Wishes Coming True {Week 37}

Hey! How's the autumn treating you? I've got to say, I'm feeling like a new person. I'm this close to having a spiritual experience. I don't think I have the ambition to be a witch or a shaman or anything but if I wasn't a lazy bastard you bet I'd be giving into the season's spirits and embracing the supernatural. 

When I'm done catching up with my horror movies for October I'll probably finally start season 2 of Buffy. I already told V and Alice at different points in time that I would and look at me now, still not started. However, 'tis really the season. 

Here's how the week's plans started. I've been really lowering expectations of my personal projects, it's actually helped me get more done because I don't plan like a bajillion things at once. Who woulda thunk it? 

Week 37!

On Monday my French classes re-started, we had a bunch of new students. Maria is from Portugal and has had to quit her job as a caretaker/cleaning lady due to a disability so France Travail sent her to French classes to improve her French so she could work a physically non-demanding job. Hamza is back, up to whatever zoomers are up to. Veronika is from Peru but she moved to Spain and then here, she keeps to herself so we don't really know much except that she has kids that fight each other a lot. Magdalena and Anna are from Poland, Magdalena is super nice and Anna has a bit of a Slavic gyaru thing going. 

I hung out near the river for a bit, took the Private Music CD out and about. Yes, it's official, me and Deftones have parasocially made up. Once I took those stupid visualizers out of the equation I was transported by the album. I even have a track from it as the song of the week at last! I got caught in the rain but kept on listening. 

Hiding from the worst of it.

On Tuesday I had class again, we have a new schedule! Fun... I took a walk in a new direction this time and saw some strange houses but the strangest has to be this liminal looking abode with a grassy garden and a weirdly inset fountain.

Weird... I kinda like it.

Getting along well with people in the class. I liked the classes with my previous teacher too but because they were usually so much bigger it felt like people I knew kept appearing and disappearing. Just a few months ago a classmate I was sort of close with was stress-holding my hand (she was very strong, ouch) as she was doing the oral part of her exam and now she's somewhere else, probably moved due to work. Sad, but all places of study are so temporary unless you're a teacher.

Anyway, I feel really good with this group and there's a kind of unique camaraderie about being classmates as adults. Like, this isn't making you money, you're not particularly enjoying it , but you've got to get it done. And you know that about each other. 

We did our 'blasons' during this class and we had to kind of present ourselves. Here's mine. They literally ask for your deepest wishes and insecurities.

J'ai peur.

On Wednesday, the best day ever! Our Xbox 360 arrived! We got reverse-scammed, because they sent an E instead of a Slim. I of course prefer the look of the Slim but the E actually has slightly upgraded stuff. It's not hard-moddable unless it comes with the Corona motherboard but that really doesn't matter to me because I don't have any soldering equipment anyway and I prefer soft mods. It can be easily exploited via Bad Update if I want to get on with that some day. But honestly, I'm a collector so I wouldn't mind just buying an original Xbox one day to play those games. 

This is a game in itself.

Mo was slightly dissappointed that it was the E too but we quickly got over it when we had fun making our fuck-ass little guys for our profiles. My sister ended school early and I took everyone to the next town over to get some games! We got Skyrim, Skate 3, and COD: Ghosts (don't judge, it's got a very fun multiplayer). They also had a sick deal where we got 10 DVDs out of a bin for 3 euros! You can see what I got on the media blog (when I actually update it...).

The catch.

I spoiled my brother and sister some more and took them to McDonalds (even though we went recently...). Marta ordered some kind of really weird sauce that looks like the void but it tasted pretty great!

Void mayo...

At home she was mad that Skyrim was in French so we'll probably go and change it for some other game. She has a weird relationship with French... unlike most of us she wasn't really happy to come to France, I get it, she was kind of just ripped out of her school, social, and home life and taken to a totally new place for reasons she doesn't understand. Because she's a teenager she just kinda hates everything now, including French, her weakest subject at school.

We ended the night by watching some Twilight but we didn't finish it because everyone got sleepy. 

Bella... where have you been... loca

On Thursday I had a really long day at school but a lot of chances to practice my speaking! And we also worked on mock placement tests/exams. I did a B2 one this time and I ain't gonna lie, it's pretty fucking hard. As soon as I got home I told Mo to bust out Ghosts multiplayer. We had fun playing all our favourite maps and game modes. He played some of the campaign too, it's stupid. Oh yeah, I forgot, but Charlie Kirk died by gun. It's okay, it's what he would have wanted (rest in piss, small-ass face). As some of you may know I'm way too invested in American politics despite not living there. Sometimes it feels like it's my own doing but usually it feels like it's against my will.

Literally all the guns you could ever need.

Last class of my first week was this Friday. I have a new goal for myself to not skip any classes until the end of the program unless I have a meeting. I was pretty lax before the summer and sometimes I would bail if I just felt kinda sick, but not go to the doctor sick. The teacher now requires proof of absence if we skip. Er, does this impact my new noble desire to not cut class? Maybe... but also I just don't have much of the program left so I may as well make the most of it.

When I got home I made apple puff-pastry donuts I saw online. My god, they were much harder to put together then those cooking influencers showed off! They looked like shit but honestly they tasted so good. If you're willing to tie weird knots with apples and pastry it's worth it. We finished Twilight, it was fun, I forgot how goofy all the vampires look when they're running. Alice Cullen as usual, fashion icon, but I was also super into Victoria's outfit. We played a little Skate 3 as well, what a great game.

Mmm cinnamon.

Saturday started pretty great because my camera charger came in! It took ages to charge up but when it did, the thing finally turned on. And it's damn cute! Takes great pics, has a good UI, I love it. I hope I'll be taking blog pics using it from now on.

This is my green, guys!

Otherwise we re-watched Guardians of Ga'Hoole. As an avid Warriors enjoyer back in the day, I can appreciate fictional animal warfare, especially with owls. I was so disappointed to learn they're not actually very smart animals. Talk about world-shattering... we packed up our summer clothes and I finally took out all my autumn/winter stuff. Already itching in excitement. 

Sunday was a very chill day. I watched two movies in the morning and then my mum made a peach pie and we watched The Craft together. I think my sister really enjoyed it, she's in her goth-ish phase. 

The week ends...

This Week I'm Excited For...

Since I ordered my sister an English version of Skyrim I hope it will come soon and she'll play it and maybe it will improve her mood. She's been really into Oblivion so I think she'll have fun with Skyrim as well.

Image Of The Week...

Picture of the week is the peaches my mum bought. They were so cheap but so delicious.

Song Of The Week...

So, like almost every track off of Private Music rocks hard. The glide from song to song is impeccable. Can't be certain but I think I like this one more than Ohms... Anyway the song that stuck with me most is Ecdysis. The word refers to the moulting process of bugs and such, they literally break from their old shells and come out all new. One of my favourite lyrics from Deftones is off Leathers on Koi No Yokan: "Shedding your skin, showing your texture, time to let everything inside show". I love that kinda shit, it's very apocalyptic in Ecdysis, with waters washing away towns, flames burning people away, and then some. What I love sonically is obviously the absolute groove of the bass, it's insane. Paired with the ping of something that sounds like a submarine sonar, it's just so cool. If you've listened to the album what do you think about this or other tracks? Which did you like best?

 

Browsing... {Week 36}

Hey everyone. New post, new week, new month, new format (sort of?), new everything. Not really. But I'm trying some different things here. Isn't it convenient that everything's starting on a Monday? September, my new planner, other stuff probably. 

I'm going to have scans of my monthly calendar, monthly goals, and my weekly spread from the start of the week or month and from the end. Why? I don't know, feels fun to make them and it keeps me a bit more accountable. Anyway, here's what the plan of the week was on Monday:

Week 36 begins!

I started work on the actual calendar, well, the layout. I got something going on, I think. My camera arrived super early! It's gorgeous but the seller didn't include the charger even though they said they would. Now I'm freaking out a bit. I'm sure it works but I can't immediately test it so I'm worried. Hope they message back soon.

Why??

Been missing Zhongshan and found a photo of me, grandma, and my dad at the Zhongshan Movie Studio from who knows how long ago! Not my photo, here's where you can see what the entrance looks like. 

A childhood place!

On Tuesday I was busy with much of the same but I also had to go over to Monique's to help her with her computer. Boomers are so funny, she was freaking out because she couldn't convert excel sheets to PDF her usual way so she assumed it's all over (I mean, me too). But yeah I fixed it up for her and she was very impressed with my IT skills (clicking some shit).

Worked on a fanlisting for Ergo Proxy, it's looking not bad. We watched Searching with the whole family but mum got mad at us because we just keep talking, especially Mo, he literally could not shut up if everyone's lives were on the line.

Busy day on Wednesday. Sent what I had to send and called with V, we haven't called in ages! Also, my French teacher called me to let me know that classes are starting next Wednesday. Excited but scared. Don't know why, I have only about 2 months left but still...

On Thursday we did our cleaning part-time and I dropped by the outlet shop to browse. Bought some cute stuff you can see on the fashion/shopping blog. I've been browsing old gaming mags on the Internet Archive. Man, even beyond the 90/2000s ones that I was too young to really experience, I was there for games that came out 2011-2016. Those years were fucking amazing for games. I've been especially nostalgic for 2016 games, it's actually insane how many good games there were in a single year...

My brief and barely thought-out ranking, if I don't list a great game it's probably cuz I haven't played it or it's Overwatch (that shit will NEVER be on any of my lists).

1. Titanfall 2

2. Firewatch

3. Uncharted 4

4. Watch_Dogs 2 

5. Oxenfree 

6. ABZU

7. Mirror's Edge Catalyst 

8. The Division 

Friday was very busy but fun. From the fun stuff, I finally got my copy of the collector's edition of Witch Hat Atelier volume 14 which came with a Brushbuddy! He's so cute...

Pinpin!

 

My brushbuddy!

They weren't beefing for once.

We went to McDonalds at my sister's request as she just started school again. Nothing happened yet but we're already celebrating. Story of my life. The sky was very beautiful that day:

Wow!

Saturday was busy with more work with drawing for the calendar. Played a lot of Deathloop, I killed Charlie like twice already and I can keep going, he's such a little bitch. And Egor too. Little bitch. I've also been listening to Private Music strictly on CD and well... I'm a changed man. Seriously, the grandeur of the album is finally upon me. All I needed to do was delete those ugly ass visualizers from my mind and the music speaks for itself. 

Since we finished Uncharted 4 we picked out a new game to play all together, it's Watch_Dogs 2 this time. I think it's probably one of my most replayed games ever, next to Black Flag and Mirror's Edge.

Looking regal.

On Sunday me and Mo finally ordered the Xbox 360 we've been eyeing for ages. I had it as one of my to-dos for like... probably a year now. We decided we'd better just do it while we have some money saved up at last. Stay posted for when we go game shopping for it, we already know we're getting Fable 1-3, Call Of Duty Ghosts, and all the Skate games.

Anyway, that's the week! Here's the planner by the end of it. I know, I know, I went a little crazy but I had fun keeping up with tasks for once so a minor pat on my own back.

This Week I'm Excited For...

The Xbox 360 to arrive! We'll go pick out some games and take it for a spin. We had a 360 years ago but sadly parted with it when we moved, though it went into the good hands of a friend. Still, I miss just shooting the shit with friends or my brother via split-screen. It's a lot of fun playing the PS3 with Tom so it's good to have a family console for ourselves as well. Plus, it's a DVD player too!

Image Of The Week...

Since I was nostalgic for Zhongshan, I browsed some pics of the city on flickr. I found this ancient pic of the Zhongshan Ferry Terminal, a spot I spent quite a bit of time at, catching the ferry to Hong Kong before the Hong Kong-Zhuhai bridge was built. Those damn green chairs were still there when I last took a trip! Here's the original.

Song Of The Week...

Even though I have seriously warmed up to Private Music, I need more time to really get familiar with the tracks. Meanwhile, I was enjoying more Sparta. Threes is a pretty strange album, but it has an abundance of great tracks, my fave is Red.Right.Return.

{September 2025 Start}

Staring this September, I'll be posting a bit differently about my monthly goals. I'm in my new planner and I'm seriously excited about it. Like I said in some other post, I might get a Hobonichi in the future but I usually prefer planners that have cute pages like the one I have now. We'll see...

So, here's how the month starts. I'll have another post at the end of the month with the same pages scanned to see how the month went. Before and after, baby.

Goals

1. Employment office meeting

2. FT/Social Worker meeting 

2. Blog every Sunday

3. Ergo Proxy fanlisting

4. Quiz Ring

5. Log into Bentewee daily

6. COTY 2026 Calendar 

7. Watch lots of movies

8. Video Club blog maintenance

9. CDwORLD inprint issue 2 form

Part 2 will be on the blog at the end of the month. See you throughout the month too! 

Goodbye Summer! {Week #35}

Can you believe it? Another summer comes to a close. It was in the summer of last year that this blog was started. It feels weird, that I stuck to something this long. I mean, yeah, I blogged super past the deadline often but it still got done. There was just so many times in my life that I stopped doing things, times when I got overwhelmed or lazy, just periods where I didn't do shit that I liked doing. Turns out I like blogging. I mean, is this blog sort of self-important and banal? Yeah. But I always think about how fun it is to read blogs people wrote 10 or 20 years ago, a peek into their lives at the time. It's a whole time capsule. Maybe someone out there will also find the most mundane person of all time (me) interesting to read about one day... It also helps me remember things. I have spiderwebs up there instead of a brain.

So, I've totally failed at my summer bucket list. But that's okay, that means there will be more to do next year. Monday I was working on the 2026 calendar I wanna make and did some maintenance on my clique (CDwORLD). On Tuesday I was supposed to get Private Music finally, it was already so late. But it arrived later on Thursday... and the disc was cracked. I was mad. Fortunately after I sent picks to the distributor they sent me back a return slip and I sent it back. I was not gonna pay delivery on that too! I'm an idiot in general because this CD is basically everywhere in France, including at our biggest Leclerc. I'm glad that France still sells so much physical media but I wish my dumbass deduced that Deftones were big enough to be sold on the day here too...

On Wednesday I met with a social worker so I can finally continue my process with job-seeking, welfare, training, and all that. She was really nice but it turns out that I'll be going to a different office now because I'm single and no kids. Forever! 

On Thursday we finally finished Uncharted 4, the port to PC was really ass so we had so much lag. Gorgeous game! And fun. I was joking that I was an Uncharted hater but I was worse, I was totally ambivalent. Well I like it now, you win, nerds. I've also started Deathloop and it's fun and very, very stylish. 

Have a bit of an issue. My mum and sister went to Bordeaux with my card earlier this month but they forgot to tell me how much they spent so now I'm penniless. I'll live but it's kind of annoying mostly because the banking app is so trash and doesn't update until like 2 days later... 

On Friday and the Weekend I was busy finishing my Blaugust posts. The last one got pretty long but I;m glad it's done. I'll definitely plan better for next year. On Sunday we also watched the complete version of Final Fantasy VII Advent Children with Tom. He dropped the lore on us in like 15 minutes. Speed run. I watched that movie so much as a kid and only now I understood anything. 

I don't have any pics this week to be honest, it's been busy yet somehow boring. No cool kids to photograph! But yeah, I'm pretty excited for September and autumn. Cold, please. And everything is just happening again, at least for me. Also I get to move into my new planner, I've been excited to for months.

This Week I'm Excited For...

When I still had money this month, specifically my commission money, I ordered a camera. It's for me in general but also for this blog! Nothing beats an aged digicam. I'm waiting for it, super excited.

Image Of The Week...

Maybe it's because I've been so into decorating my planner, but I've just loved seeing pics of cute stickers and stationery. Sad that there is so much less cute stationery out there now. Find it here.

Song Of The Week...

This was a hard pick this week because I'm not really sure what I listened to the most this week. Listened to a bunch of old favourites but I prefer to put something newly found when I have my songs of the week. I guess what made enough of an impact on me this week was Eileen by Jason Isbell. I learnt about Isbell from Mel of pagemelt, they bring them up in a couple of their really great vids. But yeah, I like this sort of country, blues, folk. It's close to my greatest of all time, Jason Molina. Also Jackson C. Frank, so underrated.

Trying To Focus On The Music {Week #34}

Productive Monday. Put all the finishing touches on the commission I'm working on, Tuesday I'm gonna fix whatever is left over and finally send it off. Otherwise I've been watching the Bad Batch, well, re-started it. I watched it when it first came out and then kind of never caught up again. Apparently it's been finished since last year! It's fucking awesome. So far I love everyone but Hunter is my fave.

We have a new pastime that's so stupid. We stumbled on YouTube quiz videos about video games and movies and somehow got caught up and did them for like 2 hours. Man, I wouldn't even be good on a quiz show but I'd love to go anyway...

On Tuesday the commission was finally done. I can't reveal what it looks like yet as it's for an upcoming project! Excited. I wasn't sure if I actually made something worthwhile until I heard back from the client and she said she liked it a lot and I instantly felt so much relief. 

Wednesday was the actual due date but because I sent it out early I didn't need to worry. Felt good to be ahead (barely) of schedule for once. However, new problems always find a way. My mum went to the market to buy fruit and vegetables as usual and when she got back she was relaxing, no worries or nothing. My brother got ready to meet up with some friends and he needed a little money so my mum checked if she had any cash for him. But she couldn't find her wallet.

We searched the entire house. Not there. Problem is my mum has a tendency to forget her wallet or card...often. She left her wallet at the bakery once, she was lucky the guys who own the shop know us and kept it safe. Another time she left her card in the ATM and we were again lucky that the guy who found it returned it to the bank instead of pocketing it. Anyway, we run up and down the market but we can't find it. My mum is hyperventilating and crying already (none of us take stress well despite being stressed 24/7). We probably looked like a whole ass clown show to all the market goers. My brother has to leave because the friends came by to pick him up already. Anyway, after another search at home I run out to look for my mum, she went to the bank to freeze the card because my first thought was she set the wallet down when she took her coins out and she just left it there. Then someone grabbed it. 

A police cruiser parks and an officer steps out and talks to a vendor, I hear the vendor explain that a lady lost her wallet and that she saw some other lady grab a black wallet from nearby. I catch up with the officer and we get to my mum. He was very polite, unlike the other cops in our town who are literally rude off the get go. He says we have to go to the gendarmerie that's further out of town and make a report and they'll check the cameras. He's making some calls and I call Monique to see if she can drive us there. However, in like a minute, he tells me someone has brought the wallet to the precinct and that we can just go pick it up. My mum instantly relaxes, we thank the guy and run over there.

A nice receptionist has us confirm what was inside the wallet. Card, ID, family pics, etc. And 40 euros. She checks and there's only 20. So we guess the lady that brought it in probably helped herself to a 20. Honestly, I ain't even mad. She may have needed it and she kept the ID/insurance card safe so we'll just take it as a service fee. But it cracks me up. Like, taking the whole 40 is a little much, but a 20 is fair. We're still lucky I guess, that's a three for three.

On Thursday my period started so I was annoyed and refilling my water-bag thingy every hour. I cleaned my room up a bit. Tom came over at 8 to watch Bring It On because he had never seen it! He and I agree that Missy probably wanted to get with Torrance but the year was 2000... Also talk about a cast of gorgeous gals! Eliza Dushku, Gabrielle Union, Kristen Dunst... wow...

I woke up pretty early on Friday and the first thing I did was grab my phone and start it on the new Deftones album, Private Music. Oh, man. I wish I could just rave about the songs. I wish I could focus on the music. I actually can't say anything about the album as of now, I listened to it only once and was left with such a bitter taste I couldn't even process the songs at all. It started with the first second of Locked Club... not sonically, visually. Each song comes with a visualizer. Almost all of them are kind of mediocre if not bad, they're all very disjointed and distracting. But worst thing is... so many of them have AI. Seriously, Deftones?! It tainted the sound of the entire album for me. Literally I didn't even hear the music because I was so busy thinking about how shit the entire visual palette of the album was and how lazy and gross it was that they have this AI bullshit. If you're someone who's gonna tell me to just worry about the music, Deftones are a band not filmographers, or that it's just visualizers, blah blah blah... no. Gen AI is just trash, keep it out of art. 

I want to make a proper review about this for Stacks, Lennon's zine about music, you should check it out, it's very cool. I'll later post it to the video club blog as well. But yeah, I'm waiting for my CD that should arrive on the 26th. I'm gonna pop it in, get properly immersed in the music and never touch their shit on YouTube ever again. So fucking disappointing. 

Saturday was alright, I did some shopping and caught up a bit with Blaugust. I have to post every day to make it to 15 posts this time around. I want that silver award bad. Also I'm just excited to start using my new planner after next week, which will be the last week of August!

My DVDs, her throne. ( • ̀ω•́ )✧

 

Eepy.. /ᐠ - ˕ -マ ᶻ 𝗓 𐰁

Sunday was pretty uneventful, my period finally ended. I was organizing my desktop, it's a huge mess again. Also did some drawing just for myself. September will probably be very busy, I'll start working soon I hope and classes should be on again. I've been pretty mired in projects this week, kind of neglected some other important things, but that's what next week's for, eh?

Breakfast my mum made me! (˚ ˃̣̣̥⌓˂̣̣̥ )づ♡

This Week I'm Excited For...

As mad as I was about the digital release of Private Music, I'm still excited for the CD. I hope I can forget all that bullshit by the time it gets to me and I can just enjoy it. Everyone's saying it's the best thing since Diamond Eyes but I'm gonna need more time to see about that. Plus, I doubt it, because Koi No Yokan is literally their best.

Image Of The Week...

Another flickr find. Such a nostalgic and cute set up. This kind of nostalgia still gets to me.

Song Of The Week...

Yeah, it's not a Deftones song... even if it is the week the album came out. I can't, I feel too raw. Instead I listened to an incredible album over and over all week, but especially during the weekend. There's nearly no bad tracks, and I almost feel like I can't pick a favourite but something in Collapse is just calling to me right now. So, Collapse by Sparta. 

My New Room! {2025 Week #33}

Hey everyone, how are ya? I've had a pretty busy week that's been basically the worst because of how hot it was for days on end. Mind numbing heat. I couldn't think, couldn't work, lying down was even a pain. I can't wait for cool weather but it may only be truly cool here in October. Why?!?!

Nothing much happened on Monday, I played some Dead By Deadlight with Tom. It was fun but I had the fan literally glued to my face and still it was basically blowing hot air and doing nothing. He keeps trying to get me to play Marvel Rivals and I keep saying I'll consider it. I won't.

Look at her little paws. ฅ^•ﻌ•^ฅ

Tuesday and Wednesday was even worse, I didn't get any work done because sitting upstairs was literally killing me. Melting. But finally, for the week's most important news:

We had a really busy Thursday. Basically, my sister has been feeling down for a while. She hasn't been loving her room for some time and we decided to change stuff up before the school year starts. So she moved into what was my mum/my room and I would move into her smaller room. Problem is that it kind of left my mum without a room but considering my brother lives in the hallway of the second floor, wack arrangements are kind of a norm in this house. Plus she mostly works downstairs at her desk anyway so it really didn't do much to inconvenience her. Plus I would get my own room! Woohoo! I haven't had my own room in a few years now so you bet your ass I'm happy about it.

But no move is easy so it took us all day to take stuff out, clean, put stuff back, pack stuff away, and so on. Because this was all happening through my brother's hallway-room he was pretty mad. We did get it done but my new room is still a total mess. I'm gonna clean it up by next week and take some good pics. Here's a preview:

There's a secret cat here. ฅ≽(•⩊ •マ≼

Later in the evening we also had a movie night because it was Hisham's last day in town after which he would go back to uni. We invited Tom too so I introduced them and it was a lot of fun. We ended up watching Companion. It's a worse version of Ex-Machina but it was still pretty fun.

In the morning we all found refuge on the first floor as usual and were watching For All Man Kind, we've been watching it since a week or so ago. It's fine. Very, very red scare. But cool space stuff!

It's all about her this week!

A bit after lunch Monique dropped by and offered to take us to swim in her pool. Marta and Yolanta already left to the public pool so we went without them. Her pool was pretty warm but it was still so good to finally be surrounded with water. Taught my brother to do a hand-stand in the water, apparently he didn't know how. Shocking, because it's just cheating at doing a hand-stand. 

We stayed for dinner, Monique made some DIY pizzas and we listened to Etta James because she's got lots of CDs of 60s and 70s musicians. I also met Krevet, a cat of Monique's friend who's visiting. His story is crazy! He was rescued with his mother but the mother had AIDS and passed away. He was tested positive for it to so the vet suggested to put him down but Monique's friend couldn't do it. And he lived! It seems that it was a false positive and even though his mum had it she somehow didn't pass it to him. He's really healthy, happy, and loved and lives in a Parisian apartment usually but spends the summer at Monique's house. Chippie, Monique's cat, is mad about it. Monique also has many strays near her house who are so cute. But the town really needs a program to spay/neuter the strays because there is a lot of them. I know they've got catch and release sterilization programs like that in Europe and they are very human compared to the alternatives.

On Saturday we had a really great day at the lake. Monique drove us there just before lunch but didn't stay herself. It's a lovely lake that's about 25-30 minutes away from our town by car. When we got there it was pretty empty, just a few other swimmers and mostly people resting in the shade. We swum for a while then had some burgers for lunch at the nearby cafe.

Upon arrival. ⛱

Catching Zs. (ᴗ˳ᴗ)ᶻ𝗓𐰁

 After lunch, it got way more crowded.

Reading time. (♡ˊ͈ ꒳ ˋ͈)

Yolanta, Marta, and my mum. ٩(๑❛ᴗ❛๑)۶

My mum. (*´▽`*)❀.

Terrible family pics as usual. ৻(  •̀ ᗜ •́  ৻)

The girls, Marta and Yolanta even went on this wipe-out style course that's in the middle of the lake. It honestly looked really hard if not impossible in some parts. We left at about 5PM, Monique came to pick us up.

Sunday was pretty normal, it was still hot as hell. We fought with the AC but it still didn't work properly so we'll probably stop using it when the heatwave dies down. Here's some pics of Yoshi 'helping' me do work:

/ᐠ > ˕ <マ ₊˚⊹♡

This Week I'm Excited For...

You know it, I know it. Private Music by Deftones is going to be out next Friday, I'm literally going nuts. I'm excited as hell!

Image Of The Week...

I've been thinking about bedrooms ever since I've moved into mine. There's plenty of great groups of flickr that show off some very cool decor. This isn't even exactly the kind of bed I'd have for myself but it;s so pretty, especially the divider. Not sure where it's from originally but it can found on this blog.

Song Of The Week...

So this came out late last week but I've been listening to it non-stop this week. Even better than My Mind Is A Mountain and that song kicked ass. I was just a little unsure until 40 seconds into the song when that absolutely insane guitar-drums combo breaks through and doesn't really stop again. So good. Chino sings so beautifully and the chorus is direct and powerful. 10/10.