Mountain Lodge and Conference Center in Flat Rock is teh FAIL

If you're near Asheville and having a wedding read this:  Mountain Lodge and Conference Center in Flat Rock is teh FAIL they stole a deposit that was "fully refundable" and then changed planners.  They were supposed to give her money back months ago!

Things I Like: Brain Age 2 for the DS

(not a review!)

I love puzzle games on the DS!  I have Tetris too!  I've never played Brain Age 1, so this is about the game I do have!

There's options for training and quick play.  Training means you have your own file and 'brain age' (how old your brain is - the number gets 'younger' the better you get.)

 

 There's several exersizes, including; finding the signs for equations very quickly, finding the right amount of change, playing piano, remembering how many blocks fall into each box - simple things that are surprisingly hard!  My favorite game is Virus Buster, which is a mix of Dr. Mario and Tetris.  It's the game you play to relax.  I'm pretty good at it :)

Since this isn't a review, just a "thing I like", I won't give a rating or anything.  I'm *not* (oops forgot that) the biggest or best gamer, so I probably won't do reviews of games ^_^  I want to do an article on Mario too, but I don't know facts about his games through the years...quick! To wikipedia!

Random... pretty random...

It's @&#($ freezing outside, so I moved my laptop to a TV tray in the living room (where the heater is).  And honestly, without my blingy clock and my new silhouette picture and my lamp and my ponies... I don't feel that motivated to write.  I need to put on a snuggie and go back to my bloggie room.  Well, I don't actually have a snuggie, I need to get one.

The good thing is that I can watch MTVHits and listen to the 'mix' channel on cable's music stations (not at the same time, I flip back and forth) while I type.  The bad news is that I get stuck on my couch and don't get anything done because I can leave the bloggie room easily ("it's cold I'm sleepy I'm going to bed")  whereas on the couch, "It's warm I'm sleepy I'll stay right here where it's comfy".  Cold but motivated, or comfy and stuck.  Which would you pick?  I can't decide.  Also I'm able to close the laptop when a favorite show comes on, but I watch less anime when I'm not in the room with my PC (which has better speakers and more room for downloading).

A long time ago I started marathoning Sailor Moon (I got all of it squeeeee) and got to SuperS (which features Chibiusa and I don't like her that much... hello, she has a crush on her DAD and makes fun of her MOM, how weird is that?)  So I started SuperS and am only to like ep 5 or 6 >.<

Anyway, back on track with the "Things I Like" series next post!

Today's Snap! February 8, 2010

I love purple, and I'm wearing it today, so I thought I'd post a snap!

Dropping a Class

 

I'm in college, and I've had to drop a class or two (or three).  Dropping a class means quitting it before a certain point of the semester so you don't fail it.  It keeps your GPA (Grade Point Average) up, because it doesn't affect it.  People drop classes because of too many missed days, too low a grade, or if they can't handle the class for some reason.

I've had to drop classes mostly because of too many missed days.  I feel like, "I missed a class, I'm behind, I can't go next class, I won't know what I'm doing" etc etc.  I get too behind, and I end up dropping.  

At the school I go to it's fairly common to have to drop a class, mostly because of real life things.  I go to a community college, and people have jobs that make you work during class and children that need their parents to pick them up when they're sick.  I'm sure people have these problems at every school, though there's such an eclectic group of people at my school (it's pretty big for a cc).

I hate dropping a class.  But what you have to remember is, you can take that class next semester!  It's not the end of the world, or the world would have ended several times over by now!  If you have to drop a class, don't feel like you failed (like I and a lot of people I know feel).  Figure out why exactly you dropped that class, and then you'll be able to change it for next time!

Sorry this wasn't as happy as my usual posts, I'll get back to the happy next time I promise!

Craft Day! Modern silhouettes!

Craft day with Mariko from Bonbon de Sucre! Using Victoria Suzann's tutorial from Lolita Charm, we made modern silhouettes using old frames, scrapbook paper, and a digital camera!  We didn't take any pictures of us making them (we were too excited and jumped right in!)

Here's mine!  I chose a bright colored paper (Mariko did a more subtle tone in off-white and forest green), and decorated with sparklies!  It's a normal 5x7 frame, it had a cat doing aerobics in it O.o

I had a lot of fun making mine!  Next week we might try for alice bows (head-eating bows?)

Things I Like: snow days! (is that a thing?)

So the south got snowed on yesterday and today, and were forecasting 14"!  We only got around 7", which is still a whole lot for us!  So I took pictures!  Exclamation point!

This is what it looked like yesterday evening:

 

  

and here's our pets having a snow adventure!
Penny loves the snow:

Ulla was not amused with her paws sinking in the snow:

 

And Earl had never been outside in the snow before!

It wasn't as bad as the huge snow we got in December (over 12" and fell fast!), but we're still stuck in the house.  The *mall* was even closed!  I doubt I'll have school on Monday...

Things I Like: Rings!

I'm obsessed with rings.  Cute, gothic, shiney, sparkly - I like them all!  But I have really big fingers, and in some stores often have to search for a big size just for my pinkie!  The ring I always wear on my right hand is like a size 12 or 13, seriously.  Yes, if/when I lose weight my finger size will go down, but that's not happening overnight ^_^;  SO! For now I have a lot of cute pinkie rings, an adjustable bow ring, and a kind of stretchy heart ring.  

Here are some of my rings:

 

  

I'd love to have more gothic ones (I love crosses, skulls not so much), more flowers, and maybe make some cabochon rings with clear beads (Fuck Yeah Lolita's cabochon ring tutorial is here)

What's your favorite type of jewelry?

Craft Days!

picture from weheartit.com

My friend Eirwen and I are going to start doing craft days on Tuesdays! We're doing tutorials like silhouettes from Lolita Charm and bunny slippers from Violet LeBeaux! We also want to do some cross-stitch, make bows and headbows, and decorate our phones and MP3 players. I started decorating mine, but I'm using the sticky back ones, and I'm afraid they'll come off! But if I just use glue it gets all cloudy. Victoria Suzanne from lolita-charm suggest a glue with 'diamond' in the name (I totally forgot what it was, but they didn't have it at AC Moore).

Maybe we'll crochet flowers! As soon as I figure out how to do it again. I have a whole book on crochet and knitted flowers. I want to make hats too, I found my instructions (and lost them, and found them again). I won't be felting them though; I don't like the feel of felted stuff. I mean I guess it is okay for stuffed animals and certain kinds of hats, but all I see is "Yay I made a beautiful ---! Now I'll throw it in the washing machine and make all the beautiful stitches go away." ;_; keep your stitches people, they're beautiful! My neighbor crochets, maybe she'll teach me some new things?

I'd like to get back into making ribbon flowers. I have all the materials and a few books, but it's just so hard to figure out without someone teaching me in real life. I'm a visual learner I guess?

Anyway, I think our crafts are going on Eirwen’s blog Bon Bon de Sucre, but I'll post some pictures here too ^_^

OH! And felt cakes! Caro from Fuck Yeah Lolita is making a bunch, I want some! And I want to make them into tiny purses! And I want felt pies o.o; I have no idea why.

Things I Like: ponies!

I love My Little Pony! I collect them! Well, ok, let’s get complicated. There are four Generations of ponies – G1, the originals from the 80’s and early 90’s; G2, some from the mid-late 90’s; G3, from mid 2000’s; and G3.5, the newest batch (not another full generation because there weren’t years in between – they came out right after they stopped making G3).

I only collect G3s, because I like them best, and I collected a million of the originals when I was little (and gave them to my little cousin, they were lost in a move). Also, there’s Ponyville – small ponies to compete with Littlest Pet Shop.

I don’t collect the new ponies because I don’t like the new mold. Also, along with Ponyville ponies, they’re just recycling the characters over and over. I have over 100 g3’s with only a few repeated characters, Ponyville and G3.5 so far are only being released with the “Core 7” (the specific ponies they use to promo, etc)

ANYWAY! I love ponies. MLPs are so cute – I love the colors, the designs on their hips, styling hair, making little photoshoots (should I post a photoshoot here?). There’s so many different types of ponies! Ones with long hair (like, REALLY long hair), ones with tinsel in their hair and glitter on their nose, and the cute playsets! I had one with a ferris wheel and a roller coaster! But it was too big for my room ;_; Ponyville has way better playsets, they all look like normal things (purses, popcorn in a box, teapots) and then open up for a playset (shops, movie theater, TEAPOT PALACE which is the coolest set EVER).

Here’s some pictures of my collection:

What do you collect?