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Why this again D:If you remember the amusing/disturbing "Free cremation" letter I got months ago (in this journal: http://nuriko-kun.deviantart.com/journal/Oh-why-295968551 ).......
well I got another one! They really want me to die lolll @-@
Someone asked to see the inside last time but I didn't have it at the time, so here it is now haha xD

Yeah yeah it sounds great and all but come on! Send it to someone older ok ;-;
(also just want to bump the super long china journal off my page)

everyone look at this birdHeyoo! I just got back earlier today from China and HK :> still really loopy, jetlagged, and slightly sick at the moment. (sorry if I'm bringing any scary asian flus into the Americas lalala..)
I got to experience pretty much everything you guys mentioned in the last journal xD though not to such extremes in some cases. Overall everything was ok. China was cool and HK of course is shopping heaven. I'll make a better post later after I sort out all these photos. Most of the pics I took are of weird things... =3=
But anyway before that!!!!!!!!!!!!
When I was in Shanghai, this little sparrow (?) flew over and landed near me, so I approached it like I always do when I spot birds, expecting it to fly off when I try to poke it..but it didn't 80! So I picked it up.
ITWASADORABLE *____________*
Sorry for the crappy photos, my dad took them and he never focuses on the right thing OTL
I carried it around with me for the rest of our time in that area, but then left it behind cause I c

I like ducks :vShowing off my adorable duck collection instead of sleeping! 8D 8D I've posted pics of my duckies and my room in the past, but since then the ducks have totally multiplied so here they are again 8)! You can hunt up the old journals to see other pics.
Now then! Meet my mass of duckies :3
Plus a couple that live on my bed. (Okita mask 8D)
Also on my bed. That one there is a duck suit for dogs. I don't have a dog but I do have a stuffed monkey :0
(see Husbanana's fat belly there 0:!)
LOL at eye level they're a little creepy 8D;;
I see you there Big Bird you imposter D:
Look at it smiiiiile @▽@<3
Lalalala~ Those are sticky note page-holder thingies, not that I'll ever peel them 8I
I think this pen is ridiculously cute D: D:
And a couple more ducks in my bathroom too, but I've already showed them before.
Ahaaa that's it. Repost in a few months when the collection grows again 8) Hope I didn't scare anyone :b
//pointless journal is pointless.

China trip post (photo heavy)Mm I don't know how to go about this in an organized manner, so this will just be a stream of photos with my intermittent narration.
Our trip was Shanghai > Hangzhou > Nanjing > Suzhou > Wuxi > back to Shanghai. Then we went to Hong Kong on our own.
Oh yeah, first, since I have no photos of these (for good reason): THE SQUAT TOILETS. They suck. They stink. You can always tell if there's a bathroom nearby by the smell in the air! Half the time the flush doesn't even work. All the used toilet paper is tossed in a bin, so the smell just lingers and lingers. For some reason, sometimes they sell food right outside the bathrooms. LIKE WHY?! I don't know how anybody can think about eating with that smell there.
I drank as little as possible. Between my sis and I, we also brought 5-6 rolls of toilet paper, so it was more than enough. (We left the extra rolls at Grandma's in HK afterwards haha.)
Anyhoo, onto pictures...
From our place to China was a 12 hour flight, 4 hour break at airport, then

Facebook... ugh... so lame!

I rarely enter my facebook account because I only created it to follow some sellers and well, I also added a few friends later.
Few days ago, I tried to enter my facebook account. I've always needed to write my email and password to enter.

But this time Facebook started to ask for my real name. I wrote my name and my first surname (in my country we have TWO surnames, dad's and mom's surname). They didn't validate what I wrote and blocked my facebook account because they thought I was lying or something...

The question is: why they even started to ask for my full name like if they were trying to verficate my true identity if I only used to write my email and pass to enter? The only reason I could came up with is that perhaps someone thought that I wasn't the real account owner (?) (I dunno but I'm aware that a lot of people report art submitted without permission around facebook because I've received a lot of notes about people telling me "

I am born without a camera..Hey,
I sold all my photography equipment.
It feels strange but at the same time it feels liberating.
I feel so lucky that I had the opportunity to take photos that express bits of my life and Life in general. I will be a cameraless photographer during the next months, maybe even the next years..
For now, I have to focus on finding ways to promote my artworks. Self-promotion is a full time job!
I also believe that missing a tool is a healthy creative leap sometime.
Enjoy the camera you have in your hands because nothing lasts forever!
Enjoy it and be proud of how you see life..

Feature: After Christmas DetoxI don't know about you but my family and I are feeling very stuffed and unhealthy after all the christmas food and treats thanks to the many presents of chocolates, biscuits and mountain load of other unhealthy snacks. So now the pigging out is nearing it's end it is time to get back to normal and help those poor tummy's and waistline recover
I don't know about you but just looking at these foods makes me feel better already

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So sorry for my long absence, I'm still alive and quite good, working hard and keeping to take photos when I have enough time.
I've not updated my journal for a long time, and today I wanna show you some pics of mine shot in Shimabara Hina Dolls Fes and in my house.
Shimabara is located in the east of Nagasaki Pref, and it's a very beautiful city.
The canal made by spring water around the city, and Shimabara castle, Fugen-dake http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Unzen etc are very famous in Japan.
As usual, by clicking each pics you can see large sized pics

A Shinto priest.
Before the Fes, all of the participant were purified by the priest.

A girl, role for Ohina-Sama.

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Back from Sakuracon / pre-orders shipping--- April 10 2012 ---
(just editing over old journal)
I'm back from the con! I was there this weekend with :icondigiyume: and :iconmango-chi:.
That's right. That girl with me at my table was THE Bean-sama. But you probably didn't see her cause she was so tiny. So tiny. So tiny.
Here was my table (and my corpse on day 3) By then, my Saber and Hetalia and Naruto things were all gone, and I was yawning every 5 minutes.
I flipped over my table sign and drew Elizabeths all over it haha. Brought it home with me too, so now it's hanging over my window 8D
Thanks for some very good sales! I didn't bring very many books, but the ones I did bring all sold out.
Once I recover, I'll be selling some leftover prints and items online.
Also, I've started mailing out artbook preorders. Please check here for the status if you ordered. I'll have them all sent within the next 1-2 days and then open up regular orders.
--- April 3 2012 ---
No April Fools

Devious Journal EntryI know it's been quite some time since I updated this. Life has a way of getting busy and before you know it, half a year has gone by. I'm now in my Junior year of college and still studying Fine Arts with an emphasis in Painting. This means I have paintings due all the time(like I'm really complaining). I'm also engaged to be married to a wonderful man who, though not being an artist, loves art.
In the meantime, I've been having to come up with an artist's statement. I personally dislike writing it. I know it's important, but I have a hard time putting my personal thoughts about my art into words. Have you ever written one? What are your thoughts on writing one? How did you come up with the words to write your own statement?
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Category: Slice of life / fiction
Description: A little girl seeks the help of an artist in hopes of mending her breaking family. (Read it here http://yuumei.deviantart.com/art/1000-W0RDS-126831037)
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Journal Entry: Sat Apr 14, 2012, 1:46 AM

Just now I picked up a sharpie and drew on my Cintiq screen.

Pffff luckily it came off with water OTL

I mean, I've almost done this many times before, picked up pens or pencils thinking they're my stylus, but this is the first time it actually happened =3=

And Friday the 13th was supposed to be over u_u
Anyway that's my mini heart attack of the day 8(

Completely unrelated but equally interesting (not sure if interesting is the right word here), I got the strangest letter in the mail the other day.

What on earth???

I opened it and it was trying to persuade me to pre-purchase a cremation for myself. Thanks a lot. I'm 23. That's only a little ominous 8(

It's addressed to me personally too. Nobody else in my family got one OTL I don't even know who they are or how they got my address.......

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~Echosong101 Aug 8, 2012 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

Maybe it's like with my best friend, she's sixteen and has a common first name but a rare last name, but it turns out that there's an old lady with the exact same name who apparently lives in the same area, so she's getting things all the time of nursing homes, cause of death insurances, and other weird and creepy things, but never before have I seen a free CREMATION letter! O.O And it came on Friday the 13th.

~soul-lessemo May 12, 2012

Creepy...

~RingoUsagi May 7, 2012 Student Traditional Artist

I'm sorry....They're being meanies.

~Kushami-Aru May 7, 2012

Quite scary. OAO Who the ... was behind that letter.

~kurichaos May 1, 2012 Student Traditional Artist

I actually just got one of those addressed to my dead grandmother.....who died before I moved to this house. Kinda creeeepy O_o

~AdrianFedele Apr 25, 2012 Hobbyist

Oh my goodness. D 8
Thank god it came off! Maybe you should keep all sharpies out of reach from now on!

I dunno, cremations are pretty hot these days..
_{Haha, jokes}

~Mohco Apr 22, 2012 Student Traditional Artist

XD omg.. That's so strange..

*TheTEKnician Apr 19, 2012 Student Digital Artist

THAT...IS...SOME...SCARY...SHIT.

~Patruelis Apr 17, 2012

My dad got the same thing in the mail yesterday! It was uber-personalised too (but he's 60 and just retired so maybe it makes a little more sense?)

OR... this is a government conspiracy! dun-dun-dun-DUN!!!

either way, rather morbid.

~Konokou Apr 16, 2012 Student Filmographer

Haha, when I was about twelve I got a letter in the mail (it actually arrived at my Grandmother's house) and it wanted me to sell my house. Also, sometime last year I got an envelope that stated "eat this envelope" (I did, by the way XD)
Glad you got the marker wiped off! I just have this little cheap tablet, so if that happened to me I'd probably shrug it off and get a new one.

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