Minecraft 1.4.2 Update!

YAY~!  The 1.4.2 Update for Minecraft is finally out, and I'm especially excited about the bolded items (FINALLY!!  NEW TYPES OF FOOD!!), but also curious about how the anvils, witches, bats, leather dying, and new potions will work out.  So many things to discover!  But most of all, WE CAN HAVE PICTURES OF POTATOES ON OUR WALLS NOW (whether normal, baked, or poisonous)!

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Now the only trick is trying to actually finding time to play.  orz  

Here's some of the highlights of what I did really enjoy during the super short time (less than 30 minutes, urk) when I got to play with some of the new update content:

The Pretty Scary Update!   

+ Added a beacon
+ Added flower pots
+ Added item frames
+ Added anvils
+ Added cobblestone walls
+ Added pumpkin pies
+ Added carrots and potatoes
+ Carrots can be put on a stick to control pigs while riding
+ Added a boss mob
+ Added a new skeleton type
+ Added witches   Ehhh?!?  o_O
+ Added bats
+ Added mob heads that can be placed
+ Zombies now infect villagers, but can also be cured
+ Added wooden button
+ Items can be cloned with the “pick block” action in Creative Mode
+ Items can be quickly moved to the hotbar by pressing 1 through 9 while hovering an item
+ Added /difficulty, /spawnpoint, /weather, /gamerule and /clear commands
+ Added “target selectors” for commands
+ Added option to hide capes
+ Added option to toggle vertical synch
+ Added customization to superflat worlds
+ Minor additions to the world generator
+ New potion recipes
+ Leather armor can be dyed
* Maps now start more zoomed in, and can be extended
* Redstone repeaters can now be set into a “locked” position
* New sound effects
* Portals to the Nether can now transport items and mobs
* Adventure mode now allows placing and removing blocks, but only when using the correct tools
* Changed method of placing sideways wood logs
* Improved server list
* Improved debug (F3) options
* Spawn protection is now automatically disabled if there are no defined admins
- Removed Herobrine

Items can not only be placed in frames, but also rotated!

When you hit a frame with an item in it, both the original item
and the picture frame (now with item sprite of that item) will fall to the ground.

flower pots!  

Wooden buttons

Giving your rustic cabin an even more natural touch

Mmmmm, pumpkin pie...  Apple pies next, please!!

Golden carrot~  Yes, I'm obsessed with the item frames...

Odd 1.4.2 glitch where a person going to sleep will levitate and
float-bob awkwardly in their bed.   

 Can't wait to have fun exploring the other new update features!!

Art Trades 2012

Man, I really miss some people.  But, I'm trying to patiently wait until I do hear from you guys again.  <3 

But at the moment, trying to do my best to get through the days and keep busy, lots and lots of stuff to do!  Having a cold + weather allergies isn't very fun, though...  Makes it hard to be on the computer or do much with my head and body aching so much.  x___x  But who wants to focus on negative stuff?

So, without further ado, a bunch of awesome stuff~

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Like this panda gummy bear pic that my friend Blue sent me  * w *

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ETSY

Minecraft crafts............  *_________* 

Minecraft + resin = EPIC combo
http://www.etsy.com/listing/92018853/minecraft-enderman-resin-block-cube

...do you really think that it's a good idea to wear that around your neck?!?  >A<;;
http://www.etsy.com/listing/89765382/minecraft-creeper-scarf

very cute, but in a slightly puzzling way.  xD
http://www.etsy.com/shop/L2Boutique?section_id=10632356

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GADGETSIN

While randomly looking up Minecraft things online, I stumbled upon this blog of awesome

And I found the most amazing computer cases!  *_____*

BLACK MAGE ADJSKLFJSLJFLSJDKLSJDLSKJDSLL

And, even though I should have found this before, Minecraft papercrafts.  I mean, come ON.  Papercraft would be a major DUR.  

http://gadgetsin.com/make-your-own-minecraft-paper-crafts.htm

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My first batch of Minecraft papercrafts, including my personal avvie >w<

★★★★★★★★★★★★★ ART TRADES ★★★★★★★

Looks like 2012 Art trades have begun~!  

I was incredibly psyched when Souffle-etc contacted me on dA asking for an art trade.  I checked out his art gallery and was super wowed by his structurally accurate and well detailed sculptures.  PLUS, how often do you find such an awesome sculpture of Quail dog??  >w<  (even though his sculpture of Ryuk (from Deathnote) is probably the most impressive piece in his gallery)

  I'm so honored to be doing this trade with him!!  I'll do my best to make my end of the trade worthy.

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Today, I got a surprise package in the mail, my long-awaited (but TOTALLY WORTH IT) end of my art trade with the wonderfully talented and super sweet Meiyoukat.  <3

she even included a letter!!  <3 <3

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Draw Something

A week or so back, I was super psyched to download this Pictionary-like app, but had only one friend to play it with.  Now that it's getting more popular, I'm finding more people to play this addictive word guessing game!  Me and my one friend have reached our 100th round!  (even though it doesn't increase after 99)

Feb. Photo Challenge: Days 15-16

Whoa.  So, sorry, another long photo/video heavy post, annnnnnnnnd I wasn't even able to include the Minecraft screenies from the time when I started playing on my new friend Vortic's server!

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WHAT.  IS.  THIS.  

I kind of hate myself for liking this.  

Title alone:  "This could be the worst idea ever"
Trailer:  "Oh, good gravy, this TOTALLY works......."

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I <3 being an artisan crafter.
Already have requests from 2 of my friends to help make them their own angel wing hoodies, lol.

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Finished the jumbo Austria mochi plush commission on Etsy

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It's really funny, cause just an hour or two before I saw this, my friend showed me this:

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 My friend Carmen introduced me to Cutestfood.com

PANDA + CHEESECAKE = AWESOME OVERLOAD

candy conversation hearts?  egh.
cheesecake conversation hearts?  YESPLEASE.

.......

Yes, I admit it, I've been having a bit of a cheesecake obsession ever since we had that cherry cheesecake for Valentine's day.  

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"Cupcake stuffed strawberries"  >w<

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February Photo Challenge:  Days 15-16: 

(Due to my iPod breaking and having to be taken in, I wasn't able to upload Day 15 on time, and couldn't take pictures of the same style as the rest)

~~~Day 15:  Phone~~~

 Sucky phone, suckier picture  >.>

Only photo that I had on hand (weirdly enough, I had taken the pic just last week to show 

a friend that my phone sucked more than his)

~~~Day 16:  Something New~~~

White nail art pen.  

Temperamental, though.

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The nailpolish "ink" kinda dried up by the time I got to my thumb >.>

★★★★★★★★★★★★★ WEIRDNESS ★★★★★★★

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Guys can be so weird when they're bored.  

Artistic insanity courtesy of crazy

 California-tan....

...who, by the way, insists that this is me.
 [Derpy] Rainbow Dash.
(his nickname for me)
.....
BUT PANDAS CAN'T DASH, WE ROLL FASTER THAN WE RUN!
; A ; 

Happy Chinese New Year 2012

Happy Chinese New Year, year of the majestic water dragon!

...but how happy can this lunar year start without any gau?!?  TT_TT

Dad didn't make us any of his famous gau for us this year  </3
But I'd even be happy with even the one in this picture  >.<

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It must be the dead of winter around most places around the country, but here, it's been a stifling, still, sticky, hazy, weird rainless summer here for a good 2 weeks now, although we've had a random half day of weirdly cold and windy weather that abruptly stopped as soon as it started.

I'm often dizzy and headachy all day, go to sleep in the heat, wake up all sweaty and without much of an appetite... blegh.  Being all sweaty in the dead of winter...  This is beyond weird.  This is supposed to be the coldest time of the year, even over here.

 COLD WEATHER, COME BACKKKKKKKKKK!!   > A <

★★★★★★★★★★★★★ LITERATURE ★★★★★★★

So it's been trudging through Etsy and Gaia commissions, trying not to get migraines, missing a whole bunch of people, trying to get myself out of this rut, trying to figure out what to do next.  I'm going on a skype/socialization break for a while to concentrate on getting back into a productive schedule again.

  In the meantime, though, I finished reading Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer, which is one of the most brilliant and emotionally striking novels that I've read in a long time, I've already started to go back and read it again. It makes me really wonder how faithful the movie adaption is (or could be), so I can't wait to watch it when it comes out on DVD.  o.o

"I went to a tattoo parlor and had YES written onto the palm of my left hand, and NO onto my right palm, what can I say, it hasn't made life wonderful, it's made life possible, when I rub my hands against each other in the middle of winter I am warming myself with the friction of YES and NO, when I clap my hands I am showing my appreciation through the uniting and parting of YES and NO, I signify "book" by peeling open my clapped hands, every book, for me, is the balance of YES and NO, even this one, my last one, especially this one."

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Last week, the book that I spent so much time designing finally came in!

It's a compilation of my creative works throughout 2011, I've been making such yearly compilations for the last few years now.  :3

★★★★★★★★★★★★★ INTERNET AWESOMENESS ★★★★★★★

...I think that I NEED this.  o____o  

★★★★★★★★★★★★★ GAMING ★★★★★★★

MINECRAFT

I actually haven't been able to play much games recently, but I still have a bit of screenies from my gaming vacation, so I'll be posting those until I find a good public server to join.  (Though I'd rather play with a really good friend... so maybe I'll just wait til summer  ; ~ ; )

So anyway.  Without further ado, the second of me and my friend's Minecraft buildings, which I named "Sky Garden I":

 

Habib arriving via the waterfall entrance  

After exiting via waterfall to the ocean, under the sky garden

Appreciation

I hope that everyone had a wonderful Christmas!  Mine was very low key, but this was the first Christmas in a good couple of years where I actually felt pretty happy.  I didn't get a whole pile of presents or anything, but I am very blessed to have received some wonderful and thoughtful gifts from my close friends and family, so I want to say a very heartfelt thank you to all of you!  Especially those who took the time to drop by and see me, even though I was too busy or tired to really talk much   <3

(Even though I can't include everything, it doesn't meant that I didn't love it!!)

Here are some of the highlights:

The first gifts under my tree, from one of my best friends, Fly!!  She (and her parents!)
searched for things that I would like, and she majorly succeeded!!!!  A panda wallet with
all of the elements that I like all in one, my ever first panda ring and necklace!!  <3
I can't tell you how much I love everything, and all the thought and love that you so obviously
poured into your gift choices  :,D  Love ya, chica!  <33

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Super adorable stickers drawn by my incredibly talented friend,  Nicole !
I love them!! <3

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An amazingly cute penguin plushie (who I named Marvin) and an absolutely gorgeous panda Betsy Johnson (o.o)
necklace from my good high school friend, Eric.  If I'm not mistaken, this year makes 11 years that we've been friends, and in addition to sticking by me through thick and thin, he's always given me really wonderful Christmas gifts.  Thank you so much, I can't tell you how much I love both of these!!

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My sister gave me a whole bag of hastily bought Japanese foodstuffs and snacks on Christmas,
 but went out and got me this in addition, since she absolutely loved the Amazing Everything : The Art of Scott C.
artbook that I bought for her  ^^;;;

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From my parents:   A pair of super comfy noise-reducing headphones, hair dye, and
Mario Kart 7!!! WOOOOOOO!!  Thanks, I'll probably have time to play it by sometime
next month...!  ; A ;  

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My small gift to Revelatlon

Some of the best gifts aren't tangible. My awesome new Gaia friend, Revelatlon, gifted me a beautiful Nouveau Autumn dress, an Underland RIG, and tokens~! I usually get absolute rubbish (not literally xD ) from RIGs, but for the first time, I won an item that I actually really really really loved from it, a Blue Acinonyx. So I was able to enjoy the RIG story AND the item for once! x3

"please don't be a bench"  Well, even if it was, I'd still be really happy.  ^-^

The thing smirked.
With those huge, pointy teeth.  Dx

New avvie built around the blue acinonyx  x3

After having to constantly put it on hold, I finally made time to finish hammering out all the details and layout of a joint quest thread with Revelatlon, we were able to open successfully on Christmas night, so if you have a Gaia account, we would really appreciate it if you would drop by to bump or chat~! <3

Visit Us Here!!

 

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MINECRAFT

... -sigh- I kept on telling myself that I only needed to get past Christmas, then I could hibernate or relax, but it seems that realistically, I'll stop being busy from my severely backlogged to-do list by mid to late January at the earliest. ; A ; And now I'm involved with running 4 threads on Gaia, thinking about closing one. And this blog, which I've barely posting on recently, not to mention all of my friends' blog posts that I also need to catch up on.... x__X urghh...

This panda is out of order.  We are very sorry for the inconvenience.  

Before the extremely brief 10-15 minutes that I spent playing Minecraft with SpecOps and Habib, I haven't played any games for around 2 weeks.  ( And I don't even remember the last time when I logged on my poor skype.  Dx )
 It feels like forevvveeeeeeeeeerrrrrrrrrrr!  ; A ;


 But it was really weird, SpecOps ended up having to rescue both of us in that short time, I got stuck in that minecart, and Habib got stuck in a well.  xD

Showing Habib my room, and... who's that bobbing outside my
 ocean view wall?  O_O

Answer:  A creeper.  xD