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GDC 2010

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So, here’s a quick update before I go back to scurrying around finishing work before tomorrow’s GDC start.  All of the main conf. events are Thursday and on, so I’m hoping I can get some time to relax before the huge ahhh!!  everything’s falling, here’s my resume, and my business card, what??  Hi!  My name is Jessica; I love games!    Here are some pictures of the place I’m staying at; we’re at the Wyndham Canterbury (much roomier than before, very cute):

There’s a blender, and a microwave… a dishwasher, dishes, sink … but no oven??  Interesting, but I’ll bite.  I like the fact that we have these things in the first place.  And there are two TVs; one in the bedroom, and one in the living room.  But this is basically what it looks like.

Tomorrow sounds like a good day to pick up some things and pass some cards around.  Hopefully I’ll be able to bump into Tom and Alex as well.

Until then..!

Everything will be alright.

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Pictures finished.<3

For Japan, at least. Yeah yeah, I know I said MINE were done, but not Chris’! So here we go:

A better view of our room.

The cutest drinks ever! ♥

What I’d give to get these vending machines all across the US. What I’d giiive.

You know you were waiting for this one..

..mostly because of the buttons and their functions.

Atelier Iris, the sexy one.

Another view of the *red* Sega building. Because, you know, we visited three.

Here at New York–..wait, what?

Pretty trees. And I suppose some insignificant people scattered here and there.

I think this was the back of the tea house or sumfin’. Part of the temple walkthrough we had.

I know it may not look like it, but I was extremely confused. Those rituals are mighty tricky.

What we saw pretty much every day out of our window. And out of the Tokyo Tower. And pretty much every other window you could look out of. Somehow, the view is virtually the same. ..Not that that’s surprising or anything.

Charm-like things we saw being sold at the temple site.

Because you know..well, delicious of nature. How much easier can that get? Oh, and the fact that they carefully choose their cash is always a bonus. Courtesy of beard papa Sweets. Yeah.

A warmer view of what we saw from inside the restaurant.

I should never wear that polo again. ..Anyways. Uh..yeah. This was after I punched Chris for saying something. I forgot what it was though..

Mom, Dad, and one of Dad’s friends that lives in Japan. He helped my mom out, since she got a stomache ache. He be an awesome doctor. ;3

Our hotel rocks. Period.

Nostalgia.~

Dennis and Chris

Have crappy music full of fail.  Especially Dennis, since he’s just so skilled at making my head hurt like a motherfucker, right till the end.  Augh.  AND FAILING TO BRING MONEY WITHOUT TELLING ANYONE.  I’LL KILL YOU!  Not really.
That out of the way, I’ll put up the Knotts pictures later.  ‘Twas fun–a little crazy, but fun.  It’s enjoyable to have such weird and hilarious people at an amusement park; it almost makes you feel nostalgic at this point.  More angry at the more annoying quirks, but otherwise, pretty happy and nostalgic.

Hmm..oh yeah.  This is pretty random, but last night I had a dream about Animanga.  It was interesting, because it was more a zoom on just Norris and I having a one on one conversation about something that seemed important, but I can’t put my finger on it now.

Dennis

I’m gonna kill you tomorrow at Knotts! YOU SUCK!

In other news:

Ashurasempai: A honest aku=a jenn who likes to clean
Ashurasempai: Ohoho~
Ashurasempai: :333
iridoufu: NOOOO

It’s not true!  I’m honest!  Really!

More Adventuring

California Adventure, plus a dinner that was, at the least, highly amusing.

In short, my favorite sister-twins (haha) Carol and..okay, I don’t want to butcher the name, but Carsy? Carcy?Carsi. (Thank you, my sweet gentleman.) Oh, well, I still love you :P, were awesome to hang out with. They remind me of Anita and Amanda in a lot of ways–quiet at first, but when amused, talk a lot more. I like Carsi’s laugh too. Jenn was there as well, of course, so we got to hang out and bring up to speed events that happened while she was in Taiwan and while I was in Japan/Korea. Hokan isn’t even worth talking about, sans the fact that when pressured, turns abnormally cute and gentleman-like. Oh, and he sort of saved his cousins’ bags. Somewhat. So I guess he’s kind of useful.

I don’t have pictures, mainly because I didn’t want to bring my camera over (I was a tag-a-long, after all.)

Now that I have this documented, I’ll hurry up and get Chris’ Japan pictures up.

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Well, first off: the Universal pictures. I just recently got Chris’ Japan pictures too, so I’ll be putting those up after I get these recent trips in order.

Just so that everyone who wants to see these pictures are prepared, here’s one to scare the weaker-stomached crowds. Hardcore only please.

I like how Audrey’s trying to act sexy.

And, you know, compared to her previous attempts, this one isn’t half bad.

And what the hell are you trying to do, Hokan? Damn wangsters trying to dirty up my pictures.

Classic.

See? I DO have brown hair. Take THAT, Audrey and Kim!

Oh snap. Kevin in action.

Freestyle, aw yeah. I wish I could have caught a good knee-action shot, but he’s just too fast for me.

Who did two stairways? I DID. You’re all lazy bums!

Don’t give me that face, girlfriend.

if you were wondering, the middle coke is mine. Or Kevin’s–I drank that one too.

PHOENIX WRIGHT: ACE ATTORNEY.

You’ll notice that there’s only arrows on one side. That’s because Audrey cleverly found a way to play for free–do Para Para instead. Sure, it won’t get you points, but it’ll sure get you a few seconds of tourist-showered limelight.

YEAH KIM GIMME SOME LOVE. Screw those other two guys.

That’s what I’m talkin’ about.

Aww, look at Kim and Audrey in pigtailsOHMYGOSH KEVINWHATAREYOUDOING?!

DESUTRON 5000, READY FOR ACTION. COMPLETE WITH MAKESHIFT YET STILL SEXY SOS DAN CREW.

Shrek’s pad.

That’s right, kids. She bites hard.

That’s sad. Shrek’s being arrested partially due to him being a big, stupid, and ugly ogre in their perfect world.

This means a couple of things. One, Shrek’s boned. Two, those three little piggies? They’re smoking hot.

Pun intended.

Rockin’ lolis.

That last line hinges on the latest trip, California Adventure, which was incredibly amusing. Not exciting and crazy like Universal, but ten times more amusing in the sense that..well, I’ll leave that for another post.

By the way, Jenn’s candy owns. I need to take some pictures of her awesome presents.~

Korea reloaded :O!

Time to put the rest of my Korea pictures up, to finish off that monster of a trip. ;D

A restaurant that one of my mom’s friends showed us to.<3

The tea shop area of the same restaurant.  Technically speaking, there’s a tea area in the front of the main building too.

The inside of the main tea area.  It can also serve as the waiting room, and it has a really nice christmas-light-lit tree as you can see. ;3  The whole place was kind of cute.

Outside of the restaurant.  Not sure if they actually use the pots for anything..still, they look really nice.

You get full here.  Fast.

Korea’s coffee is really nice.  I think Japan’s better at the fruit drinks/soda with their awesome cans, but Korea has really great coffee.

Korea’s mascots for the 2002 Fifa World Cup.  I know–I have wonderful timing.

I don’t know; I think I just find some humor in how they lookLEGOS. It’s not just me, is it?

zomg me at the Korean border museum.  place.  With mum and her friend that took us to that restaurant above.  And those aren’t my shoes.  They’re my mom’s.  Damn shoes of mine getting all blech.  And they’re uncomfortable.  And I think I tripped on them like a hundred million times.

Provence is a place I hope I can go again.  It’s like a small fantasy town, but it’s really just a plaza with small shops.  Though, I must say, the shops are very cool.

That isn’t even a shop.  It’s this small room with pictures in it (though I didn’t bother peeking inside because I was kind of tired.)  Note the trademark bright coloring of buildings.  That reminds me a lot of Song of the Seals.  Nice sleeper hit, if you’re interested.  Annnyways..

Has that Honey & Clover-esque feel, doesn’t it?  Or at least, a Hagu-esque feel, I think.

People kept looking at this fountain.  It just attracts your attention when you’re there.

A view of the town.

Kind of dizzying, but a mass array of pots/pans/storage that was littered on the side of one of the buildings.

Ceiling of the cafe there.  Two shops here make really pretty bubble dreamcatcher-like hanging decorations.  I got one for you Jennifer, except it looks cooler than these. :P

The two pretty ladies on the left are the daughters of one of my dad’s friends. ;3  Sorry, no requests.

My oldest aunt and uncle (mom’s side).  And me going “wtf!” since my mom was like, “JESSICA, LOOK!”  *SNAP*

Aww, groupy!  :P  We were drinking coffee and talking, pretty much.

Oh, and eating sweets.  (for me, again.–this is the hotel cafe, if you were wondering why there’s two shots of the same desk with different desserts.)  On the left, tapioca jello, I think.  The muffin was..man, I forgot, but it was really good :P, and the back one was just a plain cake with a pistachio on top.  Rats..I was hoping for pistachio cake.  That’s the shiz.

And ending off with Mind Bridge.  Because the title totally implies that you’re going there to buy glasses.

Alright, my dears, I’m done.<3  This concludes my latest Korea trip, coupled with those Japan trip postings that were finished a good while back.  Again, I had a blast.

There’s this feeling I can’t shake

oh yeah. Feel the groove.

..K, so, since I’m in Korea, I thought I’d post up two pictures I have so far.~

I really like how they made the doors and ceiling;
it’s all really detailed.

This is at a restaurant one of my mom’s friends took my mom and I to.
The people are nice, and the food’s good and well-priced (:

I really liked the rasberry mousse to the left.
The front cake in the middle is a fig cake (it took me a while to figure that one out,)
the one to the left is green tea, and the one to the right is a cranberry cake with
walnuts on top.

Yes, I indulged, but only out of pure boredom.
I mean, there’s only so much a girl can do while her mom
chats with one of her old friends.

Plus, Lance died. Again.

(No, I’m kidding, Chris, but Roy died. Stupid Roy.
I’m on the level where you get Lilina. ..No, don’t ask how he died.
It was pretty pathetic. On my part. Yes, I know. That’s obvious.)

FAREWELL MY LOVERS–I will be back soon. Sometime. Yes.

I’m baaack~

Sooner than you thought.<3 I know you missed me. It just so happens that Korean laptops sell for cheaper than American ones. Since my parents wanted to get me a new one anyways, we went out to take a look at this really large building called the Technomart. Had a pretty wide selection, and I ended up with one of the newest Vaio models. It doesn’t burn up at all, it’s relatively silent, the keyboard is decent, and it has all the specs I need for college. (: Happyhappy, and super thankful to my dad. ;o; <33

Well, you know what this means. I’ll post the rest of my Japan blog pictures, and give Chris an account so he can edit the posts to add in his deal.

Uh, DONE!<3

On another note, I feel one with my kind here. It’s kind of scary.