Everything is Live Here~

.-.

2009-07-22T09:06:41Z

Um. Hi.

I was going to write people a proper update, but see...

I've been working straight since the 9th.

.-.

Good night.

Metaquotes, Discworld Style

2009-07-08T18:28:06Z

28th-Jun-2009 03:15 pm(no subject)

</a></a>kickthehobbit

Over in </a></a>sf_drama, </a></a>mousezilla mourns the passing of Billy Mays, Discworld-style...

Albert: *fries things* Welcome home, mast... what happened to your robes? They're so... clean.
Death: THERE WAS A RATHER LOUD FELLOW TODAY... HE WAS VERY PERSUASIVE.

Context just wants to sell you some OxyClean.

Parsing VAMPS

2009-07-08T18:20:51Z

So.

Hyde - from L'Arc. Also does a lot of solo work and a lot of Anime opening songs.

Kaz - From Oblivion Dust.

Oblivion Dust - band also featuring Ken Lloyd.

Ken Lloyd - Was in the band FAKE? with Inoran.

Inoran - Was the guitarist in the immensly popular band Luna Sea.

hide with Spread Beaver - the band that hide did his solo work with.

hide - legendary pink-paired guitarist of X Japan. Has an entire memorial dediated to him. When he went solo, he was nicknamed Pink Spider.

X Japan - Legendary JRock band said to have started or help start the VK trend.

Hayashi Yoshiki - Legendary drummer of X Japan. An active producer, once in charge or affiliated with Dir en Grey, SKIN, The Trax, Globe, Violet UK, etc.

SKIN - The supergroup consisting of Yoshiki, Gackt (formerly of Malice Mizer), Miyavi (formerly of Due le Quartz), Sugizo (formerly of Luna Sea) and Hyde (of L'Arc-en-Ciel).

Malice Mizer - VK band most well-known for containing not only Gackt, but also Mana.

Mana - Cross-dressing icon of EGL. Started the fashion line Moi-même-Moitié, and was a member of Moi Dix Mois after Malice Mizer broke up.

I think I'm going to stop there. .-. There are a lot more individual associations, though.

Hyde Is Coming To Seattle

2009-07-07T01:01:51Z

This is for Sai:

HYDE (L'Arc En Ciel + HYDE solo projects) and KAZ (Oblivion Dust, hide with Spread Beaver) are bringing their band VAMPS to Seattle on JULY 19TH. They'll be playing at the SHOWBOX at the MARKET, show starts at 8pm.

VAMPS pre-show event~

July 19th (Sun)
Venue : SHOWBOX At The Market
Location : 1426 1st Ave Seattle WA 98101
Time : 2:00pm

VAMPS is having a special pre-show event at the SHOWBOX. Bring your concert ticket and join the band for a special meet and greet experience. The Meet and Greet & Autograph session starts from 2:00 pm.

Ticket and tour information available at http://www.vampsliveusa.com

Questions, contact NEU BAUHAUS at Info@neubauhaus.net

All info has been cheerfully copied and pasted from the jrockseattle community.

Guess What!

2009-06-12T15:27:14Z

My laptop works!

I fiddled with it and got the internet to work, and the sound to work!

But the little thing that pops up when you plug in a harddrive or flashdrive doesn't come up anymore. and I have to manually run Explorer whenever I restart/turn on my laptop because it doen't automatically start anymore. But that is insignificicant in the face of EVERYTHING ELSE WORKING.

It only took what? Three weeks?

It is also good that it works because my dad can't find the reformat discs. o:

I've totally missed having a keyboard this small. And in this exact format, really. o: Been using this, and pretty much only this, laptop for four and a half years now.

Also, I have an 8 page research paper to write by 4PM today! And I haven't started! And I have to revise a 4-page paper after that!

Speakers

2009-06-10T20:29:22Z

I'm listening to music on my dad's laptop (while writing my four Women Studies Seminar essays, thanks very much), and I'm noticing something odd.

Different voices are coming to the fore while others are sinking behind into the background. I wonder if maybe the sound settings are WAY off from what kind of settings I usually have.

I'm using good headphones, a make I used for about 8 years that have never failed me. I think it's the internal sound system that's having some issues.

Also, the bass is super bassy. Maybe I should listen to Danse Macabre again just to make sure of the emphasis. xD;

PS - I love love love Sugizo's violin-playing. o: It's so pretty and haunting.

I have this urge to watch J showing off in front of the pyrotechnics again.

Laptop!

2009-06-01T03:14:44Z

My parents came up for a conference on Friday and my dad left his laptop with me. : D

It's really heavy. But it will do for writing all the papers I have due this week.

: D

2009-05-13T05:28:22Z

I got my tax return thing today!

o:

2009-04-07T00:05:01Z

Seattle finally realized that it's Spring!

Good job Seattle!

Things To Do

2009-04-01T23:16:13Z

~~Pay Internet Bill~~
Pay Electricity Bill
~~Pay Credit Card Bill~~
Find Scissors
Find Pliers
Download Hangry & Angry Music
Take Pictures of Ethnic Lit Reading Assignment
Upload Pictures for Rem
Plan Con Schedule
Work on Costume

Grades!

2009-03-26T01:09:32Z

Grades are in!

I got:

Indian Lit: B+
Latin Amer Lit: A
Senior Synth: A

Yay! But...

I have a cumulative 3.497.

I ONLY NEED .003 TO BE ON THE DEAN'S LIST.

...

I WANT TO GRADUATE ON THE DEAN'S LIST SO SO SO MUCH.

And I have three hard classes lined up for my last quarter, with Drs. Weber, Tung, and someone else whose class just sounds hard already especially because it's apparently a Senior Synth equivilant.

This is going to be difficult. .-.

19 days, 5 hours, 14 minutes, 43 seconds until the Party Starts!

2009-03-22T01:46:44Z

The Schedule is finally up!

http://www.sakuracon.org/programming/schedule.php

Work Schedule

2009-03-21T15:51:18Z

Saturday - Off
Sunday - Working
Monday - Working
Tuesday - Off
Wednesday - Working
Thursday - Working
Friday - Working

Whoo. .-.

Backspace

2009-03-19T00:51:13Z

I FINALLY FIXED MY BACKSPACE BUTTON.

: D

Most Recent Aquisitions

2009-03-18T22:00:57Z

So yesterday I took a break between writing papers and went downtown to Westlake to stock up on the ridiculously bright green nail polish at Claire's before it was discontinued. Got two bottles.

And then I went to Daiso to look around. And they had this package with a ratchet clip and big metal hooks and five meters of bright flourescent green nylon strap. for $5.

5m = approx 4.5 yards.

So I debated for a moment before buying it. Because usually the conditions for buying something is I have to have an idea of how I would incorporate it into the outfit.

But I'm thinking of making a pair of pants to alternate with the skirt for a different look. I'd be doing it in the style of Pretty Sakito Cosplayer's friend who had a costume that doubled as a working straightjacket. So I bought it.

And...

I just pulled it out of the packaging and looked at it closer and it's even more flourescent than it was in the store. It's practically luminescent in natural light. It's fantastic. It's eyebreaking. I love it so much already.

Also, I hear that the Girugamesh concert is going to be on Friday with an opening by The Slants. Hangry and Angry are playing on Sat, and The Slants are playing again on Sunday.

Honey

2009-03-17T15:51:59Z

So you know how honey is supposed to have healing/medicinal qualities? Like, making sore throats feel better when put into lemon tea, and being better and more gentle than an antibacterial wipe for when babies have cuts? And whatnot?

Well, I just swished a mouthful of honey around in my mouth. And it almost entirely healed the two sores on the bottom of my tongue.

This is a miracle substance. Seriously.

Morning Routine

2009-03-16T14:49:29Z

Wake up
Putter around on laptop
Get up and go to the bathroom
Mike rolls over, taking blankets with him
Return
Am chilly.

.-.

Tongue Time-Out

2009-03-13T17:42:02Z

So my tongue has been giving me grief lately.

Actually, I suppose it's my wisdom teeth that are giving me grief. They're coming in (more) (again) (still...) and every time they advance more, they shift my other teeth around slightly and the sharp points rest in new places on the underside of my tongue and form sores. They come edging in a little more every couple of months, two or three times a year. A week or two ago I could feel them coming out more and prying their way through my gums. It's kind of like teething all over again, except I don't remember teething the first time around.

So if you see me talking strangely in the next week or two, I'm just trying not to open my mouth enough to scrape the sores.

.-.

2009-03-12T06:06:22Z

Dear Laptop,

Please stop shedding screws all over the bed. They are like giant pointy metal crumbs. Also, now I have to replace them.

~ Yon Owner

PS - Some of your keys aren't working, can you get on that? Thanks.

Options

2009-03-06T21:54:23Z

So I thought I had my design for my new outfit finalized, but I just thought of a new variation.

The original idea was to make a slightly bunchy, jagged skirt out of approx 8 diamond-shaped pieces of cloth and then edge the bottom in green.

But now I'm considering making a skirt out of maybe only 5 or 6 panels, making it less bunchy, but over the top of the skirt itself attaching free-hanging extra panels at the waist, much like the ones for my Red/Black streetgear outfit.

It would give it a double-skirt effect, or so I'm theorizing. Or they might just look stiff and awkward. I'm not sure yet. Maybe I should just make a prototype of each design and see which looks best. As best as it can in terrible quilting cloth.

At least I finished my new hairpieces. I need to try them out to see how well they wear.

By The Way...

2009-03-02T19:39:55Z

So for those of you who haven't heard yet, I'm doing a new outfit for Sakura-Con.

The color theme for this year is Black/Obnoxious Flourescent Green.

That's right. It's going to be eye-breakingly bright.

I figured it was time for something new. Because you know? Last year I wore my Red/Black fashion design outfit and people and photographers came up to me to tell me that they recognized me from the previous year and were telling me how on their sites my picture is ranked x many of x many in terms of page views.

In short, everyone has seen it.

So it's time for something new. I'm supposed to be doing one costume a year anyway.

I haven't even decided on a set design for the outfit yet. D:

Too bad there are only like, 40 days left til the Con.

Guess What!

2009-03-01T14:55:55Z

I lost my phone!

It's either at Dr. Gutierrez's house or in the guy's truckvan.

Blurblurblurb.

FUCKING EXTREME SHEPHERD’S PIE RECIPE

2009-02-26T06:32:02Z

So I don't lose it.

(Fake Cut Yay)

English As Dessert

2009-02-11T20:28:41Z

Got my 15page midterm back in Senior Synth.

A+

He actually wrote the + on there.

As he was getting ready to hand them out he was like "And there was one very creative paper, really ingenious, where the person used the extended metaphor of comparing all their classes to different recipes."

And my table all turned and looked at me.

And the other table turned and looked at me too.

.-.

Pie Buffet

2009-02-11T10:00:00Z

Been reading articles again.

I come away with one idea summed up in two words.

Pie Buffet.

Best alternative to a big cake ever.

That's all.