Tuesday, August 7, 2012

Great Danes and The End

So I have this awesome friend who has seven (yes, SEVEN!) Great Danes. They are huge!! and so cute ^-^ well, they are all pure breed and she now has eleven puppies (that makes 18 Great Danes in her house now!). The puppes are so small, and they are going to grow to be so big!!! She told me that I should visit them more often, I can't remember why though..but yeah, they are so adorable! We actually might end up getting one or two! If I can convince my mother..wish me luck!

THE PUZZLE FROM HELL HAS BEEN DEFEATED!!!!
This is the finished product! See it's horrible patterns and terrifying shape! That familiar stop sign shape that I so hate because stop signs suck! Anyway, so this puzzle was mean to me and I will never try it again. We started on another puzzle though, with any luck it will be more easy.

Well, that's all folks, my life has been pretty lame so far, maybe it'll pick up as August gets going? Bye!!

Monday, August 6, 2012

Guy Time

Hey guys, I am going to make this post as quick as possible cause I really want to get back to the Puzzle From Hell.

Today I spent the day with my boyfriend..and three of his guy friends. It was actually a lot of fun, even when I was the only girl hanging out in a group of 6 guys (all of which were younger than me...) and we were crammed in a hot tub. Wasn't awkward, I felt like a pimp haha I really enjoy getting to hang out with all the guys, it makes me feel accepted. I mean, yeah, sometimes it can feel sort of weird and like I shouldn't be there, but those moments are few and far between, and that is part of what like so much about his friends. They have been really good about not accidentally making things awkward. At least...I think they are accepting me, I hope they like me haha
Anyway..
We went to this really cool card shop and at first I thought it was kinda weird but I started to really get into it after a while. When we first walked in I felt out of place..being a girl and all, but it was really exciting to get to see a place that otherwise I would have never really thought to go. Does that make sense? I kinda wish I was more into Magic so I could buy cards and get really excited like they all did. I want to play, but when my boyfriend and his buddies are all gathered around the table playing Magic I normally end up more confused than anything. I have tried to play before, I mostly end up killed off before 5 rounds, but then again I've only ever played three times in my life..perhapes I should try again?
Now, while I really do like hanging out with the guys, I also love to spend some time with my boyfriends little sister, she is so adorable! She taught me how to play Minecraft...kinda..I am generally terrible with video games and stuff like that so I was really bad at it. Oh well. She also lent me some clothes for the day since I was all dressed up in a white dress and three inch wedge heels..so happy we are close in sizes haha

Okay, so that did take a little longer than I had hoped for haha oh well, later everyone! Riku signing off to return to the Demon Puzzle ^-^

Sunday, August 5, 2012

So today was my zoo date day ^-^ you should all go visit your loacl zoo, it is a blast! We saw every ssingle one of the animals and I discovered that I don't really like walking through the bird habbitates and stuff, I feel like they will attack me or something. Silly right? But my boyfriend promised to keep me safe, I even sat down and watched the bird show with him, half an hour of it. It was nice, but birds aren't exactly my favorite animal haha
We heard the plan for the new improvements to the zoo, there is a new Seal/sea lion cove being opened at the end of August, it is enviornmentally friendly and should help save water and money. Then by 2014 there will be a new African Safari exhibit on display for the public, which should be a lot of fun.
Now for the best part. They are going to get a King Cobra snake for their reptile house by the end of this year/beginning for next. I am really excited because snakes are my favorite animal!
I made my poor boyfriend go through that reptile house three times with me! We made friends with one of the snakes on display there. He was a Gaboon Viper, and he was so beautiful, we both adored him and decided to name him Charles.
This is him, Charles the great Gaboon Viper (featured in both photos shown here)!





















They generally grow to be from 4-6 feet long and they have huge fangs that are 2 inches in length!! It is so cool!! Charles wasn't very long, maybe about 3 feet or so, if that. He was however very fat..er..I mean..round haha as you can see in te picture. It isn't that he is unhealthy or anything like that, Gaboon Vipers are naturally quite large. I like the horns he has on his face, Charles really rocks those horns haha it is a shame that you guys can't really see the small details on him, he is so beautiful! I sat there next to him and I was just staring at how intricate and really complex his scales are! Oh well, iphone quality haha close enough I suppose.

Anyways, I just had to tell you all about my Charles and the zoo trip..though..now that I think about it, most of this was about Charles and maybe 1/3 was about the rest of the zoo..oops? Chalres is important! He is both a snake and my friend! Plus he is pretty ^-^

This is Riku signing out and now crashing XD it is so time for some sleep!

Saturday, August 4, 2012

Puzzle From Hell

When my grandmother passed away two and a half years ago, she left a lot behind. All of her sewing materials went to me, and now they are stacked against one of my walls (taking up space and the good news is that I have a ton of thread for sewing and nearly an endless amount of needles haha). She also left a number of puzzles and other Japanese games and thing to pass the time. One of these puzzles is shaped like an octagon, and it is really just a pattern repeating itself and so I opened the box and looked at it for a while. It looked interesting, so I sat down and sarted to try and put it together. That was mistake number one. Mistake number two was thinking I might be able to put it together on my own. I started the puzzel around 5 this evening, and I finally recruited my brother to help me around 11 at night. Now at 2 in the morning I am taking my first break. The puzzle is nowhere near complete, and I am frustrated like never before. How could something so simple as a puzzle, be so freakin irritating? I don't understand it, I have to applaud my grandmother for being able to complete it, according to my mother, she would sit down and complete a puzzle every few hours when she had free time. According to my father it took my sisers aunt and uncle three months to complete. My brother and I are determinded to complete it in less than a week. Our original goal was three days, but I am not so sure how well three days will work out haha

Other than that, uhmm...not much else to say, I am going to the zoo with my boyfriend in 6 hours and I should probably get some sleep but I feel so ense and awake that I am not sure how likly sleep will be for me. I may end up doing an all nighter and then crashing when I get home tomorrow haha but I might end up crashing on my poor boyfriend in the middle of the zoo XD that would be bad..

Well this is Riku, slightly frustrated, but feeling otherwise great, and signing out ^-^ have a great life, everyone!

Friday, August 3, 2012

Good Bad and Boyfriend

So I have good news and bad news, but then again, isn't life always like that?

Bad News first.
I am officially obsessed with something. Bingo. On Facebook. And I need a hero to save me from it.

Good News second.
My bestie and I had a good long conversation today on the phone, it was nice to hear her voice again. I wish we could talk more often, it was good to be able to just slow down and acatually talk, you know?

Also, the zoo trip with my boyfriend has been moved to Saturday ^-^ I know I talk about him a lot, but I only ever really talk about him on here..I mean..not many people are willing to sit down and listen to me just talk about some guy..so it is nice to have this blog thing to spill out to when I need to.
Actually, I don't think that I ever told you peoples (whoever you may be) about the fight I picked with my boyfriend about a week or so ago. He went on a trip with some of his guy friends to Pismo beach and while he was there I had my bad day where I ended up making the post titled GAH!!! in July. Well, I didn't write about it, but my boyfriend and I got into our biggest fight ever on that night/morning. He was at the beach and I was at home and we just yelled at each other and were both super pissed and it was just really bad. I was kind of scared that we might break up, but we both slept on it and we felt a little better in the morning. He ended up getting my a ring (clear with black paint saying LOVE on a white background), a pink frog and beach sand as a peace offering. We made up, but things were awkward for a while. It was three days later or whatever that we had our picnic, it was sort of as though we were going to finally move on and it really made me enjoy our relationship so much more.
Yes, we may have our ups and downs, but I really do think tha this relationship will last. I really do hope so, at least.

OH! And just one more thing I have to get off my chest before I sign off here

KYLE IS A F****** A** AND HE DOESN'T DESERVE THE AIR HE BREATHES!!!!!!!!! F****** A**HOLE!!!!!!!
I couldn't resist, perhaps I'll expand more on that little outburst next time, or at a later date, but now is not the time for it haha this is Riku, signing off and saying enjoy the little things in life ^-^ later, everyone!

Thursday, August 2, 2012

Peter Pan and SacAnime Excitement

Okay, so that was interesting...let's start with the good news, shall we? I watched Peter Pan ^-^ yes that animated Disney classic with Wrndy and Tinkerbell and Peter <3 oh, it was quite enjoyable, I really did love it!
Other than that, my day was, well, average. I am still hunting for a job, and I still am cleaning the house. I am still trolling on facebook, and hanging out with friends..life hasn't been very rollarcoaster-y lately and I am very greatful for it. I just, I have been having this horrid feeling hovering over me all day, but nothing bad has happen so I'm not sure what it is, maybe just that things have seemed fairly calm for a while and I am beginning to worry about a sttorm in my future or something haha not sure.

I am very excited to be able to attend SanAnime on August 31st, however that is my 1 year anniversary with my boyfriend, so I will need to make that up to him somehow..not sure how I will be able to do that though :( any sugestions? Anyone?? Oh well, since I am so excited, I am going to tell  you all about it ^-^ ready? I am going with my younger brother and older sister. I will cosplay twice, once as Amu from Shugo Chara and then again as Anri from Durarara. I am super excited because when I dress up from Amu I get to wear a pink wig and I have never worn a wig before so it is exciting for me. Ah happy times are ahead for me, I just know it! Then as Anri I get to be a quiet, kind of awkward girl wwho gets all pumped up and swings around a giant sword!!! I'm totally making it sounds a lot cooler than it really is, but who cares!!! Cosplay for the win!!!!!

This is Riku signing out and hoping you guys check out my characters, I'll be sure to post pictures after the event! Laters!!

Wednesday, August 1, 2012

Wishing Some Things Never Changed..

Well, what can I really say? There isn't much to say, I guess. I had a nice day today, went on a date with my boyfriend. We had a picnic and talked about all sorts of different things, then he pushed me on the swings. It was really a lot of fun haha I enjoyed it a lot and I am pretty sure that he did as well. At the end of our picnic date, he gave me an old antique ring that has been passed down through his family for generations, it is going to be our promise ring and I love it. It is gold and has four leaves on it and it fits perfectly on my index finger, a little too big for my ring finger. But it is perfect! I keep looking at it while I am typing and I keep smiling at it, that boy haha he is so silly ^-^

So I have been missing my bestie a lot lately, I feel like there is a growing distance between us and I'm not sure how to mend this gap..it has been bugging me, because even when we are going good and happy with each other, it still has this awkward feel because we are normally fighting and getting along is weird. When we are fighting we want nothing to do with each other because we are just lining our words with poison and it sucks. When we aren't going good, but just not fighting, we are even more awkward because it is all like "uhmmm.....WTF are we suppose to do here? I have so much I want to tell you but then again this awkwardness is really just..I wanna escape..." or does that not make sense to you guys? Or maybe it does? Or doesn't..whatever! But seriously!!! I wanted so badly to call her up the ssecond I got home from my boyfriends and tell her everything that happened and about the ring (I'm super excited about the ring!!!) but I didn't because I felt like she wouldn't care or wouldn't want to hear it or something and I guess I kinda chickened out, huh? While we are still besties and all, it doesn't always feel like I can just call her up any time I want to and it pisses me off because I wish I could feel like she would answer me any time..
Well..we are both making out costumes for Holloween, it's been a lot of fun, but I am afraid that this might be our last Holloween together..
Wishing things never changed..Riku signing off. . .