'Tis the season...

For pandas and snowmen to go head to head in a no-holds barred Christmas Battle Royale! Who will win the coveted Ferrer Rocher chocolate? Will the Snowman put the bear on ice? Or will the Panda... bamboo-zle his frosty opponent?? Ouch, too early to make bad puns. (By the way, the chocolate was a lovely present from Becki's mom.) Who will reign supreme this Christmas? THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE!!!!! MERRY CHRISTMAS.

Kind of a moustache feeling!

Man, I wish I could grow a moustache! This is newly Phrenchified Phil and his moustache- c'est fantastique! Please show your support for Phil's facial hair because..... well, I like it. A wise blue man once said: "Rugged, self-assured, adult. These are the words that describe the man who wears a moustache. Yes, it says to the world 'I'm a man of action!' But action tempered with maturity...like a fireman! Or somebody's dad!" Haha, he said fireman- PASSION!

My, What a Happy Day!

What a lovely sunset in Kobe! Today is Dec. 15th. Do you know what day it is? Payday, you ask? Well, yes, but not quite what I meant. Unburnable garbage day? No- that was yesterday, you missed it fools. Today is ... my 6 month anniversary in Japan! Please feel free to congratulate me on not dying of scurvy or something. Ha Ha Ha Ha Stayin' Alive!

My name is for my friends!

Well, well, well. If it isn't Peter O'Toole. A handsome man, by anyone's reckoning. Especially one Mr. Fieldsend, who has this very portrait tacked to his ceiling. Noel Coward once said to O'Toole, "If you'd been any prettier, it would have been Florence of Arabia." How amusing, *sniff*.

Awwww.........

I think I just OD'ed on cuteness. This is what I want for Christmas! A panda dog!

Bless my soul, it's Harry Potter!

Yay me! I saw it! I saw it! It was everything I hoped for... and more. Actually, it was a little frantic in terms of pacing. It just sort of rushed from one plot point to the next. Guess you have to do that, to fit that whole book into one film, eh? I was super excited (naturally) about seeing Moldy Voldy, the sweetest villain this side of the Dark Lord Sauron. And Ralph Fiennes (pictured... partly in character) was wunderbar! All hail Voldemort! The best part was when Voldemort killed Harry Potter with his wizard fire, took over the world, and declared himself Emperor of Life, the Universe and Everything. Oops, spoiler alert guys!!!!

See my vest, see my vest!

So.... if you are feeling a little visual.... I can heartily recommend a number of bands! And none of those visual kei "lite" bands that can pass as jrock with mascara. Only the heavy hitters here. Of course Dir en Grey is still ichiban in my books. Who couldn't love a lead singer (pictured) who spits blood in concert? Who's new single Clever Sleazoid includes the immortal line "One day I will f*** your parents"?? That's classy! Also bringing up the eroguro (erotic-grotesque) front we have MUCC (another favourite), the aptly-named Merry, and the always jolly boys from D'espairsRay. Schwarz Stein is another superlative musical ensemble, who have sadly disbanded. Man, it took me awhile to figure out they were both guys! I think the fake breasts threw me off! Hahaha!!

Made from real gorilla chest!

As a counterpoint to the last post...This is a picture of Akeboshi, who is far and away my favourite Japanese singer. His music is folksy-alt-country-rock, which is a new category I just made up for him. A lot of his songs are in English and his command of the language is pretty darn good. I command thee to listen to his musics! It's a bit unusual that I like him so much since he is not wearing any makeup, fishnet stockings, a maid outfit, rubber pants or a gravity-defying hairstyle. See, I can have vaguely normal musical taste when I want to. So there.

Did someone ask for some Angela Lansbury?

It's lovely bobbing along, bobbing along the beautiful briny sea! This is a special request. A small orphan boy dying of a rare untreatable disease asked me to post this image. Aren't I a saint? (Answer: yes!)

It never forgives. It never forgets.

Flee before the curse kills you dead! AHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!! Actually, this isn't Mom from The Grudge. It's just me, after succumbing to an attack of my-hair-colour-is-so-boring-I'm-gonna-dye-it-right-now. Although you can't see it, it is now a slightly darker shade of reddish-brown. Ch-Ch-Changes! Sometimes I wonder if you can get cancer or something from hairdye. But then I just go and dye my hair again. I should get it cut and actually styled by a professional(not that roommates with scissors aren't fabulous as well) before I do some real damage. For reasons I cannot fathom, I often get a headache after applying assorted abrasive chemicals directly onto my head. But even if I don't seem to care, I also don't want my not-so-luscious locks to fall out. And I heard Jackie O. dyed her hair black so often it might've killed her. Then again, I might've made that up. So what? Wanna fight about it?!