Snow Cones- More Useful Than You'd Think

Wow, seriously?...  Yep, he should have quoted Slowking.  xD

Oooh, thunder and lightning storm tonight.  All of this rain is making the air so chilly.  

  -burrows under blankets-

Hmm, let's see... ah, today was a really mixed day, but some of the highlights were getting my first Christmas gifts and letter from Fly, plus the stickers from RedditGifts (for sending them this card) in the mail today, my mom getting me a mold mix from the craft store, finding out that both Fly and Mana got the gifts that I sent them, talking to Fly on Voxer (YAAAY~!), the Colbert Report, getting a mochi plush commission on Etsy

   

Yay, glad my gift to you got there in one piece!
...and I'm so glad that I remembered to put "do not open til Christmas
on everyone's cards, mwahaha.  

★★★★★★★★★★★★★ SHOWS/ANIMATION   ★★★★★★★

THE COLBERT REPORT

I actually went to Hulu to catch up on Once Upon A Time, but Steven Colbert totally derailed me (in a totally awesome way, though).  

"SNOW CONES! Take that, Al-Qaeda! You see, Al-Qaeda is from the desert,
they've got no defense against snow, especially not in CONE form."

"Would you like to risk your life battling terrorists for no money?
...What if I offered you a snow cone? "

HOUSE OF FIVE LEAVES (ANIME) 

After getting a good dosage of laughter, I watched my first episode of the House of Five Leaves anime (and still no Once Upon a Time  >.<).  I had read the first book of the manga series and liked it, so I was already familiar with the main premise and plot.  The main character is shy and introverted samurai in need of a job since his personality is often at odds with his profession.  Kind of reminds me of a really timid version of Samurai Jack, he's weirdly endearing.

The art are highly stylized, just like the manga, but along with the lovely backgrounds, it helps to give the anime a unique character.  I will definitely be watching more!

★★★★★★★★★★★★★ TECHNOLOGY   ★★★★★★★

VOXER

Voxer.  It's where the party's at.  xD  

In the last two or so days that I've had it, I've been having so much fun talking and texting on it.  Even though it's physically difficult for me to talk much, Voxer makes it much more manageable!  I can talk as short or long as I want (or not at all and just type my responses), and can listen/respond to the other person talking live or at my own leisure.

If you leave a Voxer chat open, it plays the messages as the other person sends them, and if you're not, a nifty little window pops up that informs you that " ____ is talking" and gives you the option of jumping in.  ...Of course, I learned the hard way that I should exercise caution in jumping in to listen when my other people are within earshot/without my headphones plugged in when it's a certain person known for making conversations awkward.  >.<  T_T  -stares at panda pal #2-

And who doesn't love walkie talkies talks ( that span across half the Pacific ocean and half/most of the mainland US, wooooo~  xD)?  Especially ones where you can go back and listen to the previous messages in case you didn't understand/hear something clearly the first time! 

I sure do miss Pingchat (still haven't had the heart to delete the Touch app yet  v_v ), but I have more friends on Voxer than I did on Pingchat, so come onnnn [iTouch/iPhone/Android smartphone users], won't you consider joining me there?..  xD

At the very least, the texting/photo messaging is fast.  :P

★★★★★★★★★★★★★ ETSY   ★★★★★★★

Thanks for inviting me to the [Etsy] team, Team Rocket!  xD