My boyfriend was flipping through the channels last night, and he ended up settling for the second half of August Rush. We’d seen it before, but I had forgotten how awesome the soundtrack was. The guitar slapping song, “Raise It Up” (that little girl has an amazing, amazing voice)… all really great music, but my favorite is definitely “August’s Rhapsody“. It’s hauntingly beautiful and never fails to give me the chills, especially near the middle-end. Perfect note to end this movie on!
Omurice
Last week I made omurice for the first time. The first two were a bit misshapen, but by the third try I managed to make a properly-formed omurice! I was so proud of it that I grabbed a camera to commemorate the success – but not before I took a bite out of it to make sure it tasted ok 
Moyashimon Loves Takoyaki!
I’ve been so hungry these last couple of days, and I couldn’t figure out why. I had regular meals, but at random hours of the night/day I’d start gnawing on my boyfriend because of the mysterious hunger pangs. I think it’s because I’ve been vectoring/staring at my new wall, which has takoyaki in it.
Damn you, yummy-looking takoyaki! T _T
WTF Japan!?
The title… really says it all here…
The site credited for the video is definitely worth checking out too Even though some of the posts made me cringe and others I didn’t dare click/watch… it’s definitely good for laughs! WTF Japan, Seriously!?
Pixel Ellipsis – Migration Complete!
The overwhelming need to update pixel ellipsis took over rather quickly and has consumed me for the last few weeks. It was sparked by me finding a folder (which I hadn’t created) on the old site that had text files (which I hadn’t uploaded) titled things like “paris-hilton-got-laid-in-cancun.” pixel ellipsis had been hacked before, but somehow this was the last straw. In between my volunteering stints I took advantage of good internet at my boyfriend’s to migrate most of the walls over onto Wordpress, and also did a preliminary redesign-hack of Chris Wallace’s awesome Gallery Wordpress Theme. Once I had moved all the wallpapers onto Wordpress I decided to soft launch the site since, given my intermittent access to internet, getting the site 100% fixed up and complete might’ve taken months
Loveless Walkthrough
(As part of the pixel ellipsis wordpress migration, some things are getting moved around – including this old walkthrough for my Loveless wall that I wrote up in February 2009!)
This walkthrough highlights some of the more important/interesting steps I took in Photoshop CS2 to create this Loveless wall. I use Illustrator & Photoshop CS2 so if you’re using a different version of these programs, I can’t guarantee that you’ll see the same tools and options that I do. I’m also going to assume that you’re fairly comfortable with both programs. Anyways, hope you’ll find this helpful in creating your own walls 
Parkour Motion Reel
“This is an awesome flip book style animation that we just had to share…” Word. Check it out!
Hilarious Thai Tuna Commercial
A co-worker just showed us all this video that one of his friends had linked on facebook. Everyone who saw it lol’d. This is definitely one of the funniest commercials I’ve ever seen!!
I Am Maru – Maru desu
Maru the cat is definitely a resident internet celebrity by now, with all his adorable youtube antics. (One of my favorite videos of him was Maru and the big box, which I had previously blogged about here.) Last night I suddenly felt the need for some more Maru goodness, and after a bit of browsing came across Maru’s blog. I only meant to spend a few minutes on there but soon I found myself going through page after page, bizarrely addicted to the cuteness that is Maru. I think I got to page 17 before I had to force myself to stop clicking and go to bed – there’s just something about those adorable eyes, white paws, and ridiculous poses that I find absolutely irresistible! That and his owner is a great photographer ;D
So if you’re a cat lover, or even if you’re not a cat lover and just like looking at awfully cute things, you should definitely spend some time with Maru desu~!
(If I ever get a cat, I’d want one that’s just like Maru )
