Alcy (al-SEE); Even broken glass has its shimmer.

New meme from Tallulah! Just show off the junk in your purse (or wallet, or briefcase) and tag some friends to do the same! You're welcome to do this even if you aren't tagged.

This takes me back to 8th grade sleepovers where we would all try to inspect each other's stuff, whether or not everyone consented to it. One time Kyli and I found a sheet of notebook paper completely (and tastelessly!) covered in the owner's crush's name.

P.S. if you are a guy who keeps a purse, please consider yourself tagged.




Purse I picked up for 15 cents at a garage sale covered in buttons (2 from Furjay, 1 from Kyli, 1 from Clint, 3 from a Chinese Laundry promotion), small notebook, purple pen, bag of aspirin, Value Village coupon, $1 sunglasses found at Goodwill, mass of keychains with two keys buried somewhere in it (some from Kyli, one from Furjay, some found at a thrift store), crappy cell phone with Daiso star mirror charm (that is not particularly useful as a mirror), makeup bag from an Allure giveaway



Inside of makeup bag: small mirror, Tutti Dolce Fantasia di Cioccolata lipgloss, Sephora glitter lipstick #69 (why I'm not sure, I never wear it), Clinique Bamboo Pink lipstick, MAC lipsticks: Girl About Town, Ruby Woo, Pink Noveau, Face Atelier Revenge lipstick, some Victoria's Secret lipliner (I forget the shade name), Clinique Air Kiss lipgloss, some chocolate cherry lotion I got free in the mail, Goldie Leslie lipgloss

So, last month or maybe two months ago I was going nuts because I had a sudden desire for gray nail polish. At this time, apparently no brands sold any, so I mixed two of my own - one light and one dark.

What do I see in the new Sephora catalogue?

Oh yeah, everyone wants to be me. ♥

p.s. still mad about the hair incident. Back to black for now, I'll try it again though.

http://search.ebay.com.au/_W0QQsassZreallchic

My friend just bought the most delicious looking handmade cupcake soy candles from this store.



They look so real!!! I can just taste the sweetest fresh cupcake looking at it. They make soaps like this too (among other shapes of soaps and candles), everything looks good enough to eat!

 RE: that last blog, I go into a meditative state more or less when I read novels...it tends to stay with me for a while. I felt a bit absurd writing it really, but it also felt poetic at the time, so I went ahead and posted it.

 Which got me to thinking...I don't consider myself much of a writer, but to those of you that do: do you ever feel this way as you write fiction?

 Forgive me if these thoughts are poorly organized, I'm not all here at the moment (I stayed up all night reading), but I hope that this makes sense in some way. (AKA - I was dreaming when I wrote this, so sue me if it goes astray...)

 I am amazed by the powers of descriptive detail. They were very important factors to consider when I had been heavily interested in meditation, in recreating (and in some cases creating) the full experience of an environment. At that time, when I had been very involved in it, my dreams became more detailed as well...to the point I could pinch myself in dreams and feel pain, effectively convincing me I was awake.

 These immersing details, naturally, are a crucial part of any work of fiction. To carry sensations to the reader...not just recalling them vaguely as memories, but as if they are right there and then experiencing it themself. For example, tonight, while reading a passage where a character smelled a rubber eraser, for a split second I could literally smell the rubber too. When I was younger, I even developed a bad habit of biting my lip after reading a vivid description of this action in a language arts textbook (not intentionally!). In elementary school, on a few occasions I had become so engrossed in reading during free time that I hadn't realized at all that class had resumed until the teacher personally snapped me out of it.

 I suppose what I am asking you writers out there is, when coming up with excruciating degrees of sensory details...do you ever find yourself in a meditative state (intentional or otherwise) in creating these elaborate environments?

I have always enjoyed reading, but tonight I think I have discovered a new level of appreciation for it.

P.S. I wonder how I'm going to feel about this journal looking back after I get some sleep...

My dress gently brushing along my legs
                         past this solitary wind


I am neither here nor there.

Didn't find very much at the thrift store today, but what I did is really nice.

-A pack of apple cider scented incense that will be AMAZING if it even smells a fraction as nice burning as it does unlit

-Two boxes of really well made chopsticks from the CITS Suzhou (apparently a very fancy upscale hotel in China). Solid dark wood, and very heavy! I'd been meaning to get some decent chopsticks anyway (I generally eat better with them than with a fork actually), and only 99 cents a box! I'd have bought more for sure if they had any.

My foot is swelling up. Looks like I got bit by a spider the other night...

Rock Angelz Sasha! Id wanted one since she was first released, but I didnt get the chance to buy one before she completely sold out. For only a dollar, I wasnt about to leave her hanging on Value Villages wall of toys.



Whats this? Seems her previous owner was a bit scissor happy. Tsk! Oh well, I can fix this.

Materials required:

-Mug of water
-A long, sturdy needle (length is key)
-Thread
-Nail clippers, preferably dull
-Tweezers
-Replacement hair (For qualitys sake, I recommend using saran hair. My preferred supplier is http://restoredoll.com )
-An object that can be used to safely push down on the sharp end of a needle
-A large safety pin
-Scissors




First, its off with her head. To remove a Bratz head, hold the dolls neck over a mug of boiling (or near boiling) water for about 35 seconds to steam it and make the heads vinyl softer. Then, push the head down onto the neck and carefully pull it off. Take extra care if using a male doll - there is a larger neck anchor on the male body which is more prone to breaking. Other types of fashion dolls may have similar neck anchors.

Once the head is off, I recommend taking a pair of dull nail clippers to the strands of hair that have been butchered (or the whole head, if you want to do a full reroot) and pull them completely out of the head. Any remaining stubs can be removed with tweezers.



Cut a length of thread about 4-5 times the length of the dolls head and fold it in half. Stick the creased end of the thread through the eye of the needle (important: do not knot) and have an amount around the length of the dolls head laying out on the creased end.




Bend the large safety pin to approximately a 90 degree angle. Stick it into one of the holes which once contained hair, or create a new one if desired.



Remove the pin (twist it around a bit while pulling it out) and immediately insert the needle into the hole, eye down. Use a tool to direct and push the needle out the dolls neck hole (I usually use a doll hairbrush made of thick hard plastic to do this).



Remove the needle through the neck hole, while leaving the thread in place. The creased end should be hanging out the neck hole, and the loose ends should still be sticking out of the scalp.



Take a small amount of hair (look at the amount of strands in each hole on the head for an idea) and tie a knot on one end. Be sure that this is longer than it needs to be in the end, especially if you are rooting very short hair. Slip the knotted end into the loop hanging out the dolls neck hole. Then, grab the loose thread ends that are hanging out the top of the head and carefully pull until the thread loop is out of the head, and the hair is correctly in place. Repeat as many times as necessary.



Once youve finished adding hair, its time to steam the neck hole again.



Then, carefully place the head back onto the body and adjust it until it sits properly.



Brush the hair out, and trim the new strands as desired. Be careful! Cutting in small intervals can help.



Voila!

DISCLAIMER: I cant guarantee your results and suggest using a practice doll before starting on a project youre really concerned with. Needless to say, this is for dolls only.

EDIT: What happened to my apostrophes?

so don't be surprised if I disappear for a few days. It's been flickering off and on for a while...just tonight, red isn't displaying on most of the screen, so everything has a blue tint.

Persona 3 FES for PS2. I just got it last week (after the raves of multiple friends), and it is amazing. I don't want to spoil much, but it has a great combination of RPG and life simulation elements. I definitely recommend it!

NEVER TRUST A BEAUTY SUPPLY EMPLOYEE.

Damn it.

Ahh I can't wait, this had better turn out right! ♥

...but I made a decent (even edible!) vegetarian okonomiyaki! ♥

Ingredients:
1 cup flour
1 egg
1 cup water
2.5 cups (?) mixed vegetables (optional: also mix in noodles, cheese, tofu, bits of mochi, etc...)
A generous shaking of ground ginger
Salt, to taste (?)


Defrost the vegetables, if you're using frozen. Mix everything together well! Fry a little at a time with minimal oil until the bottom is lightly browned, then flip. When finished, top with soy sauce and serve! This recipe should be enough for 2-3 people.

and I still have no idea what I want to do with it (aside from not wanting bangs).

So, I passed out for a bit earlier...and when I woke up and looked at my phone, a new text message had not only been opened but was at the bottom of the page. Nobody else messed with my phone. WTF? Usually I wake up when it rings (it was set up loud, too!)

Rules: List 12 songs that make you happy and tag 8 people.

1. Wink - 愛が止まらない
2. Malice Mizer - Ju te Veux
3. 中山美穂 - 人魚姫 -mermaid-
4. RuPaul - Supermodel
5. Psycho le Cemu - ロマン飛行
6. Madonna - Into the Groove
7. Ricky Martin - La Copa de la Vida
8. Electric Six - Danger! High Voltage!
9. Orange Range - 上海 Honey
10. Janet Jackson - If
11. La Bouche - Sweet Dreams
12. Haddaway - What Is Love

Eh, I'll just go ahead and tag all of you. ♥

¿ƃuı|ıǝɔ ǝɥʇ uo noʎ ǝɹɐ ʎɥM ˙uʍop ǝpısdn sı ƃuıɥʇʎɹǝʌƎ

I'll just have to figure out a background + put it together, and then you can all dress me up~ ♥

BEST SHAMPOO EVER: Nature's Gate Organics "in living color". Seriously. Absolutely zero fade on my cheap dye that never wants to stay in with any other brand (I've also used their mandarin + patchouli shampoo which wasn't even labeled for dyed hair and had the same results)...and my hair is the softest it has been in my entire life. I can't stop touching it.



Also, check out my tackylicious new earrings. ♥

Stolen from OunceofWentz ♥

Step 1: Put your music player on random.

Step 2: Post the first line (or so, some are hard) from the first 25 songs that play, no matter how embarrassing the song.

Step 3: Post and let everyone you know guess what song and artist the lines come from.

Step 4: Strike out the songs when someone
guesses correctly (No lyric hunting! That is cheating!)

1. とても大事な、君の思いは
2. Another year and I'm still here, the grass just will not grow
3. 迷うなぁ？Sexyなの？Cuteなの？どっちが好きなの？
4. Gimme your love, gimme your love, gimme your love, gimme your love
5. この汚れた手でもしよければいくれでも差し伸べて上げる
6. Since you ran away, I've been beside myself in every way
7. Boy, I wanna be your number one (gonna be, gonna be your number one)
8. She's a magical girl...she's a magical girl...
9. 赤い夕日が町を初めても
-----I'm going to have to cheat and skip one, this song is in French which I do not speak and to top it off, the title is mislabeled, so I can't look it up.-----
10. アマリリスのしずくが頬にきらめいて
11. 銀色のオリオンが波前へと降りてきて
12. Hot summer streets and the pavements are burning, I sit around
13. If I could turn back time, and if I could find a way
14. Late at night when all the world is sleeping, I stay up and think of you
15. Two people, together, it was just a dream until you came along, my heart was waiting just for you
16. iEl ritmo tropical!
17. Wearing nothing is divine, naked is a state of mind
18. You know I thug 'em, fuck 'em, love 'em, leave 'em, cause I don't fuckin' need them
19. 笑わせないでよ、貴方はそれでも占いしのつもり？
20. Feels the same every day, come home from work late again
21. さあ目を空けてを見てよ
22. もう一人であるけない、時の風が強すぎて
23. Haha, well now, we call this the act of mating!
24. I was lying on the grass on Sunday morning of last week
25. Looking out a dirty old window, outside the cars in the city go rushing by

Yeah...not expecting anyone to get most of these, but oh well~