Sunday Photo Essay(of a sort)~Her everything

Her picks.  her favorites.  her day.    That’s what today’s  “photo essay” is about.   (you didn ‘t think Sweetiegirlz would put down the camera though did you?)

 

*little A gets a kick out of her birthday card.   and her

chocolate and vanilla dairy queen ice cream cake with the

oreos on top and the oreo middle. 

 

*her birthday take:

this nice “gaming chair” with speakers and plugs for her MP3 player and Nintendo DS.

~a couple really good Nintendo games

~some model magic sculpting clay

~some sneakers

~gift cards from her sister

~money

~her choice of dinner and movie

 

 

 

*we saw this, which was actually her 2nd choice because toy story 1 and 2 in 3D cost way more than a regular ticket, AND you had to return your 3D glasses at the end.   They liked this movie tho.  It’s really cute.

 

 

*after movie girlie shopping.   Dad declares:  I will be waiting outside, this is a GIRL store. 

  well, duh.

 

 

*what a strange bunny that is.

 and the night only got stranger.  Big A picked out her Halloween costume, a she devil, what else? lol.  (hey I had no influence whatsoever over that.)

100 Reasons Why "Summer Time" Is My Favorite NEWS PV

I fell asleep after I got home from school yesterday. It was Friday, so I thought it would be nice to sleep a little longer than usual. (Normally, since I can scrape together only two hours of sleep on a school day, I take 2-4 hour naps once I get home.) Friday, I went to sleep at four in the afternoon and woke up at nine.

Saturday morning.

That’s SEVENTEEN hours of sleep. My new record. =D And I only woke up because my brother woke me up because Mama told him to because she was worried that I wouldn’t ever wake up. xP I missed the dance at my school, and if I had community service the next day I would have been late for that.

I learned my lesson: No more all-nighters.

So. I meant to type this up yesterday, which I’d been working on during the times I should have been studying for the 6-chapter AP Bio test that I totally and completely bombed on Friday my free time.

“Summer Time” is probably my favorite NEWS song. (That is, after “Bambina.”) Out of all of their PVs, “Summer Time” is my absolute favorite. There is so much going on in that PV that I couldn’t catch up with it without pausing the video. So I decided to make a list of all the little things I love about the PV. I didn’t expect the list to grow so long. I would have taken screencaps, but there would have been wawy too many.

Without further delay, here’s…

100 Reasons Why “Summer Time” Is My Favorite NEWS PV

1.  The whole thing is a flashback

2.  Tons of Massu camera time

3.  Reminiscent!Massu

4.  The various Eiffel Towers at 0:15

5.  0:18 Baywatch: NEWS version

6.  Shige grinning REALLY hard at 0:20

7.  Shige heading for Koyama with open arms at 0:32

8.  The fact that Tegoshi in this PV reminds me of this picture of Ikuta Toma

9.  All the liquor at 0:35

10.  Koyama’s tongue 0:35

11.  Yamapi’s cheek poke at 0:39

12.  Yamapi’s serene smile at 0:39

13.  Tegoshi about to kiss Shige at 0:40

14.  Their colorful shirts

15.  Ryo-chan’s queer face at 0:41

16.  Cute Massu 0:48

17.  Shige with a puppy 0:59

18.  1:04 Ryo peeking out from behind a tree

19.  1:04 Massu looking lost with his little floatie

20.  Shige dancing at 1:09

21.  The mysterious hand on his shoulder

22.  Pi went to hide at 1:08

23.  Tegoshi wearing pink

24.  Ryo hugging the skateboard at 1:12

25.  1:16 Koyama flashing the peace sign at the camera

26.  Tegoshi wiggling his puppet at 1:16

27.  Massu sitting on Shige’s lap at 1:16

28.  Shige enjoying it

29.  Massu wearing the inner tube throughout the entire video

30.  Narcissist!Tegoshi at 1:18

31.  The sign saying “Come with me” at 1:18

32.  Tego’s cuteeee smile at 1:18

33.  1:22 Massu really loves that inner tube

What they all do at the “Oh yes!” at 1:25

Massu hopping at 1:27

KoyaShige heading off by themselves

1:33 Tegoshi with a strawberry

Whatever the heck Yamashita is doing at 1:33

1:37 The faces Ryo makes at the camera

Yamapi’s hair is normal in this PV

1:46 The 山P cups!

Tegoshi’s famous skull necklace

1:50 Ryo chugging milk

1:52 Pi thinking the banana is a phone

How the translation of the song is written on the boys’ scrapbook pages in bad English

Shige with glasses 1:57

Shige with glasses having a stare-off with a puppy

Massu cuteness overload at 2:00

How the hand of the clock never changes

KoyaShige possibly sharing a banana at 2:04

NEWS gathering at 2:07

Massu waddling over to join said gathering

Ryo offering us a strawberry 2:09

Massu working those maracas at 2:11

Massu wears clothes that pass for normal

The little KoyaMassuShige dance triangle 2:12

Ryo trying to hula with the floatie 2:12

Pi’s move at 2:12

Possibly a voodoo doll hanging on the wall at 2:15

More ShigeMassu interactions 2:19

How Tegoshi’s t-shirt is short enough that whenever he raises his arms it rides up and we get a glimpse of his belly

The single smack of the drum from Pi 2:20

2:22 Massu with his fish

Koyama popping out from behind Massu at 2:28

2:29 Yamapi looking like he’s genuinely having fun

Everyone shoving Shige’s head out of the camera frame 2:41

Massu cracking up at 2:42

Ryo goes to play with Shige’s hair at 2:44

More glasses!Shige 2:46

RYOPI! 2:52

Massu’s expression 2:58

The poutiest lips everrrr <33 3:02

3:06 What Massu’s fingers are doing

3:07 Massu singing into his maracas

The fact that Massu moments are dominating this list

Koyama sharing some member-ai with Tego 3:08

3:09 Bouncy Koyama and Massu

3:12 Koyama’s creepy look here

Tegoshi giving Koyama a piggyback ride 3:16

Shige pouting! 3:21

3:24 Yamapi shielding his face from the camera

Tegoshi’s getting a little sluttier in this PV

3:27 Yamapi beating the crap out of that pole

3:29 Yamapi poking… something

3:41 Koyama being tickled by Pi

3:43 Ryo yanking Koyama out of the way to yell “Summer time!”

3:54 Tegoshi’s cute little dance <333

3:58 Pi’s, er… dance

Massu making Shige smile 4:02

How Ryo should never be allowed to wash clothes again

Tegoshi protecting that smoothie like it’s his child 4:10

The color of the smoothie matches Tego’s shirt

Tegoshi’s whiny reaction 4:12

4:25 Tegomass trying to add ketchup and mustard to a maraca

4:26 Rainbow smoothie!

Tegoshi’s look of delight/disgust

4:30 Massu trying to feed Tegoshi the maraca

Tegoshi going, “It’s not edible!”

4:36 Ryo being cute with his fingers poking his cheeks.

The PV ending with a tight RyoMassu hug

You're dead, dude. Get over it

Това в духа на традицията заглавието на поста да е реплика от серията. Но пък по това, което чувам от хора, чели книгите преди да гледат сериала, нещо работата съвсем отива надолу. Аз упорито и мазохистично ще продължавам да си зяпам заради Иън. Да живее мазохизмът явно…

И така… Пропускаме интрото… Блаблаблабла! Но пък, да си кажа честно, бях принудена да гледам първата половина от епизода без да превъртам, понеже докато се вечеря (да, снощи го гледах), не е хубаво да си цапаш клавиатурата или мишката, нали? Та, както и да е.

Оф, честно казано, ще коментирам само някои неща, както ми скимнат. Не ми се гледа пак целия епизод. Дръндрън, блабла, Стефан това, Стефан онова… Аз продължавам да гледам само заради Иън и Стив (Джеръми демек. Ама вие виждали ли сте му косата ве?  Тоооолкова е готина! И той самият е готин. Не ми пука, че героят му е на 15, просто искам го видя по без тениска. It would be such eye-candy.)

Добре, започваме със сцената след съня. Хах, това с ножа беше поне малко умно от страна на Стефан. Да покаже най-накрая някакъв живец, че не е напълно безсилен срещу брат си. Било то и с някакво тъпо ножченце за писма. Хахахаха, на Иън как му се отдава да преиграва. Това за пумата как го изигра, много ме израдва. It was a mountain lion, like, a big one! *rofl* И гласа му просто няма да ви казвам какво ми причинява понякога. Па е и мръсник. Еми че да. И как нагъта брат си. А емото само вика “Мъ”, докато Деймън и не трепна. Така е, като ядеш само проклети зайци! Междувременно, никой ли не забелязва, че зайците и катеричките в тоя град драстично намаляват? Или си мислят, че е дело на пумата. Тез двамцата така могат да си карат цял ден (препратка към един филм. Сцената с Дориан Грей и Мина Харкър. Ах, спомени, спомени за Стюи. Отклоних се.)

This is John Varvatos, dude! – е те това ако не го е предложил Иън, ей ме па на! Ама как го казаааа, уби ме! Просто тоя тон… съвсем човешки го докарва. Даже малко го предокарва. Ама нали това е цялата цака. И продължават да ги обличат почти еднакво. Това е конспирация да харесваме Стефан повече, нали? Май действа… Защото все повече хора, които познавам, са тийм Стефан. Ужас. Май пак ще съм в малцинство.

Някой да знае коя е актрисата, която играе майката на Карълайн? Няма значение, намерих! Явно си е струвало да гледам Kyle XY. Радвам се, че са избрали точно тази актриса.

Ааа, това с роклите на Карълайн. Първо: EAT IT, TWILIGHT! Честно, време беше и те да се заядат с книгите. Да живее Ан Райс (и не го казвам заради Деймън. От доста време искам да си докопам Вещиците на книга. Желаещи да ми я купят и пратят по пощата за Коледа или рожден ден? Говоря за първата част xD) Второ: песентаааа, как ме радва! Свалих си я и си я слушкам. Трето: отново модно изказване на Иън. Нещо май е имал пръст там. Четворто: О.Ч.И.Т.Е.  М.У. *припада*

*15-минути по-късно, след като се е свестила горе-долу* О. Боже. Мили. Тоя човек ще ме умори. Просто наистина ще ме умори. Но поне ще умра щастлива! Пето: Кандис извади много сладко кучешко изражение. Сладурана. Цялата изпохапа, но сладурана. Шесто: Отново. Краплайт! Обаче Иън вади пак някакъв такъв глас, много… Човешки. Не знам дали някой друг се усети. Ох, като каза това за пръстена, имах чувството, че ще покаже среден пръст. Уви, това е the CW и такива неща няма. Но, забележете, Карълайн има захапано и на гърба… Така, извода аз си го извадих, с мръсното си подсъзнание.

Хехехе, Иън как сладко я метна на леглото. Наистина може да е превъзходно сладък, когато иска. Ще ме убиеш ли? *с умивка* Мхм.    Аз ке умра.

Това със Зак беше добро. Поне разбрахме, че не само финовете се чудят защо аджеба безсмъртно същество би си причинило отново да минава през гимназията. Бтв, Пол Уесли можеше да мине за тийн във Fallen, ама тука нещо ми изглежда, все едно е повтарял колко пъти. Докато на Иън му отива, при това страшно много, да е the stud. Ама Зак какъв е… Не исках да те обидя… Като някакъв слуга. Ужас, тотално му съсипаха героя. Поне малко добллест да имаше. Пфу.

Ъъъъъ, добрер shirtless!Ian *squee* Гърбът му е… Ох. Пак тия две букви… Ох. Обаче, съжалявам, на Дженс му признавам гърба най-много. След това на Джаред, след това и на Иън. Но да не се отклонявам прекалено. Все пак Ох. Тези панталони колко хубаво му стоят… Още по-хубаво ще му стоят, ако ги няма. Както и да е.

I’m not some drunk sorority chick, you can’t roofie me. Хахахах, кют. И очите, които вади. Отново тези очи и отново ох.

Само да отбележа: Сега се разбра защо на Карълайн родителите липсват перманентно. Баща й е в Мемфис… със Стивън, а майка й е шериф. Заети хора. xD Поне това вече не е дупка в сюжета.

А този кристал какво ли прави? Сакам да знам. Много даже.

Деймън, който минава от ядосан на прелъстителен на ядосан… ОуМайСексиСадистиченДеймън! Просто тръпки ме побиха… И тоя глас, дето вади… И тези ръце, които просто си търсят място, плъзгайки се по кожата ти… Ох. Ако това не беше кабеларка, тая сцена само си представяйте колко хот щеше да бъде? Аз не смея да си въобразявам, че просто такава сметана ше му ударя на тоз човек и такъв гръб ще му дам… Доооообре, отново се отклоних. И то доста. Достатъчно, че да задействам мръсните мозъчета на някои от вас.

Относно другите герои: Джеръми, както вече споменах, страшно много ме радва. Просто такава коса вади, а и ръцете му хич не са зле… Абе, той целият хич не е за изпускане. Да видим как ще се развият нещата с Вики. Дано момето се окаже умно и ни докра shitless!Steven. На 21 е, какво ме гледате xD

Леля Джена някак ми е скучна вече… А Бони става забавна, интересни възможности се очертават с тези сили.

Но като цяло, за сериала: You’re dead, dude. Get over it

A rant on race shirts

Why is it so hard for race organizers to provide a decent-sized shirt for petite women? Out of my entire collection of race shirts (about 15), there are only two that I would actually wear in public. One is from last year’s A Race For Maggie’s Place which ended up being well worth the $30 race day registration fee for the tech shirt and the great goody bag. Although it wasn’t a women-only race, I attribute the great shirt to the fact that the race is held to benefit women.

The shirt in action during the Lost Dutchman 10k.

Then, there’s the awesome women’s tech shirt from Disney’s Princess Half Marathon. It’s my favorite race shirt because it’s Disney, it’s pink, and it just fits perfectly. Although the race was open to men, it was definitely a female-centric event and I don’t even think there was a male/unisex shirt option available.

I wore my “princess” shirt and a tiara for the Disneyland Family Fun Run 5k.

Of course, not all women’s races get it right. At the Trek Women’s Duathlon, the smallest shirt size was a medium!

For some reason I don’t mind it so much when I get cotton shirts that are too big. At least I can still get some use by wearing them around the house. But there just isn’t anything to do with tech shirts. It also seems like some race organizers use tech shirts as a reason to justify high registration fees. If I’m not going to be able to wear the shirt anyway, I’d rather get a $5-10 discount and no shirt. Like at the Rock ‘n’ Roll races, I already know the “free” shirt won’t fit. They must be getting some kind of huge bulk discount because every race has the same “unisex” Sugoi tech shirts and they’re always blue. With as many participants as they get, you’d think they could provide women’s sizes and different colors for each race.

But the real reason for this post is because of the last two Disney race shirts that I’ve gotten. Here’s a look at the shirt from the Expedition Everest Challenge.

At this angle it looks okay. But the proportions are actually all off. The body’s not too bad, although perhaps just a little short. It’s the sleeves that are crazy. The Disneyland Half Marathon shirt has the same cut. Here’s what it looks like on.

See what I mean about the sleeves? Who would actually look good in this shirt? I don’t know whether the blame lies with Disney or Champion, but both companies have enough expertise with apparel that this shouldn’t happen. It’s worse than if the shirt was just too big overall.

So anyway, that’s my rant for the day. Do you have a favorite race shirt? What are some races that offer shirts in both men’s and women’s sizes?

Everyone's gone.

I absolutely hate my couch, my floor was more comfortable than it. My bed was taken by Oz and Brent. I didn’t mind. I kept tossing, listening to my conscious complain about it. It’s really hard to get comfortable to sleep it really is. Maybe tonight won’t be so bad. I often wonder why it takes me so much to sleep. Like last night I was deadbeat tired, and when I was laying on the couch while I was viewing the Xbox360, with Oz messing around with avatars. I still managed to stay awake, until like 8AM. Oh well.

Even though I just had to wake up to a blast of heat. This morning hasn’t been that awful. We didn’t really do anything, just sat yapping away about how lame Peter is. I’ve got some peace and quiet now. I might try to sleep for a bit. After I move my room around. Only my friends could go and mess it up right after I clean it. Not a big deal. It’s a small amount.

Unaware of the fact that it is already October blew my mind. I have to go make a new music play list soon. My marathon is close, and I’m a bit paranoid about playing the games. I should do fine though.

Now I’m starting to draw a blank on what to type.

~Jared

Why does your pride make you run and hide?

Vondt i hodet, svimmel, vondt i halsen og hekta på paracet. Ja, jeg er syk! Om det finnes grupper for dårlig døgnrytme hadde jeg vært lederen.. Sov utrolig dårlig i natt, våkna opp flere ganger! Irriterende? JA! Da jeg fant ut at jeg hadde feber i morges var det bare å holde senga. Jeg hadde ikke greid skolen i det hele tatt. Men når fikser man egentlig skolen? Litt trist siden jeg og Kristian skulle shoppe milkshake for alle penga etter skoledagen var over, men nåjaa.. Tilbake til min utrolig dårlige døgnrytme som aldri kom tilbake etter sommeren 2007, i think… Våkna opp klokka halv 12 i dag eller no så jeg fikk ivertfall mange nok timer søvn. Synd at jeg ikke kommer til å få sove i kveld for jeg vet hvor dau jeg blir av å stå opp klokka 7 når jeg ikke har fått nok søvn.. (A) Hehe, litt vel mye om det, men hva skal jeg liksom ellers skrive om? Jeg er jo syk for svarte.. Spørsmålet er vel i det hele tatt hvorfor jeg gidder å sitte inne på wordpress in the first place.. Minner meg på at jeg burde vel få meg et fint design snart

Overskriften er forresten fra en sang.. eeh ja… anyways, vi blogges ;*

Hva synes du om skinntights? Jeg digger de! Bildet er fra den dagen jeg hadde de på.. Ikke bry deg om at jeg ser ut som en gammel kjerring på håret her.. Jeg gikk ikke sånn med det offentlig! (A)

I've found the hidden portal to Narnia...

For those that know me well, it’s no secret that I am a bit – just a wee bit – of a germophobe with a slight neurotic tendency toward cleanliness. I am NOT OCD. (I’m CDO, because that’s in alphabetical order, as it should be.)

Anyway, with that little tidbit about my personality in mind, imagine how absolutely nuts I began to become when a rather rank smell started emanating from my refrigerator every time I opened the door yesterday. I went through and checked expiration dates on everything, and threw away every left over I had that had been there more than 12 hours in an effort to eliminate the rankness that offended my senses each time I reached for the milk. By midnight last night, however, it was still so bad that I took everything out of my fridge, bleached the inside of it, Lysol’d it out, and then replaced the food into their appropriate spots. Then I put in a fresh box of baking soda for good measure. I was able to go to bed after that, confident that by morning the warfare declared by my kitchen appliances on my olfactory senses would be won.

I was not wrong. The war did have a victor, but it wasn’t me. I could smell the rot with the door closed by the time I got up the next morning. Damn you, foul groceries! I opened to door to the fridge, armed with every possible disinfectant and deodorizing tool I could find. I was on the phone with my sister at the time, and was regaling her with my tales of stinky woe.

“I don’t know what the Hell that smell is! I have cleaned and cleared out and it still reeks!”

“Have you bleached?”

“Have I bleached? What is wrong with you? Of course I’ve bleached!”

“Baking soda?”

“Yes! And still it smells of butt crack and rotten food!”

“Curious. It shouldn’t still smell. Have you checked behind the fridge?”

“There’s not enough room for anything to get behind the fridge.”

“Underneath?”

“Ditto on the space under the fridge.”

“Do you know where the cat is?”

“Sitting here in the middle of the kitchen floor looking at me with eyes that plead, ‘please, for the love of Jose, close that foul appliance!’ “

“So the cat’s not dead behind the fridge… hmmm.”

At this point, my brother-in-law, who has been hearing my sister’s half of the conversation, offers his suggestion: “Maybe it’s the hidden portable to Narnia.”

Just as he utters “Narnia,” I pull out a pre-packaged salad toppings container for Southwest Salad (purchased from Wal-Mart, still sealed, and with an expiration date of 10/04/2009 stamped on it, in case you’re interested) and take a whiff!

“Augh! I’ve found it! Sweet angels in heaven! I found the hidden portable to Narnia! It’s in the Southwest Salad.”

And with that, I made quick dispatch of the Narnia portable. The not-so-hidden portable to Narnia has been re-located to the dumpster down the street.