FRIENDS ONLY, COMMENT TO BE ADDED.

--But accepting applications. ♥ I love meeting new people, whether you're in one of my fandoms or not (though that would make it much easier to strike up a conversation). Take a look around for my interests--they can be found mostly in the userinfo, but my icons and public posts will show you a lot, too. If we share some of those, that would be great.

And if you do friend me, please drop a line here so I know! :D

On the other hand, if you're here for the fic, it's all public and can be found at my writing journal, singability. My original writing is archived at ladydreamer.org.

Happy travels?

No spoilers, I promise you!

( I was 8 years old when the first Harry Potter book was released in the United States. )

In the interest of cleaning up my JE goods collection (cough making room for more cough), I've decided to sell some merchandise I don't want anymore, though I once loved all of these items! 

Things--

PAYMENT: 
* All prices are in USD.
* Paypal is preferred, but I'll accept concealed cash if you'd like to do that instead (at your own risk).
* Once I confirm an order with you (that includes what kind of shipping you want) I'll e-mail you an invoice; if you are paying with PayPal you must cover their fees.
* All payment must be received within 7 days/one week from the day I e-mail you the invoice. 

SHIPPING: 
* I ship from North Carolina, USA. Though I would prefer to just ship locally (Hawaii is fine as well), if you live outside of the US and are willing to pay the extra fees then that's fine. 
* The kind of shipping depends on what you want. I like to send Priority Mail because it's fast, safe and you get a tracking number, but if you want a cheaper option (or a more expensive, but faster option), we can discuss that.

OTHER:
* If you would like better/more pictures of any item, just let me know!
* All items are sold on a first come, first serve basis. 
* Depending on the number of items you buy, I'll consider issuing you a discount. 
* All sales are final. No returns, refunds or exchanges. I am not responsible for what may happen to your package en route to your destination (lost mail, doesn't get there in time, etc.) 

ORDERING
* To place an order, leave me a comment here or e-mail me at lissatol@gmail.com.

Merry Christmas/Happy Holidays, again. :)

I don't even have a proper preface to this entry. Nothing would properly introduce how I felt on Wednesday night, so as for what I did: some of you already know this, but on the evening of the 29th I attended my first Jason Mraz concert. I've wanted to see him live for years, ever since 2005 when I really started getting into his music and who he was and how he sang. This was the first time he played near me, and I was able--finally--to snag tickets to go see him.

And I still can't believe it.

So. What follows is an account of Wednesday, July 29th, 2009.

( oh, kiss me with your eyelashes tonight )

All pictures can be found here! There are no captions, though, so if you didn't read this you may wonder why there's a photo of an envelope that says 'Are you Toca? Yes, No' and also a picture of a man hula-hooping in a yellow jumpsuit. Just sayin'.

Emo post aside, I MADE CHERRY BUTTER TODAY! ♥



I basically removed the seeds from about fifteen cherries, squashed them up and mixed it with a ton o' butter, then added a teaspoon of sugar. I let it sit in the fridge for about fifteen minutes and then spread some over a warm brownie, mmmmm. Admittedly it wasn't as sweet as I wanted it to be. Maybe I'll add more sugar (maaaaybe). But it was good enough, especially with the bits of cherry! Or perhaps that's just because I had it on a brownie. Anyway. It was good. End of story. :)

I love Hawaii. Every place I go to here feels like someplace I've already been (Okinawa, the Philippines, Singapore, Korea) and I feel that if all of those countries got together and had a baby (all four of them, because that is totally possible) then that love child would be Hawaii. I am having a wonderful time doing absolutely nothing just because my brother and his wife like to keep all the screen doors in the house open and there is a constant island breeze--not too warm, just right--floating through the house. And there's so many windows, and so much sunshine, and even on the cloudy days it feels absolutely amazing.

Oahu is big. It's full of cliffs and valleys and the greenest mountains, and in between the rocky shores are bursts of heavy, sparkly city light. The sunsets here are smears of hot pink and lavender and puffy, fat clouds. So far, I've been to the North and South shores (so! many! beaches!) and eaten garlic shrimp from a truck and gone paddle surfing and eaten Matsumoto's shaved ice and bought the shortest shorts on the planet. I have gotten beat up by the fiercest of waves and it's not like the sun is any kinder, but I tan. :) 

One week down. Three more to go.



Kapolei. (I think.) 

Happy late America day!

What I did today:

--> Go to the cupcake shop with Kristine and her sister, Kate. I bought a box of four: one red velvet with cream cheese frosting, two strawberry with strawberry buttercream frosting, and one coconut. So, so yummy.

--> Follow Kristine to "her" antique shop, which turned out to be three stories of art exhibits, random stuff from the 80's, old magazines, funky knickknacks and donated clothing. Best find ever: 7 for All Mankind jeans at 24 dollars. In my size! Oh, happy day.

--> BOUGHT A TICKET TO HAWAII. After 349948398 phone calls and a rabid search through cheaptickets.com, I'm off to Oahu in about three weeks! I can't wait. My brother keeps calling me to tell me about all the Japanese food he has eaten that day ("Dude. I went to a ramen house. And there's CURRY IN THE FOOD COURT"). Also, there will be surfing lessons. Holy shit. Well, we'll see how that goes.

--> Did this photo meme, which I've seen floating around my flist for awhile now. It looked fun, and it was. It also reminded me that I have a lot of pictures that are really horrible, and yet my friends decide that they should be put up right away on Facebook. Yeah...they love me.

( meme meme meme  )

Status:

GRADUATED.

Four years ago I made an entry for my first day of high school. I was trying to hide from Anthony Cruz, because I hadn't seen him in so many years and he had gone through puberty--it was scary. Sophomore year was the best, and also consisted of that snappy one liner "Is it porn?" Junior year was crazy and I met a boy. He has his own tag on this journal (enough said). Senior year, things were just as crazy. But calmer, kind of. And now we're done.

This morning I stuffed my head in an itchy cap, put on the hottest robe ever (and I don't mean sexy), and walked across the stage in Meymandi Concert Hall to get a high school diploma. (Somebody even yelled out my name!) I turned my tassel to the other side. I was kind of fail at throwing the cap, but that's because I was caught off guard. I sat through some boring speeches. I sat through some okay speeches. I sat through a speech wherein the speaker forgot what class we were and what year it was, so he said, "I want to congratulate you, class of two thousand and...............nine." I sat through 260-something names until they got to the T's. I almost fell asleep.

But. But, I'm done.

BYE-BYE, HIGH SCHOOL. ♥

p.s. All pictures can be found here! :) 

Prom prom prom prom prom.

It was crazy. I had a great time, but it was really crazy.

( you taste just like glitter mixed with rock and roll )

Yes, of course there are pictures! Once I gather the rest of them from the 19 other people that were in our limo party, I will sort the good ones out and throw them here. Maybe in some organized fashion, who knows.