simplicity

From Caroline Hax's column:

Simplify, simplify, simplify. (Can Thoreau sue if I use that?) Your best days, especially with a baby, will be the ones when you set no goal for yourself but to appreciate the day. Only so many of these will be possible -- bills make sure of that -- but you can bring every day close, if you try.

It's hard to remember this. Alright, I won't buy any more presents! I need to simplify my life! Except for those wedding gifts...

phone bill

My phone bill has been ludicrous lately. I make my parents call me now. I'm thinking of getting a home phone; I think international calls would be a lot cheaper. Plus it'd make it cheaper for my parents to call me.

The trouble with VOIP is that my internet connection is not reliable.

Talking to my parents made me realize that I make some things seem more difficult than they are. You just have to find the right path, but very little is actually impossible.

本当に無理なことは少ないですね。

I mostly encounter this problem at work. I get confused, and find it all a wall, but it's often actually quite easy. That's why I like talking to people. I should ask more questions.

頑張りますよ！

food good

Currently stuffing my face. I've been spending a lot of money on food lately so I stopped by the grocery store and bought a bunch of frozen food, haha. Healthy... not. I got some salads too.

今食べている。最近食事にたくさん払っているので、今日スーパーにいってたくさん買いました。

I should be studying, but am instead enjoying Jamelia's music.

勉強したほうがいいけど、今Jameliaの音楽を楽しんでいる。

Apt. is nice and clean.

アパートは掃除して、きれいになりました。

Dancehall rocks. Recently addicted to FYA, a young U.K. group. Scary how talented people are. 2 of the girls are only 17. I love their music, but their clothes aren't my taste. Cool hair though.

Dancehallという音楽はすばらしいです。最近FYAという若いイギリスのグループによく聞いています。二人は17歳だけです。音楽は大好きですが、ふくはそんなに好きじゃないです。髪の毛はかっこいいですが。

gmail

You know, gmail is lovely. The organization scheme is an obvious one that is nice to see implemented. The only problem is that I can't access it from my cell phone.

I can use my phone to read mail from all my other accounts, other than excite.

I think I'll push all my personal email to yahoo, until hotmail upgrades their mailbox size, then I'll move everything to hotmail. Once hotmail upgrades, my mail issues will be solved! Assuming they still allow mail downloads, and classY still supports mobile access to hotmail accounts. Laf, nothing free is certain.

I'll just check the excite account once a month, and keep the 1 yahoo account for junk email and such. Work accounts will remain separate as work.

Email requirements:
- free
- can read from phone
- more than 3 mgs of space (buffer in the event of travel, etc)
- can read Japanese
- can download messages

me yuppie

I got a gmail account from Anu. Thanks Anu!

Still contemplating what to do for my email. Having 7 accounts (8 now, 6 I check regularly) is proving to be a pain. I just need 2! Laf. 1 ideally. Technically, I could just use 1 account, but I like keeping work and personal stuff separate.

1 hotmail
1 excite
2 yahoo
2 work
1 website
1 gmail

I'm going to stop using my excite account though. The interface is just a pain. With classY, that consolidates my hotmail account, 1 work account, and the website account into 1. Then I only have 2 yahoo, 1 gmail, 1 work, 1 classY. Only 5! If I funnel the yahoo stuff to gmail, that's 3 accounts. Hrm... The 1 work account is unavoidable as it's temporary. ClassY rocks.

I hate migrating emails though, since emails inevitably get stuck in my old inbox and I never answer them. I have emails on my computer from before my computer crashed that I have yet to answer, 3 months later. That's why classY is cool, as I don't really migrate the emails. I just check from a single place. No committment. Yeah!

A pity they don't support yahoo's proprietary interface, only hotmail's.

Probably, I should just pay for email. Then I can do everything I want.

trancecore

I think I'm a fan. Trancecore is a subgenre of Hardcore, of course. According to Ishkur's Guide, that is. The samples are good stuff.

You know, electronic music artists have the hardest to remember names. Practically impossible. Doesn't even go in my ears - rebounds on the air.

nu italo is good stuff too.

performances on the street

Heard this guy Daigo performing by Shimokitazawa （下北沢） station on Tuesday, and stopped to listen. I like his music. I have no idea if the lyrics are any good, but the music's nice.