shorts season!

It's the season for shorts, skirts and summer dresses. Since I rarely wear skirts or dresses, I'm going to stick to my trusty yet cute shorts. Hey, I can't sit criss-cross applesauce in a skirt or dress, okay? That hinders my ability to move/lounge around in my house to an uncomfortable extent. You will only ever see me in a skirt or dress on a day I have a reason to dress up... or if I feel like looking extra pretty for my boyfriend ♡

Anyway, here are two pairs of shorts I came across that I desperately want. Early birthday present for Lisa, anyone? Prease?

xoxo

She just really likes pandas.

Lady Gaga came to Japan last week to help raise awareness that Japan is now safe and welcome to visitors. In fact, her first day here she appeared on television, sipped green tea from a china tea cup with "日本の為に祈りましょう！" written on it with a sharpie, and auctioned it off to raise money for the Tohoku region, red lipstick stain and all. Although this woman creeps me out, I must admit I'm grateful for her effort.

But someone should tell her it's not okay to dress up like your dolls. Or dress your dolls like you... either or, it's a bit odd.

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Annie are you okay?

I love classical instruments. It's true - the piano is probably my favorite (being Asian and therefore forced to take lessons since I was a youngling, I'm perhaps a little biased). So when a creative musician takes a modern song and gives it the honor of being played on a classical instrument, it makes me rather giddy. A friend sent me this link on facebook the other day, and although it wasn't the first time I saw this particular youtube video, it reminded me just how much I loved it the first time I saw it (maybe about a year or so ago). I mean, how could you not love Michael Jackson's "Smooth Criminal" preformed with two cellos? After all, my favorite MJ tunes are "Smooth Criminal" and "The Way You Make Me Feel" (if anyone ever creates a piece similar to this one on "The Way You Make Me Feel", you will be my musical Jesus). Anyway, here's the song. Enjoy!

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ps. For the Supernatural fans out there, doesn't one of the musicians look like Dean?!?!

Womanly issues...

Personally, I shave everyday... so I guess my legs are pretty damned special.

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Brilliance.

One of my favorite poems of all time is by Lewis Carrol - yup, the guy who wrote "Alice in Wonderland" whilst on crack (to be more precise, it was a type of hallucinogen).

I often wondered when I cursed,
Often feared where I would be --
Wondered where she'd yield her love,
When I yield, so will she.
I would her will be pitied!
Cursed be love! She pitied me...

So maybe you're wondering, well, what's so special about this poem? It's just about love and some girl... typical. However, this masterpiece here reads exactly the same horizontally and vertically. How brilliant is that? I love English♥


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bedtime stories

Samuel L. Jackson reading "Go The Fuck To Sleep" - a new children's book. I kid you not. Listen and laugh :)

 

It is now time for me to go the fuck to sleep. Sweet dreams!

xoxo

halfsies represent!

I'm not a fan of J-pop. But I am a fan of Japanese television. Other than religiously watching Vs. 嵐 and 秘密のあらしちゃん like a manic Jonny's Entertainment fan (which I am not, by the way), I like to keep up with current shows. Partly to improve my Japanese and partly because it's just so god damn funny. One "talent" or television personality that I've liked to follow is ベッキー♡ (Becky, or rather Rebecca, as that is her full name). She's a halfsie, like me, although British instead of American. I remember thinking I didn't belong anywhere, but when I noticed how well she blended in with the Japanese culture, and how much they loved her, I gained some new confidence. So this post is dedicated to her, mainly because she's awesome and party because I have nothing else to blog about but am waiting for the rest of "Something Borrowed" to load and am extremely bored.

 

ps. It's a Hello Kitty themed love hotel. I know, I know. Japan is full of surprises.何か以外と可愛いし。

for shits & giggles

Boyfriend just sent this to me:

hahaha I love him :) ♡

yup

Just Sayin'

My boyfriend recently made the front page on reddit. Just saying. Here's the link if anyone is interested. Enjoy! ♡


http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/hp13j/as_requested_iaman_intern_working_for_a_japanese/

cold, rainy & humid...

So I'm back in Japan (yay!) but it's rainy and humid (ugh). And all I can think is, what does one wear on a day like this? I actually gave up going out on a date today just because I seriously couldn't think of ANYTHING to wear. You wear jeans but then the humidity causes them to stick to you and you feel disgusting. You wear shorts and the rain is cold but you sweat behind your knees because of the humidity. T-shirt or tank top? Cardigan or jacket? Is a jacket too heavy? But just a cardigan is a bit chilly... so maybe a heavy cardigan? Damn I don't have one of those. maybe if I wear long sleeves underneath... ugh that looks terrible. OH MY GOD, what about shoes?! Heels? Booties or sandals... This has been my thought process this entire morning. If anyone has ANY suggestions on what to wear on a cold but humid and terribly rainy day, I would greatly appreciate it. It's going to be the rainy season soon here in Tokyo and if I don't know what to wear, I seriously will never leave my house. But actually...

So today I'm in my apartment, drinking hot green tea, and doing some artwork. I suppose painting makes me feel productive since I failed in leaving my house today... Maybe I'll watch some more Bones.

So I think they can dance!

"Don't come back for me... Don't come back at all!"

I want to scream that line at the top of my lungs sometimes. This song is beautiful - the lyrics and the music itself come together to create an incredibly emotional song. I was looking at other people's covers of the song today on youtube and came across this clip from the well-known and loved TV show, "So you think you can dance?". The dance, preformed by Billy and Kathryn, added so much more meaning to the song that now I can't listen to it without watching the dance along with it! A beautiful performance to a beautiful song - art! And I love it ♡

新しく始めましょう。

"In Time of Silver Rain" - Langston Hughes

  In time of silver rain , she said to herself as she walked through the storming weather. The earth puts forth new life again. She avoided a large puddle and moved towards the side of the dirt path. Green grasses grow, and flowers lift their heads. Was it an irony that all the grass and flowers had been destroyed by the rain that pounded down from the heavens now? And all over the plain the wonder spreads. The only “wonder” she had was whether or not she would be able to get through the storm and back home. Of life, of life, of life! But there was no sign of life – no trees, no animals, not even the occasional boy or girl walking home from school on a Tuesday afternoon.

A little bit of a short story I had to write for creative writing class here at university. Not finished with it, so I'm not too comfortable putting the rest of it up. That's just the intro. The rain here in Vancouver reminds me of this poem a lot - one I had to memorize by heart in the 6th grade. 

I'm not sure what this blog is going to be. I'm not sure what I'm going to upload on to it, what I'm going to "post" here daily, weekly, monthly... however often I decide to update it. For now, here's a piece of written art that I have yet to finish. I really need to paint soon or I may implode. Time to get back to studying!