tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-81770937212812723442024-02-19T22:50:59.320-08:00Hazy MaisyMitsymaehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17679065231262650906noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8177093721281272344.post-86559627151573547452015-06-25T01:02:00.001-07:002015-07-03T09:15:18.298-07:00The Silence Beneath the Bark / Le Silence sous l'écorce<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="450" mozallowfullscreen="" src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/17794275" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="800"></iframe> <br />
<a href="https://vimeo.com/17794275">the silence beneath the bark / le silence sous l'écorce</a> from <a href="https://vimeo.com/user3890066">joanna lurie</a> on <a href="https://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.<br />
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<span style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;">As I have been </span><span style="font-family: Pacifico, cursive; font-size: x-large;">holed up in my room</span><span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;"> doing assignments for the past </span><span style="font-family: Pacifico, cursive; font-size: x-large;"><i>two months</i></span><span style="font-family: 'Poiret One', cursive; font-size: large;"> I have felt the need to take a short break to allow myself some time to recover emotionally, mentally and physically. There were various things that happened and the end of semester for me, was </span><i><span style="font-family: Pacifico, cursive; font-size: x-large;">slightly</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Poiret One', cursive; font-size: large;"> traumatizing and soul crushing. I'd like to write about my experiences a little bit later but for now I don't think I'm quite prepared to dive back in and relieve everything so soon after it's over. I came across this gorgeous animated short film today and thought it would be nice to share it with you all; as well as a nice way to say hello after quite a period of being absent.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;">The Silence beneath the bark is the creation of French animator Joanna Luire, which I think she released in 2010 (?). The film captured my attention with its magical use of music and the contrasting elements of vibrant character design being set against the abstract background. The curious and inquisitive nature of the characters is almost reminiscent to that of childlike innocence and there's something about their interactions that just makes you smile. </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;">I'll leave the film to be open for your interpretation, however, if you would like to learn the artists' intent behind the concept you can check out the link below.</span><br />
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<a href="https://youtu.be/Scr9fNfh2ns" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Documentary about "The Silence Beneath the Bark" with Joanna Lurie (English Dub)</b></span></a></span><br />
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Mitsymaehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17679065231262650906noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8177093721281272344.post-13735712237520462022015-03-01T04:41:00.001-08:002015-07-03T09:15:47.417-07:00Starting Over<div>
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<span style="color: #999999;">I'm lying in bed, staring at the orange red glow hitting the beam on the ceiling emitted from my salt lamp. The idea of sleep is appealing, in preparation for the busy day to come, yet sleep evades me like an illusive shadow and the heat of this endless summer night continues to reign, relentless and unforgiving, in my hotbox of a bedroom. An occasional stream of cool air beckons from the gap in my curtains, tantalising and teasing as if to say: "We could offer you relief or we might not. It's fun to keep you guessing." As I lie in bed, left vulnerable to my worries and fears, I am left with no choice but to confront my swirling thoughts one by one. A thought floats by seperate from the rest and I smile: "That's right. I don't have to do this on my own..."</span><br />
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<span style="color: #999999;">Tomorrow is the first day of a new semester and the day that I go back to university to start a brand new degree. When I was younger, adult life seemed like everything was so much better, proper, easier in the sense of knowing what to do in life. It's not. Those pesky butterflies still visit your ema and anxious thoughts like: "Will my classmates like me?" & "Will I be able to make any friends?", are still valid.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;">My computer is very very broken and I cannot even comprehend how I'll be able to make it through the semester without one. (I'm writing this on my phone).</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;">And it seems with those three questions my spell of sleeplessness has been broken. My head longs for the embrace of my pillow and my fingers feel heavy. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;">Time for sleep and maybe I'll write some more tomorrow. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;">Till next time. </span></div>
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Mitsymaehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17679065231262650906noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8177093721281272344.post-61184347212002871282014-11-14T17:31:00.002-08:002015-07-03T09:16:18.082-07:00When Would It Be? - Yoon Hyun Sang & IU Duet<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="515" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/o6HFiVaK15I" width="760"></iframe>
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<span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;">The video above is of a song that I have been listening to and loving lately. It features the lovely IU (my favourite) and fellow Loen entertainment artist Yoon Hyun Sang. The song is the first single from his debut album which I will do a "Have you heard of...?" post about sometime in the future; as I have also been listening to it.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;">But for now, please enjoy the lovely melodies and ethereal fantasy concepts from this music video.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Pacifico, cursive; font-size: x-large;">Enjoy and I hope you have a lovely weekend!</span></span><br />
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Mitsymaehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17679065231262650906noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8177093721281272344.post-79406397832499883042014-08-22T11:05:00.002-07:002015-07-03T09:17:05.741-07:00Has Anyone Ever Heard of Sable?<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: x-large;">No</span><span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;"> I'm not talking about the furry little weasel martens that run around the forests of Russia and Asia. Although the furry creatures are the </span><span style="font-family: Pacifico, cursive; font-size: x-large;">mascot</span><span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;"> for this particular artist.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Poiret One', cursive; font-size: large;">I'm talking about Sable the Bass Music artist who hails from Perth, Australia and would have to be one of my </span><b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">ALL TIME</span></b><span style="font-family: 'Poiret One', cursive; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-family: Pacifico, cursive; font-size: x-large;">favourite</span><span style="font-family: 'Poiret One', cursive; font-size: large;"> <i>music artists from</i> <b>2014</b>. On his Facebook page Sable classifies his musical genre as Bass Music, but I think there's also a bit of </span><i style="font-family: 'Poiret One', cursive; font-size: x-large;">electronica meets 'kawaii' meets 'gamer'</i><i style="font-family: 'Poiret One', cursive; font-size: x-large;"> </i><span style="font-family: 'Poiret One', cursive; font-size: large;">music in there as well. Genre technicalities aside; the all encompassing blend of sound and beats is just </span><span style="font-family: Pacifico, cursive; font-size: x-large;">pure pleasure</span><span style="font-family: 'Poiret One', cursive; font-size: large;"> to the ears and </span><span style="font-family: Pacifico, cursive; font-size: x-large;">uplifting </span><span style="font-family: 'Poiret One', cursive; font-size: large;">for the soul.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;"><i><b>Rewind </b></i>back to the start of the year. I was driving along, listening to the radio when Sable's song </span><span style="font-family: Pacifico, cursive; font-size: x-large;">Feels So Good </span><span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;">started to play. I couldn't believe what I was hearing, it was amazing. I don't know if this is just me but sometimes certain songs or music can have such an effect on you that it becomes just </span><span style="font-family: Pacifico, cursive; font-size: x-large;">so much more</span><span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;"> than a song. Like the songs that seem to get right down to the bone and make you get up and dance or a song that makes you feel like you can soar through the sky, or have an outer body experience. That was what it was like for me. </span><span style="font-family: Pacifico, cursive; font-size: x-large;">Feels So Good</span><span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;"> wasn't just another song playing on the radio; it was a song, sound which was completely leaving the vicinity of my speakers and filling up my car, floating around me and pulsing through my veins. I loved it so much I had to write down the name of the song and artist before I completely forgot. (This is naughty boys and girls, don't text and drive.) I will admit that this song was my 'happy' wake up alarm for a large chunk of this year.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;"><i><b>Fast forward</b></i> back to now and you can listen Sable EP's and a few other singles on iTunes, Soundcloud and Youtube (Links will be at the end). There is also a brand spanking </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;">NEW</span><span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;"> single being dropped </span><span style="font-family: Pacifico, cursive; font-size: x-large;">this Monday</span><span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;">!</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;"> It's a Sable x Kele collaboration and from the teaser it sounds absolutely sick. I AM </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><b>SO EXCITED</b></span><span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;"> FOR IT!</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;">If you listen to the single of the same name and love it, then you will also love the EP! Totally has the same musical vibe as the single yet each track has its own </span><span style="font-family: Pacifico, cursive; font-size: x-large;"><i>individual </i>identity</span><span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;">. The tracks that I personally love and stand out to me from this EP would be </span><span style="font-family: Pacifico, cursive; font-size: x-large;">Foolin' </span><span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;">and </span><span style="font-family: Pacifico, cursive; font-size: x-large;">Want U Girl</span><span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;">. <i>(Oooh I am so obsessed with Want U Girl at the moment!)</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;">For something more on the </span><span style="font-family: Pacifico, cursive; font-size: x-large;">atmospheric</span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive;"> side, I would recommend </span><b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">REUNION</span></b><span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive;"> which can also be found on Bandcamp - Diehard Records.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;">Right now however I am currently listening to and loving the Basenji x Sable mixes AKA the Sable remix of Basenji's </span><span style="font-family: Pacifico, cursive; font-size: x-large;">Speak With A Dofflin</span><span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;"> and the Basenji remix of </span><span style="font-family: Pacifico, cursive; font-size: x-large;">Foolin'</span><span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;">.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;">If you're looking to try out something different or just want some </span><span style="font-family: Pacifico, cursive; font-size: x-large;">new music</span><span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;"> definately head over to Sable's Soundcloud page and have a listen to some tracks. (There's also some sneaky goodies available for free download as well.)</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;">I know I've been pretty quiet on the blogosphere this year, but 2014 has definately been a fun year musically for me. I've been trying out different genres and artists and feel more comfortable in being open about what I like. My musical taste is still pretty </span><span style="font-family: Pacifico, cursive; font-size: large;">eclectic</span><span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;"> but I'm hoping to be able to share more of what I've discovered and liked with you all soon!</span></span><br />
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Mitsymaehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17679065231262650906noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8177093721281272344.post-23349087841501222332014-06-29T07:44:00.002-07:002015-07-03T09:17:44.265-07:00Original Source Vanilla and Raspberry<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;">This stuff smells </span><span style="font-family: Pacifico, cursive; font-size: x-large;">absolutely scrumptious!</span><span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;"> It is </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;"><b>amazing</b></span><span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;"> and if you are the type of person who loves </span><span style="font-family: Pacifico, cursive; font-size: x-large;">strawberries</span><span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;"> or </span><span style="font-family: Pacifico, cursive; font-size: x-large;">pink things</span><span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;"> you will love this!</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;">I know that it says </span><span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: x-large;"><i>Vanilla <u>and </u><b>Raspberry</b></i></span><span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;"> but it honestly smells like a very yummy sweet strawberry milkshake. Almost like you could taste it!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive;"><span style="font-size: large;">They're both fairly gentle products on the skin, not overly moisturising and not terribly drying. The scent of the shower gel doesn't </span><i><span style="font-size: x-large;">linger</span></i><span style="font-size: large;"> for very long so I would go for the </span><u style="font-size: x-large;">handwash</u><span style="font-size: large;"> if you would like the scent to </span></span><span style="font-family: Pacifico, cursive; font-size: x-large;"><i>linger</i></span><span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;">. I just love the design of the packaging as well; it being true to form with the other Original Source products.</span></span><br />
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Mitsymaehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17679065231262650906noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8177093721281272344.post-21413632392787682532014-04-05T02:30:00.000-07:002014-04-05T02:30:02.675-07:00A Story In Aftercare / Love146<iframe src="//player.vimeo.com/video/26137887?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0" width="700" height="394" frameborder="0" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen></iframe> <p><a href="http://vimeo.com/26137887">Love146 ǀ A Story In Aftercare</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/love146">Love146</a> on <a href="https://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p>Mitsymaehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17679065231262650906noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8177093721281272344.post-27960741774993476882014-03-29T02:00:00.000-07:002014-03-29T02:00:02.827-07:00Are You An Observer? / Love146<iframe src="//player.vimeo.com/video/7868015" width="700" height="525" frameborder="0" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen></iframe> <p><a href="http://vimeo.com/7868015">Get Off the Bus</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/love146">Love146</a> on <a href="https://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p>Mitsymaehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17679065231262650906noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8177093721281272344.post-36266287743185245712014-03-23T00:00:00.000-07:002015-07-03T09:19:29.728-07:00It's not Just About Girls... /Love146<br />
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;">I chose this weeks Love146 video because I think that sometimes it is easy to associate and stereotype particular genders with particular sexual crimes and acts. For example causing the stereotype that it is <b><u>only</u></b> men selling girls for various trafficking reasons. In reality this is not the case, as females can also participate in trafficking children and males and young boys are also targeted by trafficking for the same reasons as young girls; but for some reason awareness of this seems to be limited in the general public. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;">I remember watching a documentary, years ago, about street urchins AKA homeless children in a European country, (which unfortunately I have forgotten the name of), that told the story of young girls and boys who were targeted by older men and women and would often accept propositions of sex just so they could have a warm bed to sleep in for the night. When these young people were interviewed it could be seen that accepting an offer once, made them targets of unwanted harassment by these people propositioning them night after night and in some cases resulting in rape and abduction. Most of the children and teenagers interviewed about this were boys.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;">This is why I chose this video as I think it is great that they were so readily and willing to accommodate the needs of the young people requesting help, without discriminating against gender. <i>Although to be honest I don't think that many organisations like this would actually discriminate against gender...</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;">Anyway I think it is </span><span style="font-family: Pacifico, cursive; font-size: x-large;">great</span><span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;"> that they are helping young boys as well. I haven't had the chance to do any extra research this week so if you, </span><span style="font-family: Pacifico, cursive; font-size: x-large;">my lovely readers</span><span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;">, know of any other wonderful organisations that fight against human trafficking, I would love to hear about them and check them out as well.</span></span><br />
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Mitsymaehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17679065231262650906noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8177093721281272344.post-81751899779023849722014-03-22T14:32:00.001-07:002015-07-03T09:20:01.211-07:00Doki Doki Manga // Mishounen Produce<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #cfe2f3;"><span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;">Last night I started to read a shojou manga by the title of Mishounen Produce written and drawn by Kaoru Ichinose. I may have "</span><span style="font-family: Pacifico, cursive; font-size: x-large;">accidentally</span><span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;">" read it in one sitting instead of actually sleeping... but I guess that means that it's not too long of a series, there's really only 18 chapters that make up the whole story.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;">The story is about a boy (<i>Kousei</i>) and a girl (<i>Ka-ako</i>), who have been best friends since they were young children. (<i>It is made clear several times in the manga that they really didn't have much choice in this as they were the only two children living in their small country town</i>.) Growing up in such isolation it's only natural that they bring their interesting and colourful personalities with them as they enter high school, (as boarders of course), only to be met with teasing and criticism on their first day. Ka-ako, a self-confessed lover of a shojou manga about a Prince called Lawrence, vows to show up their bullies by </span><span style="font-family: Pacfico, cursive; font-size: x-large;">transforming/producing</span><span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;"> her best friend Kousei, a 'country bumpkin' with a wild side, into the most popular guy in school. She does this by modelling Kousei into the mold of Prince Lawrence including his princely charms and feminist ideals, only for it to start getting out of control when Kousei finds inspiration from other sources and starts creating more characters to play and appeal to more girls. The humour pursues as Ka-ako constantly tries to keep the reigns on an </span><span style="font-family: Pacifico, cursive; font-size: x-large;">obviously out of control</span><span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;"> Kousei and his even more out of control increasing popularity.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;">This wasn't the best manga that I've read. The plot was predictable, (if you read lots shojou manga you soon learn that there are particular formulas and stories which get used and re-used quite a lot), the characters were pretty standard shojou and it felt like the manga abruptly ended in a spot where there was potential for the plot to really start developing some interesting story arcs. However despite that I really enjoyed the story, the characters and artwork. It's cute and the manga is </span><span style="font-family: Pacifico, cursive; font-size: x-large;">chock full</span><span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;"> of doki doki scenes that will </span><span style="font-family: Pacifico, cursive; font-size: x-large;">actually</span><span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;"> make your heart go doki doki~!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;">It has been </span><span style="font-family: Pacifico, cursive; font-size: x-large;">such</span><span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;"> a long time since I last remember reading a manga that constantly had scenes and situations that make you smile or swoon, your heart beat or whatever it is you do or feel when you read a <i>doki doki </i>manga. For me it's like a tugging sensation somewhere deep in my gut and feelings of excited anticipation for what happens next or wondering how the main characters are going to respond.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;">I guess this is the kind of thing people refer to as a guilty pleasure/read? Something that's not particularly sensational or spectacular but still </span><span style="font-family: Pacifico, cursive; font-size: x-large;">deliciously</span><span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;"> enjoyable!</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;">If you have some time and would like to try something a little bit different give Mishounen Produce a try. If you google the title I'm sure you'll be able to find something that will lead you to it. *wink!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;">I'd love to know what your experiences with <i>doki doki</i>-<i>like</i> manga are, as I'm sure it's not just me who has experiences like this. If you have any recommendations for manga to read or would like to let me know what your favourite doki doki manga is leave a comment below.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">As I was packing and cleaning my room today I was watching various makeup tutorials on Youtube and came across this video by <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/MichellePhan" target="_blank">Michelle Phan</a>.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #d0e0e3;"><span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;">It reminded me of my first experience being </span><span style="font-family: Pacifico, cursive; font-size: x-large;">confronted</span><span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;"> by the </span><span style="font-family: Pacifico, cursive; font-size: x-large;">reality</span><span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;"> of human trafficking. Before your imaginations get ahead of themselves, no I wasn't kidnapped or anything but I was young and naive. Maybe it's something that comes with age or maybe more education I'm not too sure myself but I know that when I started high school, as each year went on I would gradually discover that the world is not always the host of lovely wonderous things, that people can do cruel, terrible things and that even for some of my friends, school was a safer place to be than their own homes.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;">This "awakening", call it a gradual lifetime learning experience if you will, only intensifies when you move out of home, start going to university/college and are taught to questions things, challenge more things and to change your way of thinking.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #d0e0e3; font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;">It was during my second year of university, I had a friend who wanted to change the world and was determined to start off that year by actively participating in clubs that would help her do that. I was invited along with my Japanese language partner, to attend one of the clubs events with my friend. I only had a vague idea what would be happening and that it involved free pizza an outdoor movie and something about <i>human trafficking</i>, little did I know at the time what human trafficking actually involved. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;">The movie shown was called</span><a href="http://thejammed.com/" style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: x-large;" target="_blank"> The Jammed, (<--- Click on the name for the link<---)</a><span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;">. Based on </span><span style="font-family: Pacifico, cursive; font-size: x-large;">actual events</span><span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;"> it follows the story of a girl named Crystal as she was travels to Australia under the impression that she'd be working as a dancer only to arrive at the airport and be handed over to a hmmn I can't remember what it's called but we shall call him a 'prostitute handler' as I don't intend to watch the movie again. The movie follows her and two other trafficked girls as they are forced into prostitution and kept as prisoners in an illegal brothel, which looks a lot like an abandoned building, in the city of Melbourne. There is a lot of swearing in the movie as well as nudity, graphic sex/rape, humiliation and abuse. It is definately not for the feint of heart and I could only really recommend it for those who wish to be shocked or see something gritty, dark and 'real'. </span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">THERE ARE THINGS IN THAT MOVIE THAT</span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></b></span><b style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">CANNOT BE UNSEEN!!!</b><span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;"> Such as the when Crystal gets 'broken in' by her handler when she first arrives in the country. For those of you who don't understand the lingo, when people talk about 'breaking in' a girl/sex slave it involves that girl being raped multiple times, sometimes by one person and sometimes by a group of people, until all of the fight in her has fled and she submits. It is a painful horrible thing for someone to go through and horrifying to watch, even though I know it was actors playing a scene in a movie I will probably have the imagery haunt me now and then for the rest of my life.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;">Watching The Jammed was like a slap in the face. It is all too easy for many people to associate serious issues like this with something that only happens overseas, far far away in a distant land. This is simply not true, </span><span style="font-family: Pacifico, cursive; font-size: x-large;">it happens everywhere</span><span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;">, hidden in the most unsuspected of places.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #d0e0e3; font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;">And while we can't all go running around saving escaped prostitutes, (the movie makes you want to do that), we can be informed and accept the reality of this issue. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #d0e0e3;"><span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;">I felt inspired to write this post because I believe that by not turning a blind eye to this issue, by being informed and by sharing this information with others, is a way that we can all help to improve the lives of others, regardless of whether you have skills, money or time to donate. I know I certainly don't have those at the moment but it doesn't mean that I don't care! My heart really does go out to those affected by human trafficking and </span><span style="font-family: Pacifico, cursive; font-size: x-large;">literal tears were shed</span><span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;"> in the lead up to writing this.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Please check out <a href="http://love146.org/love-story/" target="_blank"><<LOVE146 HERE>></a> as they have a really great and informative site.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #d0e0e3; font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;">If you don't have too much time to spend on the site I would recommend <a href="http://love146.org/slavery/" target="_blank"><<THIS PAGE>></a> and the story written on the home page; it sheds some light on the video - take say 5 to 7 years off the girl in the videos age and the impact becomes a whole lot more powerful! </span><br />
<span style="color: #d0e0e3;"><span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;">I think that the reason Michelle Phan made the hash tag "</span><span style="font-family: Pacifico, cursive; font-size: x-large;">Remember</span><span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;">" the girl is because when the raid was conducted they tried to look for 146, the girl with the </span><span style="font-family: Pacifico, cursive; font-size: x-large;">piercing eyes</span><span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;">, but were </span><span style="font-family: Pacifico, cursive; font-size: x-large;">unable to find her</span><span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;">. No one knows what happened to her, all she left was her memory and a strong impression of what she stood for.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">In support for <a href="http://love146.org/" target="_blank">Love146</a> and spreading awareness, I have decided that I will post a <a href="http://love146.org/" target="_blank">Love146</a> related video every week for the rest of the month!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Remember that you each have a voice, that you can use for good if you allow yourself to.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Till next time,</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #d0e0e3; font-family: Pacifico, cursive; font-size: x-large;">Maisy xxx</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Poiret One', cursive; font-size: x-large;"><b>Here is a random list of things I like, in no particular order.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Pacifico, cursive; font-size: x-large;">Why???</span><span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;">I dunno, I just feel like it and maybe it's because I have pajamas on my mind!</span></span><br />
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<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Pacifico, cursive; font-size: x-large;">Pajamas</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-family: Pacifico, cursive; font-size: x-large;">Rain - </span><span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;"><i>Heavy rain when I'm inside / Light sprinkles when I'm out</i></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Pacifico, cursive; font-size: x-large;">Lanterns</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-family: Pacifico, cursive; font-size: x-large;">San-X plushies</span><span style="font-family: Pacfico, cursive; font-size: x-large;"> - </span><span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;"><i>my ultimate favourite is Mouton-san!</i></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Pacifico, cursive; font-size: x-large;">Baths</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Pacifico, cursive; font-size: x-large;">Books</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Pacifico, cursive; font-size: x-large;">Scented Candles</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Pacifico, cursive; font-size: x-large;">Small Puppies</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Pacifico, cursive; font-size: x-large;">Coloured pencils</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Pacifico, cursive; font-size: x-large;">French styled furniture</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Pacifico, cursive; font-size: x-large;">Glossy magazines</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Pacifico, cursive; font-size: x-large;">Music</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Pacifico, cursive; font-size: x-large;">Foreign films/TV</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Pacifico, cursive; font-size: x-large;">Perfume</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Pacifico, cursive; font-size: x-large;">Crisp White shirts, walls and curtains</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Pacifico, cursive; font-size: x-large;">The Internet</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Pacifico, cursive; font-size: x-large;">Make up</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Pacifico, cursive; font-size: x-large;">Stylish Stationary</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-family: Pacifico, cursive; font-size: x-large;">Konpeito </span><span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;"><i>(A type of Japanese sugar candy)</i></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Pacifico, cursive; font-size: x-large;">When book spines just seem to go well together on the shelf.</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Pacifico, cursive; font-size: x-large;">My new Fuji Instax Mini</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Pacifico, cursive; font-size: x-large;">Small sized language classes</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Pacifico, cursive; font-size: x-large;">Handwriting</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-family: Pacifico, cursive; font-size: x-large;">Happy snapping - </span><span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;"><i>even if I don't know how to use all the settings on my camera</i></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Pacifico, cursive; font-size: x-large;">Afternoon sunsets</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Pacifico, cursive; font-size: x-large;">Balloons</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Pacifico, cursive; font-size: x-large;">Cake</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Pacifico, cursive; font-size: x-large;">Friends</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Pacifico, cursive; font-size: x-large;">Trying out new things</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-family: Pacifico, cursive; font-size: x-large;">The warm tingly feeling </span><span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;"><i>your muscles get while doing the after work out stretch </i></span></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;">It's not a complete list of everything that I like but I think there's enough to leave as is.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;">Let me know what some of the things are that make you happy!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Pacifico, cursive; font-size: x-large;">Till next time!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Pacifico, cursive; font-size: x-large;">Maisy xxx</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Pacifico, cursive; font-size: x-large;">So I have been watching a lot of drama shows lately...</span><br />
<span style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive;">For those who don't know </span><span style="font-family: Pacifico, cursive; font-size: x-large;">I ABSOLUTELY LOVE</span><span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive;"> watching Asian drama! Usually there's an add capped on to the end of a drama I'm watching, or a poster picture that catches my eye and I can go from drama to drama. However, every so often I find myself in a bit of a </span><span style="font-family: Pacifico, cursive; font-size: x-large;">slump</span><span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive;"> not knowing what to watch next. This is what it was like for me when it came to the end of the season for </span><span style="font-family: Pacifico, cursive; font-size: x-large;">Bel Ami</span><span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive;"> and </span><span style="font-family: Pacifico, cursive; font-size: x-large;">Prime Minister & I</span><span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive;">. Sometimes, (I have to stress it's not always like this), it's like having a gap in your life that needs to be filled. I know that sounds sad but I don't feel bad as I like to watch them when they come out before I go to bed, (or after work), as a way to relax.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Poiret One, cursive;">When faced with this dilemma and nothing seems to draw me in, I like to look back on drama's I started and never finished or ones that I planned to watch and never got to as well as one's that seem to be pretty popular.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive;">Enter City Hunter center stage. This drama absolutely <span style="font-size: large;">b l e w . m y . m i n d .</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Poiret One, cursive;">I've known about City Hunter since they [Japan] handed the project over for Korea to film, it's a few years old and definately falls into the planned to watch just never got around to it category.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive;">City Hunter is based on the popular Japanese manga of the same title by Tsukasa Hojo. I hadn't read the manga before watching the drama and have since started reading a few chapters as I was curious to see how similar the stories were. Most of the manga based drama's I have seen have been pretty close to the stories or at least keep the integrity of the characters. It might be too early to make a judgement yet but from what I have read so far it seems that the drama is just loosely based on the characters from the manga. I also think that in this particular situation it's a win win scenario as the drama has a pretty kick ass story line.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive;">The drama follows the protagonist Lee Yun Seong as he attempts to carry out the </span><span style="font-family: 'Poiret One', cursive; font-size: large;">'cruelest revenge'</span> <span style="font-family: Pacifico, cursive; font-size: x-large;">ever</span><span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive;"> as plotted by his adoptive father. What I loved about this was that from the first episode to the last this drama delivers and is </span><span style="font-family: Pacifico, cursive; font-size: x-large;">consistent</span><span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive;"> with it's action packed scenes. The choreography is really appeasing to watch and is shot in a way that just makes it look damn cool.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Poiret One, cursive;">There is of course a romantic aspect to the story but I really enjoyed how this didn't dominate the overall theme of revenge, corruption and good vs evil. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive;">A lot of the 'actiony' dramas I have watched always start off strong and then somewhere through the course of the story the romance aspect overpowers and it's like all of the purpose and strength that was delivered in the first episodes becomes muddled and lost along the way, and so that's why I really appreciated the integrity the writers had for City Hunter.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive;">I do have to say that I found Lee Min Ho, (who plays Lee Yun Seong), particularly attractive in this drama, enough to make me officially a fan. I've seen his previous dramas' including the latest </span><span style="font-family: Pacifico, cursive; font-size: x-large;">The Heirs </span><span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive;">or </span><span style="font-family: Pacifico, cursive; font-size: x-large;">Inheritors</span><span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive;">, (which FYI is also <span style="font-size: large;"><i>awesome</i></span>), but there was just something about his character and style in City Hunter which I found really cool and... there's no denying it, he's hot in this drama.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive;">What makes this so good for me though is that it takes me back to the moments in my life where I watched my first asian dramas'. The feeling of newness, excitement, anticipation and just all round love of</span><span style="font-family: Pacifico, cursive; font-size: x-large;"> a good story</span><span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive;">, is something that I find can be absolutely soothing to the soul and a cleansing antidote to a bad day/week/month. Now this doesn't mean that I only find great drama's when I'm sad, it just means that I enjoy being able to relive those feelings and emotions from a time in my life where everything was new and exciting, happy and carefree, and it takes a good story to get me there.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive;">I know this is a bit different to things I normally post, but I'm hoping this year to blog about more of the things that I really love and hope to be able to share more about my experiences with asian drama in the future.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive;">I'm currently on the look out for more interesting shows to watch and would love to know if you have any suggestions? I love learning about cultures and languages so it doesn't matter what country it is from, leave a comment with your suggestions.</span></span><br />
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</span>Mitsymaehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17679065231262650906noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8177093721281272344.post-4449197821304196712014-02-03T19:40:00.001-08:002015-07-03T09:23:12.306-07:00Happy CNY!!!<span style="color: #cfe2f3; font-family: Pacifico, cursive; font-size: x-large;">Kung Hei Fat Choy / Gong Xi Fa Cai! Happy Chinese New Year Everybody!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive;">Yes I know it is a bit late but traditionally Chinese New Year celebrations would last for</span> </span><span style="font-family: Pacifico, cursive; font-size: x-large;"><b>15 days</b></span><span style="font-size: large;"> <span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive;">so I'm just going to believe that I chose to leave it mid celebration and was fulfilling my filial duties over the first few days.</span> </span><span style="font-family: Pacifico, cursive; font-size: x-large;">Buhaha excuses I know, but did you see my New Years post? Exactly.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive;">2014 ushers in the</span> </span><span style="font-family: Pacifico, cursive; font-size: x-large;">Year of the Horse</span><span style="font-family: Pacifico, cursive; font-size: x-large;">.</span><span style="font-size: large;"> <span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive;">(I was going to post a link to a site that you can use to find out what Chinese zodiac sign you are however it appears to be a little bit broken at the moment. I might just re-post it in another post.)</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;">This year was no different to that formula. I've learnt that if I want to avoid the slave labour of washing grimy windows and the next week of coughing up dust, to make the perfect timely arrival. Just before </span><span style="font-family: Pacifico, cursive; font-size: x-large;">Dinner time</span><span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;"> hahaha! Of course even when arriving at the specified time for dinner nothing is really actually ready.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive;">This year's pre-new year meal was</span> </span><span style="font-family: Pacifico, cursive; font-size: x-large;">Steamboat.</span><span style="font-size: large;"> <span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive;">For those who don't know I guess it's kind of like the</span> </span><i style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Japanese Shabu-shabu</span></b></i><span style="font-size: large;"> <span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive;">or a</span> </span><i style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Korean hot pot</span></b></i><span style="font-size: large;"> <span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive;">except the</span> </span><b><u><span style="font-family: Pacifico, cursive; font-size: x-large;">flavours</span></u></b><span style="font-size: large;"> <span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive;">are</span> </span><span style="font-family: Pacifico, cursive; font-size: x-large;">different.</span><span style="font-size: large;"> <span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive;">My family generally tend to use an assortment of beef, chicken, barramundi, prawns, beansprouts, cabbage and whatever Chinese vegetable is in season. Noodles are optional and so is broth (water however is not optional, steam boat wouldn't work without it), although the cook for the night kept adding some strange spicy prawn broth, despite the protests of the rest of the table.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;">New Years dinner was a table filled with steamed and stir fried buk choy, tofu pork, watercress fried with chilli and steam boat for those who wanted seconds. (I have to chuckle at that one.)</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;">Our visit to Chinatown always always means having </span><span style="font-family: Pacifico, cursive; font-size: x-large;">Yum Cha</span><span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;"> at the </span><span style="font-family: Pacifico, cursive; font-size: x-large;">King of Kings</span><span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;"> restaurant, my mums </span><span style="font-family: Pacifico, cursive; font-size: large;">favourite</span><span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;">. I</span> <span style="font-family: Pacfico, cursive; font-size: x-large;">love</span><span style="font-size: large;"> <span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive;">eating the steamed BBQ pork buns, and a lemon shaped pork dumplings, which I can never remember the name of. My family is also a really big fan of the mango pancakes that they do there as well. It's kind of like a dumpling X burrito X wrap like desert consisting of crepe, whipped cream and mango pieces. I opted out of the mango pancake this year as the vast amount of cream, whilst very delicious, can sometimes leave you feeling quite sick.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive;">Dinner is always an interesting affair as you never know what you'll end up getting. I remember some years we would just get bread for dinner and would eat it while watching the various live New Years shows. This year we had Malaysian for dinner, as most of the other places were either booked out, had a 2 hour waiting period, only offered banquets (they are</span> </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">EXPENSIVE</span><span style="font-size: large;">) <span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive;">or were Vietnamese - which my mum didn't want to eat. You see even though you might be asked for your dining location preference, whether friend or family, if the head of the family does not want to go there your opinion is basically not needed. It's probably for this reason why the question "What do you feel like for dinner?" and "Where would you like to go to eat?" are so laughable and yet frustrating questions to be asked for the children in my family, as you know there's no point answering.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;">My family is not very traditional when it comes to these things so I'd love to know: </span></span><br />
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<br />Mitsymaehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17679065231262650906noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8177093721281272344.post-41736243318448669422013-12-01T19:28:00.001-08:002015-07-03T09:23:38.148-07:00Slowly Climbing Back on the Blog Horse<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;">So, uh, hey it's been awhile. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;">This is really hard. Why? I am someone who suffers from </span><span style="font-family: Pacifico, cursive; font-size: x-large;">scattered brain syndrome</span><span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;">. At the moment I have <b>SO</b> many thoughts and ideas and things that I want to say in my head that I can't actually get them out in a cohesive manner, and therefore they all just stay in the clogged back log of my head until I forget about it.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Pacifico, cursive; font-size: x-large;">I have a plan though!</span><span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;"> At the moment my brain is filled with Whiteboards. </span><span style="font-family: Pacifico, cursive; font-size: x-large;">I want one!</span><span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;"> I </span><span style="font-family: Pacifico, cursive; font-size: x-large;">need</span><span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;"> to write everything down and be able to </span><span style="font-family: Pacifico, cursive; font-size: x-large;">see it</span><span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;"> and this is all I can think of as a solution. (Yes I know there is paper and computers as well the problem is I usually file them away and never look at them.)</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;">So yeah that's what I'm'ma gonna do now... get a Whiteboard.</span><br />
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Mitsymaehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17679065231262650906noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8177093721281272344.post-44470699018990271812013-09-06T22:29:00.001-07:002013-09-09T20:44:09.768-07:00Guesses for what this post is about now being accepted!<br />
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Mitsymaehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17679065231262650906noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8177093721281272344.post-21694032745576197162013-08-28T01:30:00.000-07:002015-07-03T09:25:05.708-07:00Book Look #3 Quintana of Charyn<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #666666; font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">Quintana of Charyn </span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">by</span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="font-family: Pacifico, cursive;">Melina Marchetta</span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">is the</span> <span style="font-family: Pacifico, cursive;">third</span><span style="font-family: Pacifico, cursive;"> </span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">and</span><span style="font-family: Pacifico, cursive; font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="font-family: Pacifico, cursive;">final</span> <span style="font-family: Pacifico, cursive;">installment</span><span style="font-family: Pacifico, cursive; font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">in</span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;"> The Lumatere Chronicles.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;">I have to say after reading </span><i><span style="font-family: Pacifico, cursive; font-size: x-large;">Froi of the Exiles</span></i><span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;">, this was one of the books that I was </span><span style="font-family: Pacifico, cursive; font-size: x-large;">highly anticipating</span><span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;"> the release of, and was really excited to read.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Poiret One', cursive; font-size: large;">For those that do not know,</span><span style="font-size: x-large;"> <a href="http://melinamarchetta.wordpress.com/the-lumatere-chronicles-2/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Pacifico, cursive;">The Lumatere Chronicles</span></a></span><span style="font-family: 'Poiret One', cursive; font-size: large;"> is a fantasy series based on the struggles, journeys and lives of the remaining Lumaterean royal family, those close and dear to them as well as dealings with neighboring nations.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;">Despite being <b><i><u>marketed</u></i></b> towards a younger audience, (you generally find this series in the teen section of your local book store), by no means does this mean the series is a quick and easy read. (Particularly the last two books.) The story is </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;"><b>complex</b></span><span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;"> with a </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">detailed</span><span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;"> and richly meticulous writing style to match. The surrounding environment, kingdoms, cultures, characters even religions have been carefully planned and executed. It is quite apparent that a </span><b><span style="font-family: Pacifico, cursive; font-size: x-large;">lot</span></b><span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;"> of time and thought has gone into every little detail, thought and concept that is present in the books.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;">Being the final book, (in the series so far), Quitana of Charyn has definately been about tying up all of the loose ends from the Froi story arc and in fact it does this quite well. The ending was ever so slightly predictable, or at least you were hoping for it to end the way it did, even so it made for a </span><span style="font-family: Pacifico, cursive; font-size: x-large;">very satisfying end</span><span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;"> to a very heavy and meaty series.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;">I personally enjoyed the series very, very much, however this is </span><b style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: x-large;"><i><u>not one for everyone</u></i></b><span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;">. The story is complex, so you need to be patient, it can also be quite graphic, harsh and not very upbeat </span><b style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: x-large;">AKA</b><span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;"> the comedic elements are on the lesser end of the scale. Although due to the complexity of the plot and the mature nature of the series I really think that </span><span style="font-family: Pacifico, cursive; font-size: x-large;"><i>a lot of</i></span><span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;"> </span><i style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">adults can enjoy this series</span></i></span><span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #999999;">, or at least the ones' that like fantasy and the politics and cultures of different kingdoms.</span> </span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">The series itself contains </span><span style="font-size: large;">sex scenes</span><span style="font-size: large;">, references to </span><span style="font-size: large;">rape</span><span style="font-size: large;"> (the scenes are </span><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">not</span></b><span style="font-size: large;"> detailed or graphic</span></u><span style="font-size: large;"> however they are there), violence</span></i></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i> and expletives.</i></span><span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive;"> <span style="color: #999999;">While the concentration of these varies in each book I've included them all since I think you really need to at least read </span></span></span><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-family: Pacifico, cursive; font-size: x-large;"><a href="http://melinamarchetta.wordpress.com/the-lumatere-chronicles-2/" target="_blank">Froi of the Exiles</a></span></i><span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;"> (the second installation in the series) in order to fully enjoy Quintana, and Froi has the highest concentration of all those things out of the whole series. I know all this sounds like very heavy stuff but it is written in such a way that I don't think younger readers will really be able to understand what is actually happening unless they stop and think about it really, really hard....and then there are other parts in which it's quite clear what events are taking place however the author does focus more on the characters emotions rather than the details of the events.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;">If this sounds like something you would like definately give this series a go. You don't need to read the the first book - Finnikin of the Rock, in order to enjoy Froi and Quintana, however if you do you will have more of a back story to go on.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I know that the author has entertained the idea that she may be open to delving into the back stories of some of the minor characters of the series sometime in the future...But I'd say that until Marchetta says it's actually happening this series is complete.</span></span><br />
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<br />Mitsymaehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17679065231262650906noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8177093721281272344.post-27495923867650804162013-08-24T01:21:00.002-07:002015-07-03T09:26:30.440-07:00Be Back Soon...<span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: x-large;">I have writers constipation at the moment.</span><span style="color: #a2c4c9; font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;"> </span><br />
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<span style="color: #a2c4c9; font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;">It's </span><b style="color: #a2c4c9; font-family: 'Poiret One', cursive;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><u>not</u> </span></b><span style="color: #a2c4c9; font-family: Pacifico, cursive; font-size: x-large;">writers block</span><span style="color: #a2c4c9; font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;"> because I have tonnes of things which I want to write about and topics for posts planned I just </span><span style="color: #a2c4c9; font-family: Pacifico, cursive; font-size: x-large;">can't get the words out of my head</span><span style="color: #a2c4c9; font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;">, therefore I shall call it writers constipation!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a2c4c9; font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;">I've been sitting out here for about </span><b style="color: #a2c4c9; font-family: 'Poiret One', cursive;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">3 hours</span></b><span style="color: #a2c4c9; font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;"> trying to get the juices going for an update on the last two weeks but I guess when there's no </span><span style="color: #a2c4c9; font-family: Pacifico, cursive; font-size: x-large;">flow</span><span style="color: #a2c4c9; font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;">....erm... </span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive;"><b><span style="color: #a2c4c9;">there's</span><span style="color: #76a5af;"> </span><span style="color: #45818e;">no</span></b> </span><span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Pacifico, cursive;">flow!</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #a2c4c9;"><span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;">I've decided that the </span><span style="font-family: Pacifico, cursive; font-size: x-large;">best thing</span><span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;"> to do right now is just go away and come back another day when I don't feel so congested. Sigh... I can foresee irony in my future, I have a big exam this week and will probably start to feel really bloggy right before my exam, when I <b><u>should</u></b> be studying. Hehehe. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #a2c4c9;"><span style="font-family: Pacifico, cursive; font-size: x-large;"></span><span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">I </span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><u>can</u></span></b><b style="font-size: x-large;"> promise</b><span style="font-size: large;"> that there </span><b><u><span style="font-size: x-large;">will</span></u></b><span style="font-size: large;"> be a Book Look this Wednesday though, I've scheduled it and everything so that'll </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">definately</span><span style="font-size: large;"> be happening.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #a2c4c9;"><span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;">In the meantime I thought I would leave you with snippets of one of my </span><span style="font-family: Pacifico, cursive; font-size: x-large;">favourite</span><span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;"> animated films called </span><span style="font-family: Pacifico, cursive; font-size: x-large;">L'Illusioniste</span><span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;"> (The Illusionist). The first one is a small montage and the second one is a tongue-in-cheek scene from the film about the Brittish boy band that makes appearences throughout the film.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #a2c4c9;"><span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;">I've </span><span style="font-family: Pacifico, cursive; font-size: x-large;">also included</span><span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;"> a short film made by </span><span style="font-family: Pacifico, cursive; font-size: x-large;">Toniko Patoja</span><span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;"> in his first year of studies, called </span><span style="font-family: Pacifico, cursive; font-size: x-large;">"Serenade to Miette"</span><span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;">. It may </span><b style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">seem</span></b><span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;"> a little rough but I think it's nice to be able to see the animation in it's </span><span style="font-family: Pacifico, cursive; font-size: x-large;">infant stages</span><span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;">. It makes for a <u>good reminder</u> of how much </span><span style="font-family: Pacifico, cursive; font-size: x-large;">time, effort, labour</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> and </span><span style="font-family: Pacifico, cursive; font-size: x-large;">love</span><span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;"> goes into a few minutes.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive;">If you would like to see more of</span> </span><span style="font-family: Pacifico, cursive; font-size: x-large;">Toniko Pantoja's </span><span style="font-family: 'Poiret One', cursive; font-size: large;"> work you can </span></span><span style="color: #a2c4c9; font-family: Pacifico, cursive;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://vimeo.com/user1027469" target="_blank">Click</a></span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://vimeo.com/user1027469" target="_blank"> Here!!!</a></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive;">If you would like to learn more about</span> </span><span style="font-family: Pacifico, cursive; font-size: x-large;">L'Illusionniste</span> </span><span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #999999;">you can</span><span style="color: #a2c4c9;"> </span></span><span style="color: #a2c4c9; font-size: x-large;"><a href="http://www.lillusionniste-lefilm.com/#/home" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Pacifico, cursive;">Click </span><span style="font-family: Pacifico, cursive;">Here!!!</span></a></span><br />
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<span style="color: #999999; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive;">Or you can purchase it on</span> </span><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/au/movie/the-illusionist/id499793590" target="_blank"><span style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;">iTunes </span><span style="font-family: Pacifico, cursive; font-size: x-large;">Here!!!</span></span></a><br />
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<span style="color: #cfe2f3; font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;">First of all I have to say that Jaclyn Moriarty is one of my </span><span style="font-family: Pacifico, cursive;"><span style="color: #cfe2f3; font-size: x-large;"><b>all time</b></span><span style="color: #cfe2f3; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="color: #cfe2f3; font-size: x-large;">favourite</span></span><span style="color: #cfe2f3; font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;"> authors! I was introduced to her works by a </span><span style="color: #cfe2f3; font-family: Pacifico, cursive; font-size: large;"><i>dear friend of mine</i></span><span style="color: #cfe2f3; font-family: 'Poiret One', cursive; font-size: large;">, (who actually happens to be a family friend of the Moriarty clan according to my memory), when I was in my early High School years. This special friend sent me a copy of </span><a href="http://www.jaclynmoriarty.com/Books-Cassie.html" target="_blank"><i><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Pacifico, cursive; font-size: x-large;">"Finding Cassie Crazy"</span></i></a><span style="color: #cfe2f3; font-family: 'Poiret One', cursive; font-size: large;"> (also known as The Year of Secret Assignments) and may have mentioned </span><a href="http://www.jaclynmoriarty.com/Books-Celia.html" target="_blank"><i><span style="color: #ea9999; font-family: Pacifico, cursive; font-size: x-large;">"Feeling Sorry for Celia"</span></i></a><span style="color: #cfe2f3; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Pacifico, cursive;"> </span><span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive;">in one of her letters. Now that I think about it I can't remember which one I actually read first... Hmmn... Anyway back to the author.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #cfe2f3; font-family: 'Poiret One', cursive; font-size: large;">The target audience of Jaclyn's books are teens and young adults although I must say that I do think adults will enjoy these books too! (With the exception of </span><a href="http://www.jaclynmoriarty.com/Books-Pancakes.html" style="font-size: x-large;" target="_blank"><i><span style="color: #cfe2f3; font-family: Poiret One, cursive;">"</span><span style="color: #ea9999; font-family: Pacifico, cursive;">I Have a Bed Made of Buttermilk Pancakes"</span></i></a><span style="color: #cfe2f3; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Pacifico, cursive;"> </span><span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive;">the only </span></span><b style="font-family: 'Poiret One', cursive;"><span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">adult</span></b><span style="color: #cfe2f3; font-family: 'Poiret One', cursive; font-size: large;"> novel Moriarty has published to date...as far as I am aware. It's a got a great plot and twist but really is for adults, </span><span style="color: red; font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: x-large;"><b>not</b></span><span style="color: #cfe2f3; font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;"> one to read to the kids before bed.) </span><br />
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<span style="color: #cfe2f3; font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;">Moriarty has a rather </span><span style="color: #cfe2f3; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><b>clever</b></span><span style="color: #cfe2f3; font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;"> and </span><span style="color: #cfe2f3; font-family: Pacifico, cursive; font-size: x-large;">unique</span><span style="color: #cfe2f3; font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;"> writing style in that her stories on a general whole are narrated by random post-its, notifications, diary entries, letters, memoirs and emails in some cases court hearings; which sometimes seem to almost be thrown at the reader all at once. Often all of the information and notes seem somewhat jumbled, random and disconnected and it is only as the reader progresses through the story that these become threads of clues which twist and turn and tie up neatly at the end to make for very very satisfying reading. Moriarty has made a </span><span style="color: #cfe2f3; font-family: Pacifico, cursive; font-size: x-large;">fine art</span><span style="color: #cfe2f3; font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;"> of making the small and seemingly insignificant details become </span><span style="color: #cfe2f3; font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: x-large;"><b>crucial</b></span><span style="color: #cfe2f3; font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;"> elements to the direction of the plot, often resulting in </span><i style="color: #cfe2f3;"><span style="font-family: Pacifico, cursive; font-size: x-large;">pleasantly</span></i><span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive;"><span style="color: #cfe2f3;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="color: #d5a6bd;">un</span></b><span style="color: #cfe2f3;">expected</span></span></span><span style="color: #cfe2f3; font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="color: #cfe2f3; font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: x-large;"><b>plot</b> <b>twists</b></span><span style="color: #cfe2f3; font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;"> and </span><span style="color: #cfe2f3; font-family: Pacifico, cursive; font-size: x-large;">surprises</span><span style="color: #cfe2f3; font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: x-large;">.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cfe2f3;"><span style="font-family: 'Poiret One', cursive; font-size: large;">Moriartys' writing contains a </span><span style="font-family: Pacifico, cursive; font-size: x-large;">fresh</span><span style="font-family: 'Poiret One', cursive; font-size: large;"> and </span><i style="font-family: 'Poiret One', cursive;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">modern</span></b></i><span style="font-family: 'Poiret One', cursive; font-size: large;"> out look on the world and if there is one thing she knows well it is the minds and teen spirit of young people and to quote one of her characters: </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive;"><i><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: x-large;">"...the joy of the envelope..."</span></i> </span><span style="color: #b6d7a8; font-family: Poiret One, cursive;">Mr Botherit - Finding Cassie Crazy 2003</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cfe2f3; font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;">I can guarantee that you will find </span><span style="color: #cfe2f3; font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: x-large;">AT LEAST</span><span style="color: #cfe2f3; font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="color: #cfe2f3; font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: x-large;">one letter</span><span style="color: #cfe2f3; font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;"> formatted piece of writing in all of her written works.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cfe2f3; font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;">With all of this information in tow, as well as being familiar with Moriarty's writing style I must say I was a little bit </span><span style="color: #cfe2f3; font-family: Pacfico, cursive; font-size: x-large;">skeptical</span><span style="color: #cfe2f3; font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;"> when I heard of the concept that Moriarty had planned for her next novel. This being a magical fantasy concept to be set in a magical kingdom called Cello forming a trilogy series. The first in the series being</span><span style="color: #ea9999;"><span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><a href="http://www.jaclynmoriarty.com/Books-CornerofWhite.html" target="_blank">"A Corner of White"</a></i></span><span style="font-size: large;">.</span></span></span><span style="color: #cfe2f3; font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;"> I personally was not sure what the writing style was going to be like and whether it really would suit a magical fantasy type novel. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #cfe2f3; font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;">It's a </span><span style="color: lime; font-family: Pacifico, cursive; font-size: x-large;">fresh</span><span style="color: #a2c4c9; font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="color: #cfe2f3; font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;">and </span><span style="color: #cfe2f3; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;"><b>modern</b></span><span style="color: #cfe2f3; font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;"> telling of when </span><span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;">two different <b>worlds collide</b></span><span style="color: #cfe2f3; font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;"><b> </b>and contains a concoction of magic, science, sensibility, heart, culture, soul, the imaginary, the make believe and the </span><span style="color: #cfe2f3; font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: x-large;">human condition. </span><br />
<span style="color: #cfe2f3;"><span style="font-family: 'Poiret One', cursive; font-size: large;">Like most of her novels the loose ends all come together to tie up neatly at the end however in the case of this book the ends only tie up to make the <b><u>first stage</u></b> of a bow. It is </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;"><i><b>just</b></i> enough</span></span><span style="color: #cfe2f3; font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;"> to leave the reader with a feeling of </span><span style="color: #cfe2f3; font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: x-large;"><i>satisfaction </i></span><span style="color: #cfe2f3; font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;">but also leaves the reader with questions and an </span><span style="color: #cfe2f3; font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: x-large;"><i><b>appetite</b></i></span><span style="color: #cfe2f3; font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;"> to be <i>satiated</i> with the (in my case highly anticipated) next installment of the series.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cfe2f3;"><span style="font-family: 'Poiret One', cursive; font-size: large;">The writing style compared to her previous novels has a bit more narrative compared to the short snippets of notes or letters, however I think it is necessary and well suited for the genre. The story has elements of </span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Pacifico, cursive;">romance</span><span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive;">, adventure, </span><b><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">action</span></b><span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive;">, </span><span style="font-family: Pacifico, cursive;">mystery</span></span><span style="font-family: 'Poiret One', cursive; font-size: large;"> and </span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">intrigue</span><span style="font-family: 'Poiret One', cursive; font-size: large;">. So far the first part of this trilogy has been </span><i style="font-family: 'Poiret One', cursive;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">light on the romance and magical elements</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Poiret One', cursive; font-size: large;">, (so if you're not a fan of that please don't let it deter you from a great read, and if you do like that you'll still like this book), focusing more on character growth and plot. (Which in my opinion is absolutely fine, whether or not the author will choose to delve deeper into these themes in the later books is unknown.) I should also make note that it is a <b>little bit fact heavy</b>, so just <b>be prepared</b> for that. The first book makes for a </span><span style="font-family: Pacifico, cursive; font-size: x-large;">lovely coming of age story</span><span style="font-family: 'Poiret One', cursive; font-size: large;"> with potential for more growth to be seen in the future.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #cfe2f3; font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;">I would recommend this book to just about </span><span style="color: #cfe2f3; font-family: Pacifico, cursive; font-size: x-large;">anybody.</span><span style="color: #cfe2f3; font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;"> As far as mature themes go...hmmmn... The main protagonists in the story are 15 year old teenagers, so of course there is the odd sexual reference <b>(NO sex scenes)</b> and themes to do with parental relationships and alcoholic fathers. There's <b>no explicit language written</b>, if a character does use that sort of language it will just say <i>So-and-So swore etc.</i> I think this novel would be appropriate for those 13 years and older. :)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cfe2f3;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive;">This will be a little bit of an update I suppose. If you read the title you will know that</span> </span><span style="font-family: Pacifico, cursive; font-size: x-large;">I have recently moved!</span><span style="font-size: large;"> <span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive;">I've moved to the city, (some would say the 'Big Smoke'), temporarily. Although my new place is absolutely</span></span><b><span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: x-large;"> </span><span style="font-family: Pacifico, cursive; font-size: x-large;">lovely</span> </b><span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;">and I would love to stay, I'm really just here to help a friend out for about three months whilst she is gallivanting around in foreign places overseas. So I'm looking after her room and things and paying her rent etc. while she is away.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #cfe2f3;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive;">I'm also back at University. We have just ended the second week of semester. I'm not sure how I'm going to go with these subjects but hopefully I'll be able to pass</span>. </span><span style="font-family: Pacifico, cursive; font-size: x-large;">Fingers crossed.</span><span style="font-size: large;"> <span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive;">If I am able to perform well this semester then I'll be able to graduate and finally get out of this never ending degree!</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #cfe2f3;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive;">I wasn't able to get the financial aid that I was expecting to so I'm currently looking for part-time work or some sort of sponsorship for living,</span> (</span><span style="font-family: Pacifico, cursive; font-size: x-large;">seriously</span><span style="font-size: large;"> <span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive;">if there is a billionaire out there who's feeling charitable I won't say no to a rich benefactor). Although I feel I should note that I was actually still planning on looking for work even if I was to receive financial aid, after all things like that aren't designed to be a permanent source of income. It's definately made things harder and more of a struggle than I really think is necessary at this point and time of my life but it happens. I'm pretty sure you can expect a post about being poor or looking for work some time in the future.</span></span></span><br />
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Mitsymaehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17679065231262650906noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8177093721281272344.post-7581401337256034782013-07-10T09:30:00.001-07:002015-07-03T09:27:40.739-07:00An Update in Song?/Prelude to the End of June<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;"><b>TIP</b>: Press play as you come across the soundcloud link when you read. The music (sorta) goes with the mood of the text</span><span style="color: red;">.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;">There are so many things that I want to do and so many things that I </span><span style="font-family: Pacifico, cursive; font-size: x-large;">NEED</span><span style="font-size: large;">, <span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive;">(there is a</span> <u><b><span style="font-family: Pacifico, cursive;">big</span></b> <span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive;">difference</span></u><span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive;">), to do that I end up just not doing much of anything.</span></span></span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;">I think I've had writers block these past few weeks...or writers stump. It's not so much about not knowing </span><b><span style="font-family: Pacifico, cursive; font-size: x-large;">WHAT</span></b><span style="font-size: large;"> <span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive;">to write about more so the</span> </span><b><span style="font-family: Pacifico, cursive; font-size: x-large;">HOW</span></b><span style="font-size: large;"> <span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive;">to go the right way about it. For example I think I'm going to shuffle the order of my</span> </span><b><span style="font-family: Pacifico, cursive; font-size: x-large;"><a href="http://hazymaisy.blogspot.com.au/2013/04/book-look-new-upcoming-segment.html" target="_blank">Book Looks</a></span></b><span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;">; as the next one that was to be out...hmmnn... well... I liked it so much I think I want to read it again before I write about it so that I can do it justice and hopefully give it the <u>full credit it deserves.</u></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Pacifico, cursive; font-size: x-large;">Wow</span><span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;">I really was stumped!</span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive;"><b>Say</b> hello to</span> <i><span style="font-family: Pacifico, cursive;">future Maisy!</span></i></span><span style="font-size: large;"> <span style="font-family: Pacifico, cursive;">Hahaha~</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;">The above was a couple of weeks ago and I feel like I'm in a </span><u><span style="font-family: Pacifico, cursive; font-size: x-large;">different space</span></u><span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;"> now to when I was writing then and so I'm gonna leave it incomplete.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive;">There's been a lot</span> </span><span style="font-family: Pacifico, cursive; font-size: x-large;"><u>'life'</u> </span></span><span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #999999;">stuff going on in my world lately and</span><b> <span style="color: red;">not</span></b><span style="color: #cfe2f3;"> </span><span style="color: #999999;">of the nice kind. A lot of it contributed to a lack of inspiration and desire as you may see from the above.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;">June was not particularly kind to me this year. It's a shame since I have a soft spot for it, due to the fact that my birthday is in June, and for some reason always have expectations that the whole month will be extra special and magical.</span><br />
<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;">I've been so confused and emotionally conflicted that sometimes I feel like a stagnate empty shell and other times like a lost wandering lonely soul. In the world things are not always black and white and the fogginess of all the different tones of grey can be hard to see through. Sometimes the places that are meant to be and should be the safest for us are instead poisonous places for us to be.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;">The book is written by </span><span style="font-family: Pacifico, cursive; font-size: x-large;">Gillian Flynn</span><span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;"> and titled </span><span style="font-family: Pacifico, cursive; font-size: x-large;">'Gone Girl'</span><span style="font-family: Pacifico, cursive; font-size: large;">. </span><span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;">I do have to say that this book is quite an adult story for someone with my taste. I heard about this book through various sources. Blogs, reviews, magazines were all talking about it and how amazingly mind blowing it was and I was coming into contact with them all around the same time, so I was like:</span><span style="font-family: Pacifico, cursive; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-family: Pacifico, cursive; font-size: x-large;">"It's a sign! Must read this book!"</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;">It is quite apparent from the start of the story that the author is definately making a statement on various issues and media through the not-so-subtle social commentary woven into the story. As the main characters in the story are a married couple, many of the reviews and comments I had read touted and praised the book for it's refreshing and realistic yet dramatic portrayal of the complexities found in relationships. Honestly I'd have to say after actually reading the book that I disagree with the reviews. I didn't find anything realistic or normal about the main characters and their relationship except for the fact that they were once happily married. For starters one partner in the relationship, although not explicitly stated, comes across as so crazy and psychopathic that one questions why a mental health check was not realised sooner? When you combine these elements with the mind of a brilliant genius you have quite the interesting character to play with. (I haven't stated which half of the relationship this is so it shouldn't spoil it for you if you want to read it.)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;">This is all fine and well on it's own but when you take all the crazy and then present it in the guise of normal, that's when questions should start to arise. I think that yes it is true that there is a lot of dysfunction in relationships out their today, however I also think that if you found relatable experiences in this book then you need to be talking to the police, a friend or someone. It's true that over time people change, they fall out of love and sometimes in love again I understand that but very very rarely would these things be premeditated. If sociopathy and psychopathic behaviour is considered normal in society, then we really need to be reconstructing the way we think about societal norms. I think that premeditated factor is the key element that the critics overlook in their reviews, it's what changes things from unfortunate effects of time to twisted and psychotic unacceptable behaviour. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;">Personally this book is not really my thing. I finished the book in a day and a bit but I was bored in the first half and instead of being compelled to read it because it was so good, it was more just me forcing myself to read it so I could read something else. The second half was a lot easier to read. There were moments when the story was predictable, (well for me at least), and the plot twists weren't that shocking, just annoying in some cases. Finishing the book is satisfying yet unsatisfying at the same time, I'd go into more detail but that would just spoil it for you. Hmmmn looking at this post so far it's kinda negative...ish. Muwahaha! It was something different to what I normally choose to read and it's good to mix it up sometimes and try new things. If you don't try different flavours of books how will you know what's out there and what you may potentially like. I did enjoy the majority of my reading experience....it's just my mind wasn't blown away like all the critics and hype said it would be. I do have to say though, in all honesty, I probably won't ever read this book again. If I had money I was considering doing a give away. (Sorry I'm a poor student at the moment. Gomen ne.)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;">For those concerned, 'Gone Girl' has (graphic? I'm not sure, because I think some would consider it graphic and some might not) sex scenes and frequent course language through out the book. (Like I said much more adult than my normal children/young adult fiction.)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;">If you would like to find out more about 'Gone Girl' or the author Gillian Flynn you can check it out<b><i><u> <a href="http://gillian-flynn.com/" target="_blank">HERE</a></u></i></b><u>.</u></span></div>
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Mitsymaehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17679065231262650906noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8177093721281272344.post-88039343580889619242013-05-24T04:20:00.001-07:002015-07-03T09:29:30.688-07:00Beware the Wrath of Maisy<h2>
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<span style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: medium;">Most of the time I'm a pretty chill and easy going person...hmmn or maybe that's what I'd like to think about myself? </span><span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: medium;">*Friends reading this post please reaffirm. (Or disagree if you must.)*</span><span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: medium;"> Well truth be told I've had a lot of people tell me that so we're just going to go with it.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: medium;">When I was in High School I was given a minor role of responsibility within the club I was in, t'was nothing major. We had an issue with folders and chairs so I looked after that. Most of the time it was fine and easy however some of the junior students would get a bit careless sometimes so in order to make them listen the teacher used to say: <i><b>"Beware the wrath of Maisy! If you don't want to incur her wrath then you'd better do blah blah blah."</b></i> Of course everyone found it utterly amusing because I don't come across as an angry or scary person.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;">Jokes aside,</span><span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;"> <b>what is this post all about then?</b></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: medium;">Well ~ I guess it's because I'm human and I do get angry. It just so happens that someone close to me did something to me yesterday that overstepped.... hmmn probably more boundaries than they realise. That's all good and well you might say, but what I haven't mentioned is the type of angry it was. What type of anger was it? It was </span><span style="font-family: Pacifico, cursive; font-size: large;">DRAGON RAGE!!!</span><span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: medium;">Hahahehe... I'm not sure how to describe it, it's very intense and images that come to mind are the opening of </span><span style="font-family: Pacifico, cursive; font-size: large;">Pandora's Box</span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"> and </span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Creepster, cursive;"><b>dark</b></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: UnifracturMaguntia, cursive;">anime characters</span></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"> with the </span><span style="font-family: Meddon, cursive; font-size: medium;"><b>crazy</b></span><span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: medium;"> air swirling around them. That's how I feel...in an image sorta way. I have only experienced this intense kind of rage <b><u>twice</u></b> before in my life and they were all nearly the same thing and if my memory serves correct, if I include yesterday, I think I reacted the same way in two of the three occasions. It's </span><span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive;"><span style="font-size: medium;">[the-committed-crime-that-we-shall-not-name]</span></span><span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: medium;"> something that effects me in such a way that my brain is almost like: </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">"can....not....com...pute...mal...func...func...ucfjkld;fjlks"</span><span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: medium;">, breathing becomes really heavy and then an intense all consuming destructive rage comes over me and..... lets just say things may have been thrown and destroyed during an internal shouting rant and monologue. Don't worry I don't do it around anybody, just myself, so no one gets hurt or anything like that.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: medium;">Sigh, I don't know, I guess I just made myself sound a little like a crazy person. If I think about it in a positive light, it's only been this one thing that seems to tip me over the edge, if you compare it to all the other crap that goes on my life, (<i>it would make such a wonderfully dramatic korean/japanese drama</i>), it's really not that bad.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Poiret One, cursive; font-size: medium;">Since the incident I have calmed a bit and am not simmering so much, I guess I just feel a bit bummed. I had all these plans to write fun blog posts, study, do productive things as well as write an update post about some posts coming out soon...but I've been SOOOO angry that I haven't been able to focus or do anything productive. Posting this post will probably be the most productive thing that I've done all day. I just can't do anything, (in terms of study and creativity that is), when I'm upset or angry....well any form of emotional distress really.</span><br />
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Mitsymaehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17679065231262650906noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8177093721281272344.post-54632792070055512082013-05-16T23:59:00.001-07:002015-07-03T09:33:13.195-07:00Why Goodmorning Everybody...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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