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spreading around the holiday spirit~ go and fulfill some wishes for the poor starving children! *goes back to doing requests* dum dee dum dummm

I'm so hopelessly addicted to this song for some reason xDDDD

Jeongmal dap dap daphae
gap gap gaphae
mak mak makhae~

Gahee <333333 How do you look younger at 30?!

They should have more activity as High-King. Although it feels like a Reina and Ai duet with Yuuka cameo-ing. With Saki and Maimi as rappers. orz. Lol.

And they sound like they're singing "Disney Love"...yay Engrish? XD

The lyrics, from what I could catch after multiple listens, fit the ending to my story. Heh, if Nanchatte Renai is the opening, it ends with Destiny Love. Hehe.


その言葉ほんとに信じていいのかな
ほんとなら うれしいわ　
ああ　涙があふれて止まらない
DisneyDestiny Love


I think my ear for this has gotten a wee bit better. Maybe. XD

Thanksgiving~ :0

xD I'm so going to gain like, twenty pounds...

In fact, I already gained like, ten xDDD Well, throughout these two weeks...

Buuuut I don't care xD Food is fooooooood <3

Plus I lose it all easily anyway '_'

Time for more foods

om nom nom

It is finally Thanksgiving break! YAY!!!
I've actually been feeling ok the past few days, despite the three tests I had in two days and all the shit I had to do. I don't want to dwell on it anymore...I do way too much of that in my life.
I got my test results for the SAT II in Japanese. 700 out of a possible 800. Pretty good score if I may say so myself. I'm thinking about taking it again next year though, just to see if I can bring it up lol.
I also had a math test yesterday that I'm actually a bit confident in. Though I'm hesitant to be optimistic because A) I'm AWFUL at math and B)I'm just not very good at taking tests.
Anyway...yeah, I'm feeling less emo and more...happy? lol
I REALLY want to catch up on fanfics, and be more active on jphip. But there's something stopping me, not exactly sure what though. Everytime I go to log in, something inside me tells me not to...same as when I try to start reading fics again.
Hmm...I'm confused.

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Send some lovin' thanks to your friends with our holiday vgifts!

Photos of the week

We're so delighted with the immense talent of our growing, global lj_photophile community that we've decided to introduce a poll. Each week, we'll choose a half-dozen photos (based on user comments and staff feedback) and ask you to select a photo of the week. The winning photo will be announced in the next newsletter. If possible, please limit photo size to 350x350 to ensure that images display properly on friends pages. We want to thank you again (and again!) for sharing your passion.

Check out this week's photo poll and more fantastic user content after the jump!

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Curtains

Thanks for joining us. To our American friends, have a fantastic Thanksgiving. To all of our international neighbors, we'll eat a little extra for you!

Hm, my conclusion after watching the gameplay walkthrough of Assassin's Creed II on youtube:

Italian is sexy. Now why didn't I think of learning the language before? （重点完全错误？ XD

*practices how to swear in Italian* :3

65redroses
Eva is a vibrant young woman with Cystic Fibrosis who survived a double lung transplant. Read about her difficult recovery and personal triumphs over pain, isolation, and fear. Back in school, Eva now works part-time in a children's center and enjoys running and cross-country skiing. A documentary on her story, entitled 65 Red Roses, won three awards at the Vancouver International Film Festival.

meet_other_moms
A warm and welcoming "Add me" community for moms of all ages and backgrounds from around the world. If you're a mom, just post a little about yourself and start connecting with other mothers based on similar hobbies, musical interests, book/TV/movie preferences, or taste in humor! A great way for busy moms to socialize online.

kitchenfaq
Want to share a fabulous home recipe for coconut bread? Suddenly run out of confectioner's sugar with company on the way and need to find out a quick in-house substitute? Searching for tips on what to charge for a custom-designed wedding cake? Whether you're a professional chef, an aspiring culinary wizard, or a happy home-baker, you'll get delicious guidance from fellow and sister foodies.

Ehhhhh, I found something while picking apart the storeroom.

Wow, you mean I was that uppity when I was a kid. Lmao!!!

なんか、懐かしいけど。

I think I'll keep that notebook just for that. Haha.

naturesbeauty
Always on the lookout for compelling images, we were delighted to discover this flourishing community of artists who share a love of nature. Honoring the subject with photographs, paintings, sketches, prose, poetry, and
other creative works, you'll be simultaneously riveted to your monitor and inspired to run helter skelter towards the nearest wooded dale.

Postcard winners!

We wish to extend our heartfelt gratitude for sending so much joy our way. Frank is still blushing with excitement over the love notes, proposals, propositions, and occasional intimate photos sent from his admirers around the world (China, Norway, Japan, and Poland just this week)! At his request, we blindfolded Justin, one of Frank's BFFs, spun him around in five dozen counterclockwise circles, and asked him to point to ten random postcards/envelopes pasted to the wall. After a brief trip to the bathroom, he chose the following lucky winners, to whom we will give a six-month paid account token (for paid, basic, and plus users) or, for our permanent account holders, a $15 voucher for the LiveJournal gift shop.

So, without further ado, the winners are:

1. seraphene
2. fotog
3. boykitten
4. seshat_6
5. anti_aol
6. lisalees
7. katrinkacat
8. mistyboston
9. _woody_lein
10. another_slender

Bugs, Tweaks, and Enhancements

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Give more with charitable vgifts

In honor of national adoption month, we're offering a charitable vgift (priced at $2.99) to support Love Without Boundaries, an organization that provides healthcare and adoption to orphans suffering from life-threatening diseases. LiveJournal will donate 100% of gross proceeds from the sale (we'll cover the cost of credit card transaction fees). To learn more about Love Without Boundaries, please visit lj_cares. You can purchase your Love Without Boundaries vgifts in the Virtual Gift shop. We'll keep you posted on how much we raise!

Photos of the week

We're delighted to showcase yet more incredible photos from some of our brilliant LiveJournal photographers around the world. Keep posting (and tagging). And be sure to show some love by commenting on the awesome view at lj_photophile.

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Curtains

Thanks, again, for joining us. See you next week!

Ah, it's a complicated feeling when an old, old friend adds you on Facebook.

This feeling of nostalgia...from a half-forgotten childhood...

It's complicated.

Especially when you remember that this is the same person that cried more than you did at your own mother's funeral.

Really, why did he have to appear like this again? I didn't want to think about all these things.

Now I'm in a strange mood again.

Went out to watch the Leonid Meteor Shower for a bit last night. There were so many conflicting times and instructions online. I just went out around 12:30 and stood in my backyard for about 45 minutes. Saw about 10 meteors whiz by. Some were pretty small, only blinked by, a couple were bigger. I saw 2 or 3 really nice ones, that shot from one side of the sky to the other, with long tails and were quite luminescent. Those were the ones that made me gasp a little. Made a couple of wish, because that's what you're supposed to do with shooting stars, right? Actually, I made one wish multiple times.

Haven't been doing much lately, not that I ever really do much. I'm going to go visit my dad for about a week close to Christmas. Haven't seen him since last August when he came out to visit and I haven't seen my step-mother since my high school graduation, I think. And I haven't been back east since, wow I can't even remember when. Maybe the Christmas break my Junior year of high school. So it'll be pretty cool to go hang out.

I've been getting really nauseous almost everyday lately. I think it has to do with stress over some stupid things in my life. Well, I consider them stupid and I hate stressing over them, but I can't help it. I keep telling myself not to worry about it, or not to think about it, or try to detach myself from caring so much about it, but I can't seem to. Everyone gives me different advice, it's like a smorgasbord of ideas. And I have no real idea on how to deal with it myself so I try to listen to everyone's advice and see how it sounds to me. I can't say that any one person is right or wrong, I'm pretty sure each situation is it's own and that no one advice can work all the time for everything. It's pretty interesting from a psychological and sociological standpoint. But otherwise, I hate this situation I'm in -- commie seems to love the excitement though.

Across the sky,
ten.

givesushope
It's that glorious time of year when we reunite with loved ones (we neglected all year), stuff our faces to excess, and pass out in front of the TV. Perhaps a recalibration of the thanksometer is in order. A spin-off of the popular GivesMeHope.com site, this community invites you to document moments of kindness, generosity, and pure human love.

veggieslackers
Despite its mainstream appeal, Thanksgiving is not for everyone. There are those struggling with food disorders, for whom this day causes endless conflict. There are the cash-challenged, who can't afford the gluttony we've grown to expect. There are the lonely, who don't have loved ones nearby. And let's not forget the vegetarians, who decry the animal cruelty. But there's one more group we often overlook: the terminally lazy! This community of lazy vegetarians offers easy recipes for an animal-friendly feast.

fashin
Just in time for holiday shopping season, this fashionista community brings you the world of haute couture in the form of sumptuous photos, video clips, and candid commentary. There's also a sugary sprinkle of mainstream movie discussions and debates on such pressing social issues as manicure styles and celebrity colonics. If you need a break from the daily grind to indulge your girlie side, this is twinkly pink on steroids.

I kinda want to disappear.

Idk why...I'm just feeling down about everything. Like nothing is going my way.

I want to be happy, honestly, and I'm trying my best to keep my spirits up. But it's getting too hard.