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(x19) another code r: a journey into lost memories
(x24) clover
(x5) final fantasy x/x-2
(x10) kingdom hearts
(x10) shinshi doumei cross
(x22) shugo chara!

total: 90

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( i tried to do handstands for you, but everytime i fell for you )

I AM DONE.

MY LAST DAY IS OVER.

I AM DONE.

Just over a week until I move!!

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here @ rottedcandy

♔ shareable requests; 28
♔ code geass; 21
♔ final fantasy; 11
♔ zero no tsukaima; 13
♔ misc. (anne of green gables, mauro gatti, wordboner, DOGS, reborn!, kodomo no jikan, mamegoma, paper mario, tales of, gurren lagann, kashimashi); 45 (+3 headers)


pink cloud assembly. ☠ innovators

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See them all here @ fangirlomg.

...aka dynast_harmonia actually being sociable besides being terrified at being alone in the house for once.

Since I'm pretty much wiped out from running around the Clayton, Glen Waverly and Chadstone (in six hours!) suburbs, here's a (somewhat) interesting!!! things that I learnt today:

- met a Japanese girl named Yuna. I'm glad I wasn't the one who commented ".....hey wait a moment". But so many people did. She reminded me of hikaraseru somehow...must be the looks.
- I now know that shallots= bawang merah. Sure, I knew what shallots were before this, but...not that they were bawang merah. Hur hur fail Malaysian.
- I now know how much a five-pack of Indomee at Hong Kong Market over at Clayton town costs.
- I know NOTHING about the train system in Melbourne.
- Butt-dancing is full of wtf (don't ask)
- When you want the bus/train to arrive, it'll take forever. When you don't want it to, it will.
- THERE ARE VOUCHERS FOR HUNGRY JACKS AND YOU CAN HAVE A LUNCH FOR BELOW 4 BUCKS [/cheapskate]
- You can never embarrass yourself too much.
- Fast food is a way of life!
- That seven degrees thing? It works in real life too. ("Wait, you're the one that almost became my housemate!" "....really?")

There is probably more but I'm kinda braindead and probably need to do shopping tomorrow with Jean Wei tomorrow (assuming it doesn't rain) or stay in. Either that or try out a new recipe from my brand-new recipe book that doesn't involve the oven since I have no idea how the oven works in this place. Time to break in my new grill!

...there's that or go to Brandon Park with Kelvin and the rest of the guys, but...man, after running in two different shopping complexes today, I don't really want to walk around in another. Give me tiny Clayton Shopping Center (town!) any time, man.

IT'S STILL FREAKIN COLD IN MY ROOM. DAMNIT.

I think 75% of the time, when I have a problem with cosplay... it can be solved with the use of a sharpie. I'm serious. It's like always the answer. I should just make it my default and stock up (I can't believe we don't have red)

[ 4 ] perfume
[ 12 ] capsule
[ 9 ] ami suzuki
[ 10 ] assassin's creed
[ 3 ] halo
[ 3 ] devil may cry 3



more here @ nasplasha

Keeping track of a new thing here, so I can look back:

Trip: Merivale/Meadowlands to Prince of Wales (Walking)
Distance: Approx. 3.0 km
Previous Time: N/A
Current Time: 28 minutes
Fastest Time: 28 minutes
Route Note: Approx. 20% Uphill, 60% Downhill, 20% Level
Approx. Speed: 107 m/min | 6.4 km/hr
Target Speed: 120 m/min | 7.2 km/hr

She taught us how to love.

We sat around the tables in class. The sterile room was dark except for bright, flickering images projected against the wall behind her. She was our teacher. She spoke in long, winding, delicious sentences. Great twisted piles of silver, shimmery snakes were suspended in front of each student. And as she spoke I imagined those snakes to move and slide against one another. I would reach out to them and their gentle movement would give me a warm sensation. They danced and swam in the air, caressing my finger tips and arms; sending me into pure ecstasy. I felt so warm, as if I were being baked - being made ready to eat. My chest was peeling back, I was exposed and open hearted.

In my dream, I took a class on how to love.

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2 Marvel Comics

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14 Street Fighter
8 Star Wars Art
27 Marvel Comics (Spider-Girl, Typhoid Mary, Namor, Rogue, Spider-Man, Dark X-Men)

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Ages and ages ago, winiw posted this in her journal and I commented asking for five things. The comment has sat in my inbox -- I'm finally going to answer it tonight. Here we go friends!

Comment on this post saying you want to play and I'll give you five things i associate with you or want to know more about. Then you post them in your journal and elaborate.

Here are the five things winiw gave me:

Guelph: I'm going to miss Guelph. I've lived here for seven years now and well ... with the exception of having no family or extremely close friends here (which are key ingredients for making a place feel like home), it still feels like home to me. It doesn't feel like a City -- it feels much smaller than that. Sure, there's crazy stuff that goes on here, but it is the kind of place that I can see myself returning to after I finish school (again).

Teaching: I am really looking forward to this. I want to have a job where I feel like I'm making a difference -- and not the "oh hey it's another parking lot/residential subdivision/apartment building/road" kind of difference.

Music: I miss my bass. A coworker was showing me a bass that was for sale online, and it made my fingers itch to play. Sure, I have an electric bass, but it is not the same thing as having the solid frame of a bass resting in the hollow in front of your hip.

Fandom: I was reminded today that my first fandom was sports. Hahaha! Or at least, the first organized fandom that I fell into wholeheartedly. I still remember how I used to sneak down during the '92 and '93 playoffs to watch the Jays games. I can still recite the majority of the Jays line up from those seasons. I still remember cheering and jumping around my parents' living room when Joe Carter hit that home run. I remember watching those games and keeping my own scoresheets (to practice for when I scored my brother's games) and collecting baseball cards and playing with my brother. Those were good, good times.

Engineering: Consulting engineering is not for me. On Monday, I watched ten hours of storm sewer inspection video because it had to be done to get a subdivision registered. That's ten hours of looking at: ( cut for pictures )

I understand that when work has to get done, it has to get done, but my priorities aren't in line to be successful in consulting. I do not want my job to be my life and to get anywhere in the company I work at (for only two more days), I'd have to make my job my life. I'd be looking at 50+ hour weeks, putting the needs of the company and client ahead of me, and that is a massive does not want on my part.


Unfortunately, my brain is still fried from watching all that video on Monday. There's a lot more I want to write about but it's time to sleep.

So, do you guys think that food colouring will dye my safety glasses hot pink? It's either that or I try painting them. But that means going out to the store to buy acrylic paint and I have the food colouring now.

Oh, this is going to be an awesome costume.

(x25)Code Geass
(x45)Final Fantasy
(x10)Infinite Undiscovery (Aya)
(x25)Emotive/Photography
(x10)Victoria Frances



here @ all_creation

I took a jlpt 2 exam. Passing however is something else. Born with the innate ability to waste time and outright refusal to study - its a miracle that I've made it this far.

Nonetheless I've done another all night karaoke, its deadly tiring, but plenty fun.


Uh, let me remember the things I wanted to talk about.

Wooo! Got tickets for the icon-i-coustic set at the National Portrait Gallery. Patrick is performing my favourite art museum!

They are running a 'gay icons' exhibition: here's the blurb...

To accompany the Gay Icons exhibition, ICONIC is a programme of events which explore the darkly queer and uncannily bright side of icons - the fantasy, emotion, cult, deceit, promiscuity, joy, desire, melancholy, beauty, sexuality, ambiguity and the one - through performance, film, music, literature, talks and walks.

Curated by Jonathan Keane with the National Portrait Gallery.

Icon-i-coustic: Patrick Wolf
Innovative, radical, creative and spirited, the young, talented and brilliant Patrick Wolf plays an intimate unique acoustic gig. Patrick has four albums to draw on for this gig and has always worked with iconic musical material, drawing inspiration from Kate Bush, Marianne Faithful and Tilda Swinton. A member of queer experimental art music outfit Minty from the tender age of 14, come and see an icon in the making.

Anyone else coming?

the rest here @ no_punchline

So, I am now back from my brother's house and have been for a few days now. The trip went rather well and I managed to go the entire time without once being told to get my hair cut (in fact, my brother at one point told me I should let it grow more). I managed to go the majority of the trip without being asked any of those questions I hate (in fact, up until the last day, I was asked only one; not too bad).

First day, they practically killed me; arrived at 9:30 AM local time (11:30 AM my normal time) after having woken up at roughly 8 PM the night before to finish getting ready for the trip and my brother immediately shoves coffee and donuts in my hand and gives a quick half-tour around the south end of the city. Eventually went to the zoo and spent most of the day there and got a few pictures before I realized my camera can only hold like 12ish pictures without a memory card (QQ). Finally got to my brother's house at like 5ish and, after nearly 24 hours awake, got a bit of a nap and then was force fed dinner before returning to bed until the next morning.

Canada Day wasn't too bad, went downtown there, spent the day at Prince's Island Park and watched some of the festivities there. Not too much that day; went to the birthday dinner of my sister-in-law's brother-in-law and was quickly addicted to BBQ Beef on a Bun (I'm going to have a hell of a challenge finding someone who makes it proper here). Another early night for me.

Thursday we went out to Heritage Park; it's a cross between a heritage park and a small scale amusement park. We spent the majority of the day there and it was nice to get out and see stuff. Got my first good view of the mountains from there too, since it was the first time I was up at a high enough level to see out of the canyon Calgary's in. Sometime during the day I finally noticed I was sunburned beyond belief on my arms; while it's nice to see some colour on my arms, it hurt like hell.

Friday, we got up really early and were out of the house by 7:30; went downtown and watched the Stampede Parade. Yes, this was the reason for the timing of the trip - so that both myself and my mother could spend a day at the Calgary Stampede. Yes, I enjoyed myself - quite a bit. After the parade and lunch, we spent the rest of the day at the Stampede itself and spent awhile watching the blacksmithing championships and wandering around - we watched a live performance by Recycled Percussion which was pretty good, and saw a few more other things. Caught Hinder's concert there; it was awesome as hell, and then we proceeded to the chuckwagon races (oh my god, I can't believe I actually liked them; new favourite sport involving horses, for sure). My brother and I then had to catch up with my mother and sister-in-law and the four of us went to watch the Big Show - perhaps the greatest mixture of acrobatics and pyrotechnics I have yet to see, and there was a show by Sugar Sammy during it too; surprised they had such an adult act considering the number of kids that were there. Ended with one hell of a fireworks show - so awesome.

Saturday was a bit more subdued; shopping and a movie - Up in 3D. 3D tech's come a long, long way. My mother went home Saturday night, and I thought I was homesafe. But no - I wake up Sunday morning, have a coffee, some breakfast and suddenly - "So, are you going back to school?" (Aw, shit.) Anyways, after some discussion, and offer was put on the table - I can move to my brother's: no rent, no bills, food provided, everything. The cost? I have to go to school when I'm out there. I'll have my own space, the only thing I'll need to share will be the kitchen; the basement of my brother's house is currently being converted to an extra bedroom and living room, and I'll have the entire basement to myself, free to come and go as I please - as long as I go out and finish school while I'm there.

... so, guess who's looking for schools in Calgary now. Looking into SAIT and UoC at the moment. This offer would pretty much take care of everything I was having problems with; without needing to worry about money for living expenses, I can pay for school and have extra cash to do more than stay around the house. I'll be able to work just a little and have extra cash, and then pick up a full time IT job between semesters (already met the guy who'd hire me and the job's mine if I go out). So... yeah.

Anyways, currently playing Star Ocean: The Last Hope. Now I remember why I never finished Till the End of Time; the games difficulty is a step above that of normal RPGs on "normal" mode, and actually poses a bit of a challenge where I can't just let the computer play the game for me while I go have dinner (Hiiiiiii, Final Fantasy XII!). The game is, however, absolutely amazing and, I think, SquareEnix's first game on the 360 (correction, forgot about Infinite Undiscovery; anyone know if that one's worth getting?). This one'll take me awhile to play, hopefully, since I finished Ghostbusters and Suikoden Tierkries.

Edit: I want one.