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Am off to Sydney at an ungodly hour tomorrow morning, so really I should finish packing now and go to bed.

Instead, I am going to give a quick update and THEN... maybe go to bed.

2.5 Christmas fics down, offer still open, keep thinking etc etc oh ye who haven't decided.

Jill, am writing return letter but not sure when you'll get it, as my access to a post office is sadly limited.

What is also sad is the fact that I have more money in cheque than in the actual bank, and my bank-access is similarly limited. Moral: I need a car and a driver's license. ARGH. This will seriously hamper my spending ability in Sydney! However I still have somewhere between $400-600 in the bank. So it should be okay. And I'll be up in another two weeks anyway. Besides, it's probably good for me to not spend all my money... I'd feel sadly bereft if I did.

Speaking of which, will most likely be with the family in Sydney the weekend of Animania, as Grandpa's house is in fact sold and we're having a final dinner. Can go to Animania on the Saturday. Cannot go to the dance party, as that is when the dinner is. Am not coming up until said Saturday. May be able to go shopping on Sunday- this remains to be seen- or may be expected to spend meaningful time with siblings at a restaurant.

Don't quite know what is wrong with my spelling/typing, but there seems to be a short-circuit somewhere between my brain and what I'm writing. It has reached the point where almost every time I am supposed to write off, I write of; to instead of too, it's instead of its, hear instead of here, where instead of were, was instead of saw... today I wrote generally instead of genuinely. THAT was special. The thing is I know what it's MEANT to be- I just write/type it incorrectly. *puzzled by self* Maybe my mum's write (omgwtf me. RIGHT.) and I am just writing too much. (Yes, I DID just write to.) Or maybe I am becoming dyslexic. *mildly concerned*

Now, because I'm sure you're all dying to hear about mah plans (hah, yeah. right. *g*):

Tomorrow, leave for Sydney via coach at 9, arrive round 12.30, go shopping in city, hopefully hit Kinokuniya. (Though not sure how long sister will be willing to put up with that.) Maybe go out to dinner with both siblings, depending on brother's schedule.

Saturday, we're apparently going to Glebe markets. I know at some point we're going to Paddy's markets, which will allow me to hit the cheap Japanese DVD place in China Town and splurge on anime. Will have empty bank account, yay me! But lots of cheques. *headdesk*

Coming back on Sunday. Anyway, what is this all for? I have just realised I haven't mentioned- formal dress shopping. Whoo yay thunk. Anyway, sister is in raptures of joy as it was in fact her life-long dream (no, seriously) to have a younger sister to go shopping with and usually I refuse to go shopping. Hehe. *sweatdrop*

Now it is a quarter past one and I have stolen my dog for the night and I just remembered I left her in my room so, um. I'm like. Going now. Yes.

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Argh I was halfway through an update when the computer reset. *headdesk*

Anyway. Let's try this again.

Am in Sydney for the weekend, so no email and sporadic net access. Which means VERY sporadic comment replies from me, as no notifications on top of not being online most of the time.

Got little to know WTF I DID THAT LAST TIME TOO no sleep last night, due to a combination of my fucked up sleep patterns and my poodle. On the former, let's just say I got up at 3pm and went to bed at around 1am. Um. Yes. On the latter... as much as she makes a good teddy bear, it means no rolling over. And also, have you ever tried sleeping with a twitching and spasming dog in your arms? It's distracting, I tell you! She must have very active dreams. Way more so than anything she does in real life. *rolls eyes*

Speaking of waking up at 3pm yesterday, I forgot to mention on my post yesterday- I was supposed to meet Matt at the shops at 3, but I was woken up shortly after then by a "where are you?" phonecall. Am fool! FOOL. However Matt is lovely and came by to drop off new Pratchett book anyway, yay~! Going Postal great fun so far. Approve of main character's cynicism, and also of the Vetinari moments.

Anyway, as for today. The coach ride can be described thusly: A Disgusting Combination of Ridiculous Exhaustion (see above), Mild Physical Discomfit, Misery-Inducing Motion Sickness and Extreme Boredom (see motion sickness: reading while car sick? HAH. LIKE HELL.)

And yes. I did devise this during said coach-trip during my boredom. Feel free to point and laugh.

First day of formal shopping down, entire Sydney city covered. Surprisingly little in the way of formal dresses. Feet sore, as spent 3 hours and went to 9 different arcades/malls. *THUNK* Only tried on maybe 6 dresses, which is good because sekritly that's the bit that TRULY tires me out. Mostly went around saying things like, "OMFG $1800 FOR ONE DRESS?! WTF KIND OF CRACK ARE THEY SMOKING?"

There was this really ugly dress that was $1600, too...

Aside from that, though, also stopped off at Kinokuniya and spent money. Less than $100 this time, but... bow and scrape, my friends, for *I* have a loyalty card. 10% discount! Yay! That means I have discounts for both Kinokuniya AND the cheap Japanese DVD place. *amused*

Had a little adventure at Kinokuniya. Went to the counter and bought four things: Duklyon 1 & 2 (in English this time. No, shut up, I have my reasons. And mostly they involve me being highly suspicious of my own Japanese literacy. It's a means of checking! ^^;), FAKE 1 and DNAngel 1 (in Jap, for I am rich and there was no reason not to.)

Before this, though, I went to the little computer-y thing, had fun awe-ing my sister with my ability to use the Japanese part of it (enough to discover that Yellow 4 was in the system but not in stock), and got similar results with English!Tokyo Babylon. When I was at the counter, I asked about ordering. Turns out I had to go to the Japanese counter for Yellow and the English counter for TB.

Alright, said I, Japanese counter first.

I ALMOST WENT TO THE CHINESE COUNTER. I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THERE *WAS* A CHINESE COUNTER. *headdesk*

Anyway, the store is getting 7 copies of Yellow 4. Guess when, guys? "Oh, probably about 2 weeks."

YES. So anyway, I reserved a copy, which I am allowed to do being from inter-state. Then it was off to the English counter-

Halfway there I realised there was a seperate comic counter and veered off in that direction. *whistles innocently* Another near-mishap averted!

And it turned out they actually DID have TB3- it was in a really obscure location- so back to the checkout counter for me! Yay! 2 times in 10 minutes, how special. So that's when I got the loyalty card. ^^

This evening, went out for dinner with brother and sister. Was Japanese. Was so incredibly good. Mmm. Had a banquet thingy- yakitori and tenpura and miso and sushi and sashimi and yum. *glee*

Tomorrow is the federal elections. I will cry if John Howard gets back into power. Sister will need to go vote, so will maybe be around midday-ish.

Am also apparently going to the direct factory outlets and glebe markets tomorrow. Another shopping intensive day follows. Alas, the grand search for the formal dress! *woe*

On a sidenote, I go back to school tomorrow and I have completely given up on everything except Japanese. Don't know if I'll even bother handing things in, as effort does not seem altogether worth it. We shall see. Bloody school.

Now if you'll excuse me I am going to go spend some quality time with my goods. <3