Sneaky sneaky

I just realised the time and that I haven't blogged yet, so I'm saving this post while it's still today, and I'll finish it when I go to bed :-)

I feel like I should delete the evidence of my cheating on BEDA, if you can cheat, but on the other hand, it amuses me, so I am going to leave the proof of my deception of all to see.

It is, obviously, technically speaking not Thursday anymore, but rather half one on Friday morning. My Thursday consisted of spending a short amount of time clearing my work room in preparation for its return to a bedroom, then going to my Gran's and doing her cleaning, before returning home and cleaning our house some more. So basically, I cleaned a lot today. I also ate a lot of rubbish in preparation for my 'don't eat so much shit' diet, by consuming three bags of crisps, a bag of jelly babies, and almost an entire giant cupcake-shaped Easter egg.

I was telling my sister how I was feeling bleurgh lately, and she asked if I had tried Pilates, to which I answered 'No'. She then asked me what I had tried to make myself loose weight, and I replied 'Eating'. She seemed to find this amusing. I guess I'm just a very witty person, but I was only telling the truth. I decide to loose weight, and the first thing I do is binge. Awesome.

You know how I said I was going to read Hana Kimi next? Well, I decided to re-read Haou Airen instead, purely because the end made me cry a stupid amount. It's drawn by Mayu Shinjo, and I have to admit, I really don't like the style of the artwork, even if the plot is kind of addictive.

I'd also been having a bit of a break from Nodame Cantabile, not because I had gotten bored of it, but purely because I had been using all my spare time to read Haou Airen. I'm actually really enjoying this series. You'll remember I was a little unsure, as I didn't know any of the actors and the plot didn't really appeal to me, but it has surpassed all my expectations. I'll go into more detail when I have finished it; I'm on episode 11 now so it will be pretty soon.

In other news, my sister and her boyfriend will be heading up for the weekend  first thing in the morning, and apparently, we all have to watch the Royal Wedding together, dressed all fancy and eating cucumber and mint sandwiches. I don't know whether we will really have cucumber and mint sandwiches, but that's what we had a the Royal Garden Party at the Palace of Hollyrood House, so I only assume this is the sort of food I should be expecting at my mother's version.

Thinking of which, how do you think the Royal family gets from London to Edinburgh so often? I really cant imagine the Queen on the M6.

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P.S. - I just google direction'ed Buckingham Palace to Hollyrood to check the M6 was the right motorway. It was.

Then, I thought I would see how long it would take to walk it.

Nearly 3 days. Really? OK....

YOU HAVE TO WALK TO BELGIUM FIRST, and then wander around for about 16 MILES before getting a ferry to Scotland.

Stupid Google.

Too much dancing makes your legs hurt

You know how I said that Mondays are my best days for being good, whether its eating healthily, doing chores, drinking water or what have you?

This was not one of those Mondays.

I didn't do any of the things I promised myself I would do today.

I didn't put my clothes away.

I didn't do the vacuuming.

I didn't do the laundry.

I didn't do my final Avon delivery.

I didn't drink 1.5 litres of water.

I MOST DEFINITELY didn't eat healthily.

Therefore, today, in many ways, my productivity sucked.

CREDIT TO THIS SITE, I JUST GOT IT OFF GOOGLE IMAGES.

In other ways, though, I was SUPER productive.

In the early hours of the morning, I not only completed part 6 of Perfection, but THE WHOLE DANCE.

Then, in the afternoon, I successfully made Rachey and Inki start learning it too (well, in all fairness, Rachey had started already by herself, but we were successful in that we attempted parts 1 and 2 together. In my head, the fangirl in me was exploding with fangirly happiness).

In the evening, we carried out an evil plan that had been in the back of our minds for months by going to a certain boys house and moving everything around to mind fuck with him.

So yeah, today wasn't a total loss, I guess (*^-^*).

<3 x



Super short post today... Gomen nesai.

Dude, I never titled this post. OOPS.

Ever since I posted that I hadn't had to rush my posts for BEDA this time around, I have been writing my posts with mere minutes to spare before midnight.

This is proof that saying something makes the opposite happen.

I don't know if this has a name, but I suspect it may be a clause of Sod's law. A sub law maybe? I don't know the legal jargon.

Today was a bit weird, I have felt really drained all day. I don't know why. Linzi suspects it was all the fresh air yesterday. I suspect its because I ate a lot of sugar, and then slept through the sugar high, resulting in a major sugar low upon waking.

So, I did nothing all day, but a bit of laundry, and watching Gokusen. I've finished the first series now, with just the special to watch before I move on to the next Japanese title in the list.

I've really enjoyed this series. It had a lot of really subtle nuances that really make me laugh. Its just the little things, but its really hard to describe what it is exactly that makes it so entertaining. I think its a something that is so different about Asian drama, but I couldn't say if it would work in western media. We take ourselves to seriously, concerned too much about ratings and popularity that we are unable to poke fun at ourselves.

It's funny, though. Remember how I said that the guy who played nice, hot Rui from Hana Yori Dango was in this too? So not hot in this. He is the blonde one in the middle. And Tsukasa from HYD and the pet Momo in Kimi wa Petto who is also in this? So not as cute without his long curly hair and acting like a puppy.

Oh, and to further prove that Japanese actors seem to be in everything, I think the guy from Nobuta wo Produce and Yamato Nadeshiko Shichi Henge is in series 2.

You didnt get a picture in yesterday's post, so you can have two today. This is Yankumi from the titles. She looks so pretty! I really want a kimono! And a parasol!

They do like to leave you hanging though. The series ended with four characters discussing how they would all be going after Yankumi (the main girl), and yet as I understand it, one if not three of them aren't in the next season.

I just re-read that last paragraph, and I feel I should clarify that by 'going after' meant in a 'I want to date and marry you' way, not in a 'I want to kill you with my bare hands' way. Although I feel confident that if it was the latter, she would be more than capable of protecting herself, much to the dismay of her attacker.

I talk about the objects of my Japanese obsession too much, I know. I'm sorry. But its the only thing that really changes for me on a daily basis.

I am an incredibly boring person.

In other news, my laptop has been ridiculously slow today. I dread to think how long it will take me to load and watch the Gokusen special.

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