1. Running - To move one's body takes off weight from one's mind. Focus less on emotions and more on bodily stress (healthy stress...lol)

2. Long hot shower - To refresh one's body is to refresh one's mind. Also gives time to think without having to worry about wasting time / keep one warm despite cold (?) thoughts.

3. Sing out loud - Especially songs that one can relate to.

4. Radio Exercise - See #1

5. Study - There is nothing wrong with a better mark in school!

6. Do logic puzzles - Helps one to get away from negative emotions by the introduction of logical thoughts....also because it's a) fun, and b) helpful for the LSAT?

7. Write/Draw - Accomplish something while serving as a distraction...best accompanied by listening to music, perhaps.

8. Stay by oneself / away from friends in the close proximity - One can only find solution to one's problems by oneself anyway, the only result of talking to someone about one's problems is more frustration and "blah-ness"... to self AND others. This is probably strange, because it seems like most self-help sites and whatnot say that one should talk to someone one loves. I really don't agree in my own case...

9. Write down thoughts without looking back at them. This channels out negative thoughts without bothering anyone including self...

10. AFTER all these steps, act normal again and focus once again on constructive events =)

On my bookshelf:

- A Life Decoded
- Elements of Style
- Harry Potter 7
- Once Upon a Time in the North
- Eragon
- The Twelve Kingdoms: Sea of Shadow
- 'Salem's Lot
- 夜のピクニック
- 天と地の守り人 1 2 3
- リセット
- 俄罗斯小说百年精选
- 梵高自画像之谜

First time - Library - Reread - High interest

Library Movie: [The Queen]

Sigh...there is too much to do, too little time...

Although personally I think Kadokawa deserves some space on this poster... the movie was really great. Though it had its share of blames for portraying a Japanese soldier "in a positive light", I thought that's not really a fair criticism for the movie...
I admire the director's courage (?) for deciding to portray not only the said Japanese soldier but also the character Mr. Tang, who would be considered as a Hanjian (traitor) and whose personality and actions would be portrayed as completely negative in traditional Chinese WWII films...
Having said that...the scenes of the movie were very..... ..... ... shocking, to some extent...especially if one considers how things like this happened in actual history. I couldn't stop crying for the entire time I was sitting in the theatre. But these things are really hard to explain in words (especially at such late hour at night lol)...

Yes if you're in Toronto this weekend (Sept.19) go see it @ the Toronto International Film Festival!!

For the Ono Fuyumi theme...and also randomly sensei because I'm somewhat addicted

Mini (?) size 200 x 200



You would be surprised to find out that I spent like 4 hours on that piece of c...I mean...picture

Even smaller 50 x 50



This looks more like a skinnier, female version of Nyanko sensei lol but do feel free to take him (her?) home

Yea I know this doesn't look like Natsume and Nyanko-sensei but I can explain!

Started drawing this when I was watching the first ep, and finished at ep 6 lol...hence my image of the pair wasn't really solid when I drew the lines ahahaha...aha...aha....