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SEMI-SORTA-FRIENDS ONLY
Cosplay-photoshoots and an occasional banter in English and really rather public,
the rest in Finnish and filtered.
If you add, do tell.
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| FFMoPE: The Video Blog Edition #1: O HI! |
[29 Nov 2009|12:24am] |
Crappy camera + stubborness + hours and hours of rage directed at the computer that does not compute = THIS
I need a camera that records sound a bit better if I am to keep up with this after FFMoPE (you never know) but at the moment, that old piece of crap will do just fine.
I also need to get my sleeping habits straight so I'll be heading to bed now and sleeping for a week.
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| FFMoPE: Fashion Blog Edition #4: The Laundry Bin Scale |
[27 Nov 2009|02:05am] |
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(How is it 2 AM already? Where did the time go?)
I was thinking, just the other day, about how so many stylish people always seem to be inspired by one thing or another and dress accordingly. You know: "I was inspired when I saw a second-hand shop fornicating with an art teacher, so I decided to dress as what I think their offspring would look like. This dress used to belong to my great uncle in 1749, in Prussia. His sister made it for him, when her cat died."
And I thought, why am I not inspired by anything? Am I so completely uncool that nothing in this world gives me the "oh, this is how I should look like" -vibes? But then it hit me.
My biggest inspiration, style-wise, is my laundry bin. Nothing fancy, just the old white plastic container I throw my dirty clothes in. (It was a generous gift from my aunt who had stored it in her garage for the past ten years. It's a beautiful bin.)
I also realised my style can actually be rated by what I decided to call The Laundry Bin Scale.
This graph gives you a general idea of what I'm talking about.
( And I shall explain this scale right behind this cut )
And as an added bonus, because I can't be arsed to look up a suitable YouTube-link, have a picture of my new winter-jacket that I'm going to wear every single goddamn day even if it is plus ten degrees Celsius outside because I paid way too much for it (I didn't, not really, I'm just not used to buying clothes that cost over 50 €).
Jacket: KappAhl
Hat: Seppälä
Trousers: A clearance rack somewhere
Boots: No-brand from KenkäMarski
Face: Courtesy of last Wednesday's "I'm sick but have to go out regardless" -coma
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| FFMoPE: A Public Service Announcement aka. Too Lazy to Blog Properly |
[25 Nov 2009|10:12pm] |
Hi. I have done absolutely nothing these past few days. Nothing, I tell you. Except maybe gone to work, made an appearance at school and completely bullshat my way through an article we were supposed to turn in today. I have no idea how I do it. It's magical. (I know my article is crap but at least it's done and I can write it better after critique.)
Jenny came over last night and we had pizza and talked about important issues such as why people are shit and why college/university is hell. Fun times.
I have also played Zeus: Master of Olympus and yet again made my way through all of the episodes. I think. There might be a couple of easy ones left but, obviously, they're too easy for someone as well versed in the glorious act of playing god in a PC game as myself. This sentence made no sense, do forgive me. But yes. Zeus. Possibly one of the best PC-games ever. Probably better than Red Alert, which I still think is a bit too strategic of a strategy-game for me to fully comprehend. I'm much better at building imaginary civilizations than gathering armies to crush other civilizations.
... This has got to be the geekiest paragraph in the history of my LJ. At least I don't play WoW.
But can you honestly say that a game with such awesome commentary could possibly be bad? (And, oh well, if it has Greek mythology in it, I'm sold.)
As for FFMoPE, I still have at least one Fashun-post to make but I'm so uninspired by myself and my "style" that apparently I can't be arsed. I'll do it anyway, just you wait. I know you're all dying to hear about the Laundry Bin Scale.
I've also sort of kind of thought about doing a bit of vlogging but can't decide whether it's a good idea or not. Obviously there's the language thing because the whole point of FFMoPE is to post public, English entries and thus the vlog (such a stupid word, that) should also be in English. Not that I don't feel confident speaking the language, I'm just not all that sure if it'll sound... odd. What with my bizarre accent and all.
Opinions?
And because I can, here's a bit of Imogen Heap for you all.
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| FFMoPE: The Fashion Blog Edition #3: Shoes, shoes, shoes |
[22 Nov 2009|10:42pm] |
In all honesty, I do have a certain fashion-related weakness. I pretty much don't care about a lot of style-related things but oh my, give me a nice pair of shoes and I'm a goner.
I didn't give a crap about shoes until I accidentally ended up working in a shoe store. They pay was a joke and my boss wasn't too wonderful either but the shoes we sold were pure perfection. I had a total of three pairs of shoes when I started my fabulous career in October 2006 and when I walked out for the last time in July 2008, I had somehow managed to gather a glamurous collection of shoes. On average, I brought home a pair a month. You do the math.
I love weird heels and funky designs that would never go with my everyday appearance. Add in a dash of impossible colours and a bit of a futuristic flare and I'm in love.
Case in point, Eject. Eject is a Portuguese brand that I first came across back in '08, when we got a small shipment into our store. Their designs could only be described as downright fugly and I remember a lot of our customers rolling their eyes and saying how you'd have to be insane to pay for such hideous things.
Oh well, I must be a tad bit insane, but come on! Look at those things!
I don't actually own either of these but damn, if I had the money and no longer felt guilty about buying
stuff I don't really need. Look at those heels. Just look at them!
I haven't done a proper inventory of my shoes in quite a while but I suppose I have approximately 30 or so pairs. About 10 of which I can actually wear on daily basis. The rest is pure collector's glee. (I made a post about my babies back in early '08 but, obviously, the collection has grown quite a bit since.
But, as no one really cares about anyone's smelly everyday-shoes, I shall entertain you with some of my more... unconventional numbers.
( Welcome to Elina's Exhibition of Ridiculous Shoes! )
So yes. I'm not compulsively buying every single pretty pair of shoes I see - not anymore at least. But I appreciate the beauty (o hi, Alexander McQueen) and actually find browsing shoe stores quite relaxing. Also somewhat amusing, considering I look like 14-year-old geeky kid most of the time. (True story: one of my very flaming co-workes nearly choked when I put on a pair nine-inch heels and knew how to walk in them. Ha.)
Old shit is old but I've already decided to finish my fashun posts with a YouTube link and I can't think of anything else:
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| FFMoPE: The Fashion Blog Edition #2: Biblical hair |
[21 Nov 2009|06:14pm] |
During the past few days I've received millions and millions of e-mails and letters (Millions, I tell you! Everyone in the world, including the president of Burundi, reads this crap. You know you're hanging out with the cool guys just by reading these words. Trust me. Trufax.) asking me for tips on how to look as dashing as I do.
I need a some time to compile a Perfect Guide to Dressing Like Elina (I can already tell you that it has a lot to do with this guy over here) but in the meantime, here's a few tips on styling your hair.
( Right here )
And to fit the mood:
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| FFMoPE: The Fashion Blog Edition #1: Sequins and shoes |
[18 Nov 2009|05:57pm] |
Having googled "fashion blog first post", I no longer feel the need to type up a pseudo-witty introduction that would, in perfectly good taste, make a bit of fun of all the dashing fashion bloggers out there. They seem to do it quite well themselves.
Thus, I'll just get straight to the point. You know who I am and what I think about fashion anyway.
Sequins are awesome. Or were, about a year or three ago, when I was quite ready to give up my left arm for a fabulously tacky piece sequin-splattered clothing.
I used to think Imogen Heap was a man. I also thought her shirt was awesome. This was back in 2005.
I was obviously ahead of my time. Except with the Heap being a man -thing.
( Read more... )
In conclusion: sequins and glitter are like pvc and leather - either you are an idiot and think you look good wearing them, or you are awesome and aware of just how ridiculous you look. (Or you're one of the 10 people in the entire world who can dress up as a gigantic sequin-covered toaster and still look dashing. Or performing in the Eurovision song contest. Or in a Bollowood-movie.)
I'll leave you with this.
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| FFMoPE: The Comic Blog Edition #1 |
[17 Nov 2009|04:20pm] |
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( 4 x 3 panels (And, oh lord, Twilight-spoilers) )
Not all that sure if I can be arsed to draw more (I actually did three more but you really don't want to see them) so this is likely to be the first and last of my artsy fartsy -entries. Now, what next: food, fashion or photos? Or perhaps something completely different?
I also did manage to drag my ass to school today. I'm so very awesome. And hungry. Life is fascinating. And I love the acronym FFMoPe.
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[17 Nov 2009|01:25am] |
So. I was supposed to start the whole "public posts" -thing today/yesterday/whatever but then something called "dinner & drunk" happened and I'm now a tad bit tipsy and so not going to scan anything at this hour. Even though I know The Flatmate is still up or at least hasn't turned the lights off and probably wouldn't be bothered by my drunken scanning.
So yeah.
You'll get fugly drawings tomorrow. Today. Whatever. After twelve hours of sleep. If I manage to get myself to school tomorrow, I'll be oh so very proud of myself. Most likely not. Not the "proud"-part but the "getting myself to school" -part.
Free drinks are bad. But also good. Damn.
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| What's this? A public post? Oh my! |
[14 Nov 2009|10:29am] |
So! As the mighty world of LJ seems to be dying a slow Facebook/Twitter/Whathaveyou -related death, I have decided to spice things up a bit. At least here in my journal, which, really, isn't going to change anything or interest anyone but at least I'll have fun. Also, I need to write English more than I do now. It's ridiculous how my skillz0rs have gone to shit.
Thus I welcome you to
![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) fokushii's
Fantabulous Month of 101 % Public Entries!
What this means is that I'll, for a whopping month, write nothing but public entries (I can already feel all my "school/life/work sucks and I'm hungry" -whineage slowly moving towards facebook). But! They shall not be my typical "I ate bread. Life is fascinating." -type of entries, oh no.
Because I know I'll never be bothered to keep up more blogs than one and because there are so many types of blogs I'd like to have, I'll be posting my entries here in some stereotypical-blogger-type-of-way.
For example:
* Fashion blog
(because oh god no, I'm such a fashion icon and my style will definitely inspire kids all over the world!)
* Comic blog
(see previous, add the fact that I can't draw crap = fun times)
* Photo blog
(see previous, replace "draw" with "photograph")
* What I ate today and how said food was made -blog
(see all previous, you get the point)
* Someting else, what? Feel free to throw suggestions.
(I'm so tempted to try "my life is a long lonely road in the midst of a dying forest that represents the dark and miserable place that is the world and I might wish to go read Twilight now but before that I'll post some angry lyrics here oh woe" -type of stuff. Just might.)
So yes, all this fantastic stuff will begin on Monday. I'll probably do a certain type of entries for a few days at a time (ie. fashion for a week, comics for as long as I can possibly draw them, which is likely to be two days, etc.) so stay tuned! I know you all care and are super excited!
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| Cleaning results in selling aka. A Magical Sales Post (in Finnish) |
[04 Oct 2009|06:24pm] |
Hyllyni ovat tulvillansa ylimääräisiä niteitä. Ostakaa ne pois. (Ja on siellä seassa ehkä pari muutakin asiaa.)
"Vieraskielisten kirjojen lukeminen kehittää kielitaitoa jopa 49,8 %!"
(Ei perustu validiin tutkimustietoon, mutta on pääteltävissä maalaisjärjellä!)
Kaikki painotuotteet suomeksi, ellei toisin mainita.
Koodikielen avain:
GER = saksaksi
ENG = englanniksi
JPN = japaniksi
SWE = ruotsiksi
Toimitus postitse tai naamatusten, postikuluja ympäripyöreästi 1,50 €/tuote.
( Ostakaa, ostakaa, kaikki pois ostakaa! )
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| Kitto OK! |
[23 Apr 2009|10:08pm] |
A Spontaneous Duo Maxwell -photoshoot
which may or may not have confuzzeled our neighbours
as most of it took place on the roof of our building
fokushii as Duo & the photographer
twinkieduck's Death Scythe as Death Scythe
Fantabulous Duo's character song -lyrics as themselves
( Everybody nice! )
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| DOGS -photoshoot Part 1: The Making of... |
[13 Feb 2009|11:22pm] |
Because everyone wants to know what happens when it's fucktastically cold outside and mentally-instable-yet-really-rather-awesome hired killers are on the loose.
DOGS (Badou & Heine) -photoshoot Part 1
The Making Of...
Starring
shudelmir as Ms. Mr. Badou Nails
fokushii as Sir Heine Rammsteiner
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teikku as The Kickass Awesome Chick With The Camera
mayfly_ as The Crouching Do-It-All Provider of the Making Of -Photos
Bitchass Cold Weather in Tampere as Itself
( What really goes on behind the scenes )
The actual photos to be posted on a later date. They shall probably be ridiculously awesome.
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[19 Jan 2009|12:02am] |
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[01 Jan 2009|12:57am] |
Good riddance, 2008 - happy to have you, 2009!
( On Dec 26th )
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