and then some

so the other day I went to the bank to change my registered address on my account--cause you can't do that online, you have to do it in person. whatever. anyway, in the process of showing them my gaijin card to prove my current address, it was pointed out to me that my card had expired.  In August.
>_< doh
I guess, when I got my visa, I thought that took care of everything, and I didn't realize that my actual card was expiring too.  upshot of which is I had to get up really early and head over to the ward office the other morning before work to get it all fixed up.  and hope they weren't too mad at me.  lol. which, it turns out, they weren't, so that's all good. cause, i mean, my visa stuff was all taken care of, so it's not like I was staying illegally or anything. and since I was good and got up early and got there right at 8:30 when the office opened, I wasn't even late for work! well, not by more than 10 minutes anyway.
let's see, what else... oh, I found out my latest bar review is going in 763, so look out for that Nov 7.

we had a big meeting about the redesign this morning, and Steve had given us all sorts of stuff we were sposed to come up with ideas for. i was okay on the ideas for the new sections, and multimedia which i'm gonna be in charge of, but Steve wanted us each to come with 2 ideas for features that we could do in-house, with photos and stuff.  and i was just drawing a COMPLETE blank. I mean, I can come up with lots of ideas, but nothing that feels big enough to be a feature, you know? anyway, I managed to fudge through it okay. and we're gonna start having regular Ed meetings too (genuis! what an idea!) so we'll be talking more about it again next week.

人生はいろいろ、女だっていろいろ

Wah, I'm tired!!  (@_@)
But on the plus side, I was actually able to finish all the things I was supposed to today. On the way to work this morning, I was seriously doubting it. Didn't take a lunch break but....
On the other plus side, I got paid today! Which is also very good as I looked at my bank account over the weekend and was a bit dismayed to learn that I was down to my last 1万円. Then I thought, "wait, that means I made it through the month with $100 bucks to spare!" And I felt a lot better. Plus I went on a bar review this weekend, which means I'm gonna get reimbursed for that at the end of the month too, so that doesn't actually count as money I spent. (((o(^o^")o)))

Speaking of bar review, the place I went to was really awesome, this Belgian beer bar next to Yokohama station, called Glass Dance.  I dragged Jason, Felicia and Ben B with me and we had a grand old time. ~_^  Cost a pretty penny, but the beer was fantastic and work footed a good chunk of the bill so we didn't really mind.  This was our first round!  You can see Ben there, enjoying himself. And if anyone ever has a chance to try a Belgian ale called Delirium Tremens, I strongly suggest that you do so, because it is FANTASTIC. See how it comes in a glass with pink elephants on it?  hehe.  Not sure when the review's gonna run, but I'll give an update. Month or so maybe?
We're gonna have a lot to do in the months to come, too.  Steve had an editorial meeting with us last week talking about ideas for the big redesign he wants to do. Totally gonna shake up the whole concept of the magazine, which I think is a good thing. Not that there's anything wrong with it, but as Steve pointed out, when Metropolis first started out, we were pretty much the only source for English-language information on events, or galleries, or restaurants or whatever in Tokyo. But now there's the internet and anyone with a blog can basically do what we're doing. So we need to adapt to the new environment and find a new niche for ourselves. Move away from long-form articles and toward more and shorter ones, so we can get in more information about more things. I like it, and we were all pretty psyched up about coming up with ideas and stuff, but as Hiroko pointed out, it's going to make a lot more work. Especially for the two of us. With the result that we really really need to get some more hands on board, whether slave labor interns or part-timers or whatever, if only so that Hiroko and I don't have to do listings anymore. Cause that's complete and utter brainless busy work, but it's really time consuming. No listings would give me an extra day and a half, easy. And while it's true that at the moment, I often complain about having nothing to do on Thurs/Fri, if the last couple weeks are any indication that's 100% a problem of the past.
*sigh*
Oh, on another note, I have a CD review coming up in tomorrow's edition!  Only like 100 words so it's not that big of a deal but it's of the NICO album that I stole from Dan. lol.
Speaking of albums, I ordered the twins' new single, which hasn't even shipped yet according to amazon, and it came out *yesterday* thank you very much.  (≧ヘ≦)
Speaking of twins, this week's PV is the new single of theirs that I ordered but haven't gotten.  Again I say (≧ヘ≦) arrgh.  It's totally schizo and melodramatic (not their fault for the record, it's the theme song for some gothic romance vampire anime) and can't decide what kind of song it is, but parts of it have really grown on me (i.e. become unbearably stuck in my head).
Factoid 1: they actually dance a little in this one! (usually they just kind of do this bouncing in place thing which is awkward and sad)
Factoid 2: they get a girl!
Factoid 3: I'm pretty sure it's a gaijin, even tho she's not blonde
Factoid 4: I don't like her. At the end, when the veil comes off, I'm pretty sure she's sposed to be all sad, or pensive or whatever, but I think she just kind of looks constipated.
Thoughts?