Spring! ...sort of.

It seems like winter has (for the most part) finally come to an end, which I'm infinitely pleased about. It's been really warm lately, by which I mean it's been about 45-50 degrees on most days. Today is no exception, but it's also windy with pouring rain so I'm thinking I'll just stay home all day. And you know what that means... pointless blog-update time!

What have I been up to in the past month and a half? Embarrassingly little, as usual. In no particular order, I...

• worked
• worked
• figured out how the hell sudoku works
• worked
• started raw-feeding the cats, because they are fatties
• worked some more
• consistently spent more money on clothing and food than my salary sustains
• etc.

There was probably more, but nothing was really noteworthy enough for me to remember. Now that the weather is finally getting nice, I'm thinking I'll try to get out more, if not only because I want to take pictures of things other than my cats.



...adorable as they may be.


A road trip would be nice, but I don't think there's really anywhere within driving distance of here that's worth going to. I'll have to research this. D:


...I think that's about all I have to write about, how pathetic is that? This wasn't even a legit update! Let's see what else I can think of in the next, like, 30 seconds.

I finally got around to playing the Nintendo DS game "999: 9 Hours 9 Persons 9 Doors". This game was unexpectedly one of the most awesome things I've ever played, it's right up there with Phoenix Wright and Layton on my list of favorites now. I need to make a proper review at some point, though I don't know what I can say about it that other reviewers haven't already said. I've also recently started playing Okamiden, which I'll hold off on forming any opinions about until I've finished.

Kaz is playing The House of the Dead: Overkill on the Wii right now, and one of the main characters totally sounds like Fat Tony from the Simpsons. It's a little distracting.

I dyed my hair a sort of reddish-blonde that looked really ginger when I first did it about 2 weeks ago, but it's already faded out. Goddamn L'oreal Preference, it always lures me away from Feria, and it never works like it's supposed to.

Oh yeah! And I'm totally going to Mexico in exactly 6 weeks. Stoked as shiat!




And now that's really about all I can think of. Guess I'll go see if there are any new Korean dramas worth watching. But who am I kidding? Even if there aren't, I'll probably watch them anyway.

[end transmission]

Blonde again… sort of.

I had to dye my hair again already, I feel like I just did it but I used a rinse last time and it was already fading pretty badly. Despite being kind of tempted to dye it bright red or brown or something (something about the seasons changing always makes me want to do drastic things to my hair), Kaz convinced me to keep it sort of blonde for the time being. I decided to go back to using L'oreal Féria, which turned out to be a good idea. Golden Sunset/#73 came out something like this:



It actually left my hair feeling a LOT more healthy than the one I used last time, and the smell of the conditioner didn't make me want to vomit. 8D;

Anyway.

Kaz left a few hours ago for his second (and hopefully final) business trip, I'm bored already. D: He'll be in Mississippi until at least the 22nd, I hope I find a job before he gets back. I'm so tired of applying for things! At least today is still the weekend, so I don't feel as bad about not spending every waking hour scouring the classifieds for jobs. (シ_ _)シ

I don't know why I bother doing this, but I've entered yet another contest on PoupeeGirl, the autumn coordinate contest. The voting system is so tedious, though, I hate scrolling through page after page of entries. Guess it can't be helped.



So yeah. Vote for me! ♪(o￣∇￣)/


Oh yeah! And I got the new Professor Layton game today… new as in newly translated, it's been out in Japanese forevs, but it just came out in English today. I was really tempted just to import it a while ago, but I'm bad enough at logic puzzles in English, and didn't want to deal with the added mental exertion of it being in Japanese. |･ω･｀) Haven't started playing it yet, but I think I will once I finish writing this. I may write a bit of a review once I finish it, but there probably wouldn't be much of a point because all of the games are pretty much the same. If you like one, you like them all.


Don't have a whole lot else to write about. The season finale of True Blood is tonight, I'm so sad! Season 4 doesn't start for like 3 million years, I don't know what to do with myself in the meantime. I've been toying with the idea of watching Mad Men, but I'm not sure yet. Anyone know if it's good? I've only really heard positive reviews, so… （￣～￣;）


Okay, this DS game isn't going to play itself, I've got work to do! Cheers☆ﾐ

Oh dear...

I DUN GOOFED.

...Evidently. I went to dye my hair again this morning because my roots were looking like shit, even though I dyed it not so long ago. I used the same brand and type as last time, L'oreal Healthy Look. I normally don't use rinses (because really, what's the point?) but my hair is sort of damaged lately, so I wanted to use something that wasn't so harsh. Last time, I used one that was one shade lighter, and it didn't change the color much at all. This time, I used...


8G, Soft Golden Blonde


My mom uses this one as well, and she says it works great. The color looks really nice on her, so I thought I'd give it a try.

But um... my hair is definitely BROWN now. I haven't gotten around to taking a picture of it yet, but there's no mistaking that it is not blonde. I'm not necessarily mad about that, except the color is kind of brassy. And I still would have been fine with it, but the dye didn't take to a sizable chunk of my hair on the right side! I used the entire bottle, so I highly doubt I missed a spot, but there's a section that just looks noticeably lighter than the rest. I'm annoyed, but I don't want to a) buy another box of dye to fix it, and b) subject my hair to the dying process so soon after just doing it. Ugh, what to do... It's a shame I look terrible in hats.

And one other complaint is that the conditioner they give you contains an ingredient called "Royal Jelly", which sounds like some kind of spermicidal lubricant used by kings, and it smells like Amoxicillin. It's disgusting, and I can't use it because it reminds me of like, Redi-Care.

But I digress.


On a more pleasant note, I made Annindofu/杏仁豆腐/Douhua/Almond pudding (or whatever the hell else you want to call it) last night. We had it the other day at Chieko's friend Chika's house, and when I saw how easy it was to make, I had to give it a try. I didn't have kanten, so I had to substitute regular unflavored Knox gelatin and that worked fine. I followed this recipe, the only thing I skipped was straining the milk mixture through a sieve. And instead of making it in individual cups, I made the gelatin in a large, shallow tupperware container for easy storage. After it chilled, I cut it into cubes and topped it with mandarin oranges, some other canned fruits, and fresh blueberries. Unfortunately, the blueberries were from Jewel, and as with much of their produce, they tasted like crap. Super sour! Everything else was great, though, it's a really nice, refreshing dessert that doesn't have a lot of calories.


DAMN YOU, BLUEBERRIES!

Anyway, yes. And now I have to go take some pictures of inanimate objects, and for once it isn't for PoupeeGirl. I'm going to be selling some leftover concert swag on eBay for Chieko and Ryan in the near future. I've never sold anything on eBay, but it doesn't look so complicated. Anyone need some Justin Bieber tote bags?
(I know I don't. 8D )