#koosei

As the title says, I’ll be changing the purpose (and name) of this blog. It was, once upon a time, melsxmasinchina. It will now be used to document travels!

Most specifically, my trip to Japan in September! I miss chatting with a lot of you, so this will be my place to share updates on planning, ideas for the trip, and photos during the trip itself.

The policy is about having to pay at that income. If you’re making less than that you can still pay off your loans (and I’m sure many will do that).

Man, I wish my canary was even half that friendly

well technically the first 30,000 words is already ON my website, at least for the one I was thinking of. It’s just hard to find right now. (and I really, really REALLY need to redo my website. The theme is dated and hard to navigate, but website revamps are the suck when I’m not getting paid for them, LOL)

Aaaaah that makes sense. I always thought New Mexico was closer to sea level

so I just did a google query, apparently the LOWEST point in New Mexico is still at 2800 feet. Meanwhile, up here where I am in Santa Fe it’s 7200 feet. 

2. If the sorting hat was on you and it said you'd be great in a house you didn't consider before, will you follow his advice or choose what house you want?

already answered.

5. What do you think you'll be doing right now?

Probably exactly what I’m doing now: dreading Monday morning.

9. Will you go home during holidays?

Yes.

13. Would you consider studying in another wizarding school?

already answered.

19. On hogsmeade visits, what shops will you go to?

I’d probably try to go to them all the first couple of times, and then later select my favs and visit those.

24. Which part of the castle will be your favorite?

already answered.

28. Will you be curious enough to try and explore the whole castle, even if you know you can get in trouble for visiting some parts of it?

Maybe?

37. What wizard snack would be your favorite? Or which one would you like to try?

I’d love to try a chocolate frog.

50. What memory will you think of when making a patronus?

duskyhuedladysatan demanded answers and I WILL PROVIDE THEM, thank you for tagging me!   and now, the rules.

1. answer the eleven questions 2. make up eleven new questions and tag three people.  3. wait.

1. which alcohol can you no longer consume based on a really unfortunate incident of overconsumption in your youth - assuming you drink the stuff.  I’m still very much in the stage of my youth where statistically more people are overconsuming than in other periods of their lives and I’ve been to a bar like three times. I don’t like beer, though, or the taste of alcohol in general to be honest. Bellinis are delicious though. (thank you demenior.)

2. favorite Tarantino movie.  I had to go to Wikipedia to check his list of movies and I.... have never seen a Tarantino movie. Please still like me.

3. is there a craft to which you devote some spare time? knitting? sewing? origami? paper crafts? FRIENDSHIP BRACELETS. I make them all the time and I’m drowning in them but they’re so easy to make and so useful. Bookmarks, hair ties, shoelaces, bracelets, necklaces, rings, zipper pulls, decoration, light pulls... 

4. which huge sporting event do you HAVE to watch? it can be any of the larger ones - hockey championships, Wimbledon finals, World Series, Iron Man Triathlon, Tour de France - any of them.  I’m not much of a sports person. I like watching gymnastics more than any other sport though. (And I would become a tennis geek if I had Tom Hiddleston as an achievable incentive like hot damn.)

5. favorite kind of pie. Apple. I’m a simple person.

6. the White Witch offered Edmund Turkish Delight - what would she offer you? I AM SO TORN. Maybe those chocolate rock candy things you get at Bulk Barn - the bits of milk chocolate that are coated with candy and look like rocks. Like a SLEIGH full of those hell yes I would just stick my whole face in.

7. which rap/hiphop song do you know all the words to? (it can’t be Miami. sorry.)  God I’m shit at knowing what genre a song is. I know all of Superbass and Starships though.

8. taco filling of your choice.  Meat, cheese, lettuce, heavy on the last two, and that’s it. My picky eater chidhood is showing.

9. what kind of smart phone do you have.  do you like it?   I don’t have a smart phone, I have a scuffed up Samsung that just does text and talk. The caller ID doesn’t work and it doesn’t receive long text messages or photos. We’re having a difficult relationship at the moment. (also I keep dropping it and there’s a weird line of dead pixels that keeps moving around...)

10.  favorite dinner your mom makes/made when you were a kid/go home.  Ham rolls. My mom makes the BEST ham rolls. Also the only ham rolls.

11.  grammatical error that makes you the craziest.  The basic stuff. ‘I seen.’ ‘I knows.’ Also double negatives when you mean the opposite thing. I know what you mean but STRAIGHTEN YOUR LINES DAMMIT TWO LEFTS DO NOT MAKE A RIGHT.

And my questions:

1. Favourite childhood movie.

2. A band/artist you feel sums up you/your life in some way.

3. Cartoons you grew up with.

4. Movie you are most anticipating right now.

5. Song you have on repeat right now.

6. You get to pick a fictional animal to have as a pet, which one?

7. Go-to ‘I’m tired and starving and don’t want to have to think’ food?

8. Hogwarts House, and do you feel you fit there? Why or why not?

9. The fairytale you would least object to living?

10. Favourite shoes?

11. Weirdest dream you can ever remember having (while asleep)?