i went to the doctor's office yesterday. everything's fine so far -- i'm responding well to my meds, and i'm not due for another appontment till wednesday. so far, so good lol~

amen.

in other news, PLURK is still down XP

i hope they give us bonus karma for this XP

Rules of the game:

A) People who have been tagged must write their answers on their blogs and replace any question that they dislike with a new question formulated by themselves.

B) Tag eight people to do this quiz and those who are tagged cannot refuse. These people must state who they were tagged by and cannot tag the person whom they were tagged by. Continue this game by sending it to other people.

( onward! )

PLURK IS DOWN!

/is amused

MARUIONE.JP presents "Fashion Contest"

MARUIONE.JP which is a shopping website hosted by MARUI department store, popular among many young Japanese girls & boys, presents a "Fashion Contest".

Those who are studying Japanese or simply interested in Japan can apply for it. Just express yourself how much you are addicted to/crazy about Japanese culture by presenting 1-3 picture(s) of you dressed in Japanese-style with a short essay in Japanese (200 words max).

1. How to apply?
Send an e-mail to the following address: entry_fashioncontest@0101.co.jp w/ your picture(s) in JPEG and essay attached.

2. Terms of application: July 15, 2008 - September 15, 2008

3. Those who meet the following criteria are eligible to apply for this contest:
1) Those who are studying Japanese language and/or
2) Those who are interested in Japan and
3) Those who are NOT japanese nationals.

4. Prize
1) Winner: Two round-trip airtickets to Japan + Shopping coupons for MARUIONE.jp equivalent to 30,000JPY
2) Second Runner-up (5 persons): Shopping coupons for MARUIONE.jp equivalent to 20,000 JPY
3) Third Runner-up (10 persons): Shopping coupons for MARUIONE.jp equivalent to 10,000 JPY
* Winner will be announced on their website on September 25, 2008.

For details, please visit the website at: http://maruione.jp/images/contest/index.html

marketing fail! a local clothing store is using toy cameras as the theme for their latest advertising campaign. as part of their promotions, they are giving away -- their words, not mine -- a HOLGA LOMO camera (HOLGA + LOMO = HOMO?!) -.-;;


photo courtesy of LOMOMANILA
fyi you losers LOGO and HOLGA are both brand names, and competing brand names at that. it's like saying you're giving away a MERCEDES BENZ model called the BMW; do your research, morons.

this also the very same clothing chain that claimed that their previous campaign was based on PINKY:ST, except that their clothes did not resemble the toy line in any way whatsoever. idiots.

no wonder your main competitor has been handing your ass back to you for the past -- i dunno, six seasons. get a clue!

btw -- KAMERAWORLD is now an official local reseller for LOMOGRAPHY.COM.

their prices are competetive when compared to purchasing a camera from the website and then getting slapped by local customs taxes. however, LOMOs are currently available at just three branches: MALL OF ASIA, GALLERIA, and TRINOMA. give them a phone call to check first~!

btw -- this is not a paid advertisement~ XD i just wanted to get the word out since they can be an alternative to direct website sales from the LOMOGRAPHY website, as well as MULTIPLY resellers. better warranty too since the store covers that for you~

Youka Nitta to Quit Manga Work, Back Catalog Pulled

Manga artist Youka Nitta has deleted her entire webpage and blog on Tuesday, and left only an apology in the wake of revelations that she traced photographs in her works. In the apology, she reiterated her sorrow over the "copyright infringement in using photographs I thought 'looked good' in my illustrations." She added that she will stop future writing work and apologized again to the copyright holders of the photographs, the people involved, "and the readers who have enjoyed the works of Youka Nitta, even for just a little bit."

The Japanese publisher Libre has pulled direct links to Nitta's back-catalog from its b-boy website — including even mentions of her works in Libre's CD catalog and product news. Nitta's apology on the front page and the bulletin board dedicated to her still remain on the site, and the pages about some of her works are still indirectly available by searching for her name from other products' pages.

from ANN

More information can also be found here. A mirror of the original NITTA KENSHOU site comparing the manga illustrations versus the fashion spreads can be found here (thanks to jordanmarks for the link).

what happened -- did all the PS3 vs 360 wank kill your servers?!

P.S. don't worry SONY, i'll buy a PS3 when i run out of PSP games~

P.P.S. SQUARE-ENIX -- i'm your bitch, spank me <3

three boxes of PINKYs and one of pr0n = TAXES! but -- being the sneaky little whatsit i am, i managed to talk my way out of paying the full amount by cajoling them into reducing this percentage and that percentage until i got it down to the amount i was glad to pay.

( i fit everything into one shipping box hooray! )

so uh -- does anybody want to buy TSURUYA-SAN and YUKI NAGATO? i have three extras of each doll, since HLJ flubbed my order and shipped me twice as many as i intended. i didn't give them any grief over that since it was also partially my fault for not checking, but i still ended up with more dolls than i wanted (or needed) and have to get rid of them somehow.

some bozo i did not know tried to add me as a friend in PLURK; not wanting to ruin his karma i added him back as a fan. a few days later, he tries to add me again -- WTF can't this guy take a hint?! so, i go over to his profile to find out what the hell his problem was; lo and behold, he had 220 PLURK friends. fucking serial add-ers -- there's a very special place in hell for all of them TAT;;

anyway -- to end this little dramaramarama, i added him back as a fan again. the third time he tries to add me as a friend i'm gonna fucking reject his ass and laugh and point as his karma goes down -.-;;