YEEEEEE

YAY~ I HAVE SHOCKWAVE! <33 Of all places, I didn't think to look at K-Mart! I swear, over the past week I have been to every Target and Toys R Us in Nevada, but I forgot to think of other places since I usually find the TF I'm looking for at one of those places. But anyway YEEEAH~ I PRETTY MUCH HAVE MY GRAIL. aside from geewun shocky

It's actually sort of interesting how I came to buy him. On Tuesday I noticed that I didn't have any casual/formal outfits that don't make me look like I'm wearing Japanese baby clothes or something that isn't so fabulously over-the-top that it belongs in a drag queen show on the strip, so we went to the mall to try and find something more subdued to wear to take photos at the prom. While we were running around, my sister told me that our friend Cody had found a Shockwave at K-Mart and hid him behind some model airplanes so that no-one else found him! We had to run down there super fast and get him and YAY~ <33 I was happy as hell and pretty much dancing around the store with the box. People probably thought I had a mental disorder but it was worth it after trying to find him to no avail. It was also super nice of Cody to do that, I probably would have had to order Shocky online otherwise! :D

I also got some Transformers socks while we were at K-Mart. I'll post a picture of those on here as well when I get around to it, along with the pictures from the fashion show. We didn't win, a girl from SECTA won with this awesome dress made of napkins and coffee cups, but it was really fun to go there and model, and it was really neat to see everyone else's entries. I'll elaborate on that all later though, I just wanted to post a squealy fangirl post about Shockwave and how happy I am to FINALLY have him! C:

Also, the light piping in his head is fuking badass. I didn't photoshop the light into either of these pitures, it was just afternoon with really hard light in the backyard when I decided that I needed to take pictures of him for a post on here. He's so beautiful omg ;O;

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I reeeeeally feel like working on my Patchouli cosplay today! Seeing the picture above made me rethink my footwear for her. Would she look really cute in printed OTKs like the ones above? Some really cute AP socks or something, the socks from Toy Parade or Jewelry Jelly come to mind. The only thing I dread is dropping the money on a long purple wig. Right now I really don't have anywhere to store it and I totally want to buy a new brand dress before Bri and James' graduation.

Gotta sleep now, I guess. Sherandra is having me model her "trashion fashion" (fashion made out of trash- WHO COULD HAVE GUESSED) tomorrow and I wake up early. This is the second day I've been off work without knowing beforehand. :D

wow!!

It's been a long time since i made an update here! I've been very busy, doubled with the ONE day I got the time to make a blog entry, Blogger was doing updates and everything was read-only. I have the day off today, so I better fill everyone in! The picture of James and I was taken at the carnival... My nose is all squished and my neck looks weird, but it's one of my favorite pictures of us~.

Well, the race is over and I'm thankful for that! Last year (I don't remember if I bitched about it here on Blogger or not) when we went out in the morning, it was freezing cold. Like 5 jackets cold. This year, though? It was actually fairly warm in the morning! It ended up getting hot as usual, but the morning was nice. Every time I visit downtown Vegas / Fremont Street I'm constantly reminded of why it's my favorite place in the world. Everything down there is just perfect and I wouldn't change a single thing. I wish I could live on the garbage sofa behind the Beauty Bar but I probably wouldn't like that in the long run, I just love it down there so much. Anyway, I took a buttload of pictures and I hope they came out well, I was using my dad's Nikon and Olympus because I didn't bring my Canon (lolmemorycards) s I was sorta unfamiliar with them. I felt like a lot of my shots came out too dark. :/

Then, there was the school carnival! Every year, EKA has a carnival thing in which each advisory will set up a booth and they sell punch cards to raise money for the school. I wore a Dreamy Dollhouse coord that I have no pictures of, and I had a big bun on the top of my head! It was extremely hot, but in the middle of the carnival, it started to rain. Seriously? Vegas darling, I love you, but you are one moody city. The one day that everyone didn't want rain was the one day we got it. Luckily, it was just a short shower and it didn't last long. It actually cooled things down a little but I still spend most of my time under this big canopy thing that the Sandhill campus has, trying not to let my hair get wet. We went to Jack in the Box like we usually do and had tons of fun. A homeless man inside of Jack in the Box threw like four bags full of piss and shit into the trash can and it was super awkward. At least he was being sanitary? I don't really know an appropriate response to what he did.

And! WOOOOOOO~ Dark of the Moon toy release~!! So happy for that! I've been waiting and saving up for months so I can binge on DotM toys! Sometime later this week I'm going to go out and pick up Sentinel Prime, and on the very day of the release I went out to hunt for Megatron and Shockwave. Sadly, I still can't find Shockwave, my wonderful dream toy of the year. But I did find hoodie Megs! I absolutely love him, Both of his modes look great and as a truck he has surprisingly little kibble. The only thing that sort of annoys me about him is that I essentially have to choose between his fusion cannon and his little cloak-thing. It won't fit on his arm if I have the fusion cannon on there, but I just love him. Especially, the feet, for whatever reason that is. I can NOT wait to get Shockwave! <33

A few days ago was Evalette's first birthday (my cousin Izzalette's baby). My mom, Bri, James and I all went over to their house for the party, which was Hawaiian themed. I had no idea so I was wearing fairy-kei with my new AP replica star bag. I was very out of place and ended up being the impromptu photographer of the event. They had tons of delicious Filipino foods and a lot of people were there! It was very windy and sort of cold so I spent a lot of time inside. I got to see my Aunt Gigi for the first time in many many years, because she came all the way from Manila for the party! She told me that my sister and I might go to Manila next October to see her son's wedding. I would love to see Manila, it would be an absolute dream come true~.

Anyway, we had lots of fun and my Uncle Angel told us that he was going to bring a surprise for our Lola. He went to the mall and picked up Manuel, my cousin that nobody in the family has seen since I was about two years old! His dad, my Uncle Fernando, has been in the Philippines since I was really little, and a barely remember him. My Tita and cousin Mika were both crying when we met the cousin I never new. Lola cried too, and she actually said to him "you must not like us, because you never see us" and we were all like, Lola, don't say that!! She probably embarassed him, but it was a great surprise to see him again after like 16 years of not knowing him. I still have no idea how my Uncle Angel contacted him.

Look! It's my whole family~!! I'm gonna list them (in general) from left to right: Lorenzo, Tim, Tita, Izzy, James (my cousin James, not boyfriend James!), Uncle Michael, Hazel, Me, Bri, Manuel, Mika, Angel, Gigi, and Lola! There were so many people from my family there~. Where's Irene in this picture? Not there yet. :c

In other news, I've been hired by EKA to take the photos form the school prom, which is in a few weeks. I'm halfway excited and halfway disappointed. I really like getting paid to take pictures and shit, but I was also looking forward to just going to the prom with James. I've never been to a prom before and neither has he. I'm still not sure if I should wear lolita or not. It would be a little out of place, but I can't think of any other dresses I'd like to wear. Hmm.

hmmm.

Man, I haven't made a post in a while. A lot has happened (but not really lololol) and I haven't been particularly busy, just sorta off. This weekend and next are going to be SUPER busy with the race and dinners and stuff, so I should do an update today while I still have time!

So last week at work I got to do the photoshoot. :D My dad had me trying to take pictures of the helicopter Bri and I got him for Christmas and it was really hard. It lurched around a lot so it goes out of focus quickly. And then this personal trainer and his client came in, and I got to take all the pictures. c: It was super awesome, I hope I did a good job~

Last weekend, James' dad bought his a bolt-action rifle. He was talking about it for the past week and he finally got it, this is the third gun they've bought this year. When we went down to the range to shoot it, it was super cold and windy and I had decided to wear a tank top. It had been like 80-90 degrees for the past week and I thought it would be just as hot that day, boy was I wrong. I curled up in the sun until the afternoon when it started warming up.

This week has all be getting ready for the Race for the Cure. LVAC plays a big part in the annual breat cancer drive so we're going down there to take pictures and video of the members who run and walk for the event. I have to get up super early, like 4 AM early, so that we can get down there in time for the start. It's supposed to be super hot! And then, right afterward, my dad and I are going to Kristi's wedding reception. It should be super cool, she showed me the bridal shots that her photographer took and she looked so pretty~ I love getting to see all the fancy wedding outfits. Maybe I'll post a picture of mine tomorrow. :D

I've been writing a lot and my typing speed has gone up quite a bit from like a month ago when I first cracked down on this fanfic. It was about 55-60 WPM then, and now it's around 65 consistently. c: I hope I can get up to 70-75, fast typing is fun~.

I finally ordered my maid outfit, and now I have to start thinking about a prom dress. Somehow, EKA is shoving a prom into the end of the year, and people who've graduated can still go. At least James gets to have a senior prom, and I finally get to go to one. I dunno what exactly I'm supposed to wear, but I have a vague idea of what I want to look like. I'll wear a wig, since I want short hair.

Oh yeah, and I made an account on StumbleUpon, because everyone kept telling me how interesting it is. So yep, that's there now. I don't find it really ~AMAZING~ but it has shown me some cool shit, like how to make a softbox out of like household materials. I'll have to try it someday. Anyway, I think that's it. :3 I'll post lots of pictures soon, I think. Afer the race I'll have the first roll done from the A2E my dad bought me as a present. I always like seeing the results of my test rolls~