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

Catch Up Post/Minecraft oblivion

Falling behind during this time of year is no good, no good at all.  The 3 days have been a hazy blur of Minecraft, upset stomach (and today, Pepto Bismol), bed rest, chatting with my new friend, and not much food or productivity.  But I've been trying to get back on track since yesterday, and hopefully my stomach won't revolt against me again like it did today.

Caught up my Gaia responses, so now to catch up on my blogging! Sorry in advance for the long post!
(EDIT:  42nd post, yeahhhhh~!  >w< )

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My good friend and penpal Brandon got a Liebster Blog award and mentioned me in
his top 5 blogs.  Congrats and thanks, Brandon!  :D

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Chritsmas Gifts Updates:

~Christmas cards/packages sent out:

-Panda pal #3

-Rainbow goat princess (part 1)

-Fly

~Christmas cards/packages ready to be mailed out on the next postal run:

-Brandon

★★★★★★★★★★★★★ iPod/iPhone/iPad Apps   ★★★★★★★

Touch (formerly Pingchat)/ Voxer

"evolved"??  more like "devolved"  D:<

Ok, you'll probably hear this from me more than once if we talk a lot, but I have to say this here.  I ABSOLUTELY HATE THE NEW PINGCHAT "UPGRADE"  (more like a major downgrade!!)

I fell in love with Pingchat for many reasons, and now all of those reasons are GONE.  Nothing to do now but hope that the app company listens to the scathing reviews for this version (mine included) and reverts it back.  Until then, me and my original Pingchat friend are trying out Voxer (also for smart phones -hint hint-  ;D  )

what a cute icon.  >w<

Voxer is no Pingchat, to be sure.  The interface feels more crowded and less sleek, the notification noise is more muted, there's no video capability, no cute emotes like Pingchat (that I've come to love  ; - ; ), it only shows your current location, doesn't show the status of the messages received, but there is voice recording, group chat, and photo capabilities. It'll do for now, I suppose.  PINGCHAT, COME BACK!!!  TT^TT

★★★★★★★★★★★★★ PURCHASES   ★★★★★★★

After a few weeks of impatient waiting, my package finally came...!  (oh, that reminds me, I need to leave feedback for them on Etsy)  Working padlock charms with mini keys, all for around the same price that it would have cost to get that one star padlock necklace that I wanted so badly before.  YESSSSS!!   *w*

                                           

★★★★★★★★★★★★★ FOOD/SNACKS   ★★★★★★★
CAKE POPS

After having first seen them around 1-2 years ago, I ate my first cake pops yesterday!  They weren't super good quality, but I'm happy to say that I finally got to try them!  c:  Next on the list?  Jar cakes.  

http://www.etsy.com/shop/tookies

★★★★★★★★★★★★★ GAMES  ★★★★★★★

MINECRAFT

For most of the time since I last posted, I've been far, far away, in the world of Minecraft.  I spent most of that time building my room, but I finally got to play with more than one other person for the first time! My new friend, SpecOpsSR (sorry, I just realized that I had misspelled your name in my previous post, sorry!!), was kind enough to let my friend Habible onto his server.  Before Spec joined us, Habible gave me more pointers about the game, showed me his style of mining, and found a sheep stuck in the minecart that Spec had built the other day, going round and round and round (before Habible set it free).  

on setting it free:  "it was inhumane", he said.  "(Actually, I wanted to see if I could fit
in the cart with it)"  xD

 Very shortly after that, Spec joined us, and we all had a grand adventure deep underground, where Habible found some diamond!  (and went swimming in lava a few times)  While there navigating around all that lava, Habible gave me some tips about how to deal with lava, like using a bucket of water to create an obsidian pocket around you if you fall in.  I created a bucket and got my first bucket of water, yay!  I then proceeded to try and turn the lava into obsidian.  I got a bucket of lava instead.  Wanting to empty it, I ended up killing myself.  Dx

His poor items...

first (and last) bucket of lava  >.>

After all that short (but fun) mini adventure, Habible had to log off, so we all went back to our "secret base" and me and Spec decorated it and built a lovely waterfall pool with a sky view glass roof for our base's "bathroom", and I started building my room across from it.  Can't wait til we can all play together again!!  >w<  

...what on earth are you guys looking at?  o_O

~~~~MY ROOM  (more pics later!)~~~~

Two level sky/ocean view wall and roof.  And not any view of the ocean.
It's holding back the ocean.  

a waterfall... and a painting of a creeper looking through a window  o.o