{"id":141,"date":"2006-10-12T17:56:00","date_gmt":"2006-10-13T01:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.xjaymanx.com\/toybox\/2006\/10\/12\/post-410-barrage-of-random-goodies\/"},"modified":"2009-08-08T14:31:36","modified_gmt":"2009-08-08T22:31:36","slug":"post-410-barrage-of-random-goodies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.xjaymanx.com\/toyboxx\/2006\/10\/12\/post-410-barrage-of-random-goodies\/","title":{"rendered":"post 410 ~ barrage of random goodies ;)"},"content":{"rendered":"<table cellpadding=\"5\" border=\"1\">\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"133\" align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.xjaymanx.com\/xjaymanx_2006\/6000-figures_02.htm\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.xjaymanx.com\/xjaymanx_2006\/Images-photos\/xjaymanx_desk12a_th.jpg\"><br \/>\ngenshiken figures!<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dickssportinggoods.com\/product\/index.jsp?productId=2188682&amp;cp=2367828.701917.1087675&amp;parentPage=family&amp;searchId=18812772212\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"1\" width=\"133\" src=\"http:\/\/dsp.imageg.net\/graphics\/product_images\/pG01-2487055nm.jpg\"><br \/>\nheely&#8217;s roller shoes!<\/a><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"><b>post 410<\/b> ~ okay, a barrage of random goodies ;)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>friends &amp; hooters<\/b> ~ yesterday, wednesday the 11th, after another visit to the local clinic (giving blood\/urine samples), drove to the post office&#8230; finally mailed out my package to  for her 25th birthday next week&#8230; plus picked up my shipment from japan: two circular mirror bases for my free-standing figures&#8230;\n<p>that afternoon, another fun midday chat with <b>anna<\/b>  and took some photos of my cubicle and my outside view from the third floor, not bad!&#8230; also helped <b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.myspace.com\/4326484\">vanessa<\/a><\/b> clean\/spruce up her resume&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>LOL, and since i&#8217;ve never been to one, anna suggested that i try a &#8220;hooters&#8221; restaurant for the FIRST time (she worked at a &#8220;hooters&#8221; during her recent 3-month visit to the US and loved it, especially the hot wings!), i decided to ask vanessa about it&#8230; in fact, vanessa had just gone there last week with don and kiyomi, and the week before!&#8230; she also mentioned how great the wings were!&#8230; so now, a group of us are shooting for lunch for this or next week (friday the 13th or tuesday the 17th)&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>interesting tidbit: the &#8220;hooters&#8221; that anna worked at in carolina was more family-oriented, waitresses wore short shorts but with regular shirts&#8230; however, according to vanessa, the &#8220;hooters&#8221; on sahara was not so family-friendly: <i>&#8220;The waitresses wear really short orange shorts and tank tops with their boobs hanging out. Guys enjoy it&#8230; however we gals enjoy the food.&#8221;<\/i>&#8230; independently-owned apparently, LOL ;)<\/p>\n<p>then that night, finally completed the composite of 4 photos from vanessa&#8217;s son&#8217;s birthday party&#8230; former and current co-workers of the legendary &#8220;RF Code&#8221; gang, LOL!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.xjaymanx.com\/xjaymanx_2006\/Images-photos-20061007\/2006-10-08a-combo04a.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.xjaymanx.com\/xjaymanx_2006\/Images-photos-20061007\/2006-10-08a-combo04a_th.jpg\"><\/a>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>genshiken figures<\/b> ~ over the last couple days, <b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.xjaymanx.com\/xjaymanx_2006\/6000-figures_02.htm\">two more figures<\/a><\/b> from the college-life otaku\/geek comedy &#8220;genshiken&#8221;&#8230; the raven-haired &#8220;ohno&#8221; on the far left and the anime-within-an-anime &#8220;ritsuko&#8221; character on the far right&#8230; found them at decently discounted prices at robert&#8217;s anime corner store, and on ebay&#8230; NICE!\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>heely&#8217;s roller shoes<\/b> ~ today, thursday the 12th, FINALLY remembered to google for &#8220;sneakers with wheels&#8221;&#8230; the result: <b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dickssportinggoods.com\/product\/index.jsp?productId=2188682&amp;cp=2367828.701917.1087675&amp;parentPage=family&amp;searchId=18812772212\">roller shoes<\/a><\/b>! YES!&#8230; the reason: well, for months, years, i&#8217;ve always envied kids who rolled around on these inventive contraptions!&#8230;\n<p>i mean, listen to this little habit of mine: for months now, each week i visit the VONS grocery store, i lay my shoulder-strap case\/bag into the grocery cart, then run-and-ride the cart from station to station, pick up my items, then run-and-ride to the next aisle, and the next&#8230; hahaha, i especially love the long wide freezer aisles when i can just run at full speed, hop onto the back, and ride all the way to the haagen daz sorbets (hmmm, strawberry, lemon and mango!)&#8230; and then another great long ride to the check out stations&#8230; but the BEST part comes AFTER checkout&#8230; since the parking lot slopes downward away from the store, i run hard from the entrance, then ride the grocery cart maybe a couple-dozen parking spaces down to my camry&#8230; NICE!&#8230; so why not add &#8220;roller shoes&#8221; to the rest of my day and week, right? 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