Mario Kart DS

I have a bone to pick with this game.

Not for its awesome racing nor battle games that it offers,

but purely the logic of it.
You may be puzzled as to why I would question such an epic game;

"Why are you doing this to such a beloved past time?"

"Have you no respect for the sheer delight it consistantly provides you with?"

"What am I doing in your room?"

Silence!

It shall all make sense in a couple of minutes.

You see, my friends,

when I play this game, I demand maximum enjoyment.

I want to become 1st;

I want to see that trophy float in mid air saying that my racing skills are Star material -

not A, not B, not C, but a shiny, yellow mutha ucking star.

And yet, while I race, I want all the cool cheating tools:

The Flying Bullet
_____________The Gold Mushroom

_____________________________The Red Turtle

_________________________________________The Crazy Star

And yet, I can only get these items if I am in 7th or 8th place.

Because ultimately, this game is about giving the crappy drivers a chance to catch up;

to make something of their meaningless lives.

But what about those that are in 1st place?

Do you think we enjoy constantly getting Banana Peels and Pretend Chance Boxes?

Do you think it's 'good fun' when the unavoidable Blue Turtle hits us into oblivion?

What I'm trying to say, Mr.Nintendo,

is to think about the little guys, that always come first.

Give us a chance to win and have fun at the same time.

That's all I ask.

Yours Sincerely,

_____________Karen Ly

I just want some shut eye time

Thought I'd might share with everyone that I have a sleep paralysis. Don't worry, it's not a disease or anything, i just have a f---ed up sleeping pattern causing me to go into this 'outer body experience', says Wikipedia. Basically, some function inside your brain is alert but your body is actually asleep, causing you to panic because you think you're awake but your body refuses to move. I'm pretty sure this is common with a lot of people, especially with those that have irregular sleeping schedules eg. myself.

Symptoms:

• sleeping face up or supine position
• irregular sleeping schedules, naps, sleeping in, sleep deprivation
• increased stress
• sudden change in environment/lifestyle
• lucid dream that immediately preceds the episode
  

*That's right, I did post this at 2:17am on a school night. D:

Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince

I personally thought this movie was um, AWESOME. But I'm probably saying this because I've been a fan for years, so any judgement made against anything Harry Potter related is shielded with my unconditional love.
After watching it yesterday, I have to admit, while it prevailed in some scenes, it also lacked in others. The last scene in particular with Dumbledore in the cave; while I was reading it in the book, I imagined a more dark and intense scene and a longer one at that. Sir Michael Gambon, the man who plays Albus Dumbledore, portrays his character with a little more energy then the one I see in the books. As for his character; for a 150+ year old, he sure acts like a 100 year old, if you know what I'm saying. It's not that I'm saying he's a bad actor, but I imagined him to be more frail - especially in that scene. In fact, I felt his character was not put into the film enough. His role in the book is huge, so it was a bit of an anticlimax towards the end.
That aside, I love Ron I love how they've introduced more love interests and conflicts. lol Only because it's so effing cute. However, the concentration of that theme seemed to overpower the impact of the film itself. I shouldn't be complaining because I'm a sucker for these things, but it did need a little more action (the fighting kind).
Overall, I still think it was a great movie. It delivered entertainment and was relatively faithful to the book. I think at times I forgot I was in the cinema, so that's gotta be a huge plus. At first I was critical towards the bad reviews it got, but I understood where they were coming from. For any type of book-to-film adaptation, it's always better if you've read the book first. Otherwise there's more of a chance you'll go off track and not understand it completely. I would give it a bajillion stars if I could, but that's my overprotectiveness talking.

A Man for All Seasons wise
It was a beautiful theatrical experience. The actors were enthusiastic and performed very professionally. Costumes were amaaazingggg and I quite envy whoever was in charge for that. The only problem was that the dim lighting combined with Bolt's hard-to-analyze-dialogue made me very sleepy throughout the whole play. I also got a little nervous as the actors would occasionally look into the distance, which would ultimately be the audience coz that's where they were facing. In one scene I became paranoid that they were looking at me and I felt so awkward I just did anything to avoid their eyes. I think I stared at the ceiling for a while, and then afterwards, I felt bad because if they were really looking at me, they'd think "she probably finds the ceiling more interesting than my acting skills" which is entirely false! So if any of the actors are reading this, I apologise for being an ungrateful spectator, and tell me who you're costume designer is so I can worship their epicness.

Turn up the sun

Term 1

Term 2

Term 3

Term 4

Two terms left from 12 years worth of education.

Holy crap.

angry much

urgh. I'm so sick of being a stupid victim in all of this. I don't have a problem when my sister goes out; she's an adult for god's sake, she has enough maturity to do whatever she wants. But my mom still insists otherwise and constantly gets into this pissy, stubborn mood. And when she does, she takes it out on both me and the rest of the family. I'm sick and tired of being the substitute shit-taker. I mean, what's the point in getting lectured when I haven't even done anything wrong? It's like "If Jen's not home to listen to what I have to say, someone else will." And of course, that'd be me. Because I'm closer to her than anyone in this family, so obviously I'm entitled to cop it as well. I just want to lock the two in a room until I can open the door and find them embracing each other or some shit. I get enough crap from everything else to bother with this stupid child's play.

p.s I'm so frustrated right now I swear to god I will pop a vein.

EDIT: This probably won't make sense to anyone as I wrote it straight after mom left my room. Sorry for the incoherency!

Holidays; the mythical beast

Okay so it's not my fault procrastination follows me every where I go. Believe you me I've tried to abandon it/ignore it/eat it. But it comes back more ferocious and demanding like four rabbits I forgot to feed last night (jokes, but they're seriously lethal when it comes to their seeds).
Today it told me to throw Further out the window and play dress ups to which I replied with ".........Okay!" Here is a little compilation I found literally lying around the house because I haven't shopped in what feels like forever. It was sort of like op shopping in your own house without having to bother paying for its low low prices ☺


TOP..................................................................................hand made
SKIRT.........................................................................vintage-Mom's
BELT...............................................................................Jen's(sister)
SHOES.....................................................................................Mom's
SASH..........................................................................vintage-Mom's
PEARL........................................................................vintage-Mom's
RING............................................................................Diva{$10.95}
CLUTCH.....................................................................................Jen's
STOCKINGS.................................................................Myers{$4.95}
GLASSES.............................................Monsters VS Aliens 3D Frames
CARPET.........................................................It came with the house

♥

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♥

I didn't think I'd ever turn into the type that would post images of 'outfits' and 'fashion' related things. I think over the years, after looking at specific blogs *wink wink* I became inspired. FYI that's my sister's room; my mirrors not really standing up so that will just have to do. It's the last Friday of the holidays and I still haven't touched my art folio, nor vis comm, nor anything that I should be giving a shiz about. One may say that I should really pull up my socks and work a little harder, but I say how about go f-I think after two terms of non-stop ass kickage, I choose to have a break. That, and I think the fast paced routine of school made me actually do hw consistantly. But with all this free time and luxury of having Mr Procrastination stalk you all day, it's a lot easier to slip into this comfort zone which puts a blind eye on tedious things. Holidays is a devious clever creature.

Homework? I've never heard such a thing.

Shall we play a game called Guess Who?

I've drawn three characters from Gossip Girl (lol i first typed in Gossup Grl D:) and you have to guess who! To speed things up, select FAST so it looks as though I didn't spend hours and hours on it.

1. http://artpad.art.com/?kmidswkkxj8
2. http://artpad.art.com/?kmig4e1g1610
3. http://artpad.art.com/?kmihxq10jwu8

I would have done the whole cast but you know, I have other things to do too, just so you know. Here's a BONUS sketch. Winner gets the choice of nothing or my looooove (I'd choose nothing)

http://artpad.art.com/?kmibi32x59g

Good Luck!

Mrs Ronald Weasley

http://artpad.art.com/?kmgq9exyzgw

Photoshoot

I made these quite some time ago when I still had (obviously) a lot of time on my hands. I had a photoshoot at Emily's house one day, because she's so freaking awesome, and turned her into a Geisha Doll! With her permission of course; it's not like I broke into her house and threw make up on her face and then took pictures of it for my own entertainment.....it's not. Anyways, I wanted to convey two different realms of existance together. There was already a base of realism from the photos, but with a few photo manipulation in Photoshop, I moulded her facial features for a more animated response. Sort of like a 3D cartoon character I suppose.

Enjoy!

Eat your heart out

The CommonSense Cookery Book

Aim: To make Mini Lemon Cheese Pancakes



Ingredients:


Method:


Discussion: It was okay, lol. I'm glad I didn't burn the house down, or develop food poisoning..... yet. Haha I imagined myself to be on Masterchef and I kept on looking at the clock saying "Oh man I don't know if I can plate up in time (!!!)". That's right, I like to participate in a little roleplay when I cook. And because of me, the whole house smells like oil and fried things. All in all, I quite like it; it was easy to make and easy to clean up. Oh Cooking Mama, I'll never be as good as you D:

Conclusion:

The Living End - Putting you Down

It's not enough to just admit it, but you have to do something about it. What's the point in learning what your flaws are, if you're going to stay the same?

It's tiring to keep up with you.

ROFLMAO

For the longest time, I've always wanted to know what the lyrics were to the South Park theme song intro. So here it is:

"

I'm goin' down to South Park

gonna have myself a time.

(Stan+Kyle) Friendly faces everywhere

humble folks without temptation.

Goin' down to South Park

gonna leave my woes behind.

(Cartman) Ample parking day or night,

people spouting HOWDY NEIGHBOR!

Heading on up to South Park

gonna see if I can't unwind.

(Kenny) Some time i'll be old enough

to stick my d*** in Britney's butt

So come on down to South Park

and meet some friends of mine!

"

karen: LOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL HAHAHAHHAHAHAAHAHA so that's what he says!

oh and: