as per linda's suggestion, i now bring you the countdown-to-folio week-and -also-lynette-and-linda's-birthdays. because it's true that some people thought my birthday was last month even though for the past two years, we've celebrated our birthdays just after folio day.

i don't think i blogged about this goof-up but long story short = people wished me happy birthday a month ago (or asked linda if it really was my birthday) because her msn nick was something like "happy birthday girlie!". and it wasn't just people we didn't know at all (afterall, we're talking msn here, not friendster account #7) but mutual friends that we hang out with on a regular basis!! shocking.

while coming up with a brief for my studio project *koff* i got a bit distracted and went blog-surfing. during the course of my travels, i discovered this [link]. this lilypie thing counts down to important events such as birthdays, anniversaries, holidays etc. then i decided i wanted too, but a countdown to my 21st birthday is just sooooooo typical *flips hair* and anyway, my birthday's at the end of folio week so it's actually quite tragic. the nearer it is to my birthday, the closer i am to submitting my folio *shock*horror*dies*

so anyhoo, i want a countdown thingy it's so but they were all too cutesy for this blog so, we at samuraibunny have made our own version of the lilypie countdown thingamabobby. and it is with great pleasure that i unveil, the folio week countdown !! archi-nerd blog-readers everywhere are thrilled i'm sure. all one of you !! *points at linda* .. oh wait. *points at cally too*.

was talking to nick today [link = nicholask], which we don't too very often and i realized that as a semi-bandaid i have been quite negligent in my duties of promoting his band. (semi because i support them when i'm around, but like .. not with the aplomb of a band member's gf).

so to make up for this, i now do shameless plugging for skiVe!! they are a local (singaporean) band that does covers, and also original stuff with neat riffs and butt-kicking beats courtesy of starving drummer friend nick. they've done heaps gigs, and you may even remember them doing their thang on orchard road last year. if you were one of the assholes who walked past and covered their ears, then may gremlins heartily consume your first-born child. BUT, if you actually took the time to stop and listen, then goodonya! check out their band website under noise-makers.

also, nick reckons drummers get no girlies. so girlies, this one is nicholas:



very hamsum boy in a very hamsum band!! in future, he will own a very hamsum truck!

so i go to this job predictor [stolen from cowboy caleb who got it off someone else], thinking it would be one of those typical multiple-choice things that tabulate your results and give you some kind of generic occupation. but no!! when they say "predictor" they actually mean that they will randomly pull any occupation out from their backsides and "predict" your future. so much more fun!!

so i typed in Lynette and i got this



semi-accurate (because actually i want to be queeeeen). but princess is one step away, so it's ok. i think i still get my palanquin shouldered by robust and virile young men.

then i thought, let's type in my domain name and see what comes up!! and i ended up with this



haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah ?! funeral director ?! do you think after the samurai bunny slices you in half with her crazytown sword or scalps you for insulting her ears (or some other similar infraction) she will want to direct your funeral ?!?!?! maybe, but unlikely.

marie was ebaying for (vivienne) westwood stuff and "accidentally" stumbled upon this [click the link]

my eyes. they burn with the fire of a thousand suns.

ok so i've been a little slack on the updates, but things have been kinda busy at work (once again, boring busy not exciting busy ... ah gelare, my second home) and also, linda and i have been working on some holiday projects* !! the funky belt project got put on hold because of technical difficulties so we embarked on our third and final project: SAMURAI BOYS !!

here is the beautiful debutante:



charming ain't he?

uni starts tomorrow and dread abounds. o the inertia!

* and also i'm a lazy bastard

batman good

todaytonight* was doing this story on a guy in victoria (or maybe new south wales) who's a millionaire because of his clever concept for a vegetarian restaurant, but chooses to live in a tent and owns only what he can carry on his old postman's bicycle.

at some point during this interview (probably at the end, i wasn't paying that much attention) he plunges into the river and yells "and this is how i take my daily shower!!", which elicited several responses from our dinner table**:

me: he's taking a shower!! in the river !! he must be stinky !!
lynne: eeeeeew !!
(as you can see, we are very articulate)
mum: isn't he going to be all sticky when he comes out? salt water makes you sticky right?
dad: wah. the skin on his balls will tear off.

ya.

so apparently, if you are immersed in sea water constantly, but you don't take showers with clean water and ablute thoroughly, the skin on your balls will tear off for some reason. but this is only applicable if you're in NS for example, and you have to do a week-long exercise pretending that you're invading a hypothetical neighbouring country *koff* and you're not allowed to shower for a week. in which case, when you do eventually take a shower, terrible things will happen to you when you um .. disrobe.

i'm hoping for this guy's sake though, that on a normal day he plunges into the river naked so that his testicles remain unscathed. having the skin on your balls torn off doesn't sound like a happy experience.

* for the non-australianed, this is a cheesy current affairs programme they show at dinner time. the kind that does people-next-door type human interest stories.

** yes yes, the tv is on during dinner time. we're a very sociable family that way ... but 90% of the time we're louder than the tv.

linda and i went shopping today, and for the first time i spent more on other people than i did on myself *beams* how selfless is this girlie ?!?! you shall see the results of holiday sweatshop work soon-ish.

latest project: funky waist-bands.
next week: a little samurai doll !! he will be the boyfriend of the little girl doll. after that, perhaps i shall make a diorama.

in the meantime, let me entertain you with a gif that stoo made.



cake is your friend.