In a world full of exotic flowers...

OH, btw, this thing has been Friends Only for a while but...totally forgot to put up a banner and everything! Tee-hee

A few minutes ago I decided I was gonna decoupage my room. This wallpaper is hideous and it's been here since way before I lived here. It'd be too costly to take it down, and even more to put more back up, so I decided decoupage was a good idea!

For those of you who don't know what decoupage is, it's the funnest thing ever. It's kinda like papier mache on a flat surface, except with colorful pieces of paper in overlapping layers, lol. Or something.

But before I do that, I have a lot of things to figure out.
What should I use? Comic paper? Colored paper? Magazine clippings? Or a combination of all three?
How colorful do I want it to be? Do I want the whole room one color, or do I want each wall one main color (like, all blue shades on one wall, all red/pink on another...)? Also, which colors should I use, if each wall is a different color?
Should I arrange it into a gradient effect, like dark blue at the top fading to light blue? Or could I do it rainbow colored, with each color fading into the next all around the room?
Should the paper be in random rippy bits (like when you use tissue paper) or should they all be in shapes, like hearts/stars/circles?
Would it be too much to do the ceiling? (On second thought, let's leave the ceiling for last, just in case I don't wanna go that far).

I think I'll stop by the craft store to ask them which type of glue would be sturdy enough to stick on wallpaper.

Just two seconds ago I decided against decoupaging any of my k-pop posters to my wall. I like to rearrange those anyway, and decoupage would make it permanent. Nothnx.
Hmm, I think I'm gonna go to Gimp and see if I can work this out...

Saturday was my cousin Coco's senior prom~! My baby is growing up, I don't know if I can deal with this! She's three years younger than me, but we've always been mashed together since we were little. If one of us is up to no good, the other is usually involved. XD We solemnly swear we are up to no good!

I went over early Saturday...well, not as early as I intended, because I had to de-hair myself, looked like freakin' Sasquatch! So I arrived in time to fix their (Coco, and her/our friend Monie, who was also going to the prom) corsages and help get her ready. Everyone was asking if she had a date, and she told them, "These days, it's different." You go to the prom with you friends, meet the boys up there, dance, and then when you're ready to go, you don't have to wait on your date~! You're free to tear up the town without a man clinging to your arm. XD

She looked so beautiful! Ashlie had done her makeup before I arrived (she actually went to school for that, so she's pro). Shelby, our cousin house-elf, was our chauffer for the evening. I stayed at her house, lurked around until Ashlie called me. I went over to Ash's house to get my makeup done, and see if she could do anything about my eyebrows. She razored and plucked me. XD TBH, it wasn't that bad, about as painful as the first time I got waxed...every time she pulled a hair out! OHGOD! But the results were nice. While she was doing my makeup, Chase did his best to ruin everything in sight! By that time, Coco and Monie called to be picked up. So we swung by the store, grabbed a little something to "drink" for later, and then went to pick them up.

( Our house-elf remains (mostly) loyal, Susan tries to get us shot, Sex Shop, reaching the promised land, etc.Collapse )

So Tuesday is the only day I have off, so I have to cram all my Christmas shopping into one day. Ha ha aheehehehehe...yeah. I don't think I'm going to get any sleep for like a full 24 hours. RED BULL AND COLA!

I was going to try to make cards this year, but you know how that goes~I get halfway in and I get either lazy or busy with something else. They never turn out the way I want them to anyway. I have like, this epic idea in my head, and I go into it like, "OH YEAH GONNA BE AWESOME!~" and then they're not quite what I imagined when I get done. So I just bought cute cards. Which probably won't get out until after Christmas anyway...better late than never. :D If I already have your address, you're probably getting a card/candy/bauble/etc. sometime within the next year. If I don't have your address and you'd like one, send it whenever!

Mina and Meri sent me a card like forever ago and I've been trying to send them one back ever since. XD I fail. I'm going to send something for Mina's baby though~ ^__^v
...except that I still fail. He will be three years old and I'll finally get around to sending a baby hat. XD Lemme get on that.

So me and a friend were thinking about going out for New Years, because my sister in law had talked about taking me out once she got down here. She's not coming (thanks to my brother being an asshole~), but we're still thinking of going out. If we can figure out where to go. I'm not a very social person, so I don't know what normal people do for New Years. I usually stay home and get slightly inebriated, then go to bed.
My friend suggested, "Atlantic Station~!" like that was the answer to all prayers. But we want to get cute and dress up so we can go out, and we can't just stagger around Atlantic Station in heels...we'll look like hookers. We need a home base. I'd like to remind you all again that Atlantic Station is where I missed Koda Kumi film her music video a bajillion years ago. T__T
So I looked around the webbie, and found the Geisha House, which is a sushi bar restaurant lounge thingy. So I guess that'll do unless anyone else has any ideas of anywhere fun I can go on New Years? That isn't a club? ;D

So Chase's first birthday party was on Nov. 14!
Speaking of Chase, he was over here the day before yesterday, and he was sooo excited about Audrey. I can't say Audrey was too excited, more like freaked out. We're a very quiet family in a very quiet house, so she's not used to a whole lot of hoopla. Well, he's only a year old, and he doesn't know anything about "inside voices" yet. So every time she moved, he was shrieking and babbling excitedly to her. Then he found her ball, and he kept saying "BALL! BALL!" while trying to throw it to her. It was the cutest thing.

Oh, back to the party. It was great~mostly. Ok, so there were invitations sent out asking everyone to RSVP. We don't normally send invitations for our functions, but we do call and tell if we're going to show up or be like, "Hey Auntie, I'm bringing a friend, cook up a little extra." This is so that everyone is provided for and has a good time.

Chase's mom (my cousin Ashlie) lives in a very tiny apartment with her mother. Which is perfect for them, and it has just enough room for them to entertain a few friends/family members. But Chase's dad's side of the family showed up, a bunch of them, with like a hundred kids, without RSVP-ing, and NONE of them bothered to bring a gift for the child. So when we arrived, the little apartment was packed to the brim with people. All of Chase's dad's people situated themselves on one side of the apartment, separate from the rest of us. I tried to go around to take pictures of the guests, and the majority of them declined. When it was time to eat, they all dug in, and my aunt did her best to make sure everyone got something to eat, even though there wasn't much to go around, because she didn't know that many people would be showing up. They stayed long enough to sing Happy Birthday to him and grab some cake and ice cream. Then they left, without even seeing him open his gifts. D: So classy...

I don't even know if my cat is actually a cat! :O Most likely she's part rabbit, part meerkat, and part dog.

Rabbit: She occasionally hops from place to place, and she is really fast.
Meerkat: When she hears something, she'll stand up on her hind legs to listen and investigate.
Dog: She follows me around, begs for food, and she chases her tail.
But I know there has to be some cat in there somewhere, because she only does things to annoy us (like climbing the Christmas tree, which I still haven't been able to decorate), and she doesn't listen at all, lol.

I'm still trying to find out if her being here is great timing, or really shitty timing. Cause, well, if you look at it one way, it almost seems like she's Tony's replacement. (.__. ) But on the other hand, she's really helping us cope with a difficult situation. My mom is a tough cookie, she never ever cries. I never cry where anyone can see me. Yet we both wind up breaking down together every time Tony is mentioned.

My mom came up to me the other day and told me how much calmness and joy Audrey has brought into her life, and how relaxed she feels by watching her play. I'm really glad she's here.
I try my best not to think about the fact that she's also gonna die in the next 15-20 years. T__T

I guess she's gonna be a stripper now...

Playing with her blue dolphin, Junsu. She loves it!



Hiding in a bowl~

So I went over to Tiffy's house to pick a kitten. Momo (mama cat) greeted me at the door. I played with them a little bit, to maybe see which one would be more comfortable with me. I picked up one, and I think I felt a peenie-weenie~really wanted a girl, so I picked the one that squirmed least when I held it, and decided it would be the one for me. Somehow, it just felt right. (She's under my bed as we speak, sniffing my sneakers, lol. NO, playing with my sneakers! XD).

( Getting home was an ordeal~ OMG.Collapse )She's so still when she's sleeping, is that normal? D: When I touch her to check she wakes up, but she's so still. Can cats die of fright? 

I have the mega-flu and I'm on my period, so if you're wondering why this isn't a coherent entry...yeah. So sorry. XD

I just went back and listened to Taebin's album and I've realized how much k-pop has changed.

I should be bringing my kitty home this thursday, since it's the only time I'll be able to do so. I'm off Thurs/Fri, and that's when my dad works, so I'll be able to get her in here early Thursday morning, and just have her chillin' in here with me when he gets home. I want to see how long I can have her in here before he notices. That way, when he tries to lie about being allergic to cats (bitch please), I can be like, "She's been here all week. D:< Your argument is invalid." But mom has proof that whoever was here with him before the two of us moved in had a cat, because there was cat shampoo and a thing of kitty litter. So he's not allergic, he just hates me. And small animals. And...animals in general. And all people. And everything that isn't food. :|

( One big ol' mishmash of kpop and real life~Collapse )

Those of you with kitty experience *coughEMIcough*, I just wanted to ask how dangerous would it be for a cat to be separated from it's mother at 6 weeks? My friend whose cat had cats and is giving me one? Yeah, she's trying to get rid of them before the 8 weeks is up because they're "too much". *sigh* Should have seen this coming, she's not a cat person AT ALL, her parents are. So now she's saying she wants to get them out of there so they can clean that room before they go on their cruise, and I keep telling her that they have to be with their mother for at least 8 weeks. She's saying that they're eating soft food and I'm like "They have to learn to use the litter box too", then she turned around and said, "Oh, my mistake, they're using the litter box now! 8D" Which I don't know if it's a lie or not.
So, if she decides to dump my cat on me early, would it be safe? What else would I have to do? Would it still need milk?


( Bribing you with kitty photos!Collapse )