The Impala's Trunk

This is an open invitation to all the people on my friends list who are in the Philippines! :D I'm having my despedida party this Saturday, March 31, 2007 at the Austin Powers room in Victoria Court, Pasig.

Bring a date or bring a friend; just let me know how many people to expect in advance! There will be food and drinks, but feel free to bring in extra booze. (The drug of choice for the night is gin plus whatever chasers you want with that. ;D)

RSVP to this post if you're coming; all comments are screened. ;D My cell number is 09178370924.

(Oh, and please don't brink e, coke, or any other substance that might get me arrested. XD)

This is what the venue looks like:



See you there! :D

Good news: The UP Fine Arts Class of 2007 had its Thesis exhibit opening last night, and I was given the Award of Merit for my paper ("Utilizing Color as the Primary Vehicle for Storytelling in Visual Media"). The exhibit is in the V-mall Lobby (greenhills), and it'll run until March 31. Please feel free to drop by if you have the time!

Bad news: I went to the Japanese embassy and they haven't released my visa due to a discrepancy in my middle name in my birth certificate and passport (Ang as opposed to Angtenghim). I have to go back on Friday with more documents, and that's when I'll find out if I've gotten it.

If I don't get my visa, I'll be the only person in the entire history of the University of the Philippines exchange program to be fricking turned down.

I feel ill.

( This is why I will never understand Filipino fashion. )

That is all.

HIATUS.
Off to finish my thesis; will be back by mid-March if all goes well. :)

If anyone wants to get a hold of me, feel free to leave a comment here or email me at trinity_cross at yahoo dot com.

Much love!
Trin

The semester's nearing its final stages, and it's time for me to start buckling up. He-llo, Loss of Freedom. XD

In other news, a Japanese exchange student found his way to the dojo last week, and Ben was kind enough to recommend him to me as a Nihongo tutor. I've been having some difficulty with it as of late, so hopefully he'll be able to help me out a bit. :) We'll see...

Also got a rush print AD job today, (which I am eternally grateful for), but again-- bye bye free time. Oh well. It was fun while it lasted, and I should get my ass in gear again, anyway.

*v-sign*

I think that the thing with me and my hair is that I just can't be satisfied with it. Like, /ever/. I'll probably stop once I'm bald, and hell, this is close enough to that. ^_^;;

So, last year's hair recap was: black, blonde, red, then some weird mixture of orange (because of the bleached hair and the lightening of the red). In the middle of that, I also got my hair cut rather oddly (which there are no pictures up of, because they're terrible), and now I'm back to my natural black (with a smidgen of leftover red/orange from the fading dye job).

Of course, the question here is-- what have you done NOW, Trin? Well. I went back to black because no hairstylist would touch my predominantly dead hair lest it fall out, so... I had it all cut off. All of it.

( And now I think I look like a pre-pubescent boy. ^_^;; )

POT Bookmarks, finally. *_* (Here's hoping my connection holds out long enough to post them. XD) These are for serenia, lethanon, and pixxers. (Supposedly New Year's bookmarks, but yeah. Almost two weeks late, thank you very much. ;______;

But, I did them all in markers (yay) and pen and ink. :3 Hope you like, girls~! :D

( Atobe/Oshitari for Serenia )

( Tachibana/Shinji for Leth )

( Tachibana/Kamio for Pixx )

Also, I received more Christmas cards! :D A big thank you to:

Piipa- Oh, sweetie. I teared up when I read your card, I really did. ;____; And the drawing that the pixies made /really/ made me cry. I think my mother-instinct is going into overdrive (must...have...children... XD). Thank you thank you thank you so much. (And the letter opener was awesome and it is now my default tool (instead of my teeth) for opening letters. :D) I miss you... ;____;

Katja- You were absolutely right, darling. I loved the Tachibana/Kamio drawing you made and literally squee'd out loud when I saw it. ;_______; Thank you so much! :D

Veronique- Thank you so so much for the card and the tenipuri stickers! :D I loved the little snowflakes you stuck to the card, and the fat, green candle you drew was so cute~! XDDD *hugs* Thank you~! :DDD

Happy New Year's everyone!

It's New Year's day on my end, and I wanted to list down all the things I'm grateful for, memorable happenings, and hopeful resolutions for the past year.

(I got the idea from disutansu's Year End Review post, so I hope she doesn't mind. ^_^)

( The Year 2006; May She Rest in Peace. )

Ben and his parents and I went to the city for lunch, and now I'm using the internet at one of the cafes. I don't think I've ever slept so much in such a short span of time... the weather is wonderful!

I also got to wear my new swimsuit top, but I didn't get it wet at all. I made it halfway down the beach before putting my blanket down on the sand and falling asleep. Ben, of course, has used the time to work out like crazy. Before I passed out, he was doing cartwheels and practicing his capoeira. :P

The good news is that I brought some work with me and actually managed to get stuff done in between falling asleep in random places. My thesis storyboards are now halfway done, and I finally finished my Tenipuri Fantasy Fest fic for Sionnan. (Holy crap, it was due half a year ago. 0______o) Also drew out some preliminary sketches for my illustrated literary project with pixxers, so that was good, too.

Can anyone tell me if this is Fujiwara in the reindeer hat? Because I will die if it is.
http://image.blog.livedoor.jp/yoh_s_blog/imgs/b/7/b71f11e4.JPG

(Hallo YOH-santa and Fujiwara-Deer. I DIE NOW KTHNXBAI. KIMMYYYYYYYYYYYY LOOK AT THEMMMMMM!)

I'm spending Christmas with Ben and his family in the province, so I'm going to be off internet radar from the 24th to the 27th. :D They have a farm by the beach and I'm looking forward to the peace and quiet (though not the freezing cold water, lol).

I actually bought a bikini for the occassion, though judging by the weather I'm not sure I'll be able to use it. Ah, well.

Our flight's at 11:30 tomorrow, and we'll be leaving my house at 7am.

Advanced Merry Christmas to all my dear friends! :D May you all receive your heart's desires on Christmas Day.

Maligayang Pasko at Manigong Bagong Taon Sa Inyong Lahat! :D

I'm loving my new layout, courtesy of LJ's lovely custom styles. Nothing makes me happier than popcorn, and as my favourite colors are red and black, this was a godsend. XD

In other news, I have realized that I shall be working on my thesis through the break due to the fact that I won't have time to do so when uni resumes. Feh.

New Post Layout takes a while to get used to, but I suppose it serves well enough.

Pixxers: Three out of the five latest entries on Yoh's blog have him posing with Kam. XDDD Just thought I'd share--> http://yoh.livedoor.biz/

Oh my God I'm backkkkkkkkkkkkkk~! Christmas break has officially started for me, and after last night's back-breaking 5-hour study session for my Nihongo final this morning, it is OVER. ALL OVERRRRRRRRRRRRR~!!!

*wallows in joy*

Tomorrow is the big Lantern parade at the university, the very first time in six years that I don't have to join, lol. I'm going to enjoy just being a spectator for once...

And! And! The Oblation Run tomorrow at noon! (This is a decades-long University tradition where one of the most prominent fraternities in the school celebrate the end of the year by running through the halls of the College of Arts and Letters in the buff.) My mother watches every year (the saucy wench), and I've never been. In her absentia, I realize that I must (wo)manfully take her place. At least one Buenaventura has to be there to watch, after all. XD

Free~ Free, free~! I'm so happy to be free~!

Larian: Sweetie, when the postman gave me my box I was so surprised! Thank you so so much for all the awesome things you sent-- I adore the charm and it's currently hanging on my cell phone. It's lovely~! :D (The peanut butter cups are pretty amazing as well, as I don't think I've ever seen that many in a refrigerator. They're currently in several bowls and tupperware containers, and I fancy I'll be eating them till the new year. THANK you so so much! *blows kisses to you and the lovely elves*) And I thought you'd like to know that the Logan figure is currently molesting my Cyclops while Rogue watches. XDDDDD *hugs hugs* Thank you again~! :D

Helen: I totally got your letter, Ishida's letter (squee squee), and the Gaara pic you drew for my birthday! Thank you so much! You're such a sweetheart~! :DDD

Ai Ling: I got your postcard!! It's so pretty and classy! I love the little Ferris Wheel-looking thing on the buildings, lol. And I can't wait to hang out with you in Tokyo next year, too~! :DDDD

Nickie Ng : Darling, your card was lovely~! :D And I adore the bookmark-- it's so delicate and pretty and I'm kind of scared to use it, lol. Thank you so so much!

Just a quick pimp for all the Filipinos on my Friends List. The site that my brother's company has been developing is now in Alpha, and you can all check it out and join up. :)


(click the image to view the site)

It's basically a community music site where you can browse (and later on purchase) OPM, and also has a nifty calendar of all the popular upcoming music events in the country. It's still in Alpha stage so you can't actually buy the music yet, but if I understand correctly the purchasing should be in Ragnarok format. (Where you buy cards with credit and spend them as you like on the site.)

Whew! Okay, I have now officially sent every single letter out. :D

The following people had Christmas cards sent to them two days ago:

Nicky Ng
SilverRaynbow
MeemoBunny
Winged Memory
MeasuringLife
MiyukiMina
Tsubun

Please expect them 2-4 weeks from now and let me know if/when they arrive? Thanks! *hugs and kisses*

Kimivalkyrie and Kotomine-- I'll see you guys at AME and personally give them to you! :D

I have also finished Christmas shopping for my RL friends and family, so I'm officially ALL DONE this year! XDDD Woohoo!

Hi, all! My mother just sent a laptop from Korea home with my dad, and I'm currently trying to set it up in English. It's a Fujitsu Lifebook A-series, and it's running on Windows XP Home (already installed when it arrived). I'm trying to figure out how to switch the OS language to English, as everything is in Korean and I can't understand the manual (or the dvd it came with, for that matter).

Do any of you know if I should download some sort of add-on from Microsoft or something? (I tried searching for an English language pack, but it's supposed to be built in and I think I'm totally misunderstanding how this whole thing works. ^_^;;)

I know I've got a lot of multi-lingual friends out there, so any help would be greatly appreciated. :) Thank you!

Hi, everyone! :) Nori's holding a Fudomine fanfic/fanart contest at Fudomine.org, so please join and help support everyone's favourite underdogs. XD She asked if I would supply an art commish to the winner of the fiction category, so I'll be supplying that plus a grab bag of Tenipuri goodies as well. (The contest runs until late January).

Join here: http://fudomine.org/contest/

Also of note is the fact that I am in the final phase of my thesis this semester (last sem was writing the actual paper, this sem is shooting the stop motion film), which is why I've been incredibly busy. To that extent, I will be going on Hiatus from now 'til December.

If you need me, I can be found at redtrinity@gmail.com and my RL contact info can be accessed through my userinfo.

See you guys in a month! :D

Has anyone been trying to YM me the past few days? My version stopped working (it won't let me sign on), and it's driving me nuts. Also, I have been buried hip-deep in university stuff. Ugh.

How I hate the beginning of the semester...

Many apologies if anyone has been trying to contact me! (Sorry Pixx-luv... I didn't know you were looking for me! ;________;)

I haven't had time to check LJ at all, but let me just ask real quick if anyone has been posting wish lists! I saw Serenia's already-- does anyone else have lists for me to check out? :D

Probably my last update from Seoul. XD I woke up to find that the temperature had dropped from a lovely cool day to freezing-when-you're-wearing-nothing-but-jeans-and-a-sweater weather, so I'm actually kind of glad I'm going home tonight. XD

Shared my cigs with the cute concierge before going to bed last night, (by myself, NOT with him, lol), and bumped into some friendly Americans in the elevator. All in all, it was a pretty enjoyable trip. Six days here let me familiarize myself with the subway, get a feel for proper behavior, etc.

I've always said that Shanghai was my favourite home-away-from-home, but I think Seoul may be taking its place. Lol. The people are equally friendly and nice in both places, but the stuff here is generally made of better quality. (And I love how they're so Nationalistic-- they really do patronize their own country's items as much as possible.)

Okay, got to "Skip 300" on my f-list and tried to comment as best as I could, but I think I can't go back any further! Lol. So many cool things happened/were released in fandom when I left-- I will definitely be scrabbling around when I get back.

I still have 2 more days to wander around Seoul before I have to go home, and aside from getting lost on the subway a few times (I finally have the hang of it now), nothing too bad happened to me. :) It's been interesting but kind of lonely, and mostly I miss Ben. It's a lot of fun to people-watch, though I'm afraid I've falling back on bad habits. Everyone drinks a lot of coffee here, and mostly I sit around and smoke and draw and drink coffee.

I went on a few tours the first two days but afterwards it was shopping time, and since I didn't have much money I just bought presents and some clothes. Lol. It was fun, because I'd see small things that reminded me of my LJ friends and I spent hours looking at stalls of cute keychains, pens, notebooks, etc. and picking stuff out for christmas.

I've also taken a lot of photos so far, and I brought a lot of work with me and I've managed to make a small-sized dent in it. It's a little hard to concentrate on drawing certain things when I'm outside, because I keep wanting to draw the people walking past/waiting. Koreans have a really awesome sense of fashion-- I love drawing the pretty girls (they really dress up!) and the handsome boys (they all dress like rock stars, lol).

The first time I went to Seoul was more than ten years ago, and I don't remember everyone being this fashionable! XD

Drawn for Kimmy, because omgitsucksmebackinnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn. XDDD

Also updating because I put up my Takuma bromides over at Buchou-spotting. Check out the banana in a tux, looking pensive, and being oh-so-cute. XD http://www.trinitycross.net/taku/gallery.html

*sighs* I'm off to Seoul next week, though I'm thinking that now may not be so good a time to visit South Korea. ^_^;; Oh well. Hopefully everything will be all right.

It's my first trip abroad without a companion, so here's hoping I don't do anything stupid and wind up in jail.

Or dead.

Or in North Korea. ^_^;;

No to Nukes~! D:

serenia: I tried to draw you wearing that awesome-awesome dress you posted pics of a few days ago, but I fudged it up and ended up adlibbing. ^__________^;; GOMEN NASAI! *hugs tight*

Thank you so much for the berfday pwesie, hun. It totally beats the downloads, lol! *hugs and smooches again*

Years from now, when I am filthy rich and living on an island powered by giant hamsters running on treadmills, I will look back on this hellish past few weeks and laugh.

LAUGH, I say.



Will be facing my thesis panel on Monday; pre-deliberations are this Saturday.

Note to self: Never do stop motion animation when your schedule does not allow for it. Sleep is necessary to live.

mother. fucking. typhoon.



this is what used to be the walkway between the faculty center and palma hall at the University of the Philippines. :/




i find it ironic that decorative plants made it through that awful typhoon while this cement electrical post did not.

Whew. It's 10:48 am on September 24, and I'm sitting bleary-eyed in front of my computer and trying to decide if I feel any different.

I can't believe I'm 23.

I spent last night in Eastwood with four of my closest friends, and we spent the evening watching the high school kids walk around in formal shorts and kitten heels (the latest idiotic fashion trend to grace our streets). I was the designated driver so I couldn't even get drunk, lol.

Anyway, as soon as the clock hits midnight the girls (and Ben, of course) sing a really lame (drunk) rendition of Happy Birthday. XD And I look at Tet and Rae and I say "Holy shit, it's official. I've known you guys for a decade."

And then we chatted for a few hours more and then I brought everyone home.

...

...I can't believe I'm 23.

Just got home from getting my driver's license renewed; it was fairly quick and relatively painless, though I look less-than-photogenic on my ID. ;_; (I was surprised when the guy announced he'd already taken my picture... my face looks rather pained on the pic.) ^_^;;

In any case, I had a few minutes to kill before I have to leave again, so I scanned in this watercolor of House. ^_^

( i have hugh on the brain. XD )

And by the way, Andi-who-is-my-little-pirate-sister: I LOVE YOU.

That is all.

I've been feeling incredible ups and downs for the past two days, brought on mostly by lack of sleep and personal disappointments. I'm amazed at how small things can really get me up, though, and even more amazed by the fact that I am taking no drugs/medication/alcohol whatsoever.

The human body is a strange and frightening thing. XD

In any case, various updates to various things:


House/Wilson portrait, because sometimes sleeping next to each other is more powerful than sleeping /with/.

( Sleeping. )

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Changed my personal blog's layout yet again. I know, I'm a bit obsessive with it. ^_^;; It now features one of the pieces I did a while back, "Someone is Watching You". It's a sci-fi landscape, but I like how the colors turned out.

View it here: http://lizzbuenaventura.com/

If anyone on LJ wants entries from there to show up on their f-list, friend this RSS feed: http://syndicated.livejournal.com/lizztrinity/profile

I don't post to both these journals simultaneously, as I'm keeping fandom here and personal stuff there.

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Also, my birthday is coming up on the 24th of this month. If anyone wants to write (or draw!) me House/Wilson gruffy! conversation fic, I'd be your love-slave for a year.

Well.

Maybe not a year. Six months, tops. ;D

Fic wishlist--> Prince of Tennis: Tachibana and Chitose interaction, House MD: House/Wilson (any) Foreman/Chase (any), RPS: Hugh Laurie/Robert Sean Leonard (snark makes me happy), X-men: Scott/Logan (their tension is oh-so-obvious), and last but not least: Karl Urban. In any way, shape, or form. Fic'd, drawn, shot on shaky camera phone, etc. XDDD

*hugs all around*

Have a big exam on Thursday for Nihongo, so I have to spend Tuesday and Wednesday studying my little ass off.

In the meantime, I've cleared all my commissions and can take a breather for the next couple of day. (Thank you, world. You have excellent timing.)

<3

Also, I finally decided to buy a domain name with my real name. I've been meaning to study PHP for a while now, and learning how to use the word press engine seemed like a decent place to start. If anyone's interested, I'll be posting non-fandom related blog posts there from now on:

http://lizzbuenaventura.com

Of course, the super-duper secret stuff, art, fandom stuff, etc. will still go here, so unless you're interested in Trinity!RLperson, the domain's a pretty frivolous link.

*hugs all around*

EDIT: Made an LJ RSS feed for my blog above, so feel free to friend the link below:
http://syndicated.livejournal.com/lizztrinity/

It's been a trying, tiring, weepy, past few days.

Red Threads had a dissatisfied client over a particularly difficult art commission, and I've been alternating between being so-tired-that-I-want-to-just-fucking-quit and just plain tired. I miss seeing the girls face-to-face... drawing together is what used to make this /fun/. Now we see each other to drop off pencils or inks or colors, and that's just if we're lucky. Mostly we just email each other our assignments. ^__^;;

Maybe it's the human contact I miss. Whenever I have a lot of work, I tend to hole myself up and don't leave unless I have a class. (And yay, today was my final mid-term. Bon voyage, marketing class! :D)

Still, there is a silver lining in all clouds, and mine is on Tuesday this coming week. That's the final shipping date for every standing plushie order that Red Threads has due, and I am so relieved I could /dance/. :) I was even able to put in free gifts in all the packages (as an apology for our lateness), and soon I will be free! :D (I got to make Jake Sparrow! And Clark Kent! Woohoo. Pictures soon.)

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Apologies to the F-list for not being around much (as in at all) the past few days, but I will soon be back with a vengeance. XD In the meantime, please indulge me in the showing off of the present that the lovely Serenia made for me! :DDD

( TACHIBANA CROSS-STITCHED MAKES ME HAPPY! )

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( Commission Sample - Painting. )

Starting to feel a little bit like a psycho, as I dyed my hair yet again. I am now no longer a blonde, but a redhead. -_-;;

Old hair/new hair comparison behind the cut. And yes, I realize that changing your hair color twice in as many months is an insane thing to do. I actually don't know what got into me, but I vow to restrain myself from future hair disasters. For the next four months, at least. ^_^;;

( Whee. )

I'm probably the last person in this country to squee over this (news travels slowly when one doesn't watch tv), but the Fab Five are coming to Manila next weekend and I want to see them! Lol.

I hope I'll have time, but the news brief said they'd be hitting the Ayala malls and giving fashion/lifestyle advice. *bites lip*

Man, I'd /kill/ to see Carson in RL. He's like, the quintessential gay man. I love him so.

It's my dad's birthday tomorrow! :D

Ari taught me a phrase to say to him in Chinese, and I've been practicing in my spare time: Chi duo yi dian dan gao! (Eat more cake!) XDDD

Mom and I bought him a coffee crunch cake (which I sneakily suggested because coffee crunch cake = LOVE), and I just wrapped some CDs for him. Yay~! Mom and I are prepared for Dad's birthday... (I think my brother bought him an audio book, lol.)

I took this picture with Ben at lunch today-- we were eating sushi at a nearby minimall and I had my phone out, so I smushed my head next to his and took it.



My roots are showing; I really need to buy hairdye. ^_^;;

Now I'm off to make more plushies. Yay for plushies! XD

Oh-kay. T_T What a freakin' day.

I'm feeling incredibly pensive and sad and happy and fucked-up and yeah. All at the same time and I. Just. Don't know WHY.

On the upside, I got a lot of plushy-related stuff done. On the downside, I feel like I'm a zombie. I don't know what's wrong with me.

I'm getting horribly hormonal and I've been ping-ponging between emotions like crazy. I cried my eyes out when I watched Sixth Sense (going through a lot of movies for my thesis), hugged my mom like there was no tomorrow when she got home, and laughed into the plushy heads that I was painting.

Seriously.

There is something TOTALLY wrong with me today. T_T

helphelphelpmybrainismeltinggggggggggggggggg

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Edit: Holy crap!! Princess Princess D ep 2 = *______________*

This show cannot be ANY GAYER. It just. It just CANNOT. IT HAS BROKEN MY BRAIN. T_____T




...i watch this show only to see how far they will go. No, really. T_T

( Gay. Gay. Gay. )

Asked my dad for money for tutoring expenses this evening.

I know he loves me and I know he doesn't mean it, but gosh-- he always makes me feel like dirt whenever I ask him for money. -_-;;

In the end, I ended up telling him that the amount I needed was only half of what it really was; will just bite the bullet and pay for the other half. *sighs*

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In other news, my tutor today was ten kinds of awesome. :> Having someone go one-on-one with you is really great. ^_^

Japanese. Japanese. Japanese. Japanese. Japanese. Japanese. Japanese. Japanese. Japanese. Japanese. Japanese. Japanese.Japanese. Japanese. Japanese. Japanese. Japanese. Japanese. Japanese. Japanese. Japanese. Japanese. Japanese. Japanese. Japanese. Japanese. Japanese. Japanese. Japanese. Japanese. Japanese. Japanese. Japanese. Japanese. Japanese. Japanese. Japanese. Japanese. Japanese.

I needed a break.

Instead, I went out and got myself a tutor.

*weeps softly into her textbook*

(Dear Professor: Learning the entire Hiragana and Katakana alphabet in four days is a little much, don't you think?) T___T

I get two days of rest.

Next week it'll be knocked down to just one.

WHY OH WHY DID MY WORK HAVE TO EXPLODE ON A WEEKEND??

*buries head in hands*

I thought I'd be able to finish some commissions earlier than the projected timetable, but it looks like I'll be giving them on deadline after all. >_<

EDIT:

Dear World,

Please to be stopping with the FUCKING UP OF TRINITY'S SCHEDULE, kthnx.
HOW COULD I HAVE FORGOTTEN MY COSGROUP GOING TO TOYCON TODAY???
AND HI, DAD: OUR BIG FAMILY FATHER'S DAY SPENDING TIME TOGETHER? AT THE SAME TIME, YES?
AND ALSO WITH THE WORK-RELATED RUSH JOB? THE POSTER IS FINE. PLEASE TO BE STOPPING WITH ALL THE "LAST MINUTE REVISIONS" K, THNX. T_______T

No Love,
Triniteh

*loves on Helen* HEY THERE, BAY-BEE~! :DDD *GLOMP GLOMP LOVE*

*sends kisses to Kat* WOO-HOO!!

*picks up Andi and twirls her round and round* LITTLE SIS MOVED UP!!!

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In other news, Hapon 10-11 was not so brain-squeezing today. Got through my first test and my first graded recitation without fucking up, which I am immensely grateful for.

Thank you, powers-that-be, for sparing me further humiliation (the self-introduction was embarassing enough, as I stood in a roomfull of ichinensei (first years) yelling "Firipin daigaku no nananensei desu!!") XDDDD ("I'm a seventh-year student of the University of the Philippines, whut!")

I am so grateful that this is my thesis year. Second major be damned, if I stay any longer I'll turn into a PRUNE. PRUNE!LIZZY. PRUNE!LIZZY WILL BE OLD AND WRINKLY AND WEIRD.

...more so than I usually am, anyway. :P

Had one of my wisdom teeth taken out earlier today and now that all the drugs have worn off my face feels like it's going to explode. WHY HELLO THAR, THROBBING, GAPING OPEN WOUND.

...

On the upside, I got to keep my tooth. IT IS HUGE AND I WILL MAKE IT A NECKLACE AND WEAR IT TO ALL SOCIAL EVENTS.

...i am babbling and in much pain. T_T

EDITED.

Look! This is my toothhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. T_T



...every time I look at it, I am tempted to put it back in my mouth. RESIST THE URGE!!!

Andhera .: "Together I want to..."
lizz: "run away with him into the sunset"
Andhera .: You know he has to use ever fibre of self restraint from saying "have sex"
lizz: XDDDDD
lizz: we have filthy minds
lizz: of course, konomi probably meant for him to say "win nationals"
lizz: or something equally boring
lizz: i like our version better
Andhera .: nobody ever thinks of tennis when sweating that profusely
lizz: oh god
Andhera .: it's LIES
Andhera .: if anyone tells you so


...ahh. Fandom, I've missed you so. XD

And also, because I realized that I'd never actually posted it before: New hair under the cut. XD

( I'm cosplaying Soubi at the Red Threads booth on Saturday's LOcon. Hence the hair. )

It's been a tiring, tiring week.

Thank you so much to my F-list for giving words of support and hugs when I left. You guys will never know how grateful I am for your kindness. ;_;

For those who are interested in finding out what happened, it's all behind the cut.

( The low-down. )

In other news, the comic book launch last Sunday went okay. The Otaku Manga Zine's printers were able to pick up the colors pretty well, (there were a lot of typos that the editor missed, though), but all in all I was pretty pleased with the turn-out. (The entire book is in Taglish. -_-;; And no, Red Threads had nothing to do with any of the scripts.)

The launch was on the same day that the Mall of Asia first opened, so it was incredibly packed. (There was a lot of stuff going on in other parts of the mall.) Wikkipedia lists the Mall of Asia as the third largest mall in the world, which I find ironic because it is stuffed into a very tiny country. XD

In any case, here are sample pages of the two stories we worked on: Always and Zodiac. (I removed the dialogue for obvious reasons.)



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"Pinwheel"
Kamio, Tachibana

His friends all think that he’s chasing after something, legs pumping furiously as his arms cut through the air at his sides.

Shinji often mumbles that maybe he’s chasing after another pretty girl who’ll make him blush and stammer and hide, and the others think much the same. (The only difference being that he’s running after another pretty /boy/.)

Kamio lets them think what they want, because only he knows the truth.

He doesn’t run because he’s trying to catch something, he runs because he’s trying to stay ahead.

He started playing tennis so he wouldn’t have to go home immediately after school, stretching his afternoon out as long as it would go.

As rundown as Fudomine is… it’s still better than home.

He runs and runs, and the day Tachibana comes is not the day he stops, but the day that he learns to /sprint/.


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Still haven't come back.

I just needed to write something.

I never thought I gave a shit about my jewelry until the jeweller melted it into a lump of gold right in front of me. Desperate times, and all that.

My apologies for not being able to reply to comments yet, but I've been experiencing a little difficulty at home recently.

Due to this, I'm not certain when I'll be online next.

This journal is on HIATUS until further notice.