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Studio Ghibli Festival

2011-12-07T17:50:00.003-05:00

TICKETS NOW ON SALE!

STUDIO GHIBLI FESTIVAL
***ALL 15 FILMS FROM 1984 TO 2009***
NEW 35MM PRINTS!
Masterpieces from Hayao Miyazaki & Isao Takahata
Full Four-Week Schedule, Dec 16 to Jan 12, at IFC Center

THE STUDIO GHIBLI COLLECTION - GKIDS is bringing a complete retrospective of films from Japan's famed Studio Ghibli animation studio to the IFC Center this winter! Don't miss your chance to see some of the greatest films of all time on new 35mm prints, including the Academy Award-winning Spirited Away, My Neighbor Totoro, Castle in the Sky, Princess Mononoke, Kiki's Delivery Service, Porco Rosso, Pom Poko, The Cat Returns, plus North American Premieres of Only Yesterday and The Ocean Waves and more.

Films will be presented in both subtitled and English language versions (where available), with subtitled versions playing 6pm and later.

To purchase tickets CLICK HERE!

Professor Layton and the Eternal Diva -Movie Review-

2011-10-25T16:07:00.012-04:00

At New York Comic Con 2011 I had the honor to be one of the first people, in the United States, to be able to view the official US release of the Professor Layton movie "The Eternal Diva".

The events of the "Eternal Diva" take place after the"Specter's Flute", and 3 years before the "Diabolical Box" in the Layton time line.

Many characters of the Layton series make appearances, such as Flora Reinhold, Don Paolo, Inspector Chelmey, Constable Barton, Spring and Cogg, Stachenscarfen, Sammy Thunder, Mr. Beluga, Granny Riddleton, Babette, Claudia the Cat and Dr. Andrew Schrader.

The film starts off with Layton and Luke trying to solve the mystery of the theft of Big Ben. Layton deduces the culprit to be none other than his arch enemy Don Paolo! As you can imagine being the Layton fan I am I totally flipped out during this scene. I mean come on. It's Don Paolo!! The film then slows down to Layton and Luke listening to a recording of one of his former students, Janice. We then fly into a flash back of the case of the Eternal Diva.

One day as Layton is sitting in his study he receives an invitation aboard a luxury cruise ship from his former student Janice, to come watch her opera performance. Janice, however, has also invited the Professor to solve a mystery for her. Janice believes that a young girl named Nina is really her friend Melina. What's the catch?

Melina is dead.

Janice certainly is one of the more cuter characters in the Layton series!

The movie itself is very well done. Everything about it from the animation down to the music is extremely "Laytonesque"! The animation is super smooth and the artwork is done in the original style that the game series is.

The movie even has a few puzzles and mysteries of it's own. And yes, they are done in the Layton style of being numbered and even playing that wonderful (yet at the same time extremely annoying) puzzle theme!! I even squealed with joy while viewing the movie during said scenes....

Fly Professor! FLY!!

The movie kept me at the edge of my seat and had me guessing every possible answer to each puzzle!! I laughed, gasped, and yes even cried during the end of the movie.

The screening that Viz Media provided was quite nice! There were giveaways of the upcoming game "The Last Specter", free refreshments, sliding puzzle toys, free "Specter" shirts, and even "Layton hats for all the viewers!! It was a fantastic experience!!

The official Professor Layton and Luke Triton cosplayers!

Andrew enjoying one of the refreshments Level 5 and Viz had to offer?!

They event had a great big popcorn machine! Did I mention it was all free?!

The hilarious "Layton" hats that were given to all the viewers.

Luke, where are you looking?!

Professor Layton and The Eternal Diva will keep you on the edge of your seats and touch that puzzle loving spot of your hearts. If you're a huge fan of the series or even just a new comer I highly recommend this film!

The US release is scheduled for November 7. Which is......TOMORROW!!

So save some picarats this week and go pick up your official Viz copy of "Professor Layton and The Eternal Diva"!

Hurry and get yours, NOW!

********Don't Forget! Professor Layton and the Last Specter is also available*******

Hatsune Miku Live Party 2011 NYC

2011-10-25T12:04:00.004-04:00

I'm sure many of you guys have heard that there is going to be a Live Hatsune Miku screening Party in the NYC next month!
Well it's absolutely true!! On Nov. 10 in Sapporo there will be a LIVE concert of Hatsune Miku and to celebrate they will be screening it LIVE in 2 movies theaters in Manhattan. Similar to the "Gantz" screening it will be held in a movie theater stream.

To view which theaters will be screening please visit http://www.liveviewing.jp/contents/009_theater.html

“Hatsune Miku Live Party 2011” special Blu-ray/DVD premiere events will also held at movie theaters in Japan and more movie theaters overseas!

Blu-ray, DVD, Live CD Package of “Hatsune Miku Live Party 2011”, which will include both 39’s LIVE IN TOKYO on March 9th and 39’s LIVE IN SAPPORO on August 16th and 17th, will be released on November 16th.
Celebrating the release, the special Blu-Ray/DVD premiere events will be held at movie theaters around the world.
Now we are pleased to announce that the one night only special premiere events will be also held in Japan on the eve of the Blu-Ray/DVD release!!　Also, movie theaters in USA, England and Singapore are now added.
Good news for those who can not wait, the Blu-Ray/DVD and for those who watched the live stage in Sapporo and live broadcast at movie theaters. And of course, for the fans who could not make either of them, don’t miss this opportunity!
Come and join the exclusive premiere events and meet Miku on big screen!
The excitement of the live performance on August will come back to you vividly with powerful sound and image at movie theaters.

＜Special Blu-Ray/DVD premiere event in overseas＞

Participating countries	:	France(Paris), Brazil (Sao Paulo), Thailand(Bangkok), Singapore (Singapore), USA(New York, Los Angeles, Baltimore, Houston, Seattle, San Francisco, Boston, Chicago), England (London).
Date	:	Tickets will be on sale from 10:00 AM Friday, November 8 to 12:00 PM Monday, November 14, 2011. The screening date will be different for each country.
Venues	:	Please click here for the list of the movie theaters Stay tuned for further updates. More movie theaters are now added!
Please contact participating movie theater for the details of the screening in each country. The screening date will be different for each country. For more ticket information for overseas screenings, please visit the web site of the participating movie theaters or local information sites (Click here) *Please enjoy the screening as a live event, so please feel free to clap and wave penlights.

I'll keep posting as soon as I get more info so please keep checking back!!

SBS KPOP Star Audition!

2011-09-22T21:26:00.004-04:00

So as many of my friends know, on Sunday participated in the first ever SBS KPOP Star Auditions!!

It was certainly a weekend to remember~!

For those of you who don't know me my name is Eri! I was number 8 in the NYC (really New Jersey) auditions on Sunday! I live in NYC and love the KPop scene although I am still quite new to it! My favorite artist atm is G-g-g-g-Dragon! But anyway enough of introductions!

I originally applied to the SBS Kpop Star back in July or August. I was working at a maid cafe then and some of the other maids thought it fun to apply. So I did! I didnt really think much of it though since I didn't really think my application was all that good and my head is fat and round like a umkin.... September rolled around and I noticed a lot of girls saying they got in on AllKpop and on the US facebook page. I felt pretty bad. I mean even though I applied for fun, I still at least was hoping that I would get picked. And then I got my e-mail saying I passed round 1! I did like a freakin back flip across my tiny room! I was really excited and nervous at the same time because I had absolutely no clue what to do!!

As the week went on I got another e-mail with information on the second round and it's location. Although the contest said round 2 auditions would be held in NYC they were really in New Jersey. Not exactly the easiest place to get to considering all the buses in Port Authority were going crazy and running late and soooooo not even running at a decent time on the weekends! I ended up sleeping over a friend's house who actually lived about 20mins away from the audition! During the week of the audition I practiced my butt off singing and dancing. I worked on Oppa Nappa by SNSD and When I Grow Up by the Pussy Cat Dolls! My Korean isn't really good but I made sure to listen to the song and mimic the accent to the best of my abilities. For my dance I think I did fairly well! It was a really energetic song and I felt it would best display my dancing more than any other song! Be sure to pick a song that BEST show cases your talent! I don't recommend anything you don't already know. It should be something that you can either sing or dance to without thinking too much! The audition itself is pretty nerve wracking so you don't want to do something you aren't familiar with. It's just going to add on to your stress.

With my e-mail I was told to bring 5 copies of my profile picture.
Try to take a picture that shows your face well!

Yay it's me!

So I slept over my friend's house and listened to my music non stop that entire weekend! Me and Andrew woke up early the next morning and drove to the audition place!! Even though it was only around 7ish there were a ton of people lined up! I was soooo sad because I thought it would take forever to get in! Most the people on the line though were parents and "support" I realized. Even though I was halfway down the block I became contestant number 83! It was very cold out and I noticed that number 82 in front of me was wearing shorts and she had goose bumps! I felt so sad for her!! There were so many different kinds of people in line! It was really incredible!

The dance school where the auditions were taking place!
It was really exciting to see the board light up with Kpop!!

These lucky people were first in line and got interviewed!!
They might be on TV!

Don't be afraid to talk to others on the line! I did and everyone was really friendly!!

A extremely small portion of the line.

From left to right: #82,#84, #85, #87!
They were really nice and I enjoyed talking to them~!

To the back of the line!

A really cool car I saw while waiting on line!!

After a while of filling out different forms, getting my number, and waiting on the line we finally began to move inside!! As we went inside there were different cameras and lots of lights in the lobby! There was a sign that said no cameras and so since I didn't want to get in trouble I turned mine off. I signed in at this little booth near the door and took so photos against a back drop with the shows logo! I'm sure those pictures came out horrible and I pray that they aren't seen by man kind ever. They really didn't warn you or give you a heads up. It was more like "STAND THERE" -CLICK CLICK CLICK- "KAYTHNXBAI!" It was really surprising.

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School school school work work work

2011-09-15T08:36:00.002-04:00

So I've officially been in school for an entire week!!

I think I've adjusted being in school while working at the same time! I'm taking 5 classes this semster which are English, Academic Lifeskills, French, Philosophy, and some weird school heritage class that I've heard is absolutely horrible.

I think my favorite classes so far are............................none of them!!

While I don't think any of them are too difficult, I just don't think I enjoy sitting in a room for about 3 hours listening to someone talk.

Look at this cute fish tank I saw in the office!
Although that Betta looks unhappy being abused in such a small space I wont deny that it is adorable.

Going to school in the China Town area does have it's perks though!

Coffee is like super cheap and everywhere.

For 9/11 I went with Andrew to his sister's new apartment! It was nice but there were too many old people living in the building...

Now for pictures!!

And this!

Andrew doesn't like this picture I made for him....

It's been a good week!!

I also passed Round 1 of this audition I've been going for!! Round 2 is this weekend and I'm REALLY hoping I pass this one too. If I don't I don't mind. Just auditioning for this is enough to make me happy!

AND I got into the masquerade for NYCC 2011! I'm going to try my best to entertain everyone for 2 minutes and 30 seconds! Cheer for meeee!

So there was an earth quake today....

2011-08-23T23:02:00.003-04:00

....and I missed it.

I was sleeping. orz

Poke Face Cosplay

2011-08-22T16:18:00.005-04:00

On Wednesday I did a Poker Face ver of Hatsune Miku photoshoot with Jason!!

The outfit wasn't too difficult to make.
Mainly it was made from altering things I already had.
The horns I made the day of the shoot.
I ran out of larger hair pins so my right horn kept on drooping a lot.

I think I look alright in the outfit and Jason did an amazing job considering how shy I get cosplaying in public, and being extremely awkward in front of a camera.

Originally we were going to shoot at a fountain but there were too many people there and I felt extremely uncomfortable so we instead switched the location towards the river. It was a lot cooler there too! As we were shooting a huge wave of water splashed all over me!! It was cold. I was surprised. And I got all wet!!

We also saw this weird duck thing that was swimming around.

Overall though it was great and I had lots of fun,
thanks Jason!!

Freeze!

Oh, I look so sad. :s

I really liked this one despite Jason telling me it looked funny!!
I look like a blow fish!

The sun was A LOT brighter when we started shooting.
It slightly cast shadows over my face
and my make up makes it look like my eyes were closed.
They're open I tell you!

Piyo!!

Rawk N Roooooolll!!!

There were more pictures in the shoot but these were my favorite!

NY Int'l Children's Film Festival for August

2011-08-05T19:23:00.003-04:00

Here are the list of movies for the August Children's Film Festival!
If you have younger children and want to watch some movies that have values of some sort you should totally them it out!

TICKETS NOW ON SALE
FREE POPCORN AT ALL SCREENINGS!

RAINING CATS AND FROGS
Continues Sat & Sun, 11:00am - IFC Center
Recommended ages 7 to adult

SANDMAN AND THE LOST SAND OF DREAMS
NEW YORK PREMIERE - ONE WEEKEND ONLY!
Sat & Sun, Aug 13 & 14, 11:00am - IFC Center
Recommended all ages

THE RACE
Sat & Sun, Aug 20 & 21, 11:00am - IFC Center
Sat & Sun, Aug 27 & 28, 11:00am - IFC Center
Recommended ages 6 to adult

FREE LARGE POPCORN FOR GROUPS OF FOUR OR MORE - Present four or more ticket stubs at the concessions stand to claim popcorn. Offer good only at select NYICFF screenings at IFC Center and valid only for same-day redemption.

To purchase tickets CLICK HERE!

RAINING CATS AND FROGS

Sat & Sun, July 30 & 31, 11:00am - IFC Center
Sat & Sun, Aug 6 & 7, 11:00am - IFC Center
French with English Subtitles. Recommended ages 7 to 14.

The award-winning first feature from the director of A Cat in Paris and Mia and the Migoo is a delicate and charming tale of an old sea captain who unwittingly becomes a modern day Noah when a torrential flood washes over the planet and the animals from the local zoo escape into his floating house. But all is not peaceful aboard the comically tower-shaped houseboat, and when a code of strict vegetarianism is imposed to protect the gentler animals, their carnivorous shipmates plot mutiny. Raining Cats and Frogs won prizes at Berlin and Ottawa and has been showcased at the world's top festivals.

To purchase tickets, click HERE!

SANDMAN AND THE LOST SAND OF DREAMS

NEW YORK PREMIERE
Sat & Sun, Aug 13 & 14, 11:00am - IFC Center
Recommended all ages

Ever wonder where you go when you sleep? In this beautifully animated stop-motion film, six-year-old Milo finds himself transformed into an animated character and swept into Dreamland, a secret nocturnal world of enchantment and adventure. There he sets sail in a magic car-boat through deliciously bizarre dreamscapes (full of giant chocolate bunnies, birthday cake women, cotton clouds, and paper mache mountains) on a mission to upend the schemes of the nefarious Habumar, creator of nightmares, who has threatened children everywhere by stealing the Sand of Dreams.

Sandman and the Lost Sand of Dreams is a sumptuously handcrafted film perfect for youngest audiences, with playfully inventive characters immersed in brilliantly colorful landscapes. The film will be shown in English, but you can check out the original German theatrical trailer by clicking here.

To purchase tickets, click HERE!

THE RACE

Sat & Sun, Aug 20 & 21, 11:00am - IFC Center
Sat & Sun, Aug 27 & 28, 11:00am - IFC Center
Recommended ages 6 to adult.

Like Billy Elliott with go-karts, The Race is an Irish charmer about a young protagonist challenging gender stereotypes and overcoming family hardships to fulfill her dreams. When Mary is not helping out on the family farm, she's speeding around in her handmade go-kart, red hair flying as she careens recklessly down the narrow roads that crisscross the lush, verdant hills of rural Ireland. Dreaming of becoming a race car driver, she sneaks into the boys' changing room and signs up for the community's annual race, which is traditionally only for boys. As the only girl in the competition, she faces ridicule and scorn from all sides. But Mary doesn't let the endless teasing intimidate her as she sets her sights on becoming the best racer in town.

To purchase tickets, click HERE!

My GT Racing Miku ver 2010 is here!

2011-08-02T23:05:00.004-04:00

Just got my Racing Miku 1/8 scale figure today!

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Japan Block Fair 2011

2011-07-25T11:44:00.003-04:00

Yesterday was the Japan Block Fair in Astoria Queens!

I haven't been to one of these is about a year. orz

But, It's okay!

So Annie came over my house and after a long while of getting dressed and not wanting to leave my air conditioned house we left. The weather outside was absolutely disgusting. It was hot and humid. I seriously don't understand why the weather gets like this in the first place. What exactly does this benefit?

We got there and the first thing Annie did was go to every jewelry booth and took 10 million years to decide on what exactly it was that she wanted. I normally don't mind but today was super hot so I was slightly irritated. While waiting on Annie to finish purchasing her feathered earrings I ran into Elvis! He was super hot and didn't look too happy. Piyo!! Hot weather makes everyone upset!!!
So Elvis joined me and Annie and we all walked around together. So there was this lemonade stand that was selling lemonade, but it wasn't really lemonade. I totally saw the guy cutting up limes and putting them inside the drinks. Does he think everyone is color blind or something? It's obvious it wasn't a lemon, but being thirsty and only a dollar I bought one. It actually didn't taste all that bad. Kind of bitter but in a nice way!

Look at those cups! Do those look like lemons to you!?
How about he takes some of those nice yellow lemons in that basket and use them!

Elvis also informed me of a Misty cosplayer walking around so after much searching I found her and got her picture!

Misty and her lovely Namine.

Walking around more I finally got to the stage of the Block Fair. Reni did not perform this year which was slightly sad, since I had so much fun doing so last year! There was however the same group that does tricks with a soccer ball there this year so I watched them for a little bit. I wonder how long it takes for them to learn to be able to do stuff like that....

I am not good at taking pictures of the guys with the ball! orz
To make up for it though here are some random pictures from throughout the fair!!

Probably the only good picture I was able to get of the guy with the ball.

This little boy was absolutely adorable.
I wanted to take him hope!

Super balls!

So everyone at the fair was really freaked out by this guy!
But, he was naked for a reason!!
He is from the group Tokyo Circus!
For more info on them please visit http://www.tokyocircus.jp/Info.htm

The Tonton stand!! I've been waiting all year to eat this actually!! It was always sold out when I tried to eat it, but this time I got it! It was sooo nice and greasy and fatty. Everything I love in one! I also found out they have a restaurant. I want to go!
http://www.tontonnyc.com

So many people!!

The Tenshi no Ai maid cafe was also there! Please support them!
They are hosting a Pokemon picnic and tournament later in August!
For more information on Tenshi no Ai visit http://www.tenshinoaicafe.webs.com/

Doremon!

This man was painting this throughout the fair. I really like it a lot!

The saddest excuse for bootleg takoyaki I've ever seen/tasted in my life.

"Stuffed dough balls" is a pretty accurate description of the monstrosity of the taste. It was like undercooked pizza dough with flavorless boiled potatoes stuffed inside topped off with teriyaki sauce. The entire thing fell apart as you ate it. These people should be ashamed of themselves serving this to people!!

Serving up lies to an unsuspecting Grandpa.

All in all though I had a great time and saw lots of friends! Afterwards I went to Kumo with Annie, Andrew, and Cindy. The food was really nice but, the waitress was a total snob! I don't think I've ever met someone so rude! I wanted to karate chop her across the room! After a while though she softened up a little (which was more than likely due to our extremely loud comments about her) and gave a slightly more pleasant attitude.

Had so much fun yesterday and hope to do this sometime again!!

9 Hours 9 Persons 9 Doors

2011-07-19T22:12:00.007-04:00

Recently I've been totally obsessed with a Nintendo DS game:
9 Hours 9 Persons 9 Doors.

I was in Nintendo World sometime last week and while looking at the shelves this game caught my eye. The description was interesting and another thing I noticed it was rated M. The only other game for the DS that I've seen rated M was Theresa and that game scared the living day lights out of me!!

So I got the game and have found myself spending my entire day playing it.
It's really addicting!!!

So the story is you play as "poor college student" Junpe! One night while he is coming home he is mysteriously attacked by a man in a gas mask and wakes up in a locked room of a ship. The only way out of this room is through a steel door with a big red 5 painted on the door. And to make matters even worse the only window in the room has burst open quickly filling the room with water!

Oh no!

In order to open the steel door you must first obtain a card key but, in order to obtain said key you must first solve some puzzles to get them.

As you progress through the game you learn that on the ship with you are 8 other passengers who have all just been through the same ordeal as yourself. A voice soon comes over the ship's loud speaker and identifies itself as "Zero".

In order to escape from the cruise ship you are told to find door number 9 and go through it. Sounds easy enough, right? However in order to get through numbered doors you first need to verify it on a bracelet that is locked onto your arm. Each character has their own bracelet (numbered 1-9) that they must use to get through each door. The sum of the numbers added together must equal that of the door. Everyone who verified their bracelets must go into the door. No less than 3 people but no more than 4 may enter a door. So if one wanted to get through door 3 for example you could use bracelets 4+6+2= 12 = 1+2= 3. Any number 10 and over you add both of the numbers together. So 10 = 1+0 = 1. You must work together with these other characters to progress through the game.

You find that door Junpei!

The game is a Visual Novel type game with some Puzzles. It's extremely text heavy and at some points have even found myself becoming aggravated with the amount of dialogue exchanged between the characters. The puzzles them self are pretty much straight forward although, at times can become quite difficult. Everything you find in a room that you are able to collect has a purpose, even if it doesn't make much sense. Why else would it be there?

There are up to 6 endings you are able to unlock in this game! I am currently replaying for my 5th time and have unlocked 4 out of the 6 possible endings. Hopefully this time around I should unlock the True ending. After beating the game you have the choice of skipping through any scene you have already seen before, however you must still solve all the puzzles over again which does get quite annoying at times!

From left to Right: Lotus (8), Seven (7), Santa (3), June (6), Junpei (5), Ace (1), Snake (2), Clover (4) and The 9th Man as (9).
All the characters are different and have really interesting personalities!

I absolutely despise the music in this game. It makes me cringe. I feel extremely uncomfortable listening to it, especially at night. I found myself afraid to go into the kitchen and bathroom area at work alone now. orz

The descriptions of the horror scenes in the game are also quite disgusting. The way the corpses are describe in such detail, down to comparing the smell of a mixture of feces and burnt flesh makes me want to vomit! So disgusting! I feel like ants are crawling under my skin!! The combination of the music and description are just terrible, but I assume this is what the makers were aiming to do.

Overall game play is extremely smooth and the animation is pretty simple. Just icons of said characters moving above their typed text. I slightly wished that the game could have had voice actors but it's just as fine without it. I really enjoyed it a lot and hopefully HOPEFULLY this time around I'll get the True ending and finally beat this game!! But! Until then I will cower in terror of dark bathrooms and empty kitchens in the middle of the night.

If you're into Psychological Visual Novels and Puzzle games with a slight scary twist you should totally play it!!!

Anime Next is tomorrow!!!

2011-06-09T10:48:00.003-04:00

I'm so nervous!! AN is tomorrow!!

I'm still working on my shoes for my Ranka cosplay!!

I hope I can finish them in time!!

Here are the cosplay I will be wearing through out the weekend so please keep your eyes open!!!

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Friday: World is Mine Hatsune Miku

Saturday: Macross Frontier Ranka Lee

Sunday: Mega Milk

That's pretty much it!!

I'm going to be in the Cosplay Dating Game Show @ 2:00pm on Saturday and I'll also be in this years karaoke contest with Matthew!!

(Please cheer for us as it is obvious we are already going to lose. orz)

I'll be swimming too so if you're at the pool come say hi!!

2011-05-30T23:41:00.001-04:00

It's so hot outside.

I don't understand how people can live in places that are hot year long.

I hate sweating.

I don't care if it's considered "healthy". If it is important then why don't YOU sweat for ME?!

I'm so sleepy. I want to just lay on a bed with the air conditioning blasting in my face.

I'm so miserable right now.

Central Park!

2011-05-26T03:44:00.003-04:00

So on Saturday I went out into the city with Andrew!

We went to Alice's Teacup and had tea and scones. I had a buttermilk scone which tasted like dry pancake mix and a raspberry scone. It was fun and we talked for a while. Afterward we walked for a bit and ended up in Central Park. It started to rain so ended up heading towards the fountain area where the rest of the world was hiding from the rain.

They finally fixed the fountain!
It's been under construction for so long!!

It's so big!!
It's an angel with children~!
I think...

We also saw a MONSTER turtle in the lake!! It was big and white and had a dinosaur face! He looked sooooo mean!! It was ginormous!! I wanted to get a net and catch it.

I honestly have no clue where we were at this point.
We were attempting to leave and couldn't find an exit so kinda just wandered around the area.

When we left Andrew went to something called Blip night. I'm not really sure what it is. It has something to do with Nintendo music I think. I went to work later that night. I don't really remember much of it though.

I had a lot of fun though!
Let's hang out again when you get back from the Philippines Andrew!

It's my Birthday~!!

2011-03-09T09:44:00.000-05:00

I'M STILL ALIVE!!

AND TODAY IS MY BIRTHDAY~!!
SO HAPPY!

Today has been an amazing day so far. I've been in such a joyful mood all day
(except maybe a second or two thanks to my lovely husband)

I really want to thank everyone who has wished my a happy birthday from the bottom of my heart. It really meant a lot to me. To have so many friends and good people surrounding me makes me happy. I love you all!

I don't I'm still an adult just yet. I still have a lot of growing up to do!!
I love you all and hope this year will be fantastic!!

Also on a side note school has completely taken over my life so I pretty much went on hiatus.

School and Chinatown!

2011-01-19T00:02:00.000-05:00

I went to school today in the horrible weather to finish my paperwork. So horrible! I signed in @ 2:18 and left the building at around 4 something. There was so much reading my brain started to hurt!! I hate it!

When I finished I went to Chinatown because that was the only other thing to do in the area.

I was super hungry so I went to Vivi's and ordered Takoyaki and chicken!!
So much and so fattening but reeeeeaaaalllly nice!!

Takoyaki!!
I love it so much~!!

Chickeeeeen!
They both tasted so nice!!

I wandered around EC for a while and ran into my best friend Annie in a store! So creepy!! I was looking at something on a shelf and turned around and saw her!! We both screamed so loud the store owner looked really annoyed. I pretty much just hung out with her and her boyfriend for the rest of the night. We had a lot of fun and went out to dinner!!

While I was in Chinatown I bought these cute little bread things!!

It's so cute and funny!!
They are little charms that are squishy and smell nice!!
Merry likes them too!!

I also got bored and decided to buy some deco sticker for my ipod.

It's a monkey!!
I want to go around the rest and deco it later!!

I also picked up a new umbrella because mine was all falling apart.
It was a really good day today! I'm so happy I ran into Annie! She's so much fun!!

And another thing!!

Octopus, chicken, and donuts do NOT mix.

I feel horrible right now...

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This is Matt

I love him.

First practice of the year!!

2011-01-18T22:50:00.000-05:00

Happy New Year!! It's 2011~

2010 went by so quick @.@

I went to practice on Sunday. So sad!! I didn't know the N and the Q lines weren't running so I had to take a different train and ended up being late!! Thankfully I didn't get in trouble! Maybe because it's a new year~!

We learned new choreography at this practice!!

Masami teaching the new dance to Reni, Yu, Chica, and Jecky!
The dance is so fast I'm amazed Masami made it by herself!!

I don't know what Natsuki is doing but it's flexible!

Reni I missed you sooooo much!! It was the first time in a month I've seen you!!

It's Merry!! Happy for no reason as always!

Practice was nice and more challenging with the new dance!
After we went to Kinokuniya to have a meeting for new maids for the show!

Maid meeting!!

Alissa taking charge!!

Jennifer and Brittany!!

Maid meeting was really fun and it's nice to review things to make the maid show run more efficiently.

After meeting I was bored and lonely (since all the maids went their separate ways) so I walked to BookOff!!

The fountain in Bryant Park is so cold it's frozen!!

While I was in BookOff I did the same thing I always do. Look for W merchandise! I love them so much but it's super hard to find anything from them now a days. I was super lucky though!! I went downstairs and they had a section dedicated to Morning Musume and included in that section was W! So happy!! But!! I didn't bring any money!! I wasn't expecting to go to BookOff that day so I only had a little pocket money..... I was only able to buy 2 dvds but I'm still happy I got it!

W's PV Album Vol.1 contains the videos to Koi no Vacance, Matsu Wa, South Paw, and Aa Ii Na!
I really love Nono and Kago!!

I also picked up this old Morning Musume stage performance!
This is my favorite generation of Morning Musume!!
The stage show was nice! Kago played a really cute sick girl! I love musicals!!

Reni also got me some gifts while she was in Japan. I was so happy!!

I laughed so hard when I read this box!!
Reni wrote my last name on it too!!
So cute and funny~!

Inside of the box was a really beautiful watch!
So pretty and shiny!!

She also got me some Decoden sweets!!
I'm going to decorate something with these one day!!

Annnnnd a cookie mirror!! I've actually have wanted one of these for the longest but could never find one!! So yummy it looks like an oreo!

Thank you sooooo much Reni I will cherish these forever!!

Yukari even gave me as late Christmas present!! It's so cute and soft~!
Thank you Yukari! I love it!!

Sunday was such a nice day!! I had lots of fun. Super happy I was able to get my hands on more W!! Can't wait to go back and buy their photo books!

Christmas update part 1

2011-01-08T01:23:00.000-05:00

***Internet was out for like forever! This was written Christmas week***

So here is my Christmas update part 1!! So eventful and so much fun!

Once again I've taken a video and pictures!!!

Christmas Eve

We had a small birthday party for my sister's bf!! He came over with his mom and friend and we had lots of steak!! So nice~!! We even had a birthday cake and at midnight I opened his Christmas present to me!! I got a pair of boots that I've been eying in the PINK store!!

So cute~!! My friend Annie thinks they're hideous but I think it's so nice!!

They are super duper soft inside!!

Have to be insane not to like them!

We had a nice cake and also sung for Gio!! He's 24 now!!

Happy Birthday!

But that's all that pretty much went down on Christmas Eve!! Spent the day sleeping as always! Only opened that one gift because I had to wait till tomorrow for everything else!

Holiday Nail Tutorial

2010-12-23T06:46:00.000-05:00

This entire week I've been asleep.

Like no joke.

I don't know why but I just seem to fall asleep talking and doing things around the house.

So since I've been sleeping so much I forgot to wrap my Christmas gifts and so many other things. School's starting soon so I'm going to have to force myself to sleep from now on!!

Besides that CHRISTMAS IS TOMORROW~!!!

So excited!! Christmas is my favorite holiday of the year~!! I know some people are going out to parties and seeing family so I shall show you how to do your nails and make them look darn nice!! It's extremely simple to do AND I swear your nails will make any outfit look x1000000 better! I only used 3 polish so there isn't excuse to say you can't do it!! Nothing really "holiday" about this besides the season it's being posted but I think the colors can really make it look so much nicer during Christmas....

Step 1: WASH YOUR HANDS!!

You don't want like any oil and dirt on your nails or on your hands while you're doing this so go wash them NOW!!

So pick out the colors you're going to use.
You'll need a base coat/top coat, base color, and glitter!

I'm going to use this like deep red metallic color because I think bright red might be too harsh looking with other outfits. The metallic makes it super shiny under lights and makes them sparkle so much more!! I'm also going to be using a silver glitter polish to make it sparkle even more!!

Step 2: Apply your base coat to your nails

Base coat gives the polish a more smoother surface to work on. I also find it helps a lot when removing the polish from your nail!! Any clear polish will do as base coat if you don't have any!

Step 3: Apply 2 coats of red (or whatever other color) polish to the tips of your nails

Pretty much just keep the polish at the tips of your nails. A little less than half of your nails. If you have short nails be careful of how much you put on. You might want to paint as little as possible so your nails wont come out weird.

Step 4: Add your glitter to the edge of your tips

For nail art brushes just paint along the edge of your polish line for a super clean straight line. I recently lost my nail art brush so instead I chose to use the brush that came in the bottle. BE SURE TO WIPE OFF MOST OF THE GLITTER ON THE BRUSH!! You only want to cover part of the base coat and polish line.

So be sure to "wipe" the brush on the lip of the bottle and lightly trace your polish line. If you feel there isn't enough glitter you can always go back and add more this way. Adding too much could ruin it and you would have to start all over again! =[

Step 5: Add your top coat and you're done!

Like the base coat the top coat protects your nails! It also prevents them from chipping so they last so much longer!! And it makes them more shiny~~~~

Oh it looks so beautiful! And no one will ever know you did it yourself unless you like messed up somewhere or tell someone!

For New Years I want to try something similar with a gold polish and lots of foil!!! *0*

Hopefully if any of you try it will come out nicer!! This is my Merry Christmas gift to you. The gift of nice nails!!

Also! To clean the excess polish that usually drips off my nail onto my skin I use this file.
It's nice, pointy, and thin so it makes it easy to clean around the nail without messing it up!!

I always wait till the end to do it because if I try while my nails are still wet sometimes I accidentally touch it with the file and my nail polish gets ruined.

I'm going to be cleaning my room tomorrow and getting ready for Christmas~!!! I think we're having a party at my house later on today and I'm going out with Justina and Alissa later this week to go out dancing! So busy doing nothing!!

Before I go to bed I want to post a picture of these boots I bought last night while I was shopping with my Mom. I've been wanting boots like these for such a loooooong time now!!

I think they're super cute!! But!! The heel is about 4 1/2 inches tall!! Makes me 6'2" in these!! I know the universe will hate me for being tall.....but as long as they're nice it's okay!!

I'm now going to force myself to sleep!!

Night!

Holidays!

2010-12-22T09:39:00.000-05:00

Christmas is coming and I'm super stressed!!

So much to do with so little time!! Makes me want to cry!!

Santa save me!!!

Snow!

2010-12-16T03:10:00.000-05:00

It snowed the other day

I was so excited because I thought I could take some cool pictures in it

And then today。。。。

Maybe next time。。。(o_ _)o

2010-12-14T07:22:00.000-05:00

The other day in the mall I saw this woman.

She's so lucky.

I wish I could be her.

In Speonk again!!

2010-12-02T22:16:00.000-05:00

So today I went back out to Long Island to visit my friend Jesse~!

I really hate the train ride to Speonk.

It's a two hour ride from my house!! I mean like in movies they make train ride seem all grand but it totally stinks! The only thing I like about riding the LIRR are the guys who punch in your tickets with the festive conductor hats!!

Literally ran out the house so no time to get ready! I look so tired and icky.
You can tell I threw my makeup on!!

This picture was taken exclusively for Elvis.

After an hour I had to switch trains in Babylon.
Thankfully the doors on the train were open so I was able to just sit in there and fall asleep.

Yay I'm in the middle of nowhere!!

Starting to get irritated after two hours.

I made it!

I ended up sleeping through most of the second train ride. So lonely and cold!!
Spent the day watching movies with Jesse. I saw Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland for the first time today and I thought it was just horrible. Like my friends have been going crazy so I thought it would be a great film to check out. The entire movie was just confusing. Overall I didn't enjoy it. So sad since I'm a really big fan of Alice in Wonderland!!

I had a lot of fun today Jesse and hope to see you again sometime!! Next time I'll think of something hopefully more entertaining to do!!

Ice Skating with Moe Members!

2010-11-30T19:38:00.000-05:00

After Sunday's practice Alissa, Justina, Tanner, Merry, and I were just walking around looking for a place to get food.
I don't remember how but some how we ended up going ice skating in Bryant Park!

Giant Christmas lights near Radio City!!

So cold outside!! My ears were freezing!

Merry is the only person I know that actually eats those NYC hot dogs!!

Justina has Tom Cruse sunglasses~!

Merry and Me didn't want to go ice skating so we waited inside instead!
There were some birds that manage to get inside the waiting area. It was so cute because they were so small!!

Alissa, Justina, and Tanner!
Pictures were taken behind a glass!!

Justina!

This guy was SUPER CUTE~!!! Me and Merry were just staring at him like the entire time we waited~!! And!! Every time he stopped skating he would stop in the window in front of us~ It's like he knew we were drooling the entire time~~~ Oh mystery man where ever you are now~ Just know we love you even when you face planted into the ice~~~~

Merry's jacket and some earmuff!

They kicked everyone off the ice to let Winnie the Pooh and his friends skate!!
I like the lobster~!!

We ended up having a lot of fun this day even though most of it was unplanned!! Afterward we went to Kinokuniya and looked at different books together. I think next week we might go ice skating again!! Merry is really scared! She doesn't want to go, but I'll hold her hand so she doesn't fall!!

Merry on the train ride home!
She always falls asleep on the train after practice and maid shows!!
She really does work hard! Everyone give her energy so she can stop sleeping on me~

Overall I think it was a really fun day!
I can't wait for next week practice to see what we're going to do~!!

Merry and me didn't want to go skating so we waited inside with everyone's stuff until they finished.

Thanksgiving Day 2010

2010-11-26T11:40:00.000-05:00

For Thanksgiving I was feeling rather lazy about taking many pictures so I instead took a video!

It's rather long compared to the other ones I've taken but it's somewhat entertaining I guess.

Luckily!!
I took some pictures of some of the desserts and food!

Chocolate Cheese Cake

Velvet Cake

Inside!

Apple Pie

Pumpkin Pie

Pecan Pie

Key Lime Pie

Black Cake
(I was terrified to go near this! It's like a weird cake made with alcohol!!)

Cookies~!

Ham~!!

Yams!

Bread. ._.

Salad

I love how I forgot to take a picture of the Turkey before it was eaten and mutilated. Sorry!! You have to wait till next year for that!!

I hope everyone had a good Thanksgiving whether you spent it with Family or Friends. Alone or not. Turkey or White Castle, I just really hope everyone enjoyed yesterday!

☆;::;☆;::;☆“HAPPY THANKSGIVING EVERYONE~!”☆;::;☆;::;☆

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

2010-11-23T23:02:00.000-05:00

Just got home from seeing Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows~!

It was amazing!! Can't wait for part 2 to come out!

If you haven't seen it, GO SEE IT!! Worth every second!!

Maid Pictures!

2010-11-16T05:46:00.000-05:00

Okay so I got around to taking my pictures for Reni's cafe yesterday.

To be quite honest I don't think the one I submitted was really that good.... It's extremely hard to take a picture of myself and have it come out somewhat decent looking!

I cut my bangs before I took the pictures but I still need to cut off a lot more. I didn't realize they had gotten so long!!

After I took the one that would be used for the cafe I decided to take some pictures on my Nintendo DSi!! I like these ones better!!

This is a lion toy I got from Reni at NYAF!! It is just like her poodle one!

DSi takes such nice pictures considering it's like such a small game camera! It reminds me of Gameboy camera that you plug into the Gameboy.

I hope when Alissa finishes editing the picture it comes out so much nicer!

Moe Rehearsal with Chica!

2010-11-15T04:15:00.000-05:00

Yesterday morning's maid show rehearsal was so nice~!!

Reni had a performance the night before so she was unable to make it to practice that morning. So instead Chica did!! We started off with our normal stretches, and then some new ones!! I've learned something new today!! Chica is very flexible and apparently so is Merry!! I think they would both be amazing in a circus. It's sometimes quite painful to watch them! They look like pretzels!!!

During our stretches I've realize something!! I've gotten quite chubby..... So for now I shall try to lose weight! So I can be a pretzel just like Chica and Merry!

Chica took us through Neco and Crazy Genius's choreography!! Crazy Genius isn't as difficult as I thought it would be!! It's just really hard to get some of the timing and the attitude needed for the dance. Neco was fun! I've gotten better at the slide during the instrumental break in the song so now I don't even land on my knee anymore~!! I know my knee's are crying tears of cartilage joy! During a break we took I've discovered that I can dance gangsta!! Thank you Justina! I will take my new found skill use it for the good of mankind! We also worked on Shining Star, My Shy Master, and some of DNA.

At the end of practice we took group pictures as we normally do when Reni is with us!

Crying for Reni!
(I am also aware that I need to cut my bangs!)

This is my favorite~!! My head looks so fat!!

Pretty much it for now!

After Practice I went straight home. I believe Merry went home and Justina went shopping, but I wasn't feeling too good. I fell asleep on the train ride..... When I got home I ate my lunch and went to bed. Later on today I'll be taking pictures for my maid head shots! I'm slightly nervous about doing this because I highly doubt I'll be able to take a good picture. Wish me luck! I'll need every last bit of it!

I want a Micro Pig!!

2010-11-08T20:45:00.000-05:00

If I could have any pet it would be a micro pig!! They are soooo cute and tiny!!

Look how angelic and majestic they are~! So small! So tiny!!

It's much smaller than other animals which means it's automatically cuter~!

Why can't I experience joy like all the other mini pig owners?!

Someone buy me one and I will so marry you I swear!!

Korres Lip Butter

2010-11-08T19:29:00.000-05:00

I'm so happy~!!

For a while now I've been wanting something new for my lips that tints it but isn't too red like Benefit and isn't sticky. I had some lip butter from Victoria's Secret and I loved it to pieces!! It was sooooooo nice~ Really soft and the color was cute!! But I lost it!! (I'm super convinced that I lost it in Kerry's house....)

I've seen Korres in Sephora a few times and was super tempted to buy it while I was on line but I always decided against it! I read some reviews of it online and they were really good!! I wanted something to give my lips a red tint because I think it would go really pretty with my skin tone! But from what I've read and seen on Youtube it seems that it comes out a bit lighter then shown on the packaging. So I ended up buying the Wild Rose color.

Packaging is sooo nice~! What language is that? Greek? It's made in Italy though!!

I don't have chapped lips~!
But!! I've read this is super good if you do have them!!
The Guava one is clear so guys can use it too!!

Really cute little circle and so small~! Fits nicely in my make up bag!

The color isn't that dark. When I was editing the picture it got mad dark and bloody looking.

It's quite nice~!! It goes on soooo smoothly~ I wish I could kiss myself~~ It goes on a little light and first but you can build the color on it! 0.21 oz. Such a nice size~~~ Maybe later I'll post a picture of me wearing it! The only thing I dislike is that I have to put my finger in it to use it. My nails are kinda long and so I fear that it will dive into it and waste the entire thing!! But I've kinda figured out how to put it on without my nails getting in it. It's not scented either which is okay~! Rather it smell like nothing than be gross smelling!!

Anyway it's really cute and I love it so much~! I wanna go back and buy the lipstick and lipgloss version of this~!

My Desktop

2010-11-08T16:52:00.000-05:00

So my Desktop image for sometime now has been GD from his "Heart Breaker" video.
Recently though I've been getting slightly bored of it so I decided to change it~!!

My old wallpaper was a screen shot that Amy thought was really amusing~

Old

New

My new one is still GD but I think it's cuter~ And besides when people in the house walk by my laptop they wont ask weird questions about it anymore.

Which also reminds me. I remember going to Reni's show on the final day of AnimeNext and Daraphan walked by my computer and gave me a really strange look for the old wallpaper....

Insomnia

2010-11-02T04:46:00.000-04:00

I haven't been able to sleep recently and tonight is no different.

It's currently 4:50am.

I've been trying to think if I'm depressed about anything but nothing comes to mind.

I'll lay in bed for hours but nothing happens. Seriously looking into medications that I can take that will force me to sleep.

- Night

♪は（*￣▽￣）ノ（*￣▽￣）ノろぉ♪