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I'm really leaning (read: I probably will) alter her costume a bit. There are parts that don't appeal to me and I think I could make it (I don't know if I should say "better," but) look nicer...at least to me. I was thinking of doing something with the wig as well, even if it's just cutting the bangs a different way. Of course, I don't want people thinking I messed up. What do you think?
The lighting in my room isn't the best for taking pictures of shiny fabric, but it gives you an idea. I hadn't planned on stopping at the fabric store, so I did my best to remember what her outfit looked like. I'm happy with the blue as I'd searched online for something similar and never found anything. The gold is a bit dark as I was going to use it for the sash. I don't know if I'd have enough to use it as the trim instead, but I'll see how it goes.
- Music:"Suddenly," Gackt
You know me, I am freaked out by telephones, so I'm going to see if I can email someone... It got me wondering about my fear though, so I looked it up. I have telephonophobia, but I think I have a bit of phonophobia too, which is the fear of loud noises (including one's own voice, but that doesn't apply to me since obviously I love myself :P). Loud noises are like nails on a chalkboard to me. I get physically ill, like I'm having a panic attack. Some noises are okay, like I can handle concerts. I can't handle my dad turning up the volume on a movie, or even listening to my grandma or my aunt talk because they speak so loudly. I wouldn't say I'm afraid of those noises because I don't avoid them like I do telephones. They just make me panic inside.
- Music:"Koakuma Heaven," Gackt
Can I say styles for this summer are atrocious? There were hardly any skirts and the ones they had were floor length. My excursion to the fabric store was foiled when I realized all the fabric stores around me had left. T_T I'm going to have to depend on the internet a lot if I want to try my hand at skirt making or get materials for the Hilde costume. Sadness.
I dyed my hair last night to get out the brassy color my red had faded to. I went with a darker brown in an attempt to bring out my eyes. Look at me thinking things out. I like the color, but think it will look better when it lightens a bit. Still gonna look great when I style it. X3
I had to get up early today because people were coming to change my cracked skylight. I went to bed at 5 then got up at 8 to ready my room. I went downstairs and slept on the couch as they worked. They stayed 4 hours and only carved out one side of the window. It started raining so they're coming back tomorrow morning. I'm going to go ahead and say that given 4 hours, I would have had that window done myself. wtf.
Spent the rest of the time talking and watching "The Golden Girls," because yes, I actually own all 7 seasons, and that show is amazing.
Tomorrow I'm going searching for summer clothes. I really want some skirts but in the past have found them hard to find, oddly enough. I also had the genius idea to make my own skirt, so I'll probably stop at Jo Ann Fabrics as well. It has to be stupidly easy. I'm interested in sewing in general, so I figure a skirt is a good first place to start. Maybe I can learn some skills before I start on that Hilde costume. *cough*
- Music:"Muchi no Namida," BUCK-TICK
I was thinking about letting it grow for a while, but I do like the short cut and I haven't had the style for that long. I also liked dying it red, but hate upkeeping the color as well. Maybe I should buy a long dark wig so I can interchange. ( ._.)
- Music:"Birth," EMPYR
Reformatting my hard drive has gone from an unfortunate necessity to Spring Cleaning. I backed up all my files on an external and want to clean and organize them, then reformat and repopulate my PC. I'm obsessed with organization. :\
Now that I'm home, I can use my POP3 email account again. That means when you send me things, I can actually respond. It's like magic. I can also XBOX Live, type loudly, and sleep in darkness and silence. This feels so good.
- Music:"No One Gets Out of Her Alive," PIG
For a long time, I've wanted a German Shepherd. To tickle my fantasies, I decided to look up breeders in Ohio and get a feel for the availability and process. Fuck if those dogs don't cost anywhere from $800 to $4,000. Both of my other dogs were from breeders but were around $300-500. It would be ideal if I could find some puppies that were discolored or otherwise irregular, then the price would go down. I don't need a pup whose 80 ancestors were award winners from Germany. Still, I'd prefer to buy from a breeder because I'd have a greater understanding of their upbringing and medical history.
Since I'll be moving back into my parents' house after graduation, it's not really my decision whether to add another member to the family. My mom said no more dogs (we only have one toy :P) until we move, which will either never happen or happen several decades from now. Well, when it does happen, I'll already be in my own place and able to buy my own dog.
Honestly, I think I could convince them. My dad enjoys making deals with me and as long as I deliver, he delivers. But at the same time, I'm not sure I want full responsibility of a dog. I know I'm capable of taking care of one, but I still fear I can't. That's not a mistake I want to make. They're with you for 13 years and that's a lot of responsibility to consider.
I will admit a dog would help fill some of this emptiness I have, but I don't want one for that sole reason. I've loved them for a long time and bringing happiness is something a dog does anyway. The only difference is I need a little more happiness than usual.
I used to watch everyday until 2006 or so when I got tired of hearing about Iraq. I started getting into it again with the election. Then the recession happened and all they could talk about (even during cooking segments) was the economy. Now the only thing spewing out their mouths is swine flu. I am tired of this mass hysteria bullshit. The economy and health concerns are important, but what's the point of continually saying the same thing? I am hearing, "Hey guise, the economy is bad and swine flu exists." That is all they're really saying, over and over and over, every single day.
I feel like they want us to be afraid and that makes me angry. Thousands die every year from regular flu. When the number of swine flu victims surpasses that number, I'll take it more seriously. That's not to say it isn't a bad disease (especially since it thrives in the healthy), I just don't think alarming an entire nation is a responsible action. We should be informed, but this fear mongering is gross.
This post brought to you by a soon-to-be college graduate. Note the superb use of grammar and punctuation.
My biggest worry is out of the way. Now I can focus on all my exams and projects. Then I can worry about the rest of my life after May 17. :\
- Music:"WILD," Namie Amuro
This must only be funny to British people because I didn't even know something happened. Once I read the article, I still didn't think it was funny. I was actually disappointed after the video description hyped it up saying it was a hit video on YouTube. I was expecting major lulz but no lulz were had. You know what I did laugh at? Obama giving the queen an iPod. I thought it was brilliant and so embarrassingly American.
I had fun seeing my friends and enjoying my alone time. It is so precious. @_@ My friends and I mostly hung out and played games and watched movies (Street Fighter on Blu-ray...yes). It's so nice and refreshing to be around a group of people and experience conversation. I feel like I sit in silence all week in class and keep to myself at my dorm.
There is always too much food and too little time to eat it when I'm home. I end up stuffing myself and feeling gross so it doesn't go to waste. blah. I made the mistake of buying a bunch of food at Jungle Jim's. Jungle Jim's is a grocery store the size of a warehouse that specializes in imports. You can get everything from Greek candies to camel meat. I love going there and had to buy some exotic stuff since I can't do that up at school. Unfortunately half of what I bought has to be refrigerated so now I'm trying to finish it so it doesn't go bad. The trip to Chicago is too long to keep frozen food and I'm taking the train so it's inconvenient anyway. I'm not going to eat for a week when I get back.
The weather wasn't the greatest but still nicer than anything I've experienced this year. I hear Chicago got snow, which makes me sad. Please stop with the winter.
Well, here I am and it is 2:00 and I still haven't packed or started chores or homework. 4tw.
- Music:"This One (Crying Like a Child)," Utada
Anyway, what I'm trying to say is I left Chicago at 5:45pm and got home at 4:30am. Yes.
To add to my computer troubles, my laptop apparently has a virus. It won't let me access my external (which I just bought - so help me if it gets ruined). It gives an error saying I have a Trojan when I click to open my external drive. I scanned the computer and found a trojan horse generic 13.ezt, which doesn't exist on Google. When I say remove it seems to work, but I continue to get the same message when trying to access my external. I love you, technology, so why do you hate me? T_T
I can get into the external if I type the directory address into windows explorer, but it makes me uneasy if there's a virus. The directory given for the virus was on my C drive, so I guess the external is okay...but I still worry since the external is what's being affected. I think it's also affecting some of my programs as both AVG and Windows Update can't access the internet to download updates.
I don't know if AVG is going to help me. Does anyone know if I can just delete the infected file? o_O I don't know what the file does though...
c:\windows\system32\drivers\quadraserv.s
- Music:"Muchi no Namida," BUCK-TICK
- Music:"Muchi no Namida," BUCK-TICK
AIG Smackdown
Maybe it's because we had 8 years of Bush, but I get super excited when the government does what it's supposed to do now. That being said, I think it was estimated that if they had given the American people the bailout money they're giving big business, all of us would have gotten $200,000. Wouldn't that have fixed everything?
I have midterms this week but spend my time playing Resident Evil 5. I beat it over the weekend and must now unlock everything. It feels good to have something to focus on(/obsess over), but it came at a bad time. At least Spring Break is next week and I can waste my days in front of a 72" flatscreen. :x
I'm taking a train to an actual destination for the first time in my life. Instead of my parents driving to get me for Spring Break, I'm riding the Amtrak. It was that or the bus and I decided I'd rather spend twice the time on a train than on a shady bus. Wish me luck in not getting motion sickness. I'm terribly prone to motion sickness and even get sick on the L. :\
I was thinking today how cool it would be to have one of these. I still prefer hardcopies of everything I buy, but I have trouble finding books that interest me and therefore do not read a lot. There are hundreds of thousands of books to download on these machines, all for less than half the price of a hardcopy. It seems more convenient all around, especially since it's connected to wi-fi. Download whatever, whenever. D:
Probably not something I'd be getting for a while, but I'm sure one day we will all have one...
- Music:"Coyote," BUCK-TICK
I bring this up because they changed the ending to "Watchmen," only reason given being that the original wasn't feasible. I find it frustrating that there's all these adaptations being made that are wretched skeletons of the original work, and it's so unnecessary. These people are getting paid to make crap and I will never get a job ever. I'm not trying to imply "Watchmen" will be crap - I'm still looking forward to seeing it - I simply don't get why they couldn't do the original ending. It's depressing that nothing can escape being lost in translation.
I've had an idea for a new layout for Overthrown.nu in my head for a while, but have been unable to put into Photoshop what I see in my brain. I'll keep at it. :\
- Music:"Sparkle," Ayumi Hamasaki
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