Tagged by aoi_no_tenshi. That ho.

EDIT: HURHUR, I only listed five. Now it's seven!!

A. List seven habits/quirks/facts about yourself.
B. Tag seven people to do the same.
C. Do not tag the person who tagged you or say that you tag "whoever wants to do it".

I taaag
annie_chan
arricia_sama
missamerrika
elenatha
and... and... uh...
IDEK. 8| Everyone else I would tag already got tagged.

( Quirky things about me~ )

SO OTHER THAN THAT, HEY GUYS, CHECK OUT
We♥It

I found WeHeartIt floating around the Blogosphere; it's kind of like Polyvore, in that you can "heart" particularly inspirational or influential images and stow them away in a gallery of your own. They also bring up suggestions, similar-tagged images.

How is this any different from Flickr, you say? Well, it pulls images from Flickr and Tumblr and Photobucket, Tinypic, and blogs everywhere, and it links the image back to the source. I've found a multitude of delicious blogs that way.

Here's Mine. It might be pretty obvious to some of you guys, but some of the images I chose that inspire me might surprise you, too!

Anyway. I made cookies tonight. Imma go has one. :9
XOXOX
~Lilly

P.S. ALSO TWO DAYS UNTIL KOBATO! FFFFFF
P.S.S. I'm watching 07 Ghost right now! So far so good!

( Cha-ching, Indianapolis~! )

And that's all! Adee's pictures next. It was a BLAST, but now I'm headfirst into packing for SCAD!! OH MY!! I can't believe how soon I leave.

Also, space bags are amazing.
Toodles~!

XOXOXO
~Lilly

So I just realized.... Quite unconsciously... While baby-talking my sewing machine to work, I'm using Sarah Palin's voice.

.....wat.

Since Alicia and Anna did it and Rachel too, it's my turn! Checklist...
WITH PICTURES!


( GARN! )

Doll snapped her very first needle! Awwww~

Unfortunately, my way of sewing the tutu is NOT behaving. My ruffling foot is throwing FITS. It's refusing to gather- I might just have too many layers of tulle. I'll need to ruffle each individual piece and then sew them together. FFF. It's what I should've done in the first place, but, augh.

Drawing tonight, probably. e_e I SERIOUSLY need to get back my drawing mojo.
XOXOXOXOXO
~Lilly

Now doing my MOUNTAINS of laundry... Taking a break during the cycles to post my massive Summer To-Do List:

COSPLAY/SEWING
♥ OTAKON - JULY 17-19
♥ Prepare for AWA
♥ Doll - Kuroshitsuji
♥ Regene Regetta - Gundam 00
♥ Kotobuki Tsumugi - K-ON!
♥ Yoite - Nabari no Ou
♥ TL;DR Lolita Outfit
♥ Skirt for ANNA!
♥ Fix Little Yoite's head
♥ Fix Madam Red's blouse and wig
♥ A few other Lolita Skirts
♥ Sew some things for my poor dolls

ART AND COMICS
♥ FINISH ARC 2 OF CONFESSIONS. REALLY.
♥ Finish Lockon/Tieria comic for Doujinshi
♥ Nabari no Ou Doujinshi
♥ SET UP COMMISSIONS
♥ Finish keyrings/stickers/stuff
♥ Go through a sketchbook a month. Yes. A month.
♥ Get some healthy illustration work done

ANIME TO WATCH
♥ Pandora Hearts (meh...)
♥ BASARA! Apparently...
♥ CLANNAD
♥ Actually watch Macross Frontier all the way through...
♥ SAYONARA ZETSUBOU SENSEI SEASON THREE AWWW YISSSS

THINGS TO READ:
♥ Nabari no Ou
♥ Kuroshitsuji
♥ Deadman Wonderland
♥ IDEK I'm reading stupid things this summer STFU

OTHERWISE
♥ GO SEE RACHEL IN TEN
♥ Get ready for the Wedding of the CENTURY~! :D ...which is not mine but whatever...
♥ Catch Fireflies
♥ Watch TV
♥ Work on not being nocturnal
♥ RP Copious Amounts
♥ Did I say RP? Like, a LOT.
♥ OH YEAH RP.
♥ Play with kitty cats
♥ Hunt for Apartment things
♥ Even as a non-officer, encourage kids of SCAD '13 to go to Sushi, like last year
♥ GET A PS3??
♥ Get AMPED FOR AUSTRALIA

LOTS TO DO THIS SUMMER LOLOLOL.
XOXOXOXOX
~Lilly

Lookit! I made something!

Kamikaze Sushi Blog. Hooray!

Off to work on Chibis.
~Lilly

(In Order of Priority from now until... the end.)

♥ Finish Flats for Fashion
♥ Decide on Range
♥ Pencil piece for Materials and Techniques
♥ Begin Range work in class
♥ Transfer M&T piece on real paper
♥ Begin inking in class
♥ FINISH FAWN STORY
♥ Put together last bits of Portfolio
♥ Focus on Portfolio for Review on Weekend (AHHHHH)
♥ Finish Range Work
♥ Make Artist Alley Pieces
♥ Print AA goodies
♥ Put them together
♥ BRACE FOR FINALS

...wh-whaaa...

BRB, going off to die.

XOXOXO
~Lilly

SOME AMAZING PHOTOS ARE GOING TO BE GOING UP TOMORROWWWW

Also:
Annay, this is for you:


Love, Nozomu.



Second: WHY HAVE I NOT SEEN THIS KID?


OMG THIS KID.

I... I just like... REALLY HOPE there's a parent involved here somewhere. This kid seems to have a TON of issues and he's WAY too young to be posting himself around like that. So, yeah.

UHHHH BACK TO WORK.
LOTS TO DO.

XOXOXOX
~Lilly

HEY GUYS SO...
GUESS WHAT?

ANOTHER ALL-NIGHTER AND I'M STILL NOT DONE WITH MADAM. AWESOME.

It IS rather awesome though; It looks more and more like the Madam! I put on the first skirt with my Petti and ran around like an utter loon. The ruffle foot still owns my soul. The skirt has one more layer; the jacket needs finishing, and the shirt needs trim. And...and...

GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH
ESFLKDMESKLDFMGSRLKMGKLRSMFKMEAFDKLMESFLKMEAF;LKMAEWLKFMDSK;M,ZFVJKDNMGBUJKADICESGFIOKASdopiJCM

My goal is to be done today/tonight, and work on my wire sculpture all day Sunday.

:D Tata, darlings~
XOXOXO
~Lilly

Do not appreciate a teacher being 40 minutes late to class and then being hormonal. But I suppose I'm not all that charming today either.

Things to accomplish today:

♥ Pinch a bit of sleep
♥ Drawings of hands, and of bodies in emotions
♥ Put together notebook
♥ Figure out ruffle foot
♥ Attach lining to coat, prep for trim
♥ Cut base of skirt and bow
♥ Edit Short Story for tomorrow

Tomorrow:

♥ Print 20 copies of story
♥ Finish notebook
♥ Go get better wire

Weekend
♥ Dinner with parents on Thursday/Saturday
♥ ???
♥ Modify blouse
♥ Attach ruffles and perfect bustling mechanism
♥ Underskirt construction
♥ Get as far as possible on Wire sculpture
♥ Prep Sushi officers for absence next weekend
♥ Meeting for Geek Dance, hammer down O-House Ballroom
♥ Write third Short Story Pre-Katsu
♥ Collect money for Katsu Hotel

Next Week:
♥ Make sure Katsu Arrangements are finalized
♥ Mod Madam's knife
♥ Mod totebag
♥ Organize Rave versions
♥ Paint Haro-shoes


Sleep looks best right now.
XOXOXOX
~Lilly

Okay: TL;DR.
I FINISHED MY JAPAN STUFF.
Sort of. I'm typesetting the pages for the physical book to be bound up. :D Hooray. But that's small potatoes.

So, tealdeer, because I've realized people don't read my huge textwalls, it was hell and I only got a few hours sleep during the whole ordeal and a lot of freaking out and Sofia and Anna and Annay are amazing. Mmmkay?

Now!
( Wanna see what I made? 8D )

Alright, here, have some fun stuff.

( That Icon Meme everyone did )
Now, off to work on Short Story and 3D. :'D

XOXOXOXOXO
~Lilly

THINGS TO DO WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS:

♥ Get last of supplies
♥ Finish 4 illustrations
♥ Edit Comic Pages
♥ Rewrite little prompt so it ISN'T a fanfic
♥ Read Chapters for the Short Story
♥ Texturize 24 4" Squares
♥ Make an "improved" cube
♥ Make an equilateral tetrahedron. ...or, a pyramid. :D

...*cries a little*
SO. LATE NIGHT TONIGHT, Y/Y?

WHO JUST FINISHED INKING HER 8-PAGE COMIC?
AT SIX AM?

YEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAH

And AFKLSDMKLMDKSAMDLKMSA I have so much to get done. I LEAVE FOR SAVANNAH TOMORROW.
...Oh, and Happy New Year, ROFL. XD

...But in better news, Haro is almost done, so I should be able to go down with her near 100% completed!

See you all back in Savannahland!

XOXOXOXO
~Lilly

P.S. I found out that Yuhki Kamatani, the artist who draws Nabari no Ou, is TWENTY-FIVE. WHAT. IF I AM NOT AS GOOD AS HER OR BETTER WHEN I'M THAT AGE, I MUST ZETSUBOUSHITA AND DANGLE MYSELF OFF OF SOMETHING TALL.

The YEAR IN REVIEW: 2008!
Take the first sentence of the first entry of each month. This should review what you were thinking about the whole year!

1. Okay, most of you know the situation here. Laksha's engaged!
ROFL, RP news.
2. So as some of you know, I make hair-falls!
I am obv. crafty. ROFL.
3. Being kept up by snoring/moaning dormguest(WHUT) but too wired to sleep, and can't make a sound?
ROOMMATE DORAMU
4. HAY GUIZE I MADE A KAWAII CUTSEW~
CAPSLOCK. RORITA.
5. OMFG GUYS I JUST FINISHED GURREN LAGANN BRB CRYING FOREVER.
ANIMOO CAPSLOCK
6. Hey, lovies. I'm home. But not for long!
There are a ton of entries like this; "I'm home but I'm going BYE!"
7. I filled this out in 2005, as a brand-new BJD owner, all asparkle, with only Odette, and awash in the doll community.
Wow, 4 years in the BJD fandom!
8. LADIES AND GENTS have a gay icon.
The Gay infected mah stuff.
9. So, I leave for Savannah in a week.
More evidence of Lilly stalling
10. FINALLY, what, 3 weeks later? HEY I TOOK A LOT OF PICTURES OKAY?
Evidence of Lilly being late posting pictures!
11. The first time this quarter, I slept through my alarm.
Evidence of srs-sounding emo entries
12. Hey hey hey, everybody! I'm ALIVE and I made it to Tokyo! :D
And evidence of Lillay traveling awesome places, which she's v. grateful for ;w;

And, a more reflective one... I did this one last year. A lot of answers carried over, but a lot didn't.

( Lilly's 2008! )

Even with all of the drama, 2008 was a frickin FANTASTIC year for me, better than any, ANY that I remember even in my short little life. I found my place! Now, there was a fair amount of doramu, and I'll openly admit the breaks sucked because I'd snuggled in so with my friends, but even the sucky parts had wonderful aspects to them.

This year, I finally found a group of friends to love and be loved by AND by COMPLETELY RETARDED NERDS WITH, something I'd always watched my older friends on LJ have, and so craved myself I cannot, cannot express how much I adore my friends. And my parents were completely supportive of what I did this year, and my grades proved it, and made them proud.

I pulled down two GPA 4.0 quarters and a 3.8, averaging at about 3.9 overall. I got a bit of scholarship money, and I got accepted to go to Japan, which was a miracle in and of itself. I got published in Shoujo Phonebook, and I got my very first contract, writing for the Gothic and Lolita Bible with Tokyopop.

I was the most creative and productive I've ever been. I was inspired and encouraged and my artwork grew EXPONENTIALLY. Just looking at what I made last December makes my stomach turn. urrrgh. But that's a good thing! I cosplayed for the first time. I became known in art and Lolita communities, if even just as a shrimp.

I did not fall in love. I didn't even get a crush. But even with that heartache, I know I spared myself the mess of romantic relationships, and there was more of my heart and head to dedicate to taking care of my friends and focusing on my studies. And, my brother and my best friend got Engaged! So, it all works out in the end.

I'm not one to do "New Year Resolutions", because I know I'll break them. But I do have baby-goals, as you saw in the meme.

Anyway, Thanks for the awesome year, 2008! Hope to have an awesome 2009 with all of you!
XOXOXOXOXOXO
~Lilly

Hey sweeties, no huge update for now, since an intimidating Japanese man is literally standing behind me and watching me type to make me hurry up. I'm frustrated about this, since I have like, 4 days to catch up on... gah.

For my own notes, here's a summary:
Thursday - 5th Bad day is Bad
Friday- 6th-Asakusa Temple, Harajuku
Sunday - 7th- Harajuku Sunday
Monday- 8th- Disney Sea

I'll fill in the details more when I don't have someone breathing down my neck.

Love you guys so so so so much. ;_; I wish you were here with me! So much of what I've done here, my group's abandoned me and I've ended up going around on my own. S'sad. ;_;

Alright, loveys. KISSKISSKISS.
XOXOXOXO
~Lilly

Of course, being the stupid person I am, I JUST finished my TP page. So, no sleep for me before I leave. I'll catch sleep on the plane.

So anyway, that aside, I'm in JAPAN FOR TWO WEEKS STARTING TODAY!! ...well. You know... I'll get there more like...tomorrow...
But WHATEVER, you know what I mean.

I'll have access to internets, but it's VERY limited. So I'll be doing more important things, like checking bank accounts and opening times.

I'm also keeping a physical journal this time (SCAD requirement. :| ) I'll be blogging, too, but maybe not as in-depth, since I'd be saying/writing it more than once. We'll see. 8D

Again, I have my two famous stowaways, so you'll be seeing more from them!

It sucks, I should be LEAPING OFF THE CEILING happy, but I'm so tired I don't think it's sunk in yet.

ANYWAY. IGNORE MY WHINING I AM NOT ALLOWED TO FEEL BAD I AM GOING TO JAPAN AND I AM GOING TO BE HAPPY ABOUT IT BECAUSE MY GOD LILLY IT'S JAPAN.

Right, packing last bits away.

XOXOXOX
~Lilly

So, basically this.

We had Thanksgiving yesterday, so that Matt and Beth could go on down to South Carolina to be with her family. :D BUT.

I LEAVE FOR JAPAN IN LESS THAN 48 HOURS.

HOLY CRACKERS DO I HAVE A LOT TO DO/GET/ORGANIZE AGHHHHHH

FIRST: TP TONING. That HAS to get done tonight. I CAN DO IT. I BELIEVE IN PEOPLE WHO BELIEVE IN ME, YES?

And I am also organizing a little "to get" list for tonight; since I do NOT wanna wrestle with Walmart/shopping tomorrow.

Alright, BACK TO WORK.
XOXOXO
~Lilly

I'M DONE WITH MY INTRO PAGES, YEAAAAAAAAAAAAH
THE END IS IN SIGHT, I CAN SEE IT, I CAN SEE IT~!

To my online darlings:
Sorry kidlets, I'm banhammered from the computer until I finish; I make AMAZING time when I'm not getting distracted roleplaying looking up reference images. :D


ALSO ALSO
I'm SO SORRY EVERYONE AT HOME!
I'm coming home this Saturday, but I literally have one week until I'm on a plane to Tokyo, and I have my TP comic to do before I leave, so I'll be full-scale nose-to-the-grinder/trying to recuperate before I go overseas. D:

SO I WILL SEE YOU WHEN I COME HOME OKAY? ;_; It's not that I don't love you ferociously; it's just that I have a very little timeframe before I'm back out the door.

ALRIGHT BACK TO PAGES.
2 LEFT NOW! Just inking, and my nibs seem to be cooperating! Hooray!

And, Adelais keeping me company and cheering me on helps a lot, too. :3
XOXOXOXO
~Lilly

P.S. ALMOST BELOW FREEZING OUTSIDE. FFFFFFFFF.
It's SNOWING at home. fskmfkslfm.
P.S.S. I'm gonna be in Japan when G-Fantasy Releases. HOW COOL IS THAT? New Nabari Chapter, and a new Kuroshitsuji chapter, IN REAL TIME! FFF~!
P.S.S.S. OMFG GUYS JAPAN IN 10 DAYS
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH