Sailor Moon Wallet??

Some time ago, I did a little search on Holiday Fair as a company that
produced licensed Sailor Moon items. I discovered this:

http://www.dasaq.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=25370

Trifold Wallet with Sailor Moon on it? How can I order this? Do you need
to have a Wholesale license to order this, and if so can I find someone
else with this license and can try to get a case of these wallets? I
should call the company at some point and see what they can tell me,
because this would be a rare item nowadays if they still have this
available. The site seems to list it as available. I hope to find out
more.

On another note of a licensed product producer, Ann's Trading Company
seems to be a purveyor of licensed items, like tins. I happen to have
bought one of their Sailor Moon tins today on a tip from one of the
ladies that helps my mom of what it was and where she saw it. Produced
in 1998, and it's licensed, so that makes me wonder what else they made
that I somehow missed out knowing about it.

Good news all around!!!!!!!!!!!!

I spoke to an attorney today about my appealing the unemployment compensation review commission's reversal of allowing benefits. While I won't be going with them in seeking to file this appeal, things the nice lady I spoke said these things:

This Case Is Winnable. She actually said after reading over the 2 documents where I won and then got it reversed - this is the kind of case they salivate over because in her words "you got screwed." Yet another professional person who agrees with what happened!!! She would have loved to take on those jerks at J&J Foods dba Giant Seigal. But then she went on talking about if it made sense to spend money to not have to pay back $3K. Since I don't really have the money, she wouldn't have felt good about taking my money and winning this case. This is the kind of thing that I would need an attorney to file and fight it.

However, she also said that I own no property and I don't have a job. I am what she called "Uncollectable." I could choose to not pay it back right away, but then there's this thing sitting around with the state collecting interest. I could arrange to make payments of whatever it is I could pay. They also can't get any disability or Social Security - it would be up to me to make sure they got their money.

So I will be calling the pro bono attorney they told me about and see if I can still consider pursuing this administrative appeal.

On another FREAKING GOOD NOTE - I WON MY DISABILITY AWARD!!!

OMG!! I can't believe it!! Spring has sprung!! I need to call the guy back to find out what else they need to know. I will be fretting over what the heck they want before they can finish processing it.

I may end up being able to pay off the Unemployment people and Dr. Z at the same time, and walk away from all that crap and end up out of debt in a few months.

Is this the news I've been waiting for?

Today in the mail from the SocSec office I get this letter. It sounds like in places that I'm awaiting a letter about benefit payments. I shouldn't get my hopes up, but I would love to have this be what I hope it is. I'll keep an eye open for further developments. In the meantime, I've got a lawyer consultation tomorrow and a possible pro bono referral. The guy is kinda far away, but hopefully if I need his help, I can get it.

Man, spring finally comes for me literally.

Court proceedings may soon commence. possibly schooling, too?

According to info I have found, in order to appeal the decision on my
unemployment case (an administrative appeal) through my county's court
of common pleas, I will need to file 3 documents in my situation:

A Docketing Statement, a Praecipe (pray sippee), and because I have no
money, a Poverty Affidavit. I found PDF forms for the first 2 online
through the county clerk of court's website. I called (finally!!!!!)
today to find out if they've heard of this form, and I was told yes,
they exist and are accepted in my county, even if links to this form
aren't on the website. The lady I spoke to suggested finding out if this
form is online with the state or trying another office with which I left
a message. If they have this form, which they should, I hope to get a
copy mailed to me or told where I can find it online. I might have found
a source for one such version already. So this weekend, I will be
printing these forms and trying to figure out how to fill them out. Once
I have this filed, I'm going to try finding a private attorney to pick
up my cause.

Out of the blue my father emailed me and my younger sister about a
possible opportunity to continue our education, which for me would be to
get my Bachelor's. I will probably also go online with Kent State to see
what I can do over the computer and I still qualify for grants and the
like. I am interested in anything that can get me a job in Japan if at
all possible. I wonder if any credits from Stark Tech will transfer
which was 18 years ago when I graduated. I don't even know if I'm in the
frame of mind to even consider this. Japanese language study is or was
offered at Kent State when Liz was going there. (I miss Liz.)

Manga cookbook review noted!

A few beams of sunlight come through: http://www.howtodrawmanga.com/

On March 13,2007, they noticed my review of their Manga Cookbook on Genvid! It's good to be recognized. I have a number of their products and I've liked what they've done. I also recommend their little Gift Books, and hope to add Manga Moods to my collection. Since I have 3 nieces, I got Manga Sisters and let the oldest read it to the others.

(Note: I wrote this when my life was different as it is now. Do not consider this next bit too seriously. Except the trip to Japan part - I still want to do that. 11/10/2017)

It'd be nice if the Manga University people would contact me. I'd like a job and anything that promotes Japanese culture and language seems like something I want to do. (That, and the possibility of being able to go to Japan and meet a potential future wife would be nice, too.)

Looking for more help

The free legal aid guy I spoke to today was helpful, but not as much as
I'd hoped. I've contacted several other "groups" which is the only word
I think I can use, and see if anyone responds. At any rate, I have phone
calls for info to place tomorrow if I can get myself to do it. I wonder
if contacting a TV Station to get help would work. They're always
looking for news items that get attention and sometimes they help just
ordinary people.

Other stuff

I finally decided to get an ID on a CDrom of images of some game that I
bought a few years ago while in Toronto for Anime North. I could read
the Kunoichi part, but the other 3 kanji were badly written in a style I
couldn't make out. One image board got a few of these pics in JPG form
and people quickly Identified it as a Playstation game, Kunoichi
Torimonocho. I think the readings on that are wrong, as I turned up
'kari'monochou. I have to find my paper kanji dictionary for the meaning
of that first one as my electronic one does not say anything for it,
just a reading.

As they also indicated, I was able to locate an ISO archive and after
making 3 coasters, finally made a working CD with InfraRecorder and
checked out the game. Youtube even has a few clips of it. I'm going to
need a translated guide, because while I can read some Japanese, this
has way more than I know but will probably learn. I was able to do some
things and understand a little which is nice.

Then I got to thinking... Hey, what else can I find? Nonworking links to
the Wedding Peach game. Bushido Blade 1 turned out OK. Loved the demos
on the PSX magazine CD, but I can't find it anymore.

However, and I hope people realize this, ISOs of the Saber Mariontte J
Battle Sabers disc are incomplete! It's missing the audio CD session of
the disk. I had a burned copy bootleg bought in Toronto some years ago,
and I think I got it to work only 3 times and I can't rememer what I
did. ISOs on the net are clearly missing something because the disk will
start and stop many times and waiting long enough, nothing comes up. At
least it has the non-credit opening to the SMJ anime which I'm able to
play with the cartridge we got. ^_^ If I'm doing something wrong or "not
waiting long enough" - how long is enough to wait for this game???

Of course, the disclaimer - I tested these games for review purposes
only, and I won't be keeping these copies. They may well be destroyed by
the time you read this. In the case of the SMJ game, I hope to be
looking for an import from Japan of an actual produced and pressed game
CD because I have seen this one played and it looks great ( as well as
the voices, too). A shame it wasn't released here.

Might have some help

Well, I found the free legal aid people and their website so I filled in
the online form (after calling on Good Friday and not getting through)
and I got a call, as I was expecting, yesterday. The lady looked at the
'intake' information and asked me about a few other bits of info, and
after reading what I sent to them, scheduled an attorney to call me this
Monday about it. So it seems they can help. I would imagine that if they
couldn't help she wouldn't arrange anything. She asked me if I have any
pending court date, and I'm like No, I have no idea how to go about
doing this and I need all the help and advice I can get. I arranged an
appointment with a counselor on Thursday, so hopefully things will
progress ASAP.

On another note, I've discovered some good reading on the net.
Heartwarming tales that if you're a cold-hearted jerk, it wouldn't do
you any good to read them, so don't bother. Do a search for "nurse-kun"
and you'll see. There's another sorta related tale which is still going
on thankfully which should also turn up, though I hope we hear more from
"Nurse-kun."

Unemployment fight continues...

Got the letter today, Not Good Friday.

It seems they've decided to REVERSE that decision!!! I will have to
appeal it at the county Court of Common Pleas and contact a lawyer to
help me fight the store.

I need to talk to my counselor so he can help me manage this fight.

$68 poorer but I have a new tire

I was able to get in early at the tire place this morning, just a couple
minutes down the road from where we are now. And the story is the same:
The tire has a hole in the sidewall and has ruptured. Which means it
can't be fixed. I ask if he has this size tire in stock and he does,
which runs with tax $68 even. He even put it on which I didn't require,
but he did this whole thing in about 20 minutes or less. Keister Custom
Tire sells Mastercraft tires, made in Findlay, Ohio, so it's not one of
those cheap brands Wal Mart sells, plus I could have saved some money
getting my tires from them. I will probably go back there next time I
need them. I should have gone there sooner.