Ureshii + Calooh Callay!

Saturday, June 02, 2012 Jonette 0 Comments

Things that made me happy this week: 

• Being well-taken-care of. I've unfortunately had to stay home on absolute voice rest for majority of the week due to the combined efforts of laryngitis and pharyngitis. (Wow, talk about another two-in-one.) However, it feels great to be pampered and seen to by James. Our days have been idyllic and quiet, and all in all, I think this was the kind of rest I was looking forward to. 

• Hot shrimp porridge in the morning. 'Nuff said. 

• Currently savoring Catching Fire of The Hunger Games trilogy. I'm constantly a ball of emotional emotions when I read it. Yes, you read that right, it makes my emotions have emotions. God, that President Snow, I hate him. And Peeta! Poor bebe.

• Anime I love right now -- Aquarion EVOL (great opening and ending music themes, great character development, and oh the relationships!), Acchi Kochi (for light-hearted fun), Sankarea (love and zombies), Kimi to Boku 2 (the hijinks these boys get into), Medaka Box (I swear, that girl does everything --  and can do everything -- in epic proportions), and Tsuritama (for the bright colors, fun art, and fishing trivia!)

• In this cold weather, the cats are perfect hot water bottles. They vibrate, too. 

•  Tidying up corners in the flat. It feels good to be able to do some focused cleaning. I've still half a mind to toss out certain boxes we don't need anymore, though.  

• Bonding over Immortal Throne and lean pizza. While most of the gaming world are right now slugging it out with demons, abominations, and surprise error stops in Diablo III, James and I have gone Greek and hunt satyrs, cyclops and medusae. My Corsair and his Soothsayer are getting along quite famously. Yes, the family that plays together, stays together. 

Callooh Callay!  

• These cute kittens are earphone jacks. Seriously. 
   
• If you're into whimsical 3D animal jewelry, I highly recommend these cute rings from Dotoly on Storenvy. 

•  Here, have some cake pops as spools of thread.

•  On your chalkboard table.

•  That you made with chalkboard paint you mixed yourself.

• Well, here's some unlikely fun -- a mashup between Adele and Britney Spears. Booty-shaking encouraged.  

• A color game of great skill. James said it's actually harder than it looks, and I agree. It's hard, and it's fun!

• Manga reads -- Ooku. An epidemic in Edo-period Japan has wiped out three-fourths of the country's male population. Women have taken on traditional male roles in the home, on the streets, even in positions of great power. Male survivors, the seed-carriers, are deemed precious, and the most beautiful of them are sent to serve in the Shogun's Inner Chambers. It's a very intriguing view on gender roles, politics, and relationships, rendered in archaic language. 

• John Cleese speaks on the 5 factors that make your life more creative. 

• Here's also how Fear and the Creative Process work together, 

• and why getting frustrated as you create something can be a good thing. 

•  Now then, for the Alton Brown fans -- a listing of links to Good Eats episodes. 

• "Yes, even Batman will be largely forgotten, at some point. Maybe in your lifetime. Sorry. So you need new cult icons to replace the old ones."

• For you lovely readers out there of the frillier persuasion --  So You Want To Be a Lolita Model.  

• Also from the same author, But Being a Lolita is Hard!, a particularly inspiring piece on creating yourself.