Mascot Roadkill Mark 2

A thought occurred to me recently...

Is it wrong that every time I see news about Nepal, I confuse King Gyanendra in my head with King Ghidorah?

*headdesk*

(Also, I want one of these so very much.)

I promised you...

..Damekko Doubutsu goodness, and Damekko Doubutsu goodness you will get.

Urano is a small, useless wolf looking for somewhere to live. And wouldn't you just know it, he stumbles upon the forest of useless animals.

...wherein lives Usahara, the chain-smoking, physically abusive rabbit. He does not give Urano the kind of welcome Urano would have liked in his new home.

My personal favourite character in the show appears in episode 2, Yunihiko, the alcoholic unicorn. He spends most of his time getting drunk and rolling around on the floor. It must be a good life.

The most frightening thing about Damekko Doubutsu, (apart from the fact that they seem to be wearing costumes rather than being the animals themselves don'tthinktoohardaboutthatone @_@) is the way that the characters appear to have normal animal form and bishounen animal forms, into which they change at random. I very much hope you will all love Usahara and Yunihiko as much as I do.

All that is left to say, frankly, is that you need to watch it.

Yes you do.

Wow.

A lot of my life might be screwed at the moment, but I can tell you one thing that makes me infinitely happier.

I love Damekko Doubutsu. o_0

...you are totally showing this at animesoc when I come down. I may have to make some screenshots after work to prove why.

head -> desk

Just when everything was going well, just when I was starting to enjoy my job, life at home implodes. -_-

Family trouble. -_- I don't really feel like details, but it's one of those situations that just make life unbearable for people trying to live under the same roof. And I really don't know what to do because frankly I don't know how I feel about it. If I were just angry or just upset it'd be ok, but I'm worried and angry and upset and it's not exactly giving me a clear route for my feelings to go down. -_- If that makes any sense. -_-

And I was really starting to have fun at work. We spent a good hour today playing incredibly loud techno music because The Boss decided her parrots wanted to have some singing time. I love my boss, she's so awesome. As are her parrots, since she told me they grew up listening to U2. Go parrots.

The boss also gave me a present today, which was really nice. She'd seen the little hematite ring I wear and remembered she had a bracelet made of it that she'd bought in Zimbabwe, so she gave it to me.

And that's why being at work today was just better. -_-

And now I think I'm going to go to bed, because I just am.

Geek it or lose it, ladies.

Which OStan are you?

You are Windows 98. You are the second oldest of the windows girls. You’re neither beloved nor despised, but many people still use you. You also have a box you keep with you at all times, for reasons known only to you.

It was either that or today's catgirl obssession. Consider yourselves to have got off lightly.

*cries SO MUCH*

I LOVE YOU THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO!!!

*runs back into bedroom to weep some more*

So yeah uh like...

I have a job. o_0

You remember my crappy-ass packing job, right? Well, I got called in yesterday for said crappy-ass packing and duly did as was required of me. However, upon leaving I happened to mention to the boss that my other job hunting wasn't going too well. Conversation sprouted into the area of what I'd been doing previously, including eBaying. BING BING BING! You use computers??? What?? You know how to use graphics programs??? WORK FOR ME, PLEASE!!!

^__________________________________________^

And now I am employed to do schematic drawings and prepare diagrams on faxes for the parrot engraving company. I'm just going to have nightmares about Corel Draw for the rest of the weekend (the NODES o_0). I did manage to draw a really nifty diagram of a multitool, though.

Blagging skills, even I feel a little proud sometimes. Three days on a job and I got a promotion.

^_______________^

Oh have I got a treat for you....

Yes, actually, I have. He has supplied me with a wonderful video of Dog being a retard. I'm sorry I can't do anything about it being dark, but I hope you enjoy it nonetheless.

I had box packing work again today. >_< It's money. It's a shame it's mind-numbingly boring money. HOWEVER, I did get to play with the boss's awesome parrot and walk around the factory with it sitting on my shoulders!

WAVES CUTLASS!! ARRRR!!!

It was pirate-tacular.

Now I'm going to listen to Katamari Damacy music until my brain melts from the high-intensity funk beams.

In response

...to her challenge, I present to you the Real Tory Campaign Slogans.

I apologise, sincerely. o_0

Best News Story Ever. ^____^

Here. Although frankly you have to listen to the fantastically irreverant commentary on the video clip to appreciate the full brilliance. ^______^

^________________^

HELLSING OVAS!!!!!

OH THE GLEE OH SO MUCH GLEE EXPLODING WITHIN!!!!!!!!!!

*explodes*

Ohhhh...

I think I might have jinxed that job offer... *doesn't feel good about it*

Stupid lack of administrative experience. >_<

Fill in meme.

A bit of meme-ganking for you...

Stealed from her. Copy and fill in for yourselves for literally minutes of fun!

1. Post a list of 15 fandoms. (tv shows, musicals, movies, books, etc.)
2. Have people guess your favorite character from each fandom.
3. When guessed, bold the line for character, include their name, and write a sentence about why you like them.

(Exceptionally easy ones...)
1. Ghost in the Shell Motoko. Incredibly pretty _and_ beats the crap out of anyone she meets. ^____^
2. Hellsing Alucaaaaarrrrrrd. He has a red coat, complete disregard for anyone who isn't Integra-sama, and fantastic hair. Also looks like he wears eyeliner in the manga.
3. Gankutsuou/TCoMC Monte Cristo. Because he's bitter and twisted and seeking revenge! Excellent!
4. Bakuretsu Tenshi Jo-san. For essentially the same reasons as Motoko. She's pretty and well-armed...and just wonderful. *shiny Jo glee eyes*
5. Final Fantasy Sephy-sama. Because he's nuts and it's not his fault. Also excruciatingly pretty.

(Less mind-numbingly easy...)
6. Futurama Bender. Because he's fueled by alcohol, bitterness and contempt for humankind. Also bite my shiny metal ass.
7. Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events Sunny. A character whose sole purpose in the story is to bite things?? How could I not love her? ^___^
8. Azumanga Daioh Osaka. It's that really retarded look on her face. I identify with it on so many levels. Mainly the being retarded one.
9. Utena Touga. Just hooray. Hooray, hooray, hooray. Let's face it, even Daniel approves of me liking him. ^____^
10. Card Captor Sakura
11. 24 JackandTony. Because they're just too amusing not to slash, much as I try not to.

(Frankly obscure...)
12. Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch
13. Dracula Dr Seward. He's an actual badass character in an old book, yaaay! Everyone in the world should love Dr Seward.
14. Ico Yorda. She's so beautiful and fragile-looking, and yet Ico wouldn't be able to go anywhere without her.
15. Zelda

Now I'm going to play FFX-2 until my eyes fall out do something useful with my life and hope I don't screw up with this job offer.

*quiet hopeful glee*

Katy may have a job.

This job would be in Nottingham, home of infinitely more fun than here.

This job would be working for a heritage charity and thus give Katy opportunity to do her bit to help lots of nice things/people.

^________________________^

Please cross fingers/press thumbs for me. >_< !!!

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*tries to think of something to blog about*

*fails miserably*

I'm having one of those stupid times where I'm getting far to close to being depressed again. >_< Having no one to talk to doesn't exactly help, neither does not having anything meaningful to do. I resorted to cleaning for the umpteenth time this week, which doesn't make me feel any happier, but at least it's not sitting in bed stewing over bad feelings.

Goodness knows what to make of all the other things happening in my head this week. Too much talking to myself and drawing bad pictures probably isn't a sign of good health. Never mind...

>_<

Oh I just feel really depressed now. If only this weren't upsetting me as much as it is. -_-

COWCOWCOWCOWCOWCOWCOWCOWCOW

>_<

Yeah so that job I was going to get, I'm not. -_- I went to meet the woman today, everything went well, we had a lovely chat. Office Angels phoned me afterwards and told me she'd rejected me because, and I quote I was "too gothy".

I WAS WEARING A BLACK SUIT TO BE SMART, YOU ARSE!

I'm really, really offended. Beyond words, frankly. Certainly beyond words I'm willing to type here. I'm not willing to work for anyone as judgmental and two faced as that woman. I just wish I wasn't so upset by it...

YUSS!!!!!!!!!!!!

I LOVE YOU OFFICE ANGELS!! ^_______________^

I HAVE A NEW HOEPFULLY LESS CRAP JOB!!!!

As a result of phoning Office Angels this morning and moaning down the phone at the arsefaced job the Grantham place had given me. Which also involved stealth telephoning in the toilets of said crappy job whispering down the phone to Mrs Office Angels, who found the whole thing most amusing. ^___^

So tomorrow I am going to see the people I should be working with. The only downside of the job is that it's in Lincoln and thus I will be joining you in the great national commuter army, but it pays more than the box-packing, and probably involves less box-packing. Apparently I'm going to be a receptionist. o_0

I hope I get one of those retarded headset phones to talk into. That'd be the icing on my cake. o_0

NO MORE STINKING BOX PACKING! ^__________^

This is not, the greatest job in the wo-orld, this is just a temp job...

Hey! Guess what?! My job sucks noodles! -_- Oh man I _love_ thankless exhausting labour from 9 - 6 with only one twenty minute break all day. This is what I live for!

I didn't so much get asked whether I'd like to come again tomorrow than told I'd be coming in. >_< Yippee. Somehow the thought of £40 doesn't really make it feel worthwhile. It took a lot of thinking about what life would be like in Japan to get me through today. -_-

So does anyone have any amusing games to play at mind-numbing places of work? Bear in mind that I don't even have a pen and paper, let alone a computer, to play with, so I am indeed relying on my own imagination to stay awake/alive.

Please Office Angels, PLEASE phone and give me a better job than this! >_<

In other news, I have been making wallpaper. Here they are. Yes, I do like stripes.

I heart FOmarls.

I heart the colour scheme in this picture.

I heart this picture because it's just gorgeous...and that's why I barely did anything to it.

Comments, constructive criticism appreciated blah blah blah.

*headdesk*

Kyaa~~~!!! ^____^

I have employment! ^___^ So what if it's only a temp job packing things for an engraving company?! They have parrots!! ^____^ And they will give me money for non-brain-taxing labour!

MONEY FOR GOING TO JAPAAAAANNN!! ^________________^

SQUEE!!

I HAVE A FIREFOX-TAN CELLPHONE STRAP! ^________^ I LOVE YOU! ^_________^

I also have wodges of Japanese to learn, yaaay! ^_____^

*is suffering from learning withdrawal syndrome*

"I prefer shows of the type "World's Blankiest Blank""

Don't know why that's today's title, but it's been stuck in my head for a couple of days. Correctly guess where it's from and you can have a digital cookie.

I'm not in a sufficiently coherent mental state to write a proper blog entry right now, so you're going to get bullet points.

- No, I don't have a job. I got a phone call at 9:00 am yesterday asking me to come to Lincoln for a job interview, then another at 9:05 saying the job had just been filled but could I come and see the agency anyway.

- Lincoln is an hour and a half away by bus, and I have no car, nor indeed the ability to drive.

- The heavens opened in quite spectacular fashion upon my exiting the house for the two miles or so walk to the bus station.

- I arrived in Lincoln wet, but slightly happier having had an hour and a half to lurk at the back of the bus drawing pictures and listening to Kannaduki no Lesbians music.

- The lovely, lovely, woman at the temp agency was very impressed with me, apparently. I had to take some tests of my data-inputting-attitude-towrds-clienting-Excel-using skills and apparently scored very highly. Who would have thought I could type quickly, eh?

- I am now an official Office Angel.

- I have infinitely more faith in this agency than I do the one in Grantham.

- Scientific studies have proved that by the time I am 26 I will have no knees. Why? Becuase now both my parents are suffering knee injuries, after my dad managed to land himself in A+E last night with a torn knee muscle. o_0

- I am tired.

Cross your fingers...

I may have a job. o_0 Find out tomorrow.

I should...

...be going to bed, but I'm in one those moods where I quite want to listen to a song another fifteen thousand times before I'm done with it for the moment. (Fast Cars by U2, so it's not as if anyone who reads this will have heard it... ^_~ Sounds like it should be on the Once Upon a Time in Mexico soundtrack. Which may be why I like it.)

So, uh, despite the desire to blog, I don't have a great deal to talk about at the moment. Mainly because I've not done much other than sit and watch News 24. o_0 What? It's my sad default activity when I have nothing else useful to do, and confusedly Anglo-Catholic-tastic as I am, I am interested in the Pope.

The News 24 coverage of events is/was/has been quite bizarre, actually. The workings of the Vatican press office don't exactly lend themselves to the 24 hour society (rightly so on this occasion, at least o_0) so there was an awful lot of bringing in guests and/or going to correspondents in "Catholic" places around the country. Which was actually the main thing I find bizarre. How/why do they feel the need to find out how people around the country are feeling? I mean, do they really think that the reaction in Scotland is going to be wildly different to that at Westminster? o_0 Is it just me, or is it fairly obvious that anyone who isn't a barking anti-Catholic is going to be at least saddened, this reaction increasing with the level of Catholicness? o_0

I'll freely admit that I'm addicted to 24 hour news society, but sometimes it really does show through that it's not always sustainable. I'm all for the publicising of events like the death of the Pope, obviously, not least of all because he apparently didn't want the whole thing to be shrouded in secrecy, but there's coverage and there's coverage.

Of course, there's always the argument that you could turn the TV off, Katy.

....but what would you do if there was a news update?!

But yeah, irreverant discussion of news coverage aside, poor old John Paul. I'm glad they've made a big deal of the fact that he did mean something to people who weren't Catholic, cause it did have me gritting my teeth the number of times they talked about "Catholics everywhere" praying and showing concern for the Pope as if the denominational divide mattered. o_0 I think you have to be a fairly rabid Protestant/atheist/other not to think he was a good influence in the world. (...you're going back to the news thing, Katy.)

The one thing that does get me about the global reaction though, people don't seem as hmm...pragmatic, I think, about it as I'd imagine. As far as I can see it, he was an old man and it seemed like he was in a fair bit of pain at this point. And if there's anyone who should be able to face death with a fair degree of content, I'd think the Pope would be it. If a person like him's not guaranteed a good reward once he's gone, then the rest of us are in trouble! ^__^;; I understand the fact that he's missed and so on, but it just seems like there's more to think about than just that. Heh, there are advantages of being such a morbid person, Katy, you may just have come out the other side. ^__^

So something completely unrelated to reward anyone who got this far, huh? ^_^ I _know_ I ramble too much, but the news is making me do it. Religion has stopped being the crazy aunt people only remember on holidays for the moment and this being my pet subject, it makes me happy. ^__^;;;

Humberto, or Bumface as he is presently answering to, has a new obssession. Carrot cake. Particularly when I'm eating it anywhere near him. @_@ This may or may not be fueling his attempts to scale the upper reaches of his cage every evening. I just had to get the "special" hamster didn't I? ^_____^