Thursday, April 26, 2012

The randomness that is my imagination.

About two weeks ago, I noticed that I hadn't really drawn anything for a long time so I took it upon myself to do some doodling (partially at the request of my friends ahaha)~


Since the only other thing I really have to talk about is a game I've recently fallen in love with (more on that later!) and I can't be bothered to type about that today, here is instead a tiny collection of a few of the doodles that I'm happy with:


My guy best friend as a girl in a dress. PAYBACK FOR MAKING MEH BLUSH, SKY.

My darling Ali as an alpaca. I call this creation... Alipaca. I know, I know, I'm a genius. /shot


The one on top was a request from Sky as cover art for his cover of Miku's song 'Little Wings';
the one below that is a matching picture I drew for myself to go along with his. ♥
Uh, no copyright anything infringement thingie intended! It's just fanart~

DOES ANYONE KNOW HOW TO MAKE THIS THING SMALLER BUT NOT TINY?! WTF IT'S MASSIVE TT___TT;;
And finally, a mini comic thingie I drew, inspired by a silly conversation with a friend.
In case you're not in the know, that is Bya from KHR with a slight... make-over, courtesy of
our favorite pineapple! /stabbed
(Bear in mind: The super-pretty picture of Byakuran in the top left corner of the first panel isn't mine,
I'm so sorry I don't know whose it is. T__T;;
I'm only using it here because I was too lazy to draw a gorgeous bishie Bya
but if anyone is upset with it, I'll remove/replace it at a (probably much later) date. ^__^;;)
Note: Neither Katekyo Hitman Reborn, nor Skylark-kun, nor Ali nor the concept for 'Little Wings' belong to me. This was all done for fun~ ♥


Also, remember they're just doodles! Don't judge how terrible they might look, I swear my usual work is better pffft.


-A.
xo


PS: If anyone was wondering about that game I've fallen for, it's called My Forged Wedding, it's by Voltage, it's an iPhone game and asdfghjkl I love it so much. I might dedicate a blog entry to review it! *goes to hide now*

Monday, April 2, 2012

My new shower curtain.

Okay I know this is an odd one, but bear with me.


I love my new shower curtain. Does that sound creepy? It's blue and stripy and it has fish on it. Here, I'll show you a photo.


Excuse the bad lighting~ I need to get a new bulb for the bathroom.


It's perfect, right?


asdfghjkl;


I can't remember where we bought it from, but damn it's so cute! ...I sound crackers here, don't I? Alright, here's a list of why me new shower curtain is awesome:


a) It's blue. Blue is cool. Period.


b) It has fish. Fish are amazing. C'mon, who doesn't love fish?




c) It's in my bathroom and I'm awesome. True story. /Barney reference /shotdead


d) It goes with my decor! Most of my bathroom is white and the door is blue. It matches.


Need to get that lock fixed... Geez, today wasn't the best day for photos, huh?


e) It matches my shower cap! No, I won't show you. Just take my word for it. Seriously.


f) The fish, guys. LOOK HOW CUTE


Can you tell I love this iPhone app a little too much?


I think that's quite a long list. I love my new shower curtain. Problem?


xo
A~


PS~ A large amount of cheese was consumed before writing this. I take no responsibility for how stupid this post may or may not sound to ordinary human ears. I may or may not be hyperactive right now.


PPS~ Photos are my own and taken by myself, obviously~ I had fun with this!

Dear You,

you'll know who you are if you ever somehow stumble across this and read it.


I won't start with the clichéd 'I just wanted to say...' because there's nothing simple about the words that want to spill out of my mouth. They can't be summarized neatly in one sentence - they hardly make any sense in my head as it is. I suppose a thank you is due to be there somewhere but I don't know if I can bring myself to mean it. Guess I'll just wing it, as I usually do.


I know how much you hate these things. These sentimental... notes, if you will. But I'm not giving this one to you. I'm not presenting you with pretty colored paper or a carefully rolled up scroll wrapped in ribbon. You can read it through to the end, or you can stop right here and close your browser, snap shut your smartphone or press the home button on your tablet computer.


Or you might have seen the title of this blog post and decided it would be a bad idea to read it. That's fine by me. These words are just as much for me as they are for you, so even if you never so much as learn of their existence or if you see them the minute after I've posted them - they're still important to me.


I suppose that's another thing you hate. How everything is so important to me. Well, you never hated it per se, I don't think, but it bothered you in the very least. I won't apologize though, since you always told me there's not point in doing so.


Do you know the song, by the way? Dear You? It's by one of the Vocaloids, KAITO I believe, but I like Clear-san's version the best. It also was a theme from Higurashi, if I'm not mistaken. I think you watched it. Pretty sure you read some of it, at least.


No, the song's lyrics don't describe how I feel. I merely thought the title was fitting for my post and it would bug me if you didn't know where I took it from.


So do you remember when I told you I'd made this for you?


The brightness on this photo is awful... Oops. That's a well, by the way.

Let's go through the contents, shall we...


Stars, lots and lots of stars. Well alright, only 16 of them, but still.

I can't remember whether or not I told you that I'd numbered all the stars and written a memory timeline of sorts on them. Since I doubt it'll ever reach you due to the fact that I'm putting it in the bin once I've finished writing this, I'll tell you what they all said.


1. The day I met you.
I'll admit this memory's a little hazy. Back then you were just my classmate's annoying friend; I didn't know what I was in for.


2. Our first phone call.
It was awkward and you couldn't understand how I'd gotten your number; we talked about manga and Vampire Knight.


3. The first manga you lent me.
Vampire Knight Volume 1. I'll never forget the instant liking I took to the 'bad guy' and how much I teased Kaname-san.


4. The first school lunchtime we spent together.
I must be such an idiot for remembering this. Or I simply have an amazing memory. It was in the library - the first time I'd spent a whole lunch there again after months of sitting outside for those 40 minutes each day.


5. Our arguments over Fullmetal Alchemist.
Well didn't this turn out to be interesting... Who knew I'd fall in love with it and become a huge fan of Roy/Ed?


6. "Arigatou", by Kokia
I don't have much to say about this one. I recall you getting me to listen to it when we were walking home from school together; I cried. Remember?


7. That first picture you drew of me you gave me.
It was in a cutesy K-ON! style, I believe. I took the laminated sheet off my wall when we had to repaint the house, but it's in my personal art folder now.


8. The day you told me about your first crush.
That was cute. You were so... tsundere about it. Couldn't think of a more fitting word. You can deny it, that's just my opinion.


9. "Best Friend", by Kiroro.
Do you remember when we chose theme songs for everyone? And you picked Only Human by K and Bad Apple by Touhou Project for me and I chose Communication Breakdance by Super Butter Dog (I couldn't then and still can't get over that name...) and Onegai Sweetheart by Fukuhara Kaori for you after I elected Best Friend by Kiroro as our theme song? You 'aww'ed when you searched the lyrics.


10. The first time you told me about Hetalia.
I hated it - then grew to love it. Déja vu FMA, anyone?


11. Our first comic-con together.
"Look guys, Amy found a leek!" Still my favorite moment, I think.


12. Our first midnight phone call.
Oh my, how those escalated, hmm.


13. The day I told you (confirmed, more like) Edgeworth's identity.
I was petrified. I nearly cried I was so worried about what your reaction would be. I was shocked at how normal you were about it. 


14. The first time you comforted me over Edgeworth.
I was crying my eyes out... What's new?


15. The time I confessed.
I was as red as a tomato...


16. The first time you kissed my cheek.
Forget tomato, think more along the lines of Grell. Chainsaw included.


Heh, this was all so long ago wasn't it? There's far more I could have, and wanted to, include but making stars gets boring and repetitive after a while. A short while, at that. I'm surprised I stuck through to sixteen.


We had our moments, good and bad. I made stars for the good, but what about the bad?


The times I was rude and cold and pushed you away, the times I forced you to listen to my whinging for endless hours, the times I played 'hard to get' just because I could, the times we had petty arguments that ended with us not talking properly to each other? The times you made me worry, the times I insulted the things you cared about and held dear to you?


The times you snapped at me and I overreacted more than I should have, the times I disagreed with the things you said - even though you were right, the times I got angry with you when I had no right to?


There are so many more, both happy and sad, but what good would it do to name them all?


I was happy a lot during the course of our friendship, I like to think - but it was never perfect. No matter how much I wanted to believe it was, I would be an utter fool to call it that. No matter how happy I was, it seems to me now that there was always something slightly off though that feels more like me looking back in hindsight than an actual memory.


If there's anything I can say I've learnt, it's that nothing is ever perfect. I guess that's a stupid thing to have discovered through two and a half years of... something, but it's important to me.


Here's an odd thing, though. I thought I was devastated. When I got home on the 21st of March I was crying and shaking and in disbelief. But... In the days that followed, I was happier. I got more work done. I became more motivated both at home and in school. I felt... Free? Is that the right word? I don't know what to call it, but it was... Better.


We no longer argued, you weren't constantly annoyed by my presence and I wasn't irritated by your little mannerisms that usually wound me up. We weren't really talking any longer - yet it hurt a whole lot less than I expected it to.


You appeared happier, too, from the times I saw you around. I don't know if that's true or not, but if it is then I'm only happy for you. My words from all that time ago still stand true - if you ever need me, I'm here. But I doubt you do and that you ever again will; I'm alright with that.


Once upon a time I would have signed off here with a long-winded apology and an emotional 'thank you for everything' but... I've learnt 'sorry's don't mean anything at all and 'thank you's are just words; words without actions are meaningless.


There, that's another thing you've taught me, you know.


Ah well. It was a good run and I believe it was worth it. I hope you do, too.


xo
A


PS~ Photo snapshots are my own and edited roughly. Sorry about that.

Saturday, March 17, 2012

Happy St. Patrick's Day~

Woah, the last time I blogged was January... How time flies. *disbelieving blink* There goes my resolution to blog more ahahaha~


School's been super-stressful lately and I lost motivation in writing for a while - but thanks to (oddly enough) my Math teacher and some close friends, I'm back!


Did ya miss me? OwO /shot

I won't whinge about school and exams and stress; nothing new there! Today's blog entry shall be about a certain friend of mine... Let's call him Jack. Jack Cheese~ (No, that's not his real name.)


My very accurate portrait of him

I was talking to him earlier and he suggested I dedicate a blog entry to him, so...

Sometime in August last year I made a new friend (from America) through a website called deviantART~ We got talking and she told me about one of her long-time friends that she'd like to introduce me to... Hence Jack and I got to know one other~

The very first conversation we ever had was a three-way chat with the friend I mentioned earlier. I can't quite recall what we talked about, but I do remember laughing a lot and thinking how lovely these people were.

The day after, I saw him online in my contacts list but was way too nervous to say anything - he was practically a stranger and he probably didn't want to talk to me, was what I figured. To my surprise, though, he greeted me shortly after I logged online; we ended up chatting about guns and gaming for a few hours~

We gradually got to know each other better and he's now one of my closest friends~

You're awesome~ TwT

However. He's totally and utterly crackers. Truly. *insert laughing fit here* My proof? Here is a small selection of quotes, straight from him:

"So if you were a tomato... How would you feel about growing upside-down?"

I don't know. Ask a tomato?

"You know, I'd really like to open a restaurant for ants. Then they could, y'know, eat the food and bring it to their queen."

"I wish I could stick this iPod to my face..."

Am I fashionable yet?! ♥

"Alice, I just thought of something... What if I named my child Diary? Then when people write Dear Diary, they'd write to him or her!"

"...I wouldn't want to slap people with my wiener. *silence* It's a pun! It's funny because it's true!"

"I just found out dragons don't fly with their heads... /sadface"

MY CHILDHOOD WAS A LIE?!

"I want to see how dangerous this thing is if I walk into it--- Ooh, it's dangerous! It kills me!"

...Bear in mind that he said all of this during the course of one phone call. Isn't he a darling? *tears of laughter streaming down face*


I love the crazy idiot though... Keep being awesome, dude. I'm really glad we became friends~ /end soppy moment/


Happy St. Patrick's Day, everyone! 


Enjoy my sloppy doodles ahaha!
-A.
xo~

Monday, January 2, 2012

Happy New Year!

So... I noticed just now that I only ever feel the motivation to blog about something (anything) when I have more important things to do that I really don't want to do.


What I should be doing

What I am actually doing


Anyway.


First off, Happy New Year! I personally don't believe in this whole 2012-end-of-the-world thingie, but hey, it's a free country. If that's your thing, feel free to believe it.



Basically, I feel really lazy and don't want to revise for my Latin, therefore I'm going to blog about something. I was also guilt-tripped into blogging. Don't ask. (I love you mom! ♥)

My topic for blogging is...

2011! *original*

So... Things I achieved in 2011 should come first, I guess. (Not in order. Probably not accompanied by doodles.)

1. I dyed my hair! ...Not all of it. But I have black ends and pink highlights, as you can tell from my doodles!

2. School, exams, blah blah. As and A*s all-round, etc. Good year for me, education-wise.

3. I... *stumped* Uhh. Hmm.

4. Wrote a letter to America! Yup.

5. Confessed to someone I like. (After being nagged for weeks. *sheepish face*)

6. Went to Brighton. That was a good trip. ♥

7. Running out of things...!

8. Went ice skating twice. Gosh, that was fun.

9. Went to see Versailles Philharmonic Quintet live in London asdfghjkl; (Why was this not at the top of my list, why?! Will never forget this. Best night ever. Would post a photo, but camera weren't allowed. If you don't know what I'm on about, Go Google It. *Vocaloid reference* Google that, too.)

10. Watched Katekyo Hitman Reborn and loved it. It changed the way I saw numbers forever. Math class = suddenly fun. (Google it. Seriously. You'll love it.) eg = the year 1869 suddenly has a whole new meaning. An impossible one. /shot

Also - 11. Pineapples became a source of great amusement.

12. I made a blog. (Duh.)

13. I acquired an iPod Touch... (And now can't live without it pfft) /running out of more important things ahaha~

14. I made a Twitter account... Uh, what else...?

15. Urgh, I'll think of something and add it later. You can edit these post things, right? ♥

16. Oh, I started watching Jigoku Shoujo (or Hell Girl. Google it. You will not regret it.)

Yeah, so that was 2011.

Now... 2012.

Hmm. I don't know what to say about it. The Olympics are this year, so that's always something to look forward to. What else...? *thinks*

I have so many mock exams in January, and I'm nervous as hell. Wish me luck...

New Year = New Year's Resolutions, right?

I'd like to blog more. This I should really do. So yeah, that can be a resolution. Oh, and school and exams and family and stuff. Yeah, that too. *so detailed orz*

Okay this post looks dull so I shall add a doodle... Now!


Yeah, I'd better go work. This procrastination isn't good on my conscience.

...

*can't resist staying on to post a few more lines*

Alright, well I'd like to wish everyone a happy new year and lots of luck with everything! Aren't I nice? ♥

What else can I add without sounding crazy? *thinking*...

Yeah, that's about it.

I'll edit this post later. It doesn't look right to me at the moment. *fussy*

-A.
xxx

PS~ Doodles are mine. ♥






Monday, November 21, 2011

Hair~

Alright guys, today I have a really fun topic to talk about: hair. After all, I did promise a more entertaining blog entry last time! I hope this is good enough~


I have a lot of work to do, and not enough time to do it~ My posts may not be regular for a short period of time. ♥




Don't you think that it's one of the most amazing things about a person~? I mean, just by looking at their hair you can tell what sort of person they are!


(Not that I spend time analyzing peoples' hair. Ahem.)


For example, if they style it on a regular basis, you know that they generally care about what it looks like!




Or say they have really dry split ends... Either they neglect their hair, or they heat-style it regularly, right~?




I'm not saying that that's always the case~ But from past experiences, those two examples, among many others that I could bring to your attention, are quite true~


Now. Moving the boring part to the side, I shall talk about what I really wanted to: a certain guy in my college who has got the most amazing hair.




For law purposes or whatever, I shouldn't disclose him name so I shall dub him 'X'.




X has got the. Most. Gorgeous. Hair. If I could talk about anyone's hair for hours on end, it would be his. It's soft (Alright fine, it LOOKS soft. I haven't touched it. Yet.) quite long, and utterly sleek and smooth. It has absolutely no kinks in it, it's straight jet black and always looks picture perfect!


I tried to draw it.




I couldn't do him justice.


So, I tried to look online for a reference! He's Japanese, I believe, and sorta reminds me of a J Rocker. His face is perfectly proportionate, his complexion flawless and his manners impeccable. (Sorry for sounding like an idiot. No, I'm not in love with him. I merely think he's stunning.)


But. He doesn't wear make-up, nor does he color his hair and his fashion sense is like that of an ordinary American highschooler!


Finding reference: impossible.


But you can't say I didn't try! Here's more or less what his hair looks like~




(Found on a forum... Sorry, I'm not sure I can remember which one. No copyright infringement intended. *blurs away like crazy on PS*)
Pretty, right? Only it's much neater at the top (his doesn't stick up), smoother (the sideburns are closer to his face~) and... Flickier? Is that a word? It should be a word. It's an amazing description of his hair.


It flicks away at the front in all the right places and frames his face perfectly!! ♥ (Unlike the picture~)


...Ahem.


On second thoughts, that picture doesn't look much like it. My doodle was better.


So, that's my rant about his hair done.


What else can I say about hair...?


Oh yes. Don't you hate leg hairs? And ingrown hairs? And eyebrows that just won't stay neatly groomed? Yeah. Me too.


...*long pause*


Well, I'm busy with work and blah blah blah, so for now - I'm out. I would say more, but I'm running outta tiiimeee~


Ciao 'till later! ♥


-A.
xxx


PS~ Doodles are mine, mosaic/blurred photo isn't.
PPS~ Doodles were very very rushed. Sorry they're not as good as they could be. *worried look* I'll try harder next time, I promise!! ♥

Thursday, November 17, 2011

Work...

Argh! Y'know, I think education is designed to kill us.


So much work, revision, studying... So many exams, papers, projects! I just don't have the time!

Plus, I really wanna get some sorta fun part-time job to take my mind off things~ But what?! Seriously.

Education = Death.


For the moment, for me, at any rate. Not for everyone, and never forever~ That is all.

-A.
xxx

PS~ Next blog post shall be more interesting.