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[ghostdrive]

I'm completely fail at updating this journal more than a couple of times a month even though I'm always checking my flist, ugh. I end up doing big compilation posts like the following. So let's get a couple of things out of the way:

1. I'm now 27! Birthday was at the end of last month. Many thanks for all the birthday messages I received from you guys on tumblr and twitter! ♥

2. Speaking of tumblr and twitter: ghostdrive@tumblr and ghostdrive@twitter. I post frequently at those two places every single day since those sites seem more appropriate for my spamming of kpop/fashion/etc. I'd feel so completely annoying updating frequently with the same content here on lj (if that makes sense). So follow me if you'd like to keep up with me! And uh, if my constant chattering at those places gets annoying feel free to remove me, I won't take offense! I feel the need to warn people of this lol. I know not everyone shares my interests.

3. Pic-spam of images from tumblr:

What I Wore Today posts

WIWT, November 16th

Shirt: Target
Cardigan: Forever 21
Skirt: Forever 21
Tights: Target
Shoes: Vans via ebay
(original tumblr post)

WIWT, November 6th

Long sleeve shirt: LOFT
Cardigan: Forever 21
Jeggings: PacSun
Boots: Target
(original tumblr post)

WIWT, November 18th

Hooded cardigan: American Eagle Outfitter's
Bird print dress: PacSun
Tights: Target
Shoes: Vans via ebay
(original tumblr post)

WIWT, December 1st

Button up shirt: Target
Skirt: Forever 21
Belt: American Eagle Oufitter's
Tights: Target
Shoes: Vans via ebay
Satchel: Poketo
(original tumblr post)

I can't seem to stop wearing those Vans. So comfortable!

Nail Polish swatches

Butter London's Tea With The Queen (original post on tumblr)



Butter London's Henley Regatta (top) and Marrow (bottom) (original post on tumblr + more pics)



Butter London's Bluey (top) and Big Smoke (bottom) (original post on tumblr + more pics)



Butter London's Knees Up (top) and Wallis (bottom) (original post on tumblr + more pics)


Links.

× How to make your own soy milk.

× Info from Lifehacker on where/how to get free e-books for your e-reader.

× Chalk street-art of LEGOs based on the Terra Cotta Warriors and Horses.

× Chromatic typewriter is typewriter modded with colorpads that allows you to make paintings with it. So cool!

× 10 stubborn food myths that won't die, debunked by science0.

× 10 things you probably didn't know about dreams.

× Jezebel can be a pretty shitty site (No body-snarking! Oh wait here's a Crystal Renn post, LET'S COMPLAIN ABOUT HER NOT BEING PLUS-SIZE ANYMORE. GEE WHAT'S UP WITH THOSE SAGGY TITS ON LILO. Let's not getting into some of the other problems), but! It is good for posts bonding over gross, hilarious parts of life. Like: Strange ways you've injured yourself! Bad sex stories! Horrifying menstruation stories! Even more menstruation stories! I eat this shit up because nothing makes me love the world more than knowing that I'm not alone in the gross stuff of everyday life.

× Woman creates amazing Joan of Arc-inspired armor out of bike tire tubes. It looks incredible

× Thailand floods bring out creative ways for locals to get around/go through everyday life in a more normal way. "Flood hacks", as gizmodo puts it. The homemade jetski? WOW.

× New metal is so light it can balance on the top of a dandelion fluff!

× Peacock sculptures created from beauty supply products. So beautiful!

× Papercraft of Amaterasu from Okami is really amazing. Check out this pic for details on the piece.

× UC Davis pepper spray cop is now a meme. There's even a tumblr dedicated to it. This sounds stupid, but a few of the images are surprisingly deep, like the one Statue of Liberty and Guernica ones.

× Video: Octopus heaves itself onto land and walks around. SCREAMING. Uh, I for one welcome our cephalopod overlords.

× Animated GIF exhibit had this wall-mounted GIF player created from a wooden box.

× Tips on how to make waking up easier. Tips that make you want to actually get out of bed instead of sleeping in more.

× Another papercraft link, this time of paper birds. They look really cool.

× This post on Kotaku made me aware of the horror game Corpse Party. I've been playing it this past week and its a fun game. Description from GameFAQs to perhaps interest one of you into checking out the Kotaku post on it:

Corpse Party is an adventure game that uses hand-drawn 2D sprite and tile art to tell the story of a group of Kisaragi Academy High School students who are trapped in a haunted elementary school filled with the decaying corpses and tormented souls of countless children who’d mysteriously vanished from the Japanese countryside years, months or sometimes only days prior. Desperately trying to escape and survive, players will experience unnatural, unnerving and decidedly uncensored horrors through the eyes and ears -- of these frightened teenaged victims. Detailed 2D sprite animations and art stills show the bloody and unsettling fates that await those who enter, and full Japanese-language voice-acting combines with 3D audio support to create a simulated surround sound experience when playing with headphones, offering players a delightfully uncomfortable level of immersion.

× 10 bodily functions that continue after death. Morbidly fascinating. I'd also like to rec a book similar to this: Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach.

× Poster designs from the International Year of Chemistry 2011. I love the Graphene one.

× Poster online shop recs: Ork Posters and alicexz @ society6

× Video: Tiny printer creates receipt sized newspapers.

× ngl, this cubicle design is pretty interesting. Its like your own little world-cubicle!

× Meat buns of the Slimes from Dragon Quest are kinda cute. But also kinda gross looking.

Comments

[hebinekohime]

Awesome. I'll be passing on the flood hacks, food myths and dreams posts.

[ghostdrive]

Glad you enjoyed those links! The flood hacks were really interesting weren't they? The bridge of shopping carts and pallets was impressive.