parchment flowers & little paper boats.

I've just finished watching Miyazaki's beautiful film, Howl's Moving Castle, and I have to admit that I'm astounded. The characters were beautifully animated, the endearing morale to the story was a heartbreaker, and Sophie's character was so hilarious, yet her tribulations with love hit close to home for many. I give it ten stars out of ten for astounding picture-work and lovely plot!

I felt compelled to share that with you. :)



Now, if you haven't watched Howl's Moving Castle, please contact me! I can direct you to a link where you can watch it online, free! It's well worth it if you have a high speed connection. :)

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An although I've never really claimed to have a "favorite song" I have to admit that songwriter/singer/producer Josh Ryan, spear-head of "Secrets in Stereo" has struck a deep chord within me, and I'm foolishly in love with his new "in the making" song, Vanish. A beautiful composition that he hopes will end up on the Twilight Saga's upcoming movie, New Moon. The song is written from the depths of emotion, the sole part of your heart that wishes for more, yet wishes they could be freed from the inevitable demon; love. It's an astonishing feeling I get from this song, and I really feel that Josh is going to go far. Good work Josh, keep it up! And cross your fingers for New Moon!
You can check out Vanish, here. http://www.secretsinstereo.com/blog/
Or look them up on Youtube, remember, that's Secrets in Stereo!



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Now, what's with that title, you might ask? Well as of late, I've been doing alot of oragami-type crafts; making paper flowers and even a little origami sailboat! It sure does pass the time.. and it's astounding the things you can do with paper and a little creativity.


Of course I still haven't finished the boat... but it's the S.S.Samm Boat. :D It stands on its own and it's roughly 2 1/2 inches tall. The smallest flower, the pink on to the left, is about 1cm in diameter - they were fun to make, and I'm going to attempt doing some origami animals later on tonight. Maybe even a crane. ^_^

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For now, though, that's all.
Stay tuned.

Gahgh.

I got off work at 8 tonight, and I'm already blogging. @_@
Regardless, I'd say it's about time I did so, or I'm going to be swamped with updating. :P


Bathroom Renovations! :D
They're coming along rather well - I'm surprised the amount of work we've gotten done in the past few weeks with my cousin, versus the couple months Will and I spent working on it alone.

Before walls, with borders..


After walls, without borders.. and.. awesome!


Other side of bathroom, without walls, any hookups, with borders..



Other side of bathroom, with 2 new walls, tub in place and no borders..


Obviously, we're still not done; we have to finish the right wall (pictured above), set up the faucet and shower hookups, do the mudding and sanding on both walls.. install a tub surround, paint the bathroom, replace the sink+vanity(maybe), decorate, tile.. and enjoy! I can't believe that in a few weeks, I'll be already used to having a running bathroom again. It'll be nice.. save us time and money.. runnin' to my mum's to go shower and bathe the ferrets, and dogs. :P


Finally, pictures of my horridly broken window. -.-


the colorful lilies in my garden...


and Willy... as a transformer fly. ehehehehehhehehe.



Samm, out.