Endless Journey...

I thought I'd share this picture of Milo trying to stop me from packing my suitcase for the trip to London....

Anyway, I should continue with my memes! :O!

Day 4: Least favorite female character and why: This one's kind of hard... I don't want to say Ginny Weasley, because I'm sure there's been characters that I disliked more in the books? Like, Dolores Umbridge (although I LOVE her in the movies! xD) and possibly even Lavendar Brown. Or Parvati. IDEK. B-but, Ginny Weasley gets in the way of my OTP and therefore I do find her quite annoying. I also dislike how she seems to have had no say at all in the naming of her children and that she kind of just seems to be there as a convenient love interest for Harry? But, I don't hate her character. I don't think so, at least? O.o;

Edit: Yes, that is a Christmas tree! *laughs!* It's still there, haha. The Birthday decorations are also staying up until I've had a loli-party, oi. It's a good mix, isn't it? x'D!

I'm back from hanging out with slowdead and eagleeyes84 in London~! ♥!

Pffft! O___O! It was pretty exhausting? I'm still on antibiotics for a kidney infection and feeling a bit wobbly in general... also, I wasn't the only one not feeling 100% healthy - so it was a rather challenging trip! Mostly because we had to rush about from one sight-seeing-opportunity to the other in order to do all the stuff we were interested in? *laughs!* B-but, we had a lot of fun despite all that!

Our Main Mission Objective~! was to listen to Bradley James' voice at the British Museum - he voiced the Family Guide to The Book of the Dead Exhibition! - and to watch Colin Morgan in Our Private Life. MISSIONS = ACCOMPLISHED, BUT ONLY BARELY.
We had an appointment for the exhibition at the British Museum at 2 PM for which we were nearly late due to eagleeyes84 and I wanting to see Platform 9 3/4 at King's Cross Station (WHICH THEY TEMPORARILY MOVED ELSEWHERE SO IT WAS VERY HARD TO FIND?) and us needing to drop our luggage off at Saint Jim's Hotel first. B-BUT, WE MADE IT. ONLY TWO MINUTES LATE.

The exhibition itself was amazing... b-but, I have to admit I thought it was rather crowded? It was very hard to see most of the things because there were so many people cramped inside. O.o; In the end, we just sat down on a bench and listened to Bradley James tell us all about the ancient Egyptian spells (with some entertaining Merlin references!) and watched the images on the little screen of the listening!device instead of actually walking around and listening to each number one by one. Unfortunately we weren't allowed to take pictures inside - understandable but still a bit disappointing. (I'm a lot like Ritsuka from the Loveless anime AND NOW I'M ALL "NO MEMORIES FOR ME? :(!" LOL!)

We still had time to visit the Museum Shop, Forbidden Planet, Covent Garden (Build-A-Bear Workshop, yay!), EAT DINNER!!!1one! and make a quick pit-stop at the hotel hotel to change into something slightly nicer before it was time to head over to the theatre for Our Private Life! The play was not my thing at all, b-but I enjoyed it quite a lot anyway? It was a very interesting experience! There were only 5 or 6 rows to sit on and it was a veeery small stage/room/whatever? We sat on the second row while we tried to avoid making eye contact with the actors, haha. SLIGHTLY AWKWARD BUT VERY INTERESTING TIMES, YES.

I made a new friend after the play, too! Welcome mrs_leary! xD! It's always nice to make new friends~! Especially with other Merlin fans? ♥!

Hello, friendslist~! ♥! I went on a tiny little shopping spree this afternoon... b-but, no worries, I didn't spend that much monies at all! *grin!*

I'm not 100% sure if I blogged about this, but I bought this amazing turtleneck a while ago...? I took it with me to Sweden - where I wore it for the first time after removing the random polka dot bow? x'D - and it is now MY FAVOURITE TURTLE-NECK SWEATER EVER! It's super comfortable and really easy to wash => TOTAL WIN! ♥!

When I ordered it the seller also had the dark red coloured version of it in stock... b-but, unfortunately I can't find either of the colours in her shop any more now? T___T! Boo! So, I decided to look for more awesome sweaters from different sellers and found that one! *points to the Flickr.com picture!*

Isn't it adorable? xDD! I paid less than €15 including shipping! Plus, I paid for it with money I earned from my egl_comm_sales post so I am quite pleased! (YES! THIS SWEATER REALLY DOES DESERVE ITS OWN LJ ENTRY! LIKE, DUH!)

Only two more days to go until slowdead and I go to Sweden to visit eagleeyes84! ♥!

I'm getting really excited now! xD! I haven't finished packing yet, b-but that's because I'm taking a lot of wrinkle!prone clothing... I've put everything on hangers for now. I want to minimize the time it'll all be squished inside my luggage, haha. (I predict eagleeyes84's iron is going to get a lot of use next week? Pfff!)

Hmm~! I always feel a little nervous before trips that involve flying... so I've been acting a little anti-social today? I have been hanging out with my sewing machine instead. ^^; I finally managed to do something nice with my awesome Little Red Riding Hood fabric from Japan! I made a new skirt using the lovely lace I bought in Rotterdam! *grin!*

( Click for pictures~! )

I'm neglecting my memes a little, but I'll catch up on them soon! xD!

I am feeling particularly brave tonight... so I stole this from n_isfor_neville! xD!

I figured that even though it doesn't always seem like it to me, I, err, well, do seem to make quite a lot of handmade stuff? *laughs!* I'm sure I can think of something to make for whoever comments on this post! (I do bead sprites, jewellery, some baking and a bit of sewing? Pretty sure it'll work out okay!)

I promise to send something handmade to the first 6 people who leave a comment here. They in turn post this statement to their journal and send something they make to the first 6 people who comment on their post.

The only other rules are that:
- it must be handmade by you!
- it must be sent to your 6 people sometime within 2011!

Don't be intimidated. Your gift may be muffins or cookies, may just be a card or even a page you coloured from a colouring book. Just put your heart into it.

MY VICTIMS: n_isfor_neville, slowdead, boolafaz, hi_mit_su, sakuya_masaki & yami_jay!

I'm curious to see who will comment on this! xD! I'm actually a bit excited about it? *grin!*

Day 2: Your favorite movie: The Goblet of Fire! No doubt about it! :) It doesn't have a whole lot of Draco in it, b-but the DVD extras are the best and I just love the Triwizard Tournament. It also helps that Daniel Radcliffe's hair in this movie makes him look super hot. It's the most Harry-like haircut since CoS, IMO. (I don't like his hair in OotP and HBP? Does that make me shallow? Probably. x'D)

I am pretty fond of Half-Blood Prince, too? I mean, it has the Sectumsempra scene! I feel a little horrible for liking that particular scene so much... b-but, yeah. TENSION. ^^;

( Remaining MEME DAYS hidden under here! xD! )

Edit: I added some more people from the H/D Friending Meme! Welcome! ♥! Does anyone know who fluffbomb is, though? I get the feeling I should know who they are - b-but, I don't think she ever introduced herself. (I know who I think it could be, but it seems rather unfair to suspect her of EVERYTHING dubious that goes on with my LJ. x'D)

It's super sunny outside today! Yaaay! ♥!

We had a weird power black-out in our half of the street this, err, morning? I fell asleep around 3AM-ish and when I woke up it was pitch black in my room - I thought my lamp must have died while I was asleep, but when I went to the bathroom I couldn't even find the door. *HEADDESK!*

The light came back on by itself around 8AM? Weirdness... :')

Anyway, I'm almost off to meet slowdead (and I think define_serenity? I THINK?) to congratulate her (them?) on finishing all her (their!) exams! xD! Oh, and also because I owe her (not them!) monies.

I'm not entirely sure what the purpose of this post was supposed to be when I started typing? *laughs!* OH RIGHT! I meant to show off my new earrings~! aefallen sent them to me from Singapore but you can't actually see them in this picture, whut! Hopefully I'll have some clearer pictures when I get back home! xD!

Castle and White Collar make me such a happy fangirl! I could not ask for more! ♥!

This week's Castle was all kinds of amazing! I have to admit I was a little afraid I'd end up feeling disappointed... I mean, there were so many spoilers/teasers released these last two weeks? *laughs!* I was starting to get a little nervous. IDK. I was worried. I was way too excited about this episode - and usually when that happens it ends in disappointment. (Or, well, that's what always happened with Merlin, anyway! xD!)

B-but, I should've known Castle would be different! THIS SHOW JUST CAN'T DO ANYTHING WRONG! FKDJFLKJDLKFJDKLJFKLDJFD! ( Thoughts on 3x12! )

Woah, I didn't know I had so much to say about this! xD! I think it'd have been better if I wrote about White Collar instead of Castle because nearly no one here seems interested in Castle at all - b-but I'm stubborn, and I just hope that people seeing me so excited and happy about this show will encourage them to give it a try? PLEASE DO GIVE IT A CHANCE. PLEAAAAAASE.

I did say I was completely over my hiatus and that I'd be posting more often - b-but, I hadn't counted on getting sick again. O.o;

I haven't even been outside recently. Not really. So, yeah, I'm not in the best of moods. I'm sick of being sick, haha. *grumbles!* The annoying thing is that it's always the same thing? I feel flu-y and feverish and horribly wobbly, so I can't even do much at all while I'm stuck inside. If it was just a stomach ache I'd have been cleaning up or doing crafty things - but instead, I'm stuck in bed or on the couch. >__>

In any case, I've been meaning to post this picture for a while! It's supposed to be Luna Lovegood's bracelet, you know, the one movie!Luna wore to Slughorn's Christmas party? I think that's when she wore it anyway. It could have been the Yule Ball, b-but I can't be bothered to Google it at the moment. *laughs!* The little bunny rabbit inside is supposed to be her Patronus, hehe.

I made it for sarahcoldheart because in my mind, she's a real life Luna - that's a compliment, by the way? xDD! I'm going to take it along to Singapore when I make it down (or up?) there next time because it's a bit fragile and I don't think it'll survive the journey there through the mail.
Speaking of things journeying to Singapore, aefallen: your you-know-what (well, you-don't-know-what, I guess? xD) is finally ready and should be on the way to you soon! :D :D :D! I haven't got pictures yet, but I will share them as soon as I do get some.

I expect to feel better on Sunday, though, hildekitten! xD! So, I'm not canceling on you! I'm just whinging about feeling crappy, haha.