3 more weeks til Christmas

I wonder whose gift this is...  >3  [/teaser]

Ah, what a tiring weekend, I'm so tired at the moment that I can't quite remember all the things that I wanted to blog about.  @_@  It was mostly a blur of gift wrapping and packing them for shipment, making friends on Gaia,  Dragon nest runs with my sister, and finally playing Minecraft on a server~!

★★★★★★★★★★★★★ GAMES   ★★★★★★★
POKEMON

While looking through my dA groups news, I saw a post about how to get free Pokemon in the GTS!  o.o
I never tried any hacks/etc before, but it was so simple that I had to try.  My main incentive?  Getting my hands on at least one of the first gen starter Pokemon.  Spoiler Alert:  It worked!  I got a shiny Geodude and a Charmander, normal Magmar, Farfetch'd... going to see what else I can get!  *w*  (for collecting purposes only)  >.>

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MAPLE STORY: CYGNUS KNIGHT EDITION

So.  After years of being jealous of the Koreans for having a DS version of Maple story and wanting a mobile version, my vague dreams became a reality when I saw a post about the release of the Maple Story Cygnus Knight Edition game app for the iTouch/iPhone/iPad.  Even though I was in the middle of crafting, I dropped everything to download and play it.  I have mixed feelings about this app, since it's both not as good and not as bad as I thought, and I'm hoping that there'll be major improvements in the near future to make gameplay more addictive and fluid.  

...what's with the title music? should have stuck to the classic menu bgm

A part of me inwardly died from happiness just from seeing the Nexon
startup logo on a mobile device, no joke. [/hopeless dork]

the interface seems good for the most part, but the game play and
controls are a bit awkward and take some getting used to

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DRAGON NEST

Since my sister finally has a new laptop of her own, we can finally play MMOs together!  >w<  She didn't want to get back into Maple again, so we started playing Dragon nest together.  Habib, you should join us!!

my manly sister  :c 

MINECRAFT


This weekend, I found a really cool friend through my new friend search thread on Gaia, and after talking a bit about games, he set up a server for us to play Minecraft on.  yaaaay~!  (even though he "accidentally" created a waterfall [on me] and "accidentally" almost buried me alive!  D: )  xD

I made my first tools, learned how to change my skin (I'll be editing and uploading my own skin later!)

I'm still waiting to play Minecraft with the rest of you guys when things get less crazy!  <3

After my friend went to sleep (but left the server up), a thunderstorm started.
I didn't want to leave my new friend out and exposed to the elements, so...

...I built a makeshift shelter around him before exploring and finding...

...a crazy, convulsing thing that I take to be an octopus or some sort  xD

Still on my Wild Sheep Chase

A new item on TinierMe reminded me that I'm still
on a quest to find a cute sheep plushie like this, my
wild sheep chase.  I must get one!!!

Another rough day, healthwise.  Blehhhh, this is just not my week.  My poor body.  My cold is bad enough on its own without having to deal with stomach tantrums.  Mannnnn, I wanna hurry up and get better so that I can eat that super yummy coconut cream pie in the fridge...  ; ~ ;

Not canned mandarin oranges, but still sweet, cold, and easy on the stomach

★★★★★★★★★★★★★CRAFTING   ★★★★★★★
SOAP MAKING

The other day, a colorful photo of Lego people-shaped soaps caught my eye on the CraftGawker app and made me want to change my plans for my first soap-making venture to be very soon rather than sometime in the distant future.  These would make super cute Christmas stocking stuffers!  They sell the silicone ice cube trays (which mean that you can make ice cubes, bake, make candy, resin, soap) online/in the Lego store, though the Lego brick tray is exclusive to the online store, I hear.

But I also still need to get the clear glycerin soap base as well as the silicone ice cube trays... ugh, why does crafting have to be so expensive?  = x =;

http://www.justcraftyenough.com/2011/11/project-lego-soap/

★★★★★★★★★★★★★INTERNET   ★★★★★★★
GAIA

Yesterday, I was made aware of the "long awaited housing update", whose official announcement was today.  For the first time in YEARS, I actually tinkered with my house.  While they interface was indeed more "modern", I couldn't help but feel that the old housing item graphics (like the white dots in between the rug tiles) contrasted too awkwardly with the much more polished new interface.

And even though I thought that the "click to put ___ on ___" was kinda cool, didn't it used to be easier to arrange things in the old system?  Now, you have to click on an item to move, rotate, or put it away, then exit that mode to deal with something else.  Hmm.  Unless they added more things from yesterday (it was a soft launch, after all..), I can't help but feel less than enthused about this update.

I keep on forgetting that I have a Gaia house.  And the paintings are still backwards.

Cool flame animation, though.

Today, after being reminded of the latest RIG, Guardian Totem, by a friend, I decided to buy one with the Gaia cash that I earned by watching videos.  Even though it was random, I was borderline pleased to get the Rabbit Spirit.  I was considerably less pleased when I got a red dog leash worth around 20k.  >_>

Not so rad.

★★★★★★★★★★★★★GAMING   ★★★★★★★
MAPLE STORY

what a drama queen.  king.  whatever.  

"How dare you interrupt!"  Uh... I killed that boss in like 1-2 hits, while you
jumped and did a bunch of fancy gun attacks that did almost no damage.
Don't be jealous.  >_>

POKEMON BLACK

Finally got out of Chargestone cave (I caught the Drilbur!  >D ) and leveling my team around Route 7 before heading to the Celestial Tower.  No pictures, but I wanted to include this fanart of Pokemon B/W that I thought was kinda cool.  (sorry, not sure who the artist is  >.< ) And while I'm at it, I'll throw in an awesome Professor Layton/Phoenix Wright crossover fan comic by the awesome Meru-chan!

bwahaha.

You're all getting Spheals

Everyone was saying what a beautifully gorgeous day it was, so once I felt well enough, I went to sit outside on my favorite suntanning/cloudwatching step, and was dazed by the gorgeous and cloudless sky.  And thanks to my dog, Hachi, who decided to go off on her own to experience it more fully, I got to go on a little walk and experience it more fully for myself as well.  [/half sarcasm]

All well and good...until my body remembered that I was still weak and sick and developed a slight temperature after this short venture.  v_v;
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[tone=crazy]
 I've just decided.  I'm just going to make everyone Spheals for Christmas, unless you request otherwise.  For Fly, since you don't like Pokemon, I can make yours brown and replace the tail with a monkey tail, and voila!  We just maxed out cute.  Now that I've found a simple solution of my holiday giftgiving problem, I can now spend more time on other things (Like Minecraft?)

  And if we don't exchange gifts, I can draw you a picture of one (in crayon, and left-handed!).

  "Hope your holiday season is Spheal-y and bright!"

Spheals all around!  I can make one in your favorite color!

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...No?  No.  I suppose that won't do after all.  Don't worry, that was just the cold and the stress talking. 

No time, no money.  Bleh.

★★★★★★★★★★★★★ANIME   ★★★★★★★

USAGI DROP

Being sick in bed, I watched the episode 10 of 11 of the super quiet "slice of life" genre anime series, Usagi Drop, on my Crunchyroll app on my iTouch.  Coincidentally, it happened to be about the main girl, Rin, being sick in bed (though with the stomach flu).  Huh.

Personally, I feel that this anime is secretly propaganda for some
kind of "being a parent is great" campaign to ease the
imminent population crash of Japan-- After watching this series,
I kind of feel like I want a kid.  ahaha....

Sweet, cold, soft, and juicy canned mandarin oranges... oh god,
I want some so badly now, eating all this soup makes me crave
something cold, sweet, and nostalgic like this...
(is this just an Asian thing?)

★★★★★★★★★★★★★PURCHASES/GIFTS   ★★★★★★★

ETSY

On Friday, my order from Delishbeads came in the mail, YAY!  I just love their acrylic rainbow beads, I haven't seen anything like it anywhere else, so when I saw that they finallllly restocked some, I made sure to buy them along with some pretty aqua star beads that I saw.

  

So they'll join the rest of my favorite beads and embellishments in a jar that

 used to house my favorite French strawberry jam preserves.  <3

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PANDA STUFF

Yesterday, my lovely sister brought back a small gift from her day out on town, Panda Mart stickers!! <3  (that smell like sickly sweet Japanese strawberry candies)

...I wonder why they show the panda melon pan, sushi, and cup ramen, etc, when they're not included..

On an off-note, my sister said that she'd totally read Panda Jump.  "One Panda", "Panda Ball Z"...
and you people always call ME a dork.  My reaction = blank look

★★★★★★★★★★★★★GAMES   ★★★★★★★

Pokemon Black

One thing that I hate about being sick is that my eyes head and eyes often hurt too much to be on the computer or play games much, so no MMOs today, though I was working on my bizarre underground labyrinth library of sorts last night in Minecraft.  Sadly, now that I actually have it, everyone is too busy to play.  I wanted to play Maple story, but I don't want to leave Kerning until I decide on which hairstyle to get (please check bottom of previous post and let me know your opinion!)

Still need quite a bit of cards

So instead, not wanting to just lie in bed (I was, however, playing Words with Friends sporadically on my iTouch throughout the day), as soon as the aspirin kicked in enough, I finally started playing my Pokemon Black game again after a long absence.  I found myself near Chargestone Cave (oh, goodie, caves), so I decided to try and make it through there.  I caught a bunch of new Pokemon, but accidentally killed the only Drilbur that I ran into.  Oops.  Maa, ikka.  

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