Between White And Black.

So yesterday I attended the wedding of one of my closest friends from High School, which was made decidedly more memorable by the fainting of the groom just after the vows had been made. There was a very heroic moment when his father, a practising doctor, swooped in to catch him whilst the groomsmen and the bridal party were trying to figure out if it was a planned part of the ceremony, but the bride seemed to take it all in stride and due to the necessity of filming the wedding for overseas relatives who couldn't be present, this rather epic moment was caught on film. The Best Man already proposed we send it in to Australia's funniest home videos...although he kindly proposed that we could wait a year or so for the sake of our happy couple's peace of mind.

The proceedings were the most interesting mix of crossed cultures and a sprinkling of true gamer-geek inspiration. The groom's family hails from Mexico, the Bride's were primarily Russian, while both the couple in question were hard core role-players and video game enthusiasts. We toasted the speeches with a shot each of vodka and tequila, and then cut the cake (decorated with Warhammer figurines) to the sound of Portal's Still Alive (Almost everybody knew the words). But it all worked, somehow, although I would advise you all against trying successive shots of vodka and tequila for yourselves. The mix of tastes is not gentle on the palate.

( And now, A meme! )

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/LEERS AT FRIENDSLIST

Go join. ♥ As requested, there is a post for an AU Mirror-verse up. Come plaaaaaaay~

The December/January period is always a ridiculously busy period for me because of all the celebrations. I have Christmas, New Year's and my Birthday all in quick succession, and tend to celebrate the first and the last twice since each side of my family holds its own special party. Now I get to add Mia's birthday to that as well, since her Birthday is two days before mine, so it's been a pretty distracting month.

So today, Cy turns 24, and demands some sexy lovin.

( Other things, including vague Bleach spoilers if you haven't read the latest chapter already. )

♠ if i were a month, i'd be NOVEMBER
♠ if i were a day of the week, i'd be TUESDAY
♠ if i were a time of the day, i'd be 6:05AM
♠ if i were a planet, i'd be JUPITER
♠ if i were a sea animal, i'd be a SALT WATER CROCODILE
♠ if i were a direction, i'd be UP
♠ if i were a piece of furniture, i'd be a A STAIRCASE
♠ if i were a liquid, i'd be RAIN WATER
♠ if i were a tree, i'd be a JAPANESE MAPLE
♠ if i were a flower, i'd be an AN ERICA. WHAT. IT'S SMALL, PINK, AND PRICKLY.
♠ if i were a kind of weather, i'd be a BRISK WIND
♠ if i were a musical instrument, i'd be a PAN FLUTE
♠ if i were a color, i'd be DEEP BLUE
♠ if i were an emotion, i'd be AMUSEMENT
♠ if i were a fruit, i'd be an ORANGE
♠ if i were a sound, i'd be AN INDRAWN BREATH
♠ if i were an element, i'd be AIR
♠ if i were a car, i'd be a A MOTOTBIKE INSTEAD
♠ if i were a food, i'd be PANACOTTA
♠ if i were a place, i'd be VENICE
♠ if i were a taste, i'd be TOOTHPASTE
♠ if i were a scent, i'd be VANILLA
♠ if i were an object, i'd be a THE MAD HATTER'S TOP HAT
♠ if i were a body part, i'd be a TONGUE
♠ if i were an expression, i'd be BD
♠ if i were a song, i'd be STRAY ITALIAN GREYHOUND
♠ if i were a game, i'd be THE LONGEST JOURNEY
♠ if i were a book, i'd be WITCHBANK

I'm going to do my best not to feel guilty that this is extremely overdue, because up until now I have been thoroughly indulging my holiday laziness. Tomorrow I'm going back to work and will have to remember how to be responsible and get things done. For today, I'm cherishing these last moments of reflection, relaxation, and the ruination of my sleep cycle. T_T I haven't gotten up before 9am since before Christmas, and tonight I'll have to remember to crank up my alarm clock so that it'll wake up at least someone in the house if it doesn't manage to wake me.

( A few things, for those wondering where Cy has been and what she's been up to. Most of it is mushy RL things, though, if you don't happen to like those. )

This is somewhat overdue...we really meant to document the journey during the actual holiday but distractions and a desire to spend as much time in each other's company as possible meant that only now have we started sorting through pictures of the trip. For entertainment value, we're doing a combined commentary post - very image heavy, be warned - with Mia's comments in this funky colour and Cy's comments in this one!

( Cy's trip to the Philippines! )

Hnnnnnnnngh, so Cy may have disappeared for a bit, though she is now back from the Philippines and safely home again...although painfully Mia-less. Will now be attempting to catch up on comments and tags, but expect the going to be slow as I find myself frequently distracted by the gaping distance between here and Manila and am therefore a little mopy.

So I made it to Manila safely, and so far have not had my organs sold to any questionable organisations. Our mornings have been decidedly lazy, mostly because Mia thinks that any hour before midday is far too early, so I finally have some time to do a write up of the trip.

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THE DATING SIM MEME

MY THREAD

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♥ No word on new computer yet. ;A; Must email my friend and find out how it's going. I'm looking forward to typing without having to pound on the space bar key, since my poor laptop is about ready for retirement.

♥ OH MY GOD, IT'S THE MIDDLE OF NOVEMBER, WHERE THE HELL HAS THIS MONTH GONE. I thought waiting for December would make things go horribly slowly, but in true procrastinating fashion the end of the month is coming up all too quickly, and I'm not even slightly prepared. /SOB

( W-well, okay, I am a little bit. Cut for the very mundane and the very mushy about Cy's oncoming trip to the Philippines. )

♥ New iconset! Yes, I was feeling especially mushy this morning, can you tell?

♥ I've actually been horribly sick these last few days, as bad as I've had it all year with coughing and sneezing and fevers and aches. T_T Irritatingly, it took a turn for the better on Monday morning, so it was only my weekend that was wasted with sleeping and miserableness. Unfortunately this has contributed to my lack of coherent tags.

♥ It has also contributed to my lack of Nano, of which I am now four days behind. /cryface...November happens to hate me.

♥ In other news, Mia is a horrible person. Also, the Philippines is full of crazy, dangerous people. Unfortunately, I will still be subjecting myself to going there in about twenty days where Mia has promised to poison me with river snails and entrails on a stick. /IS SLIGHTLY MAYBE JUST A LITTLE BIT NERVOUS, OKAY?

♥ It seems my computer drought may be finally coming to an end! After becoming increasingly fed up with my laptop, my computer-savvy friend took pity on me and gave me a pricing for a new computer...one that wont suck, and hopefully will connect to the internet. It is being built as we speak. I might be able to get it as soon as this coming weekend. :3

♥ Summer makes me pine for winter. /)_(\ WHY MUST IT BE TOO HOT FOR SNUGGLING.

Yesterday I went to visit the friend who fixed up my computer for me, and unfortunately the news is grim. It was my power supply that blew, and unfortunately it took the motherboard with it. The computer is beyond resurrection, which is extremely sad. ;_;

There is a slight ray of hope, however, in that I sort of had a spare ready. My uncle donated me and my sister two computers, both in various states of disrepair. The second one is slower, but it does actually work...to a point. Unfortunately it doesn't seem to want to recognise my modem which means I'm still limited to the crappy laptop for internet purposes. On the plus side we did manage to salvage my hard drive from the computer that exploded, so at least I didn't lose all my fics. (Rian, I still have your birthday fic. ♥)

Hiatus continues until I get a decent computer to work with. One that doesn't crash six times in the process of exploring the net (although trying to look at the anon meme might have had something to do with that).

Title: Picking up Strays
Rating: G
Summary: Tides AU, if Gin had found Shinji a lot sooner.
Notes: Retaliatory ficcage for Jess in response to this.

( Long way from nowhere. )

MY DAY WAS VERY PRODUCTIVE, DESPITE LONG DOWNTIME OF INTERNET! 8D

( Cut for travel things, iteineries, and dirty dancing. )

Computer Update: It is still not fixed, and probably won't be until next weekend. I think the friend who put it together for me will be able to fix it relatively cheaply, which is good for the second part of my news, but to everyone at Tides, I'm sorry that the fail will continue a little while longer. The additional computers in my household include a) My brother's desktop which has been taken apart, and runs ridiculously slowly, b) My sister's laptop which runs decently but is usually occupied by said sister or c) My own old laptop which has been sitting in a closet gathering dust for two years. It's also pretty dodgy, and quite possibly infested with spyware, but I should be able to use it to get some of my tagging done over the next couple of days.

In other news, because I am a crazy person, I have been convinced (without much difficulty) to jetset down to the Philippines in December, which will be the first trip I've done out of my state, let alone out of my country, since high school. It's...exciting and nerve wracking and a little bit scary, but the expanding of one's horizons must start with a single step! Just a big one. Over the ocean.

You may have noticed my penchant for to-do lists, so there'll probably be a lot of those over the next few weeks while I frantically try to keep myself organised. There may also be a certain amount of gushing over Mia, who I will be staying with for the duration of said trip, but I will try to keep that to a tolerable minimum (except in private, darling).