{"id":99,"date":"2006-05-13T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2006-05-13T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.xjaymanx.com\/toybox\/2006\/05\/13\/post-349-distractions-and-attractions\/"},"modified":"2009-08-08T15:11:52","modified_gmt":"2009-08-08T23:11:52","slug":"post-349-distractions-and-attractions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.xjaymanx.com\/toyboxx\/2006\/05\/13\/post-349-distractions-and-attractions\/","title":{"rendered":"post 349 ~ distractions and attractions\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<table cellpadding=\"5\" border=\"1\">\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"110\" align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B000E1ZBHM\/ref=wl_itt_dp\/102-5311854-1469733?%5Fencoding=UTF8&amp;colid=39Z7N1216B0JR&amp;coliid=I131ZJUIOT6TZ7&amp;v=glance&amp;n=5174\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/images.amazon.com\/images\/P\/B000E1ZBHM.01._AA240_SCLZZZZZZZ_V56246507_.jpg?w=120\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"><br \/>\n&#8220;Operation: Mindcrime II&#8221; (2006)<\/a><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"><b>post 349<\/b> ~ distractions and attractions&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>tuesday, may 9<\/b> ~ finally bought the $50 divorce-forms kit for us to look over&#8230; only $400 more for convenient third-party preparation and court-related fees&#8230;\n<li><b>wednesday, may 10<\/b> ~ got confirmation that my 1800flowers.com order arrived at my mom&#8217;s house on the east coast&#8230; yep, early to get the 20% discount ;)))&#8230; then later that morning, while jen was asleep, her mom came over to pick up some stuff for the store, and when i asked her &#8220;how are you doing?&#8221;, she suddenly broke down in tears&#8230; sad to see a mom cry like that&#8230; but she has to keep a strong face for her daughter; can&#8217;t force someone to stay if she wants to leave&#8230;\n<li><b>friday, may 12<\/b> ~ this morning, called our bank to start the process of refinancing our home&#8230; cashing out jen&#8217;s share of the home equity, resulting in a near-doubled but manageable $1400\/month payment&#8230; the transaction should close in about a month&#8230;\n<li><b>distractions!<\/b> ~ otherwise, i&#8217;ve been distracting myself with TONS of DVDs and MP3s&#8230; including the anime &#8220;eureka seven&#8221; and &#8220;fate stay night&#8221;&#8230; the japanese sci-fi film &#8220;returner&#8221;&#8230; the gorgeous &#8220;memoirs of a geisha&#8221; (halfway thru the DVD)&#8230; PLUS music from the &#8220;fate stay night&#8221; anime OST, &#8220;ah! my goddess&#8221; anime OST, and &#8220;damo&#8221; TV OST&#8230;\n<p>AS WELL AS the amazing return of QUEENSRYCHE&#8217;s &#8220;Operation: Mindcrime II&#8221;&#8230; i only downloaded it about 2 weeks ago, and i&#8217;ve already listened to it about a DOZEN TIMES!!!&#8230; consequently, i&#8217;ve re-listened to their original 1988 &#8220;Operation: Mindcrime&#8221;, as well as their &#8220;Operation: LIVEcrime&#8221; CD and DVD!!!&#8230; <i>revolution!<\/i><\/p>\n<li><b>attractions!<\/b> ~ and pretty soon, i&#8217;ll be watching some pre-released episodes of &#8220;hellsing ultimate&#8221;, &#8220;eureka seven&#8221;, &#8220;blood+&#8221;, &#8220;trinity blood&#8221;, and &#8220;doctor who (2005)&#8221;&#8230; DAMN! lots to watch!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Operation: Mindcrime II&#8221; (2006) post 349 ~ distractions and attractions&#8230; tuesday, may 9 ~ finally bought the $50 divorce-forms kit for us to look over&#8230; only $400 more for convenient third-party preparation and court-related fees&#8230; wednesday, may 10 ~ got confirmation that my 1800flowers.com order arrived at my mom&#8217;s house on the east coast&#8230; yep, &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.xjaymanx.com\/toyboxx\/2006\/05\/13\/post-349-distractions-and-attractions\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0},"categories":[18,54],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7rIwb-1B","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2793,"url":"http:\/\/www.xjaymanx.com\/toyboxx\/2009\/05\/12\/blog-201-red-cliffs-redheads-ragers\/","url_meta":{"origin":99,"position":0},"title":"Blog 201 > Red Cliffs, Redheads &#038; Ragers","author":"xjaymanx","date":"May 12, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"07-08 Jan 2007 | Ignis from Chaos Gate Jingai Makyo | Enlarge What's up, my Traveling Toyboxers? 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