Gosh, LJ, it has been a while and I see you've had a make over.
Just wanted to put these last few days into writing.

You see, I had my wisdom teeth removed about a month ago. Everything was healing brilliantly, when all of a sudden on Saturday evening I rammed my toothbrush into the back of my gum, because I had miscalculated the size of my newly wisdomtoothless mouth (yes I do feel that my mouth has somehow become smaller o_Ox).
I hurt so much ARGH.
Saturday: I wake up and realise my cheek was slightly swollen, no big deal, I'll just cool it a bit with rice that I kept in the freezer.
Monday: Argh... It hasn't got much better, just keep on cooling, I can't expect it to be over that quickly, can I? *goes to uni* *comes back home* £%^@$/^%$\£@~ Why won't the pain stop!?!??!
Today: *wakes up* I have a fucking tennis ball on my face. I couldn't chew, so I rushed to the university doctor who gave me antibiotics for the apparent abcess. I also learned that in the UK, you can't just go to a dentist. NO! You have to call some sort of number and they refer you to the nearest dentistry that is accepting new patients right now. None of which are currently in Huddersfield, so I think I'll pass on that and stick with the antibiotics for now. He only said I needed the dentist if it didn't get better with them, let's hope they work.

Now I'm no longer in any pain and the doctor said it looks worse than it actually is, but my coursemates freaked out so much over my swollen cheek that I was asked to go home.

Seriously? Where's the difference between sitting in a lecture theatre listening to the lecturers and sitting at home doing whatever? It's not going to heal my cheek any faster AND I'VE MISSED LECTURES NOW THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I'm not in any pain and I'm perfectly capable of paying attention.

I'm going back to uni tomorrow, they can't keep me away when I feel like I am perfectly able to come.

When I get bored, I type fandoms into uni reseach engines.

Typing Janne Da Arc into Google Scholar

( Is the guy who patented this... a Janne Da Arc fan?! )
This amuses me more than it should XD~

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MY BOILER!!!
I don't know exactly how it happened, but a pipe seemingly got loose and now I have a wet carpet in my boiler closet. I've mopped it up now, calmly.
My first reaction when I saw what was happening was
Rational thought: Your father showed you where to turn the water off
Panic taking over: RUN TO YOUR NEIGHBOURS!!!!!!!!

So I ran to my neighbours and they were so friendly \;_;x/ When we got back upstairs the water had stopped flowing, so now I just had a very wet and warm carpet. I started mopping up straight away and lovely neighbour lady gave me an emergency number to call, but they said they could only send out plumber if it hadn't stopped by itself.
So.... I'm relying on duct tape and an empty instant coffee glass supporting the pipe to hold out until I get instructions from my father or one of the builders tomorrow morning (there are still new houses being built in the area.) I hope they work on Saturdays, too. I can't remember...

Incidently... is my entry set to Rich Text, or did LJ get a makeover? o_Ox
*tries out Tumblr style mood GIF*

OK, LJ just got a makeover ^^x*

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and already I can see where this is going.

Alright, I admit, it wasn't very social of me to leave drunk A. and dump her on another girl while she was on the toilet earlier this year when we had our "yay, first year over!" party. But these people just didn't want to understand that I just didn't want to go clubbing or bar hopping or pick up A. from the street again.
I had let it be known several times, they literally pulled me through town, it was late and I really wanted to get home because I have to walk a long, frankly scary road to get there and I didn't want to get caught in the "drunks crawling back home" flow.

A. isn't even in this year now, but I could here somebody mention this incident behind my back. I just can't believe how often we talk about respecting other people's opinions and then it's never considered that I don't like going out. I just don't do bars.
What I did was wrong, but at the time I honestly couldn't come up with a more elegant way of escaping. I couldn't apologise in person, so I had to do it via Facebook and I did.

I'll just live with the fact that I'm unpopular. Again.
I just happen to like actively taking part in class and putting my hand up. In fact I think I might just make it a point of doing well because in no way do I want to give them anything to slag about concerning my academic performance. It's the only thing I seemingly have going for me.

Yet I'm discouraged by lecturers talking about medieval festivals and Star Trek conventions, with a smile on their face indicating that they think the thought of dressing up is HILARIOUS, how people can even do it when it's not connected with a club party and the class giggles along.
Thanks. I happen to be interested in both of those subjects. And I'm still thinking of making that dress-uniform Troy had on in the first TNG episode. Too bad they didn't keep it throughout, it's really cute.

And then you ask me to get creative.
And then you ask me what my hobbies are.
As if I'm going to tell you now.

I'm in such a bad mood right now. I'm just going to sit down and do some homework.
That'll show 'em.

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Apparently I am the anxiety cat of group work. XD
Completer finisher AND resource investigator according to Belbin's character types? Yikes.
On paper I look like an emotionless bag of panic, an odd oxymoron.

I don't know, putting on an event for the first time is quite daunting, hopefully this feeling nervous will die down once I'm in a group and realise that everybody is just as nervous as I am. I guess what I'm most anxious about is the group work itself.
They are going to alloate us into groups according to the character questionnaires and our CVs.

Ha, writing it all down, Korea, Japan and China seem like a dream. People tell me I was brave getting into a plane by myself and heading far East, but I didn't feel brave. I felt free, if anything =P
I'd actually really love to do it again, teaching English for a year. In fact I'm thinking about going off again after I have my bachelor in my hands. I felt kind of relieved when even in the second year someone said they didn't know what exactly to do with the degree yet.
So I should stop panicking and remember to BREATHE.

I'm going to have the nice job centre lady look at my CV tomorrow and she'll tell me if it's OK or WTF WAS I THINKING WRITING MY HOBBIES ON THIS HALLOWED SHEET.
And I'll ask one of my lecturers how to write a check... I've never done it before and I still have to pay my tuition fees XD

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(I used to be so fluent *sniff*)

This will be my first post back in England.

Uni hasn't started yet, so to be honest, I'm not doing much except being excited/nervous about the coming second year. I've already borrowed a book from the library which will hopefully give me some good ideas for a charity event.

I've been pondering all summer, yet I have the feeling all my ideas are not applicable to normal human beings to your usual little English town. This is not helped by the fact that I have discovered that the library has new books on Japanese folklore and I've already snagged one on Youkai Art.
Now I want a Youkai halloween party. But I know it will never happen.

So book of ideas~~ feed my brain!!

I have also discovered that tumblr is a great place to find ideas for food. Of course food is not allowed to look too strange, otherwise it won't be eaten, but I like the idea of a rainbow cake in an ice-cream waffle, covered in icing, so it looks like an ice-cream, but when you bite into it it has all seven colours of the rainbow glow back at you.
Mmm... I guess you'll have to bake the cake and then put it in the waffle, otherwise the waffle burn burn in the oven...

In the end, I'll be in a group, so we can bounce ideas off each other. Ideally. Reality is always different when it comes to groupwork.

Well, for now, I'm catching up on anime. Nurarihyon no Mago Season 2!
In fact, I've decided to make a tumblr dedicated to my anime exploits: http://colleyuriko.tumblr.com/

Next week I'll be helping out at a welcome event for new international students, until then...
*sips tea while gazing at Nurarihyon* Damn, this is one flashback I never want to see end!

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I was paranoid about not having anything to show for myself over the summer apart from sewing a Mephisto Pheles cosplay, so when my mother told me about a 1 week work experience at the Big Day Out music festival in a town not too far away from where I live, I applied immediately.

In my heart I knew it was the right thing to do. Sitting at home was not the answer, but something inside thought it would be OK if I didn't get picked, as it would mean goofing around more with freinds before I go back to England.
But it turns out I was chosen!!
They wanted the application to be creative and individual... All I did was write it by hand and scan it, with bunny doodles on the side and a picture of me wearing the Mephisto suit without the wig. I didn't think it was that special, but yay(??). Fortunately I was also chosen because I was already studying event management and would therefore benefit a lot from working on a two day music festival.
( Why do I feel so awkward? People don't bite!! )
Let's see what the confirmation will say when I receive it. My name better be spelled correctly.

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What a huge entry. I hope I got everything worth mentioning, though. ^^x*

...I do listen to their songs!

AMIRU 2011 in Dortmund.
This year a new anime convention was added to the growing list of conventions in NRW. I think Dortmund is the closest to me now. I went last Sunday, as I was listening to epic music on the Saturday before and obviously I went as Mephisto Pheles again.

Since the Dokomi I've made buckles for the boots, finished the shorts off with cuffs and put patches on my pink umbrella. I also tried to make the hat a bit more poofy, but if I wanted to do it like the majority of Mephisto cosplayers (two towels and twisting them around the hat), I'd have to do the colours from scratch again, so I'll leave it as it is this summer and just run around with a hat-minority-complex.

We had Schützenfest the day before, so there were plenty of hungover/still drunk people at the train station in those early hours of the day. I was so happy when yumichin and Usa arrived, because some of them were too close for comfort.
We got our make-up and, in my case, ears and beard on in the train and headed straight for the venue when we arrived in Dortmund.
( AmiRu Report )
Then it was finally time to eat and take pictures around the venue. I can't wait for Usa's to come online, her camera is amazing! That's why I'll wait with pictures for now.

I still can't find that WDR interview, maybe the world is better without it, but when I find it, I will post it here in the hopes I can defend myself from the stupid comments people get when they're on TV/radio, making the fanbase look like a bunch of losers. D=

Still: AniMagic at the end of the month!! 8D
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Btw, we met a real Furry on the way back. As a bystander you know something is seriously weird in the world when a young man wearing a collar gets off the train and four people (one normal person, one dressed up in a clowns outfit, and two as Goths covered in blood) claim:
"Nice guy, but really creepy".

...their music is truly impressive!

On Saturday I went to see 'Symphonic Odysseys' in Cologne, where the WDR Orchestra performed several pieces by Nobuo Uematsu, who wrote the music for Final Fantasy and several other games I have never played.
Warum heissen die "WDR Rundfunk Orchester"? Steht das "R" in "WDR" nicht schon fuer "Rundfunk"? Wie das "N" in "PIN Nummer"? "M" in "WM Meisterschaft" (hab' ich schonmal gehoert)? Wirsch!!

I decided to go after an Animexx message announced that there were still tickets left for the afternoon performance. X Japan performed in Berlin last week and although I had contacts to acquire a ticket for them, I didn't want to go there by myself and the hospital wouldn't let me jump in for my aunt (also in the laundry department, it's a very~~~~ long and complicated story), so I didn't have the money I had hoped to have for the trip.
One of my friends likes game music, so I told her about it. It was so cheap for students and she said is was great the last time she went to a concert like this, so I bought myself a ticket and we went there together! Plus, I already had an account on the ticket website from a Miyavi concert long ago, so it was easy to order the tickets for the both of us and we would meet up with two other friends of hers.

We decided to wear something a little more sophisticated, since this was going to be an orchestra in a proper classical concert hall, but most people showed up in jeans and a witty gamer T-shirt. It was a little embarrassing for me, since I have never ever played Final Fantasy, King's Knight, Chrono Trigger, The Last Story or Blue Dragon...
The only games I know quite well are Pokemon and Devil May Cry, though I don't play the latter myself. I just sat back and watched Dante hacking away demons through someone else's hand. I just don't have the knack for video games, I can sit down and sew for ages, but I have to be in a certain state of mind to even dedicate time to watch a film. It's different in the cinema, I already made time to come a see a film (Harry Potter next Saturday!), but at home I sometimes get bored halfway through or I just let it run in the background while I'm sewing... even when I need subtitles! Sorry, Wallander~
I just couldn't finish Avatar (the one with the blue people). I'm sorry. I went online and watched Sayonare Zetsubou Sensei instead. And WTF Devil May Cry 5.

Us four were extremely lucky, Cologne's Philharmonic hall is very close to the train station, so we didn't have to walk far. It's also right next to the famous cathedral, so there were plenty of idiots around. Because we arrived two hours earlier for autographs, we were among the first to have our tickets signed by Nobuo Uematsu! I had my old friend Medama Oyaji with me, which he found quite amusing. Sadly, we never found out the name of his "bishie-assistant".
The other two had VIP tickets they had won, but they convinced us to join them in front after the break, because the seats next to them were all empty. Naughty, naughty~~ Although my conscience had clear objections, I tried to reason with myself that I had paid more than the others already, so...

It was fantastic. I don't think you need to play the games to appreciate great music like that, but I'm certain it helps to imagine things along to it if you're familiar with the scenes. When the clumsy MC asked all of of those who play FF to clap, I think I was one of the very, very few not to. Luckily, he asked the lady in front of me, who I assume was a mother accompanying her son, what she imagined to the music if she didn't know the game scenes and not me. I think "figure skating" would have been the least embarrassing thing for me to say.
It seems to be an insider joke never to play One Winged Angel, a piece even I am familiar with. SEPHIROTH!!EPICELEVENTY!!!!
Only the first few beats and then they switch to something else, which is why the drummer doesn't seem too popular with the fans, but he knows that and grinned when he started Chocobo's theme instead. (Something I only saw because I was in front!)

After the concert we tried to dodge the tourists and hid in Starbucks. Not having the choice of a Matcha Frappe *weep*, I picked something with lots of chocolate, but soy milk. I think I might start drinking more of the stuff, but I miss the "bean milk" I had in China. I call it "bean milk", because they don't only use soy beans to make it. There are after all tons of other beans out there.
We were so tired on our way back we almost fell asleep on the train. My friend got off in Essen, so I was by myself when I arrived in Hamm. But not for long:
I happen to meet two Hetalia cosplayers again, they probably now think I'm stalking them or something. They just came back from Dortmund, were the Amiru had taken place for the first time that weekend. They could reassure me that I'm not the only one who hasn't played Final Fantasy, but piecing together the little things we did know was fun.

I bet I'll have lots of people urging me to play Final Fantasy now, even if I have the time, it's just I like using my spare time for other things like making pointless music videos I am no longer allowed to upload onto Youtube. And I don't want to buy a PSP or another console, but I'll gladly come over to your house and watch you play anything!
... as long as I'm fed XD~
I am just not a gamer, sorry~ ^^x*

( Medama Oyaji! )
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yumichin popped by today XD~

My sister thinks it's weird that Cat #2, aka Lino, loves to fall asleep behind me on the bench.
a few pictures of ( Lino, the bottom dweller )
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