Christmas 2019 AKA Pet Videos

Happy Christmas and Holidays everybody!!

My sister flew me out to Renton, Washington (near Seattle) to hang out with her, her pets, and her boyfriend. They actually had a Christmas tree!

My sister's cute, goofy rescue dog, Luca!

 He's goofy

She got gifts for everybody, including the pets! This is the gift for my cat, Natto!

And Luca playing with his new toy: a trash bag with raccoons in it.

Her boyfriend's cat Luna is very shy and skittish, so she didn't come out to play much.

One of the gifts she got me was Luigi's Mansion 3!!  I've never played any of the previous games before and don't know much about it, so she had me play it that night ^^; It was fun but wow I am JUMPY!! I get spooked easily by the silly little ghosts.

I got my sister a Nintendo eshop card so she can get the multiplayer DLC for her copy of Luigi's Mansion 3 and some other stuff if she wants. Honestly I feel bad for not being able to afford many gifts, though I did make her a pop-up card as well. She went all-out on gifts for all of us!

How was your holiday season? Did you hang out with friends or family? Pets? I miss Natto very much :( This is the first time I've been away from him since I got him!

Sinderella's Twisted Ball

Hello from Washington state! I'm here visiting my sister for Christmas, but now I've got time to post about a fun Goth event I attended on Friday, Sinderella's Twisted Ball at Ground Zero Nightclub hosted by The Forbidden Bazaar

I got together with my friend (and ex brother-in-law) Tai to attend! The theme was "dark Disney" so I went as Gothic Belle. Unfortunately, on my way out the door, I grabbed the wrong shoes.... T^T

Choker: OS Accessories
JSK: h.naoto

Difficult to get a proper photo T^T The bag is a book because Belle loves reading! I also forgot a petticoat in my rush... so basically this is a really bad outfyt T^T

I also tried to do a version of Belle's ballgown hair with a bun, and made it rose-shaped instead of a pouf.

Honestly it was probably completely invisible in the dark club because I have dark hair, but I enjoyed it!

The performers were very cool! I took a few photos and video of some of the acts. I did not take any of the SM spankings/whippings because I'm not sure if that was allowed ^^;

Ambiance~

Fire dance

Silks

Jafar does fire wheel

I definitely played Pokemon GO at the club

Decorated like this all the time!

There were loads of fun costumes! I saw a Beast and even a Yzma! I was too shy to ask for photos, but the instagram or facebook pages may have costumes from others ^_~

I got a lot of dancing in and enjoyed all the acrobatics and fire shows!

Also, MERRY CHRISTMAS! Thank you so much for reading and commenting~

What is your favorite thing about Christmas or any other Yuletime holidays? What do you celebrate, if anything? My sister went all-out on gifts. I might do a post, but really I feel like a braggart if I post about gifts ^^; I did take funny videos of her dog, though!

Pokemon Shield Playthrough Stream!

Something new and different: I started to experiment with streaming on Twitch! Originally I was very turned-off of streaming since I tried contracting with Bigo (which I had started on when it first launched, but as it blew up it changed a lot) but since my boyfriend streams on Twitch and I've watched several streams, it seems very different to Bigo so I gave it a try.

Well, I first streamed my cat, Natto for a few hours XD  My page is also called Sparklewolfie if you would like to see. So far, I'm only playing Pokemon Shield right now, but hopefully in the future I'll be streaming Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate and other games.

If you'd like, you can follow my channel to be notified when I go live! Note that there is a difference between "follow" and "subscribe," so just click the "follow" option because "subscribe" costs money!! I did not know that at first.

Thanks for reading and following! Have a video of Natto watching "cat TV"

Flaming Hot Community Day

 Saturday was November's Pokemon Go Community Day! The Pokemon featured was Chimchar, the fire starter monkey. I didn't have time to do a specific Chimchar makeup so I did a fire-themed general look.  The black-to-red eyeliner blend did not work well,but it was something new to try!

Shiny Chimchar!

 I went to the Mall of America with my boyfriend and played for the whole three hours. It's incredibly cold here in Minnesota now, so we have to play indoors. There are many, many Pokemon Go players at the mall, though!

New Weezing

 Because there are many people, it's easy to win group battles! We both got this new Weezing. I don't understand why it is Fairy type at all....

 I also got a perfect Chimchar that I evolved to the maximum!

 My final tally for the one's that I kept.

Primer: Milani Cosmetics
Eyeshadow: Sugarpill Buttercupcake and Flamepoint, bh cosmetics Solar Flare palette
Eyeliner: media liquid liner and LA Colors lip/eye liner (do not recommend...)
Eyebrows/Mascara: essence cosmetics
Blush: AOA Studio (shop miss A)
Lips: LA Colors lip/eye liner and NYX Cosmetics Macaron Lippie Orange
Setting Spray: Skindinavia

Overall had a fun time ^u^v
Also my boyfriend gifted me a copy of Pokemon Shield! So I will be playing that soon as well.
I forgot to take an outfit shot, but did get compliments while I was playing at the mall ^///^

Did you get the new Pokemon game for the Nintendo Switch? Whether you did or not, which starter is your favorite?

Thanks for reading!

Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween! How was your spooky holiday? I had a cookie-decorating party at my friend's house. My original costume idea did not get finished in time, so I just went as a generic modern (rainbow-colored rather than silver) unicorn ^^;

My friend Erin and I baked cookies at my place and then brought them to Calvin's where we decorated!

My spooky lobster killing children and spiderweb with spider getting ready to eat children

Erin's pastel coffin and her bf Luke's all-seeing dinosaur wearing spooky jeans

We then played a spooky game called Betrayal at the Haunted Hill House or something like that :P It's a randomly-generated house where the players explore and find events, items, and omens. Eventually, one will be revealed as the traitor and then we play against each other. There are 50 endings to the base game, and expansions are available! It's a very fun game and perfect for Halloween! Calvin also always plays spooky music to the game and narrates the game like a story.

After that, we played Potion Explosion, also very good for Halloween!

What did you do for Halloween? Hope you had a great day, and if you had a costume I hope you will share it as I love to see costumes!!! Been missing Halloween events since being in Taiwan :3 It was fun this year!

Pumpkin Patch Lolita Adventure!

As a continuation of adventures while kayz0rbeam was visiting, on Sunday we went to brunch with zombiefruit32 and then to a pumpkin patch to pick pumpkins and carve them!  So American autumn!!

The pumpkin patch we went to was pretty picked-over, but at least the weather was nice and they sold hot apple cider there as well! Very yum.

Kay, Erin, and me!

It was a bit windy and chilly, but overall still rather sunny so it was tolerable ^u^v

Hair accessories I borrowed from Kay
Outer: Mad Punks
JSK: h.naoto FRILL
Petticoat: Classical Puppets
Bag: Kreepsville666

 We spent some time online looking up pumpkin carving ideas, and eventually decided to all do Ghibli movie side characters!
Kay did Calcifer, Erin did No Face, and I did Cat Bus!

Erin spent ages on hers and made all the curves SO SMOOTH!!!!

Sadly, my pumpkin has already been eaten by squirrels. I hope my cat hunts those squirrels in revenge.

Calcifer, No Face, Cat Bus

 Bonus shot of my face at the brunch place we went to. Who needs filters when you have sunlight that somehow manages to blur your skin???

This lighting is lovely

What is your favorite autumn activity? We don't really have autumn season like this in Taiwan, so our only autumn activity is the Moon Festival  ^^;  I really enjoyed the pumpkin-carving and farm stuff! Also cannot decide what to do for Halloween costume :o

Goth Club MN

Saturday night I went to the local Goth club, Ground Zero, with my ladies Kayz0rbeam (visiting us from LA!) and zombiefruit32!  It was fun and we danced a bunch! I am a fantastical tentacle monster on the dance floor (but do my best not to get in anybody's way with my flailing)

The bathroom is the only good place for a photo during the night ^u^v

There was also a bondage show in the back where no photos or video are allowed so didn't take any of the actual dance floor area (they are connected, and I didn't want to accidentally get anybody who didn't want to be photographed)

The bathroom is very pretty though!

Seriously those little mirrors!

Clubbing is my exercise of choice haha!

Do you have any favorite night events? It's much more difficult to get out to nighttime activities in Minnesota compared to Taipei :x 

Happy Belated Moon Festival!

Been ill over the weekend so I failed to post in time, but here's a belated Happy Moon Festival/Mid-Autumn Festival to everybody! Thanks for sticking with me ^u^v I appreciate all the comments always~

Of course, Moon Festival is not a national holiday here, and bakeries don't exactly stock moon cakes on the regular, but my good friend Calvin got the idea to go to Costco, so we went with a couple other friends and ended up getting a lot of stuff, as well as alcohol, for a Moon Festival party!

Taiwan Teddy modeling the moon cakes

He even found a Taiwanese brand one :3  The flavor is salted egg yolk with lotus seed, my favorite!!

Salted yolk with lotus seed paste

We also did a sort of indoor barbecue (a "modern tradition" for Moon Festival started in the 80s) with tofu for me and pork belly for everybody else.  No pomelos, but that's OK!

Hope you all had a wonderful weekend/Friday the 13th! Did you do anything for Friday the 13th, the full moon, or Moon Festival? In some faiths the full moon would be a Sabbat as well I think, and some people are superstitious about Friday the 13th. 

Artist Spotlight: Sebastian Masuda

The last artist spotlight of the month!  Sensational kawaii artist Sebastian Masuda (website)(instagram) is immensely popular, with international shows and probably best-known for fashion brand 6% Doki Doki (instagram)!

Za X Sebastiam Masuda powder compact

I bought this Za X Sebastian Masuda compact just for the art, but it turns out I really enjoy the powder foundation too and bought a refill for it before I left Taiwan.  His art is usually super cluttered and detailed.  The more you look at an arrangement, the more you see!

Some people may find it too messy, but I sort of enjoy that messy kawaii aesthetic when it's a small item like this ^u^v  I'm not sure how I'd feel in one of his installation art rooms!

Is this heaven or hell to you?

Image from his instagram

If you're ever in Tokyo, visit Kawaii Monster Cafe (instagram) for a taste of what it's like!  I was so exhausted when I visited that I fell asleep there and missed the performance show T^T  But have some photos to share!

The lighting inside is rather poor, so if you want to take prettier photos, bring an extra light with you!!

Kawaii cake!

Artist Palette Pasta!

He also made the art of "Yoshi's Crafted World" in the TV commercial (side note: that game is ADORABLE!  I played the demo!)

Image from instagram

As for the 6% Doki Doki style, I enjoy the busy prints as accent pieces, but I don't know if I'd dress head-to-toe in Doki Doki?  Of course, the shop staff all ROCK the sensational pop kawaii style!

Image from 6% Doki Doki instagram

Image from 6% Doki Doki instagram

Do you enjoy this style of art?  It's different from the previous artists I've posted about, as he is not an illustrator, but I really enjoy this as well!

Suicune Battle!

Pokemon Makeup again!

Saturday was the Pokemon Go Suicune battle event where gyms had Suicune available from 16:00-19:00.  I went to the Mall of America with my sister and we battled four gyms there.  She caught all four Suicune but I only caught one!  Luckily, I had a couple from the first time it was available, so it's not too bad~

I thought for a long time about how to best express Suicune in a wearable look, and ended up with this!  I didn't draw the diamonds on because I couldn't do it cleanly, but I wish I had diamond crystals or chunky glitter to use on my cheeks instead!

Here's also a short video I posted to my Instagram on the process of doing the look.  I know that my skills aren't very clean and accurate yet, but I like to share the ideas and process so others can try it out too!  If you've got better skills, it'll look better ^^;

Did you participate in the battles on Saturday?  Which legendary dog is your favorite Pokemon?  I like all three to be honest, but Suicune is definitely very beautiful!  I've also done a Raikou look before, so maybe I should do an Entei one next...

Bonus Raikou look

Some Good News and Some Bad News

Life has been a rollercoaster of ups and downs recently!
-Sister got a job, moving to Seattle (yay!)
-Need new housemate because I cannot afford the rent alone (boo!)
-Friend found a friend who needed a place too (yay!)
-Other housemate is moving at the end of the lease, so we need another housemate (boo!)
-Got appointment with work center on Wednesday (yay!)
-New housemate will not move in if another housemate is not found (boo!)

So I may or may not need to move somewhere, which then also affects where I can work @_@;;
Basically putting all my thoughts on hold until Wednesday when I can check with the work center to see what type of jobs I qualify for and whether it will be enough for me to afford rent so we can rent the house with just two of us.

In other news, check this outfit I put together with clothes my sister bought for me from Gen Con!

T-shirt, Leggings: Savage Sparrow (gift from my sister!)
Skirt: WEGO
Bag, Shoes: Swimmer Japan

The leggings have a print of Magikarp and shiny Gyarados on them!  And the T-shirt is ultra cute:

Things aren't going great but at least I look cute with Pokemon gear ^^;  Keep thinking positive!!

Who's your favorite shiny Pokemon?  Mine is probably Ponyta!!  Blue fire is good fire :3  Also I just like Ponyta~