What are you guys getting your moms for Mother's Day?


I dunno what to get mine, she doesn't need anything specific o.O; I went looking for something at Sephora and I found a nice kit from fresh scent but hm that was about it o.O; I might go look in one of those small craft type stores to see if I find anything cool.

Dude does anyone else find John King from CNN and his magic map hot? AHAHAHA, last night it took so long for the Indiana results to come in, that to fill air time they just showed him playing around with it. I was like wtf is he doing? Practicing? That map is pretty cool though.
Creepy McCain is on The Daily Show LOL, I guess he's really trying to reach those young voters. LOLLOLLOL Jon Stewart is making fun of John King's obsessive mapping *dying*

Ohhhh those BT and LS dvds I ordered a million years ago finally arrived lol. I get to pick them up this weekend yey!

The weather is heating up, and that means we get to see more parts of people that we ordinarily wouldn't. We get to witness people baring their imperfections without shame. But why do girls insist on wearing UGGS when its 75 degrees outside? Do you need your sweaty feet to be even more warm? I mean WTF? You always see those little White girls in the mall doing this but the trend has transcended race in the City D: Maybe they wear them b/c they haven't gotten a chance to get a pedi, which leads me to another odd sight, the horrible calloused and dry feet being paraded around in this season's gladiator sandals. We're all strapped for cash b/c of the economy but there's no reason you can't give yourself a pedicure at home! You can buy a pumice stone at CVS for like $2 and some foot cream and you're good to go! Just latter it on every night and pumice your feet in the shower and you'll be set all summer and save some money!
And ladies...if you have some cellulite and god knows all of us have some imperfection or another on our body that we aren't proud off, just wear some capri-pants instead of those short shorts! But I kind of admire the don't give a fuck attitude or maybe it's denial.

What other fashion crimes do you guys notice when the weather starts to get warmer?

ALSO the government stimulus checks are coming as early as Monday if you selected to have them directly deposited in your account. Thank god because I paid off my high interest credit card and I don't have any spare cash to spend b/c rent is due soon and I have other bills to pay too ughhh DDD:

I went to vote earlier today around 1 pm, it was actually pretty uneventful :/ There was no line or anything hahaa, I missed the morning rush so I assume there will be more people voting once the work day ends. The voting place was actually right across the street from me o.O; I can't believe Obama isn't gonna be here when the results are announced, he said he thinks she'll win but by a narrow margin D: This just mean this primary shit will NEVER END ughhh, just pick someone so we can all focus on attacking creepy McCain. I was reading this funny story about how one time he got mad and called his wife a cunt in front of reporters. He has a well documented temper problem 8D



CNN Express Bus! They're set up right outside the Philadelphia Art Museum, if you've been watching CNN I'm sure you've seen many a broadcast with this backdrop. The tallest building in the skyline is the uglyass Comcast building, it was completed recently and basically looks like a USB stick D: LOL



They left their equipment there alone out in the open! LOL there was no one watching it. I bet they have really good insurance so they don't care if someone jacks one of their lights or something hahahaaa.

I've been following the Texas Polygamist story, have you guys seen those creepy interviews with the women? OMG honestly when I saw them on Larry King I was like...are they mentally damaged? I mean I guess technically they are because of the years of systematic abuse and inbreeding, plus they don't sound very articulate or educated. Everything they said was emotionless and sounded rehearsed. A lot of people have pointed out how they don't know how to deal with or answer questions they haven't been coached for. Also people pointed out how they only seemed concerned for the welfare of their female children, since the boys are used for forced child labor then sent off the compound just like Bill on Big Love XD Or the male children are breed to continue the cycle of abuse.
At first when the story broke I felt kind of bad that these kids were being separated from their mothers but if the mothers are engaging in the abuse and sending their kids off to be married to these older men then the children are better off elsewhere in a safe environment. I still want to know where all the men of the compound are o.O; Also to me these mothers aren't displaying real emotion for the loss of their children, they wipe invisible tears >.>

Nehuu I'm making homemade peach iced-tea :9 Earlier I made some catfish and corn yum XD

I was bored last night and tuned in to watch The Tyra Show, this episode was about teens having sex ON school premises. There was this one girl who had sex with 6 guys when she was only 13 years old! And this other male kid who received oral sex in the bathroom, his poor mother was on stage with him. Then this other lesbian girl was talking about how she felt up her girlfriend IN class while a teacher was present.

I was just like OMG wtf, what is wrong with these children? Do they have no sense of decency, morality, personal boundaries and self respect? Ugh society is so sickening sometimes I swear. I mean we all have thoughts and curiosities in our teen years but there's a difference b/t just thinking it and acting it out in a public arena. I just can't even begin to understand why any of these people think its ok to degrade themselves like that. Why the hell do you wanna be fucking anyone when you're 13? You're still a damn child! D:

Anyway I had the saddest BT dream ever! Ahaha the_plate and I went to Buck Tick's first ever U.S. gig and we were like one of the few fans there, the rest of the people were random concert goers. When we arrived at the show we ended up all the way in the back and we couldn't see anything! But then they started to play a really upbeat song that we both liked so we ran to the front of the stage and got right up to the front row. I was like 'wtf why didnt we try to get in the front earlier? it was so easy!' Then Atsushi came down into the crowd! And started having a conversation with us wtf hahaa, then some crazy fan tried to take off his belt! AHAHAHAHA. Then slowly the band members on the stage started to leave, Imai was mad and he said 'Shut the freak up!' to the audience and started to play Cat-scratch Fever hahaah. Then he left and it was only Atsushi on stage singing to pre-recorded music and he was all teary-eyed and I was like, 'Omg I'm so sorry this live sucks! I swear you have a lot of fans in America and I don't why they didn't come!'

LOL so depressing :/

I downloaded Janet Jackson's Veltet Rope album last night and I'm loving it! I remember watching the live show for the tour of this album and everything was amazing, the dancing, costumes, visuals everything. I wanna see if I can find it for rent o.O;

...I need to go grocery shopping now XD

Continuing on the saga that is My Loud-ass Neighbor! On Saturday night my b/f and I went to have dinner at this horrible place called the Mexican Post, so our waiter comes up to take our order and I hear 'that voice'. Loud-Ass Neighbor has this very distinctive bass-hard-gruff voice and I was like 'omg I think our waiter is my neighbor!' HAHAHA. Nehuu I've seen him vaguely before and I think it was definitely him, plus his voice is so deep and uncommon it further convinced me. I wonder if he met his ex at the Mexican Post lol!!! Nehuu the food tasted like it came out of a can ughh lame. But the tequila/mango thing I had was awesome LOL!

On Friday night I went out to have dinner in Chinatown with my b/f and his friends and their g/fs. His friends both date Asian women, so we were walking by this group of people and one Asian guy was like 'This is what's wrong right here!' And I was like o.O; WTF? In Philadelphia its really common to see Caucasian males dating Asian women, but you hardly ever see white women with Asian guys. So anyway...it was weird and awkward. One time me and my b/f were walking down the street and we passed this group of black guys and one of the guys was like 'Don't hold his hand, hold mine' and I was like WTF? Comments like that are so lame and disgusting you know? Its like oh you look like you fit into a certain race due to your skin color so you belong with a man of the same color or some bullshit like that, same deal with the Asian guy objecting to my b/f's friends dating Asian girls. Its like you don't even know us girls and why we choose to date outside our race so just STFU and back the hell off its none of your business anyway. -.-;

Nehuu I think the China Olympics are gonna be a bust...they keep saying how its not about politics but about athleticism or whatever, but basic human rights are being violated and innocent people are being killed, how can they be ignored so that some sporting event can go on? Its kind of sick idk :/ I'm usually really excited about the Olympics but this whole thing is just a bit scary how all these organizations supporting it can neglect what the Chinese government is doing. Also those hosts on CNN during the day are fucking retarded! They did a piece on the protests in San Francisco against the Olympics and afterwards the CNN host was like going goo-goo over the Olympic torch, I mean WTF? You've just done reporting on people protesting injustice going on in the world and focus the story on some piece of plastic that carries a flame? UGHH, its like what those people stand for doesn't even matter.

There's a big story about 200+ women and children removed from a polygamy compound in Texas. Personally I think the whole thing is fucking disgusting and an excuse for child abuse and pedophilia masked by religion. I saw this thing on tv called Secret Lives of Women: Polygamists. And this one lady was like 'I don't wanna take care of a man all by myself that seems like hard work, so I want other sister wives.' And I was like WTF? Marriage isn't about TAKING CARE of a man, its a partnership, she was so fucking brainwashed it was ridiculous. This other lady was forced to marry her step-dad and have sex with him, its so fucking sick and incestuous the whole thing. This other story on the show was about twin sisters married to the same guy, omg wtf? One 17 yo girl left and she said that the kids are so brainwashed and uneducated they know nothing about the outside world or even who the current President is @.@; And plus they get assigned to their husbands and they don't know who they're gonna marry until like hours before the ceremony, often times they're married off to severely older men since most of the young men are driven off the compound so that they won't be competition for these old fucking pedophiles. And then they mentioned something about the sex and how the women aren't allowed pleasure because if they're enjoying it, its being done wrong. Ugh the whole thing is so fucking sexist and sick D:

On a lighter note, Battlestar Galactica is back! Omg it was so awesome, I loled at Gaius' weird harem hahahaa. Then I screamed NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! at the tv when the episode ended, such a cruel cliffhanger D:

L.A.M.B Fragrances

Five separate LAMB fragrances are going to be released in these adorable bottles.
The scents will each be available in two sizes: $45 for 30 ml. and $25 for 10 ml.

Love, a sensuous floral concocted by Yves Cassar and Pascal Gaurin of International Flavors & Fragrances, has top notes of sparkling bergamot, pink pomelo, peach and bamboo leaf mist; a heart of watery peony, living hydroponic lace rose, jasmine sambac, nectarine blossom, creamy paperwhites and Egyptian jasmine, and a drydown of petally ylang, creamy vanilla orchid, sensual musk and blond wood.

Lil' Angel, a fruity floral by Givaudan's Christophe Raynaud, has top notes of raspberry, cranberry, blackberry and pineapple; a heart of pear blossom, candied violet and sugared rose, and a drydown of lollipop accord, hinoki wood and crystal amber.

Music, a delicate floral by Honorine Blanc of Firmenich, has top notes of clementine and sparkling pear; a heart of jasmine sambac, sweet pea and honeysuckle, and a drydown of vanilla, skin musk and sleek woods.

Baby, a powdery musk by Firmenich's Harry Fremont, has top notes of freesia, bergamot and white rose; a heart of orange flower, tiare flower and jasmine petals, and a drydown of white musk, soft woods, heliotrope, vanilla and violet.

G, a modern gourmand by Steve DeMarcado of Fragrance Resources, has top notes of crisp mandarin, fresh coconut and apple skin; a heart of jasmine sambac, soft freesia and magnolia vapor, and a drydown of coconut cream, white sandalwood and cottonwoods.

Hm I think I like Music and Love's fragrance the best. I like the price too, cheap enough to pick up more than one. My fav fragrances at the moment are Miss Dior Cherie and Narciso Rodriguez for Her

CNN just did a mini-story where they went out and asked average New Yorkers what religion they think Obama is. Most people said Muslim, and then I yelled at the screen b/c they're retarded D: I mean have they NOT been watching the news and know about this whole scandal Obama's PASTOR has going on for some comments he made on a sermon recently? D: Also even if he was Muslim so what? Being a Muslim does not == anti-american or that he's not patriotic enough. And people need to stop being so fucking self righteous because its not like Christian's never did ANYTHING bad in the name of their religion >.>;

Nehuu Obama and Hilary are in Philly! I wonder if they're gonna make them eat nasty cheesesteaks LOL ew. I registered to vote the other day ^^ Its my first big thing to do as a citizen, I became an American citizen last summer, although now I kinda fear traveling abroad cuz everyone hates us hahaaha.



These posters are up in every barbershop on South street XD

I'm bored and browsing the egl, i must say i think the girls who wear this stuff now and invest a lot of time and money into it look really good for the most part. i remember when people would post their photoshoots a few years ago they'd look pretty bad/half assed. but looking at people's shoots is fun, they all look cute for the most part and go the extra mile of doing their hair and makeup D: which is what lot of people never did a few years ago, i mean its great your outfit is exact but its the little details that really pull everything together.

This set of photos were taken by some professional photographers and they look so amazing! it looks like some great high end lolita catalog. i like the sense of fun they all seem to be having and how comfortable and relaxed they are.
http://community.livejournal.com/egl/10951714.html

oh btw carnet_atelier those pinup artworks you posted are so great ^^


Jessica Alba in Dolce & Gabbana

In terms of fashion trends these days its nice to see it going back to more conservative looks, the conservative look for teens and young ladies was seen a lot on Gossip Girl which I loved! That show was great fashion eye candy. The whole belly baring, thong showing, low low rise jeans thing was totally horrible and I'm glad we're over that. Now we get high waisted pants! aka mom jeans lol, those don't look good on anyone I swear, unless you're some 6ft tall model but I like the loose fitting dresses that were all the rage during Fall/Winter.
I kind of hate browsing through magazines and seeing them forcasting the same fucking trends they did last year! Its like yes we know every Summer the nautical look comes back into fashion and Spring has lots of bright colors omg D: and not to mention animal prints are always returning D:


Naomi Watts in Dolce & Gabbana

I really liked um the art/painted trend, you see the famous Dolce & Gabbana dress [pictured above] on every fucking magazine cover! I loved that dress until every actress wore it on mags released in the last 2 months D:
I hate how that art/painted trend hasn't trickled down to anything for the low-end consumer lol. I thought high fashion was supposed to trickle down D: lol


In totally unrelated news, THE STRIPPER GOT VOTED OFF AI!!! lmaolmao. why is the results show ONE hour? omfg D: that shit should last like half an hour and why would America wanna hear the bottom 3 sing again? it was painful enough the first time around that's why they're in the BOTTOM D:
Oh Top Chef returned, omg Anthony Bourdain was a judge, I have a huge older man crush on him hee ♥

I have this annoying neighbor, he's a dude with a dog and he can't ever shut the fuck up! i live on the first floor, my windows look out onto the street and my front door is less than 2 feet away from the building's entrance. so i can hear whatever people are yapping about when they enter the building, this guy is ALWAYS on his damn cellphone when he's entering or leaving building, i'm like wtf does this bitch have to talk about so much? like ALL the damn time! After he gets home he walks his dog which sounds like a demon on a leash, every time he brings the dog down the hallway he's like "i'm gonna get you! i'm gonna get you!" omg wtf? lmao does he not realize other's can hear his ramblings?

anyway i'm tired of the media dwelling on this fucking Elliot Spitzer story! isn't there a war they should be reporting on rather some politician who's a hypocrite and fucked a prostitute? like omg ground breaking revelation you guys~ another idiot politician gets caught with his pants down. i thought it was kind of sick how his wife has to stand behind him and show "support" or whatever, i mean fuck that! he fucked over his family and she has to stand there by his side? wtf?

I also think the democrats are gonna fuck this shit up and mccain will end up in the white house thanks to that horrid debacle involving FLORIDA and Michigan and them breaking the rules and NOW they want their delegates to count so that Hilary won't get beat by Obama. The next big contest is in Pennsylvania and our governor supports Hilary, idk I think she might win this state but her whole campaign just seems so desperate at this point ugh. And ew does Mitt Romney wanna be VP? GTFO D: that guy is the douchest thing on earth D:

LOL who is watching American Idol? I think its really interesting this year because the contestants show some actual talent and aren't just hollow bodies ripe for pop star molding, like that horridly vapid Jordin Sparks that won last year. My favs are Jason Castro, I actually mostly like him cuz my b/f had dreads when he was young and has green eyes like Jason so I imagine he would have looked like him lol. CUTIE! Omg he makes me melty lololol.
I also like David Cook in all his receding hairline glory! LMAO embrace the recession bb! haahaha. His rendition of that horrible creepy Lionel Richie song, 'Hello' was fucking fantastic the other week.
That hippie girl Brooke White is growing on me, its rare to see someone so genuinely nice and humble o.O;
I like how this year there aren't just pop singers, there are a lot of genres and interesting things going on and they get to rearrange the songs instead of singing straight kareoke like in seasons past.

I haven't gotten to watch the hot tranny mess that is America's Next Top Model so far, but I do catch the hilarious recaps on FourFour. But now that AI is back to just being on two nights and moved to a different time slot on wednesdays I can watch it. Although the contestants on ANTM confuse me because none of them ever seen to know anything about fashion, you don't need to buy expensive outfits to be in the know, all you need to do is go a bookstore and browse some magazines D: But all these girls are just...HOT TRANNY MESSES!

lol what is going on at the buck_tick community? inappropriate fangirl posting? i remember when that comm was all low-key cuz BT were too old for most jrock fans, good ol' days lol. i must say the decline is kind of sad you know? of course everyone wants to fangirl about atsushi and what not, but that's why we all have personal blogs. i used to post a lot of inappropriate commentary/gifs/pics but i did that on here because that community was very professional and info based, but the new crop of members are fucking it up! aha just kidding but honestly...>.>;

Anyway I got my copies of Purple Sky magazine and I have to say it looks fabulous! I can't believe how much a change happened in just the last two issues compared to how it looked before. I think if we had to means to continue making the magazine each issue would gone up to a design level where it would look completely professional and still have its own defined identity. I really enjoyed seeing the growth we had design wise in these two issues I worked on, because the magazine was achieving its own individuality and great visual aesthetic. This issue feels really thin too compared to the summer issue at least. Honestly I can say this issue of the magazine looks a lot better than some of the mags you see on shelves, I mean why are 99% of tattoo magazines so fucking UGLY? the only good one I've seen is Inked magazine, although why their minimalist design scheme doesn't fall onto their website design is beyond me.

I think any future English jrock mag can learn a lot of from the approach Purple Sky took, it is really hard to get into this fandom (and getting people to pay for it due to laissez-fare attitudes that came about due to easy accessibility of the internet, but this is an issue all magazines across the board face), and wanting to continue to participate in it. I think gets harder with each new passing year because, BUT there are people out there working on some exciting new projects so this coming year should be interesting.

Also there's an English version of Gothic & Lolita Bible out, I need to see if I can check it out. It would be cool if they could have English versions of popular Japanese rock mags too :x

Nehuu I shall try and update more but I hardly do because I only really think to post about my own art work, design projects, or tv shows ahha and most people who read this blog before were into it for jrock related things :x

Hey! Thanks to everyone for the warm birthday wishes ^^

Yesterday I was reading tigerpal's journal and she posted something about the LOL!tastic Edison Chen photo sex scandal! Oh my! Hahahaa, he took like over 1000 pics of all the girls he's slept with and had them on his computer. His computer was having problems so he sent it in for repair and then of course the computer people came across the naughty, explicit files and they got copied and someone posted them online in all their uncensored glory! ha! There's one of his peen lol. Why do celebs do stupid stuff like that? Its just bound to get out some way or another, its practically inevitable. If you google for them you can find the pics, I think he shoulda taken some photography classes, they all have bad angles and lighting haha.

Currently I'm working on two art projects! One for my 'girls' series that I got going (Koi Girl, Machine Grrl) and a business card/logo design for myself. I uploaded my work to this site:

http://www.coroflot.com/bakrsa

You can see some of illustration I did for a series of flash banners I had to do for my day job and of course my illustrations I did in my free time, and some of the Purple Sky layouts.
I'm finishing up the layouts for the Winter issue, which is going to be the last one for the magazine, the style I did this time is very different from the last issue. Last time I did a lot of typographic centered work, but this time its more illustration based. You can see one of the designs I did for the upcoming issue on the site, but I don't know if I'm going to use that particular version since the concept wasn't appealing to the art director, so since its a reject version I put it on there.
I'm going to take some of the concepts from the art work in there and use it for another art project I have planned, I need to get on it soon since there is a deadline for submission, but now that I have a concrete idea it'll be easier to do.

This year my plan is to get my work more exposure and submit my designs to contests and publications.