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Countdown to Re-Entry: Mistakes
For your (hopeful) entertainment, I've decided to do a few "Countdown to Re-Entry" lists, cataloguing the awesome and the difficult things about the process of moving back to London. Today's list: "Mistakes I Know I'm Going to Make in London".
10. Waltzing into M&S and kindly informing the cashier that it's okay, they don't have to bag my ( Read more... ) -
Our Band From Japan
One of the things about Chiang Mai that’s both frustrating and fun, compared to London, is its size. On the one hand, there’s not much going on most weeks; on the other hand, the need for entertainment (and the fact that everything is so much closer together) means that it’s easy to be lured out to things I might not have thought of attending ( Read more... ) -
Anniversary Post
Yup, I have my own motorcycle. (I mean, it’s on loan from VSO, but still.) It is red. I am in love. I’m going to name it.
- She’s been with me through floods and thunderstorms and shittastic Thai drivers, dog attacks, drives up mountains, navigating past elephants, and road trips with passengers, including the time I did the last twelve miles ( Read more... ) -
Androids in Disguise
Okay, I've run across quite a few Transformers knockoffs in Thailand (and even the real deal), but today's had the best name ever: Distortion Androids! I really want to start a band with that name. :)
And the character I saw, whose name in the American shows is Starscream, had been redubbed Dark Violence. Love it. -
Your Moment of Zen-ocide
Random Thai cultural phenomena, part the thousandth: Hitler Chic.
Yup, those are t-shirts of Hitler dressed as, among other things, Ronald McDonald and a Teletubby. And I remember reading about the high school in Chiang Mai that horrified local expats when its senior chose the theme for their annual parade and celebration: Nazism!
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Transformative Works. Kinda.
Quick Transformers post, with a little bit of random stuff about growing up:- After a long and slightly checkered history of trying to appeal to audiences of all ages at once, Transformers has pulled one of those moves that, in retrospect, makes everyone go, "Of course, it was so obvious; why didn't they do that before?" They've decided to release ( Read more... )
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Did a bit of a comics pilgrimage without intending to today: I wanted to get some of the new DC Comics #1 issues (for those who don't know, DC is rebooting all their comics, so they're starting over - more or less - with Issue #1 for all 52 series, in hopes of attracting new readers who might have been scared off by years of backstory). So I took ( Read more... ) -
Dirty Weekend on Cybertron - The Morning After
Hey, check it out: I'm on Lee Bradley's blog! There's a photo of me holding my Mirage sketch. You can also see some of the great cosplayers I mentioned in my post. The Optimus Prime on the left is the one with no knees. :)
ETA: Whoops! Little link snafu there. I've fixed it - now the sketch link goes to the post about the sketch, and the ( Read more... ) -
Dirty Weekend on Cybertron, Part 3
Whew! Sorry for the split post, guys - the size of some of the images ran me right into LJ's posting limits. This is the last one, I promise.
( Part III: I'm here to spout catchphrases and chew gum, and I'm all out of catchphrases! )