 10 days. And there is a chance it'll still be warranty. This is great.
So I had a nice lunch with Joselyn and on my way home I ran over a bolt. Huge bolt. Thankfully I made it to the auto shop and I am now waiting on a tire repair.

It could be worse.

Around the interwebs

I spend an awful lot of time on the internet. But with P being gone, outside of school I need to keep myself occupied. Here are some of my favorite sites that give me a good laugh.

(some are NSFW)

Failbooking

Texts from Last Night

(262):

dude this girl next to me farted in the middle of a quiz and denied my high five

(1-262):

bitch

People of Wally World

Epic Win

Oddly Specific

Failblog

Japan

I am going to try to get more active on here (like I don't already have enough to do...) but M-F I will be trying to post about specific things (or not so specific, you'll see) Wednesday is now Japan Day. Each Wednesday I'll try to post something about life in Japan.

Today= Driving

(click on picture for larger image)

almost everyone in Okinawa has a scooter, and if you don't, you know someone who does, these things are everywhere. They also have little regard for the law, they will go before the light is green, pass everyone on the shoulder of the road just to get in front, and drive like total asses most of the time.

In most of the neighborhoods we have these mirrors, see that one with the reflection of the little car in it? I would have never known he was there had the mirror not been here (perfect timing). That's because most of the back streets have completely blind intersections and without these mirrors there would be lots and lots of fender-benders.

just a shot of a bus with a cute sign on it.

Gahhh we drive on the wrong side of the road!!!

I live in an area that is fairly suburban, but this is pretty typical a small two lane road, apartments and a few cars.

the end.

stay tuned tomorrow for.....

Thursday- Around the interwebs, where i'll find and share interesting thing(s) that I find.

Huge Photo Update 2

Dr3 and Marian with finger staches at Hard Reef (best bar in Okinawa!!! FTW)

Andrea and me with our finger staches (switched, her with mine and me with hers)

Dr3 and her sign

Paul and Dr3

Best ginger ale on the planet!

Dr3 at Pizza in the sky

Paul and Alana

Paul and I at our dinner

Yum, Crunchy Crunchy (spicy tuna roll w/ tempura crunchies)

Aiko loves daddy, and already misses him

Photo Update!

Panda Aiko waiting for daddy to get home!

Ka-Me-Ha-Me-HA!!!!

(Dragonball)

(Alana does it best)

Third Anniversary Dinner at Sam's By The Sea

Kampai for Orion beer!

Dr3 in front of pig bear man police station

Chicken Cheers?

Aiko and her green dog (that only took her two weeks to completely demolish)

Aiko and her daddy

Aiko Loves Paul

Paul and Alana

Dr3

the view from Peace Memorial Park

Paul and Alana at Okinawa Peace WWII Memorial Park

Andrea outside the theatre after seeing New Moon w/ Japanese subs

Goku Paul

half-assed update attempt

Damn I miss him.

Two weeks until our official half way point.

Finals are this week, so you'll have to wait one more week for photos from Paul's R&R leave, unfortunately there has been nothing going on since he left due to Andrea and I having Epic Illness. (or a routine cold, but we are huge wussies)

expect updates around this time next week, sooner if I get around to it.

picture credit *EpiCute

sad banana

R & R is over. Almost 4 months down, little more than 5 to go.

Oh Happy Day

Today is quite possibly my favorite Holiday.

Since I can remember it's been a big deal in my family. On my Moms side it's always been important because their is a tradition on that side of the family to get married on Thanksgiving when it falls on the 23rd of November ( I continued this tradition). So you can see how this has been a big deal. Also I love turkey, mashed potatoes, and green beans.

On Dads side it was a time where we could all come together and it was pretty entertaining. Also grandpa made the best rolls (well he bought them, but they were still the best).

Growing up with a pretty big extended family, Thanksgiving was all about spending time with family, and all the fun and drama that comes with it. Now as an adult, living the traveling military life Thanksgiving is about friends, and little to no drama. I can't say which I like better, they both have ups and downs.

Last year we started a tradition with our friends of Sushi. Hey we are in Japan, why not do it Japanese style? This year our neighbors are having a big Thanksgiving lunch/dinner, and me never being one to pass up Turkey, added our names to the list of attendees. I am so excited this year because we get to have our Japanese Thanksgiving for dinner and American Thanksgiving for lunch, the best of both worlds. Turkey and Tuna.

OH! and I am making a ham, and my house smells freaking amazing right now.

Doozers?

when you google 'Japanese Construction Workers' this image is on the first page:

That is not what they look like. I've spent the last two days having the windows in my house opened and I've had half a dozen workers in and out of my house. For some stupid reason of the 24 windows my house has only 8 of them opened. The rest were sealed shut and had the handles taken off so I could not open them if I tried. Well now I have 15 that open!! yay! but that's not the point of this post. I'd like to talk about Japanese construction workers. Paul noted to me once, when we first got here that the workers resemble Doozers, remember Fraggle Rock? well you just compare and tell me what you think.

do you see the resemblance?