Let me just say that yesterday is in my top five best days EVER. It was just awesome. angiechan070707 amused ourselves on the way to Myrtle Beach, then had nummy food at Planet Hollywood. We'd eaten there on my birthday but she didn't get up to look around and as it turns out there was stuff I missed that I saw this time. She also got a picture of me from behind looking at the Leonardo costume since I was wearing a tank top again and I never got to see the picture someone else took like that.

From there we walked around and did a little shopping, which we probably shouldn't have but oh well. >_> There was a David and Goliath store, how could we pass that up? I got socks, stickers to put on my laptop and a "rock is dead, long live paper and scissors" lanyard for work. I also got sushi earrings at Claires and some post its at another store that was made of awesome. The best part of the shopping excursion was taking pictures in one of those little photo booths though. X3 I now have a little strip of stupidly silly pictures of me and Laura to put in my cubicle at work. 8D

Oh yes, and then there was this:



We didn't go in, but we were sorta "uh..." to see that there. XD

After an adventure with the GPS (affectionately called Gupus) we finally got to the House of Blues and stood outside for an hour. Again, I was in a tank top so it was kind of cold but I survived. It wasn't too bad for most of it, but it got colder before we went in. x_x We were also standing behind people who were smoking, which sucked but ah well.

Once inside Laura found us an awesome place to stand that wasn't on the floor (oh hell no, we're both little people!) but was still close. It's definitely way closer than I was at KoRn and MCR and we considered the spot pretty damn awesome. The only bad part about it was the obnoxious drunk guy who stood in front of us. We could see past him but... well, he was obnoxious and drunk, and got more obnoxious and drunk as we waited for AFI to play. I think pretty much everyone around him was getting sick of him really, and whenever I screamed for the band I made sure to get as close to his ear as possible 'cause I'm an ass. 8D But a sober ass!

( Concert review... sorta )

The quest for food ended up being more difficult than expected. IHOP was getting ready to close so we figured we'd just go to the Denny's down the road. But of course when we got there we saw they were closed for remodeling. -_- So Laura used the mighty Gupus to find another Denny's and we listened to Basshunter and tried not to talk too much on the way there. Some water (and cappuccino) later my throat finally started to feel like it wasn't trying to kill me anymore. Yay! The Denny's we went to didn't have a veggie burger but they had some incredibly wintastic onion rings and our waiter was awesome. Seriously, could the night get any better?

On the way home I started counting churches to keep myself focused. I have issues with falling asleep in the car, and at 2:00 am it'd be even more possible. So I scanned for deer (saw one! It was so cute!) and churches as we battled the mighty fog. It was dark so I know we missed a bunch of churches since we could basically just look for the lit up signs, but even with missing some we found 38 in about two and a half hours. Churches. We have them.

We got home and were tired but didn't want to go to bed right away so we fiddled on our laptops and watched an episode of ANTM, then went to bed. Like I said, it was easily one of the top five best days EVER. <3

Today I don't feel nearly as bad as I expected, aside from being tired. I've been having issues sleeping in for a while now (my body won't let me no matter how late I went to bed) so I only got about four hours of sleep. But I can have some caffeine later at least.

And now I end this with some cell pictures of vaguely AFI shaped blobs. XD There was no way I was going to try and get one of my real cameras in there, and my cell camera sucks (which is a shame, because I love the phone otherwise) but the pictures still make me happy. They're my memories~! And they're vaguely AFI shaped. X3

( Ooooh vaguely! )

hi everybody ^-^

Name: Bianca
Age: 14 (15 in 8 days *-*)
I come from germany
Hobbies: make jewellry out of Fimo,beads and so on

Fox! Meet Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, one of two patches made to fix flaws in Frank's program. Technically since they were all created by the same person, O'Malley, Frank, Fox and Three are all siblings. But where Frank sees O'Malley as more of an annoying little brother, she looks at Fox and Three almost like her daughters after a while. Tycho is just thrilled with that, I'm sure. X3




( Hoofy girl )

an exhausting day so far. not terrible, but not particularly good. i thought it was worse than it actually was until i reflected on it now...
lately i have been having this feeling that i am an unlikable person. that i am too loud, or say the wrong things... that people don't want to be around me... and this may just be me being paranoid. but it feels as if i am not pleasing people, when i so desperately want to please people (one of my faults).

I heard this song for the first time today. It's been a while since the last music post on here, so here's something for the ears and eyes.

I know one friend of mine who will cringe when I say this but... Sometimes when out and about, I have to whip out out a lipstick or powder, to top up the color or tame some shine. These two things can be done in a way that is as pretty as the way you hold your fan or parasol!



I've recently gone back to wearing red lipstick, and was looking for a brand that is as pretty in the tube as on my lips (red lipstick always seems to need attention). I might have just found it! Kinda been wanting to try Besame cosmetics for a while, and might be ready to take the plunge.

I always feel kind of awkward if I pull out a less than chic looking piece of makeup packaging in public. I love my Maybeline (I was not born with it) but it feels un-glamorous in my hands. Beautiful packaging like these make me feel pretty just holding them when I need to rescue my makeup after it all ends up on my scone!

I know the Edwardians went in through a backdoor when they wanted to buy their cosmetics, but the decadent beauties of the 1920's Jazz age made it something to be positively proud of! Any one else proud to plaster? and what cosmetic packaging do you guys feel happy to be seen in public with?

I spent part of the morning doing a bit of early Christmas shopping on the Republic of Tea website. They have so many interesting teas that I kept finding "one more thing" to add to my order, both for gifts & myself. Shopping for gifts there in the wintertime is dangerous, because that's the time of year that I get away from feeling like drinking coffee & want lots of different tea drinks. I love their teas, both for the flavors & for the fact that a lot of their tasty herbal combinations are chamomile-free. I'm horribly allergic to chamomile & it seems to be a major ingredient in the formulas of a lot of herbal teas in other major brands. I'm looking forward to my package arriving with my holiday tea supply....

A.

I love blood oranges & they have some teas flavored with blood orange this year. Hooray!

oh my gosssshhhhhhh i just had the best weekend ever, i can't believe it's over already 3: ~!!! i wish i stayed longer. I'm always sad to leave CA  ; 3; hmmm yesterday I was supposed to spend time with my thaliaaaa but hurricane Ida canceled my afternoon flight and I was switched to an earlier flight :S



some puuuriiiiiiiii
smart thinking PMX! :D it was so convenient having a puri machine at the con.  i wish all cons did this ;~;

ohhh i ended up with a bunch of puri sheets in my purse xDD i need to mail out everyone's pieces! lets see, i need ya'lls addresses Kim, Andrew, Hanna, Robin, Joey, and Ari! I'll get them scanned and post them too :3

waaaa i loved seeing everyone again, and thank you everyone who bought from my table and all my helpers too ;w;♥♥ it was so hectic selling at a convention without Cooch there helping me, so i really really appreciate all your help Grimy, Kate, Joey, Kim, Andrew, Hanna, Thalia,  Xavier, and everyone else who helped out and Melissa too for the blouse hehe :3 ♥ and, thank you so much to Sheyne for working so hard to make this event a success. all of your hard work really paid off <3

I loved seeing Maki and Asuka again too oh my gosh this year was seriously amazing *O* waaa they were at my table *A* it still feels like a dream ;o;
things that I found out~
-the yellow mouse in the new print is Maki's toy mouse whose name is Judy :3
-Maki confirmed that the sugary carnival art really is Cass♥~!!
I hope that they have a safe trip home<3 and that they plan another event for next year eee~~



i have to go now ;~; i'm gonna upload all the pictures from my camera later after i catch up on homework. i still need to get the AWA and NYAF pics up too x_x

This is out of print, but is easily obtained from Amazon.

The Southern Heritage Socials and Soirees Cookbook

It has recipes from Victorian through about the '60's or so, and lots of illustrations ranging from fun to corny. The recipes are for tea sandwiches, cakes, quick breads, chaffing dish items, punches, and lots of other stuff.

Hello everyone *waves* I've been lurking in the shadows absorbing all the loveliness of this place... until now! I just wanted to share some neat links that I think are pretty fitting for this month's theme!
If anyone is not aware of the online British Food Shop I would definitely go take a look around. They have all sorts of tasty looking teas, food and other goodies. Here's one of my favorite things to have at tea parties (or even just for me :3)
http://www.britishfoodshop.com/shopexd.asp?id=712
Like I said there's tons of other things on there (I'm getting kicked off so I must cut this short) so take a minute if you can and just go nuts! The official home page is here: http://www.britishfoodshop.com/
I hope you enjoy!
<3

I just copy and pasted this from my journal :) Hope you like it!!
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Today I am going to show you how to make mochi! Yesterday my mom and I made it and it is so easy!
All you need is this:
1 package of glutinous rice flour (the green one)
2 1/2 cup of water
1/3 cup of sugar

For the rolling part:
some cornstarch
some oil
whatever filling you would like!

( Are you ready? Here we go! )

If you make some please take some photos and let me see too!! :D

We took these to David's house last night :3 He wants me to make chocolate ones for him O.o I am not sure how good that would taste...

It's a bit late, but... November 5th in England is Guy Fawkes day (it's a real holiday, not something that was just made up for V for Vendetta) and as an English ex-pat it's something I always kinda miss living in America. The good news is whilst I can't have fireworks, I can have bonfire toffee!!!

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