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| 02:10am 13/05/2012 |
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An old picture from last summer. ^_^;;
 The weather has been getting nicer and I find that I can’t wait until it’s warm enough to swim again. I always feel happy when in the water but until then, I’ll settle for the feeling of serenity of just being near it, as well as the fresh outdoor smell and the feel of the wind against my skin. |
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| Man, when he does not grieve, hardly exists. |
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| 03:41pm 04/05/2012 |
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mood:  excited
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First semester is completed! Plus some fun stuff to do over break!
My first semester is over and I've passed all my classes ^-^!!! Yay! Now I can focus more on writing and drawing again while also job hunting so I can, hopefully, save up to see Omitchi this summer @_@!
As for some fun stuff...well. There's a Steampunk fair going on at the end of this month in Dearborn. I'm not sure I'll be able to go since it would cost $60 for the four days and I can only go one day - maybe two. And the site didn't seem to list that as an option. :/ But! An e-mail has been sent and I'm hopeful they'll let us go for a day or something.
Did I mention Abney Park will be at this fair? Cause they will be. *___*
Renaissance fairs are also coming around this summer! There's one in August that I know I'll be going to and hopefully by that time I'll have some gypsy stuff so I can go dressed as a gypsy. I think that would be super fun! I'm not sure if that's the only Ren fair though and I'll probably end up looking for more. Maybe I'll even go as a belly dancer to one of them. Fun ne?
And that's all I have to blah about. ^_^ I'm looking forward to this summer. |
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| My little pink heart is on this little brown raft, floating out to sea. |
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| 11:12am 27/04/2012 |
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mood:  content
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I finally got around to bleaching my hair last night and it's like, four colors right now xD! It's blond, pink, orange, and a very light brown. Haha, win.
All I have left of this school semester is next week which will be exams....all but for my art class. We're only meeting Tuesday then and we're having a party with food and stuff. *___* We're thinking about getting pizza from Pizza Hut which would be awesome. All we have to chip in is $5 dollars from a few people.
I kind of admit, I'm going to miss my two peers at my art table a little. Talking to them has been pretty fun. Art is the only class I have where people actually socialize with each other. In every other class I've had people just kind of ignore each others existence. It's like they're skittish animals or something lol.
And that's all I have to write about right now. |
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| All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream. |
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| 04:16pm 06/04/2012 |
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mood: excited
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Hmm, so what's new?
Well, it's not too new but I did finish Grass For His Pillow and am now devouring Fearscape (has the irony of that sentence caught anyone's attention?).
More exciting news (for me anyway) is that I'm going to see The Hunger Games movie tonight with a friend of mine! Yay ^-^!!!
In ending, I have an open interview to go to tomrorow. Wish me luck? ^^;;; |
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| Art is never finished, only abandoned. |
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| 05:17pm 04/04/2012 |
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mood:  determined
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So the vote's in and the decision has been made. I will not be going to youmacon, I will be going to shutocon!
It's a very long way away but that just gives me a lot of time to prepare. And who knows, if I can afford it, I may still go to youmacon with some other friends of mine. It really just depends on finances and time since I'd have to pre-reg and all that and I hear youmacon is more expensive even though shuto is better. It's got more stuff and it has a yaoi booth! Omg so stoked for that.
Anyway, it's next year on April 5th to the 7th. I really wish there were more cons to go to around here but oh well. At least it gives me more than enough time to prepare.
I'm thinking about cosplaying fem!Nezu. It'll be pretty awesome. I already got the black tights and I can buy everything else pretty much at the store. The con lasts for three days and I'm hoping to have three costumes done - one for each day. Riku will hopefully be one of them and Sasuke will be the third.
Also, I've decided I'm going to finally gather up all of my unfinished works and complete them. I'm actually really inspired to do this and have taken the necessary steps to do so. The ideas can't just dwell in my mind forever. I'm also going to be more dedicated in learning my first second language.
Mark my words. I will master French and I will finish all of these stories that have been collecting dust for far too long. |
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| Blinding ignorance does mislead us. O! Wretched mortals, open your eyes! |
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| 12:12pm 31/03/2012 |
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mood:  cheerful
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( My Riku wig has arrived and I couldn't be happier! :D )
I'm still waiting for my Neptune wig to come. :| The people were notified and they said they'd send a replacement wig so...hopefully that one shows up. If it's not here by the end of April I'll probably have to demand a refund or something. I really hope it comes though because it's such a pretty wig and I want it a lot. C'est la vie.
My friend Dani and I have planned to go see the Hunger Games movie next Friday and I'm excited. I loved reading the books so I'm pretty stoked to see it play out in front of me. Though I'll try and be as unbias as possible when watching the movie and not comparing it too much to the book. I think that's a mistake people often make that makes it harder for them to enjoy the movies for what they are.
Anyway, I'm off to write and I couldn't be happier about that. I love writing a lot again. |
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| Nothing fixes a thing so intensely in the memory as the wish to forget it. |
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| 01:39am 28/03/2012 |
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mood:  nostalgic
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Hm, so sometimes I like to reminisce. I was looking at one of my first fanfictions, the oldest I have posted online on my secret abandoned account. It feels like such a long time ago. I wrote that fanfic when I was sixteen years old when I was a whole other person. I'm both proud of myself for improving so much and feeling something a bit more melancholy (or maybe just nostalgic?). I've come a long way but I still have a long way to go it seems. I wonder where this current of life will take me and in what other ways I'll change and improve.
In other news, I'm feeling a bit better and am hopeful I'll be at 100% again soon. I hate being sick ^^;; |
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| The fields are filled with desires, all voices cry for freedom. |
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| 08:43am 12/03/2012 |
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mood:  exhausted
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I didn't get ANY sleep last night @_@! I feel strangely alert (even though I'm exhausted to the bone) but that'll be sure to fade as the hours tick by. I have this horrible habit of slurring my words when I'm sleep deprived and I have an oral quiz today. Oh boy. >.>;; Not to mention it takes my brain longer to process things.
Sometimes no matter how hard I try, I just can't get my mind to stop thinking so much. u_u;; |
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| No one can see it, the life they stole. Your body's here but not your soul. |
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| 11:17pm 09/03/2012 |
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I picked up the last book to one of my favorite series today ^_^! Fearscape by Simon Holt. I have no doubt it'll be something grand. I absolutely love the nightmarish world he's created. I also enjoy it when the romance is a 'side dish' so to speak, and not the 'main dish'.
The first book, The DeVouring, caught me with a poem at the back of the book. It's a gripping poem and the story itself is just as appealing. I can't wait to devour this book. XD
The poem kind of captures the essence of the book so I'll share it here.
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"When dark creeps in and eats the light,
Bury your fears on Sorry Night.
For in the winter's blackest hours,
Comes the feasting of the Vours,
No one can see it, the life they stole,
Your body's here but not your soul..." |
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| Where there's anger, there is always pain underneath. |
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| 01:26am 09/03/2012 |
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mood:  sleepy
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I rented Inception and watched it. It's a really interesting movie and I must say, Leonardo Dicaprio is a really good actor. I don't even know what was a dream and what was reality in it. Was the entire thing a dream? Or was bits and pieces a dream? I'm guessing the latter but that he never got out of the dream world.
Either way, it's definitely worth a watch. I'm going to be writing a review on it for my class over the weekend. It was a five day rental so I got time.
Another movie I have for five days is Insidious. I've already seen it, but I like going to bed to a nice scary movie to lull me to sleep. Strange I know. Of all the things to substitute for a lullaby...
And now I'm off to do a little reading before going to bed. |
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| I lie under the moon that listened to my every hope and dream. |
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| 07:16pm 07/03/2012 |
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This is something (a beginning to a story) I wrote last night at my friend's house. I like it enough to share. ^-^;;
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For the longest time, he feared the ocean. It was an out of control force of nature that, no matter how hard man tried, just couldn’t be beaten or tamed. It could flood them, crush them, suffocate them, and harbors monsters that should only exist in morbid fairy tales. It hid those monsters, while evil men rode its waves. People ventured out into the ocean and were never heard from again.
He still remembered the day pieces of his brother’s ship came back to shore. His family knew what had happened, but he was so young. They simply told him, “The ocean took him away.” His mind then created a warped image of the ocean.
He had no closure with the fate of his brother, no way of knowing. Was he dead or alive? Did the tide take him away, perhaps to another land? And if he was dead, was it quick or slow? How did he die? In what way did the deep, dark ocean end his life? Did it feed him to its monsters? Did it fill his lungs and steal his breath away? Did the waves crush his boat or was it some large beast?
Questions only the ocean knew the answers to, but the ocean always kept its secrets. |
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| Our coldly ignored hearts are wandering in the midst. |
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| 02:39pm 03/03/2012 |
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mood:  okay
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Hmm, let's see, I'll rant about my day yesterday.
Yesterday was a day of running around. I don't think I was home often during the time. ^_^;;
After getting ready for the first half of my day, I went out to shop for things I needed and wanted. I picked up a lot of bathroom stuff to keep my skin clean and a shirt for my Nezumi cosplay. The best and worst thing about Nezumi is that you can buy all of this stuff at any local store.
The thing I bought was a long sleeved yellow shirt like the one he has. All I need next are some tan cargo pants (though I'll have to cut up the bottom of the...right pant leg, pretty sure it's right) and some boots.
The only thing I'll have to buy that's not at the store would be Nezumi's leather coat. I would make it myself and a part of me wants to try but...it's way too soon for me to start playing with pleather material. I'm pretty sure it would just end up kicking my ass and I'd end up wasting money on fabric I'll no doubt destroy. But maybe someday in the future I'll make one myself. Just not this year.
And that's all I have to report for now. |
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| Live so that when your children think of fairness and integrity, they think of you. |
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| 12:32am 01/03/2012 |
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mood:  good
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I got to go bowling with friends today and it was such a good way to end a day that started kind of bad. I mean, I didn't win any games - though I got a few strikes - but it was still fun times. The day ended up being a very good one. We laughed lots, ate, bowled, and cracked jokes left and right while playfully teasing hipsters.
Anyway, I ordered my Neptune wig last week and it shouldn't be too long before it comes in! I'm excited. ^-^;; I'm also going to order a Neptune tiara from this site since I'd have no idea how to make it without the use of fabric. I'm not sure if Neptune will be one of the cosplays I'll make this year, since I'd want to make the body costume and um, I'm not sure how to go about that. But we'll see.
Once my Neptune wig comes in I'll order my Riku wig. I already have my eye on one that looks really good. My friends and I are going to make keyblades this summer. My friend has the space and saw to do it so that should prove to be interesting.
Tomorrow I'm going to hunt for a mannequin and then sometime....soon-ish I'll buy my sewing machine. Am I excited? Hell yeah!
"Aw man! That one pin won't fall down! WHY?!"
"Because, falling down is too mainstream."
"Yeah. I was falling down way before it was cool and now that it is, I will no longer fall."
"God damn hipster pin. >(" |
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| I'm for truth no matter who tells it. I'm for justice no matter who it's for or against. |
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| 01:50pm 24/02/2012 |
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mood: okay
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![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif?v=91.7) codegal182 gave me the letter C for a letter meme so here we go.
Cats. They're my favorite animal. The entire cat family from house cats to tigers. Alley Cat was also a nickname of mine growing up. ^_^;; As well as Cat/Kat, Neko, Koneko, Kitty and Kitten. I used to run around with cat ears on my head when I was younger as well and hell, if it's around Halloween time I'll still do it, or if just because.
Criminal Minds is my favorite TV show. I think I know a little -too- much about the characters sometimes. Lol. Seriously, my friend and I got into an argument whether Sheldon from Big Bang Theory is smarter than Spencer in which I said...no. No he is not. And my friend later told me he googled it and that's apparently the popular opinion. XD
Cold. I hate it. I love the snow and think it's pretty, but I absolutely hate being cold. But I don't know which would be worse, cold or hot. I personally prefer warm and cool. What can I say, I'm all about balance.
Catch. When I was a kid, I used to lose baseball. I was your cliche tom boy. I wore jeans, t-shirts, played in the dirt with the boys, and loved baseball (fishing was okay too, but I mostly went just to be near the water lol). Sometimes if we didn't have enough people to play baseball, I would just play catch with whoever I was with. Just throwing the ball to each other with our baseball gloves on.
Cheez-its. I'm kind of in love with them at the moment. I haven't had them in years and now that I've had them again, I don't want to stop!
Cosplay/Crossplay. I want to do this very much and plan to start this year. I'm planning on going to youmacon this year and will definitely be in cosplay. It will, however, be male characters so yeah, I'll be crossplaying. There are some female characters I want to do as well, but male characters definitely outnumber them.
Character Studies. I enjoy making psychological profiles for fictional characters. I do them for my own and if I write lots of fanfiction for a certain character(s) I'll do one for them too. Though it sometimes takes awhile.
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| 05:00pm 19/02/2012 |
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mood:  artistic
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So this is what I've been working on in my art class. Overall, I think it turned out pretty good considering it's my first piece with charcoal. It's all uphill from here. I think my favorite part about this is the cloth and the nose. But then, lately I've been finding myself fascinated with noses and jaws. Odd huh?
I've considered majoring in art but I'm not sure yet. I'll put it on my 'list of possibilities'. Ah to have diverse interests... >.>;; |
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