You make wanna measure stars in the backyard with a calculator and a ruler baby

Please leave any feedback you have of me here. I would really appreciate it, and I will gladly do the same!

This last week hasn't been too fun or exciting. I blew a lot of money on PMX and I didn't get paid a lot, so I have only enough money for bills, tithing, and I managed to pay for my schooling next semester. I still need $55 for a parking permit and an ID card, which I'll buy later.

But other than that, I have about $100 and a full tank of gas to get me to my next paycheck on the 30th. I can do it, but I need to buy some groceries and brown bag lunch at work, and no more Starbucks runs.

I am going to Mitsuwa tomorrow after work, so if any of you want me to pick up anything for you, let me know. I myself probably won't buy much besides some yummy drinks and maybe a gal or fruits magazine. And collagen I have quite a collection of magazines I have been hoarding and I'm thinking of ways to organize them when I get my own room:



I'm just not certain how sturdy it would be. Magazines are heavy!

I also want to go to Book Off and see if they have any more Sugar Sugar Rune mangas! I love that series so much, I just finished episode 48, but episodes 49 through 54 aren't subbed yet! I don't really consider myself an anime or manga fan, but I absolutely adore this series.

I am at quite a loss about what I'm going to do about Christmas presents. I really want to buy nice and thoughtful things this year, I guess that's why they invented credit cards, right?

I was so bored yesterday! After I got home from class, I took a nap for a few hours. I woke up and did nothing but computer stuff, ate, and went to bed early. Boring! I wanted to hang out with someone but everyone had plans. My sister bought me taco bell. You know I can always go for cheesy fiesta potatoes :9 I am boycotting pizza hut express breadsticks because they make me so tired I can't move.

Also, Bad Romance is the best music video ever and is my new favorite Lady Gaga song.



There is so much stuff I want to buy it's not even funny.

PS: Sarah was on AIM last night! She lost her phone and has been MIA. She hasn't gone to work or been home. She's been sleeping on Denny's benches late at night and hanging out with Beck and Josh at their place.

PMX was so fun! On the first day we arrived a little early because Lindsay was there already, being all VIP and everything. I was fretting the whole time because I wanted to buy the Stary Night Theatre print from AP... but Lindsay picked up the only version I wanted. /pout/ It turned out better that way, because OMG I almost ran out of money. o__o So glad they had a swap meet, because I would have been too broke to eat otherwise. I bought a TON of stuff:

Angelic Pretty Wrist Cuffs
Fruits Parlor Poster
Takuya Angel Ima Wa Mukashi CD
Takuya Angel light up star necklace in yellow
Cat in the Window Putamayo Skirt
Cute headband from Paris Kids
Listen Flavor Shirt (TWINKLE)
A cute hair corsage with pearls and a whip ring from Mugi Bunny
Sailor Moon Transformation Compact toy, and it works!!
A shirt from ggg? It's pretty cute
A Beth PJ set I bought off Lindsay, BUT I LOST THE HEADBOW IT CAME WITH. Dx

And I think that's all of my swag.

( I don't have a lot of pictures, but here they are! )

The tea party was nice, except it was catered by the hotel so it wasn't much of a tea party. They served us nasty old cake and Bigelow tea packets. GROSS!

Maki and Asuka described inspirations behind most of their recent prints, and that was fun and interesting to listen to. Then we had bingo, and they gave out a lot of stuff! Like, three dresses, some skirts, cutsews, socks, hairbows etc. Almost everyone won something! Those who didn't got postcards, and everyone got a stary night theatre postcard, along with a box of macaroons and a goodie bag! They went all out this year, last year we only got tote bags, but this year I got a tote and a photo album in the black memorial cake print. It's really cute! I sold my magic whip tote from last year but I think I'm keeping this one. :)

We also went to the Paillon and Takuya Angel Panel, It was really interesting. I got my CD autographed by him and his wife. She's so adorable, OMG. After looking on their website, I realize I need this bag. Someday soon!

PMX was a lot of fun and I packed a lot into only two days. We never had to leave the hotel, and that helped a lot, especially for the swap meet.

FYI I'm still on the lookout for the Stary Night Theatre strapless JSK in blue!

I'm so excited for PMX this weekend!

I've been working more than usual to make up for time off this Friday, and it's been horrible. School and work on the same day is just too intense for me, I don't know how so many people can do it.

I dyed my hair last night, and when everything was said and done, it came out this weird fuschia color. It's kind of awesome but it's not what I wanted. We did my extensions too, and they came out a nice candy pink, but that's not what I wanted either. :( I wanted a cotton candy pink. We made the dye too vibrant.

So my boss is letting me come to work with pink hair from now on! He says he doesn't care. No more wig hair! YES! Wig hair is the worst.

So I have a busy schedule this week. I work until 5 every day and after work today David wants to go to the Escondido mall, on Wednesday we want to bleach my pink and get it a little lighter, and on Thursday I'll probably have to clean/fix up everything I'm selling and get my car packed. Then on Friday, we're leaving early and heading up to LAX! I hope there isn't too much traffic, I hate driving in traffic.

I decided not to sell my flute, but I expect to sell between $100 to $200 at PMX on Friday.

Also, my shirt project is looking really good! I'm almost finished! I just have to attach the sleeves, buttons and buttonholes, and then the hems! I enjoy serging.

Edit: OMG! I just found some extra money in my paypal account! Just in time for PMX :P

It's been a whole month since I've had a real entry! I think I never update because I just don't like writing. But a lot of stuff has happened in October!

I bought a Disneyland Pass!! I'm always looking for an excuse to go to Disneyland so LET'S GO!

I recently have been getting more and more into lolita fashion again, but for different reasons. It appeals to me now more than ever because of theatrical and interesting designs, and not just for being supah cawahii.

I am going to PMX next week! I wasn't sure if I wanted to go or not, but I'm so glad I signed up for it, because there is so much stuff going on this year! Tarina Tarantino will be there, h.naoto, Angelic Pretty of course (going to the tea party) and so much more! Seriously excited. Too bad I can't stay the whole time, only going on Friday and Saturday. I'll be setting up shop at the swap meet on Friday night too, so keep your eyes peeled for me with my pink hair and colorful accessories, because I am selling a ton of stuff, shoes, clothes, magazines, bags you name it. Even if you don't buy anything, just stop by and talk to me because I will be bored!

I've had a bit of dilemma with shoes, I tried so hard to find the Yosuke rose corsage rocking horse shoes in a white size 22.5 cm, and it simply doesn't exist or something. SOLD OUT. I am so sad. I would lay down some serious dough on those shoes. In the meantime, I bought lolita lola rhs and hopefully they get here in time. I want to DIY a white pleather rose with diamond studs to replicate the Yosuke ones. (* u*)b

In other news, I am selling my flute. I haven't touched it in three years, and I'm either going to use the money to buy the wrong thing (h.naoto cage apron) or the right thing (a synthesizer). I'm a little conflicted.

Also I'm taking collagen drinks! They will make me pretty and my lips poppin'

Eurobeat is officially my favorite kind of music.

I want this backpack.

Going to quit my job next summer.

And I'm getting better at sewing!

UNTIL NEXT TIME JA NE

So it's the first day of October

The weather and air seemed to change overnight. There are so many things I love about this season other than Halloween. The leaves changing colors, the smell of seasonal spices, a warm drink in my hand, heavy jackets, among many other things.

When asked what my favorite season was, I would always answer "summer" because that's when I didn't have to worry about school. But I think, truly, that autumn is my favorite season.

Here in southern California, it is hot year round, except for the winter months when it's chilly. October is usually when it is nice and cool, light jacket weather, or at least it is supposed to be. Here, it gets so dry and so hot that fires start. It's not fun.

I want to live somewhere with lots of flora and trees. Somewhere nice an green and cool, but I don't like snow. Any suggestions? I was thinking Vancouver or Berkeley.

There are so many places I want to visit. I mean, the list just goes on and on.

I want to travel Europe. It's such an old culture that has preserved its history and art so well. I want to fly to London, and than travel by train to Paris and Italy and all the little countries in between and around. I would just go. I also want to visit Mexico City and Vancouver.

Japan is of course ichiban on my list, but mostly because there is so much stuff I want to buy there that isn't available to me online. I've been buying Kera magazine every month, and every time I just want to scream because I can't have any of that.

I've been taking a beginning sewing class, and so far, I'm doing very well. I understand how things work and how to read patterns. I am only working on my second project so far, but by the end of this class I think I should be able to read and make commercial patterns. I want to take advanced sewing and fashion design too.

Of course, the reason I want to do this is so I can make these clothes I can't buy. I know that in general American fashion and Japanese fashion have their similarities, but America doesn't have the interesting spin on fashion that they do. (Harajuku and Kera Magazine) Our fashion is more about fitting in than anything else.

I like this fashion not because I want attention. I like it because it stands out, it's different. Everyone in history who made a lasting impression was different or extraordinary in some way. Life is just too short to fit in.

On that note, I decided to dye my hair pink again! My hair has been silver/grey for a while now, and I like it and everything, but I just really like pink hair. I'm going to try and fade my pink extensions with hot water and dish soap, and see if I can use those as clip in extensions. I want a really really light pink with white parts, but mostly a light pink. I am genuinely excited for it, but not so much for dusting off the wig for work again.

I've been busy since my last post!

Last weekend I went up to San Francisco for the New People store opening!

IT WAS A MADHOUSE

There were so many people! It was really eye opening seeing all these people with similar interests. It was different from a convention, because there wasn't an anime pressense even though it was made possible by Viz media. It was my kind of crowd!

I went with David, and in order to save money on plane tickets extended our trip. We left San Diego on Thursday and stayed at alanna_lioness's apartment! It was really nice of her to let us stay there.

There was a lot of press coverage and lots of pictures taken, and I'm going to share the few that I took.

( Behind the cut )

It sure was a busy weekend and I am SO BUMMED that 6% DOKI DOKI is a LIMITED STORE UNTIL SEP 15! I wish I could have stayed and shopped longer and harder, but my shopping endurance is a lot less than I thought. I nearly blacked out on the first day and had to leave early. I want to go back very soon, possibly at the end of September/early October? (That's when Lindsay's birthday is!) Depends on how much money I will have!

I say that I want to go to school for fashion design, but there are just so many things I could see myself doing that aren't really careers.

I want to be a medicine woman and grow an herb garden, diagnose and treat ails and pains and be regarded as wise and strange.

I want to travel the world with nothing but a camera and a backpack, picking up on different cultures and languages and relying on odd jobs and the kindness of strangers. (Possible with http://www.couchsurfing.org/)

I want to be a tinker and fix things that are broken.

I want to live in a library and read all day and all night.

I want to be an extra in all movies, so when I go watch them I can spot myself and be a tiny, timeless part of history.

I want to work in a tea shop that sells a wide variety of tea exclusively. Not a coffee shop that sells tea, a tea shop. I love talking about different kinds of tea, how they grow, what they are infused with, what they can be used for, it really gets me going.

I want to be an interior designer, but no one would like my designs because I'm way too into fantasy and all of my designs would reflect that.

I want to be an artist, the kind that doesn't make any money and lives in a shitty little studio and spends all of the money they make on more paint and canvas.

As you can tell, I clearly don't want to have anything to do with the rat race that has taken over modern society and culture, I don't want to go to work at 8 am, take a lunch break at noon and stop working at 5 pm. I want something more than the daily grind.

OK, I don't know why or how, but that savings account I mentioned? Yeah, basically nothing now. I didn't even go on a shopping spree or anything. Part of me wishes I did. I was doing some online shopping and came accross some pure awesomeness:

( Eye of the Tiger )

OK, so I have a lot less money than I thought. Good thing I get paid tomorrow, because I really need the money.

This credit card business is scary. I feel like I've been spending more now that I have it! Urgh! Got to start making lunches at home. Problem is, I don't really have food. When my mom buys "groceries" she just buys milk and pop tarts or something.

I really really want to go to Disneyland before the night show is discontinued. I think it ends August 20th. I was planning on getting an annual pass the next time I go, because I'm a southern California resident, I can pay with payments every month! And there's no interest! And they use the first day's admission as a down payment! To get the pass with no blackout dates and free parking, I would have to pay less than $30 a month! How could I not afford Disneyland for $30 a month?? Only problem is, I need to find someone to buy an annual pass with. I can't go to Disneyland alone!

I also really need to buy more work appropriate/casual clothes.