LA LA LA LA LA...OOOH LA LA LA!

: "for you." electronic.

at the moment:

firstly, want to wish a happy birthday to SPAZ (who you can see below...as Larva. XD).

as for the past weekend? it was pretty decent. forgot that Spaz' parents were on vacation and weren't here for the 4th, so we had a pretty quiet time (no family stuff after all)...did stuff around the house, got slurpees...went to one of the fabric stores cos Spaz is hoping i can make a handbrake boot to match the shift boot i made him earlier...i mentioned it here awhile ago. it's all black, and it's four triangle-shaped sections sewn together...alternating leather and suede. VERY nice...to go with the OMP shift knob i got him awhile ago. (this is all to go in a silver 1998 VW Jetta GT, BTW.) so we went to look at fabric.

and i've been wanting to make stuff again lately...useful stuff, of course (though i'll get back to my lovely lavender dragon later on. XD) and! McCall's! patterns! were! only! $.99! on! the! 4th!!!!!! ^____________________^ ahh, that was lovely. XD

and i found some REALLY gorgeous material (i should scan it and share, though i know scans won't do it justice at all) that was on sale (or else i wouldn't have bought it, cos it was pretty expensive at normal price), so i'll have to make myself up a couple of skirts sometime soon. (heh, with what time?!?!? ^^;;;;) ^-^

Friday was the beginning of the Comicon. didn't end up doing much this year...met Stan Winston and Spaz had some of his LDs that Stan's studio had worked on signed by him; we went to his panel on Sunday and it was really cool. he's a really entertaining guy...it was lots of fun. ^^ ran around the dealer's room...not too much fun to be had, although i did dive into some of the discount comic boxes at a few booths, including that of my favourite comic shop, Chicago Comics. assloads of value indeed. ended up with the Sandman: A Doll's House collection and the first volume of Viz' translation of Mai the Psychic Girl (was only $3 and i like the art, so there you go. XD). whee, imagine that...buying comics at a comic convention! XD Spaz got a really neat mini French Run Lola Run poster. now he just has to get it framed. ^-^

the FUNNIEST thing i saw all weekend was this one booth that (of course, as is rampant at these conventions) had a ton of bootlegged anime and HK cinema and what have you...they had this BIG sign on the table that said, in the same font as the "got milk?" ads, "got yaoi?" and then had a rainbow flag emblazoned with two intertwined male symbols and said "we do!" very brightly underneath it. more amusing if you actually saw it, but it made me snicker and think of you.

the only other thing i bought was EL Robot Series Mascot Robo Haro...which so far is disgustingly cute and entertaining. though i need to read the instructions again and figure it out a little more. Haro was sleeping peacefully (in Night Mode) when i left this morning, but he should be awake and ready to play when i get home. i should scan the box. ^^

Spaz got volume one of Tokyopoop's translation of the Initial D manga, and it's...well, it's Tokyopoop. he was grossly disappointed, and i don't blame him one bit...it's pretty terrible. and now (as i first saw mentioned by Hase), they're changing the names of the characters in the manga?!?!??! O.O;;;; not that it surprises me. but damn. they never learn, do they? how the HELL does this company stay in business? it's so sad that they've got their hands on some decent titles, too. and according to Anime News Service (scroll down to 7-7-02 "AX2002 - Interesting Details Unreported," item no. 10), Tokyopoop may or may not have rights to the live-action Initial D stuff and if they actually do, may or may not wish to remake it for American audiences...>.<;;;; this, i haven't seen any of. please correct me if i'm wrong, but weren't there only a few specials of this nature? in any case, it's...really fucking disheartening. oh well. gives me more excuse than ever to practice my reading skills. XD and perhaps attempt a crude translation so Spaz can read it, too. god. Tokyopoop should be outlawed. --;;;

finally, because i forgot to post it last week...remember how i made those cupcakes for our little party at work last Wednesday? they were red velvet cupcakes, complete with the requisite cream cheese frosting. turned out lovely. BUT, the entire time i was making them, i was being the biggest geek ever, and thinking about how great it would be have a Blue Velvet-themed dinner party and do blue velvet cupcakes instead (of course!), make up some sort of main course to look like a human ear...and we'd also have to have some Pabst Blue Ribbon and Heineken in the house (regardless of whether anyone actually drank any of it or not)...i wonder if anyone else is as amused by this idea as i am? XD Kimmie? anyone? XD Spaz had never seen red velvet cakes before, and was really disturbed by them...before i told him what i'd been snickering over whilst making the cakes, however, he told me how Lynchian they looked and how he fully expected to see The Little Man From Another Place waltzing out of the red room with a platter full of them...XD XD XD

er, nevermind me. i'm just insane, is all. and BTW, know how Michael Moore received an award at this year's Cannes for Bowling for Columbine? and how it was the first time Cannes had included a documentary in quite some time? well, er...i saw bits of footage from it on IFC last week and it was none other than DAVID LYNCH who presented the award to him.

i was highly amused. or can't you tell? XD XD XD

whee. will drink copious amounts of tea and do Real Work™ now. ^^

[addendum: new Bis out tomorrow in the US! the Plastique Nouveau and Plastique 33 EPs will be out via spinART Records TOMORROW. just so you're forewarned. whee. XD]