soujisblackcat

Hi Guuuuys! Just postin' to say that I'm in L.A. with my crazy family and doing great! I've spent the day helping with thanksgiving preparations, eating cookies and pocky, sunbathing, and drawing a picture of Russia as a ballet dancer. I may post this picture eventually. Be warned.

But yeah, actually, the main reason I'm posting is: TLE, I have not forgotten your birthday. I have a comic sketched out that I might actually post to Sounis. It's about Sophos's recent cover appearance issues. But I don't have a scanner here, so it won't be up until probably next week. I'm sorry . . . OTL should have done it earlier.

OMG I'm at school and posting. I feel so naughty. Anywaaaaaay~


I want it to be next Tuesday so I can go to L.A. already.

Oh yeah, and because most of you probably don't know, I got my own computer. But it's not set up yet, but it will be.

I didn't expect to go trick-or-treating last night, but somehow I did anyway.  We got loads of candy, probably because we were a very intimidating, large group of teenagers (nine of us, ages 15-17).  But one guy who answered a door told us that the last time he went trick-or-treating was when he was 38, and he became our new hero.

Also yesterday was the party at my riding stable, at which we dress our horses up every year.  Now that I've finished my lovely breakfast of candy and bacon, I finally have the energy to post pictures of said costumes.  Let's hope the size doesn't screw up too much . . .( Get ready for picspam~ )Happy day after Halloween, everybody!  And happy daylight savings!

Edited to add a cut.

Edited because I totally needed a cut.

I'll save the Halloween post for later, once I have pictures of my horse in her EPIC costume.  My favorite Halloween event is always the barn party, so I'm looking forward to it!

Now for my real topic: As I said in the "OMG Lithuanians!!" post, my Soviet history class watched Doctor Zhivago last week as study/cultural education. 

First of all, let me tell you: if you want to draw fluffy Hetalia pictures involving Russia, try getting the score from that movie stuck in your head.  It works until you get sick of it, and rip up all the millions of sunflowers you've drawn in the last few days.

What I really want to talk about, though, is my class's reaction to that movie.  I'll try to do this with as few spoilers as possible . . .

( But with more length than necessary... )

God, I just had a total freakout about homework.  But I'm all better now.

( SOVIET POOH )

Alright, sort of a failure.  See, basically what I just did was what dreamsofpaprika does all the time, except on crack.  I'll be saner in the future, comrades.  Hope you enjoy(ed) Soviet pooh.

Okay, so apparently I posted this with no text.  No worries, I'll fix it.  Due to a request from dreamsofpaprika, I am giving an impromptu lesson in the hind-leg anatomy of horses.  Some of you guys probably already know this (I know TLE knows it), but still. 

First, take this lovely picture of my horse, Annie:



Now let's zoom in on the back leg and take a look: OMG, it appears to be a backwards knee!  Hey, that rhymed.

 

That joint is actually called a "hock".  pronounced the same way as in "hock a loogie."  Lovely, no?  But anyway, it's not actually a knee.  It's an ankle.  I'll diagram the leg for you:


 

As you can see, the hip and knee on a horse's leg are actually very far up.  The whole bottom half of their leg is a foot, and the hoof is a single toe.  So horses are always walking on tippytoes!  Horses also have a spot of Keratin somewhere on each lower leg (called a chestnut), all that remains of another, vestigal toe.

Lots of other animals are built this way.  For example, this cheetah.  It also walks on its toes, as you can see on the back leg.  However, its feet are still much flatter to the ground.  Horses' feet are more stretched out than most animals'.



For fun, check out (with my MS paint skills) what a horse would look like if it stood upright like a human:

 

That is one huge foot.  Fitting shoes would be hell.

Looks like she's not amused . . .

Well, I hope you got something out of this sillly little lesson!  Ciao!

Have you seen the new pokemon series on cartoon network?  Mystery dungeon or something?

Well . . .

THEY TALK.

THE POKEMON.

THEY TALK.

THERE AREN'T EVEN PEOPLE.

THE POKEMON.

THEY TALK!!!

NOT "PIKA PIKA".  MORE LIKE, "I'VE GOTTA TRY SOMETHING NEW - TAKE THIS, THUNDER SHOCK!"

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!  SACRELIGE!!!!!  SACRELIGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My whole life has just been destroyed.  My soul's being ripped apart . . .

*tear*

My oldest friend is thelasteddis.  We first met when we were 3 months old, but our moms were friends while pregnant, so sometimes to creep people out we say we've been friends since conception.  We were bffs, playmates and co-authors throughout elementary school, but we've gone to totally different middle/high schools.  We have definately changed over the years - we're in totally different fandoms, for example, and the ratings of the fanfic we read and write are at opposite ends of the scale.  But we are both total nerds in the best way, and both lovers of history.  So we aren't too different, I guess.  We still talk loads online and in person, so we're totally in contact, and I hope it always stays that way.  ILU, TLE. :-)

You don't need to read this, fyi.

So, I went to this heritage festival at my elementary school today.  ( Read more... )Random . . .

Actually, the title was all I wanted to say.  WAAH, HE'S GONE!!!

Just ignore me . . . or commiserrate . . . I ttly spelled that wrong.

I know that everyone else's school has already started, some long ago.  But my school starts tomorrow!  I'm pretty happy because I miss my friends and teachers and I'm in the Soviet Empire history elective (Which is LUV) but I know I won't have as much time for fanfic, fanart, lj, etc.   So anyway, I'm just warning you that I might take longer to respond to comments and entries and everything, but I'm not dead.  Just busy.  See you around, guys!

Hey, did you know that Leo Tolstoy had some kind of a revelation when he was 51 and went from being an avid hunter to not killing anything, maybe even bugs?

Yeah, I didn't know it.

( You don't need to read all of this. Why'd I even post it? )

So, I was on lj on the Russia/Lithuania comm, and my brother, the 13-year-old one, Grant, was in the room.  He saw me looking at a certain post, one that was labeled "fanart", with a questioning eyebrow.  "Alright," he said mockingly, "let's see this porn."  And he grabbed my mouse and clicked the cut.

He didn't pause long enough to notice why I had been looking at it questioningly.

What was that reason?  Because it was quite clearly labeled NC-17.  It was porn.

I took cover (I did!  I covered my eyes!  I'm not such a pervert!) as quickly as I could.  But I still saw a maid dress.  And a lot of skin.  And some sweat, and possibly something else.  But I didn't get the full impact of the picture, so I'm not too badly hurt.  Grant, on the other hand . . .

Well . . .

I don't think he'll be messing around on my lj again.

David Sedaris described Australia as Canada in a thong.

Viewed in the context of hetalia, that's . . .

 . . .

KPFFFHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH, WAAAA-HAHAHAHAHAHAH, AHAHA, AHAHA, HA, HA, pant, pant, ha, ha, pant, huff, whoo.

Not to mention!  Also in the New Yorker, the snootiest magazine in the history of the universe (but nevertheless good!), a guy wrote a two-part report on his trip across Siberia.  He went with two Russians, one who I think he knew and one who was invited along.  They went in a car that was literally breaking down.  I'm writing a hetalia comic about it.  It's like, "There are no seatbelts?"  "What would you want one for?"  "The oil pressure light is on . . ."  "It's nothing."  "I smell something burning."  "So roll down a window!'  And all of that comes direct from the article.

Apparently Siberia is full of mosquitoes.  The guy said that the clouds of mosquitoes are so bad that going to the bathroom by the side of the road was . . . well, maybe that's better not mentioned.  Actually, even if you were in a bathroom, there'd probably still be a few.  Also, there are piles of trash everywhere.   He says everything at rest stops and by the side of the roads is covered in a fine layer of trash.  Then again, he's a spoiled metropolitan writer/artist, so he might be overreacting.  Still . . . so, great.  Russia's whole bottom half is covered in trash and bugs.  Some people say his eyes represent Siberia, but they aren't big enough.  Half of him should be Siberia.  Might as well be the bottom half.  Especially if Kamchatka is . . . um . . . nevermind.  Wait . . . trash?  Um, yuck?  Shoot.  I'm not making sense now, ignore me PLEASE.

Yeah, so anyway . . .

ADDING A NOTE: Why is my lovely dark rich succulent full-bodied undeniable healthy Russian rye bread packaged with the big end at the BACK of the bag!?!!?  I want to eat the BIG PIECES FIRST, DAMMIT!!  Heck, I could even ask:  Why is there only half a loaf in there anyway?!?!? Sheesh, Russia, are you trying to torture me!?!?!

This post ended up mainly being about Russia.  How odd. :)

Two phrases cracking me up right now.

"Black market in sausages."
"Capitalist luxuries, such as toasters, juicers, and automatic dishwashers."

I am under the impression that these are funny.  Even though I'm currently in a state where I would find Doonesbury funny.

Also, when we were cleaning out the old play kitchen set at my house today, I begged begged begged mom to let me keep the tomato.  Because, you know, I want to sing about it if you know what I mean.  Maybe pose it with a Romano papercraft or something (I'd like to make some of those).  Also, my brothers kept a fish and an onion.  We are all such dorks in my family.

That is all.

Two posts in one day!  What the hell am I doing?

What's sad is, I never realized until just a couple weeks ago that my horse won the latest Eurovision.

Remember?  Her name's Fairy Tale.  Watch this: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x8guxn_eurovision-winner-2009-norway-alexa_music

See?  The song is called "Fairytale". 

I fail.

But I'm in love with my Fairy Tale nevertheless, so:

( you can click it to see it bigger )