http://search.deviantart.com/?q=by:Spiritsnare&section=today deviantART RSS for by:Spiritsnare en-us Copyright 2009, deviantART.com Sun, 22 Nov 2009 13:42:34 PST deviantART.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://s.deviantart.com/minish/widgets/apple-touch-icon-precomposed.png http://Spiritsnare.deviantart.com/journal/28004471/ http://Spiritsnare.deviantart.com/journal/28004471/ Tue, 27 Oct 2009 23:04:17 PDT Leon Dill is a graphic designer two years out of college. He loves his life.

And Helvetica.

Yes, the typeface, Helvetica.

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]]> ~Spiritsnare http://Spiritsnare.deviantart.com/journal/26378401/ http://Spiritsnare.deviantart.com/journal/26378401/ Tue, 04 Aug 2009 10:56:57 PDT
I'm going to be posting an excerpt in not too long from now; if you could do me a favor, please provide feedback. Thanks.

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]]> ~Spiritsnare http://Spiritsnare.deviantart.com/journal/26231542/ http://Spiritsnare.deviantart.com/journal/26231542/ Tue, 28 Jul 2009 11:22:40 PDT forever only to repeatedly realize that I suck at drawing eyes.

Maybe I might try drawing a still life or something?

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]]> ~Spiritsnare http://Spiritsnare.deviantart.com/journal/25477341/ http://Spiritsnare.deviantart.com/journal/25477341/ Mon, 22 Jun 2009 20:26:58 PDT might be am going.

More details as they arise. Who else is going? :3

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]]> ~Spiritsnare http://Spiritsnare.deviantart.com/journal/25363960/ http://Spiritsnare.deviantart.com/journal/25363960/ Wed, 17 Jun 2009 00:10:01 PDT
Favorite AC character:
Favorite CS character:

Favorite song to listen to:
Crossover I want the most:
For those who haven't played pop'n yet, If I could play pop'n, the first song I'd play is:
If I could play pop'n 17, the first song I'd play is:

Favorite chart to play:
I wish I can clear:
First 100k (if ever):

Aaaand here're my answers --

Favorite AC character: Minit's (14), followed by Cup-kun (9)
Favorite CS character: Mutsuki (14)

Favorite song to listen to: Innocent 3 (preferably long)
Crossover I want the most: Kocchi wo Muitteyo ~midnight jazzin' mix~ from dj TAKA's Milestone
Song in Pop'n 17 I'm most looking forward to playing: Pianotec

Favorite chart to play: Melt [EX], the ending is all sorts of fun
I wish I can clear: IDM [EX] with some sort of consistency
First 100k: Fantasy [EX], sorta surprised me

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]]> ~Spiritsnare http://Spiritsnare.deviantart.com/journal/25234458/ http://Spiritsnare.deviantart.com/journal/25234458/ Wed, 10 Jun 2009 11:39:51 PDT HanaNikko -

Long story short, my friend =pandari's cat is sick, and almost fatally so, due to a brand of cat food (that's been recalled recently, natch). Because she and her husband are not too well off financially, she's holding a raffle to raise funds for her nigh-deathly sick kitty - to the tune of the $2000 she needs to save him.

If you can spare a couple of bucks, please help! It's only $3 for a raffle ticket, or, if you're feeling lucky, $5 for two! Alternatively, you can help her by donating something to raffle off, like a commish. Or, if you're feeling really generous, you can just straight-up donate money to her.

Please help Mr. Nibbs out, and thanks for reading this notice!

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]]> ~Spiritsnare http://Spiritsnare.deviantart.com/journal/25036200/ http://Spiritsnare.deviantart.com/journal/25036200/ Sat, 30 May 2009 20:17:40 PDT

...I took one more step away from being a child.




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edit No, I didn't lose my innocence today XD Today's my birthday; I turn 20.

The original text of this post is excerpted from a visual novel called A Midsummer Day's Resonance (thus the title - more on it here, click on its respective entry). It's a really sweet story; play it if you haven't, already.

]]> ~Spiritsnare http://Spiritsnare.deviantart.com/journal/24953170/ http://Spiritsnare.deviantart.com/journal/24953170/ Mon, 25 May 2009 23:45:19 PDT
Mata aimashou, Momoi!

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]]> ~Spiritsnare http://Spiritsnare.deviantart.com/journal/24814388/ http://Spiritsnare.deviantart.com/journal/24814388/ Sun, 17 May 2009 23:06:32 PDT
HALKO MOMOI

E-GAMING STAFFING

POTENTIAL OF RIDICULOUSLY GOOD ARCADE GAMING

HALKO MOMOI

MORE MUTSUKI COSPLAY BECAUSE I WAS TOO LAZY

SPEAKING OF WHICH OMG POP'N

--

Anyway, short notice - I'll be heading to FanimeCon (May 22-25), and I'm staffing e-Gaming this year, so for those of stop by the e-Gaming booth during the hours of 6 in the morning to 2 in the afternoon and say hi! :3

Also some stuff between ~One-Man-Concerto (formerly ~Rokujou) and I -

[23:00] CrashmanzHOTNESS: WHo's Haruko Momoi though?
[23:00] CrashmanzHOTNESS: A seiyuu you all love? Singer perhaps?
[23:00] AllpurposeChives: seiyuu, singer, idol
[23:01] AllpurposeChives: you might know her as ♥★♥★♥★♥ Anise Tatlin ♥★♥★♥★♥
[23:01] AllpurposeChives: but also she is very cute IRL and she does great songs and she makes me weep with happiness I am not worthy
[23:03] CrashmanzHOTNESS: AHAHAHA
[23:03] CrashmanzHOTNESS: Oh god
[23:03] CrashmanzHOTNESS: so that's who she is

FANIMECON

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]]> ~Spiritsnare http://Spiritsnare.deviantart.com/journal/24547513/ http://Spiritsnare.deviantart.com/journal/24547513/ Sat, 02 May 2009 12:08:19 PDT This is how obsessed I am with DJ Max Technika.

-snare

]]> ~Spiritsnare http://Spiritsnare.deviantart.com/journal/24353325/ http://Spiritsnare.deviantart.com/journal/24353325/ Mon, 20 Apr 2009 23:59:51 PDT
I did find some neat original art, though, so I'm probably going to be remaking some of those pieces in a futile attempt to submit something of note. Stay tuned. ♥

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]]> ~Spiritsnare http://Spiritsnare.deviantart.com/journal/23910084/ http://Spiritsnare.deviantart.com/journal/23910084/ Fri, 27 Mar 2009 00:31:59 PDT here's a link.

Get hype!

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]]> ~Spiritsnare http://Spiritsnare.deviantart.com/journal/23731776/ http://Spiritsnare.deviantart.com/journal/23731776/ Mon, 16 Mar 2009 15:24:46 PDT appletrees.

If you comment....
1. I'll respond with something random about you.
2. I'll tell you which song or movie you remind me of.
3. I'll pick a flavor of jello to wrestle you in.
4. I'll say something that only makes sense to you and me.
5. I'll tell you my first memory of you.
6. I'll tell you what animal you remind me of.
7. I'll ask you something I've always wondered about you.
8. I'll tell you my favorite thing about you.
9. I'll tell you my least favorite thing about you.
10. If you play, you MUST post this on yours. If you don't you are a ⑨.

The funny thing is that I like Cirno so if you don't do this, just remember that it's okay to be a Cirno.

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]]> ~Spiritsnare http://Spiritsnare.deviantart.com/journal/22966499/ http://Spiritsnare.deviantart.com/journal/22966499/ Mon, 02 Feb 2009 15:04:06 PST burgertime made the best thing ever and so I update my dA to spread the word of this AMAZING INVENTION.

The best random I got was this one.

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ps. my wisdom tooth divots are finally hurting quite a bit, took them long enough~

]]> ~Spiritsnare http://Spiritsnare.deviantart.com/journal/22901583/ http://Spiritsnare.deviantart.com/journal/22901583/ Fri, 30 Jan 2009 10:08:40 PST
I don't even need to take heavy painkillers (or painkillers at all, for that matter)!...yet.

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]]> ~Spiritsnare http://Spiritsnare.deviantart.com/journal/22319409/ http://Spiritsnare.deviantart.com/journal/22319409/ Wed, 31 Dec 2008 23:01:08 PST
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]]> ~Spiritsnare http://Spiritsnare.deviantart.com/journal/22178482/ http://Spiritsnare.deviantart.com/journal/22178482/ Wed, 24 Dec 2008 23:26:36 PST MERRY CHRISTMAS~

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]]> ~Spiritsnare http://Spiritsnare.deviantart.com/journal/21566110/ http://Spiritsnare.deviantart.com/journal/21566110/ Wed, 19 Nov 2008 13:07:37 PST
That out of the way, I was late to class because of the New Xbox Experience that launched today testing whether or not it was actually better.

Game-wise, it isn't. Installing stuff to hard drive doesn't do anything at all. It still takes seven seconds to load up the first instance of a battle in any given area in Tales of Vesperia.

Other than that, it's pretty. Except for their Avatar system. My Wii made a better Konomi.

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edit omg look it's Not-Konomi.

]]> ~Spiritsnare http://Spiritsnare.deviantart.com/journal/21388718/ http://Spiritsnare.deviantart.com/journal/21388718/ Sat, 08 Nov 2008 13:01:46 PST
Maybe it's because we live in California - a state known to be pretty Democratic - but wow.

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]]> ~Spiritsnare http://Spiritsnare.deviantart.com/journal/21310271/ http://Spiritsnare.deviantart.com/journal/21310271/ Tue, 04 Nov 2008 00:25:19 PST appletrees' excellent how to study, which I read AFTER I DID THE FOLLOWING

1. Recieve instructions for the paper and the deadline, which is in two weeks
2. Put it off until the day of
3. Go to school, come back from school having learned nothing at all
4. Pass by Japanese grocery for lunch-making materials and maple-pan for dessert
5. Make lunch
6. Pass out from food coma
7. Be awoken by the sound of your brother calling you needing to be picked up from school
8. Grudgingly pick up your brother, then go back to sleep
9. You think it's okay to have a friend over to erase the tedium, so you invite a friend over and she ends up sorta helping but all of the time spent on hospitality could have been spent on writing more words to fit the word quota
10. Use and cite Wikipedia and only Wikipedia as a source
11. Make dinner
12. Make second helping for friend
13. Escort friend out
14. Finish the paper and upload it and submit it approximately two minutes and eighteen seconds prior to its deadline
15. Swear never to do it again, but when the next paper is announced, instead of actually being diligent about it, repeat number 1.

Optionally: Go on dA, click the four messages that you have, notice that one is about procrastination, and giggle like hell.

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]]> ~Spiritsnare http://Spiritsnare.deviantart.com/journal/21187863/ http://Spiritsnare.deviantart.com/journal/21187863/ Mon, 27 Oct 2008 14:28:46 PDT snareblog shall take its place.

Not too much there yet, but I hope to centralize all my writings there, as opposed to here.

Speaking of here, Rokujou recently purchased a new tablet PC. That means, for the time being, that I have her tablet. Now you can look forward to updates!

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]]> ~Spiritsnare http://Spiritsnare.deviantart.com/journal/21129992/ http://Spiritsnare.deviantart.com/journal/21129992/ Thu, 23 Oct 2008 17:50:09 PDT
If you read this, if your eyes are passing over this right now, (even if we don't speak often or ever) please post a comment with a COMPLETELY MADE UP AND FICTIONAL memory of you and me.

It can be anything you want - good or bad -
BUT IT HAS TO BE FAKE.

When you're finished, post this little paragraph in your LJ dA Journal and see what your friends come up with.

Naturally, I'll follow suit if anyone I'm watching posts this in his/her journal.

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]]> ~Spiritsnare http://Spiritsnare.deviantart.com/journal/21098380/ http://Spiritsnare.deviantart.com/journal/21098380/ Tue, 21 Oct 2008 16:37:12 PDT mom 3 is great, btw a store closed and I am sad

play it now

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]]> ~Spiritsnare http://Spiritsnare.deviantart.com/journal/21084893/ http://Spiritsnare.deviantart.com/journal/21084893/ Mon, 20 Oct 2008 18:42:58 PDT
Anyway, here's some actual journal content for once: a eulogy of sorts. This'll mostly affect people within the Bay Area (aka you already know this was going to happen/already happened), but here's my eulogy anyway. For those who are queasy of poorly-structured text, it would do you best to stand back!

--


Today was a rather ordinary day. I attended my Sociology class,
then, deciding that I was in the mood for sweets, headed over to Nijiya Market for some milk tea and maple bread. I headed over to my next class - the ever-dreaded Algebra II - and, while taking in a lecture on cube roots and how to be eternally rid of them, I munched and sipped happily on the pair.

After the class (in which half of it was admittedly playing the excellent Mother 3/EarthBound 2 translation), I decided that more milk tea was in order, and visited Strawberry Park, which is this strip mall oriented toward the Japanese community in the Saratoga/Santa Clara area. I did indeed obtain my milk tea from the Mitsuwa Marketplace there, but I also made another purchase: a Japanese keyboard, from a little shop to the right of Mitsuwa, called User's Side (formerly Grow Up Japan).

User's Side billed themselves as a "PC pro shop" from Akihabara, but didn't limit themselves to just PC equipment - they stocked all kinds of import goods, the most notable being video games and video game accessories. Among these were some neat stuff, such as one-handed "RPG controllers", Hori arcade sticks (of which a number have been purchased by my group of friends), official PS2 Multitaps (are these even sold in America anymore?) and game posters (A poster I have from User's Side - a poster for the console release of beatmaniaIIDX 13: DistorteD - hovers above me tacked to the wall). My friends and I visited User's Side every time we passed by Strawberry Park for Kinokuniya runs, and someone out of our group always found something that would come in handy. Even if I passed by alone, User's Side never failed to charm me with their stock. And, most importantly, the prices on their goods were always reasonable and certainly better than what the online stores had to offer.

And now, User's Side had closed, indefinitely, after having given the public two weeks' notice and sale.

I stopped in front of User's Side to stare at it, for I would never be able to see it as it was again. At that time, an employee came out and announced that they were closed. I replied that I was just passing by one last time because they were going away.

After a moment of silence, the employee asked, "Did you want to take a look inside? We still have things that we haven't gotten rid of."

"Sure," I said, and he called to the attendant inside and told him that I would be browsing for a bit.

The lighting in the store was dim. Not much was left inside the shop. A handful of import video games sat on the side, their prices having been reduced to $14 as a last-ditch sales effort. Computer wires and software sat against the wall, a sign in Japanese proclaiming that they had been slashed by 60% to 80% - as an example, their copy of Adobe Creative Suite 3 Master Collection had been cut from $1,100 to something around $200.

And then I spotted the keyboards. A stack of various keyboards had their prices slashed by 80%. I decided that I should at least pay them a final tribute before I would never see the store as it was again, and grabbed a Logitech (or, rather, Logicool - apparently someone beat them to the name "Logitech" in Japan) slimline keyboard. The register rang up the keyboard for eight-plus-tax.

As the attendant gave me the receipt, I inquired, "I'm curious: why are you guys closing down?"

The answer was a nonchalant "I don't even know, to be honest."

And so, I left the store carrying my supposed $40 keyboard and went home. The moment I came home, I plugged the keyboard into my laptop, played Mother 3 for a bit, and started typing this entry in full.

For sure, I will miss User's Side. There is a store in the same strip mall that does still sell import games, but are more focused on offering Japanese mobile phone services to the public, rather than selling all kinds of neat doodads that might catch my eye. They're also pushing their online store in lieu of a brick-and-mortar shoppe, but, for me, there's just something ine... ]]> ~Spiritsnare http://Spiritsnare.deviantart.com/journal/21020166/ http://Spiritsnare.deviantart.com/journal/21020166/ Thu, 16 Oct 2008 16:59:50 PDT a thing in Flash. I'll have probably two more sketchflashes up, too. Also, I need to ask =appletrees if I can do something with her pop'n comix, they're way too good and I voiced them out while I was reading them and I want to try doing it in Flash, but not before some sketchflashes. I'm planning on one pop'n, for sure, and the other is a concept I'm still working on.

Not only that, but I'm going to try and update the mutsuki no daibouken epic. Get hype.

In other news, Adobe just announced that Creative Suite 4 is shipping, and they had a webcast on it - oh my god, Flash has skeleton support! THAT IS HELLA WORTH IT FIJAIRFRWENFIOUWJF I WANT IT NAO

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]]> ~Spiritsnare http://Spiritsnare.deviantart.com/journal/20742377/ http://Spiritsnare.deviantart.com/journal/20742377/ Mon, 29 Sep 2008 13:53:50 PDT
For when I am released from my shackles of parentheses and functions, I shall make my way over to Teavana, and my thirst shall be quenched.

RAWR.

And then I shall go play pop'n, and life will be good.

snare

addendum also kirby super star ultra (hoshi no kirby ultra super deluxe) is fucking good buy the game nao

]]> ~Spiritsnare http://Spiritsnare.deviantart.com/journal/20734057/ http://Spiritsnare.deviantart.com/journal/20734057/ Mon, 29 Sep 2008 00:04:25 PDT
It's pretty good - a bit bitter, but, in the end, it just fills me up with a really nice warm sensation that makes me just want to curl up and nap.

I blame =StarDragonBlue for this.

So, flash back about like eleven days ago - she posted a journal entry on finding tea, and I wrote that I recommended Teavana.

I hadn't had good tea in a while, so that post actually ended up getting me to visit a Teavana store that week. I purchased what I recommended - a 2oz thing of Silver Needle for $18. I made a pot of it the night I got it (after waiting with *Rokujou for pop'n Party to get set up at Sunnyvale Golfland, as it wasn't - and didn't get - set up that day).

In the time between when I purchased my bag of Silver Needle and now, I think I've had probably like eight cups of tea and now, while budgeting for the week, I'm wondering whether or not I should ditch pop'n for another bag of tea (thinking of getting one of their flavored green teas this time - specifically, Japanese Wild Cherry, it's relatively cheap!).

If something is so good it makes me think about not playing pop'n (especially with Party around, holy shit!), it's either probably really, really good, or I'm going nuts.

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]]> ~Spiritsnare http://Spiritsnare.deviantart.com/journal/20715993/ http://Spiritsnare.deviantart.com/journal/20715993/ Sun, 28 Sep 2008 02:36:01 PDT Kundaba, let's go~

1) Write the rules
2) Write 8 things about yourself
3) In the end, tag 8 people and add them to the journal
4) Message each of them that they were tagged
5) You can't tag the person who tagged you

Screw rules 3 and 4 and 5 (if you want to go ahead and do it, then awwww do it).

1. I'm male;

2. I'm Filipino;

3. I'm 19;

4. I'd like to believe I'm straight, but people are all like "wtf man you are so homosexual". I like to joke about being homo, though - it freaks people out.

5. I like pop'n music.

6. I like tea.

7. I don't know whether or not I'm an introvert or an extrovert; I'm pretty shy, but once I get to know someone a bit better, I can be pretty outgoing, almost to a fault.

8. The name "Spiritsnare" came from a Dungeons and Dragons name generator that I randomly found while browsing the Internet. I can't find it anymore. I think the page self-destructed after it gave me what eventually was to become my new handle, having accomplished its secret purpose.

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edit Courtesy of PMDream is a blog post by wac: ten years ago to the day, pop'n music was born.

Kanpai!

]]> ~Spiritsnare http://Spiritsnare.deviantart.com/journal/20664871/ http://Spiritsnare.deviantart.com/journal/20664871/ Thu, 25 Sep 2008 08:26:20 PDT so good

and that's even without e-amuse

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]]> ~Spiritsnare http://Spiritsnare.deviantart.com/journal/20618922/ http://Spiritsnare.deviantart.com/journal/20618922/ Mon, 22 Sep 2008 12:32:36 PDT
Dammit.

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]]> ~Spiritsnare http://Spiritsnare.deviantart.com/journal/20507810/ http://Spiritsnare.deviantart.com/journal/20507810/ Mon, 15 Sep 2008 15:12:50 PDT Colorful Pastel is the best song on GuitarFreaks/DrumMania V5. It's so good I made it jump up to Top 5 by playing it at least twice each game; it culminated in me finally passing the Extreme chart for it.

Death to Death Note!

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]]> ~Spiritsnare http://Spiritsnare.deviantart.com/journal/20307754/ http://Spiritsnare.deviantart.com/journal/20307754/ Wed, 03 Sep 2008 13:15:40 PDT
On the bright side, the lovely part of this semester is the fact that all of my teachers actually have some sort of personality, which is great. My Sociology teacher cursed (and apologized very, very briefly) at least six times in his opening speech; my 2D design professor made it very clear that she's "an eco-freak"; my Algebra II teacher was all like "okay, you know what, I'm doing this so that I can pursue my somewhat basic dream of good food and good beer". That's an honest man living the American dream right there, rofl.

I love college. The only things I don't like quite so much is the fact that I'm now out of milk tea (apparently he doesn't mind us drinking during class) and I need to go to my car to get some more, but apparently we're going to get a break during this and I have at least two more bottles on stock.

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]]> ~Spiritsnare http://Spiritsnare.deviantart.com/journal/20253360/ http://Spiritsnare.deviantart.com/journal/20253360/ Sun, 31 Aug 2008 13:12:04 PDT pop'n music 16 PARTY♪ Original Soundtrack released not too long ago, and I was able to obtain a copy for my perusal. One of the tracks in the first disc of the soundtrack is the opening to Sousei no Aquarion (translated Genesis of Aquarion, but it's just "Aquarion" in the official US release). I listen to it.

I then find the long version of the song, and play it.

I then end up putting it on loop.

It hasn't left my mind since. Fuck.

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]]> ~Spiritsnare http://Spiritsnare.deviantart.com/journal/20197268/ http://Spiritsnare.deviantart.com/journal/20197268/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 07:14:24 PDT Caribou Coffee stuff is good at that. This has happened once before; I drank a pint of café au lait in Japan and it ended up having the same effect.

This has at least allowed me to finish Braid, which has the best final stage ever.

I figure I'll just wing my way through the day, as I did that first time when I foolishly had that café au lait. The only difference is that the Japanese café au lait was 110 yen - that's $1 for a quality drink right there, versus that $3 can. Why can't we have really nice prices like that over here? That'd be nice; to top it off, I wouldn't be as poor.

That, or three times as hyper.

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]]> ~Spiritsnare http://Spiritsnare.deviantart.com/journal/19962749/ http://Spiritsnare.deviantart.com/journal/19962749/ Fri, 15 Aug 2008 01:28:03 PDT lisu-c's tablet, I decided to churn out a pair of comics.

And ~mDuo13's lending me his tablet for a bit, so expect actual updates.

Every submission will consist of horrible art. Fear!

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]]> ~Spiritsnare http://Spiritsnare.deviantart.com/journal/19822351/ http://Spiritsnare.deviantart.com/journal/19822351/ Thu, 07 Aug 2008 07:19:29 PDT
and that's before I even start playing net taisen

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]]> ~Spiritsnare http://Spiritsnare.deviantart.com/journal/19820395/ http://Spiritsnare.deviantart.com/journal/19820395/ Thu, 07 Aug 2008 03:40:52 PDT Fanta Furu-Furu Shaker, which is this can full of jelly mixed with...well, Fanta (I got orange) - are awesome.

Playing Party in a bit (OMG GLOSSOLALIA). More on Nippon when I actually get to...you know, experience it.

またね。

snare

]]> ~Spiritsnare http://Spiritsnare.deviantart.com/journal/19800267/ http://Spiritsnare.deviantart.com/journal/19800267/ Tue, 05 Aug 2008 23:48:42 PDT
P100 ($2) a pop. The Mutsuki image is some fanart I found; I'll give credit when I get back to the States and I find the website responsible - and the Nakaji is an official image from the movie.

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]]> ~Spiritsnare http://Spiritsnare.deviantart.com/journal/19777491/ http://Spiritsnare.deviantart.com/journal/19777491/ Mon, 04 Aug 2008 18:56:57 PDT Shangri-La's Mactan Cebu Resort - something I described to Rokujou as a super-fancy expensive large hotel of awesomeness and Wi-Fi connectivity.

Tomorrow is Metro Manila - namely, the Mall of Asia (which promises to be the biggest mall in all of Asia - I doubt it), and then the next day I'll be taking a 7 AM flight to Tokyo.

In short, わくわくする. I'm fucking excited. I'm also pretty nervous at the same time, but hey.

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]]> ~Spiritsnare http://Spiritsnare.deviantart.com/journal/19709690/ http://Spiritsnare.deviantart.com/journal/19709690/ Thu, 31 Jul 2008 23:25:14 PDT
And all I can think of doing is going back to Cebu City, really. There's not much to do 'round here 'cept study from my Japanese textbook in preparation for the three days I'll be on the island.

I hope it'll pay off. I want to be able to actually stumble my way in Japanese rather than have the opposing party get all tongue-tied in English.

snare

]]> ~Spiritsnare http://Spiritsnare.deviantart.com/journal/19652587/ http://Spiritsnare.deviantart.com/journal/19652587/ Tue, 29 Jul 2008 00:25:14 PDT
In fact, a handful of things 'round here are plenty cheap. Take waffle sticks - a local dessert which is basically a waffle taquito thing with filling in it.

They're the equivalent of a quarter, and three of them can fill me up.

I've a lot of revelations during the first two days here in the city, but some of it is quite depressing and will have to wait for a longer entry later - I've only one minute left.

See you guys later. To those I know IRL, I miss you all already ; ;

snare

]]> ~Spiritsnare http://Spiritsnare.deviantart.com/journal/19598545/ http://Spiritsnare.deviantart.com/journal/19598545/ Fri, 25 Jul 2008 22:01:11 PDT Crossposted from LiveJournal~.

Hellohello. It's been a while since I've updated this journal, but I figured I'd tell people I haven't already gotten in contact with (which numbers quite a few). So, a heads-up to people that see me on AIM and whatnot:

In about sixteen hours from the time of this post, I will be departing San Fran for Asia. The planned itinerary involves the Philippines for about ten days, and then I will be headed to Japan for five.

While in the Philippines, I'll be visiting relatives and will be relatively locked in my schedule, so to speak, doing stuff like visit the beach, visit malls (the two major ones in the Cebu area - SM Centre Cebu and Ayala Centre), get attacked by several hordes of mosquitoes in my sleep, etcetera. I'm sure visiting my relatives is going to be an interesting experience - I haven't seen them in about ten to twelve years.

Japan will be the fun part. I'll more or less be free the entire time while we're in Tokyo, which gives me enough time to play ridiculous amounts of Bemani while hooked up to e-AMUSE (and visit a landmark or two thousand, but I HAVE NO LIFE so the majority of it will probably be spent in arcades). I have a list of things to do prepared so that I won't regret not doing something later.

See you all in about two weeks! Hopefully, I'll have stories to share :3

snare

]]> ~Spiritsnare http://Spiritsnare.deviantart.com/journal/19203896/ http://Spiritsnare.deviantart.com/journal/19203896/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 14:09:59 PDT Hidamari Sketch x365, the second season of yesteryear's awesome slice-of-life/comedy show, started airing today. A fansub was released; I grabbed it ASAP.

Four things to note about x365:

1. The opening is by Tatsh. For those who are unfamiliar with Tatsh, he was a Bemani artist turned anime composer - unsurprising since a number of his works sound quite 'anime'ish, e.g. Sphere, Zenius -I- Vanisher, and most infamously, Xepher; he also contributed a number of songs to Tenga Toppa Gurren-Lagann, which interestingly rebounded back into DDR and pop'n music.
2. There is about three times more animation in the first episode than perhaps the whole series combined. I'm not even joking, there's really fluid animation, and there's so much of it. I expect it to die down within the next few episodes.
3. The story follows the manga timeline. Gone are the days of the anime picking a random month and focusing on its hijinks, this thing is starting over from the beginning and adapts the original 4-koma content wonderfully.
4. Ending, once again, by marble. Marble's done the first Hidamari ending, and follows it up with an equally nostalgic sequel that sorta reminds me of Sousei no Aquarion.

Expect me to wax poetic about the series from time to time. :3 It's so good.

snare

]]> ~Spiritsnare http://Spiritsnare.deviantart.com/journal/19121595/ http://Spiritsnare.deviantart.com/journal/19121595/ Mon, 30 Jun 2008 05:33:35 PDT
And now it's Monday morning and the sunlight is starting to pour in.

Man.

]]> ~Spiritsnare http://Spiritsnare.deviantart.com/journal/19086811/ http://Spiritsnare.deviantart.com/journal/19086811/ Sat, 28 Jun 2008 03:28:05 PDT MimiMaxwell, that is, plus nitpicky spelling/grammar changes from the original meme (a small pet peeve of mine: people, don't use "u" for "you" - that's just disgusting). Enjoy.

1. What is your ideal lover like?
I don't think I have an ideal...yet.

2. Will you give it all up for a relationship?
Absolutely not. I can bend my back quite a bit for a person, but I won't snap it.

3. If the person you like is already attached, what would you do?
Whatever. :3

4. If your lover betrayed you, what will you do?
Reluctantly give up - if that's what she wants to do, then that's fine.

5. Would you do anything to get the person you like's attention?
Not anything, no.

6. What would you do if your best friend goes out with the person you like?
Whatever. :3

7. Who is the most important person to you?
Everybody is equally important to me.

8. If you have a choice, what kind of family would you like?
I actually enjoy my current family, eccentricities and all.

9. Would you prefer to be loved or loving someone?
Being loved, but I can't see one without the other, really.

10. What kind of friend(s) do you have?
Various kinds.

11. What type of people do you hate?
People who prey on others for no reasonable reason.

12. Would you do anything to achieve your goals?
Not anything, no. It actually depends on the goal.

13. What is the first thing you do when you get up?
Depends on the day. If it's a free day, I start the day by enjoying the fact that I've had something around ten hours of sleep.

14. Would you wish to go to school everyday?
Depends on the school, and the acquaintances I make there.

15. Do you plan ahead of the things you do?
Depends on the thing-I-do.

16. Do you like to go out of bed?
Depends on the time of day and my state of mind.

17. Are you a computer addict?
Hell yeah.

18. Will you share your secrets with your friends?
If they need to be told. 95% of the time, there's really no reason to.

As always, I won't tag anyone, but if anyone wants to follow up with their own response, then that's cool. :3

snare

]]> ~Spiritsnare http://Spiritsnare.deviantart.com/journal/19031637/ http://Spiritsnare.deviantart.com/journal/19031637/ Wed, 25 Jun 2008 02:44:03 PDT [link] (mirror: [link] )
[02:09] SpiritsnareAlpha: so nondescript
[02:09] SpiritsnareAlpha: I love it
[02:09] SpiritsnareAlpha: on the other hand
[02:09] SpiritsnareAlpha: it sorta looks FAMILIAR
[02:09] SpiritsnareAlpha: you know how FAMILIAR it looks?>
[02:10] SpiritsnareAlpha: okae back to dualshock
[02:10] SpiritsnareAlpha: when I come back I better hear lots of screaming from you
[02:14] crashmanzhotness: OH FUCKZ
[02:14] crashmanzhotness: OH FUCKZ
[02:14] crashmanzhotness: DUDE
[02:14] crashmanzhotness: OMFGS
[02:14] crashmanzhotness: ANFKLDWHAEWARHEWAIRJF
[02:14] crashmanzhotness: EWAJFKESAJF
[02:14] crashmanzhotness: OWAJEO
[02:14] crashmanzhotness: FJSDEKLJF
[02:14] crashmanzhotness: SDAJFL
[02:14] crashmanzhotness: SADJF
[02:14] crashmanzhotness: SJDAKFJSDAH
[02:14] crashmanzhotness: FDJSAFJDKLSAJF
[02:14] crashmanzhotness: DSAJFKDSJAFKLSDAJF
[02:14] crashmanzhotness: Hello? ハーロー？
[02:18] SpiritsnareAlpha: mmm screaming
[02:19] SpiritsnareAlpha: to be honest I hella couldn't concentrate because I was trying so hard to muffle my laughter

-=-

[02:28] SpiritsnareAlpha: but yeah, 'negame' rock
[02:28] SpiritsnareAlpha: [link]
[02:28] SpiritsnareAlpha: 40 on EX
[02:28] SpiritsnareAlpha: it's nakaji but it's not
[02:28] SpiritsnareAlpha: waku waku
[02:29] crashmanzhotness: OMFG
[02:29] crashmanzhotness: OMFG
[02:29] crashmanzhotness: CELEBRATE BITCH
[02:29] SpiritsnareAlpha: waku waku
[02:29] crashmanzhotness: CELEFUCKINBRATE
[02:29] crashmanzhotness: TONIGHT
[02:29] crashmanzhotness: WAKU WAKU IN MY PANTSU
[02:29] crashmanzhotness: FUCK SHIT
[02:29] crashmanzhotness: I WANT PARTY
[02:29] crashmanzhotness: ALSO
[02:29] crashmanzhotness: WHEN DO YOU THINK THEY'D HAVE A VIDEO UP?????
[02:30] SpiritsnareAlpha: man you're so tourette's
[02:30] SpiritsnareAlpha: fuck shit
[02:30] SpiritsnareAlpha: bitch
[02:30] SpiritsnareAlpha: asshole
[02:30] SpiritsnareAlpha: shit
[02:30] SpiritsnareAlpha: fucker

snare

-=-

edit:

[02:52] crashmanzhotness: also dammit Matt that's a terrible display of character
[02:52] crashmanzhotness: ion your journal
[02:52] crashmanzhotness: AHHH
[02:52] crashmanzhotness: XD!!!
[02:52] SpiritsnareAlpha: I found it ridiculously amusing
[02:52] SpiritsnareAlpha: thus the journal entry
[02:54] SpiritsnareAlpha: it'd be longer if I lacked tact
[02:54] crashmanzhotness: it's not amusing
[02:54] crashmanzhotness: it's defaming!
[02:54] crashmanzhotness: DX
[02:54] crashmanzhotness: well, cept for the part
[02:54] crashmanzhotness: where I'm totalleh reppin' NAKAJI
[02:54] SpiritsnareAlpha: I dunno, you're reppin' Nakaji all over the place
[02:54] SpiritsnareAlpha: every single character has been laid out for him
[02:55] SpiritsnareAlpha: especially those "f"s in "omfg"
[02:55] SpiritsnareAlpha: when you say "fuck" and "shit" it's done with a passion for nakaji
[02:56] crashmanzhotness: stfu LOLLLL
[02:56] crashmanzhotness: it's cool
[02:56] crashmanzhotness: I'll comment with better reppage

]]> ~Spiritsnare http://Spiritsnare.deviantart.com/journal/18987671/ http://Spiritsnare.deviantart.com/journal/18987671/ Sun, 22 Jun 2008 17:36:03 PDT Team Fortress 2 (TF2), I sleep at 3 yesterday.

My family has made church a mandate, despite the fact that all I do during mass is bring a Haruki Murakami novel to read. Thus did I have a five-hour sleep this past night.

In addition, for the past few days, it's been so hot that I couldn't take my normal afternoon naps without sweating a ton.

The night before, I set up my fan in front of the window to blow cool air in. This worked to tremendous success; it was still cool when I came back from church service, and played a bit more TF2, then I went to attempt a nap.

An hour later, I wake up as my body temperature starts to rise. I get a bit irked, mount my fan on a chair, and point it directly at my face.

It worked wonders. I slept for most of the afternoon, regaining what I'd lost, having vanquished the menace that is the summer air.

And boy oh boy am I going to savor this victory. :3

snare

]]> ~Spiritsnare http://Spiritsnare.deviantart.com/journal/18916962/ http://Spiritsnare.deviantart.com/journal/18916962/ Wed, 18 Jun 2008 17:48:43 PDT Chaotic-Kyubi and ~MimiMaxwell.

-=-

Leave a comment, and I will...
a) tell you why I friended you
b) associate you with something - fandom, a song, a colour, a photo, etc.
c) tell you something I like about you
d) tell you a memory I have of you
e) ask something I've always wanted to know about you

In return, you must post this in your journal.

snare

]]> ~Spiritsnare http://Spiritsnare.deviantart.com/journal/18871704/ http://Spiritsnare.deviantart.com/journal/18871704/ Mon, 16 Jun 2008 11:20:31 PDT Rokujou, see the omake) than ever before! Enjoy~.

¤

The Ginga was an overnight express train, serving anyone who desired passage from the Kanto region to the Kansai area. It was a bit of an antique train - certainly a bit uglier than their daytime bullet-train counterparts, but it got the job done.
Standing in front of the train was a scrawny fellow, 5’7 in height, a blue scarf covering up his mouth - dusted lightly in stubble. A pair of thin rectangle glasses and a tuft of black hair were perched on top of his pointy nose; the rest of his hair was covered in a conductor’s hat. From the way one couldn’t see his face, one could assume him to be a shady character, but he - rather, Nakaji, for that was his name - hardly was a delinquent.
Facing Nakaji was a girl. She would be a normal girl dressed in burgundy - would be, but her features were blanked out, blurred as though she were a photo taken improperly. Some mixed red lip wavered in the girl’s censored figure, and a somewhat sweet, decidedly nasal voice emitted from it - “I wish you didn’t have to ---”
He woke up in a sweat. The girl’s words echoed in his mind, as he slowly came to consciousness. Where was he? - ah, right, he was in his apartment, dressed in a yukata, draped in a futon on the bumpy tatami floor. Turning his head a little more, he could barely make out the clock next to him - one-ten in the morning some humid summer Tuesday - the month and year were unimportant to his foggy mind.
As soon as he found out the where and when of his current existence, the words of the girl slipped past the cracks of his mind. This frustrated him to no end; he’d been having such dreams since a month ago. The same train, the same station, the same figure. The dream would end invariably whenever she would say something, and that fact - or a lack of, in this case - bit away at his sanity.
He tried to go back to sleep, but his mind, now active, now irked, wouldn’t let him. To combat this particular bout of insomnia, Nakaji decided that a bath - and a shave - would suffice.
He rose from the bed. Into the bathroom he went.

¤

Now stripped of his clothing and surrounded in water and steam, Nakaji once again pondered the dream. The small amount of concentration that it took for him to get a bath up and running had kicked the vision from his train of thought, and here he was, trying to grasp back at it like a falling man reaching for any sort of tether. He did not know why he did so, except that it felt important, and he did not know the particular reason for that feeling, either: the fact about the missing chain of dreams merely existed, with a basis unbeknownst to him.
After soaking in the water for some time, the dream finally started to repiece itself together, frozen in time - slowly: the worn-in train platform; the Ginga, with its doors open; the falling misty rain; the clouds, colored in assorted shades of gray, as though penciled in; his own body, draped in several layers of clothing; and then a figure in front of him. Blurred at first, the body came into focus: denim skirt, then a dark red top, sleeves striped with white. The head, topped with neatly parted black hair, did not have a face. The face was always missing - no matter how much he attempted to pull or at least reimagine the face from the depths of his (dream) memory, the face did not appear as a face. The least he got was nothing. The most he got was an animated blur.
As though some dream god had pressed a ‘ play’ button, the complete scene came to life, and the girl only muttered, “I wish you didn’t have to go.”
With those words, Nakaji suddenly woke up from his reverie, splattering a good amount of water around in the process. He muttered a curse, and lifted his body out of the bath. Taking a fresh towel in one hand, he slowly dried his skin, then twisted the towel over the tub before draping it over his lean shoulders.
He examined himself in the mirror; he was met with a blur. Wiping the fog from his glasses, he put them on and observed his body: pink skin adorned a pair of pink eyes – black pupils, with minute rivers of blood creeping out of the lens staining his normally blank sclera; his black hair, glistening wet from the bath he took moments prior, lay in a mess over his forehead; and just as his eyes darted toward the small hairs on his cleft, his glasses had completely fogged up again. He made no movement to combat this, as he took in several deep breaths of the mist around him.
The bathtub slowly drained itself. When it finished doing so, Nakaji decided that he’d leave the shave for another time... ]]> ~Spiritsnare http://Spiritsnare.deviantart.com/journal/18821870/ http://Spiritsnare.deviantart.com/journal/18821870/ Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:59:21 PDT
I want to blame *Rokujou for this one, as it involves Nakaji; I was trying to argue the existence of the Nakaji and Sayuri pairing as legitimate, but she thinks Nakaji should be either alone, or with herself. We tried making a story for the hell of it on the way to dropping her off at a college for tests (she can't drive yet) and I actually tried expounding on it. And I liked it.

I then attempted to edit and rewrite it to the point where people unfamiliar with the pop'n fandom could still read it and still obtain enjoyment out of it; to the point where I can potentially change all of the names (removing every pre-existing notion of any character) and it would still hold its own.

I figured I'd give people a little teaser. Truth be told, it's not much - in fact, it only comprises half a page out of the seven or so I've already written and it doesn't even have much "pop'n" to it as I mentioned prior - but I figure I'd throw it out here.

To those of you who choose to read it, enjoy. To those who don't, I don't blame you.

-=-

Dear Jii-chan,

It’s been a year since we’ve graduated from Nishizawa music school, hasn’t it? How are you doing? I just got a paid internship with TV Tokyo - supposedly, I’m to help compose and provide music for their newscasts, learning from their current music producer Takeda-senpai. I’m actually very excited to start this job - even though it sounds a bit difficult, I’m sure it’ll work out fine in the end. They said that if I was diligent enough, I might even take her place as lead music producer!
So, what have you been up to, presently? I haven’t heard from you at all since that day you left on that train for Osaka. Hurry up and send a reply already - I want to know!


After some careful thought and consideration - what else could she say that could make more use of the stationery she’d purchased and dedicated to this particular person, as she did with all of her penpals? - she let loose a sigh and penned her name in the lower-right corner. After a couple seconds’ more time thinking, she sighed once more and added a heart before folding the letter up threefold and stuffing it in an envelope. On this envelope (which she had already put stamps onto), she wrote an address, and stood up from her chair to place it in the mailbox for pick-up later in the morning.
It was one o’clock in the morning of a rainy September day in the year of 1996.
This girl, draped in a flowery blue nightgown, opened the door to her second-floor room, slipped as quietly as she could downstairs (nevermind the creaks the stairs always made), and made for the door. She grabbed a light green umbrella on the way there - the kind of umbrella that looked like it was made from the same stuff as one of those tubes in a pool. Opening the door and unfurling the umbrella, she made her way to the mailbox and, opening it, inserted the orange-plaid envelope into it.
She skipped back to the door of her parents’ home with a smile on her face, and stealthily made her way back inside.

-=-

snare

]]> ~Spiritsnare http://Spiritsnare.deviantart.com/journal/18754714/ http://Spiritsnare.deviantart.com/journal/18754714/ Mon, 09 Jun 2008 18:53:35 PDT I can't take it anymore!"

snare

]]> ~Spiritsnare http://Spiritsnare.deviantart.com/journal/18695269/ http://Spiritsnare.deviantart.com/journal/18695269/ Fri, 06 Jun 2008 10:40:50 PDT ZerachielAmora for successfully finding every difference in the bottom picture! Also, acknowledgements go to ~DJTomoe and ~MimiMaxwell for attempting!

Answers can be found here. Comments have now been enabled on the main picture.

Zerachiel, expect your sub next week and enjoy! In the meantime, I need to figure out what to do next - Photo Hunt might be too easy, once I think about it...XD

~Spiritsnare

]]> ~Spiritsnare http://Spiritsnare.deviantart.com/journal/18688869/ http://Spiritsnare.deviantart.com/journal/18688869/ Thu, 05 Jun 2008 22:56:21 PDT CONTEST TIIIIIME~!

Take a look at these two screens from pop'n music 15 ADVENTURE and try to find as many differences between the original picture and the Photoshopped picture as possible! The game ends when...

1. Someone finds every difference in the picture;
or
2. The person who finds the most differences in the picture doesn't get beaten out by someone else by June 14, 2008.

The prize is a 3 month prepaid subscription (or addition or renewal, if you already have a sub)!

Please note your answers to me by June 14, 2008 - if you need to append any additional answers, then shoot me another! Have fun, and good luck!

(Comments will be enabled when the contest closes, in order to prevent spoilers.)

]]> ~Spiritsnare http://Spiritsnare.deviantart.com/journal/18619833/ http://Spiritsnare.deviantart.com/journal/18619833/ Mon, 02 Jun 2008 00:49:50 PDT
First thing I did in the creation of a band was a response to the horrible, horrible, horribly hilarious Guitar Hero: On Tour (DS) trailer.

I look forward to rocking out all day tomorrow. >3

]]> ~Spiritsnare http://Spiritsnare.deviantart.com/journal/18602538/ http://Spiritsnare.deviantart.com/journal/18602538/ Sun, 01 Jun 2008 00:43:13 PDT Rokujou's place and she's suddenly got a hankering for Nakaji so naturally I have to oppose her She's working on this meme by ~Aonabi (I pestered her to do it after I finished my copy up with her tablet) while Megane Rock repeats in the background.

so godddddd nakaji sucks man what the hell is up with his face does it have pimples or something like that wac wac wac wac wac wac

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~Spiritsnare

]]> ~Spiritsnare http://Spiritsnare.deviantart.com/journal/18573504/ http://Spiritsnare.deviantart.com/journal/18573504/ Fri, 30 May 2008 08:46:23 PDT







snare

]]> ~Spiritsnare http://Spiritsnare.deviantart.com/journal/18525877/ http://Spiritsnare.deviantart.com/journal/18525877/ Tue, 27 May 2008 11:32:23 PDT
I'm heading over to SVGL to meet up with AmazingKenchan at about 3~4ish, to play Fever AC the way I was supposed to play at Fanime, but the guys who ran the arcade couldn't (wouldn't?) get it up until 10 minutes prior to the end of the con. ; ;

More report and amazing video later.

snare

]]> ~Spiritsnare http://Spiritsnare.deviantart.com/journal/18487219/ http://Spiritsnare.deviantart.com/journal/18487219/ Sat, 24 May 2008 23:31:30 PDT NICO NICO MEDLEY (link requires registration; only in Japanese)

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA GG, FANIME

snare

]]> ~Spiritsnare http://Spiritsnare.deviantart.com/journal/18477647/ http://Spiritsnare.deviantart.com/journal/18477647/ Sat, 24 May 2008 10:51:52 PDT
On Freestyle.

On Hard.

snare

]]> ~Spiritsnare http://Spiritsnare.deviantart.com/journal/18470866/ http://Spiritsnare.deviantart.com/journal/18470866/ Fri, 23 May 2008 21:43:02 PDT Mutsuki (CS 14) cosplay checklist, in order of importance:
[√] coat
◇ [√] mod the coat!
[√] wig
[√] foundation and makeup
[√] pants
[√] tail
[√] scarf
[√] mittens
[√] cap and/or cat ears
◇ [√] acrylic brown thread + needles
◇ [√] red poof thing
[・] contact lenses

I Hoped That It Would Look Somewhat Like: Vizsla (Jou's) Mutsuki

-=-

Look at my webcam. ♥

snare

]]> ~Spiritsnare