for where we are is hell

WHOA HEY LIVEJOURNAL. I've been doing some things. Pictures!

We've nearly completely redone my little art kitchen--new paint, new floor, new contraptions screwed into the walls. Here's what the wallpaper looked like before:



And here's what the walls look like now:



PRETTY CLASSY HUH. Stripes make everything cooler.

And I have a nice system now for storing all of my colourful paper--



It's becoming a very nice room. I have a lot of mixed feelings though, because on one hand it's like YAY A PRETTY ART ROOM I CAN GET LOTS OF WORK DONE but on the other hand it's like OH GOD I AM GOING TO BE STUCK HERE FOREVER I WILL NEVER MEET ANOTHER PERSON OR HAVE FRIENDS AGAIN SEND HELP IMMEDIATELY.

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On a related note, I still can't decide if I want to go to Anime North this year. I'm not sure if I can expend the money/energy. I wish I could just...teleport there? No, I wish I had a hotel room to stay in like the good ol' days. It's a lot more fun when you can to and fro from a room and treat it like a mini vacation, haha.

Anyway what was I saying? Oh yeah I've done things. I'VE DONE MY HAIR. With indigo! It was the messiest thing ever, much worse than henna, and most of my belongings are stained with blue and green. Also stained with blue and green: most of my skin. It...it's washing off. Slowly.

Hair colour before and after:



As you can see, it's super effective!

Poorly lit phone photo before and after:



Please note that the indigo DYED MY EYEBROWS. This was not intentional, it just happened as the dye was rinsing out of my hair. Also: the rest of my body hair. ALSO THE REST OF MY BODY. Guys I don't recommend doing this if you have a social life in which temporarily looking like a fresh-water mermaid is unacceptable. The eyebrows are kind of nice though? I mean, they look twice as big now and I may have to apply the tweezers, but they match the hair? :'D

So, yes, I may now acquire some magic bells and leave home to fight the walking dead.

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It occurs to me that I never posted these Doctor Who split pin people here, so



My mom made them the TARDIS. I tried to make a TARDIS but it was not square and my mom did not approve of the inaccuracy.

I recently got a bunch of Copic markers which were hella expensive but definitely worth it. The downside is that I'm allergic to them and can only use them with a surgical mask or dust mask on. Because life would be too easy otherwise.

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The wind is howling so strongly that I fear for my safety. What happened, weather? Yesterday the grass was green and the windows were open, now we are covered in snow again. ):

/monthly life update

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I made a list of some of the most pressing issues!



I figure maybe if I listen to this song on repeat forever then I might actually be able to accomplish some stuff:

bah bah bah BAH BAH BAH bah bah bah BAH BAH BAH

Anyway, obligatory festive New Year's Eve photo.



hell yes.

Well, I hope everyone has an okay 2011! I distinctly remember the beginning of 2010 when I did really stupid things with acetaminophen and French Cross wrote about about how horrible 2009 had been. 2010 was pretty horrible too, but in a less dramatic way--a lot of its horribleness was dealing with the leftover horribleness of 2009 and previous years. 2011 is either the year when things start to get better or the year when I curl up and die, and I'm bloody well not ready to die so there's really only one option!

PS, I am rereading Garth Nix's Abhorsen series because it is always fantastic and I am really annoyed that "disreputablebitch" is one character too long to be an LJ name. IT IS THE PERFECT USERNAME FOR ME GODDAMN.

mostly I slept through it! my stomach is misbehaving and I seem to be fending off a potential UTI (whyyyyyy). anyway, I did nothing but listen to the dog bark repeatedly as kids came to our door and I wore no costume because I am saving my costuming funds for



future plague doctor cosplay!!

plague doctor outfit will not involve witch hat or awesome crop-top hoodie, but it will involve syringes and possibly roping others into my cosplaying madness.

also, when will I stop listening to Gaba Kulka's cover of "London Calling" on repeat? NEVER, because it is the best thing and she is amazing.

who is a good cat when he is not meowing in the dark and causing me to hit my head (or rolling around on my keyboard as he is currently).

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I really should just be on tumblr or something.

DAY FIVE: a song that reminds you of somewhere

this song

reminds me of this place



the parking lot entrance of old South Grenville. this is where I would sit to wait for someone to come get me when I couldn't make it through the day which by the end of the first semester of grade 12 was almost every day so I just gave up going at all. anyway I listened to this song a lot to cheer up/calm down. Milla Jovovich is a pretty talented lady.

I was a bit confused for a moment over all the articles about minors not receiving life sentences that were popping up on the various activism sites I frequent--not one of them specified in which country this was happening. of course it is the US but seriously these are websites with global visitors, not everyone who reads English lives in fucking America. Canada already doesn't give life sentences to minors even for murder so I was very "wait what?" when I saw the headlines, haha.

edit: and I renewed my paid account because I cannot live without endless tags and userpics. ;;; the only thing that stopped it from going through automatically was the billing address, which has changed because WE MOVED DUH. an we're moving again in two weeks. I JUST LEARNED THIS PHONE NUMBER, DAMMIT. )':

skipping the official day two of this meme as thinking about every song I've ever disliked and picking out the worst would be an exercise of pain. SCREW THE RULES etc.

DAY TWO: a song that makes you happy

is it possible to make it through this video without laughing or dancing or both? I think not.

see also: this amazing Japanese cover, because dude.

I had something else to say but I can't remember so I think it was probably pointless? here is a picture of my cat with a fauxhawk.

guess where I went today! that's right, to a MOTHERFUCKING WATERFALL!!!


Felker's Falls

it was very nice to stand by but difficult to get pictures without falling off the cliff



as the frequent signs helpfully reminded me.

I got a video of it but it's sideways and watching it feels like being in an M.C. Escher print.

then we walked by a creek and I wore myself out scrambling excitedly over little rocks.


not pictured: me, because I never let anyone else hold the camera.

I would be a terrible video game character because my health goes from full to empty with no warning. you'd think I would learn from all the commercials to carry granola bars around with me when I go for walks!

my mom took me to a bookstore to distract me from wanting to see more waterfalls and I realised that I'm out of Temeraire books to read. now I have to wait for the next one with everyone else. 8( buuut I got All My Darling Daughters because Fumi Yoshinaga, so.

1. life is stressful. relaxing music is good for your health. try this:

2. Kim McCarty is really good:



3. a picture of a fat grey cat because there hasn't been one in a while:



BONUS LIFE UPDATE: I have bangs and an iMac and a cold. mostly the new computer makes up for the discomfort of the other two, though.