Sorry guys, its gonna be another week or so before I get some regular blogs up and going. But, for now, here are a few pictures from my new phone (Samsung Galaxy S3) that I've taken over the past few weeks.
I'll try to be back as soon as I can.
I'm still kinda active on:
Twitter (@Anteela)
Tumblr (@Anteela)
Instagram (@Sutsuna)
Youtube (@Anteela) (sorta active. Ish.)
Cute little bears! Brutis and Charlie, and Phil and Kuma-Chan in the background
3 anime characters you’re married to: Gajeel. Natsu. Edward Elric. Erza Scarlet.
current obsession: Fairy Tail. Obviously. Attack on Titan.
favorite song: I never have one fave song. Terrible, right? I have songs and artists that I love, and am obsessed with.
if you had a concert ticket to see any artist/band who would it be: concerts that I want to go to, and will kill to go to: Dir En Grey. VNV nation. Nine Inch Nails. The Cure.
first anime: Sailor Moon, but, I hadn't realized what anime was, exactly. So, the movie Perfect Blue, or Akira, I think. I don't remember which came first.
reading or writing: Both. Forever.
three things you cannot live without: My husband, food, adventure.
celebrity crush: I have 2 right now: Jennifer Lawrence and Lupita N'yongo.
3 things you like about yourself: I'm pretty fond of my eye colour. My boobs are great. I love my sense of humor. BONUS!! I love my tattoos.
I know it seems like I've been busy, what with the lack of updates and all, but that simply isn't true. Not really, anyways.
Here's a small video of what has been taking up my time
Also?
Here is a link to my current music playlist on Grooveshark. You shouldn't need an account to listen to the list, but you do need one to make your own (and I highly recommend it, they have LOTS of stuff on the site!)
As mentioned, we went out like tourists on the second day of our trip to Seattle. This was all, basically, planned, so there was no horrible disappointments with this at all.
We weren't really sure what we wanted to do, but decided that all the cool stuff we haven't seen was near the Space needle, so that's where we went!
It was a BEAUTIFUL day out, and we walked around the gardens and area that surrounds the space needle. We didn't actually go up the tower, because our friends apartment (from last post) was actually higher, and had a better view. And I'm cheap like that.
So, instead of the needle, we went to the EMP museum, which is all about music, pop culture and sci-fi. They also had an AWESOME fantasy section that is all limited time and stuff. If you like any of those things mentioned, then the EMP museum is a MUST to see when in Seattle. Seriously, we were there for HOURS. Total nerd for that kind of thing, mind you. I won't/can't post all the pictures, because I took SO many, but here are some of the choice ones from each section of the EMP.
It was a lot of fun, and they even had a student price, which was hella awesome. I love it when places have student prices. I mean, seriously, I pay SO much for tuition and books and stuff, that it's nice to save a little money when I can. Sure, I could just stay inside like a hermit, but, where's the fun in that?
Before leaving Seattle, we went up this one HUGE tower, that had one of those rooftop things with a view. When i remember the name, I'll add it, but, until then, you can just enjoy the same view that I did.
So, last time I mentioned that, as part of my birthday extravaganza, I was going to Seattle to see Dir En Grey, who are one of my absolute FAVOURITE Japanese metal bands.
Seriously, they are just fantastic, and I had been looking forward to this show for MONTHS (no, really. We bought the tickets in August, and the show was in November. Literally, months)
And so, I am sure you can surmise my extreme dismay and anger and disappointment at receiving an email half hour before arriving in Seattle that the show was to be postponed to the following night.
As in, not the night I had a hotel for.
And not on a day after which I could come whenever I wanted.
So, you can see the problem. I even made a video of it!
No concert didn't mean that the vacation was cancelled. I mean, we were already there, right? We got a NICE hotel-The Red Lion, which is right downtown near the convention centre, and near Pike street, which is the home of the first Starbucks ever.
Like I said, the hotel was quite nice, and we were even upgraded to a fancy suite, which had a beautiful view of the bay
We also hung out with one of our friends who lives in Seattle. He has been mentioned several times before, and came to the KMFDM show with us from a few posts ago. That picture of the Space needle? Yea, that's from his apartment. Hella swank. We met up with him, and did some catching up, and went to get some food.
Random fact-my husband had never had waffle fries before in his life. He thought they would taste like normal fries. Oh, how wrong he is! To prove this, we took him to Hurricane Grill on 7th street for some sweet delicious waffle fries, and he regrets his former blasphemy.
It was still a super fun night, and we had a good time. The bathroom in the hotel had some of the best lighting I've seen in a long time, so we took the opportunity to take some selfies, and couplies, or whatever selfies are when there's someone else in them.
The next day, we did almost exactly as planned-go see Seattle. I'll save this for the next post, since it is quite long.
BUT, before I leave you lads and ladies, here is some Dir En Grey for you to enjoy! (or not, its Japanese death metal, so, you know. Discretion is required?)
So the month before last (has it been that long?!?) the hubs and a friend of ours when to go to KMFDM at Venue here in Vancouver.
Now, chances are, you've never heard of KMFDM, oui? Well, let me tell you a bit about them, shall i?
KMFDM is a German industrial band that is all about freedom of speech, and recognition of the 'masses' who are not the elite. So, sorta vigilante musicians, I suppose. They are an old band, with their first album coming out in the 80's.
You may know them as the musicians that created the Mortal Kombat movie intro. Both of them.
Anyways, the band is still going strong, and they came to Vancouver as part of their current tour We Are KMFDM. Vancouver was their first stop, and I think we made it a good one for them
The tickets were legit cheap (I mean, comparatively to other bands), and the venue was quite nice. It was my first time at Venue, and, I gotta say, that I would go back for a show there in a heartbeat.
So, here are some of the photos
The show was awesome. KMFDM is clearly a band that knows what its about, and has some die hard fans who support all they do. This is what I love about non-mainstream music-the love of the band, and the fans, and the longevity of good music. They band was full of energy, posed for pictures whilst performing, and made sure that, duration and variety of songs from different album wise, we were all well satisfied.
I had a hell of a good time, and it was totally worth any lost sleep and the bruised feet I suffered in the pit.
I didn't get any videos, but here is one of their videos, so you can get a taste of the fabulous KMFDM.
