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Category: Diary

December 6, 2023

Posted 1 year ago by Lily
This diary entry is part 5 of 26 in Lily's diary dated 30 - December 2023

Hi! It’s me! Lily!!!

And it was a pretty quiet day.

I like quiet days.

There are some days when all sorts of fun stuff happens, and some days when all sorts of not fun stuff happens, and then days like this, where not too much happens.  And that’s fine.  We need those kinds of days.  It was really nice outside today, so there’s that.

You know, I don’t really understand it when people get jealous of me.  I know I’ve said it before.  Yes, a lot of good things happened to me, I guess.  I don’t need to worry about how to pay for college, at least.  I have some skills that have gained me a little…  I don’t know what to call it.  Notoriety?  I’ve got all the friends and family a girl could possibly want, and I keep finding more.  My stomach is full, my mind is full, my heart is full.

And all at the low, low cost of all of my memories and apparently personality from before the age of fourteen.

And I still don’t know if it was worth the price.

So don’t be jealous of me.  I don’t like it when people are jealous of me.  Heck, I should be jealous of them!  They have something I’m like 99.999 percent sure I’ll never get back and it’s gone forever.  Was it a good trade?  Maybe it even was.  But that’s not important.  It doesn’t matter if it was a good trade.

So here I am.  I’m playing all the cards I’m dealt.  I’ve been dealt some good cards over the past four years.  And before that?  Ummm…

I’m going to the concert hall in the next couple of days to take a tour and have a conversation with the conductor.  He gave me a few pieces to listen to, and there’s one that really struck me.  I think I’ll choose that one.  But I’ll tell you which one it is later.  It’s beautiful and not awful technically.  Musically, it’s really hard, but I think I’m up for it.  And I have to learn how to use the sostenuto pedal.  Awww.

I think he would have let me choose whatever, but I really like this one.

I wish I could play Rachmaninoff’s third concerto, but that one’s going to be beyond my reach for a very long time.  I’m good.  I’m not anywhere near that good.

I’ll give you a hint.  It’s a well-known composer, but not a famous one.

Love you all!!! ❤️

Diary

December 5, 2023

Posted 1 year ago by Lily
This diary entry is part 4 of 26 in Lily's diary dated 30 - December 2023

Hi! It’s me! Lily!!!

And I have NEWS!!!

Okay, so remember that thing I did this spring, where I played a piano concerto with a high school orchestra?

Well, a real orchestra wants me to do a concert with them!!!!

HUUHHHHHH?????

So I guess someone saw me playing on YouTube, and then found out my story – you know, lost memories, all that – and thought that would make a really great pull for their orchestra.  You know, girl with no memories before 14 plays concert-level piano… 

I had a talk with the conductor earlier today, he even came over and listened to me play a little.  He wants to do it, and I have a few months to practice.  OMG.  We’re going to talk about what piece to perform and all that.  It can’t be anything too difficult because, well, I’m not really a pro, but we have a few doable ideas to toss around.  Not every piece is horrifically complex.  It pays too, but honestly, it’s not a lot of money, and I have plenty, so I’ll find a good unselfish use to put it to.  No way could I command the salary of a real pro.  But that’s alright.  I know how this works.  It’s partly my story they’re selling, I just have to not suck.

SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

And that kind of experience can’t hurt me getting into a good college too, right???

It won’t hurt, anyway, I guess.

So I guess it’s back to practice, practice, practice.  Sabby’s already facepalming, but she knows I need to do it.  And maybe it’ll be a good example for Crystal, too.

I told Liz and Yuki… Liz isn’t at all surprised, but Yuki…  she really seems to look up to me.  She started calling me senpai.  I had to put a stop to that, but, still…  a famous Japanese idol… looking up to me.  Not gonna lie, it makes me feel pretty good.

Oh, and speaking of Liz… she has a recital coming up too, her last one before college, and she wants me to accompany her too.  And I promised to accompany Beth…  it’s gonna be a busy few months.  But I don’t have to do any more practice than usual until we all decide which pieces we’re going to play.  Liz is looking at something pretty difficult, so…  oh well.  We’ll deal.

And most of that can wait till after Christmas.

OMG the aidols are hilarious.  They are so looking forward to coming to Texas, we were all on a video call and they started trying to speak Japanese with a Texan accent, and, well… it didn’t work.  But it didn’t last too long either, they only got out a few sentences before they collapsed in giggles.  My Japanese isn’t fluent, but it’s good enough we can talk fairly well.  Their English isn’t great… but then most Japanese peoples’ English isn’t good at all.  Even though they get years of lessons.  Go fig.

Am… I going to be a professional musician?

This keeps up, and maybe whether I want to or not.

I’m taking all the girls Christmas shopping this weekend.  That should be lots of fun.  Of course they’re paying for their own stuff, but I’ll be the taxi.  I don’t mind.  I love shopping with them.

Love you all!!! ❤️

Sharekoube…

Diary

December 4, 2023

Posted 1 year ago by Lily
This diary entry is part 3 of 26 in Lily's diary dated 30 - December 2023

Hi! It’s me! Lily!!!

Hooray for Mondays?  NOT.

Well, the good news is, the weather’s really nice now.  A little chilly but not too much, and sunny… perfect.  Remember back in summer when I was complaining about it being hot?  Well, this is why we stick around.  Everyone up north is shivering and getting dumped on with snow, and we’re not.

Everyone’s feeling better now, mostly.  I guess I was “patient zero”, but what are you gonna do?  No one’s really blaming me either, that kinda stuff just happens.  I stopped over to see Jack on my way back from school today, and Yuki came over to visit too, so…  back to normal, I guess.  Yuki had another tourist come and want a little “Yuki time”, so she put on some nice clothes and went over and did her thing.  This time she didn’t exchange contact info.  Everything was pleasant and he was polite enough… but she got some bad vibes so after he left, she just said “well, he’s not a keeper.”

I guess I can see it.  He seemed a bit too obsessed.  We’re not really worried, though.  He’s going back to Japan, and no one really knows anything about where to find her except the shop.  She’s not worried either.  Obsessed otaku apparently comes with the territory.

He had her sign a body pillow, though.  Eww.  In other news, apparently they made Yuki body pillows.  She was a bit embarrassed when he pulled it out.  Aww.

She’s still not upset or anything.  She says that the occasional tourist who comes around and buys merch and all she has to do is spend a few minutes with them isn’t a big deal.  It’s the having thousands of people dogging your every move, etc., that she gets really annoyed with.  And she knows that if she wants to stop, we won’t push.  That’s what’s really important to her.

We’re setting up a Christmas event with her.  She’ll perform some of her idol songs and dance around on stage, and we’ll pay her a percentage of the take for that night.  Apparently some folks from Japan are watching pretty closely, because the minute it went up on our webpage it was already making the rounds on LINE and Japanese Twitter.  Tickets aren’t selling out, but they’re selling briskly, and I hear a couple of people are making a special trip.  I kind of wish they wouldn’t…  but it’s their time and money I guess.

She’ll hold a meet and greet at that event too… kind of like a handshake event but a little more personal.  She gets a take of whatever she sells, too.  She’s actually kind of amazed that we’re being so generous… those idol companies must be awful.  We’re just taking care of her.  She is the talent, after all.

Apparently a couple of people are going just to see cat-girl.  Yuki’s oddly happy about that.  She’s not the only “celebrity”.

It’s not a lot of tickets either.  Frankly, we don’t have enough room for a huge event.  We can safely sell fifty or so.  But if demand is that high, we’ll probably talk to her about doing a second one.

Anyway… it’s really up to her.  We don’t pressure.  She actually likes being an idol, it’s just…  a lot of pressure when it’s what you do for a living.

Her parents are sending one of her old idol costumes from Japan.  That should be cute.

Anyway… that’s a lot of talk to say that Yuki’s having a pretty good time.  I think her parents are coming to visit her too.  I hope we get to meet them.

David’s getting really good at the sound stuff too!  Maybe he’s found a skill.

Yuki’s here now, along with Liz.  She wants to go to sleep, and I’m a little tired too.  She’s not sick anymore, but she’s still a bit weak, same with Liz.  Maybe some cuddling will help.

Love you all!!! ❤️

Diary

December 3, 2023

Posted 1 year ago by Lily
This diary entry is part 2 of 26 in Lily's diary dated 30 - December 2023

Hi! It’s me! Lily!!!

We put up the tree today.  It’s really pretty.  We put lots of tinsel on and a star on top, and then we put lots of ornaments up.  Liz has her own, but we put it on for her because she’s still recovering.  We made one for Yuki too, but we’ll give it to her to put on next time she comes over (don’t tell her!).  Crystal and Diana will get some too, they’ve pretty much become part of the family now.  We got some for Emiko and family too, but we just send them pictures.  She seemed to appreciate it.

We haven’t seen Emiko much since we got back from Japan.  We’ll have to go visit when Ai and the aidols come here from Japan.  They seemed to get along pretty well, and Aika and Mika need to meet more Japanese people, I guess.  It’s a part of their heritage.

The little concert happened last night.  I wasn’t there but Sabby was, and David went to do lights and stuff.  It wasn’t amazing, I guess, but they were okay, and we had a few people coming in to watch them play, and they bought stuff too.  Sabby seems pretty happy with the idea of being a live house.  She had her reservations but it hasn’t been bad for business, and when it’s good for business, it’s really good.  The maid-girls were there too serving drinks and stuff and it they’re pretty popular too.  Sabby is considering getting a liquor license, but I’m part-owner, that could be challenging.

Maybe it’s not the best idea, tbh.

Sabby actually admitted I was right.  Wow!!  Well, not completely right, but right enough.  It’s a market no one else in the area is filling like we are.

Crystal and Diana came over this afternoon, and we had a bit of a jam session with Beth.  It’s not because we’re any good.  We’re not.  But I wanted two things to happen:  I wanted them to get used to playing as a group, and I wanted them to know just how bad they are.  Not because I wanted to rub it in their faces or anything, but because I want them to get better, and they can’t get better without first getting real.

Crystal is a bit discouraged, but I told her that practice will fix this, and we’re going to get together every week to just play together, even if we’re awful.

I can use some of that practice on the drums too.  It’s very different playing with other people.  I played with an orchestra before, I should have known that.

Crystal has started writing music though, and wrote some pretty good lyrics, though.  I was actually surprised, they were really good.  I think she’s got a lot of talent in that regard.  Maybe.. because she’s been through so much.  I guess it would make sense.  She takes her depression and rage, and then adds a little girliness and friendship on top of it, and…  they made me cry.  Awww.

She made one titled “I love you, you pink, frilly bitch”

Haha!!!

That’s Crystal.

I think she’ll go far.  Once we get her on the right path.

Anyway…  Christmas is coming up.  It’s such a… warm season.  I love it.

Love you all!!! ❤️

Diary

December 2, 2023

Posted 1 year ago by Lily
This diary entry is part 1 of 26 in Lily's diary dated 30 - December 2023

Hi! It’s me! Lily!!!

EVERYONE’S sick!!!  Jack, Grace, his parents, Liz, her parents, even Yuki.  Aww.  I guess that’s what happens, though.  I made a big ol’ pot of chicken soup (Sabby taught me) and took bowls to everyone.  They seemed to appreciate it.  I don’t really feel bad, though.  Sometimes people just get sick.  It’s part of life.

But Sabby, Beth, etc., haven’t.  I guess that makes sense too.

I’m not the best cook but I’m getting better.  Jack says it’s the best because I made it.  Aww.

They’re just sick, though, just like I was.  Nothing awful.  Just has to run its course.  Poor Grace, though.

Crystal and Diana came over yesterday, but Yuki and LIz didn’t, they’re busy resting up.  That’s fine.  It was good to spend a little time with them too.  They’re Beth’s best friends, but my sisters.  I gave Crystal some music theory lessons – she didn’t even know what she didn’t know, but I explained to her how chords work and why some work better with others.  It’s amazing how important that little “leading tone” is in music theory.  It’s like addition in math – nothing else makes sense without it.  Otherwise we just binged on Anime.  We basically plowed through the entire series of K-On.  It started slow, but we started bawling in episode 20, and when Azusa realized that they’d all be graduating in episode 24… Awww.  We took a break for sleeping but finished it this morning.

I won’t ever experience an actual graduation…  but going off to college and maybe leaving my friends behind?  That…. is coming up.  Soon.  I might react the same way.  Aww.  Sometimes growing up hurts.

Sharekoube!! Lycopene!!!

I’ve also been working on an itinerary for when Ai and the aidols come here in a few weeks.  Texas is a little more boring than Japan in some ways, but there are things they’re looking forward to seeing.

Oh well.  It was a nice day.  Tomorrow’s supposed to be a nice day too.  Maybe Dave will grill.  Dave put up the decorations today, and he managed to do it without hurting anyone or setting anything on fire.

Love you all!!! ❤️

Diary

November 30, 2023

Posted 1 year ago by Lily
This diary entry is part 25 of 25 in Lily's diary dated 29 - November 2023

Hi! It’s me! Lily!!!

Now Liz is sick too.  Aww.  I went over to take care of her too.  It’s possible I didn’t give it to her, but let’s be honest, I probably did.  So I’m running all over the place taking care of my friends.  I don’t mind, though.  Liz doesn’t really like chicken soup, but she does like ramen – you know, the good kind, not the insta-noodle kinds.  So I got her some.

She seemed to appreciate it.

The rich broth is really comforting when you have a cold.

Jack’s kinda down for the count right now, but he seems to be appreciating the break.  He’s been pretty busy lately, so he seems to enjoy downtime when he gets it.  And he’s not complaining that I let him put his head in my lap and stroke his hair.  Boys really seem to like that… and who could blame them?  I wouldn’t mind either.

It’s almost December!  Where did the time go?  Dave’s putting the decorations up this weekend.  Hopefully using his new ladder.

He bought some lights powerful enough to direct airplanes.  What is it about guys?

Oh well.  It’s pretty nonetheless.

The Aidols are really looking forward to their trip here.  We’re getting on zoom every now and then, and they’re chittering and chattering about things they want to see in America.  Why is it everyone wants to see a Wal-Mart???  And Ai told them about Buc-ees, so they want to see one of them too.  Tourists are so easy to place.  I’m planning on going up to Dallas with them and visiting Rebecca.  She’s not lonely at all – she made new friends because she’s Rebecca – but she wants to spend a little time with the Aidols too.  She had such a good time in Japan.  She wants to take them to one of those arcade places.

I don’t know how we’re going to work some of this out.  Everyone wants to spend some time with Ai and the aidols, but there’s only so much time, and Emiko wants to spend a little time with them too.  She doesn’t get to spend much time with actual Japanese people, so she values it when she gets the chance.  Can’t blame her.  It is her home.

Well, we’ll figure it out.  Ai’s been talking up our Christmas traditions too.  There’s no KFC, but she likes the emphasis on family and how nice all the ceremonies are.  You know, the gift exchanges, the Christmas dinner, that stuff.  “Ceremony” is a strong word… but I guess that’s what they are.  I might set up a big ol’ Christmas party for everyone.  I’ll see what Sabby thinks.  That might be fun.  Maybe we can invite all the people from the shop, too.  Oh, and Katie!  I haven’t said much about her.  She’s doing fine.  Her kid is growing like a weed.  Well, still not doing a whole lot useful, but she’s crawling up a storm.  It’s cute.

It was a bit rainy today, but it was nice.  I took Marie for a long sniffing tour, I mean walk.  She loved it, as usual.

Love you all!!! ❤️

Diary

November 29, 2023

Posted 1 year ago by Lily
This diary entry is part 24 of 25 in Lily's diary dated 29 - November 2023

Hi! It’s me! Lily!!!

Jack’s sick now, and so is Grace.  I guess they got whatever I had.

So yesterday I made some soup (Sabby helped, I’m not a great cook) and took it over to him and pampered him a little.  It’s the least I could do.  I read Grace a story too.  She wasn’t really in the mood to do much but she seemed to enjoy the story.  Kids her age always do.  I chatted with his parents a little too.  I told them thanks for letting him take care of me.

They said it was either him or them, and of the three of them, he was in the best position…

Strangely calculated, that was.

But I didn’t write last night.  After I got back from Jack’s, the girls wanted to talk about the band, so we… talked about the band.  Crystal’s kinda raring to go, but I told her that I wasn’t going to be a part of a band that wasn’t at least a little competent, and that’s my price for participating.  She pouted a little but showed me a little of what she can do now.  She really is improving.  Not band quality at all, even bad band quality, but… she’ll get there.  Eventually.

I also checked in on the shop.  Everything seems to be humming along.  Now that we have a little more cohesive identity than “that cookie place with all the girls that wear cute outfits”, we seem to be getting a few regulars.  That’s kinda neat… if a little sad.  They seem lonely.  There’s this one guy who comes around pretty often and the girls have taken a liking to him, they kind of dote on him.  It’s cute, but that’s really all it is.  Even cat-girl learned her lesson, thankfully.

It’s like a “Cheers” with maid outfits.

We got a band that wanted to play.  We told them we couldn’t pay, but they could have some cookies and drinks, and we’d advertise a little.  They seemed to think that was a fair trade, so we’ll be having a little concert this weekend!  We’re also debating an “open mic” night, but we haven’t figured out all the details yet.  I guess we’re a live music house now too!  Fits, for Austin.

Band’s called “Death to Kawaii”.  Hah!

I went to Jack’s again today and made sure he was well fed.  He seemed to appreciate that.

Okay…  going to bed now. 

Love you all!!! ❤️

Diary

November 27, 2023

Posted 1 year ago by Lily
This diary entry is part 23 of 25 in Lily's diary dated 29 - November 2023

Hi! It’s me! Lily!!!

I’m glad to be home.  I liked spending time with everyone and it had its good points and all that, but truth be told…  well, I’m glad to be home.  Yuki had a really good time, Grace had a pretty good time, Jack really showed his true colors (in a good way)…  it was a good trip, but I’m glad to be home.  I don’t think I’d have wanted to do that for another week.

I guess I’m not a camping kinda girl.

I like nature but not that much.

Crystal is…  really improving on the guitar.  I know she’s only been at it for a few weeks, so she’s not going to be some shredding guitarist, but…  she’s not bad for the time she’s spent.  She needs to understand theory better but she can play a quite a few chords and pretty decently…  she can do some simple songs in a folksy style, so that’s pretty cool.  Maybe she’ll be ready for playing in a group in a couple of months.  I’m not really worried about my part.  I’m a pretty accomplished musician, I just need to get used to the drums and I’ll be fine.  Beth’s been practicing too… she’s got quite a voice on her when she chooses to use it.  As we learned when she and Sabby had fights…

I could stand to brush up on theory a bit too, though.  It’s a surprisingly complicated topic…

Anyway…  otherwise, back to the grind.  Back to school for me, back to work for Jack, back to school for Yuki, back to school for Grace…  it’s like it never happened.  And…  I dunno.  That’s not the most ringing endorsement for a destination, I guess.

I don’t want to sound ungrateful.  I’m not.  I love how Liz’s family has adopted me, and it was nice to spend time with everyone, and…  I guess not everything can be a hit, right?

Maybe it’s just colored by being sick through half of it.

Oh well.

Next up… Ai and the aidols coming here around Christmastime.  That should be really fun.  Five Japanese girls running around Austin.  We may never be the same.  Haha!!!

Love you all!!! ❤️

Diary

November 26, 2023

Posted 1 year ago by Lily
This diary entry is part 22 of 25 in Lily's diary dated 29 - November 2023

Hi! It’s me! Lily!

We arrived back this afternoon.  I’m very glad to be home.

The trip back from Amarillo was pretty uneventful, the hill country is really nice, a bit, well, hilly…  but it was alright.  Liz’s parents dropped everyone off then went back to return the cars they’d rented.  The girls were all at my house and there were lots of hugs and tears and “I missed you” and all that fun stuff.

I missed them too.  A lot.

Sabby had a big hug for me, too.. she told me she was really worried.  I told her it turned out fine.  She said she knows but she was still worried, and she’ll always be worried when stuff like that happens.  I guess I get it.  I had a big hug for Dave because he insisted on being so overprepared and that saved my pretty little bottom.  I’ll never be upset with him for doing that again.  Oh, who am I kidding, but now he has a really good argument that will probably shut me up very fast.  I don’t think I would have died or anything but having that medicine and soup was a big help.

I told Beth that she really didn’t miss a whole lot and there was nothing to be jealous of.  It wouldn’t have been a whole lot of fun for her if her friends didn’t come along too.  Camping really isn’t all that good if it’s not with friends, otherwise it’s pretty boring, I think.

Anyway, we’re going to have a sleepover tonight, but everyone has to leave early tomorrow for school, so…  we’re going to bed.

Love you all!!! ❤️

Diary

November 25, 2023

Posted 1 year ago by Lily
This diary entry is part 21 of 25 in Lily's diary dated 29 - November 2023

Hi! It’s me! Lily!!!

We’re in Amarillo now, on the way back.

Last night after I wrote the post, I did what I said I wanted to do, and went outside and looked at the stars.  The campfire was still lit, but it was very low, and it was just the right about of light.  The kettle still had some water in it, so I put it on the fire and made some hot chocolate.

While I was drinking it, Jack came out and sat next to me.  We just sat there for a bit looking at the stars.

I looked at him for the first time in a long while.  I mean really looked at him.  The fire was lighting his face dimly, and, well, not gonna lie.  He was pretty hot.  And looked a little pensive.

“Penny for your thoughts,” I said.

“They’re worth at least a dime,” he said.

“We’ll split the difference – a nickel.”

He chuckled and was quiet for a bit.

“I guess this wasn’t really a good trip for you,” he said, a little sadness in his voice.

“No!”, I said.. then again, a little quieter, “No.  It…  was better than I expected.”

“But you got sick,” he said.  “You didn’t get to do anything through most of it.  Everyone went hiking, and you were sick.”

I sighed.  “I got to spend time with you,” I said softly.  “You took care of me.  I…  I don’t like being sick but it was…  perfect.”

He sighed.  “You shouldn’t have to be sick to spend time together.”

“Maybe not,” I said, “But we do what we can.  It’s not like we’re married and living together.  We both have our own lives.”

“I…  wish we didn’t, sometimes.”  His arm snaked around me and I leaned into him.  “I like taking care of you.”

I sighed, and a tear leaked out.  I couldn’t help it.  I sniffled a bit and a coyote howled in the distance.  The stars were bright, the air was cold, and Jack was warm.  It…  was a perfect night.

But eventually we went to sleep, and the sun came up, and we ran around putting the tents in the car and making sure we had everything cleaned up, and then we made a final trip to the bathroom and were on the road.  It was a pretty uneventful trip.  Grace kept jabbering about how much fun she had and making up little songs about the grand canyon.  Everyone else was pretty sleepy though.  For lunch we stopped at a fast food place and had, well, fast food, and it was delicious.  Grace got an ice cream cone and it was gone pretty fast.

When we got to our room, everyone wanted a shower, and now everyone’s asleep.  I’m going to be asleep too, shortly.  I miss my family and my friends.  I don’t think I’ll miss the grand canyon.  But…  I’ll miss Jack taking care of me.  A lot.  I’ll miss that a lot.  He’s told me he loves me.  We’ve spent a lot of fun times together.  We’ve done some stuff together that was… very enjoyable.  But…  this was the first time I knew.  When they do wedding vows, they say “in sickness and in health”, and…  we’re not married yet.  We’re not even engaged.  But…  it’s not the good times that test a relationship, is it?

Love you all!!! ❤️

Diary
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