kaerya! These have been out for a while, but they totally reminded me of you!



I love it, they're so fun. Like others have pointed out, it's great to see some diversity in the characters' body shapes. They have a Powerpuff Girls/My Little Pony: FiM vibe because the same woman (Lauren Faust) worked on all three series. And she's pretty awesome.

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"This track always makes me think im in a medieval time just riding through villages n shit greeting people"

LOL. I am such a fan of YouTube comments. XD

For some reason, I hunted down my favorite songs from Cowboy Bebop the other day (most of them from the No Disc album) and just enjoyed. I feel bad for saying this, but I'm not too big a fan of the actual show. I never watched it on Cartoon Network religiously, or felt any connection to the characters, or even watched all of it. I appreciate how awesome it was at the time and all that it did for the medium, but the only nostalgia I feel is for the music. It's gorgeous. I used to listen to that CD all throughout summer school. Just sit out on the track in the heat and get taken somewhere different.

Aw, I should've made cupcakes like these for the Star Wars party. :( Those lightsaber picks are too cute.

Crap, I missed the opportunity to make my "last post of the year" entry (and forgot to do one last year?!). Oh well.

Kicking off the recap, we have the Star Wars party from way back in October. IT WAS AWESOME. About ten people showed up at various intervals, but only one guest made it through all fourteen hours of it with us! In retrospect, we should have had a prize for that. XD It was such a blast. I felt so complete that day. The only problem was with the Blu-Ray discs themselves; there was a random "flickering" on screen from light to dark (mostly during the prequel episodes). But other than that, I thought the quality was fine. AUGH, it was so fun, I would totally do it again!

The holidays were cool (besides work. UGH RETAIL DURING CHRISTMAS). I was given Martha Stewart's Pies and Tarts cookbook for Christmas, and I've been wanting to try some of the recipes out. Especially since I've never attempted pies or tarts before. Martha has this way of making you want to try things! And make them look perfectly photograph-able!

And now I'm hoping for a good year. I'm ignoring all the apocalyptic talk because that stuff freaks me out, and I'm going with this:

THIS IS WHAT THE MAYANS WERE COUNTING DOWN TO!


Let's be wonderful together, 2012. ♥

This is my first time watching Extreme Couponing, and I'm both amazed and inspired. I can't stop saying "This is crazy! This show's crazy!" and then, "I WANT TO DO THAT."

The time-consuming dedication! The stockpiles! The suspense at the register! This is INTENSE stuff. Man. And those poor cashiers, they're troopers. Based on my retail experience, I bet things don't always go so nicely between customer, cashier, and other people in line when the cameras aren't on.

Has anyone ever thought about doing this as a job? It wouldn't be too effective to do it for more than one or two people, but it might work. I see that some of the couponers featured on the show have their own website, or do promotional stuff on twitter and such, so I guess they are kinda getting paid to do it. Or what about doing it for the needy? That's all that keeps popping into my head whenever I see the extreme couponers' over-stuffed homes.

This LearnVest article talks about some of the negative aspects of Extreme Couponing (notably the fact that most coupons are for processed foods) that I didn't really think about.

On a random note, while reading through some files on company procedure at work, I came across a section called "Extreme Urban Greeter." I loled. It sounds like the most interesting job ever or a badly-translated anime title.

This morning, I was awakened by sudden and horrible pain in one of my wisdom teeth. I've known for a while that it's needed to come out, but I always put off things like that, and I eventually pay the price. :( It went away after a few hours, and let me tell you: there is nothing like the sleep that you sleep after chronic pain has finally abated. I had to call in to work and head over to the dentist to get my tooth pulled. They mixed up my file with someone else (!) and they had to inject anesthetic four times (D:) and the power almost went out because of a sudden rainstorm (the lights were flickering as he worked on my mouth) but the darn tooth is FINALLY gone. I solemnly vow that I am never putting off dental work AGAIN. I'm huuuuuuungry though. I can't do the pudding and jell-o and apple sauce for much longer. O__O Despite all of that, I'm so excited! I'm planning a for the release of the complete saga on Blu-Ray next month! I'm working on a playlist now, and still have to work out exactly what we're gonna watch (I would love a marathon but don't know if that'll be workable), what we're gonna eat (Star Wars Cookbook, I'm looking at you), etc. Also, costumes. Any ideas would be appreciated! ...It's safe to say that I'm on a Star Wars kick at the moment. Fair warning.

So I finally watched the new Thundercats show, and all I kept thinking was that Lion-O's character design reminded me of someone...



I don't know. Their personalities aren't really similar or anything. It's the hair and the one pauldron. I guess.

I liked the show overall, but I found that I missed Snarf saying "SNAAAAAAARF" all the time. And the fact that Lion-O says "Whiskers!" as a sort of cuss word cracks me up. XD

I've never seen origami lucky stars before! I want to try making some.

This flickr set of origami stars (in pretty jars!) is so fun to look through. There is just something about puffy, colorful stars that excites my aesthetic sense. XD ♥

One of my clearest and most fondest childhood memories is of me and my older brother being Batman and Robin. We would attach towels to the backs of our shirts and tumble around the kitchen, no doubt fighting crime and being the most dynamic duo we could be. There was never any argument over who would be who; he was always Batman and I was always Robin. It was just like following the natural order of things.

And that's how I became a Robin fan for life.

I bring this up because I am ALL ABOUT superheroes right now, specifically ones from the DC universe. I got into the new Young Justice cartoon on CN (it's great stuff) and it reawakened my undying affection for the character of Dick Grayson, AKA the first Robin, who went on to become Nightwing and is now currently Batman (one of them, anyway). He is beyond awesome. And I love the dynamic between him and the new Robin.

I'd post a picspam of his awesomeness but I'm on a borrowed computer, so I can't. So here are some links instead.

extensive bio
His spot on IGN's Top 100 Superheroes list
The galleries at Superdickery.com (prepare to lol and perchance to rofl)
Fuck Yeah Dick Grayson! tumblr
F Yeah Dick Grayson tumblr

Anyway, my fingers would fall off if I linked to everything I wanted to share, so onto other recent stuffs:

I FINALLY BEAT SUPER MEAT BOY. Only the light world, but still. I was pretty damn ecstatic.

In the span of about one month, I decided to check out Six Feet Under (because after Dexter I rightly figured anything Michael C. Hall does is awesome) and became HOOKED and subsequently tore through all five seasons with my sister. It's just an amazing show. Most everyone will tell you that, and it's really true. The last six minutes of the final season are nearly legendary for making you bawl helplessly and when it's all over, you'll feel like part of your own family is gone.

Got a raise at work.

My laptop began having issues and, after period of recovery, proceeded to have MORE issues, and is now waiting to be fixed. :(

And, today I made a cake that I've dubbed "the hedgehog cake." I thought it was cute and fun, and will hopefully post a picture of the revamped version soon.

I've been sick for over a week now, and it sucks. At first I thought it was strep, because swallowing was so painful (it felt like swallowing glass). So I panicked and took some antibiotics because I did not want to go through strep again. Unfortunately, the doctor couldn't tell what I really had because of those antibiotics. Whoops. :( Now I just have this pesky cough. I'm so tired of cherry cough drops, you don't even know.

I just came into possession of a beat-up box of old recipes! The most interesting are "Chinese Beef Jerky" and "Tahitian Delight."

I want to try making some "Russian Tea." Here's the recipe. It even has Tang in it! :9

1 cup Tang
1 package lemonade mix
1/2 cup instant tea mix
2 cups granulated sugar
1/2 tsp. ground cloves
1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon

1-2 tsp. to 1 cup boiling water.

Sounds pretty tasty! And the weather gets a little nippy now and then, so it might still be perfect to make right now.