| I know you are, but what am I? |
[Fri ♥ 05.02.10 ♥ 12:08AM] |
I'd be a bit miffed if I didn't get this for Valentine's Day :
But in all seriousness, I do really want these.
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| meow wow |
[Sun ♥ 31.01.10 ♥ 02:17PM] |
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S. Kyle. I'm so ready to be a pin-up in Tiger Beat magazine.
Spent my MLK weekend in Brooklyn - went shoppinggg, hung out with friends, met up with Jasmine & John [!], saw the Archie exhibit at the MoCCA, and ventured out in the city. As always, I never have enough time to do all the things I want, but I think that maybe I'll have an actual NY vacation sometime in the Summer or Fall. Regardless, I'll definitely return to NY once the weather is a bit warmer, and when more of my friends are back in town n_n Anyway, I returned to Wayne Manor on Monday night, exhausted and more than happy to be back home with people who provide hard taco shells for me for Taco Night ♥
Otherwise, my life has basically consisted of the following:
- Rewatching Aziz Ansari's "Intimate Moments for a Sensual Evening". If Evelyn can't move into Wayne Manor, I'm officially nominating Aziz to be our other-other roommate. I've also been catching up Batman: Brave and the Bold.
- Teared up during Conan's last show.
- Been perusing through a catalog of prop/weapon replicas. Nerd-hyperventilation ensued.
- Slowly catching up on comics.
- Working on lots of secret missions and actually relying on organization and plans, rather than going about everything spontaneously. I actually feel less stressed. Go figure.
- Going to the gym. Wooooo.
- Blowing my money on lots of nice things to make my room/life prettier.
- Recently realizing that I've never slow-danced in my entire life.
Anddd I will be in Albany/Earth-2 on Valentine's/President's Day weekend n_n
[These took me forever to c&p and put them in order. I care too much about my Livejournal.]
( She's a safe-cracker. )
I'll have a post about this weekend... eventually ♥
But until then...
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| supersonic idiotic |
[Thu ♥ 28.01.10 ♥ 12:29PM] |
In light of Zelda Rubinstein's death, I'm still trying to live out my life in the style of Teen Witch.
[a goal I've had since I was 5]
The spontaneous song-breaks about liking boys and wanting the be the most popular girl are definitely putting me on the right track, but I still need to find my amulet. And only then, will Brad the Heartthrob like me, and then my best friend will win over her dream guy with a sassy rap-off, and then life will be awesome.
But Madame Serena will still be dead.
Maybe it's not too late to re-align my life-goals to the Poltergeist movies.
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| two thousand tense |
[Mon ♥ 11.01.10 ♥ 08:20PM] |
Welcome to 2010.
On New Year’s Eve, we headed out to First Night in Boston – despite living in/near Boston all my life, this was actually my first time attending First Night. We ventured to the Hynes for Kaiju, met up with more people, and encountered a couple guys who used this line on me. Afterwards, we looked at the ice sculptures [all of them appeared to be only viewable in Blackest-Night-vision], decided to avoid the crowded bars along Newbury Street after the countdown, and headed home to play Rock Band instead. All in all, one of the most fun New Year’s I’ve had in a long time.
I decided to spend the first weekend of the new year going on a much-needed self-date and treated myself to a haircut and redyed my hair, new clothes, a burger and fries, and attempted to go glasses-shopping, which was all really nice – 2009 had been one of the busiest years of my entire life [in a good way] and it was nice to just get away and have a day for myself. However, by the end of the day, I came home to a freezing Wayne Manor [broken heater, gah], and I had managed to lose my brand new Charlie Card on the way home. Combined with the realization that I wouldn’t be able to fight off this horrible growing sense of doubt with retail therapy, burgers, or comic books this time, it really wasn’t the ideal state to ring in the new year, especially after feeling so ambitious days prior. I started to worry that maybe I wasn’t as ready as I thought - ready to accomplish all of these things that I’ve been wanting to do, to take on these responsibilities, to make the first move, to accept possible and inevitable disappointments, to give in [or to give up] when necessary, to feel this strongly about anyone/anything, to prove everyone wrong/right… It wasn’t until today [about a week later] that I realized that since I’ve confronted my problem that night, I’ve actually been more zealous than ever to follow through with all the amazing things that I’m destined to do... and maybe even catch up on my comics one day. I have faith in myself and everything I pursue.
Alicia and I went to a free screening of Youth in Revolt last week. Michael Cera’s Zur-en-Arrh personality [and trash ‘stache] killed me. Over the past week, I’ve been on two food excursions with the Kaiju crew, which is nice, as I really only get to see them at Battels. Anddd Jake, Alicia and I went on a field trip to the Museum of Science for the Harry Potter exhibit [it was my Christmas present to them :D]. It was absolutely breathtaking, and I don’t really consider myself a huge Harry Potter fan per se. I loved being able to see all of the gorgeous intricate details in the clothing and wands. Also, Jake and I totes slam-dunked the funk in Quidditch. BALLIN.
And I’ve welcomed Planet Fitness back into my galaxy.
Oh, and now I’m actively floating around in the dregs of the internet:
Lookbook & DeviantArt
I’ve had both accounts open for a while now, but I’m finally using Lookbook, and semi-using DevArt [mostly to stalk comic artists]. Yeah, that’s it.
( PAST TENS / PAST TENSE )
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| Resolution #24 |
[Mon ♥ 11.01.10 ♥ 10:04AM] |
Until I finish compiling all of these photos into a future post, here you go:
( Music credits )
A further elaboration on 14.7% of my resolutions for 2010.
Enjoy my inane ramblings ♥
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| les résolutions |
[Sun ♥ 03.01.10 ♥ 03:11AM] |
I've already trimmed and redyed my hair.
Now onto the rest!
2010 resolutions:
- finish SDCC planning [book flight/hotel, costume planning, etc]
- stop losing Charlie Cards
- revive my Etsy
- take 52 comic shop photos [presumably one per week]
- make a proper portfolio of all of my costumes and styling work
- renew my gym membership & start going to the gym regularly again [gotta be in tip top shape to fight off baddies and fanboys]
- make atleast one new dress out of scratch [recons don't count!]
- participate in 24 Hour Comics Day
- accomplish my Super-Secret Mission
- see Rae Westcott ♥
- break into the DC Comics HQ
- have a table at Bazaar Bizarre [Boston] with Alicia
- practice playing piano/keytar
- get new glasses [ASAP!]
- be in a comic book and/or further infiltrate the comic industry
- draw more often
- be able to sing on Expert regularly on Rock Band
- obtain a utility belt
- save money/budget better
- learn the Single Ladies dance
- learn to ride a bike. Maybe.
- cosplay for the following: Boston Comic Con [Spring & Fall], Anime Boston, Free Comic Book Day party at New England Comics, Super-Secret-Mission-related mini-missions, SDCC, New York Comic Con. Wizard World Philly, Wizard World New England, and Dragon*Con are tentative.
- catch up on comics [yeah, yeah...]
- record more videos
- rearrange my work schedule to get every other Friday off
- be less Bat-centric, in terms of comics. Actually, I think that I will attempt to read more Marvel, to see how the other side lives for a change.
- be less Rock Band-centric, in terms of video games. Ehhh.
- attend this year's Drink & Draw Like A Lady cocktail party and actually NETWORK
- clear out my wardrobe
- clear out the clutter in my storage
- spend more time with friends - I've been crazy busy over these past few months, and I do miss a lot of you. Let's make plans and hang out :D
- get more sleep [although, looking at this list, this may prove to be the most difficult resolution to keep]
- stop wasting time and dragging things out - I really can't be bothered.
- DON'T GET REFRIGERATORED.
And that's 34. Hey 2010. Let's do this.
NYE post/photos later :D
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| bizarro honesty box |
[Wed ♥ 30.12.09 ♥ 11:23AM] |
Ask me anything... DO IT!
http://www.formspring.me/bettyfelon
In which, now you can anonymously bombard me with all of those creepy questions you've been dying to ask me ♥
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| boyfriend toyfriend |
[Sun ♥ 27.12.09 ♥ 02:38PM] |
Swung by Comicazi-con the weekend before I left for my business trip - saw Kevin and Ming and treated myself to some comics and toys before I had to leave the con for some last-minute Christmas shopping [for people who aren't myself]. I was almost offered recruitment into Kevin's gang of Asian-girls-with-freckles, but unfortunately, I don't have enough freckles. And then Larry's Comics had a breakdown on Twitter and things were awkwardly entertaining.
My business trip in South Carolina went well - lots of training conferences and Southern food. It's been more than a week since I've been back and I've found myself missing grits o_o Anyway, with the help of Michelle [and Comic Shop Locator], I was actually able to track down a comic shop within 5 miles of where I was [incidentally the same shop where Chris (of Chris' Invincible Super-Blog fame) works], however, I wasn't allowed to write off taxi rides to comic shops as business expenses. Instead, I finished reading Essex County during my trip and absolutely loved it. It actually kind of made me feel more of a bond with my dad and my sister and their love for hockey. I had only previously heard of Jeff Lemire from Sweet Tooth and his work for Art Brut's cover art, and I can't wait to read more of his stuff. And that's how my craving for grits and a comic review dominated my business trip recap.
I've managed to make Jasmine's epic TOPS OF 2009 list - I'm quite honored, since the lady really does have impeccable taste ♥ Psst, if you're trying to find me amongst the sub-categories, I'm #5 in "TOP CRUSHES"... right after JoGoLevs. Obvi.
After a $61 taxi ride from Logan to Wayne Manor, I was finally back home a little after midnight last Friday, and I passed out until Andrew arrived from Earth-2 for the weekend :D I showed him a little around Boston and we spent most of the weekend watching movies [Die Hard!], playing Rock Band, and relaxing. And by relaxing, I mean, teasing him about his totally rational fear of the Puppet Master movies.
We had a Christmas celebration on Wednesday at Wayne Manor. We made tacos, watched A Christmas Story, played Rock Band, and exchanged presents. Christmas with my family was fun too, but now I'm sick and all I'm craving is Chinese food from Brighton.
As for New Year's Eve? I think we're all going to hit up First Night and wreak havoc on the streets of Boston. And on the ice sculptures. And I guess go to Kaiju Big Battel.
Oh, and Alicia and I are officially going to San Diego Comic Con 2010.
( IT'S A PARTY IN THE JLA )
Okay, I gotta go now, since my parents just arrived with the aforementioned Chinese food from Brighton and I have more episodes of Batman BatB to catch up on. My life is awesome. I guess I'll work on my 2009 recap later.
xoxoxo love ya like a sister~
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| Life is much more than seven simple colors. |
[Fri ♥ 11.12.09 ♥ 05:20PM] |
"I think I saw this on a Saturday morning cartoon."
Since we last left off :
Alicia and I saw Metric at the House of Blues. How much I adore you, Ms. Haines.
I've been slowly catching up on comics [some dating back to October - yikes]. One day, I will catch up and be cool.
I recently ran into one of my younger friends from high school, whom I haven't seen since my freshman year of college - she spotted me while I was in the comic shop [yeah, yeah...]. Within only half an hour of catching up with her, and discussing her goals in film-making, I realized how refreshing it was to talk to someone who seemed just as creatively-inspired and motivated as myself. For a while now [especially with most of my friends living the post-college life during the current state of the job market], I've realized that my absurd level of optimism does come across as ridiculous, if not unnerving, to others, so it was just really nice to talk to someone who also has high hopes for herself.
So, I may or may not have had H1N1. It was the most painful flu I've ever experienced, and Alicia's professor supposedly had it... and given my bad habit of rolling around in Alicia's schoolwork, I feel that it was only inevitable. It hit me right during Thanksgiving weekend too, which caused me to miss out on both Black Friday [eh] and my 5-year high school reunion... which means that I'll have to wait another five years to show all those thick-necked bullies and over-tanned bitchezzz how fucking awesome I am now*! Anyway, my voice only recently got back to semi-normal, which means that I can kind of play Rock Band again [yay].
Saw Fantastic Mr. Fox. It was fantastic.
Razz came to visit, which was fun, and I got to see a lot of people whom I haven't seen in a while. It made me realize that I've been stupidly busy for the past few months and that I haven't been able to see a lot of my friends, but I hope that things will slow down once it's January.
Somewhat related, I plan on going to NYC during MLK weekend [January 16th-18th], mostly to go fabric-shopping, gorge on Japanese food on St. Mark's, and maybe visit the DC offices [OMG OMG I KNOW RIGHT?!], so if any of you would like to meet up during that weekend [and/or provide shelter for me (pleaseeeee)], let me know :D
Next week, I'm blasting off on my first business trip [and pretty much my first plane ride] ever - I'm in the land of the South for 3.5 days. Turns out that the closest comic shop is about 45 minutes away from where I'll be staying... so I've already taken out The Complete Essex County from the library to keep me busy during my off-hours. I'm finally a grown-up, guys.
And as of late, I've felt like the sleepiest girl in the world.
WAKE UPPPPPPP!
( EDIE SEDGWICK, ANNA KARINA, ARLENE DAHL )
* Jaykay jaykay - I was totes pops in HS.
** Yes, I am totes name-dropping my favorite artists/writers when they e-acknowledge me. DEAL.
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| NYE |
[Thu ♥ 10.12.09 ♥ 12:40PM] |
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So... what are you all doing for New Years Eve?
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| thxgvng |
[Thu ♥ 26.11.09 ♥ 07:56PM] |
Dear all those who are near and dear to me,
In spirit of the last Thanksgiving of this decade, I would like to thank all of my amazing friends and family for being the bestest ever. I love you all, and I hope that you all had a lovely Thanksgiving as well. I know that true words could never fully capture how important all of you are to me, so I figured that I'd forward this cute little thing I found on the internet... I feel like it is the closest that I can get to expressing my endless love and care for you guys. Here we go ♥
JUGGALO VS. FRIEND
Friend: Calls your parents "Mr." or "Mrs."
Juggalo: Call your parents "Mom" or "Dad."
Friend: Has never seen you cry.
Juggalo: Has the best shoulder to cry on.
Friend: Asks you for your number.
Juggalo: Asks you for their number.
Friend: Will leave you hanging to be with a crowd.
Juggalo: Always has your back.
Friend: Runs for help in a fight.
Juggalo: Jumps in the fight to help.
Friend: Will bail your stale ass out of Jail.
Juggalo: Will be sittin' right next to you saying "That was fucking awesome!"
Friend: Will help you move out of a house.
Juggalo: Will help you move a dead body out of the house.
Friend: Bums you a cigarette
Juggalo: Bums you his last pack
Friend: Is there when you need them
Juggalo: Is there even when you dont need them
Friend: Gets drunk at a party and pukes on your carpet
Juggalo: Feels worse than you do about puking on your carpet in the morning
Friend: Hides you from the cops
Juggalo: Is probably the reason the cops are after you in the first place
Friend: Lets you make an ass out of yourself in public
Juggalo: Is up there with you making an ass out of themselves too
Friend: Likes you cause your always doing stupid shit
Juggalo: Loves you even though you do stupid shit
Friend: Is shocked to find out your actually gay
Juggalo: Already knew but really could care less
Friend: Doesn't tell anyone if you kill the guy who tried to kill you
Juggalo: Helped you kill that asshole
Friend: Comes with you to your moms funeral
Juggalo: Cries with you at your moms funeral
Friend: Tells you when his parents doesnt want him to hang out with you any more
Juggalo: Laughs in his parents faces for saying that
Friends: Fade
Juggalos: Are 4 Ever
And remember: "We will never die alone / Juggalos will carry on"
HAPPY THANKSGIVING, YOU IMMORTAL JUGGALOS & JUGGALETTES~
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| The Long Halloween |
[Fri ♥ 13.11.09 ♥ 01:23AM] |
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FLESH.
Life since we last left off...
Actually, this happened before Boston Comic Con, but I forgot to mention it: Went to JoJo's birthday party! It was her "golden birthday" [turning 22 on the 22nd of October!], so I made her a gold birthday bow ♥ I ate lots of delicious food, but had to retire early since I was sick that entire week, bleh.
Celebrated Halloween on Earth-2 with Andrew! Went to a Halloween party, watched lots of movies, went to a tiny con, and played Lego Rock Band [before it was released OMG]. It was a really nice way to conclude my 1.5 months of Halloween madness n_n
I've officially finalized all of the travel plans for my business conference trip, which I've been referring to as BUSI-CON 2009. I'm even going to cosplay as Lois Lane*...
Otherwise, I've been semi-MIA socially, aside from hanging out with Alicia and Jake; been catching up on sleep and reading, and hoping to start on my non-costume-related projects. Somehow, I missed the notice where I was apparently still busy with lots of other things after the month of October. Luckily, they're mostly fun-busy things, but still - I need go find an available weekend to go to NYC/BK so I can go shopping. Anyway, I apologize in advance for any flaking out on my part.
Metric show coming up next week [free tickets, woo!], Thanksgiving the next week, and my 5-year high school reunion is on Black Friday... and then it's like, December already, right? Eep!
Oh, and I'm semi in charge of a *TOP SECRET MISSION*. I'm kind of freaking out [in a good way]. That's all I can publicly disclose for now, and all of the parties seem pretty interested, so I'm pretty optimistic. Okay, I'm going to shut up about this and not jinx all of us.
Conclusively, I've survived through Halloween. +100XP AWESOMESAUCE.
Lots and lots of photos. Mostly of me and/or nerdy things. Sasuga~
( WEREWOLF BAR MITZVAH )
*... NOT Superwoman. Though I'm sure I'd make an impression on the other business professionals, to say the very least.
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| Gogo Comics |
[Sun ♥ 25.10.09 ♥ 11:48PM] |
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Just a refreshing reminder of what I look like in my civvies...
[Superior photo creds, of course, go to my comic store dad, Benn Robbins.]
I'll post about Boston Comic Con at a later date, but overall, I had a lot of fun.
Got some comics, saved my friends from boredom/creeps, and bummed around the artist tables that had the best candy.
I'm a nuisance.
For now, here are a few things that I'd acquired last weekend:
I got a super deal on these from a dealer at BACC - 2 for $5 *o*
I was initially only going to get the white one, but they were both so cute ♥
left: Marc Ecko x Star Wars shirt [for free... for being a Girl Wonder]
right: Booster Gold Fan Club shirt [I need to resize it ASAP so I can wear it. EVERYDAY.]
My family LOL'd when I showed them the Booster shirt XD
I picked this up at the Art Brut show.
I wanted the Art Brut comic shirt, but they didn't have them at the Cambridge show...
however, the tote proved to be a suitable cape-carrying purse on my way to New York, haha.
I also didn't get this from the con.
I finally got Vix's package in the mail, which included this Long Blondes tote bag that I've been eying for a while.
Andrew drew me this for my birthday... I kind of freaked out over how awesome this was *o*
Plus, it's even bagged & boarded! Totally stellar ♥
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| Not on your life, Girl Wonder. |
[Thu ♥ 22.10.09 ♥ 04:31AM] |
I had a dream I was a vigilante's sidekick.
Things that I've learned from last weekend/Big Apple Comic Con 2009:
1. Art Brut can deliver. Eddie Argos jumproped with his microphone, and they played the DC version of "Modern Art". Conclusively: Art! Brut! Top of the pops!
2. Around this time of year, it's still pitch black at 5am [the approximate time on Saturday morning when I completed my costume and headed out to South Station for my bus to New York].
3. I had officially been awake for 24 hours by the time that I finally napped on the bus.
4. Vendors on Canal Street will wish you Happy Halloween if you've traveled in costume. Which I kind of did [sans the cape and mask].
5. Twitter is useful for many reasons, one of which is alerting you that the convention had reached full capacity while you're on your way there...
6. Registration was incredibly quick, and I got a free art tutorial book [which I had initially assumed that they were giving out to all the hot girls, but then realized that Andrew got one too... turns out they were giving them out to those who pre-registered for 3-day badges].
7. It was cold waiting outside in the line for the exhibit halls, but atleast it wasn't as cold as a refridgerator... ba-dum-ching.
8. Within 30 minutes of entering the con, I could barely move due to crowds of people taking my photo, and then was swept over to the Batmobile to cut the photo op line and play around in the Batmobile. For free. Holy bat-hookups, Batman.
9. Met two little girls who were named Harley Quinn & Batgirl. I've never experienced true parent-envy until this weekend. Everytime I saw them, they ran up to hug me [Harley's favorite character was Robin :D]; at one point, one of them petted my hair and was like "YOUR HAIR IS SO SOFT!" haha, children @_@
10. At one point [within the same first 30 minutes of entering the halls, ha], I filmed a tiny bit for Forbidden Planet [a bit where I say "Holy [fill-in-the-blank], Batman, etc etc"], so maybe that will surface at some point.
11. I had encountered my first downfall of my iBatphone this weekend - I can't use it whilst wearing gloves*. So I missed a lot of phone calls, and couldn't make any without freeing my thumbs.
12. Photographers want to take "candid shots" of me [i.e. me twittering], ha.
13. I didn't end up twittering or taking as many photos as I usually do... aside from my whole glove-wearing issue, it was probably due to the fact that this is the first con in about a year that I've participated as an attendee rather than a worker.
14. I've realized that one of my favorite things about going to cons is not meeting guys or male cosplayers, but rather, charming over pretty cosplayers and girl-nerds. Truth.
15. Fat venom still wears a fannypack.
16. Andrew as Madman totes reminded me of a Putty.
17. It's like, really funny when Nightwing cosplayers hit on me. Even moreso when I announce my plans to find them on Flickr and track them down on Myspace... Andrew was not amused.
18. Holy moly, we encountered the most glam Booster Gold ever. I've never been so completely smitten and jealous.
19. Deathstroke apologized for trying to kill me... only to then put a gun to my head when we took a photo together.
20. Speaking of whom, Iceman can apparently freestyle, over Deathstroke's beat-boxing skills [as seen in the second video of my last post]. By this point, I've clearly excused Deathstroke for all of his ill intentions towards me.
21. While waiting to enter the costume contest, we spotted a Clark Kent cosplayer, whom we wondered if he was the same Superman cosplayer we saw earlier, but then I had concluded that he wasn't... and then it turned out he was. Holy suspension of disbelief, Batman.
22. I provided my own sound effects during my on-stage entry to the contest, and got mad props from other heroes after I got off the stage. +50 charm points.
23. After the contest however, I told a baby Batgirl, who had just won a Barbie laptop for winning the kid's costume category, that she could use it to practice being Oracle, after which, everyone said that I was a jerk for saying so. Pssh, I didn't mean it like that. -100 charm points.
24. Regardless, after the costume contest, some guy totes gave me a Marc Ecko x Star Wars shirt, because he liked my costume. Holy free swag, Batman!
25. Mars 2112 is basically Pizza Planet from Toy Story, minus the pizza, plus more dancing space cadets and aliens. AWESOME!
26. Where the Wild Things Are? Fucking yes. It was even better than I expected.
27. I didn't actually meet Burt Ward [he wasn't at this con] - Andrew just hacked into my Twitter/DREAMS.
28. Those Cirque du Soleil poodle-people-things were annoying and creepy.
29. "Oh look, she's dressed up as my favorite character: Whore." - Andrew
30. Julie Newmar is TALL - we didn't realize this, until we were stalkingwalking behind her.
31. My girly 60's mod Robin > shiny slutty Robin, courtesy of Leg Avenue. For serious, guys.
32. After I told Andrew that Tim Drake totes stole his hairstyle, a worker at Midtown Comics came by to confirm this.
33. Power rings only kind of get in the way of holding hands n_n
OKAY, NOW ONTO THE PHOTOS ^o^
( HOLY BIG APPLE BATMAN! )
I'll take photos of my con-loot later, but for now, here's the first half of my birthday present from Andrew:
Kyaaaaa ♥ [... Yes, this totally required gif action]
* Though I guess that's why Bruce made us use comm links... /nerd
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| Colossus the Mountain Jew |
[Tue ♥ 20.10.09 ♥ 01:58AM] |
Until I get around to finishing my con-report for Big Apple Comic Con...
@ 0:30 seconds [doing my "POW! BAM!"] n_n;;
And you can spot Alex & Juli as Zatanna & Black Canary at 1:31 ♥
And Jeremy captured Iceman's freestyle rapping over Deathstroke's beatboxing.
Absolutely brilliant.
[x-posted in ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) lesvillainettes]
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| Holy matrimony, Batman! |
[Mon ♥ 12.10.09 ♥ 01:57AM] |
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Mostly a photo dump of what's been going on since October's started...
Pumpkins, fashion, shoes, holy matrimony Batman, etc.
( PHOTOS FAH DAYZ )
Okay, back to my costume.
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| L'OCTOBRE |
[Thu ♥ 01.10.09 ♥ 12:20PM] |
Sup October? Wasn't expecting you so soon...
Planned adventures, in chronological order:
- carving pumpkins/roasting pumpkin seeds [WHAT SHOULD I CARVE? OMG]
- Toy Story 1 & 2 in 3D
- free Mission of Burma show
- Whip It [Ellen Page + Maeby + roller derby = triple-punch to the guilty pleasure bone]
- photoshoot [?]
- my cousin's wedding
- trip to Salem [?]
- free Aquarium night
- 30 Rock season premiereee
- Art Brut [fucking finally]
- Big Apple Con with Andrew!
- Where the Wild Things Are [OMFG]
- a couple post-con days in NY with K8
- Six Flags FRIGHT FEST [despite my dream-death the other night, involving Bizarro]
- Boston Comic Con [Sunday] with Alicia, J'ai & Sara ♥
- Say Anything [?]
- Halloween party [?] - we're thinking about hosting a party on Halloween night, but we're not defs yet, considering that there are probably a billion other things going on that night. What are the rest of you doing for Halloween?
- Superhero 5K run - watching, not participating. Though that skanky Flash costume* would be kind of appropriate... maybe not. Now, if they really wanted to be nerdy, they'd have the villain-runners be at the front of the race, with the heroes chasing them, but I think I'd be setting my expectations a tad bit high.
Kicking the month off properly tonight, with free tickets to an advance screening of Zombieland [thanks New England Comics!]. We're** going to hold hands, eat burritos, then go to BoCoLo*** for the movie.
Some people have already presented their concern, believing that I will collapse and die by the end of all this insanity. Come on, people - have a little bit more faith in me ♥
And now I'll officially close out the month of September [and this post] with my last outfit of the month:
09.30.09 - Taken by Benn Robbins of New England Comics
black bow: handmade/Betty Felon
black mask necklace: purchased from Magpie Thrift
b&w striped zipper dress: h&m
plaid bomber jacket: h&m
black tights: uniqlo
black combat boots: steve madden
Gotham City Sirens, #3: New England Comics [duh]
[new lipstick! Revlon Va Va Violet ♥]
* Furthermore, as far as skanky, pre-made femmed-up superhero costumes go, The Flash one is actually cute.
** We = me + Alicia, though at this point, I feel like I would be discrediting the reader if I had to specify whom I meant... as I am doing right now. Sorry.
*** Bo[ston] Co[mmon] Lo[ews]; not to be confused with Boloco, from where we are getting our burritos.
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| JEM JAM ★ |
[Mon ♥ 28.09.09 ♥ 09:18AM] |
Our birthday party was truly outrageous ★
Alicia really is the Kimber to my Stormer ♥
JEM JAM was a blast! Almost all of our friends showed up and we just Rock Band'd the night away. Everyone seemed to get along swimmingly and appeared to have a stellar time. All in all, a major success! Thanks for all the birthday wishes, presents, and to everyone who showed up... doing the right thing makes you a SUPERSTAR★
But alas, singing/screaming + sick/sore throat = semi-shot voice. Blehhhh.
And all of this Synergy has given me a headache...
Luckily this week will be pretty low-key. Y'know aside from starting/finishing my other costumes in queue.
I also still need to buy my ticket for Big Apple Con, dye my hair, get new glasses, schedule a photoshoot, figure out if there is in fact a contact lens lost in my left eye [I'm starting to believe that it has slid all the way to the back of my eyeball and floated off into subspace], make a massive "what I bought" report, and eventually get through my pile of comics.
You'll have to go through a few photos before you get to the actual party pics. Deal.
( IT'S SHOWTIME, SYNERGY! )
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| 23. |
[Wed ♥ 23.09.09 ♥ 01:37PM] |
Last weekend [September 12th] was unofficially the first of eight busy weekends in a row. Just realized that. Anyway, since that weekend...
I've inherited 3 BB guns from Devin. I feel bad for whomever decides to break into our house, only to discover our trove of vigilante artillery :-/ [see: Alicia's Rorschach mask and guns in the kitchen pantry, for starters.]
Date weekend with Alicia. We got our hurr did; the hairdressers asked if we were going out afterwards, now that we were all glammed up. They just kind of looked at us when we excitedly told them that we were going to the craft store. I bought Alicia a pony, and we saw Superheroine Monologues again [this performance was the extended version, which included more songs... and 60's Batman, Riddler, Joker, and The Penguin!]. Conclusively, I love Alicia Wood.
I've acquired two new dresses & a lint roller. I love you, Crouton & Mozilla, but you guys are kinda ruining my outfits every morning! I've also bought all of my fabric/materials for my Big Apple Con costume. And many cans of Amp. I placed in my requests for all of the other power rings [ONE FOR EVERY OUTFIT/MOOD SWING]. I've also ordered more shoes/boots, a dress, and various other accessories [for both real and fake life]. I'm already planning to reward myself with a dress, once I'm done with all of my projects. Because clearly, I suffer from a dress-deficiency.
Aside from Blackest Night: Batman, I haven't had the time to get through any of my other comics over the past couple of weeks - I've started reading Batman & Robin and Batgirl during the T catastrophe last Wednesday, but haven't gotten a chance to finish. Sewing and/or getting tangled up in tape measures have more or less taken up my life. Speaking of almost-completed costumes, post-haircut Alicia tried on her almost-completed outfit. I kind of wanted to break up with her just so that I could friend-court her all over again; honestly, that's how impeccable she looks [LOL HAVE I TOLD YOU HOW MUCH I LOVE THIS GIRL?]. Now I just gotta work my screenprinting-magic on this and we're done with her costume ♥ [Yes, it is incredibly difficult to not blurt out what we're cosplaying until we're completely finished, but for now, it's kind of serving as a good motivator to make us finish our costumes sooner.]
Speaking of costumes, I've also encouraged one of my favorite comic artists to cosplay as Sailor Moon for Halloween ♥ [I even helped her pick out her wig XD]
The Office is back. Fucking yes. I can't wait for new episodes of 30 Rock.
This past weekend was my birthdayyy. The Manor was empty on Friday night, since everyone left for Rosh Hashanah, but Jake & Alicia left my present [please refer to the last post n_n] on the kitchen table for me, and at midnight, my favorite superhero wished me a happy birthday ♥ On Saturday, I trekked to Lowell to visit Joanna & Piseth ♥ We went to a Greek Gods/Mythic Creatures party, which was a blast. I went as Artemis [1. BOWS & arrows. 2. Since Oracles aren't goddesses, I'll settle for being a Huntress (ba-dum-ching!)]. On Sunday, I saw my parents briefly - they gave me a Kewpie doll keychain. The number of years old I am is officially one greater than the number of Kewpie dolls I currently own. Yes, that needed to be stated.
I officially have business cards at work. And in December, I'm going on a business trip to South Carolina... take your shirt off, and twist it 'round yo hand, spin it like a helicopter. I don't think I've ever actually heard that rap in its entirety, nor do I really need to. Conclusively, I'm totes profesh'.
Ohhh, also! I'm Jasmine's CRUSH OF THE WEEK ♥
( PHOTOGRAPHIC MEMORY )
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| les cinq choses |
[Mon ♥ 21.09.09 ♥ 11:27AM] |
I'll make a proper post later, but there are five important things that I must address right now:
1. Despite going to one of the top party schools of the United States*, and dating a frat brother for a fair majority of that time**, I've never attended a toga party until the night of my 23rd birthday [this past Saturday].
Although, technically, it was a Greek gods/mythic creatures party. Photos later.
2. Technically, you still have a few more days to get/build me this:
[the robot hand, not Beyoncé... though I do need a musical act for my Super Sweet 16...]
Seriously though, what the hell? It's like almost a year since she first started rocking that, and there still has yet to exist a relatively cheap knock-off that would undoubtedly trigger my nickel allergy and make me break out in hives?! COME ON, PEOPLE. I want my bionic hand alreadyyyy.
3. Shelley sent me this on my birthday ♥
Basically, we've concluded that the DCU is more or less a parallel universe to the hip hop world. Oh, you glory-seeking showboats are just EVERYWHERE.
4. Right now, I have the biggest crush on Jayma Mays.
[aka Emma Pillsbury, on Glee]
She reminds me of a mix between a younger Susan Sarandon and a Blythe doll who wears impeccable 1960's mod-inspired outfits. Plus, Emma is totally charmingly crazy and weird [... TV's #1 MPDG? Perhaps.]. Truly, a girl after my own heart.
5. Assuming that none of you will be able to purchase/make a titanium robotic hand***, I'm pretty definite that Alicia and Jake have officially won the Best Friend[s] of the Year Award:
So after all of this madness, I guess I don't have to worry too much about not having a Halloween costume. Plus, I needed new pajamas anyway.
Anyway, I realized that last weekend [the 12th] was unofficially the start of eight consecutive busy weekends. I decided to get a full night of sleep last night to make up for my not sleeping for the next four. Godspeed.
* during my enrollment, anyway - it didn't even make the top 25 of this year.
** though I guess it was a bro-nerd frat... ha.
*** that I'd wear EVERY SINGLE DAY FOREVER AND EVER...
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| RE: everyone wanting to know my other secret identities... |
[Wed ♥ 16.09.09 ♥ 04:36AM] |
IT'S A SURPRISE*. [as always]
Almost done with costume #1.
Need to start on the other 4 costumes.
Ideally, everything would be completely finished by next Friday, seeing as from that weekend on [through the entire month of October**], I will be either too busy to sew and/or wearing the aforementioned costumes.
... I'm optimistic.
For this week though, I'm more or less on a hiatus from Rock Band, sleep, daily outfit photos [oh noez], and reading [I still have 5 books from last week that I have yet to read... oh hey, it's Wednesday already, isn't it?].
I'll make a proper post once I'm finished. Promise ♥
* That's a lie - I think that like, 4 people are aware of all of my current and future cosplay endeavors. Half of whom are my parents.
** Dude, Halloween is totally a month-long event. Or a 1.5 month-long event, if you start from my birthday on.
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| What do you know about crystals? |
[Fri ♥ 11.09.09 ♥ 02:01PM] |
Lex & the Crystals
L to R: Ken Kaniff [Jake; drums], Betty Felon [me; vox], AK47 [Alicia; guitar/bass]
Band name explanation: Have you ever seen Superman Returns?
Also, Jake hates ampersands, while Alicia and I really like them.
( Second Second Life )
Anyway, I hope to build up a suitable song selection and unlock all of the songs in time for Jem Jam. You're welcome.
P.S. xbox gamer tag = Betty Felon. Friend it up.
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| le vingt-neuf septembre |
[Thu ♥ 10.09.09 ♥ 01:45PM] |
My root canal went fine - thanks for asking!
Oh, by the way... you have exactly 9 days.
In case you guys needed some help:
- mixes [CDs/zip files/whatevs. I constantly crave new music.]
- anything handmade [You people are creative. I have faith ♥]
- a Belgian waffle maker [!]
- Dick Grayson
- I guess you should probably just reference my room. Way better than going through my garbage to find out what I like, imo.
( &&& any of the following items )
In the mean time, let's all ponder as to what Adam West would want for his 81st...
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| quickie |
[Mon ♥ 31.08.09 ♥ 01:44PM] |
A quick photo-less rundown:
1. Finished moving the rest of my belongings from Allston to Cambridge. So long, Batcave!
2. Survived a brief heatwave that made me dizzy with headaches and vertigo all week.
3. Ate a funnel cake.
4. Saw District 9. Almost threw up my funnel cake.
5. Due to the fact that I still felt sick, I didn't end up going to NY/Philly. Postponed till September!
6. Saw Inglourious Basterds. Good family flick.
7. Organized my closet by clothing type and color.
8. After about 7 months or so, I've finally set up my printer.
9. Started working on my two paintings. I'm at the 50-75% mark on both of them, which coincidentally enough, is the point at which I don't want to paint anymore. I think all I need is to give myself a break and work on one of my costumes or something before I can regain motivation again.
10. Finished planning ★JEM JAM★. Totes excited.
11. I think that I may have found the perfect wig for my BosComCon costume and for Jem Jam. I'm kind of exploding inside. I just need to wait till these paypal fund$ finish transferring.
12. The other day, I ventured over to the Central Square Library and picked up 13 requests. There's a library a couple blocks away from the Manor, but it's currently under going renovations. I'm sure this is really interesting to all of you.
13. Lost 5 lbs.
14. Every weekend of October has already been tentatively scheduled a month ago. Fright Fest [BIZARRO], wedding [not mine], Big Apple Con [ADAM. WEST.], Boston Comic Con/trip to Salem, Halloween [party?]. Yes, I've realized that I will be dressed up for every one of those occasions. Make it work!
15. Photoshoots coming up.
16. Stephanie Brown is Batgirl. Spoiler alert, etc etc.
17. Jake & Alicia are getting me one of the top items on my birthday wishlist ♥ Hint: It's not a serger, new glasses, a box of assorted macarons, a loft apartment in NY, or Dick Grayson.
18. Been singing more and dicking around with my keytar again. Piano is... hard. As hinted at by my current Facebook profile pic. And I'm finally selling my guitar. So long... hm, I don't think I ever got around to naming you. Sorry.
19. Lots of new clothessssss! And craft supplies! YEAH!
20. I know this is kind of early [and probably a longshot], but does anyone know if/where there are any Hell Houses in Massachusetts?
21. I have to go to the dentist tomorrow to see if I need root canal on my two front teeth [from when I KO'd myself last year]. So of course, I'm doing the logical thing and googling "root canal" and scaring myself.
22. Speaking of scary things like Halloween and root canal, Alicia gave me this Chick Tract [Jesus comics!] the other day.
[click to read the entire tract]
A few of my favorite panels:
Susy, I know he's your grandpa and all, but I wouldn't listen to Emilio Largo, if I were you...
My mom watches all the vampire shows too... btw, the girl-in-the-floral-dress' name is Buffy. Sasuga~
And then Death sent off his ghost-sperm to carry out his evil deeds...
a.k.a. inviting all of the furries and otherkin to the bonfire dance party.
I'm totes going to use that "heaven" line the next time I recommend/lend someone comics.
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| J-J-J-Joker Face |
[Mon ♥ 17.08.09 ♥ 09:56AM] |
little room
SINCE WE LAST LEFT OFF...
Saw G.I. Joe. What an odd sequel to (500) Days of Summer.
My parents made a Japanese curry dinner for Wayne Manor n_n
Woo, this past week was pretty sweet for DC Comics, but I am super stoked for Batgirl this week. Anyway, the highlight of this week's batch? Damian punching the shit out of Dick [whilst possessed by Boston Brand].
Saw Ponyo. Absolutely stunning and totally cute. The voice-acting was pretty legit too - Tina Fey? Liam Neeson? BETTY WHITE?! AWESOME! I want a charm bracelet of Ponyo's sisters.
Went to Six Flags! FINALLY! Due to a late start and getting psyched out on and off, I didn't get to go on the Bizarro. We'll have our showdown in October. I did however scream "MY PARENTS ARE DEAAAAAAD!" on Joker's Wildcard - I would've done it on The Dark Knight, but my heart stopped during one of the high points of the ride, from where I could see the epic Bizarro cutout for the coaster. Anddd I compared power rings with Green Lantern/John Stewart. All in all, the most fun I've ever had at Riverside/Six Flags.
Heading to NY from the 26th till the 28th, and then going to Philly for that weekenddd. It'll be nice to have a mini vacation and to spread my insanity elsewhere.
In other news, I've been powering up lately and feeling stronger.
My current weakness though is this goddamn heatwave. Eww.
It's weird to think about how I've been a mostly-functioning grown-up with my own apartment [two even, at this given moment] and source of income for almost a year, and furthermore, how much things have changed during this time. I feel much happier now.
And my hair is a bit redder. No, it's totally not noticeable in my outfit shots.
( crazy beat )
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| Sid and Nancy, via JGL & Z. Deschanel |
[Tue ♥ 04.08.09 ♥ 09:59AM] |
Sid: I mean, we've been like Tom and Summer for months now.
Nancy: Sid, Summer messed with Tom's head for a year and a half, I think we've had some disagreements but I hardly think that I'm Summer Finn.
Sid: ... No, I'm Summer!
Nancy: And so I'm Tom?!
♥
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| les villainettes |
[Tue ♥ 28.07.09 ♥ 11:39AM] |
lesvillainettes = my & Alicia's countdown to SDCC 2010
Mostly for the sake of staying on track,
in terms of organizing our trip and making our costumes...
Partially so you guys can live vicariously through our mask-donning insanity.
Add away!
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| caught on tape |
[Tue ♥ 21.07.09 ♥ 01:09PM] |
In case you wanted audiovisual proof of how annoying I am...
Nerdery in ACTION!
Rambling at the Kaiju booth at Wizard World Philly:
Werewolves scaring Jack out of his car and watching Baby Sky Deviler dance.
Some bow-tied audience member beat the shit out of Giii the Space Pirate:
Just kidding. I have weak arms.
[videos courtesy of Jeremy & miscellaneous Kaiju fan standing behind me]
There are also two videos that Mimi posted on Facebook of our girly antics at AB09, but I'm pretty sure that my friends can only see the one of us yelling "Spring Break!" and drinking unspecified beverages in the hotel room. The other one that most of you probably can't see [unless you're friends with Mimi... ?] is of us trying to console Mimi, who was freaking out after she face-planted on the floor. I did my part by bursting in and reassuring her that I was still hot despite breaking my face. So clearly, you're not missing out on too much.
Oh and here's another one from Wizard World Philly of mostly the Louden puppet, but K8 and I in the background. Watch as I showcase my folding skills as K8 tells me about some guy who was videotaping me.
Conclusively, I have an annoying voice.
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| What time is it? |
[Mon ♥ 06.07.09 ♥ 03:49PM] |
I'm a week and a half late, and technically, "summer vacation" actually started in May, but anyway...
Summer to-do list:
- wait [im]patiently for a package that's "big enough to contain a severed head" to arrive to the House of Payne [my parents' house]. OMGGG.
- purge/revamp my wardrobe
- move from the Batcave [basement apartment in Allston] to Wayne Manor [house in Cambridge]
- get a new futon
- make atleast one new dress
- finish atleast two costumes
- revive my Etsy store
- quit some bad habits
- figure out what to do with my old computer [I'm pretty sure it's officially dead]
- blast through my reading list
- watch movies, specifically: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, (500) Days of Summer, G.I. Joe: The Rise of the Cobra, Ponyo...
- plan my and Alicia's super birthday party ♥
- go to the the Institute of Contemporary Art
- go to the Museum of Fine Arts
- go to the Children's Museum
- go to the Museum of Science
- take better care of myself
- get Jake to fix my computer firewalls so that I can properly video-chat with the other ex-sidekick.
- get hired by New England Comics [y'know... for fun]
- daily vocal exercises [or every other day]
- keytar practice
- buy Rock Band for Wayne Manor [my housewarming gift to us]
- upgrade my phone to an iPhone [later this month]
- trim my bangs. at some point
- go to the beach
- see the fireworks
- go to a carnival
- go to Six Flags [as of now, it seems like 3 different parties want me to go with them, however, definite plans have yet to be made. I can only hope that I'll get to go atleast once.]
- Kaiju field trip to Double Dragon
- see Metric [August 1st!]
- go to New York a couple more times
- see/visit all of my friends [let me know which weekends you're free and I'll make a trek to see y'allz!]
- get to work earlier than usual every day, so that I can hopefully arrange to have every other Friday off
- avoid getting tanned
- go to the dentist
- get new glasses
- track down a robot-glove, à la Beyoncé
- take a ton of photos
- stop being loco for choco puffs
- WAKE UP.
Less than two months left... LET'S DO THIS!
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| what. |
[Sat ♥ 27.06.09 ♥ 11:01PM] |
Dear Six Flags New England,
I know that I haven't seen you since high school [and consequently x years late on this news], and that you've replaced the Ivy kiddie coaster with a Catwoman kiddie coaster, that you've just finished Bizarro-ing the Superman ride and all... but seriously:
HOW DARE YOU.
Love,
Bethany G [for GONNA FUCKING RAGE ALL OVER THE PLACE] Fong
P.S. The Joker ride better be working, when I make my eventual return.
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| Girl, you're just a stupid dick. |
[Tue ♥ 26.05.09 ♥ 12:37AM] |
Sorry otaku, hipster-nerds, 30-somethings, ex-crushes, bro-dude gamers, etc...
But this is the only Dick that I care to encounter at a con:
Goodnight, world.
P.S. I forgot how much I loved Wilco's "Summerteeth" album.
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| AB09 |
[Thu ♥ 21.05.09 ♥ 12:55PM] |
( larger map under the cut )
The pink star is where you will find me for most of the convention.
Right next to Comicopia's giant-ass booth.
HERE'S THE FULL LIST OF EXHIBITORS
I will be selling merch, babysitting monsters, taking photos, and making fun of people [I know, I know, glass houses, etc etc].
Really, despite my disdain for most anime fans [and their subsequent death threats], my gradually decreasing interest in anime itself, and the fact that the last couple of years have been a total bust [furthermore, my "NEVER AGAIN!" declaration after 2008? Yeah.], I'd be lying if I said I wasn't excited to go. It could be that I'm not stressed or scrambling last-minute like previous years and that I'm getting in for free, but I think that I'm just totes excited to see my friends and their costumes/drunkeness.
... BECAUSE I'M A NERD. KAY.
Highlights will be documented live via Twitter [add/remove me at your discretion].
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| ♫ |
[Mon ♥ 04.05.09 ♥ 03:10PM] |
Currently in the process of rebuilding my entire music library, so...
GIMME SOME MUSIC RECOMMENDATIONS PLZ!
I’m pretty much open to anything*, so go for it!
Album/song uploads are a plus, but not necessary n_n
Thanks, in advance ♥
*... except the Dave Matthews Band.
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| I ain't saying she a mylar digger. |
[Sat ♥ 18.04.09 ♥ 01:42PM] |
FUCKING YES.
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| der computer nr 3 |
[Thu ♥ 16.04.09 ♥ 11:39AM] |
Clearly, France Gall singing in German about a computer means that I got a MacBook ♥
And like the audience in that video, many are not amused by my adoration. Whatevs.
I can't wait to rebuild my music library and clean out my external harddriveee.
In other news, I just heard noises in the kitchen. Turns out that Charlie ended up staying home from work too. ROOMMATE-TELEPATHY OMG.
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| I'm the boss. |
[Fri ♥ 10.04.09 ♥ 12:24PM] |
I can relate.
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