Evil owl

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APMheQP3pgU

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I'm like the human version of a pig. But instead, I sniff out the other kind of truffle.

Things.....my interests are expanding :O

http://www.victorianmaiden.com/main.html









This gave me an idea for a  friendship bracelet that you cannot take off. This ribbon is cute, but it would be better to personalise to the friends common interests. I don't know, like beads or something. Kind of like a pretty gang tattoo for girls. Though, first you have to have close friends... o.O 




I made milk chocolate truffles t'other day.
Before I could coat the mixture in a layer of chocolate I had to cut off the fat that seemed to have separated from the rest...I thought this was odd, but was glad, as it meant that I did not have to eat it unknowingly. Yes, I expect that there was still a great amount of fat within the final truffle, but I did not have to see it. eww.
They were not round, but instead were somewhat spikey. This in no way affected the taste. Sickly sweet and better than what I expected. 



This was a practise attempt, as for a valentines present (as officially we are not getting each other presents, I thought this would not count as it is coming out of our joint shopping money) I will use one of green and black's flavours. Probably maya gold for the truffle and dark chocolate for the coating. He does appreciate sickly sweet things, the way I do, nevertheless, I am sure if he does not like them, I would gladly help devour them! :D

Choux à la crème

Sakiko. She is an illustrator. 
That is all I can find out about her. 
Google is not giving me anything else to work with. 
At least there is her website. http://sakizo.jp/illust.html
All of her work is exquisite. It is charming. It's...so elegant.
She has a few books that you can purchase based on a variety of themes.
All wonderful.
The only place I can find some of these is on ebay.

Dolly Kei Watch =O

This is just too lovely.

       It is like a corsage watch!

It comes in either green/butterfly or black/rose

<3

And her whole outfit is amazing!!!!!!

You can get it from the Grimoire website, where they have lots of other beautiful items.

http://www.grimoire-onlineshop.com/

くやしいです, just drifting by,.......... わたしは 優しいです。

Past pictures I like.
=D

Summers ago...
when I had different cares...
Should not try to re-create this same feeling...

わたしはかわいいトロールになりたい

Oh gosh, I've only just realised what I've grown into.
A monster of a troll.
Not even one of the cool trolls, with the multi-coloured crazy hair. Oh no, I think the best way to describe it as  scary swamp/cave troll.

Exhibit a. Cool Troll 

Exhibit b. Me

I'm afraid their is no known cure for this condition. But any donations that the HelpSaveAnUglyTroll Foundation receive will go towards funds for plastic surgery for these poor creatures. I am on the waiting list. It is up to you to make a difference...

Update on my life....

It is boring. My life. Seriously. I want to be back at Uni. I want to feel petrified, standing up teaching. My days consist of house work/ the occasional 'semi-jog' on the running machine/ baking/ and watching cartoons.
I have just got into Black Butler and absolutely love the costumes, and the humorous twist on Victorian society.

http://www.animepalm.com/images/black-butler-english-dubbed.png

It glamorises Jack the Ripper that's how good it is! It makes me wish that I was alive then. I would even go as far as saying that western people could even get away with cosplaying it.

Moving on.

Another one, that actually has only just started is Gosick. Again it is set in Europe, a made-up country in Europe in 1924. The main female character is called Victorique. VICTORIQUE! If I did the same to my name it would be Elizabique which would sound like /ɪˈlɪzəbiːk/or (ee-liz-uh-beak) which is not as pleasant sounding. ;sigh;

You should watch it. It has suspense. A possible romance. Mystery. Children solving crimes. What else do you need? I'm not being sarcastic. Watch it. = =

Okay, now I'm done being a bully.

I made scones. And surprisingly they were nice. :)

Actually they were delicious. This was the first time (dessert-wise) that I liked something I made on its first attempt. So, I had them with afternoon tea. Rose Tea. In my fancy old fashioned cup. Vintage cup. (I am fooling myself it is second hand which means that a stranger drank from it [but then again isn't this what happens in restaurants? Sharing cutlery and such with stranger]). Anyway, it was lovely. All that was missing was the attire. I don't really think my over-sized trackies matched...... neither did Yin's complaining about the fattiness of the clotted cream. I still enjoyed them.

I really shouldn't complain about my taxing life. In some ways its insulting.

Now a summary of new likes I discovered since being back in London. Random :D

I like this shop

http://www.artbox.co.uk/index.php

A music video where the lyrics don't completely make sense, but predictably I love the theme. If I was a music artist I would like to be this kind of unusual. But with a hint of Kanon Wakeshima.

And here is wear I post a picture that I like

*insert*

http://img10.hostingpics.net/pics/662179shizukat_nuts1110.png

Onions and Cars!!

This onion is used to store cut up pieces of onion, garlic and ginger! I stuck the googly eyes on :)

We used to use an old mushroom carton which would just sit on the top....but this little fellow is adorable!!!! ^.^

This is Yin's new car. It's grey. It's a Honda. It has sleek black wheels. It is a petrol car. And that's all I can really say about it!! :3

sofa :D

This is the sofa Yin and I have ordered which will be arriving in 5 weeks!!!

:)

cookiessssssss ! nom nom nom

This is my attempt at the cookie monster muffins! :P

I used a cheesecake muffin recipe so they didn't rise into dome shapes so I had to put a thicker layer of icing on top, but it still tasted really nice even though the tops kept slipping off!!!!!

Bonnie jumped into the car before we set off!!

Today Yin and I cycled to Liverpool Street station to see how long it would take me to get there during the week. It'll take about 20 / 25 minutes without rushing!

Roses!!!

So I made rose flavoured cupcakes the other day. They are heart shaped and yummy and not too strong! I think I prefer these to the green tea ad earl grey ones I made as they were too weak, but I think I left these to soak for the right amount of time! :) I was a little disheartened when Billy said they just tasted like ordinary cupcakes though.....

By coincidence whilst food shopping with mum I came across this tea!! It is only for a limited time only so either I'm going to have to savour it, or stock up!

I want to have a go at making this muffin!! it looks so darn cute! :D I think I would have to use ordinary icing and just put blue colouring in it!

Oh and I found this on msn's new species list. I think it's quite cute for an octopus!!

Barrington Court and Montacute House

Vicki and I went to two national trust houses in the same day, which is a bit over enthusiastic but was not in any way a stressful mission. It was a lovely day. We made a picnic and took the country route and saw some lovely old houses!

I think dad would be able to appreciate this massive fungus! Oo hahahaha!

These dolls are amazing! :)

http://multi.main.jp/aki/index.html

By amazing I mean quite scary but pretty at the same time? If that makes sense!!

Anyway I liked how I did my hair today so I thought I would share. :)

Please ignore how orange my face is, my skin has not been great lately so I have had to cake it on. :(

I like being able to experiment now that I have longer hair. I have also decided not to dye it again, not even to my roots colour...I'll just have to look tacky until it grows out, as I don't want to keep damaging it.

Also, here is a super cute picture of Joshy and Ollie that I took when we went suit shopping for Billy in Exeter last weekend.

Family pictures that I like :)

Billy didn't realise that the writing on the door said ' Je suis Gay ' instead he thought it said ' Jesus Gay ' so we made him point to it and laughed at him for it!!

Tyntesfield House and Gardens

On Saturday the 28th of August I went to Tyntesfield House with my sister and mum for my birthday thingy!

These were the servant bells for each of the rooms!!

The garden was so big and well kept with this big walk way of trees!!

Here is my sister on the grand staircase posing next to a painting. She kept moving when I was trying to take the picture so it is a bit blurred!!

These fleur-de-lys were tiled on a fireplace.

The exterior was covered with scaffolding as they were renovating the building. It would be nice to go back and see it when it has finished!!

For my lunch I had a dandelion and burdock drink with a Stilton and cider apples sandwich!