AUUUUGH! Suddenly never wanted an iPhone more than I do RIGHT THIS SECOND upon Audrey Kawasaki releasing her new Gelaskins.

HOT DAMN THEY’RE SO PRETTY. *pines*

I’ve wanted one of her 17″ Macbook Pro Gelaskins but never actually purchased one (poverty somehow manages to win out over vanity), but AUGH! This one is a kicker. DO WANT iPHONE, DARN YOUR ENABLING, AK! xD

PS: First time posting with Press This. QUITE enamored of the feature already

Mirrored from Vintage Nettles.

ahhhaahahaha I found the macro!




I want him in the worst possible way!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
<3<3<3

Near the end of a super pleasant and rather impromptu evening, two friends and I at length talked about zombie, ghost and horror movies. Soon after they left Greg and I decided to watch a few episodes of Supernatural before sleeping.

Three episodes of PURE unadulterated win later (In the Beginning, Monster Movie & Yellow Fever – oh yeah, you know we got some Jensen Ackles playing guitar on his leg action *air punch*), Greg kissed my forehead and headed off to the bathroom for the pre-bed shuffle of teeth brushing etc.

When he came back into the room, he flicked off the light – though we were still illuminated by the lamp with a remote, aka the blue glow of the tv – and he casually mentioned “You know your dolls are all covered up. It’s kind of… Creepy.” To which I cracked up, told him to flick the light back on so it wasn’t so freakish and as he did so I pulled the white sheet off of the top of them so they could resume their normal state of staring at us with their vacant-at-best stares.

An eerie mood settled about us, we were crawling back into bed and Greg conversationally asks “SO! I just walked into the bathroom, and I looked at the mirror. And guess what I saw..?”

Okay, so I don’t scare easily, in fact I normally find horror flicks to be high comedy. But after that entire evening’s quantity of set up, the hairs on the back of my neck pricked up, my palms got insta-clammy and my eyes widened to twice their usual size.

Visions of lipstick scrawled messages of doom; steam-revealed finger-painting dripping with overtones of imminent death, a face of someone long-dead appearing to stand behind him flashed through my mind.

“No?” I hesitantly replied.

“A note…”

Oh god, the tension stiffened my joints.

“…Stuck to the mirror…”

My breath caught in my throat.

“…Saying:”

Every god in creation, help me now.

“You lost the game.“

*headdesk*

SCREW YOU ERIK *dies so hard* Bastard flatmate and his ridiculous ideas of possible win. I WILL NOT ADMIT TO YOUR AWESOME, YOU HEAR ME!? >_>;;;;;;;;;

Greg went and moved the note to the lid of Erik’s laptop. He considered putting it INSIDE on the screen, but he decided that that was sinking to Erik levels of cruelty. And nobody wants that, now, do they?

ETA 01:54am: Apparently we DO want that. Although with the caveat of it being on his keyboard. Cause we’re not BASTARDS. Or something. ^_^;;

ETA 09:45am: Erik’s left to go to a business meeting. Greg’s searched the premises. He can’t find the note anywhere. But he knows Erik found it: his laptop has been left open like some kind of ominous signal. This means the note is SOMEWHERE, and it means its always on our minds. Which also means: CONTINUAL. GAME. LOSS.

You’ve won this round Erik, oh yes, but we shall prevail.

Mirrored from Vintage Nettles.

Upon awaking this morning I found that the stress, pressure and sheer drain of yesterday had effected me adversely after all. Wanting to be able to do everything, go everywhere and be as much as I could be for Corinne, her memory, her family, our friends, MY family… I was shocked in the evening that I’d held up, physically, so well.

But this morning everything hurt, my fingers, my toes, lets not talk of the effort it took to hold up my head and standing? Standing is a most definitely an over-rated pass time and I do not recommend it. Or at least I could not before the delicious bath Greg suggested.

A possibly-will-scald-yourself-but-not-quite water temperature, a beautiful period drama (with one’s hair pinned up in the correct era’s fashion), a cumulus of bubbles, and the luxuriant experience of a gifted Lush Ma Bar and after two hours one can walk down one’s own hallway unassisted on one’s own. MIRACULOUS!

Something I must say about the Ma Bar though? Its a fabulous idea in theory; the water feels soft and enveloping, the feel of your skin post-bath is soft and sumptuous. The sugar cube dissolves easily so there’s not a hint of scratchiness. The bubbles pile HIGH and you feel very much like a tv heroine. No, that is all quite WONDROUS.

The unfortunate gripe I have, however, is that though chocolate is VERY welcome in near-every situation, the colour of chocolate is STILL brown. And a brown bath is not the most aesthetically pleasing of visual experiences. You clamber out and wonder just HOW filthy you must’ve been before hand – or in my case whether or not I’d managed to soak the colour of my skin off in two hours.

Which I guess wouldn’t be so bad, I’ve managed to wind-burn myself into having a rather impressive inverse-locket (you know, if I were a cat) and with so many special occasions upon us its not the most ENVIABLE of circumstances. I keep asking Greg if he still loves me even if I have unevenly coloured breasts. Apparently he does, poor soul.

But still, for the Ma Bar I give:

Fragrance: 8/10 – okay so my olfactory largely do not function, but it still smelled gorgeous and delicious (sign me up for cake RIGHT NOW).
WoSE (Water on Skin Experience)**: 9/10 – rather soft, comforting and relaxing. JUST what I needed. Does feel like its moisturising the skin while you soak.
Visual Aesthetic: 5/10 – though the fluffy bubbles are heavenly, the BROWN of the bath is quite alarming xD
Leaves your skin feeling: super soft and moisturised – I can’t stop running my fingers across my collarbones ^_^;;
Clean up: NONE! – I found as long as you made sure you crumbled ALL of the bar into the bath, then there was no staining or residual colour left to have to attempt to clean up after.

* photo courtesy of Zanthia @ flickr’s Lush Set, as I was rather incapable of taking my own pre-bath

** I have NO idea how to describe that sensation, I asked Greg & Steffi and though they came up with multiple good suggestions (well Steffi did anyway xD) nothing really hit the nail on the exact head.

Mirrored from Vintage Nettles.

Thanks for the replies to my questions, everyone!

We said good-bye to land at Madeira yesterday (Sunday) and won't see land again until early Sunday. This morning I took a couple laps around the (teeny tiny) ice rink, just to say I'd done it. My foot only complained on turns, and taking off the skates. Yay. :D

I've got two questions that I can't afford to research at the rate of $0.37/min -- so if anyone can find the answers for me, I'd appreciate it!

1 - What's the name of the new/recent BBC TV series that has a werewolf, vampire and ghost sharing a flat? (Yes, we have a satellite BBC channel on the stateroom TVs.)

2 - Is there any hint on the internets that Noah Wyle might be on a cruise vacation? Because either he or his doppelganger was trying out the flowrider on the Independence of the Seas yesterday afternoon.

We're in port in sunny drizzley Vigo, Spain! I got out and walked around the port area a bit, and now I'm back in my stateroom checking email before lunch. There are bagpipers just outside the port building -- I didn't know that bagpipes were a Spanish thing??

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Photos of the week

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Thanks for joining us. To our American friends, have a fantastic Thanksgiving. To all of our international neighbors, we'll eat a little extra for you!

The day is done, and so we pack to spend the long weekend in Hong Kong! Rey, Uno, Duende and I will be there starting tomorrow until Monday. We're meeting a doll friend at Dollheart on Sunday afternoon, and if you're in the area, please come join us!

The portable Duende has become quite the traveler. She also went with us at the Advertising Congress in Subic Bay:


See you in Hong Kong!

This is what you call a "headdesk".

It was taken by Deng, art director, as I was trying to survive a day of migraine in my new office, which became Agency of the Year at the recently concluded 21st Philippine Advertising Congress in Subic – an exhausting five-day affair full of media personalities, food and freebies, kind of a business-like Comicon sans the fat cosplayers.

Artist James Jean seemed more exhausted than I was. The only thing that kept me awake during his presentation was his mind-blowing art, which he can't explain very well. And he told the clients to "fuck off" – that part was interesting, too.

I've talked to Hannah littlemisspity about Mike Schallit, the man behind the first solar-powered billboard that fed South African schoolchildren, the man whose ideas I wish I thought of. I will tell you more about the things that kept me from sleeping through the hour-long sessions when I fully recover my wits.

I did not win the Mazda6, dammit, but Manikako won a Gold in Integrated Campaign. I've won some advertising awards, but this has got to be the most meaningful I've ever had; I had to go up on stage with Gabie to get the trophy.

Someday, I'm going to write a book about Manikako. A lot of you are going to be in it.

Another friend - family really - has died, tragically. Even more so for the fact that she was pregnant, near-term, at the time. Unsurprisingly I am not taking this well.

If you don't see me around or have found me unresponsive, I apologise, but I'm just not feeling at all social at the moment.

My love to everyone.

Please, everyone? Don't take any unnecessary risks on the road. Ever.

Postcard winners!

We wish to extend our heartfelt gratitude for sending so much joy our way. Frank is still blushing with excitement over the love notes, proposals, propositions, and occasional intimate photos sent from his admirers around the world (China, Norway, Japan, and Poland just this week)! At his request, we blindfolded Justin, one of Frank's BFFs, spun him around in five dozen counterclockwise circles, and asked him to point to ten random postcards/envelopes pasted to the wall. After a brief trip to the bathroom, he chose the following lucky winners, to whom we will give a six-month paid account token (for paid, basic, and plus users) or, for our permanent account holders, a $15 voucher for the LiveJournal gift shop.

So, without further ado, the winners are:

1. seraphene
2. fotog
3. boykitten
4. seshat_6
5. anti_aol
6. lisalees
7. katrinkacat
8. mistyboston
9. _woody_lein
10. another_slender

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Photos of the week

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