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So, I’ve finally decided to segment my online blogging life and this blog has been more or less split in two!

milkypink.net will continue to exist as a personal blogging space for talking about random things.

miuofstars.net will take over Japan-related subjects, such as dolls, figures, games, manga, and anime. in addition, I’m making an effort to maintain it as a bilingual blog. I’m nowhere near fluent in Japanese, but practice has to happen somehow, right? XD; I’ll probably also post things from my upcoming trip to Japan there, as well. I haven’t yet decided whether I’ll copy over entries from tokyo-shoujo.net yet or not. I may well repost the 2008 trip reports on mos.net with photos included, though XD;

I’ve already copied over the relevant posts from here to there, but I won’t remove them from this blog (although I may link them later, not sure).

Sorry if this split makes things more annoying for anyone – I figure there are people who want to read about specific subject-related stuff and skip all the personal junk XD; everyone is still welcome to follow this blog, I’ll continue to post non-Japan reviews and maintain my 365photo task here so it won’t be completely neglected!

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tried some Pinky:st headphones on Kagamin~

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started reading Hogfather not long after I got home

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Every time I go on vacation I feel like I come back sick…. >_>

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Read all of All She Was Worth in four or five hours XD;

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behold! sparkly crab earrings! (no, I don’t know why. just… enjoy them XD)

catchup part 4!

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Mandalay Place (shopping area between Mandalay Bay hotel & casino and the Luxor) sign

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the Luxor, as seen from my hotel room in Mandalay

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Shark Reef Aquarium at Mandalay Bay

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a statue at Mandalay Bay

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my foam pillow~ so glad to have it back (didn’t take it with me on my trip. bad idea – I hate down pillows >< )

catchup part 3!

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logo on my pink Seagate external hdd

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Pinky:st Nagato’s stand

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heartkey doublering

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photo taken mid-flight on the way to Las Vegas

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souvenir booklet from Penn & Teller

part 2 of catchup!

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went out to eat, and this was my appetizer – bacon wrapped dates :9

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my macbook circuitboard necklace (need to fix the electric tape on it again…)

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Geneva cookies :9 mmmm~

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whiteout tape from JetPens

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Pucca bandaid case

playing catchup, 5 at a time this time~

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key necklace & new journal

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I decorated a notebook for writing down writing related things in. so far… I haven’t used it XD;

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I’m bad at getting rid of excess candy… this is from Valentine’s

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pink Hello Kitty watch that I bought at the Strawberry Sanrio store back in 2006.

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my bluetooth headphones that I use with Emi

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Pinky:st Tsuyura… with different hair XD;

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Got my new camcorder~ it’s so tiny!

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I’m amused by the trend of a single manual for multiple similar models of a single product…

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headaches suck…

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the lens cover to my camcorder

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strawberry & regular latte from the tokidoki l’amore print

Okay, let’s continue playing catchup~

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Mr. Goodbar mini chocolate, wrapped in holiday paper… I should probably get rid of it

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my stash of watch batteries… XD;

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Brought Kagamin with me to dinner. She spent the whole time reading…

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Random stationery item XD; it holds papers & has a little notebook inside.

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These came in the package from Dollmore…

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the strap to my mashumaro nyanko pencil case~

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there was a fox in the yard!

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I rarely take any cold meds, but sudafed is what I take when I can’t breathe. Unfortunately, the packets have a habit of disappearing after I’m done being sick and then reappear at random points later… I’m not sure if these have expired. Probably XD;;

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Kagamin wearing Waitress!Mikuru’s outfit~

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white hair barrette~ (yes, totally random… XD;)

Okay since I’m so behind on these, I’m doing 10 at a time…

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Figuring out which anime series I’ve watched but haven’t added to my list… there’s quite a few

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as part of my amiami order, the K-ON! S2 OP & ED singles, first press~

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I covered my monitor stand in fabric, and it’s sort of become a makeshift pin cushion because I was too lazy to find my real pin cushion… XD

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pretty earrings that I bought in Japan in 2006~ they’re a little heavy, though

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strawberry frosted donut with pastel sprinkles (makes me want one now~)

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full vs. empty XD

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random shot of a notebook I have… XD;

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Umineko eps 4 (bottom) and 6 (standing up), from my amiami order

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あい～まい～3センチ♪♬ Figma Kagamin arrived~ (I like how you can see her in the background… look out Kagamin! it’s your doppleganger! )

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doing a size comparison of Aryanna’s cell phone (1/3rd scale) and a Nintendo DS phone charm I have (1/6th scale, approx)

Look forward to 150-159!

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I’ve been drinking a lot of Sprite lately… probably because I didn’t get any ginger ale. hmmm.

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A bizarre angle of one of my simultaneous horizontal timelines for Ishiki.

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looking at hotels for Osaka

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electric bill was surprisingly low this period – I’ve been told that’s because they only actually read meters every other month and make an estimate based on that, so perhaps their previous estimate was really high?
[Edit: thought I wrote this, but obv not: amount has been erased, obviously. you don't need to know how much :D ]

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sparkly heart hinged bracelet – the heart breaks in two when you open it

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pattern on my current journal. (I’ve become fond of that flat macro perspective, it seems… )

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rusty lock on my guitar case XD;

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concert program

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wore these at the concert above, so they were on my desk XD; shiny~~

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finally booked flights

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I came home one day to find Mikuru’s hair like this I assume some fuzzy creatures must’ve knocked her over… one of them was trying to chew on her the day previous… D: (I’ve since ordered a replacement because I like the figure and it’s just not the same without the hair… she’s not an expensive one, thankfully. Speaking of, Kagamin hasn’t been let out of her box, even now… XD;;; )