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On the bright side, only 2 weeks, and the semester is over! And two week after, its back to a 5 course load. I'm screwed.

On an even brighter note, I did a chest stand at acro yesterday! And (hoping! and pending) I might be getting an acro solo. :3
*note that this is totally not me *




I like this free journal skin thing

]]> ~fading-hologram http://fading-hologram.deviantart.com/journal/27614850/ http://fading-hologram.deviantart.com/journal/27614850/ Tue, 06 Oct 2009 12:56:50 PDT

Apart from being sick, I mean.

I am now a proud owner of a rapier (boo-ya!) and am now displaying early signs of wicked bruises. Last night was my first night of the mastery class as a green cord. So on to why I'm actually updating. They suggest keeping track of any sword work done while trying to get your blue cord, any sparring/sparring partners and things done well and things that...need improvement. So, as I don't have my awesome notebook here (I'm at school waiting for class to start in half an hour) I'm going to record here. For your viewing displeasure as I'm sure no one actually cares to read this. XD

So, yesterday we started offhand work.
Basics are:
- take care of your opponents sword with your offhand and stab them with your sword.
- you need to keep the offhand in an open position when you get into guard (prima, seconda, terza, querta) and move to a closed position as you lunge, squaring your shoulders.
- each guard has a different open position;
- terza is up by your chest
- prima and seconda are by your stomach
- querta is by your chin
- closed positions vary as per high or low defense; wrists are kept close together;
- prima: ?
- seconda: offhand makes a "T" below the wrist
- terza: "defends high, attacks low", hand is above wrist facing quadrant opponent is attacking?
- quarta: hand crosses wrist and faces quadrant opponent is attacking
- offhand is kept cupped to reduce chance of injury, attempt to keep contact to flat edge of blade
- blade is parallel to opponents blade: attack is high, blade will be under; attack is low, blade will be above
- guard changes as per quadrant: hand moves blade farther to side that opponent is attacking: attack to high left, defend in quarta using offhand to move hand farther left.

I think that's it...

So., yesterday was another first: SPARRING!

Sally, whose first name he did not tell me, decided that as a newb, I should be inducted to sparring. I told him he was a crazy idiot. He agreed. Highlights, he stabbed me in the chest fairly hard once (I have a bruise) and managed to lock my hand somehow... Plus I've noted he fights dirty. He adds stuff that would be useful in any other situation, but he fails to tell me that he might do that. Here I am being destroyed. Plus side, I did a perfect quarta closed defense. My only hit of the night.

Class is starting soon. Sooooooo, I'm going to stop. For now.

]]> ~fading-hologram http://fading-hologram.deviantart.com/journal/26657141/ http://fading-hologram.deviantart.com/journal/26657141/ Mon, 17 Aug 2009 18:53:06 PDT
I finished my nightgown... that no one knows about and I basically decided to make a couple days ago. Got the fabric yesterday and power-sewed for about 7 hours today... I now have a beautiful, steel blue, floor length nightgown, vaguely inspired by Elizabeth's one in PotC. It's about three patterns schmushed together XD. I also now have a nightcap-ish, pioneer hat. I had all of about two scraps left over from the dress (bought 3.5m of it, and now I have none TT____TT ) so I found it in a costume pattern envelope that is eons old... I need to get some big envelopes and a filing drawer. That way, you glue the pattern envelope to the new one, and put all of the pattern pieces inside! Voila, no more cramming impossible-to-put-back pieces into a little envelope! I feel so proud of myself.

Hmm... (put this as a note more to myself) I need to ask the person at Academie Duello if I can upgrade my class package. If I can, I can also get a rapier and leather sparring gloves in addition to the classes I have. They didn't have the deal fully explained on their website so now that it is, I'm a little upset. A rapier alone is about 275$. The class I'm doing is 100$... so you figure why not pay and extra 200 so you can get a bunch of awesome swag that you get to keep?! I mean, come on... its a rapier... *pout* they're pretty and fun to use. and if I disguise it in a yoga bag, or a poster container then I am legally (according to the police station) able to take it to and from class on the BUS!!!! XD. carrying a concealed weapon. mmm. lecker.

speaking of yummy, I haven't had dinner yet. Maybe I'll pop in the current object of my obsession: Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog. If you haven't seen it yet, it's on youtube and also on the project's website. Its made by the guy who did Firefly and serenity. the goal was to not make any money. As it's now on dvd because fan's complained, I'd say they epically won and failed at the same time.

Also a point of interest, Evil League of Evil Applications: DIE-ronic. [link] <------WIN

Also Also a point of interest, Lord Stabbington and Tur-Mohel.

*nods* Freeze Ray, tell your friends.

Namaste.



//UPDATE

What I've done since this journal:

1. haircut (pixie :3)
2. shopping...everywhere
3. academie duello; i've decided i might just do the package deal: warrior fundamentals (longsword and quarter staffs!) with all the goodies already described
4. found out i CAN take fun goodies (i.e. a rapier) on transit. i have been advised that if i do, i bring lots of flyers with me. XD
5. yoga
6. sewing; and now, a sewing list of projects currently under way or yet to do but i now have the fabric for:

digicamo sling bag - 80% done
costume corset - 20% done
jedi robe -40% done
jedi dickey - 5% done
jedi obi - 5% done
pirate pants - 20% done
elven boots - 80% done
pirate boots - 0% done





O___________O

school orientation tomorrow... >_<

]]> ~fading-hologram http://fading-hologram.deviantart.com/journal/25318558/ http://fading-hologram.deviantart.com/journal/25318558/ Sun, 14 Jun 2009 22:07:22 PDT it was awesome.
end of journal.






XDD not.
sooo what i did:
played the glomp me game.
bought 20+ buttons (me=button whore)
met peoples... only people i can remember their names are ian, prince of persia cosplayer, and kat who ran the academie duello booth in the dealer's room. i sadly cannot remember one of the other guys i met... but if he's reading this at any point: please leave a note!!! favourite vendors were the SCA peoples there. one guy, first thing he said was "go ahead, please fondle the merchandise, not the vendor" that made my day. and then the woman had on a loverly 18th century gown that was made from sari fabric. it was awesometastic.
i went to... "habits of sucessful ninja" which was a sad replacement for "how to be a cobra trooper: mach 2"
amv contest, my favourite was [link]
the dance. friday and saturday night
two 404s improv shows. they. are. awesome. half time is fun."welcome to the 404s sex ed!" nuf said.
aaaaand my favourite thing: the academie duello longsword workshop. = amazing. it was without a doubt the best thing ever. we learned basic step patterns, cuts, blocks, disarming and holds(haha "mercy/randsom/bargaining" hold. "anyone want a highly trained swords-girl?" "I GOT A PIZZA!" XD) i can't wait to do their intro class this summer... ^_____^ it will be a completely suitable replacement to dance. that with yoga and i'll be ecstatic. its all historical european swordplay and is just totally sweet. and i think i've ranted about this already to like... 5 people so i'm going to stop there

...i think i'm done.

maybe.

]]> ~fading-hologram http://fading-hologram.deviantart.com/journal/24947795/ http://fading-hologram.deviantart.com/journal/24947795/ Mon, 25 May 2009 17:24:20 PDT









EDIT//
this shall be my random notizen page
so...

Summer Projects! I have a lot of random sewing projects i (hopefully!) will make..:
yoga bag [link]
modern period-inspired dress (below knee) [link] [link]
robe a la francais [link] [link]
high-waisted belle skirt similar to [link]
unlined jacket (far right) [link]

or maybe just a good old plain tshirt

]]> ~fading-hologram http://fading-hologram.deviantart.com/journal/23748793/ http://fading-hologram.deviantart.com/journal/23748793/ Tue, 17 Mar 2009 15:07:37 PDT You're joking... Danke schon!



I just got back from my 11:15 bikram yoga class. Wow. It took me... 2hours to get home. That sucks. But if it feels that good, hell ya I'll trek it!

Note to self and anyone thinking of trying it: drink a lot of water before class. I didn't drink that much. Bad idea. As you quite literally have sweat pouring off of you *ew*, you really need to be drinking more to replace it. Or else, big surprise, you get light headed. The instructor likes my back bends She also said I did very well for a newb. Well, not that wording but you get the point.

It kinda creeped me out though, on the sign up sheet for the studio one of the fields is how did you hear of us/bikram yoga? I put down Katie Kitson, as she was a yoga teacher that came and taught our ballet class(instead of ballet we did yoga XDD it was great!). I had five of the staff and teachers ask me "so how do you know katie?" as they all knew her. It was odd. Sort of funny too though

I can't wait to go tomorrow. ^____^ I have a 2 weeks unlimited classes pass for the studio. And I intend to take full advantage of it! It's hard, it's hot, its humid, it's the longest hour and a half of anything, but it's worth it.



Namaste.
(The divine in me greets the divine in you.)

]]> ~fading-hologram http://fading-hologram.deviantart.com/journal/23602478/ http://fading-hologram.deviantart.com/journal/23602478/ Mon, 09 Mar 2009 01:05:50 PDT
journal meme, because i feel like it and i have nothing else to do... 'cept do the self-tests on greece for the quiz tomorrow... which i've already done half a dozen times... :

stolen from

1.Grab the book nearest to you, turn to page 18, and find line 4.
She smiles. "Ve haff many see-grets in Autopsy Room Four, mein Herr."

2.Stretch your left arm out as far as you can. What do you reach?
pillow

3. What is the last thing you watched on TV?
P90X: Cardio X (hehe! so much fun! ^_^)

4. Without looking, guess what time it is:
12:30

5. Now look at the clock. What is the actual time?
12:37am

6. With the exception of the computer, what can you hear?
nothing... wait. a car just went by. where the hell is he going at this time of night?

7. When did you last step outside? What were you doing?
outside? you mean actually outside of the house...? walking from my aunt's house to the car last night. i think.

8. Before you started this survey, what did you look at?
fanfic

9. What are you wearing?
hello kitty pjs ^___________^

10. Did you dream last night?
yes. i dreamed that i woke up. and then josh was there. but that doesn't make sense. he doesn't know where i live

11. When did you last laugh?
... 2 hours ago when there was that line in that short story about something like "ma you have joy and not die until i shoot you" or something

12. What are on the walls of the room you are in?
my room? random crap... posters, cut out calendar pictures... why?

13. Seen anything weird lately?
this quiz

14. What do you think of this quiz?
see above

15. What is the last film you saw?
Live and Let Die

16. If you became a multi-millionaire overnight, what would you buy?
grapefruit juice XD

17. Tell me something about you that I don't know about.
...? and who are you?

18. If you could change one thing about the world, regardless of guilt or politics, what would you do?
ummm general equality? religion, sexuality, gender? no?
longer weekends @___________@

19. Do you like to dance?
yes ^______^ ballet(RAD Adv. One and Pointe) and contemporary(choreography).

20. George Bush:
"The future will always be better tomorrow."

21. Imagine your first child is a girl, what do you call her?
ula or valerie

22. Imagine your first child is a boy, what do you call him?
gabriel-aiden XDDD say it with a french accent.. t'is awesome... or maybe that's just the sleep deprivation.

23. Would you ever consider living abroad?
yes

24. What do you want God to say to you when you reach the pearly gates?
?

25.Tag six people who must also do this in THEIR journal:
quoting tyshea: "I REFUUUUSE"

]]> ~fading-hologram http://fading-hologram.deviantart.com/journal/21887033/ http://fading-hologram.deviantart.com/journal/21887033/ Mon, 08 Dec 2008 18:00:04 PST

Pick 15 of your favorite movies.
- Go to IMDb and find a quote from each movie.
- Post them here for everyone to guess.
- Strike it out when someone guesses correctly, and put who guessed it and the movie.
- No Googling/using IMDb search functions! DON'T CHEAT!



1)
You're supposed to be dead!
Am I not? PotC: Curse of the Black Pearl

2)
Guess I was wrong about you. You're not such an asshole after all.
Oh, you were right. I'm just your kind of asshole.

3)
I can't find my stationery. Will you come and help me look for it? james bond: quantum of solace

4)
--Liar! Liar, Liar, Liar! You've all got your heads up your assholes because love is. It just is and nothing you can say can make it go away because it is the point of why we are here, it is the highest point and once you are up there, looking down on everyone else, you're there forever. Because if you move, right, you fall. You fall.
--How much does it matter what other people think?
I dunno... depends on how much they're paying you, I guess.

5)
Mom, I think... I like guys.
...DUH! Another Gay Movie

6)
Are you like a... crazy person? V for Vedetta

7)
QUIET IN THIS WHOREHOUSE!
Bad news, men.
What's wrong?
[pause] Schalke lost the game. 5-0. No more chance of making the semi-finals.
I can't believe this shit!

8)
What if I were in a coma, and the doc says, "One more day?"
I'd throw you into the ocean... Shock therapy.

9)
So...
What?
...we got a bump coming up.

10)
--Is any of the opposition around?
Not in any condition to be worried about.
--Training is useful, but there is no substitute for experience.
I agree: we use live targets as well.

11)
Don't like her? What's wrong with her? She's beautiful, she's rich, she's got huge... tracts of land. monty python's holy grail

12)
Ancient Egyptians used to worship cats, you know.
Yeah, along with the dungbeetle. Harry Potter prisoner of azkaban

13)
If you can't trust a Swiss banker, then what's the world come to?

14)
You carry on the way you're going, you're going to wind up one seriously fucked up individual. Doomsday

15)
--"My job consists of basically masking my contempt for the assholes in charge, and, at least once a day, retiring to the men's room so I can jerk off while I fantasize about a life that doesn't so closely resemble Hell."
--Lose it? I didn't lose it. It's not like, "Whoops! Where'd my job go?" I QUIT. Someone pass me the asparagus. American Beauty


lol. i cheated with some.. i gave you two!

comment and steals as you please ^______________^

<3

UPDATE!
cuz i'm a lil peeved peoples havent got the quotes yet, they'll still be up.

~fading-hologram http://fading-hologram.deviantart.com/journal/21054037/ http://fading-hologram.deviantart.com/journal/21054037/ Sat, 18 Oct 2008 21:03:07 PDT halloween is almost here! i can't wait. :3
i'm gong to be corpse bride for school and party(assuming my friends are dong what they did last year. we totally had a party after we went trick-or-treating XDDD free candy, why not?) and for ballet on thursday, as we can dress up for that one day, i'm going to be a smurf XDDDDDDDDDDDDD i love it! pointe and bright blue tights! so i'm working on the corpse bride costume this weekend because i'm currently all caught up with homework. major english project due yesterday, i'm so glad that's over with for now >___>
i found a ballet school! it's just started up and its really close to school so it's not that far to get to from home. and i get to do it twice a week for 3.5hr total. wednesday's are choreography and technique days while thursdays are technque, pointe, and stretching. ^_^ i'm so happy. and sore XD

can't think of anything else to say at the moment. if i do, i'll update.

~ Larissa

]]> ~fading-hologram http://fading-hologram.deviantart.com/journal/19468202/ http://fading-hologram.deviantart.com/journal/19468202/ Fri, 18 Jul 2008 16:11:34 PDT
So,what have people been doing without me?

]]> ~fading-hologram http://fading-hologram.deviantart.com/journal/18045551/ http://fading-hologram.deviantart.com/journal/18045551/ Wed, 28 May 2008 19:55:30 PDT i'm doing the RAD syllabus grade 6 this year and for the past month and a half, almost two months, i've also done the grade 7 class. i'm trying to find one hopefully closer to home (delta) as my current trek to Perform Art Studios in north van. two days a week is somewhat annoying. i love my current school a lot. i absolutely love it. unfortunately i'm on the bus as long as i am in class and then have to get my mother to wait for me until 7pm to go home.
it sort of worries me as next year is grade 12 and homework will probably be loaded on in bucket loads. i want to do more ballet classes next year. hell, if i was near it, i would do the after-school pre-professional dance program at p.a.s.; i would live there.

so, back to my question as i seem to have gone off on a tangent: any nearby dance schools? do they have any summer programs?

my studio has a dance camp, though if i do one in vancouver, the one at north shore academy of dance seems to fit better.



?????













journal previously "ZOMGWTFVCRBBQ!!!":

*happy squeal*


pointe shoes!


//EDIT//:

request for 3333!


//EDIT//EDIT//:

MSI CONCERT!!!!!! *happy dance*

]]> ~fading-hologram http://fading-hologram.deviantart.com/journal/16214865/ http://fading-hologram.deviantart.com/journal/16214865/ Tue, 01 Jan 2008 21:29:22 PST
i stayed up until 3 watching deathnote... they were playing it on ytv... no idea how long it was on for... i went upstairs after 3 XDD

what did other peoples do? *cocks head*

i've done nothing today. learned to play the right hand bit of "you are the moon" by the hush sound. *love them!!! got their cd today with xmas moola ^^* i'm having trouble with the left hand... i don't read music, 'cept for choir... T_T and i rearranged my room. eet's clean (only have to organize desktop and i'm done ^^)now and my bed is somewhere else now

new year's resolutions:
1) learn "you are the moon" on the piano. it's going... okay. i think.
2) get a better out turn, oversplit (i.e. get one XDD can i just buy it somewhere instead? lol), and back flexibility
3) get better about updating
4) "humans need organization." nuf said. (i'm not that bad, i actually use my school planner thingy but... neh.)
5) get better at corset pattern drafting and construction, therefore increasing quality and fit. the first one had some major problems and i think i've fixed them in the pattern for my next one. ^^ first order of business: find a sewing machine that doesn't hate me.

hope everyone has a good year,
will update soon

ps- back from vernon now. ^///^ i like keltie <3

]]> ~fading-hologram http://fading-hologram.deviantart.com/journal/14217757/ http://fading-hologram.deviantart.com/journal/14217757/ Fri, 17 Aug 2007 21:16:15 PDT
back from day1 of this year's con at SFU, and i'm certain i've already had more photo's taken of me today than i have had over the past 3 months...

today me and deanna went as chii and freya and it seemed like the only time we weren't asked for pictures was when we sat down for a drink in some hallway. i'm so proud of myself, i made both of our costumes and we made the persocom ears from foamy stuff. there will definately be pictures put up, and i might post the ear design as a scrap if anyone wants it. tommorrow is gorillaz cosplay for us, so we're doing noodle and murdoc. and as she said coming home tonight, we're already in character. and sunday... i have no clue

anyone else here planning to go?

saw some beautiful costumes there today and some great artwork.



**giggles** harry potter is anime now. XDDDD



**side note of no importance: i'm starving TT__TT**

]]> ~fading-hologram http://fading-hologram.deviantart.com/journal/12423665/ http://fading-hologram.deviantart.com/journal/12423665/ Sun, 01 Apr 2007 22:20:12 PDT *faints*
so many... *squeaks* gorgeous... cars...

I SAT IN A 'VETTE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

lol ignore me... i'm just happy at the mo'.

the guy at the dodge retailer said they are coming out with a new viper in 2008... srt-10... found picture of it... so pretty... *sigh*

i'm good.
got a poster... got a mag... got pics...

-theLIZ

]]> ~fading-hologram http://fading-hologram.deviantart.com/journal/11267956/ http://fading-hologram.deviantart.com/journal/11267956/ Mon, 01 Jan 2007 00:39:39 PST *lol*

i figured out that "2007" has "007" in it all by meself too!! (arent i smart? *innocent smile*)

all the best in 2007 for all!!!

]]> ~fading-hologram http://fading-hologram.deviantart.com/journal/7368047/ http://fading-hologram.deviantart.com/journal/7368047/ Tue, 20 Dec 2005 21:16:23 PST im the driver tooday.
whee`
mee, sittin in mah...1967 CORVETTE STINGRAY. BABBBY.
its pingaling, the liz wanted me to ad. she seems embarassed that somehow, someone might think its her. embarassed! sheez. i mean, anybody would want me to pretend to be them! ahem.
just chillllllin in a stuffy house. so, im not chillin....im...boilin.
okay.
just boilllllin in a chilly house.
wait
that means im chillin.
AHH! THE MADNESS! MAKE IT STOP! GET ME SOME MORE IODINE!
sedative.
mmmm-mm.
wisdom teeth. gotta get my wisdom teeth taken out dammit. surgery. they get to get me sedated and high. i can pretend they are pine trees. LOOK AT MY PRETTY NEEDLES!
like that chisel thing.
they are sticking in my mouth.
or is it my mouth?
it could be.....a muskrat.
or a kumquat.
OR MAYBE ITS YOU
...
...
......
...
BEER
more beer
beer beer beer bubba beeer.
heineken.`
mmmmmmmnmn.
my knees hurt.
it was a dark and stormy night.
that wasnt so stormy.
i was sittin on the floor. in front of a laptop. its plasma glow casting across my face, people munching on candy canes, faces sticky and streaked in my midst.
but all was not so
somewhere. somewhere very close.
lay.

a pencil.

not just an ordinary pencil.

THE pencil.`

but, i broke it and chewed it to bits, because i dont give a damn whether its special or not. its just a freakin pencil. pencils shouldnt be put in prophecies. people like me might eat them. geeeez. WHAT IS THIS WORLD COMING TO?!

stupid george bumbleton. geez. cant he leave a poor animal alone?! poking it and all that. someone might think that he was eating staple sauce or something.

and im not of course.

but why buy staple sauce, when one could be indulging oneself on the indulgences of indulgence? or `ye stretchy breeches`. you may choose wich you prefer.

PRESENTS? OH MY!!!

thank you. with which i may beseech your thankfulness, bestowing me with this award...WHAT?! MEGS GETTING ONE TOO?! fine fine. MY SPEECH IS RUINED!!!
hihi
AHH! SHE RUINED THE PINGALINGNESS!! SHE INFILTRATED THE SYSTEM! IT WILL DIE! AHH! COLOGNE! PARMESAN! MOUSETRAP! AHHH! MAKE IT STOP! PETER! GIVE ME YOUR HAIR! I MUST HAVE YOUR HAIR!!

I MUST!

wait
four weddings and a funeral
three weddings and a funeral
five weddings and a pie.
wait
its....four birthdays and a rabbit.
three paper clips and a spork
rat
mice
bok choy.
fine a hamster
on a stick
ROASTING!!
SMELL THE JUICES!!
FEEL THE JUICES!!
BEEE THE JUICES!!
TASTY! SHIPPOU`S LAST DAY HAS COME!!

no that is so mean.
and i am not being stabbed in the back
stabbity babbity
babberton.

the scent...
of sweat.
that isnt mine.
stupid gloves. if the yellow submarine hadn`t come, then i might has some meringue left. on...my....foot.
my toe likes meringue.

PIZZA! OH HOW I dont CRAVE!
LIKE A RAVEN! CRAVEN RAVEN! CRAVIN`RAVEN!!

geez ravens can fly. i want to be a snake. or a cat. or...a snat. or a cake.
A CAKE!! HAHAAAA THATS SO FUNNY!

the pants came marching two by two hurrah...hurrah...

UNICYCLE! unicycle. triclops! i have a triclops.

i will depart in pppppeeeeace...peaaace...say...i feel a song coming on...
NO! NO! NONE OF THAT!

SPAMSPAMSPAMSPAMSPAMSPAMSPAM

tell me. do you have any...cheese...at all?
yes sir, yes we do.
seriously?
no. no we dont. i was deliberately wasting your time.
well then. welllwelllwellthen. im afraid im going to have to shoot you.
BAM!
that was a TOTAL waste of human life. ]]> ~fading-hologram