How's my driving? How can I improve with Ash and Pukamon? Yes, they're original characters, but are they consistent, believable, etc? How do they come across?
Also: How is my cultural understanding? I'm not Australian nor of British descent, nor have I spent any time in Japan; while I've worked at Disney I wasn't DPI. If I've gotten something wrong, I'd love to know.
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February 4th 2011:Of a Hat and a Bag (Ash and Pukamon); featuring Sora February 5th 2011:Boys Will Be Boys (Ash and Pukamon); featuring Takeru and Patamon February 7th 2011:When a Dolphin Meets a Cat (Pukamon); featuring Tailmon (Hikari's partner)
April 25th 2011:Lest We Forget (Ash and Pukamon); self-log
August 26th 2011:A Dazzling Place I Never Knew (Ash and PukaGomamon); featuring Osamu, BotaGazimon, Ryo, and Cyberdramon
Ash is awkward enough to have three potential addresses: His home in Australia, Chatham Square in Florida, and his host family in Shinjuku. So if you've sent it to Japan, it's gonna take another week to get forwarded on to him; to Florida, probably another two...
[Voice sample for Ash. His accent's a little milder than this, having softened in the US.]
If you've used his number in the current incarnation of Digilife, it's probably his American one: [English.] Hi, you've reached Ash Ward. I'll be in Japan until February 10th; after that I'll be back in Australia. Please update your contacts lists: My Australian number is +61 04 XXXX XXXX. If it really can't wait, my number in Japan is +81 80 XXXX XXXX [Japanese characters may recognize this as a Tokyo cellphone number]. I can't get messages on this number until I'm next in the US, which won't be until July. Please, update your contacts; again my Australian number is +61 04 XXXX XXXX. Thanks. [Beep! But listen to the boy, he's not going to get any messages on this until July.]
Australian number: [English; mostly General Australian accent but going slightly midwestern American.] Hi, you've reached Ash Ward. Leave your name and number after the beep and I'll get back to you as soon as I can. Thanks! [Beep!]
Did you seriously just try his Japanese number: [Japanese, with a mildly American accent. His Japan pavilion friends were right.] Hi, you've reached Ash Ward. I'm at home in Australia now; please update your contacts lists: My Australian number is +61 04 XXXX XXXX. Again, my Australian number is +61 04 XXXX XXXX. Thanks! [Beep!]
It's been a bit mad around here since my last post! In the past...whoa, month, I have:
Been lucky enough to avoid any more random portals, thank Mickey.
Had to buy Gomamon a new bed, because he doesn't fit his old one any more. We also bought him a scratching post but he broke it the first time he tried it. Those claws are strong!
Been looking for something else for Gomamon to do during the day, because my friend whose classes he was going to is now studying abroad in Italy, and Gomamon's also now too big to be smuggled along in a backpack. Plus, giant claws. Suggestions are welcomed; his complaints are starting to drive me crazy.
Mourned Australia's quarterfinal loss to New Zealand in the Rugby World Cup. But at least we came third!
Started seeing a lovely young lady in my Spanish class. Seriously, world, she's awesome.
Turned twenty-one, complete with a big fancy party which was actually better than my little sisters' for once. (Their birthday is the day after mine, and there's two of them so their birthday's usually a bigger deal.) Dad, Gomamon, my older sister, and some of my friends did some nice and mostly not embarrassing speeches, Mum cried, and a few of our old flatmates even managed to come in from different states or in our old roommate's case, New Zealand. It was great.
Won a bit of money on the Melbourne Cup for the first time, though of course the lady won more than me. We also both looked pretty damn sharp at the races (well, Gomamon's still laughing at the lady's hat), if nowhere near sharp enough to win any Fashions on the Field prizes. I'd show off, but the photos are on her camera.
