Update

Remember the days when you would run into your parents room screaming "Wake up, it's Christmas!"? Yeah, those don't happen anymore. My brother and I slept in (sorta) and my parents woke us up (not screaming "It's Christmas!" but still). I get downstairs to find my parents watching "Monsters vs. Aliens" on TV. Turned out FX was doing a Dreamworks movie marathon or something. While that was going, we opened our stockings. Mine had a Christmas ornament from my grandparents (a green elf shoe) and a box of Hot Tamales (my preferred candy snack, next to Sour Gummi Worms).

After breakfast, we opened the presents. I think I was the only one who "geeked out" over mine, but that's to be expected. As I said in my last entry, I finally got a sewing machine ^_^ I have yet to open it (mostly cuz I need more material) but once I do, solo cosplay construction will be much more possible now.

The rest of my gifts were:

- A "Wizard of Oz" jigsaw puzzle (which is about halfway finished right now)

- 3 Naruto manga (which my mom found at a thrift store of all places o.o)

- A little Japanese doll (actually a Christmas ornament)

- A Jeopardy! day-by-day calendar (since I'm the one who pays the most attention to those)

- A bottle of Japanese cherry blossom lotion (re-gifted from Mom)

I overcame my hesitation and told my mom about my computer issues (mostly the almost black screen). Neither of us could speculate what the problem is, so we'll take it to a semi-nearby repair shop soon (hopefully before the week is out).

In other news, since I recently heard that Uta no Prince-sama is coming out with a third season in 2015, I'd decided to rewatch the current season as a refresher of sorts. Plus, any excuse to hear Mamoru Miyano's awesome voice ^///^

Well, that's all I can think of to write. Until my computer gets checked out (and fixed), I'll be checking my inbox here less frequently than I do (just FYI in case you post comments or join/submit to my groups). See ya~

Hikaze