For those of you on my f-list who have joined the We Will Read and Discuss Fifty Shades of Gray book club (shadowravyn and ladyscience et al?), I offer this: A gif-accompanied summary of each Twilight book that inspired your ever-so-titillating-name-replaced-twitripe new literary adventure.

The Secrets of the Sparkle: How the Whole Book is a Crappy Sparkle Peen ( Read more... )

This is the Kickstarter page for Annie and the Beekeepers, a group that elenuial and I really love ( Read more... )

Words cannot describe the New Year's I just had. But ima try.

So I made us a huge New Year's dinner of okinawasoba and tempura and we watched Fright Night until 10:30, then switched on NHK to watch a Japanese celebrity impersonator competition which included a male Lady Gaga and a Simon and Garfunkel manzai duo. Hilarity. Japanese TV is awesome. ( Read more... )

Facebook: reminding me why I love my mother.


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Metal covers of classic Studio Ghibli themes.

Yes. Crazy guitar, screaming vocal My Neighbor Totoro is spectacular.

EDIT: I bought it. Yeah, that's right. I have the whole album now. WHOLE ALBUM OF FANTASTIC.

Seriously. Sugar.

So, those of you who saw my post about switching to an epilator know how obsessive I am about body hair. Even in the winter ( Read more... )

For the first time in a long time, I made a mix ( Read more... )

So, whenever I go out to Surya, they have a flatscreen that constantly plays Bollywood music videos in the main dining room. Most (at least 95%) of them are ridiculous, usually involving dance clubs and some pretty amazing costumes, but once in a while, one will catch my eye.

( Mayya Mayya is one of these rare finds. )

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I love this comic.


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