こんばんわ、皆さん

お元気ですか？

After a rather crappy day yesterday, today seems to have turned out fairly well.
Perhaps that's just because Thursdays are my ONLY DAYS OFF from now until mid December.
Man, full-time type work is exhausting. And boring!
-___________________________-

But at least I have no major assessments left. Well, I have one more thing for TAFE, but I'm not stressing over it, since today's oral presentation was the bigger assessment.
Oh, and the JLPT (zomgz only a few weeks to go o_0 I haven't started studying yet!!)
Oh, and redo my resume and get a job.
Oh, and do my enrolment (why, why is getting hold of uni lecturers SO DIFFICULT?)
Oh, and get my exchange stuff together.

-__-

Anyway! Here is an interestig video about a nature photo journalist:


Sealion of love ♥
It's a pretty incredible story.
For starts who the heck goes scuba diving around Antarctica?

While we're looking at videos,

Completely unrelated video about playing balloons as musical instruments.
Um, holy fried chicken.... these guys are pretty amazing.

I was also going to write a rant about the current kerfuffle over Olympic/sports funding in Australia, but I am not as angry and wanting to kill things today as I was yesterday (read, not at all). I will just say

GET THE FUCK OVER IT

Seriously. Sports? NOT THAT IMPORTANT. Suck it up, you fucking pansies and deal with it.
Does anyone else get that sort of funding?
NO.
Do the arts get that sort of funding? NO, THEY FUCKING PAY FOR THINGS THEMSELVES.
If there is some young artistic-type hotshot with bucketloads of talent, you know what happens? Not a darn lot, for the most part.

Of course I'm all for promotion of being active and healthy and whatnot, but that's not really where this funding is going at all. The purpose, as far as I can see (from how the media is portraying things), is basically to make sure the world knows Australia is good at winning international sporting competitions. I, for one, am darn well sick to death of how much of a fuss Australian society makes over sport. I can tell you now, it really screws over your childhood if you are not of an athletic persuasion.
That's all I'm going to say on that.

On a lighter, and much more awesome note,

THIS! is a great article for people who have heard maybe the Discword audiobooks or read Good Omens! It's a couple of five minute audio inbteviews with some of the people who have narrated/voiced audiobooks by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett (to celebrate the release of the audiobook for Good Omens).
Really interesting, especially if you've heard any of them read.
I really want to hear the whole of the GO audiobook~
I.... am rather tempted to buy it. Legitimately.
But more tempted to ask for it for Christmas.

Speaking of awesome things I'd like to own:
possibly the coolest clock I've ever seen. It uses words.

And to finish the night, I am spreading awareness about crazy things in the UK regarding copyright and law and the potential for ridiculousness and power abuse:
secret new something-or-other planned that basically allows a certain MP to make up ANY LAW THEY LIKE as long as it 'protects' copyright.
Not good, not good at all.

じゃね、皆♥

Whoo! I've finished all my uni exams!
I still have a whole bunch of stuff to do (TAFE, the JLPT, get a job, organise exchange.....), but I'm still celebrating!
By sleeping.

And by theming this post... to SCIENCE (it works, bitches).

First up, THE FUTURE IS HERE, and it's in your skin (stealin ur bluds).
digital tattoo interface.
The comments on this page are also pretty interesting to read.
Moar info and also the original article (with possibly a better explanation).

Also in the latest-and-greatest inventions in SCIENCE, is a new type of rubber. The fact that it uses urine as a component was the major headline in the article, but I think the fact that it can heal itself after cut much more interesting.

And last, but not least, some guy who surfs has proposed a Theory of Everything (no, I did not make those capitals up) that is being taken pretty seriously. From the video, it looks deliciously elegant.

I think I'm going to have to start actually buying science books soon. The other day I raided the my library's children's section, and science section, (er... the combination works?), and I don't think my little library has anything more to offer me in the way of Reading About Science (yeah, I made those capitals up).
*sigh*

And now I'm going to go off and collapse in a corner.
♥

Asagi & Hide-Zou visit Cat Cafe

浅葱 Asagi | MySpace Video

It... It's okay to decide to listen to a band based almost solely on videos like this, right? ...Right?

It doesn't help that I almost frigging IMPLODED at teh cute of teh kittehs.
ogods.
I think it has been far too long since I've been within any sort of proximity to a small fluffy creature. I swear to god I almost died, just looking at them >___< ah, pathetic, ne? Anyone got a kitty they wanna loan me for a coupla hours? ^___^
To be fair, these cats were RIDICULOUSLY cute. I currently have TERU's Rock and Read paint photoshoot as my desktop background, and damn was he getting some competition in the adorable department ♥

So, note to self, go find some D ongaku after exams :)

Also, possibly visit Nekoya Cafe in Japan, just to get my kitty fix :3
(How can I not want to visit a place where the cats on the homepage are WEARING FEDORA HATS XDDD CATS IN HATS THAT ARE FEDORAS. ♥♥♥LMAOOOO~♥)

Once again, I apologise for the epic post. I didn't think I had that much to report -____-
So, EXCITEMENT ENSUES:

THE NEW VERSAILLES ALBUM NAME HAS BEEN RELEASED ("JUBILEE"), AND THE ALBUM WILL BE RELEASED ON JANUARY 20, 2010
(also, they've announced dates for a world tour :)

Yaaaaaaaaay~
So:
I'm definitely pre-ordering it in the near future. I'm going through HMV and ordering the first-press limited edition - roughly AU$35
(Comes with "The limited edition will include a deluxe booklet and a DVD with two PVs: ASCENDEAD MASTER, and one other song. There will also be making ofs of the PVs on the DVD" according to versaillesfans)
Anyone want in???

Also, there will be a Bodyline group order, Refuse to be Usual group order and possibly a Sock Dreams group order in the near future. There would also be a Baby, the Stars Shine Bright order, but I have no idea when my parasol will be back in stock.
Further details will be posted :)

In other news, I am thinking of attempting NaNoWriMo this year, since somehow even though I have three exams for uni plus the JLPT3, I somehow think my November is going to be full of free time (whut?). I have signed up, but I'm not really taking it seriously - 50,000 words in one month, during exam period, does not really sound like something I will achieve. I signed up more for the extra writing motivation it may or may not imbue me with. My real aim is actually 10,000 words, and even that sounds like a bit of a stretch >___________<

In light of that, here is a link on how to write badly well. Ye gods. This is amazing...ly hilarious for people who have read amatuer writing (i.e. non-professional writing on the intarwabs, i.e. fanfiction).

So, what else has Cake been doing? Apart from saving all her lj post material for one or two posts a week, thereby making them long and deterring readers?
Well, Saturday was ZombiePride (aka Halloween and also Pride - Perth's mardi gras).
So akuma2636 and I dressed as lolita vampire and joined the CCQN university collective Zombie Homecomming Class Horde, and marched in Perth's one and only gay parade =D
There was a lot of waiting around, but... it may have been worth it for the glitter. There was... rather a lot of glitter. As in, patches of glitter so thick on the ground I could describe them in terms of centimetres of depth. So naturally I was skipping around scooping up handfuls and dumping them onto myself and the crowd :)
And afterwards, being the exciting and adventurous cherubs we are, and it being Halloween and all...
Uh,
Well, we kind of went home, at a couple of slices of bread for dinner, and then went to bed.
TT___TT;;

I had fun, but a I missed a few friends who couldn't make it. I also didn't pick up any chicks - the day that happens, Hell will need to install a ducted heating system. We did, however, strike up conversation with a couple of cute Japanese girls dressed in Sailor Moon costumes =DDD

Speaking of Teh Ghey,
The other day I was told about this amazing event by two separate parties:
Adorable geeky lesbian wedding!!!
I want one!
Both brides wore lovely dresses and one had pink hair :3
There are not many cooler things in the universe than a lesbian wedding with a Revolutionary Girl Utena and Portal theme. The bonbonierre! The rings were on DS's!

I neeeed a summer girl~

Jumping back a paragraph or two: speaking of teh ghey, here is a review for one of those flashlight-wank-tube-thingos that made me laugh. It's a vampire one. Rest assured, this is not the least bit traumatisingonly very slightly traumatising, because if it were, Cake-chan's head would of course explode, and I wouldn't be posting it.

OH, SPEAKING OF MY HEAD EXPLODING

Awesome size ratio flash thing that starts at Times New Roman 12 pt and goes down to the atomic level.
OHGODITJUSTKEEPSGOING
My brain actually broke.
Seriously, I had to stop and take a break.
Like, BROKE.
Life is amazing.

Speaking of Life Being Amazing,
Does anyone remember this XKCD comic that was based on a Discovery Channel ad? Well, someone made a video out of it, complete with pretty song. Pretty neato if you are a fan of XKCD :)

Er, I do have one last thing to report. It's kind of major, I guess...
So, about a week or two ago, at akuma2636's insistence, I submitted an application to go on exchange to Japan in semester 1 of 2011. I was basically doing it for the heck of it (much like my Nanowrimo attempt...), since I was pretty darn sure I was ineligable and even if I weren't, there's just no way anyone would pick me.
Um,
Turns out I was wrong.
I have been informed that I'm a Curtin candidate for exchange to Wakayama uni in semester 2 of next year (and now have to submit an application to Wakayama and see if they will accept it too).
o_0
I am mostly in shock and quite terrified by the prospect.
Also dreading applying to Wakayama, because it looks rather difficult. Also feeling amazingly guilty becase even though I've vaguely been planning to go on exchange to Japan since before I even started Japanese at uni, akuma2636 won't be going with me :\
I have no idea what my chances are of Wakayama accepting my application, no idea how I'm going to sort out the mess that is my study plan for the next couple of years, no idea how I'm going to pay for it, and no idea how on earth I am planning on surviving by myself in a foreign country with a pretty damn weak handle on the language, but...
This is kind of cool :)
Mostly terrifying though.
I am hoping I will Grow As A Person, and Develop Character, and Have A Life Learning Experience, etc, etc. It's good to get out of your comfort zone, right?
Mostly I am hoping that I won't die.
x____x

And to close,
I just discovered that shift+instert is the same as ctrl+v.

...due to the constant swing outs and lindy circles we did at swing dancing tonight. Don't do those when you're low on sleep, children.

Today I learnt that "dulcet" does not mean what I thought it meant, but the exact opposite.
I don't know how to feel about that.

–adjective
1. pleasant to the ear; melodious: the dulcet tones of the cello.
2. pleasant or agreeable to the eye or the feelings; soothing.
3. Archaic. sweet to the taste or smell.

Yeah, the exact opposite :\
(dulcet =/= dull -_- )

Since we're all procrastinating due to the End of Semester Doom and I've stopped working for the night, guess what time it is? That's right, it's Meme Time!
(becuase I've already rearranged part of my desk today, and managed to get some creative writing in...)

Courtesy of narcolepticnemu

1) Post a list of up to 20 books/movies/series/games/bands that you've had an obsessive fannish love or interest in at some time in your life.
2) Have your f-list guess your favorite character/member from each item.
3) When someone guesses correctly, strikethrough the item and put the name of your favorite character next to it.

1. Animorphs (yeah.)
2. Artemis Fowl
3. Kingdom Hearts Roxas chisathechi
4. Sailor Moon Sailor Jupiter narcolepticnemu
5. Versailles TERU ♥ narcolepticnemu
6. Legal Drug
7. Kisschasy
8. Loveless
9. The Road to Eldorado
10. Fruits Basket Momiji narcolepticnemu (but they're all so delicious!)
11. Cowboy Bebop
12. Sesame Street
13. Ponyo
14. Ouran High School Host Club The twins! (Hikaru&Kaoru) Twincest fanservice! narcolepticnemu
15. Final Fantasy VIII
16. lolita fashion
17. Discworld Death, as a singular character (But otherwise the UU Wizards win, as a collective whole) narcolepticnemu
18. Chobits
19. Carebears
20. Harry Potter Fred and George, of course narcolepticnemu
    Sirius and Remus in The Shoebox Project narcolepticnemu

I'll admit, in at least one instance, there is more than one answer. One of them is a trick question :P
Ha ha, and now I'm going to spoil it by going to bed and reading, so your comments won't be answered til tomorrowwhat comments?

And my quote of the week "My god, being high on caffeine is like the best thing since things were invented."
XD Yeah. Today I had a coffee before I left work. The high... never really left. Caffeine + low sleep... =D

Wow, if you type "books.com" into your internet browser, it redirects you to Barnes and Noble o.0 Way to market. That's your procrastination material for the next ten minutes: typing ordinary words with a dot-com suffix into your browser, to see what come up.
letter.com
steak.com
penguin.com
zombieraptor.com
...

One of those days that should be one of the more productive days of the month, semester or dare I say year.
But of course, as so often happens, I woke up in one of those moods :\
Moods where you want and want and want and don't get anything done trying to satisfy your stupid desires.
Moods where you can't get up without thinking of a just reward.

☆ I wanted cuddles and love, so I didn't get up til around midday
☆ I wanted delicious foodgasm to justify getting up, but we only had leftovers...
☆ I wanted to sate my appetite by buying pretty, expensive things, finally got the balls to just order the damn parasol and managed to mostly talk myself into buying a dress, and found out both are currently out of stock and died (and lolled).
☆ I wanted some instant gratification, so I checked my webcomics/blogs/etc which were mostly empty :\
☆ Except for the next chapter of La Belle Sans Merci :D Thank god :D
☆ But by then I was too far gone. I was still empty, so I delved into the emergency chocolate
☆ Which mostly has filled me up. Maybe I should have just had some chocoalte for breakfast instead :\
☆ But I'm still torn between fucking around and drinking tea, or doing the assignments that NEED to get done TODAY.
☆ I know, I am pretty lame, right.

I think these things partly come about because I am a pathetic mongoose and get slightly mopey if I don't see friends within 24 hours. I'm not sure. Mostly I think I have a problem with instant gratification and stimulation (this is a problem with the whole X & Y generations, I think).

Anyway.
Versailles.
Album.
January.

I am a fucking happy bunny.
I... may just buy as many Versailles releases as is physicallyfinancially possible in January.
I very much would like to own DVD Versailles so I can drool on a large screen. Having the discography would be orgasmic, but also probably to expensive... Anyway, if I don't buy Plastic Tree's Chandelier at that point, a part of me the part that feels guilt over downloading illegally... will die.
So. Excited.
!!!

The other thing that has almost cured me of this funk was THIS - GOOD OMENS AUDIO BOOK MP3 PREVIEW.
:D
Makes me want to re-read Good Omens again.
I would totally listen to this the whole way through. I love how british audiobook readers manage to get that snarky sarcasm into their narrating ♥♥♥

Also... somehow... I have ended up spontaneously planning to go on exchange to Japan in 2011. Yeah. I mean, it was always an idea in my head, but now I suddenly have a friend who is doing it, and the application is suddenly due tomorrow. I found out yesterday. This resulted in a lot of stress, and I still have to write a letter in Japanese, on top of the assignments I wanted to finish today >___<
So I'm applying now and then worrying about how to finance it. I actually don't expect to be eligible or chosen (no, really. If they count my whole academic record, I am pretty screwed.), but it doesn't hurt to apply. It's a whole year away, anyway.

Mostly it has just meant that I had to look at my enrolment, which is one of the chores I most hate doing in life.
x_______x
ARGH WHY SO PAINFUL, UNI ENROLMENT?

Turns out I actually shouldn't finish uni until the end of 2012. WTF? NOOOOOOOO :'''(
But my study plan is so fucking messy. I think I actually need help; I have used up a whole bunch of units and run out of others and, and, and...
TT___TT;;

Anyway, you people don't care about that, I'm sure.
Here, have some procrastination I've been saving up since last post (yay for restored drafts. I just treat them like my notepad now).


Hilda, the generously proportioned pin-up girl is lovely :)

Science is a verb now! This... this is the best shirt ever. WANT. I can wear it when I science. Sciencing is always better when done with glow-in-the-dark-rocket-pack-space-cats on your t-shirt. wantwantwantwant.
Christmas is soon, right?


LOLOLAWESOME.
I want me some Pi bling yo.
I ♥ scientists


The lovely earnestinberlin linked me this.
I don't watch the anime, can't understand the Japanese and generally have no idea what's going on, but
It's still amusing ^_^
(the lyrics translation is under the 'more info' link at the youtube page).
Basically "I really like you. What's your fav colour/etc/etc/etc?"
"Go google it. Leave me alone"
XD

Also, the biggest news since 1969
(via my twitter post, since I am so lazy)

いよいよ今日の晩IceyIceペンギンをもらった！I've waited so long!! Penguin! TJ-chan helped name her Miyabi..... ミビちゃんね＾＿＾

YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!!!

My...my desk is... kind of full... of toys >__<

I had the last stamp on my card waiting to be filled out for months.
Now I need a new stampy card (the old ones expire at the end of November, btw) and then I'll get a blue penguin friend :) Yay! Let's go get IceyIce :)
Turns out TJ-chan has a blue pengi called Bou (notice a theme here?)
:)

ja ne, minna
x0x0x♥
Go forth and procrastinate!
Holy cow it's 3:30pm
o_0

まず
Pretty pretty photos of spiderwebs by the lovely author of The Zombie Hunters webcomic. They are just so gorgeous and amazing, I was completley blown away ^_^

Man, I really want to play with mum's digiSLR.... I still have no idea how that thing is not a waste on someone who barely knew how to use her point-and-shoot, and will never take the thing off automatic :\

Yay!! meme from narcolepticnemu

* Reply to this meme by typing "WORMS".
* I will then give you 5 words that remind me of you.
* Then post them in your LJ and explain what they mean to you.

er... looks like I'm writing really long answers o_o;;

Perth

Ah, Perth, my Perth. Perth is a lovely city - really relaxed. Somehow the whole city just seems to have this atmosphere - even people who have been living here for only a few months or are on holiday make a point of commenting on how relaxed it feels here, like the Japanese people I met at the BBQ on Sunday. Unfortunately, possibly the reason it's so relaxed here is because we are stuck in the frigging dark ages by conservative fools who always vote everything out, such as extended trading hours (ZOMG I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SHOP PAST 5PM SOMETIMES, THE CBD IS SO DEAD IT'S LAME), daylight savings, tall buildings, river foreshore cappucino strip developments.... But it's really a beautiful city with large blue skies (apparently that's actually a really noticeable thing here), and a pretty river, and nice beaches and wine vineyards and chocolate factories close by....
One thing to note though: we have crappy public transport and are a sprawling city - getting round without a car = difficult.
/end promotional spam XD

Sticky Candy

Even though I haven't worked at Roc Candy in almost a year, I am still associated with it? That's cool =D That was the Best Job Evar. Seriously. Making candy was fricking awesome, I really loved it. If the bosses weren't crap, I'd go back in a heartbeat (well okay, actually, I'd demand better pay, but still). Roc candy is pretty and tasty and fun to make (but damn hard work).

Pink hair

My favourite hair colour ^_________________^
(I consider it my natural colour....)
Also, amazing on boys.

Versailles

Would you believe that actually, when I first heard Versailles -Philharmonic Quintet-, I didn't really like the music? Because I don't like metal...
Now I adore the music ♥♥♥
Actually, recenlty my Versailles fangirling has flared up again - basically since the restarted band activities (before then I was just a bit sad. I seem to feel my emotion for the band vicariously through the band. When they seem happy, I am happy). I heart Versailles so hard. I don't feel this connected to any other band, except Kisschasy (and even then, I, um, maybe haven't learnt all the Kisschasy members' names even though they are my favs and I have been a big fan since like 2004 x___X *shot*). The thing I love about the music is how rich it is. Each part (drums, guitars, bass, vocals) is so strong that it could stand all by itself and sound amazing, but all these parts always combine to form a harmonious whole that can be difficult to seperate when listening to :) I love that the talent is so obvious - I really enjoy just admiring the skill of the speed and dexterity with which they play. And the guitars - the guitars sing.
Each member has a wonderful personality and I am fairly convinced that they are all lovely people IRL. Also, hot. And beautiful and elegant and adorable and obscenely hot.

Lolita fashion

^___________^
I haven't been into lolita for that long, but when I think about it, I have no idea when I started, or how I got into it, and I have no idea how lolita was ever not a part of me (much like jrock).
It's so pretty!!
I also like the independence of it - you can't care about what others think; you do it for yourself. As girls have been quoted in various texts (I think specifically the Phaidon Gothic&Lolita or maybe the Style Deficit Disorder by Godoy?), they don't do it to attract boys, boys are actually fairly turned off by the whole thing, and they don't care.
I love the innocence and child-likeness (nostalgiaaaaaaaaaaaaaa).
Frills! Bows! POOFY SKIRTS!
Favourite brand is still Baby, the Stars Shine Bright, even though I don't own anything by BTSSB yet. Other fav brand is Bodyline for being cheap :DDD
I only own three dresses, all Bodyline: one amai, one gosu, one maido (sweet, goth & maid).
I am a sweet/amai lolita, but I like all styles ♥ (I'd love to do a really full on decora outfit one day :)

Whew, done, done and done. Gomen, I don't think anybody wanted to read that much rambling
TT___TT;;
Sooorryyyyyy ORZ

さいしょに
Today I saw this tiny bird try to swoop and harass a cat. The cat just stood there for like a minute until the bird gave up. I lolled.
The end.

mmmmmmm, so I had quite a busy weekend :) (but when will I do my assignments?)

On Saturday me, Eva and March-Hare-Bunny-chan went to the lolita meetup for perth_lolita. It was really nice, and I met some nice people ^_^ But. IT WAS SO HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT. And of course Cake wore many layers on that 32'C day -__- (dress, two skirts/petticoats, long-sleeved blouse). But actually, I didn't die. We had lots of fun at Flying Teapots, a childrens' fairy/Alice-in-Wonderland party place and played lots of games designed for five-year-olds and ate lots of sweets. Then we wandered around, getting weird stares from the people of Fremantle, who have probably never seen or heard of lolita in their life, and also had our photos taken with Malaysian tourists o_o
I would really like to get to know some fellow lolita better and become friends ^____^ I also seem to have converted a few of my own friends, too =DDD hee hee hee...
March-Hare-Bunny-chan was also very lucky to become the god-bunny-child of three lovely Fairy Godmothers and receive the title of The Honourable Velveteen, when we met up with goldfoil, finding_jay and letsburn00 afterwards and didn't swim in the pool. You know it's hot when a bunch of people think it's too hot to go swimming x_x

( Cake and March-Hare-Bunny-Chan photos )

And Saturday night: KISSCHASY!!!!
It was a good concert. I had been thinking that it would be a bit less rocky, since the new album (Seizures) is less rocky and more alternative-ish..., but it was all very rocked up for the live. I guess there is a very different atmosphere at a concert and different logistics - it's better to have a 'hard' voice to be heard, and difficult to play random percussion.
We were in the front/second row (at a small venue like Capitol, it's just one big moshpit/dance-floor) and it was lovely ^___^
My only complaint is that the vocals were drowned out by the music - but seems to be a trend at concerts these days.... Everything is just so loud o_o Maybe if they just turned down the overall volume a little....? (am I getting old and boring??)
Anyway, since I never painted the pictures I wanted to give them last night, now I feel like making icons...
what's this? icons of a non-jrock band? What a strange concept

And today! Was a BBQ at South Perth with my TAFE Japanese class and many Nihon-jin. I think I made a friend ^__^
But
My Japanese
x___X
IS SO BAD.
SO. BAD.
I have regressed!!! Even when I knew less, I could speak better than I can now. What happened?? Don't get me wrong, I was never good, but now... I should know so much! But I can't even speak a simple sentence that a first-year could speak.
TT__________________________________TT;;
*dies*
大変だ。

On a related note...
I know only two people I know listen to Versailles, but...
I have taken to reading TERU-kun's blog posts, since the person who translates Versailles' blogs, bara_trans, doesn't update that frequently. I can't translate perfectly, and sometimes I might actually be way, way off, so I can't contribute translations to other peoples' already running projects, but I was wondering...
Since I'm already going to the trouble of translating for myself,
would anyone be interested in reading translations of Versailles members' blogs if I post them here/on my own lj?
*sigh* actually, I don't really expect to get replies to that question, but I might go ahead and do it anyway, since it's become apparent I need all the practice I can get -__-
So, Y/Y?

This blog post was brought to you by the following:
(that's a lie. But these are the cool links I found since last post)

OMG Hamburger bed :)
I would like a cake one....

Also

so cute! Really well done :3

And finally, really cool business card designs. They're really cool! Check out parts 1 and 3, also.

Yes, I've been away a while, haven't I?
Basically, I realised that I just have nothing to write. No one wants to read about all your emoing and emotions (like someone I know) or a list of things you did that day (like someone else I know), and really, I'm not sure how interesting a bunch of regurgitated links are (um, that last one is me).

So, what has Cake been doing recently?
I've been making friends, truffles and progress in uni assignments.
I plan to go to a bonsai festival/expo in Fremantly tomorrow (at the Town Hall until 4pm) and perhaps the supporting-gay-marriage picnic thingo beforehand (at the Esplanade). I also plan to start writing fiction again soon (Legal Drug) and sew things (pantaloons and skirts). Unfortunately I'll probably have to wait til the end of semester (only three weeks, holy bananas).
I'm looking forward to next Saturday, when I have both a lolita tea party meetup and a Kisschasy concert :D

Basically, I really have nothing else to blog about, except for the aforementioned regurgitation of things on the vast intarwabs that I thought were neato. Since I was away so long, there is quite a list...

☆ statistics concerning banned books in America. Graphs! Gasp! The pie chart about the people doing the banning is interesting.

☆ amazing old photos that are actually early mug shots of Sydney criminals

☆ a pretty cool poem

☆ Scientists discover a way to turn the Sahara Desert into a forrest - it's not particularly feasible (i.e. cheap) but it can be done. Probably.

☆ A very brief history of Arial vs Helvetica, which was very interesting, considering I am not particularly of the typography-geek persuasion. It's heated and battley and everything. Or maybe I am making that up. You'll never know.

☆ a librarian's letter to a parent who wanted a book banned. As far as I'm concerned, it's your responsibility as a parent to decide what to read your 2-7 year old spawn. If you don't like it, don't read it to them, you fool.

☆ Spider silk spun into cloth. Yes.

☆ News about the NEXT Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy book, which will be written by Eoin Colfer. I'm not completely sold on the choice of author, but I have never read a Colfer book written for adults (...are there any?).

☆ The Cold War Re-enactment Society LOL. No seriously, go read it, it's pretty hilarious.

☆ Inspiration story about a poor, uneducation African boy who built windmills for his village. Science wins again.

☆ Interview with Terry Gilliam about The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, his new movie, which looks absolutely gosh darned fricking brilliant.

/end link spam.

Um,
actually,
I also kind of maybe had a few videos to share, too.


Unfortunately, since I pasted the embed code into the saved-draft, I have no idea what these are about.


But I imagine they are pretty riveting.


You will never get those minutes of your life back.

As a closing note, I did intend to mention that my thoughts were with earth-quake stricken Sumatra and Samoa, but it's a bit late now. My sympathies go out to the many victims of the many countries being hit by the Apocolypse natural disasters at the moment. The latest I've heard is that Japan is now experiencing a typhoon...

Er, yeah, I apologise for the spam.
I have nothing else to say...
Matta, ne.

Sharing is Caring: for one week, recommend/share:
Day one: a song Maskerade, Discworld audiobook
Day two: a picture The Magical Pigment Shop
Day three: a book/ebook/fanfic La Belle sans Merci by narcolepticnemu
Day four: a site The Princess and the Frog trailer
Day five: a youtube clip Rocket PV by Plastic Tree
Day six : a quote BABY CHILD EATS BABY COW NOMNOMNOM
Day seven : whatever tickles your fancy

Kanazashi, I choose you!
Kanazashi are hair ornaments worn in traditional kimono dress, usually by geisha or other kimono-wearing professionals. The ornaments of a geisha differ depending on her status, the seasons, etc, etc.
The site linked above is one girl's project to make the different kanazashi worn by maiko (trainee) geisha over the twelve months of the year. They look very pretty. Rice ears!

Sharing is Caring: for one week, recommend/share:
Day one: a song Maskerade, Discworld audiobook
Day two: a picture The Magical Pigment Shop
Day three: a book/ebook/fanfic La Belle sans Merci by narcolepticnemu
Day four: a site The Princess and the Frog trailer
Day five: a youtube clip Rocket PV by Plastic Tree
Day six : a quote
Day seven : whatever tickles your fancy

ganked from the Perth Royal Show official website
"OH MY GOD, HE'S GOING TO EAT MEEEE"

("MMM STEAK NOMNOMNOM")

(okay, so that's more of a caption, but still).

Hello my scalloped-spanielled-asparagii,

Sharing is Caring: for one week, recommend/share:
Day one: a song Maskerade, Discworld audiobook
Day two: a picture The Magical Pigment Shop
Day three: a book/ebook/fanfic </b>Um... La Belle sans Merci by narcolepticnemu</b>
Day four: a site
Day five: a youtube clip
Day six : a quote
Day seven : whatever tickles your fancy

Ummm.... THIS
THE TRAILER FOR THE NEW DISNEY FILM! so happy :3 ♥hand drawn♥ ♥princess/fairytale♥ yayyyy~ (It's called The Princess and the Frog, by the way). Looks pretty good so far.

Also:
webcomic inundation, ne
Hanna is not a boy's name.
I've only read two pages so far, but it looks pretty rocking. Rocking enough that I want to pimp it after only having read two pages.
Unfortunately, there seems to be no way to discern how long it is so far (although I don't think it started before this year?).

♥
Cake

Sharing is Caring: for one week, recommend/share:
Day one: a song Maskerade, Discworld audiobook
Day two: a picture The Magical Pigment Shop
Day three: a book/ebook/fanfic Um... La Belle sans Merci by narcolepticnemu
Day four: a site
Day five: a youtube clip
Day six : a quote
Day seven : whatever tickles your fancy

It's a multi-chapter AU jrock fanfic of the fantasy genre.
And it's pretty neat and pretty addictive, even if you don't know who anyone is (myslef: case in point, lives under a rock). Just go google image search Sakito of Nightmare first, because he is gorgeous and if you're going to visualise one person properly, he may as well be it. Also, it's awesome when there are people you do know (I may have squee'd a lot a little when KAMIJO cameod).
Amna's writing is skillful and her plot is actually not predictable at all.
Come on, you know you want the trashy fix that is jrock fanfiction. Sucky (Sakito) commands you (well actually, Uruha probably commands you).

I pimp for a living. (?)

On that note, today's article is about a woman with, like, twelve multiple personalities, who all paint in different styles, but all well enough to win art awards. Yeah. Crazy.

。。。
やった～
いよいよ申込書を終わってだした　＾＿＾

Your results:
You are Malcolm Reynolds (Captain)

Malcolm Reynolds (Captain) 85% Dr. Simon Tam (Ship Medic) 75% Zoe Washburne (Second-in-command) 65% Kaylee Frye (Ship Mechanic) 65% Inara Serra (Companion) 50% Derrial Book (Shepherd) 35% Wash (Ship Pilot) 30% Jayne Cobb (Mercenary) 25% A Reaver (Cannibal) 25% River (Stowaway) 20% Alliance 15%

Honest and a defender of the innocent. You sometimes make mistakes in judgment but you are generally good and would protect your crew from harm.

Click here to take the "Which Serenity character am I?" quiz...


LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL WHUT?
srsly wut?

Anyway, we all know I'm Kaylee.
(come on, even our names are only one letter apart).

Awwww.
It's so cute :)
In fact, it's disarmingly cute, because this is the marketing campaign Google created in response to Japan's fears over privacy breaches that Street View (ストリートビュー XD) causes. Actually, I had no idea that car number plates etc are not censored. Once again Google proves that it is actually a pretty creepy company.

Also, wtf Australian journalists?
I know The West Australian, although WA's only (major) newspaper, is not brilliant or credible news source, but still. Today's headline on the front page "Boat People Rescued from Stricken Vessel" manages to both 'otherise' and stereotype the victims, while also making Australians look like heroic samaritans. Of course we rescued them. If we didn't, we would be letting people drown. And the first sentence, WTF

54 suspected asylum seekers have been rescued from a stricken vessel...

suspected asylum seekers
what the heck is a suspected asylum seeker? It makes them sound like criminals, like they've robbed a bank or something. Sure, maybe the way they've tried to get here is not legal, but I'm sure people seeking asylum don't exactly have a lot of options, and they obviously thought braving open sea in a small crowded boat with limited supplies was better than the situation in their home country. Now they're going to be "detained" on Christmas Island, probably in poor conditions (although I am pulling a reasonable assumption out of the blue on that one). Do people even remember the definition of aslum seeker? Or would we all just prefer to refer to them as Boat People, to help us forget.
Fuck I hate how racist Australia still is.
Don't even get me started on my Dad trying to make cracks about Muslim people celebrating the end of Ramadan when he went for a walk at King's Park yesterday.

In less vitriolic news, I am lucky enough to be offering Jasmine You a rose at the memorial service in Tokyo this Tuesday, thanks to rosesymphony and the lovely Hope (who helped me out with logistics). Since it happened, I wanted to send 1000 origami roses, or 100 real roses or something, but it just wasn't a realistic wish (time or money wise), so it really means something to me that I can have a rose sent on my behalf at the official Japanese farewell for fans. I just kind of wish there was more I could do.

Oh, right. Meme.

Sharing is Caring: for one week, recommend/share:
Day one: a song Maskerade, Discworld audiobook
Day two: a picture
Day three: a book/ebook/fanfic
Day four: a site
Day five: a youtube clip
Day six : a quote
Day seven : whatever tickles your fancy

The Magical Pigment Shop, by Asuka111 on DeviantArt. I will never get sick of this picture. Currently it's my desktop background. I really should go back and have another look at Asuka111's gallery, it rocks very hard indeed.

So I've had a pretty nice weekend.
On Friday I made pizza and baked cookies with goldfoil :))) We made way too much :))))
Saturday I worked, shopped and partied, and Sunday (today) I lunched with family and entertained small people. There was cake. We all know how much I like cake.
Looking forward to Wednesday's second Swing lesson now :)

Link:
I will not read your script, but I did read the article. Which was interesting.

I've decided
omg i really want to read Hetlia - I just realised the fanfic/fanart potential. Is it bad that I am thinking this while researching/doing an assignment on the relationship between Australia and Japan? LMAO >______________<

Also, resolved to acquire more jrock. Starting with Despa.
Despa: Pretty frickin awesome thus far - 'thus far' being the first half of what I think is their latest album, maybe? Can't remember the name, too lazy to check, know that only one person reading this even knows what I'm talking about.
(wtf am I the only person who thinks he sounds an awful lot like Hyde?)
Also, just watched the Ascendead Master story PV's for the first time. Amazing XDDDDDDDDDDDDD So much love. The acting is so bad! <3 And Kamijo... does his voice always sound... like that? o_o;; lololol. Awww, his english ^____^
srsly, SO MUCH LOVE for Versailles.
That would have been one absolute heck of a promotion (I guess it still can be).
If they make a movie one day, I won't be surprised.

So last night I went to an Alice in Numberland with Zombies party. I forgot to speak like a pirate, and I couldn't implement the Baron Saturday thing, but damn, did my hat look pretty neat.


yay bathroom camwhore pics.

Looks pretty neat in reduced black and white, ne.

Cake also discovered just how nice it is to go to a party with a date ;)
My date was March-Hare-Bunny-chan, who made a fine companion and was very snuggly, but didn't want to share my cake (I offered him Jaffas, too).


I didn't get around to making the pantaloons I wanted to wear, but I have all the fabric, and some really pretty fabric for some skirts, too! Might have to leave it til the hols, but I'm excited ^_____^

Anyway, meme time :D
(stolen from who else, but narcolepticnemu)

Sharing is Caring: for one week, recommend/share:
Day one: a song
Day two: a picture
Day three: a book/ebook/fanfic
Day four: a site
Day five: a youtube clip
Day six : a quote
Day seven : whatever tickles your fancy

Actually, It's not a song as such, okay it's not a song at all, but I do have to highly recommend listening to Terry Pratchett's Discworld books as audiobooks. You wouldn't think it would work, but it really, really does. I've heard most of A Hat Full of Sky, and I just finished Maskerade, which was incredibly addictive. They are just really well read (by lovely British people), and it's such a lovely novelty to actually hear all the accents :)

Today I was so slack -_________________-
I just felt really bergh all day -__-
Silly, since I had such an awesome time last night.
I did get all my washing done today (my room is now covered in drying t-shirts), and my new hairs, but I couldn't bring myself to do anything particularly fun or particularly productive, so I spent the whole day reading the glass urchin webcomic, recommended to me by goldfoil.

Other interesting things for you minions to read are:

☆Rubbish in Japan 101

☆Baron Samedi - they may as well just have called him Awesome Incarnate. srsly. best diety-type-person-thing evar.

☆The latest on the Australian Internet Censorship debacle, which makes me a little angry. Why is it that people arguing for crazy things, or against sane things, are always fucking noobs who can't construct an argument that a primary school teacher would accept in an essay? (I am thinking of conservative religious anti-gay mobs).

So, the fruits of today's labour:


I think it's a tiny bit brighter IRL?
LULZgenericpeacesign in my pyjamas >__<
As usual I used Special Effects dye, "Cupcake Pink" and "Napalm Orange". That orange really goes off like a bomb too - it kind of overpowered everything, including the pink streak on the orange side. Oh well :)
Can't wait to dress up like a Mad-zombie-Saturday-numerical-Hatter on Saturday...

Am going to try to spend the rest of the night at least pretending to be productive and not mopey and write my article on bisexuality for the zine we are making for bi-day at uni.
-_-

Hybrid cars are too quiet, dangerous to blind apparently. Interesting, ne? You know indicator sounds in new cars are fake, right? I like that the blind people are terrified, but actually haven't had any incidents at all so far (even so, I can still understand why they are concerned).

Yukio Hatoyama, new Japanese Prime Minister, predicts the Era of Asia and America cracks the shits. Get over yourselves, America. I mean, DUH. Maybe it's just because Australia is in that part of the world, that we know what's going down, but still... isn't it pretty damn obvious that Asian countries are becoming the next world super powers? What rock would you have to be living under to be oblivious to that fact? Way to be in denial, yo.
(Yeah, I realise this might not have been the entire focus of the article or meaning of Hatoyama's comments, but still, I can rant, right? It's my blog).

my entry to the Dot Dot Dash guestbook :) (And Sheldon's) - it's a picture. With cakes.
I also got a free poem about exploding cake as well as a picture of exploding cake from the workshops. They were so cool. The Dot Dot Dash launch party was really neato.
Also, I want a type writer.
(I didn't get a chance to use theirs on the night - too busy drawing cakes and forgetting names).

Ha ha, my moods seem to be a little all over the place at the moment. I'm in such a good mood this evening (/arvo), but I was all mopey earlier :\ It keeps happening. I blame sick.
Dude, why so serious sick? Or rather, why so darn tired???, since the cold itself is so minor. But it's killing my energy like nothing I can remember.
It's ten pee em
I think I'll go to bed now, as I have been doing almost every night for a week, and still falling alseep during the day :\

/ranty complaining