michael_lobster, when I visit you in a month's time I pray The Little Big Planet Shadow of the Colossus/ICO pack will be out.

:D

found at reverancepavane's lj

So the hives? Really, it's a rash. That's caused by a penicillin allergy. D:

Boo to strep throat. Yay for antibiotics.

Hey guys. The wildfires are still happening in Australia. If you can, please donate to the Australian Red Cross or another relief organization. Thank you.

Said while talking to sidneyeileen:

"People get emo sometimes and that's okay. The difference between being emo sometimes and being emo as a lifestyle is the difference between falling off a horse and getting back on or falling off a horse and staring at the horse's ass."

Happy SDF-1 Macross Launch Day!
Bwahahaha. My friends and I are rewatching the first Macross series right now.

Here's a good primer for the entire series, excluding Macross Zero and Macross Frontier

And here's my favorite song from my favorite version of Macross: Voices from Macross Plus

There is an event in Japan in Akihabara today entitled: Macross: The Super Dimension Space Launching Ceremony ~It's Really 2009 Already...It's 2/22 (Nyan Nyan Nyan), Deculture!~
Oh, Japan.

For those who don't know, Macross is an old mecha/space drama anime series from the '80s that is also known for its pacifistic viewpoint to war and pop songs. You have to see it to believe it.

Macross is also the basis for the first 30 or so episodes of Robotech.

Sorry guys, this is one of those soapbox issues with me (Internet, privacy and Reading Between the Lines) and I have to rant.

So I want to buy this doujinshi. The seller uses Paypal. I don't have an account and I sign up for one. I sign up for the account, put in my necessary credit card information, everything is going great. Except when I go to send money to the seller. That's when I learn I have a limit on my account of $0.00. What's this? This was never mentioned in any of the easy to read information and the privacy policy.

But it's okay! says Paypal. You merely have Verify your account with us. And by Verify we mean you only have 1 of 2 options: 1)Link up your bank account with us. Don't worry, it's safe! 2)Sign up for our PayPal credit card!

Fuck. That. Shit.

I try and see what if there is any other way to Lift the Limit on my account. Any FAQ question, explanation of what "Verify" and "Limit" are in the Handy and Easy Pop up definitions point out, over and over again, that the only way to Lift the Limit is to link your bank account to your PayPal account (or sign up for a credit card you don't need).

Then I see the "Help" icon. I click on it and search for "adding a credit card". Because it occurs to me that, due to what a friend has said, my credit card isn't really verified. Even though they had me enter it and "verified/confirmed" it right at sign ups. As I check the Help menu, I see instructions for exactly what I need.

Success! Only, wait.

I can confirm my credit card, but only by having PayPal charge me $1.50, having the verification code show up on my statement and then, only after I input the statement, will a refund be issued.

FAIL PAYPAL.

I cannot cook. Evidence of this is in the form of my favorite meal being macaroni and cheese from the box.

Yet even that is above my attempts as witnessed earlier.

I am pouring the milk to mix with the powdered cheese flavor packet when I notice the milk is rather...slow to come out the container. And creamy looking. And then the smell of nutmeg and preservatives hit as I realize I have poured egg nog in the pasta/cheese/butter mixture. I ate it. But this ranks right up there with the "seriously, I have tried to hard boil an egg three times now. It's not working." incident.

New Years Eve was the best evening I've had in a very long time, hands down.

( Pictures, overuse of capslock and exclamation points ensue )

Now to sleep.

From cleolinda:
Official Hot Topic Twilight body glitter

AND

The Twilight Before Christmas

Hey everyone. Still here, my life has been consumed by trying to get into graduate school. Honestly one of the most stressful times of my life. I should have it all completed by December 1st.

Went to the steampunk convention; it was a blast and I am definitely going to the one in July. I will try and post pictures on Saturday.

And any Escaflowne fans will probably want to listen to this rap for a familiar theme.

And here's a Punjabi rap that uses the Knight Rider theme (at least, I'm pretty sure the language is Punjabi. I could be horribly, horribly wrong).

The precious Internet has been restored. Now I can get back to doing Important Things on it...like watching anime and gathering steampunk references on deviantart.

DUDE. I JUST LEARNED ABOUT THIS CON.

Sewing costume now. :D

I have moved once more!
But I have no reliable internet.
BBL.

aceofspades13: dammit
aceofspades13: I want an angstily hot vampire boyfriend
wiredclover: Who glitters in the sun with scintillating arms?
aceofspades13: oh yes
wiredclover: I want one with angel wings
wiredclover: there must be a way to resolve this issue
aceofspades13: other than hound the after school LARPing community?

wiredclover: how do you like twilight?
_lime_:HAHAHAHHA
_lime_:HAHAHAHHAHAHA
_lime_:YOU CAN NEVER MAKE FUN OF ME FOR READING ANNE RICE OR HAMILTON
_lime_:EVER
_lime_:AGAIN

Eight hours before my last Final Exam as I stress and worry and read articles on the world of archaeology in light of NAGPRA and Kennewick Man it finally hits me:

I'm going to lose my free access to all of the online databases.

Now graduation stings a little.

Yay for Macross Frontier. You are my Gundam00 for this season and I think I like you better if only for the fact that you are the dorama of the Macross franchise. Snarky pretty boy who wants to pilot a mech? Silly girl who is following Minmay's path and who has a ::GASP:: deep, dark, sekrit? Egotistical pop star who I might actually like? And references everywhere to past Macross series? I am so there. I'm just waiting for a hardcore Macross Plus reference and I will be happy.

I also can't stop listening to this song. Yoko Kanno strikes again.

Using a red felt tipped pen to mark all over an archaeology paper as I use it in analysis for my research presentation due next Saturday makes me feel like such an academic as never before.