Random Ayu Song of the Day

m a r i o n e t t e

We weren't born  to live like this 

Faking appearances to hide our dead faces 

Happy Halloween

Garrus

Found these adorable little pictures in my documents of my Mass Effect character in Mass Effect 2 and her cuddling with Garrus teehee. ♥ She was stuck in that dress after playing Kusumi's mission so I decided to take some qt pictures. I didn't end up with Garrus in Mass Effect 3 (Liara and Kaiden stole my heart) but these are cuuute~ 

October~♥
Almost the end.
Getting so much colder, brrr.

Random Ayu Song of the Day

WHATEVER
6th Single
[02.10.1999]

Surely no one knows
How much love has built up inside me 

Katawa Shoujo

I really enjoy playing Dating Sims and when I first learned about Katawa Shoujo a few years ago, I thought it was such an interesting concept. It gained notoriety for it's concept being born from 4chan, but it soon stemmed far from that. They put out an Act 1 beta in 2009 and the full game was released in 2012, absolutely free. Although it is an adult game with some graphic scenes, you certainly have the choice to turn them off from the main menu to enjoy the game without them.

I thought the idea of disabled girls could have gone wrong, but they executed this concept tastefully. All of the girls have such different and lovable personality's and this game was very heartfelt. It takes place at a High School for disabled students. You play as the main protoganist who transfers there because of a heart defect. I recommend this game to anyone who enjoy dating sims and also a good story. For anyone who doesn't know much about dating sims though, it is basically a novel so it's mostly reading. It's a story with a lot of pictures.

You meet five possible love interests.

Lilly, Hanako, Rin, Emi, and Shizune. 

Lilly was my favourite. ♥
From the wikipedia:
"Lilly has been blind since birth.  The tallest member of the main female cast, she has long blonde hair and blue eyes — her father is Japanese and her mother is Scottish . She is very polite and ladylike with a motherly demeanour, not wanting to intrude on others' private life. She had previously attended a strict all-girls school. Lilly takes things at her own relaxed pace. Her sentence is "Can you see what I see?".

"Hanako, as a child, suffered an accident in which her house was burned down, taking the lives of her parents. Much of her body was horrifically scarred from the incident and has left her traumatized.  Because of her facial deformity, she is incredibly shy and has difficulty opening up to anyone except Lilly. She spent most of her life in an orphanage and was bullied in middle school, further adding to her difficulties in opening up to others. Her sentence is "Can you face your fears?"

"Rin, a girl whose arms were amputated due to a birth defect, uses her feet to accomplish everyday tasks with surprising dexterity. She wears a boy's uniform to avoid the awkward situations that would arise from using her feet while wearing a skirt. She is typically allusive and oblique, even for an artist, and abstract in the extreme. She is nonchalant with the other students and about their disabilities in general.  Her sentence is "Can you seize the day?"

"Emi is an energetic and extroverted girl. She has prosthetic legs, having had her legs amputated below the knees as a result in a car accident. She is a track star, although she is somewhat self-conscious of her short stature.  She has trouble getting emotionally close to people, because she is afraid of losing people important to her. Her sentence is "Can you stand up for yourself?".

"Shizune is the student council president.  She is a deaf mute, communicating primarily through sign language. She is strong-willed and forceful and is capable of creating craftily manipulated plans as well as having an extremely competitive nature. Occasionally, she displays a softer side, but generally shows a face full of emotion to make up for her lack of speech. Her sentence is "Can you tell me what you think?"

Pillsbury Pumpkin

I was in Target around the food section when I spotted these cute little premade Halloween cookies. I thought they were pretty cute and easy and that I'd give them a try. I really like sugar cookies but I always have a scary tendency to burn them because they're so fragile and take so little to cook. :| Also, I mostly wanted it because the Pillsbury dough boy was making this face.

Well, when I took them out of the package they were these really tiny circular shapes and they were pretty cute with some pretty derp looking pumpkins on them. I just accounted that to them being little cookie fetuses and would normalize in their full cookie state. Unfortunately, I am dumz and cooked it on wax paper instead of parchment paper and my fire alarm ended up going off. Well, now I know the difference. ^_^ I had to cook these babies at a much lower temperature which is why for the end product they were a little suntanned, since usually they have to be cooked at 375, I lowered it to 300.

They were still tasty though, not chewy but I still have the other half of the package to make for tomorrow night. They were crispy, melt in your mouth and honestly I'm just happy I didn't burn them. ♥ 

Left 4 Dead 2 is on sale~! Yayayaya.

I knew it would go on sale near Halloween. ♥

I finally bought it for my own steam account.

Gonna pewpew some zombies. 

I love that Rochelle has a Depeche Mode T-shirt
I need this in my life ♥

Creepy little gingerbread riding in their teapot with their reindeer cookie slaves.

Hair Post

So, since Risako dyed her hair Lavender

I loved it and wanted something similar for myself ♥

I aimed towards a Silver with purple highlights however

Which seemed like a nice colour for fall and winter to come~

It took a few weeks to achieve this, I had to bleach my hair pale yellow

And then tone it with a silver dye. . and then add the purple highlights~

I recently just finished this whole process, these are the products I used.

I used Wella Colour Charm in Silver Lady to tone my hair after bleaching it about.. 3 times with the Ion Colour Brilliance Bleach and 30 volume developer. Interestingly enough, bleach doesn't bother my head at all, it feels quite alright. This stuff however just absolutely burned and tingled. :| It was a really uncomfortable feeling. It worked alright though, considering it was only about 5.79 and it turned my hair silvery and got rid of almost all of the bright yellow. n__n

I then got two colours of Manic Panic. I did quite a bit of research to see which colour of purple I would go for and I considered ordering a Lie Locks or Mystic Heather but I ended up with Purple Haze because I liked the pinkish colour in it. I also got Cotton Candy Pink but I haven't used it yet. I am planning to add pinky highlights to my hair. To add pastel colour is quite easy, just mix it with any white conditioner and apply it to the areas you want it. I kept it in my hair for about an hour and it was a nice light colour. I heard Manic Panic brand doesn't have fantastic staying power and I can't really attest to that considering I haven't washed my hair yet, but I do use a purple shampoo so I hope the makes it last longer. Thankfully, you only need a tiny bit to dye your hair and since it's non damaging and easy, it makes touch ups quite easy.

This is pictures of my hair and my hair looks quite different in each of them because that's just how it's going to be in different lights. I took one in direct sunlight and the other in natural room lighting. My hair is quite a bit more silver in the sunlight and the purple is barely noticeable and in the room lighting both the colours are more subdued. I don't have a picture with the flash on, but the purple is much more bright. I mostly dyed my bangs and other portions of my head. Oh, and don't mind my silly kitty and his toy in one of them. Unfortunately, throughout this process my hair is quite a bit damaged as will be anybodys hair but I have been using a lot of coconut oil and deep conditioners and hopefully that will make it a bit more manageable. I don't mind it being a tad bit damaged because I feel like it adds a bit of texture to my naturally limpy and flat hair but too much is bad. Overall, I like this hair colour and I plan to add more colour to it and see what will happen since it will fade and change really quickly. ♥

More Juice. More Tea. More Chocolate.

I also needed some lipbalm and I found this cute Halloween pair. It smells quite nice and there's a Vanilla flavor and a Marshmallow flavor. They smell quite similar with the Marshmallow one smelling a bit stronger but it's nice nonetheless for a nice basic balm. I also got the C-Boost Juice because my cold seems to be going in rounds, I woke up very sneezy this morning with a runny nose. The weather was very nice the past few days but today was really cold. u__u ~~ I am also in love with that Caramel Chocolate with Sea Salt. The caramel is hard and adds a nice bitter crunch and sea salt just adds a salty explosion in my mouth. Also Tea. ♥ Found Sugar Cookie hiding in the shelves ♥

Caturday

Cold has gotten better a bit. .

Everything is really itchy though, my throat, my nose

It's.. bothersome and makes me all sneezy and coughy

Here are picture of my cats~♥

Random Ayu Song of the Day

(Don't) Leave Me Alone

Let me be alone now 

But don't leave me alone 

Mitsumune Kaoru

Nooo, Mitsumune Kaoru who just got promoted to Team K in AKB is graduating. :'(
Really sad, she was one of the girls I was really looking forward to seeing and I thought she had really great potential. She had a really cool aura and model like looks. I thought she would be the second coming of Mariko. Unfortunately, she chose to withdraw due to poor health conditions.

I hope she has a quick recovery and can go back into modeling/acting~
Or better yet come back to AKB ♥

Shadow of the Mad King

Guild Wars 2 Halloween Event!! So Exciting~!
I love how there is so much new content with these patches
♥ yaaaaay ♥

It goes from October 22nd to October 31st~
And so many cool things to collect, I know I'll be busy~♥
There are four acts, with each one unlocking at a different date ♥

I wish more costumes come to the store. .
I'm not really too interested in weapon skins myself.
But I do love the bunny ears and witches costume~
♥ cute cute cute ♥

My character previewing the Witchs Outfit and Bunny Ears
Gold->Gem prices really high though u__u
Bunny ears only 200gems though so I might~

There are free devil's horns though but
They look a little odd on my characters hair type. .

I'm excited to see what else comes with these halloween patches~~♥

Green Goodness

I bought like three bottles of this stuff, it is so noms. ^ w ^
The colour and texture is a little creepy but it is tasty if you don't notice it~