halloweeny 03/11/2009

not sure how the rest of you spent your halloween, but i can say mine was a little more quiet than usual.  halloween is my sister’s birthday so something is always planned with the family.  well, with just nii-san and me with dad still out in the complete opposite side of the world, we didn’t really have much planned especially since dad’s stay extension was totally last minute.

it started out at beni’s house.  i had stayed the night there because the night before was the halloween party for our kung fu school.  we got out there around 0230 in the morning, and upon getting home, beni played borderlands till about 6 in the morning.  i fell asleep during that time.  so our halloween started out late.  it was already past noon, i’d been making calls to my sister asking what her plans were, and during that, i still hadn’t eaten.  blood sugar low, starving, stressed, then finally eddie and nikki come and we head out to first watch for “breakfast”.  delish…  had a “veg’d out” omelette.  sooooo good.  and beni let me have some of his pumpkin pancake.  doubly good….  got back to beni’s then we drove over to my house to start birthday stuff with nii-san.

nii-san’s friend stephanie joined us later.  it’s always fun to have her around.  i feel less nerdy when she and ash start to babble about something like buffy or hetalia.  haha…  i think beni even got along with stephanie too.  they had some “nerd bickers/wars”, but all in good taste.  i thought i’d be the nice little sister and make nii-san some homemade fettucini alfredo, one of her favourites.  i think i need to adjust the recipe for next time, but it was still good.  i think mostly everyone had seconds.  while everyone was still talking at the dinner table, i started making some fruit jello.  which now that i think about it, we never got to eat because it didn’t cool in time and now that it’s not pure liquid, it’s frozen solid.  i hope it’s good though.

for the halloween part of the day, we watched “the lost skeleton of cadavra” which was probably one of the best cheese-tastic movies i’ve seen since zoolander.  xD  it was amazing and we all loved it.

“and together, you and i shall rule this world together!”

oh the cheese…  it was so good.  everyone should watch it.  it should be a halloween tradition or something.  kinda like how i always have to watch “hocus pocus”.  shut up!  it’s a classic!  after that we celebrated my sister’s 23 with some scrubs inspired appletinis!

i pretty much never have pictures of me.  so this is rare!  sometimes being the camera chick sucks.  D;

nii-san with our martini shaker substitute (an emptied out voss bottle) and her friend stephanie with the apple garnish.

nii-san and stephanie were going out later for more drinks so they only made their appletinis with green apple smirnoff ice.  nii-san was nice enough to make beni’s and mine virgin.  aren’t our martini glasses fancy??  *sigh*  still sucks how all our stuff is packed away in boxes, but hey.  no one complained!

during appletinis we just chatting tons more.  a lot of batman related stuff came up as well as spectacular spider-man.  hmm…  see what i mean about nerd stuff?  after that, beni and i had to leave to meet up with our friend dara for party-hopping.  also nii and steph were planning to go out as well.  we pretty much finished off the night watching mega64 videos.  ahhh…  it was a pretty good night.  hahaha~

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aside from that.  everything’s going ok…for the most part.  i’m not completely bored out of my mind yet from not being able to do ANYTHING, so that’s good.  i’ll give it a few more days till i say “FUCK IT” and turn in a few job applications.  i’ll try to work.  hell, i HAVE to work sometime!!  if my doctor still says it’s too much stress on me, then i’ll stop.  developing some sciatic nerve pain now which really blows, but i think i can tough it out.  just keep my legs elevated while i sleep and knees above my hips when i sit.  i think that’s the remedy.

things coming up:
-8th, open house at the wushu guan’s new location.
-photo shoot on the 14th.  hopefully i can go this time.  anyone want to join?  text me!
-17th, appointment with DCF, hopefully going to get some more benefits.
-next appointment with doctor on the 20th.  keep your fingers crossed for better news.
-25th daddy HOPEFULLY finally comes home from the philippines.
-25th at 7pm, premier of the ben 10 alien swarm movie.
-sometime in nov is thanksgiving.  when is this again??

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toodles for now!  much love!

“whatever it takes, i know i can make it through…”

2 year vloggiversary! 08/08/2009

ZOMG! derp! 25/07/2009

when it comes out, make sure to watch district 9.  it looks AWESOME!

today was the ben 10 panel and the king of fighters flash mob.  super awesome and fun!  tomorrow is the last day of SDCC.  makes me a sad panda.  it’s ok.  i think i need to enjoy being back in california.  ^^

star wars monkey!!! 24/07/2009

again, that’s all you get.  awesome day though!  today WAS star wars day too.  got to see mark hamil (sp plz?).  doesn’t quite look like luke anymore.  haha.  i wanted him to say something firelord ozai-like.

tomorrow is the Ben 10 panel and the King of Fighter’s cosplay contest and flash mob!  can’t wait!!

HIGH FIIIIVE! 23/07/2009

soooo…

beni got to high five nolan north of uncharted 2: among thieves.
hot.

Comic Con Day Two:  DONE

Comic Con Day Three
(Friday)
things to look forward to:

• sparticus panel
• teenage mutant ninja turtles
• live rifftrax

Comic Con Day Four
(Saturday)

ohhhh riiiight!

pika~ >=D 23/07/2009

BAAAM!!!!

that’s all you get today.  come to comic con.  it rocks my panties off.

COME ON COME ON!

girl fiends 13/07/2009

NOTE: to all the family members of mine who read this entry, please excuse any language i might use. i promise i’m still a proper girl.  =3

i’ve been thinking a lot recently about my friends here in florida.  why?  well, because i’m heading back to california soon and i was thinking about all the people i will be leaving behind.  i’ve noticed that half the friends i have, i hate.

ooo.  ouch.  ok.  that was a bit harsh.  ok ok.  rewording.  i don’t HATE them, but i feel like a lot of them always let me down.  yesterday, i got so upset with one friend that i was yelling about how much i wanted to punch her in the mouth so i can permanently disfigure her jaw so she could never speak normally ever again.  and when i kept dwelling on it, it really made me want to move to the philippines so i didn’t have to deal with her shit anymore.

it sucks.  really it does.  i just feel like i’m always let down by one friend if not more.  oh.  but here we go.  ready for the real kicker?

all the friends that have constantly let me down are girls.

i don’t know.  do i just have girl repellent or something?  do i have a note on my back saying “hey girls! i’m a fun person to disappoint!  fuck me over”!  i don’t know.  maybe this is a sign i should limit my girl friends to only a small few if any at all.  i was reading a character profile on the SNK wikipedia (because i’ve been writing up my own character profiles recently) and one of the character’s “Most Unpleasant” was “women” and that kinda made me laugh.  i mean, seriously?  WOMEN?  why would anyone be uncomfortable around–oh fuck.  that’s when i realised i’m probably just like that.  i’m always around so many guys that i think i’m just becoming one of them.  and if there are any other females around, i tend to get uncomfortable.  wow.  that sounds really bad.

maybe i’m just overreacting.  probably.  i don’t know.  ughh..  geez.  sorry for the downer blog.  entries like this are meant for livejournal emo posts.  i promise the next blog will be happier.  =3

the fire brodeo performing at club tantra (4 july)

Newzies! 23/06/2009

WARNING: LONG ENTRY LIKE WOAH!

been really busy lately.  been getting ready for metrocon (totally a last minute plan btw) and been so busy with this and that.  luckily i’ve been able to find time still to hang out with the Brodeo.  ^^

a few weeks ago, beni and i went to our friend Kienan’s art show in Kaleisia Tea Lounge.  it was really cool and there were a lot of people there just to support him!  there was also a Doorstop Productions open mic there (DSP hosts the open mic i go to every thursday) which was AWESOME!  grant even played the “icelandic people are strange” song he always plays.  x3  the art was pretty ballin’ too.  all done in gel pen!  i wish i got a few shots of it.  D;

beni and i at kienan's art show

also been going to open mic like usual.  thought i’d try the pastries there for the first time.  OMG!  DELICIOUS!!!  so people, if i ever take you to the open mic, make sure to get food from there.  i had the chocolate zucchini bread, and as strange as it sounded, i thought my mouth was going to have an orgasm.  holy crap it was so good!
chocolate zucchini bread + vietnamese iced coffee = nervana

enjoying goods at cafe hey

went on a midnight beachcapade recently with the Brodeo.  it was quite a trip.  haha.  there was SOME fire spinning involved, but it pretty much turned into a silly guy-time type trip to the beach.  haha.  oh i love them..

me and beni before the crazy started

me and mike before the crazy started

and the crazy begins (top, left to right: mike, eddie - bottom: beni, dara)

me and eddie jumping in during an "intimate moment" between dara and mike

one of many "wacky faces" pictures of the guys. oh boy... ^^;

i thought i should stop it there.  there are just so many of them i figured it’d kill the post with it’s insanity.  xD  oh.  and it DOES get worse, btw..

at dairy queen with beni and mike

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metrocon just passed last weekend.  it was ok in general.  the best parts were haning out with friends, seeing old friends again, and people watching.  OH!  and i also finished my nanashi costume in time!

incomplete nanashi

absolutely NO ONE knew who i was, but it was all good.  i didn’t really expect anyone to.  after all, the DVD did just come out like, what?  3 days before the first day of the convention?  there wasn’t even any merch for it in the dealers room aside from the blu-ray disc sold by Best Buy.  i was hoping to get the nanashi + laou figures there or (wishful) the tobimaru plush toy.  nope.  that’s ok.  a lot of people did like the outfit though and took a picture of it just because they thought it was really good.  i felt bad because everyone wanted me to draw my sword, but i couldn’t due to story purposes.  *sigh*  if they only knew, it would’ve been so much cooler that way.  D;  i might make the tie out of velcro come comic-con so i can do the “epic teeth rip” as i call it that nanashi does at the end of the movie.

my "son" as marth and me as nanashi

watched the chess match on sunday.  missed it on saturday.  honestly, it was OK~~…  i don’t know.  maybe it was exactly the same as every chess match, but since i’ve never actually watched it, i didn’t know what to expect.  probably my favourite fight was the Marth and Captain Falcon fight.  it was good and hilarious at the same time.  i just loved the Smash Bro. elements to it too like the many lives, sluggish attacks after long battle, smash ball, and the clapping at the end.  hahaha!  too cute!  too cute!  some other fights were really good too.  but at the same time a lot were HIGHLY disappointing.  *sigh*  i commend all in the cast though.  it’s a tough show to put on!

dana as engineer, me as nanashi, jason as sniper

chilled out and walked around with some really fun people on saturday too like dana, who i met for the first time saturday, jason or “martini gendo”, beni, and henry.  dana and jason were dressed up as engineer and sniper of the RED Team from Team Fortress.  they were SO awesome!  jason even had a jarate, which btw wasn’t filled with his own urine but white grape juice.  shame no one EVER wanted to sniff it!  oh!  and his rifle was also fully functional and bolt action.  of course it wasn’t real but a nerf gun rather.  it was funny because they could hardly get ANYWHERE without being stopped for pictures!  they even met a RED Team scout and demoman while there.  i wish i got their picture!  D;  i loved it when people also found out engineer was a girl.  hahaha.  she did such a good job looking like a dude even with the 5 o’clock shadow.  oh dana.  she was such a sweetheart!  it was fun.  they left not long after arriving, albeit.  it was a shame.

after they left we hit up the happy hour at the embassy.  had a couple drinks, i won’t lie.  it’s good to be 21.  xD  the fun just continued too.  i can’t even really explain it.  let me just say sober beni + drunk henry + other drunks + russian accents = awesome tiemz

yeah.  after the day ended, my face hurt so much from laughing.  oh man…  i love my friends.

sunday: in line for chess match with madison

wish i got to to see a few other old friends, but i wasn’t all too successful (suzy, sam, maddie, etc).  like it said, overall the convention was OK.  the good was friends, a few fights from chess match, and fire.  the rest were pretty much…ehh.  like closing ceremonies.  i won’t even go there.  well, i think that’s about it for now.  until i decide to post again, which i hope will be soon, ta!!

drive home from metro

Rae needs to post more D: 10/06/2009

sorry i gotta go – it’s time for me to fly!

nii-san is an official college graduate!  holy crap!  yeah.  i know she graduated a month ago yesterday, but she just got her diploma in the mail.  So NOW it’s official.  i’m so excited for her.  god.  i’d be graduating next year.  oh if i only stayed in school.  ehh~

haven’t blogged in a while.  been even longer since i vlogged.  oh man.  i should really edit and post my “Earth Day” vlog.  i might just have to rerecord that since it’s so old.  Dx  uhh…so what’s been up?  OH!  i met my friend Jim7 from the forums i go to.  he was actually super cool (not that i expected him not to be) and even though we never met in person before that, i felt really comfortable talking to him about whatever.  i was kinda afraid i’d scare him a bit especially since i think i act a little differently on the forums than i do in real life, but i think he thought i was a decent las myself.  hehe.  too bad he drove up north for the summer.  would’ve been cool to hang out with him again.

i made beni try on some of my wigs.  lololololololol (oh arby and the chief.  you influence my speech so much!).  he actually looked really cute.

i was going to crop out everything but the two of us, then i saw how much NERD was on my dresser and thought it was best to keep it.  yep.  beni’s umbrella shirt, my greg cipes painting under that, my ben 10 alien force omnitrix, and my treasured copy of god hand that i luckily found by chance in the brandon mall.  lulz.  dorkz. anyway, i made beni try on my short black wig on this picture which i call the “kevin 11″ wig.  hahahaha.  and because of that, i thought i’d try on my gwen wig.  aww!!  wouldn’t we make a cute kevin and gwen??  xD

lulz tiemz!  i think beni makes a better nathan keyes as kevin than the actual cartoon kevin.  xD

speaking of dressing up, i’ve decided on a new costume aside from tira.  GASP!  yep.  oh, and the fun part is, i’m going to be cosplaying a dude!

nanashi (left), laou (right)

yep!  i’m *hopefully* going to be cosplaying nanashi from sword of the stranger.  which, by the way people, it is an AMAZING movie.  watch it like WOAH!  i’m excited.  i’m planning it mainly for comic con this coming july, but i might be wearing it to metrocon (yeah.  i know, metrocon.  EWW!  long story).  i figured that if i was in costume, people wouldn’t recognise me that easily.  hahaha…  i really wish beni would just give in and cosplay laou with me, but he’s too much of a pussy to mullet-ify his hair.  oh well.  his lovely yellow locks are fine how they are.  wish they were leon-long again, but this cut is still super cute.  the costume is actually kinda important to me.  the movie was not only epic with deliciously beefy studs (uhhhh~~~<333), but it was also very moving for me.  i guess it just hit my soft spot.  i didn’t dislike any characters and that surprising because children in anime almost ALWAYS piss me off, but kotarou was just so lovable and i was heartbroken when he was betrayed by his own family.  and tobimaru REALLY made me want to get a shiba inu.  i had seen one a while ago at a puppy store and really wanted him.  went back a few months later only to see he was still there and discounted because no one wanted him.  ;-;

uhh.  just watch it!  you’ll love it.  i was afraid nii-san wouldn’t like it, so i forced her into watching it today and she loved it.  <333

beni and i went to the beach recently too.  i got a little burned and i think i got a tan.  it was fun though.  this nice couple also let us use their umbrella when they left so we weren’t burning in the sun for too long.  the water was lovely and the sky was a really pretty blue.  the day actually started out TERRIBLY, but it got SO much better after we went to the beach.  i hope we go again soon.  it was really fun.

uhh.  so i have so much more to write about, but this entry is getting long.  i’ll update more soon.  until then, ta!

well halloz thar! 14/05/2009

(me at starbucks before watching star trek)

it’s been a while, eh?  well, i guess i’ve been pretty busy.  nii-san just graduated last weekend which was SUPER awesome!  now she gets to start life and all that fun jazz.  i have also been sick the past few days.  i’m not sure what caused it.  a lot of it is terrible headaches, sensitive skin, weak/sore muscles, and a sore throat and tongue which forced me on a liquid diet for a while.  ughh…  i’m starting to feel better, but it is really on and off.

well, turns out nii-san and i will be chillaxing here in the sunshine state for longer than originally planned.  while dad is in the Phils, we will be here.  when he gets back is when we…drive…back…to…cali…  ugh.  i had roadtrips.  D8

i finished my first painting.  yay!  took a while because i just got into doing pop art, so i had to get my mind to think in that way.  i’m so used to doing detailed work and such that i had a hard time settling with something that different.  after many trial and errors, i finally  came up with my first piece!

yay!  it’s actually pretty bad, and i had a hellova time with the darker blue colour, but in the end, i was pretty satisfied.  the portrait is of greg cipes, and NOT zac efron like beni kept accusing it to be.  x6  i figured since he’s one of my biggest inspirations, i should dedicate something to him.  ^^  i hope if he sees it he likes it.  hehehe…  and i hope y’all like it too!

well, i’m just about done for now.  i just wanted to throw in a blog before i got busy again.  errr.  ta!