35. CUBE ENTERTAINMENT AUDITIONS 2011

Yeah, so, guess who's entering?? :P

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For those who don't know, CUBE ENTERTAINMENT is home to such artists as BEAST and 4MINUTE (<3), and they're looking for new recruits! These auditions are being hosted by KOREABOO for all to join via YouTube. You can sing, dance, or both; I'm choosing to do a dance, because singing isn't a strong point for me (as much as I enjoy doing it!).

For my audition, I chose 4MINUTE's "HUH". I've been nutso about this song since it was released, so it felt like a good choice. My first choice was actually Hyun Ah's "Change", but I feel like you have to be really good at hip-thrusting to make it look good... *cough* I'm also thinking of later doing SHINee's "Lucifer". I know, crazy ass dance, but SO fun. I tried learning it a few months ago, and gave up, but maybe these auditions will provoke me to try again. :)

I learned of these auditions 4 days ago, and since then I've pretty much been on a non-stop "HUH" rampage... at home I'm in front of the mirror, and at work I'm a walking zombie playing it over and over in my head! So today, I finally had my chance to record my video.

Of course, it only took me 5 HOURS to finish! Here's all the different reasons if you care... XD

- Dog or cat walks in front of me, and I trip on them (well, the dog anyway, and she got mad at me lol)

- Laptop dies

- Camera dies

- Continuous mistakes

- Camera 2 dies

- It's FREEZING outside!

- I forget what I'm supposed to do

- Almost dropped my giant mirror :X

- LOTS of adjusting the cameras...

Well the point is, I finished. I still made mistakes because this was after the 5 hour mark, but I did my best!! Please support me by watching, commenting, liking, and of course, SHARING my video!! It would be such an amazing turnaround to even be considered for Cube... I've been dreaming of being a backup dancer since I was 14. Thanks to Nami Tamaki, I've been so inspired to dance. It gave me self-confidence when I grew up with pretty low self-esteem and constantly being made fun of by my own sisters at times and feeling left out. Anyways, here's my video. As mentioned, please support!! :)

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Hope you guys enjoy it! Let me know what you think, honest (harsh?) critiques are welcome, but be gentle ^^

And of course, a blog entry just wouldn't be right without a bit of cam-whore spam haha

4MINUTE! with another X JAPAN inspired nail set, pictures next post?

My boots my mommy got me for Christmas! I actually went to the store with her to get them because she had no clue what to get me for Christmas. We got 2 pairs that day, and she also got me some ankle booties! I'll have to take better pictures next time.

In other news.... I really want to make rice pudding, but someone left maybe 3 spoonfuls of rice in the cooker.... thanks. >_>;

031. hide Inspired nails

Just a quick update with [webcam] pictures of my latest nails. I've been listening to X JAPAN pretty much nonstop recently (minus the occasional KPop... *cough*) so I was inspired to do some nail art with an X JAPAN theme. Of course, I couldn't really figure out what to do (besides a bunch of X's on my nails, which would've seemed pretty bland and unoriginal). SO, after watching X JAPAN's LAST LIVE performance of "Rusty Nail" over and over, I became inspired to do nail art based on hide's famous guitars.

No makeup btw~

So they came out a little funky, but overall I love it. The black one was really hard to draw, since the guitar's design is so out-there.... it's hard to translate to nail art ><

hide's Fernandes MG-1455

hide's Fernandes MG-145X

and here's a link to the guitars:

http://lemonedshop.hide-city.com/guitar2/guitar.html

Taken yesterday. Kinda wish I took a FOTD pic, since I really liked the way my makeup came out that day. Oh well. :P

To see more of my latest nail arts please visit my Poupee Girl!

[029.] Quick post!

Yay yay yay! I finally splurged and bought myself a gel nail kit from Sally's Beauty Supply..... online. :P Why I don't just go in the store and buy it, I don't know. I like to avoid talking to sales people as much as possible, and this kit is behind the counter... yeah, dumb reason, but I do have a fear of possible rudeness from sales employees (there's a lot of 'em nowadays). Plus I got my ebates cashback, I think, well, supposed to! 6.0% would be awesome... but no emails yet. :(
+++ Also, free shipping for once [yessss!] since I bought one of the Halloween special items. I got a practice finger, which I've been wanting to buy for a while so that worked out haha.

So that's the kit I bought. There's some pretty good reviews about it, plus ibd is always in my Japanese nail magazines. I'm so sick of acrylic, it just messes up my nails and doesn't come out nicely. So I've been wanting to try out gel for a while, like I think I said. I still want to play with my acrylic and molds, but not acrylic overlay, because it's a pain in the butt!

And the practice finger, lol.

In total, it was $35.07, since the ibd kit happened to be on sale, whoot! It was $29.99, marked down from $34.99. :) 

Charles and I signing out. ...Now he's attacking my boyfriend's Dir en grey poster and crying. My boyfriend's pets are always so weird!!

027. Nail Art Collection

I finally found some time to doing my nails again and getting back into nail art a little bit. I decided to splurge a little for once and buy some tools for nail art, and decided to just go ahead and share my collection. I hope you're ready for this, because there's a ton of pictures coming up. :) In case you guys are interested in these items, I'll try to post prices and where I got them from to the best of my memory at the end of this post. Enjoy!

026. Who else loves free samples? ♥

WARNING! Picture spam ahead!

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So I was checking the Samples and coupons thread on Soompi, and someone mentioned that they finally got their free Revlon lipstick in the mail today. Excited, I went straight to my mailbox where sure enough, there was a package from Walgreen's for me, yipee! I also got a free sample from SouthBeach Living for a s'mores granola bar (thank you boyfriend!) and a sample of HUGO cologne (you're welcome boyfriend! lol). Well, enough talk, here's the pictures!

Also came with a $1.00 off coupon for ChapStick. :)

Isn't it a pretty color?

It's a pretty shimmery lipstick, and I think it's pretty close to my lip color. I only tried it on now, and it's night time, so maybe the crappy lighting is deceiving me. *Hope so.* :)

Sooo yummy! Also came with a $1.00 off coupon, which I think I'll have to use!

The corner is messed up since I wanted to smell it, lol. It smells sooooo good...! 

and the best part,

HAHAHA! :D

Okay, now time to spam pictures of my kitty, since he wouldn't leave me alone when I was taking pictures. :)

Playing with catnip! He went nuts... I tried to pull it away from him and he tried to scratch me, haha. He's a real spoiled brat!

'Oh, it's my ball, not yours! But, since you're family, I share. :D' If you get that stupid reference, you are officially awesome. XD

My backyard~ can you see my dog gettin' her tan on? 

Floppy ear!

I love my Pumpkin ♥

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Okay, so that's about it for now. I need to go clothes shopping with my mom tomorrow for work clothes.... now, where the hell am I gonna find a pair of shiny black work shoes?? o_o

じゃ～♥

025. NEW LAYOUT!

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I've finally been able to make my own layout. I've tried several times to find a nice template, but I couldn't change the settings. I stumbled upon a layout generator, and spent probably 3 hours playing around with it. I'm super pleased with the new look, it's so much better! I hope you guys like it too. I think it's a lot easier on the eyes, but let me know what you think!

Also, I'm so excited that I've FINALLY landed a job! I get to make sandwiches and serve salad at Lucky's. Sounds silly, but I'm so excited to start. It really looks like fun! I can't wait to start making some money again. ♥

Aaaand, I leave with some pictures of pancakes I made a long time ago. I was craving pancakes for a while, so I finally made some from scratch. Don't they look yummy?

It's 3:43am, but I'm getting hungry!

じゃ～♥

024. まだ久々ね。。

Once again, I've disappeared forever. But am back for the time being. ;)

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Fanime is today, but I'm stuck at home because I'm too lazy to take the bus there. I really badly wanted to go yesterday, since FLOW (FLOWWWW!!!!) was performing, but I was sick. I was also really looking forward to meeting some long-time online friends from AsiaJam! ..Of ALL days to be sick, right? So I spent most of the day eating, cleaning, or sitting watching my sisters play Persona 4. I also found my camera! So I guess it's not all bad after all...

Well, the past month I've been working on my boyfriend's Hazama cosplay (of course I completely forgot about the tie until literally the last few minutes, so made him a really ghetto tie lol). Overall though, I'm very proud of what I've accomplished for my first real cosplay! I'll try to post pictures after Fanime weekend, since he's at a hotel with his friends (instead of here with lonely me, haha!)

Besides sewing and watching Celebrity Apprentice and ANTM (on cycle 8 now, love you Nata!), I've been trying to make more nails and some cases for fun. 

My first time using the KISS Acrylic Nail Kit. My nails felt so strong (and thick), it was strange, but nice to have strong nails for once! Too bad it left my natural nails in horrid condition! My nails are naturally thin, so I'm not sure I'll be using this again (at least not for a long time!)

I made these yesterday, and finished them today. They're a short round (and sparkly) version of the ones I made a while ago. MUCH more practical for wearing any day.

I also wanted to make one that is very simple. So, this is the result! I still think it's pretty cute though?

Probably my favorite item I made! It took me clear over an hour just to figure out how I wanted to put everything on it. I think it came out super girly, which is what I wanted haha. I'm currently using it to store my fruits pieces, though it used to be a bobby pin case. I just don't know what happened to the pins, lol. Nothing like Rock of Love to get your creativity running. (Can you tell I LOVE reality TV?)

I started making this one next, but it's not finished. It looks more like a Valentine's Day theme though; it's got kind of a ロマンチーク feel. XD I just don't know how to finish it, but I wanted to share it (and on Poupée since I'm running low on ribbons!) :P

I also finally made a trip to Sally's Beauty Supply. I'm still mad that they don't accept gift cards online... good 2 hours of my life wasted. I read about these mini lipsticks in their reviews, and I really wanted to try them. I had no idea they were SUPER mini! They're so tiny, but I'd like to try these before investing in more expensive lipsticks (newb). Not bad for only $.99.

I'm not really into lipgloss, but the color caught my eye. Plus it was on clearance, so I wanted to try it. Although I didn't notice until I got home that she accidentally charged me an extra dollar, grr. Oh well, the gift card was free... 

That's about it for now. Maybe when I'm in a better mood I'll write more or cam-whore. I washed my wig a few nights ago for the first time, and it's SO much nicer now. It was super tangled and shiny (so it looked a little fake to me), but I think now it's a little more dull and natural-looking. Plus it's super soft. I can't wait to wear it out! :P

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Also... I've been seriously spamming this, but I think it's so funny and cool.

♥http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0944898/♥

How many people can say that their grandpa's info was accidentally put in IMBD? They somehow got his birthday and death date mixed up with the actor's because they have the same name (except my grandpa goes by James J. Yagi, not James Yagi). FAIL! XD

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Current music: SNSD [Oh!]

DAMN YOU COMCAST! ...Okay, no, I'm thrilled they have KPop videos, but now I'm addicted to this song. I'm not really a fan of SNSD, but this song is so damn catchy!