prices on the rise.

I thought it was Saturday, but then realized that I'm internally a day behind. Man, that's a terrible feeling. I wish it were Summer break. I've been sick these past few days, and have been dressing in pajamas and lazy clothes every day.
I was coloring my design yesterday when my grey ran out of ink. I went to the store to buy a new one, but they didn't have the same shade of grey that I used to I had to buy a different one. Bummer. Considering I already started coloring. A new marker costs $6.50.

And then on top of that, I ran out pages in my sketchbook so I bought a new one.
I still have the sticker price on my old one, so it had me facepalming when I saw the price difference. Here's my old one.
Here's my new one.

Result of the dollar-yen ratio.

And then on top-top of that, my pencil pouch spilled at school, and somehow the only item that's missing is my favorite expensive pencil. What?! That one was $12 while the rest were only a buck or two. That's bad luck for me. I don't think I can afford to get a new one anytime soon. Maybe I'll stop buying expensive pencils because I've already had at least five of them lost or stolen.

I really need to finish this portfolio in time. Extension, please.

Love, Kai

bad hair day.

I tried to curl my hair today. Bottom line, I need to stop trying to curl my hair. I can't do it. I don't throw on hats on bad hair days. Hats look kind of unflattering on me and hat hair just makes bad hair days even worse. So today, I just threw a wig on instead.
I need to invest in more of these things. Hair and makeup are two things I fail at. Which explains why I don't really wear makeup or do anything special with my hair. Low maintenance.

Top from Tokyo Fashion Co in Taiwan, dress from H&M, tights from library donation, Doc Martens from Asos, necklace from Angelic Pretty

I need more wigs, seriously.

I got my full 12 hours of sleep yesterday, but will probably have to pull a few all nighters to finish up my college hometest and all that jazz. Can't wait till that's over with.

Oh also, I'm sick.
And there was a lizard and a rat in my bed in my dream last night. Extremely realistic dream. I woke up thinking it really happened.

Love, Kai

turn it up.

Fun fact, I really dislike loud music. Not necessarily loud as in like screamo, but loud as in blasting out the speakers. Another fun fact. That's probably why I don't like dances. I've been to one dance in my whole high school career, and that was the Yearbook dance, because I'm in yearbook crew.


Jacket from Puma, Fanny Pak T-shirt from Kenya Dance sales booth, H&M pants, Ecko sneakers, Skullcandy headphones.
Skullcandies look pretty cool, but they're not very comfortable. I keep twitching while I wear them, which explains why I haven't worn them since I bought them. Here's an awkward closeup. Sometimes I wonder why I smile like this.
I think I bought the red ones because they were on sale. And also my iPod is red. I wanted the black and gold ones though.

It's only 6, but I think I'll try to go to sleep now. I stayed up for hours last night working on Japanese homework, only to find out today that the substitute who passed out the packets gave us the wrong ones. Which is why I didn't understand any of it. Sometimes I regret being such a hard worker.

Knocked out.
Peace, Kai

did someone say free money?

I bought a scarf last month from H&M, and the cashier threw in a $5 gift card to use for the new year.I'm all too familiar with this sales trick. Give a promotion > lure customers to visit even though they don't really need to > get them to spend more money. It really does work. I'll admit, I wouldn't have gone shopping if H&M didn't give me this card.

There were some pretty good things in the store when I visited. There's a new activewear collection that I'm really digging. I took a couple pictures on my camera phone. The pieces are all dusty pink/ black, a color combination I really like. I'm getting into activewear.

There was a coat that I sort of wanted, but even in the small, I felt sort of like I was drowning in it, so back on the shelf it went. Shame, because it was originally about $100 and marked down to $20, plus my card would have made it $15.

Anyway, I bought pants. I couldn't decide on which pair so I got two. They're both way too big on me. Safety pins to the rescue. These were the pants that were in the window of the San Francisco store two months ago. The same ones that I passed off because they were $35 and over my price range. Haahhg. I got this pair on sale for five bucks. Seriously.

Here's the other pair I got
Ditzy floral print mmm. They look like PJ pants if I wear them long. This is another pair that I saw in the store and passed on before. This one was marked down to $15 from $35. Which isn't as amazing as $5, but hey. Not bad.

Also grabbed a bag of brooches. I should have picked a bag out more carefully.
I don't know why the cameo brooch is upside down. The key brooch is defected and doesn't close. I chose this bag because the bow is tied nicely.

Totaled up to be $20. I was planning on $10 at most. Spent more money than planned. H&M marketing win this one.

Love, Kai

if I were a boy.

Yesterday, I attended National Portfolio Day in San Francisco. I had been planning on going to sleep early so I could look plenty awake in front of the college representatives. But I couldn't find glue, and spent the whole night looking for it. And went to sleep at 5am, and woke up at 7am. So sleep deprived.

There's a loose hair in my peripheral view and I keep thinking it's a spider. I've lost count how many times I turned already. I can't find which strand of hair it is.

I picked up the February issue of KERA magazine, featuring Neeko and Takeru on the cover.
Though I try to get an issue every month, I've missed a ton of issues from last year just because I couldn't dish out the money.

I loved the makeup section in this issue. "Boy makeup." Boystyle Midori! Midori is the cutest person in the world. She's my idol. It'd be my dream job to be a KERA model.
Here's another spread with Yura(left) and Re:NO(right). I thought Yura was Akira in the picture.And here's one with Runa-Luna.

I see a trend. Boystyle makeup = wig + nude lipstick + black eyeliner and BAM. I sort of tried to do it. I can't apply eyeliner for my life.
This hair length is really difficult to manage.

Love, Kai