I LIIIIIVE!!

Wow, so I haven't posted here in awhile... Quite a few things happened over the past few months: I passed all my fall classes except for my stupid regional studies class, my break was really long and mostly uneventful, my mom and my sister got into a huge fight. It was really scary; my period last month was so bad, I threw up twice and I started to convulse from the pain and from having a panic attack at the same time; Christmas was pretty fun, we got a Wii!!!!!!! That thing is so addicting and fun!!

I got a lot of cute things for Christmas: a Rilakkuma calendar, a pouch(I keep some of my make-up in there), and a cute folder my mom bought just because; two pairs of Hello Kitty socks, slippers; and, this is the best, a Hello Kitty HAT!! It's so cute!! It's shaped like HK's face. I need to post some pics!! I got some things for Noel: a skirt, a bunny shirt, matching socks, two wigs, a pair of eyes, and a "circus" outfit (not really, but they call it "Bon bon Circus Set" on Dollmore...) and they all look great on her (of course!! x3).

Also, I got another Super Junior poster and the Super Junior Super Show dvd, which I was very, very excited about!! I watched it with my mom and she was beyond freaked out by it. In between each song they performed, they would put in these random, stupid little shorts that ranged from weird animations to riding roller coasters to have a "showdown" by shooting food at each other. Not to mention the fanservice freaked her out too, where the boys would do little "gay" things to each other to please all the yaoi fan girls... I just laugh at those because I know they're not serious... Other than the weird fillers, the DVD was really enjoyable, it had them perform some of my favorite songs(although, they don't have any from their 3rd album because it was filmed before that...) as well as some of the members sang solos or sang with one or two other members, or one would sing while another accompanied them on piano. Those songs were lovely and Donghae's song, which was dedicated to his late father, brought tears to my eyes ;_;

On New Year's Eve, I thought I was going to die of boredom, but luckily, Yudi called me and asked if I wanted to go to this "mini party". I of course said yes!! We(along with our friends Cassandra and Kristin) went to her bf's friend's apartment and had some drinks(I had a bit too much XD) and played Apples to Apples while watching Time Square on her bf's lappy. At midnight, we all drank some champagne and toasted the New Year!! We also played Scattegories, which is not easy while intoxicated DX

Theeeeennn school reared it's ugly head last week. I'm taking Classics, German 202, and a math class for dummies. I hate that class with a passion. It's so time consuming because you can't move forward on anything until "proctors" come and check off your work. It has to be 100% correct before you move on. While it is a good idea to get the basics down, it's just too dang long.

A couple of days ago, a friend of mine, whom I met in my drawing class a few years back and we have a lot in common, finally texted me after so long. Anyways, she asked me if I wanted to go to Ohayocon with her and of course, I said YES!! I'm sooo excited!! I've never been to an anime con or any con in my life, so this should be a new experience. Yes, I am indeed going to dress up!! I just ordered my costume online, and I'm going to be Haruhi from the Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya. While it's not my *favorite* series(mostly because it can get so darn confusing), I love Haruhi's character: she's outspoken, odd, and doesn't give a rat's ass about what others think of her. She'll do almost anything to get some excitement in her life because she's bored with humans, so she sets up a club to look for time travlers, espers, and aliens(which are all under her nose, but she has no idea). Here's a pic!!

If any anime fan has NOT heard of her, I just... don't have any words...
In addition to the costume I ordered, I also ordered some brown circle lenses to make my eyes look more anime like. I don't know how good they'll look on me considering I have hazel eyes(the pupils in the lenses are very large, so the natural eye color shows through when looked at up close). I'm very excited and I'm PRAYING that they get here before the convention!! I'm also going to die my hair a darker brown and cut it a bit. I was going to buy a wig, but it was 27 bucks, plus 15 dollars in shipping and I'm not willing to fork out too much cash on this, I already spent enough on it.

Ok, enough rambling...

PICSPAM!!! 8D

My new Hello Kitty hat!! 8D


Rilakkuma pouch!! So soft :3


Here's what the inside looks like.


One of Noel's new outfits.

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I tied the ears up in a knot. I just copied the idea from the Dollmore pics. They look so cute!! ^^ Oh, and she's also wearing her new blue eyes!!


Here she is with her new pink wig. I got it before her black one and her wine colored one. I love that bow in the circus set :3


New wine colored wig. I really like these pale blue eyes that I got awhile back on her. They look great with all of her wigs and clothes. Not too dark(since they're acrylic), not too light.

Random things...

Ok, so I haven't posted anything in awhile, not that anybody's reading this to care!! Anyways, so I went to Half Price Books a few days ago... I think it was Saturday, when, yet again, I found some really awesome stuff!! I found 2 Sailor Moon anime manga(they were just comics based entirely from the S.M episodes) in the original Japanese for only $4.98!! Not bad considering the regular price tag(from wherever this person bought it from), which was $10.98 each!! I also found a random issue of Nakayoshi- a Japanese magazine aimed towards young girls that is literally chock full of manga stories(and I thought Shoujo Beat was thick!!) They used to have S.M in there back when it first came out. But anyways, this was from 2008...May...I think?? I haven't had a chance to really look through it all, but I'm just still wigging out on all my super awesome, totally random finds!! 8D

So school's almost out, just three more exams and then I'm done for the friggin' quarter!! I was sooo excited that I got an A+ on my cultural narrative paper I had to write for English!! I wrote it on Irish dance and how annoying it is to have I.D be compared to Riverdance and other things. The comment that he wrote on my paper made me blush SOOO much!! It was just basically saying that the paper was well organized, interesting, and that I did a really good job writing it and stuff like that. 8DDDDD Ooooh, I can't help but blush like crazy whenever he talks to me, even write nice comments on my papers!! XD Oh and when he tries to talk to me in German...XD Very cute!! Ok, enough about my lil' schoolgirl crush kekeke!!

I was thinking on writing some more about school, but I'll do it later, when I'm not pulling an all nighter and can hardly see the keys on my keyboard.

Yay school's almost over for the quarter!! 8D

FINALLY!! I'm so ready for school to be done and over with. Well, at least this quarter. I'm sick of all the papers I have to write, I'm sick of waking up early in the morning (I'm not a morning person at all). Anyways, I still need to sign up for my classes for next quarter. I want to wait and see what grades I have so I don't sign up for the wrong classes or whatever. I still need to see my adviser and honestly, I'm scared of her. I've met her in person once but from what her emails were like and even how she was towards me when we met she seemed kind of rude. She seemed to cut me off when I tried talking to her and she never told me what I needed to do for my major. She just suggested some classes for me that I should take for winter quarter and that was it. She didn't mention the rest of the classes I should take for the future or whatever. I need to switch advisers or something.

Halloween just happened a few days ago. It was beyond boring for me. I did nothing except read a little bit and pass out candy to the kids. I don't see what's so great about Halloween... I think it's one of the holidays I can live with out.

Apparently, I need to write a paper for my regional studies class which I had no idea we had to. I need to come up with a topic soon. I don't think he even mentioned anything about the paper. I know that we have to write about something current in the Middle East(at least I think we do) but that's about it. I also need to write my English paper as well as rewrite my comparative studies paper. It's pretty interesting because I'm writing about Japanese fashion, which I'm really interested in.

Errr, that's it for now. I'm tired and bored.

The last of my birthday gifts :D

Sooo, I totally forgot to post some pics of the last of my birthday gifts!! We had to reorder them again because for some reason, they didn't send my mom the request to pay with Pay Pal. Anyways, I looooove cute things. Always. I've loved everything Sanrio ever since I was little. Later, my sister showed me San-X. Like Sanrio, San-X has looooads of cute little animals. I think they only have animals... Well, they also have a sweet shop thing too... Anyways, I instantly fell in love with lots of the characters!! I looove Rilakkuma, Mamegoma, Homecoro, Nyan Nyan Nyanko, and Monokuro Boo :D So anyway, back to my presents, my mom ordered me some San-X stuff for my birthday!! I got a Rilakkuma Ipod/cell phone holder, Rilakkuma bento box, and a Mamegoma bento bag. They're all soooo cute!! They also gave me a free Monokuro Boo pin, which my sister was beyond jealous of because she loves those pigs XP

PICS!! 8D

















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Oh and my parents bought some of this Hello Kitty milk flavored candy at the commissary a week or two ago. The candy was ok, it tasted kind of like vanilla flavored Tootsie Rolls, but different all at the same time. It's hard to explain the taste XD Anyway, the packaging is really cute, so I just had to take a few pics :3






Grr, Blogger pics don't do any of the pics I took justice especially when it comes to pics of my doll... D:

I love finding random things!!

On Friday, my mom and I went to Half Priced Books, a pretty awesome bookstore that has new and used books for much less than regular bookstore prices. It's kind of like a thrift store though, I can never find exactly what I'm looking for all the time, but sometimes I can find some pretty awesome things. Like on Friday for example, I was just browsing through the foreign language section, because sometimes they have some actual reading books in a particular foreign language, and when I looked in the Japanese section, I found four, yes FOUR copies of the original Sailor Moon manga in JAPANESE!!! Yes, friggin' JAPANESE and in MINT CONDISH!! 8DDDD I couldn't believe it. These books were in pristine condition and even though it wasn't the first four volumes(they were vol. 6,7,8 and 18-the very last one), it was still an amazingly AWESOME find!! I LOOOOVE Sailor Moon, especially when I was little. I always wanted to be a Sailor Scout and I had sooo much stuff, I still have a lot of it left: dolls, trading cards, playing cards, some weird Pokemon based card game thing, some weird real life RPG game book thing this lady from Make a Wish gave me when my sister had cancer, posters I got for Christmas one year and one that my sister gave me, movies, alarm clock, etc. The only thing I don't have is my Sailor Jupiter costume my mom made me for Halloween when I was around 7 or 8. It's sad because my mom did a REALLY, REALLY good job on it- better than a lot what those cosplayers make. I suppose the pattern for the costume was rare, at least for the fabric stores around us. I should post a pic sometime :D Oh, when I was about 12, there was this really cool small store in California called Dance 'n Things and they had loads, and I mean LOADS of Sanrio stuff!! Really good, rare things and they also had some other random stuff. There I found two Sailor Moon paper dolls!! They were from Japan, still had the Japanese writing on it and they were two different sets of paper dolls. I still have them :D and I still can't believe I found something that random and rare in a store like that.

Back to Half Priced Books, my mom also found the first 6 volumes of Vampire Knight(ok, it's not rare exactly, but it's rare to find ALL six volumes together in one HPB store) for only 2 dollars each. I can't believe it because they were all in extremely good condition, read maybe once or twice...

Also a while back, my mom, sister, and I were at HPB in Cincinnati and I found the last Harry Potter book in German. It was the only copy they had in the foreign language section. I was sooo excited!! The book's not in the greatest condition, but I love looking through it and trying to figure out all the words that I know :3 I'm such a dork for foreign language stuff, I love it :D

Speaking of foreign languages, I was in the college of lib. arts at school today, waiting for my conference with my English teacher and while I was waiting, I walked around and I saw a small display case about TESOL and TEFL. My face seriously lit up when I saw it because I want a TEFL degree thing. They offer TEFL classes in the summer apparently and you can also teach ESL in Japan or teach it in some Korean university. JACKPOT!!! OHHH my goodness, that's exactly what I want to do is teach ESL in Japan and/or Korea!! 8DDDDDD I couldn't stop staring at it and smiling like a dork XD

Totally off topic now, I'm thinking on changing my doll's name to Sophie Noel or just Sophie. I dunno what I wanna do!! DX Oh, for my birthday, I got a new wig, new eyes, and shoes for her!! She finally has shoes!! Yay!! The wig is really cute, it's a chestnut brown bob. Her new eyes look gorgey with the hair; they're a light blue color and her shoes are white gladiator style sandals. They look really cute with her dress. I really wanna take her outside since it's beautiful out today :3

PIC SPAM:

Here's Noel in her new wig and eyes!! :D


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...Shoes...Shoes...Let's get some shoes!! XDDD


Her wig made me think of Yuna from FFX so I used the green eye I already had with her new blue eye :D I think the green one needs to be lighter, but oh well... Now if only I could get her a Yuna costume!! 8D


Another "Yuna" pic XD


Irish dancer!! I found one soft shoe in one of my caboodle thingies and I put it on her one day and it fit perfectly!! Then a few weeks ago while I was digging through an old backpack, I found another one I thought I lost a long time ago!! Now she has two soft shoes :] Woot!!




Sailor Moon manga :D

Ummm, blah.

Today's kinda been...ugh. I was so tired this morning that I almost fell asleep in my CST class; I kept closing my eyes and lowering my head. It was so hard to pay attention. Today's kind of a depressing day, both the weather and me. Well, I keep feeling really sad one minute, then ok or happy the next. Now I'm at the sad part :\ Anyways, I better not get too attached to liking my English professor... I don't want to like him too much, but I just can't help it!! He seems really...sweet..?? kekekeke XD Well, I don't wanna talk about him too much right now :| Ok, since I'm bored, it's survey time!! :D

Is there someone who meant a lot to you at one point, and isn't around now?
If you mean they died, then yeah, I'd say so. Also someone who is alive... :\ Need to move on from that...

What are you doing right now?
Sitting on my bed, thinking about people and relationships sorta

What do you do when you're having a bad day?
Listen to music, draw, throw a few things around(in my room keke)

Where is your biological mother right now?
Here, sleeping in her room.

Is there anyone who you want to come see you right now?
Yeah, lots of people :D

Have you ever thrown your iPod in anger?
Yeah, I threw mine today, actually.

When was the last time you cried really hard?
Not in awhile. I feel one coming up... :[

Have you ever gotten body painted?
Uh, no

What was the last thing that scared you?
When I had that extreme stomach cramp/ throwing up episode a few days ago...

Why did you last cry?
Because I'm sick of thinking about this person and I want to move on, but I can't. I don't want to see him with someone else, when it could be me. Lame, I know... XD

What are you wearing on your feet?
They're in the nuddy pants right now!! :D

Let's test your memory, what were you doing at this moment a year ago?
Probably doing the same thing.

Who did you last call sexy?
Nobody.

Have you ever held hands with the opposite sex?
aklsaklds :[

Do you smoke weed everyday?
No, I've never smoked weed...

Do you always answer your phone?
No.

When was the last time you went to the circus?
I don't think I've ever been to the circus

Do you ever think about stuff and start crying?
Yeah, a lot ;_;

If the year consisted of only one season, which would you choose?
Fall!!

Do you like the snow?
I like it for a little bit, then I'm sick of it. I hate driving in the snow. It scares me!!

What is bothering you right now?
People and stuff like that

Have you ever liked someone older than you?
x3

Have you ever gone skinny dipping?
Nope

Are you happy?
I have my ups and downs.

Who was the last person to call you?
My mom

Do you have a favorite number?
Ummm... I've always liked 3 and 10, I guess. Especially 10. I don't know why...

Are you multi-tasking right now?
Nooo

Who is the last person you got a text from?
My sister, I think.

Does anything on your body hurt?
Every part of me is somewhat achy. My wrist from not moving it often, my bummoley, my back sorta, my legs from having them stretched out on my bed, and my right shoulder from carrying my bookbag all day.

Is there anything on your walls?
Posters of Super Junior, DBSK, and Vampire Knight. Domo-kun calendar!! :D

Are you wearing a hoodie? If so, what color?
Actually, I am!! It's a grey hoodie..

What's on your mind?
a lot of things

Do you miss anyone?
I try not to think about it.

Who haven't you seen in forever?
slfkaslfskldm :\

Did you have a dream last night?
I did, but I don't remember what it was. I had another dream today and my mom was in there and she kept annoying me when I was on a date or something like that.

What is the most irritating thing?
Nobody listening to me.

Where's your phone right now?
on my bed

How are you feeling?
Tired

Are you a patient person?
I think I am, sometimes I'm not though.

What was the last thing you put in your mouth?
Gum.

Has anyone said they love you in the last week?
My parents...:]

Do you get along with guys?
For the most part, yeah. I don't talk to them a whole lot, but when I do, I think it's pretty easy to talk to them.

Are there any bruises on your body?
My knee.

Who was the last person to seriously let you down?
Yudi.

Do you ever listen to country music?
very rarely

This time last year were you single?
Yes

Where was the last place you bought something?
At school, buying lunch.

This time last year, can you remember who you liked?
I don't think I really liked anybody.

Who was the first person you talked to today?
Mutti!!

You can only drink ONE liquid for the rest of your life, what is it?
water

Are you anything like you were at this point last year?
No, not really.

When's the last time you talked with the opposite sex on the phone?
Does my dad count...??

Do you think you are a good person?
No, I'm trying harder now.

Do you usually have weird dreams?
Oh yes, I do.

Does anyone hate you for no reason?
Probably. I've had it happen before when I danced competitively...

How many hours of sleep did you get yesterday?
I'm not sure.. Not enough.

Do you think you would make a good parent?
I hope so :]

Are you an argumentative person?
OH YES. I argue all the time with my family. They're more like debate type arguments more so than, "I hate you" or something like that...

Has a boy/girl ever called you babe or baby?
Maybe when I was at a club, I don't remember, nor do I want to remember.

Are you wearing any clothes that don't belong to you?
No, I wear all my clothes. Nobody I know has a similar size as me(I'm not huge, it's just my friends are either too skinny or too fat)

Is there someone you can talk to about anything?
*shrugs*

Who's in your profile picture with you?
a silent film star :]

Is love really worth fighting for?
I like to believe that, but I don't know if it's entirely true.

Is there someone you will always be attracted to?
Most likely. That's why I want to get over this one guy.

When was the last time a person of the opposite sex hugged you ?
My dad yesterday :|...:]

Whats the biggest promise someone broke with you?
None that I can think of.

Do you have an attitude?
Yeah, but I'm trying to change that.

How many kids do you want to have?
2

What song are you listening to ?
None right now, but I was listening to Epik High's song, One.

What does the song you're listening to remind you of?
Whenever I'm feeling down, I know I can make it through. The song itself is basically about wanting to commit suicide and getting through it, knowing that there's someone out there who does care for you no matter what.

Did you lie on any of these questions so far?
No.

If you married the last person that texted you what would your kids be like?
Uh, I don't want to think about that!! DDDDX

Do you know anyone named Matt?
Yeah, a few.

What smiley face do you use often?
:D XD :3 D: DX :] :[ ;_; :| :\ x3 8D Yeah, I love using smilies!! :D

Honestly, have you ever eaten raw cookie dough?
YES 8D

Is there a difference between the word 'best friend' and 'friend'?
Yeah, but I don't consider any of my friends a best friend.

Who is your celebrity crush?
EUNHYUK!!!! Almost all of Suju, Daniel Henney, Anthony Padilla(ok, not a *real* celeb, but he is on Youtube!!), DANIEL RADCLIFFE!!

Do you take walks often?
Only at school when I'm walking back and forth to classes. I don't really take walks out in my neighborhood as much because supposedly there's a sex offender that lives near me DX

Is good grammar attractive?
Uh, yeah.

Are any of your friends taller than you?
Yeah...

Do you crack your knuckles?
too much

Spell your name without an L:
KOTENAY!! My name doesn't have any L's in it.

Who's the last person you talked to on the phone for over an hour?
Yudi, two years ago. I hate talking on the phone.

Did you copy and paste this survey?
Mmhmm...

How do most people spell your name?
KOTENAY!!

Do you know any people who have messed up your life?
Yeah, I guess.

Does anyone know your password besides you?
I HOPE NOT DDDD:

Have you ever gone out of your way to make someone happy?
I don't think I have.

If you had the chance to travel back in time, would you?
Yes, I would.

Are you single for the summer?
Yeah, but now it's fall. So, hopefully not for fall...?? x3

Have you ever slept on a couch with someone?
My dog, Chichi XD

Where do you wanna live when you get older?
South Korea or Japan. Maybe even Germany...

Could you date someone three years older than you ?
YES :3 *looks at Eng. teacher* AHEM!!

Do you get annoyed when you see someone you don't like?
YES.

Yay surveys!! I've got nothing else to talk about. Kbai.

More Suju goodness :DDDD

Ahh, I love Suju M's new song and I finally found a dl link!! *dances around like crazy* So, I found this old Suju survey I did on my LJ, here it is(I modified it a lot XD):

Suju meme, oh yeah!!
1.fav member : EUNHYUK, EUNHYUK, EUNHYUK, and EUNHYUK 8D

2. (BE HONEST) yes or no: i memorized all thirteen members' names : Of course I have!! Almost all Suju fans(should) know their names XD

3. Only 13 or iLOVEhenry&zhoumi: I'm still all about only 13. I <3 Henry and Zhou Mi, but I don't get why they're in SJM if their not in the original group. SM Entertainment's weird.

4. how many pictures do you have of suju (you dont have to be exact):over 2000(not including my animated gifs folder hehe)NO JOKE XDDDD

5. have you ever switched favorite members?(be specific who):Yes. Kibum, Heechul, then Eunhyuk

6. cutest member: Eunhyuk, Sungmin, Donghae. Well, Sungmin's more, "d'aww he's so adorable!!" while Eunhyuk and Donghae are more cute like little kid cute.

7 hottest member: hmmm, Siwon, Donghae, HANKYUNG, and Kyuhyun.

(for eight they all need to be different and i know its hard but only one)
8a.member you would like to marry: right now it's Eunhyuk :] Maybe Siwon because he's very handsome kekeke...or maybe Hankyung because he's so sweet and just seems like such a nice guy. I liked him even more after the Super Girl video X3

8b. member you would like to date: Donghae, Eunhyuk, Siwon, Hankyung...Oh man...

8c. member you would like as a best friend: Shindong because he's a goof and I like guys who like to be goofy and funny a lot.

8d.member you would like as a pet&what animal: Umm... Sungmin. He seems like he'd be a friendly and adorable pet. I'd pet him all the time lol OH SNAP!!

9.prettiest member: I think it's Ryeowook. He looks very feminine and always looks very clean and dresses nice

10.best singer: Kyuhyun. HANDS DOWN.

numbers11~17 new by kehleejay
11.member you think deserves more love than they get: YESUNG. For god's sake, give Yesung some love!! He's one of the best singers in the group and can be really cute, the guy deserves more credit!! I always feel bad for him because he always tries to draw attention to himself, but it almost always fails!! Poor Yesung :[ kekeke

12.member you think is most like yourself: Umm, I'd say Eunhyuk...or Shindong(minus the weight)

13.member you find yourself jealous of all the time and why: Kyuhyun because of his voice.

14.best dressed member:ummm... Hankyung, Siwon, Ryeowook, and Leeteuk. Eunhyuk used to be on this list, now he wears those weird 80's like clothes. Like with the tight brightly colored or weird patterned jeans and stuff like that... Boo :\

15.funniest member: Uhhh, they all have their funny moments hehehe :3

16.weirdest couple(between the members): Anything that involves Shindong... Any ship that involves members that aren't really close to eachother(i.e: Kibum and Kangin)

17.OTP(between the members): Eunhae, Eunmin, Yewook, Eunteuk, Kangmin, Dongwon, Hankwon. Yeah that's not really OTP, but yeah... XD