For starters, I want to once again thank everyone who offered prayers and support during the period leading into Thanksgiving when my beautiful grandmother passed away. I really and truly do appreciate the warm thoughts and condolences offered by my online friends.

( Details of my trip back to the land of cold beneath the cut. )

So, it's the day of the fools, one of my least favorite "holidays" of the year. DeviantArt always does something utterly retarded "special" for the day, as does near about every site on the internet. Some people also pull real life pranks as well, and more than a couple in my office do ( Read more... )

Lets see how many bad April Fool's pranks commence online today....

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Happy Ides of March! Stay safe and avoid groups of guys carrying knives and/or sharp sticks.

First off: Happy Valentine's Day for you folks who celebrate it and/or are in a good relationship. Also, Happy Single's Awareness Day for you folks who don't celebrate Valentine's and/or aren't in a relationship at the moment ♥

Secondly, I wanna show off what I bought myself for my birthday this past Friday:

Julia handbag in Slate Blooms from ( Read more... )

It's that time again, folks. Somehow I managed to skip out on the 2009 y-i-r post, but I'm making a point to remember it this time!

Go to your Calendar and find the first entry for each month of 2010. Post the first line of it in your journal, and that's your "Year In Review".

Sweet and simple, ain't it?

( Katsuko's 2010 Year in Review )

Or, really, be back sometime Saturday sometime. In about twenty apollymi and I will be heading home to do some last-minute packing before hitting the road for Georgia and Thanksgiving. There's also a surprise birthday party for the yami's mum on Friday (her actual b-day is Turkey Day this year, so...) so we'll be staying through until Saturday afternoon ( Read more... )

So, Saturday is the first day of May. This means two things ( Read more... )

Happy New Year!

Also: I fail at defeating writer's block. I'm sure I'll get all the gift fics done eventually, but my apologies to everyone who's still awaiting a drabble from me :-(

Here's hoping the fireworks going off in my neighbourhood end soon, I have a traumatized half-feral three-year-old kitten currently hiding under the beds. And yes, I ( Read more... )

Happy Solstice!

Sorry, but I love the first day of winter/Winter Solstice sooooo much! I don't know why, but I get all stupid-giddy about it :3

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