Bit of this, bit of that...

I'm finally able to sit and rest with an iced pepsi and chilled grapes after having been locked out for 3.5 hours.
Got home from work and realised I forgot to take my keys when I left earlier today. Waited and waited before making the journey to mum's place and back.
Since trains were down, it took me 2 hours to make a return trip ( >_< )

Hope everyone had a pleasant holiday. I still owe people cards and other stuff since my local post office was always closed everytime I went out to mail things. My bad. I'll make sure to do so soon.

Haven't had a chance to reflect on last year as I've been very busy, so will need to find some time later to chill out and do that.

So went to do convention organise-y things today.
Um...was fairly productive? Small meeting, then huge meeting, then department meeting of two...XD
Wandered off for food after a close shave with traffic due to my woolgathering. Went to Myer food court and am lamenting that the awesome Malaysian place that had this delicious peanut tofu dish was replaced with a KFC. Normally I don't mind that much...but I had my heart set on having the peanut tofu dish. Got lost trying to find the other food court which technically does not exist due to the renovations, so went back out to check the pavement artist.

Spent an inordinate amount of time in Kino with arccie and pharaoh_cat. I'm wanting the Bunka Fashion Design series of books that was translated into English. It is a wonderful guide to fashion design, fashion plates; incorporating the basic fundamentals then progressing to more advanced stuff, particularly with patterning. I am in great and severe pain after seeing the price tag however. $75 approx per book and there are four books in this series. T__________T
Guess I know what I'll be asking for my birthday.
Ended up getting myself another embroidery book and the next book in the Kyuuto! series, Woolly Embroidery.

Popped off to Galaxy next, where I spent more on updating my SGA novel collection and getting the Elenium omnibus. Must remember to drop by in a couple of weeks and see if the Tamuli omnibus has arrived.

This is what happens when you are an exec, have too many tasks but are afraid to look at them and spend the night gasbagging away.
Couldn't find the crepe pan, so used a simmer pan and I think I might have turned the heat up too high. Am used to making crepes not pancakes. I was trying to make them 12cm like the ones that work sells pre-packaged. Their pancakes are artificial but very round and thick.
Misjudged the bubbling and when to turn over. I should have gotten a bigger/deeper dish rather than the teacup dish because I definitely did not expect it to melt that fast.

I can't resist Christmas sales.

Least of all the annual Kino one.
Spent too much, as usual.
With arccie as my witness, I walked away yesterday with a whole basket brimming full of goodies.......and this is after I had pruned it of the er....less urgent acquisitions.

Still want the Autumn edition of Newtype Romance, the pretty new Code Geass artbook, the Saiyuki artbook which is the only Minekura art book I haven't gotten yet as well as Gackt's photobook "Dragon Incarnate". Androgenous looking man in Heian period clothing XD

( Random wishlist for 07 )

Bwahaha...my glasses live!!!!!

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After judicious use of a filet knife (what...I couldn't find a flat head screwdriver small enough) and a set of small pliers, I have fixed my glasses to semi-regular usage. It's still the teensiest bit wonky but meh...it's fixed.

This is an ad from the Toys'R'us xmas catalogue.

I'm sure it's not just me, but I'm quite disturbed by the description for this toy. Honestly, I know some toys do have an element of violence to it, like the Mattel Naruto toys that got banned since the figures were able to simulate a stabbing motion with the kunai, but still encouraging sadism in a catalogue a bit much. What seems to be possibly stranger, is that the toy is primarily aimed at younger children, so it would be parents or those older who would read the actual ad in the catalogue.

I find myself curious as to whether anyone would actually buy it, and if any, how many bought it after reading the catalogue.

Relationships has to be the weirdest subject I've ever taken.

A sociology lecture that is very interactive with a lot of discussion generated by students. We watched a clip with Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers and were trying to identify feelings that would explain the relationship.

Apparently one of our assignments is to keep a workbook that is supposed to encourage reflection, free thought and remove the restraint of censorship. This subject seems more like a creative writing course than anything. Can't wait till we get to the week topic of desire. That'll be an interesting one.

Was wandering about yesterday and went a different way to get to Chinatown and somehow found myself looking at UTS. Errr...perhaps my sense of direction is worse that I thought.

I was getting sort of creeped out by the unusual noises tonight. I was pretty chicken until I heard a truck zip up speedily into our street. It was only then that I dared to look. Apparently the house opposite had a burst water main or the tap was broken. The pipe in their front yard had water gushing out of it. Speedy response from the emergency water services though. It had only been 5 minutes and they arrived after that. A lot of metal banging but now it seems the problem has been fixed.

I've noticed recently that I seem to be going through a phase where I'm reliving all of my childhood flights and fancies, albeit slightly revamped.

Take for instance, Power Rangers. I loved watching the group of teens fight monsters, look dorky and say the cheesiest lines and that love has remanifested itself to watch all the sentai shows. Ultraman, Kamen Rider and most recently Gekiranger....of course having a Tenimyu boy thrown in somewhere helps too.

It's surprising how much television really defines you while growing up. When I look back on the shows I grew up on, I noticed a subtle process of social conditioning. Captain Planet promoting environmental conservation, Widget for openness to change and that science related stuff wasn't geeky and Tintin because he was just too cool of his logical rationale. I guess children's shows have had to move with the times as well. Watching Sesame Street and noticing all the changes they've made over the years. I mean the Cookie Monster no longer living up to its name? And pardon me, but I recall Oscar being a lot more mean and snarky. Not the slightly touchy-feelier version. Haha...and noticing how Snuffy now has a body image problem which required an intervention.
Something I've also been watching is Play School. There is just something interesting about it that I can't help but enjoy and have weird thoughts. I never did figure out if Little Ted ever suffered an inferiority complex.

Even now I'm still watching kids shows. Although I'm thoroughly disturbed by some of the anime dubs that have been shown recently Naruto and Pokemon in particular, the new voices are very disconcerting, I'll still watch them. I even became addicted to watching the highly superficial Winx Club. Although I give a thumbs up when they put on the old Inspector Gadget episodes a few months ago.

I have fallen in love with pens again. Yes, that sounds completely stupid but I used to have a beloved pen collection which I would rarely use. I found it again the other day and was surprised to find that most of them still work! If I add all the pens I have now, I have one hefty box of pens. Probably my favourites are my fineliners, particularly my Artline drawing system.

I've also been rereading my books. I opened a box the other day and started going through them. I still can't help reading about Milly Molly Mandy's adventures or the Dr Kermit was a really lame evil pseudo-genius. I even found a few random Babysitters Club and Saddle Club books as well I was sure I got rid of those though.

So er...perhaps it's not really a phase. I guess I never really grew out of some things.

Well, except for the whole junk jewellery thing. I'm glad that that's over and done with.
Less clutter is better. Now if only I could let go of a few other things.

To tell you the truth, this post was supposed to be my Supanova con report (a few weeks late) but I got lazy and bogged down by study for my impending exams that I completely forgot.

So yeah....I've been busy with work, study and moving house. So the times I'll log on are far and few. I never realised how much 10 years worth of crap we had accumulated, unfortunately it's the sort of stuff we can't let go of for sentimental reasons. I'm already stressing out for my Psych exam. What was which eh....? *confused* At least I remembered to re-enrol before the cutoff date.

My computer decided it would die completely on Sunday night. I mean I hadn't had much chance to get on it in the past week but it is now no longer of this world. I think it was a power supply problem, so I now am resorting to sullying my precious laptop.

Was looking through my backlogged f-list and ZOMG, Burimyu Live???? I hope it's as fun as the Dream Lives. That'd be pretty awesome.

Not up to very much these past few days. Went to work then slept for 28 hours straight.

Yoinked these Harry Potter spoofs from sarahofcroydon. "Harry Potter and the Secret Chamberpot of Azerbaijan". Starring Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders. They're an absolute crack up! There's also a cameo of Basil Fox.
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4

Cast Prix 2 is almost out. Must remember to order it in since it's release date is 30/09/06...September 30...September 30....ooh that's the first day of Animania.
*random spazzing* They already have month/dates for RikkaiMyu? Waiiiii!
And curses! I've got a green tea frapp craving again.....*pouts at Nagayan* Why oh why must you brandish the Starbucks logo at me?

Happy belated birthday to Anne xxxkbunnies. Hope you had lots of fun.


Coming week in review

* Finish off Gwendal costume. Must find time to make pants less puffy and finish the white shirt.
* Actually do Psych readings for assignment. No skim reading. Pay attention to gate theory.
* Go to Starbucks for a green tea frappucino.
* Log onto msn when it isn't being a bastard and bug people socialise.
* Find 2 articles for my crit essay. Any suggestions on topics?