Lost · in · the · Nebulas

♥ Contestants had to perform anime/nerd inspired physical challenges (lightsaber battle with nerf bats, D&D inspired foam dungeons, etc…).
♥ Then came trivia questions about anime & manga, Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, and other nerdy things that reside in my subconscious.
♥ This was followed by arcade and video game battles versus other contestants, such as Street Fighter, Katamari, and Halo.
♥ They then had to go through a thrift store (which looked eerily like the Value Village in Lake City, but with all Japanese employees) with an unlimited budget to put together a cosplay outfit of the character of their choice in under one hour. This lead into a cosplay contest judged by an almost Iron Chef inspired panel of "industry experts".

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...why the hell I was hosting this, I don’t know, but at least I’m skinny in my dreams still, lol! Residual self image FTW! I think I've been watching too much Ninja Warrior, American Gladiators, and Iron Chef. Combine that with the about 15 new manga I've picked up recently...

And I would totally make that show if I won the lottery.

Current Mood:

amused

Has anyone ever gotten one?

I almost want to name him Narutard, but that's too mean.

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I'm excited!

Current Mood:

Sick, but kinda happy

Sorry about the long absence, things started getting busy and LJ is the first thing to fall.

So! An update on what I’ve been up to.

- I went to see Sonny Landreth at the Triple Door with my father. He is a surprisingly amazing (although understated) guitarist. The chicken at the Triple Door was to die for too. Got a Sonny t-shirt and CD autographed, which made me happy. He’s very bluesy, and his music doesn’t really come across well on CD, in my humble opinion. You really have to be there and watch his hands to appreciate his artistry. So good though.

- Mother took me to Contemporary Classics at the Pacific Northwest Ballet, which is a set of four short scenes.
The first one took some warming up for me to enjoy, but the second one, Kiss, was heartbreaking. It is a dance on wires, two dancers embracing and pushing each other away in sweeping motions above the stage. I am not ashamed to say I wept.
Act three is Caught… If I ever get to relive the experience of watching that again… it was spectacular. It is a single dancer who executes a series of jumps in time with a strobe light to make it look like he is ~floating~. I cried at this one too, simply because it was so beautiful and breathtaking that I couldn’t fathom, at the time, the emotions it evoked. It represented every dream where I have flown, well, ever. My god.
In The Upper Room, the last act, was lovely, but it had a hard time comparing to Kiss and Caught.

- Todd’s parents came up for his birthday. That was very nice, I love his mother. We spent some time just driving around (we were pointedly NOT LOST) and visited Bellevue Square for the Lego Store. I gave Billy a Lego Dumbledore which just seems right.
I also saw a sign of the apocalypse. A young girl, maybe eleven or twelve years old, walking by with a Victoria’s Secret bag. I wanted to throw up.

- I have bought two new beta fish! I will update with pictures of them from home.

- Assassin’s Creed is hot. Mmmm. Sharp knifed, white cloaked, smoking hot assassin death from above. *fangirl*

I know there was something else I wanted to update on, but I’ve forgotten what it was. Eh, oh well, fodder for later.

Current Mood:

Ugh.