M-kat's Musings

Watch this video... please..





I laughed when a friend first told me about this event. Believing it to be some myth.. a joke have you.. but NEVER thinking she was actually serious!

Well what can you do it's real and it's coming up for 2010. On January 10th it will be time for the Ninth Annual No Pants Subway Ride brought to you by Improv Everywhere. Groups will gather from all over NYC and get assigned into groups that wll ride the trains with.. yes.. NO PANTS! It's not meant to offend, but rather to get others to crack a smile and lighten up.. maybe even laugh *gasp* I know the video above made me giggle just a bit.


For more official information on this crazy/fun event, please visit THIS BLOG POST Everything you need to know will be found here.


Oh and am I participating? Well only one way to find out huh.. better get to the subways on the 10th ;-) oh and remember to leave your pants at home!

So I've had a YouTube account for awhile and I started making silly and random videos back in college around 2007. I was on and off with it as youtube wasn't a big thing for me back then, but I have to say I have found a nice community of vbloggers on youtube and they have inspired me to make use of my own youtube page. Of course I would LOVE to make videos about Japan, but since I am currently not living there I ave to make due with what I have ;-). I'm in NYC so I made my vblog about MY New York.. my experiences, and just my everyday life. Now, I'm not a native NYC-er so this is also an adventure for me!.


You can find my youtube page hereand here are some of my videos on life in NYC!!!

Well here I am living in a big city.. I never really thought I would end up in a huge city like NYC but I knew I wanted to get out of Ohio. So far things have been well, I found a place to stay (which is with cousins) I'm employed.. and I'm getting paid (even though I think it's crap pay but that's another story) . My main goal right now is saving money!!



I am staying with grown cousins with kids of their own so I feel weird staying with them for so long. It is a bit crowded and I can't do some of the things I would like because I need to be considerate of them. Plus I just hate being that "guest that never goes away" type person. Although they are totally fine with me staying here, I just can't seem to think that I'm taking up space. (You ever feel that way?)

Overall it's a sweet deal. I'm on 5th ave in a very nice apartment and it's close to work.. THAT (the being close to work) is a HUGE HUGE HUUUGE plus due to the fact my job has me coming into work at 6am.. it takes me about 10 mins by cab and 30 mins by subway.

I decided to give myself 5-6 months to stay there though. I would really like to have my own place and begin the task of buying/adding furniture an such. I'm looking to be close to the city .. or even in the city if I can afford it, thus the 6 months of savnig comes into play. It's quite hard though as I have so many other things I spend money on. I wrote out a budget and honestly I'm not getting paid enough at my job.. I'm freelance and you would think I would be getting paid quite a bit, due to the fact my company doesn't insure you.. no benefits :-( Sadly this is not the reality and it hurts! I am even thinking to find another job while working there. (but that hasn't gone well do to my crazy schedule)

Here are some pics from work.. (took them from my cell so not best quality but it is what it is ^^)


I'm still working on getting settled and so I will have more to come on my life here in NYC so please stay tuned ;-)

皆さん、よろしくお願いします！元気だった？
私はちょう元気です〜！＾＾

Wow would you look t that, I'm using some Japanese.. yeah it's pretty basic, and yeah I do know more than that, but I'm feeling pretty lazy today. Urg that's no excuse though right? Oh well.


Anyway I'm super excited to have 4 people already following this personal Blog.. I mean.. who would really want to know what crazy (or absolutely incredibly, "I want to fall asleep" boring) things I am doing here? Well I guess you do (Yes YOU.. the people reading this right now!) Well I thank you very much ^^ ありがとうございます！！！！


So I feel like being random today. I have Monday's and Tuesday's off from work so I treat them as my weekends (which is good because I can relax, and bad because most of my friends are working so I can't hang out with them if I wanted) Today I was talking with a friend about movies we liked this year, and I haver to say, my #1 pick would have to be STAR TREK! I was unsure about this movie and was somewhat reluctant to see it. JJ made another movie Cloverfield which i really hated! Yup did but he ame back hard with this new movie and I LOVE HIM FOR THAT! I would watch Star Trek 4 more times before going to see Terminator :-p (And no lie I will do just that.)


so as in keeping with being random.. here is a random Star Trek picture that a friend sent me.. it's of my favorite character.. SPOCK! <3 for him!


Cool huh.. they almost match... good Photoshop work right there!

Found these on youtube and posted them on my other blog, but posting them here as well..
I've never heard any gosple music in Japan, but here are some vids with a group that sounds pretty good!!

This is my situation on point to the T....

You know what hurts? It's when you slowly get attached to someone, and for some insane reason, suddenly, without any warnings, the person drifts away.

wow!

This is a real commercial. They were dead serious about trying to include a message of racial tolerance and unity, and while I think that is a beautiful message...this is just about the funniest/most awkward thing I have ever seen.




Um... yeah

My song of the moment is
Konya Mo Hoshi Ni Dakarete by Ayaka
enjoy

I've been so bad at keeping updates with this site. I got so excited about m y other blog and trying to make connections that I just got lazy with this one..WHICH IS VERY BAD seeing as this is my first blog >_< Anyway just a small update as it is already 3 in the am and I need to sleep. I'll be in NYC Sunday working (YAYAYAYA) I'll have money now to save.


I know I know NYC is very expensive, but lucky for me I'm staying with family so no rent needs to be paid... bad thing is that it's a pretty full house.. but everying I'm doing is leading to my main goal which is to be able to support myself once I get to Japan. I do plan on going there once more, but I know I can't depend on parents or college(since I graduated)


Oh and another thing

I will be focusing more on Japan related things found in NYC, ON MY OTHER BLOG 日本-Suki
but also keep updated with any music and pop news that I hear ^_^


Ok everyone I am about to pass out so I must call it a night!
Mata ne~

So has anyone been to the official Final Fantasy XIII website? Well if you haven't I suggest you go there now!!!!!!! I know I can't wait to get my hands on this game, and hearing news that the US release will be pushed back yet again I can't help but want to contact one of my friends in Japan and send them money and a note asking them to get me the Japanese game so I can play it. (Oh yeah It's a serious thought!) ^^


Oh.. right back to the FFXIII site... It's pretty much your first source for new information and trailers as well as character profiles. They keep updating as the days get closer to some sort of release I'm guessing.

Well anyway I was browsing the site and found in the lower righthand corner a link to the official page for the upcoming Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children Complete. WHAT?!?! THEY ARE RELEASING THE MOVIE AGAIN?!?!? Well yes.. but this time it's a director's cut!!

A tralier of the film was shown at the Tokyo Game Show 2006, and will be for release on Blu-Ray. New scenes will be added to the film as well as ....YESSSS.... a playable demo of Final Fantasy XIII....AND.....will include the first HD trailers of Final Fantasy Versus XIII and Final Fantasy Agito XIII, making them the first released HD trailers of the Fabula Nova Crystallis series.

In addition, Square Enix just announced that the bundle will also include the an original anime titled, Final Fantasy VII:On the Way to a Smile-Episode: Denzel.
Now those of you who remember when FFAC was getting ready to come out, the official site posted a side story concerning the character of Denzel. I Imagine that this anime will be the animated version of the story that was posted on the FFAC official site. Animation studios A-1 Pictures, and BeStack. are the ones in charge of making this anime.

アメリカと日本の友だちようこそ！！

皆さん, 私はマリー（M-kat)です＼(*＾▽＾*)ノ
アメリカに住んでますよ!!

Hi everyone! I'm Mary(M-kat) and welcome to my first ever BLOG!!! Well this is my first attempt at making a Personal blog and I plan on updating on a regular basis.

WHAT IS THIS BLOG ABOUT you might ask..or think... or ask your friend.. or nearest person to you. Well.. I want this blog to be about my ramblings about well anything..and everything.

I have another site dedicated to my love of all things Japanese/Japan called 日本-Suki
If you like give it a look see. It will be a much larger site with video and write ups of current Japanese news as well as my own thoughts on various topics relating to Japan and the US.

Anyway THE POINT IS TO HAVE FUN !!!! and I feel that's what I'm going to do. I hope you enjoy my personal site as well as 日本-Suki and do leave me a message if you want to get in touch with me :-)