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This domain was opened mid-april 2006. Before then, around 2004, it used to be a collective of my art, web designs, and poetry called mourning with a separate blog at tourniquet (archives are under "older entries"). It's now just fancytoy the blog.
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This is layout number four best viewed in Firefox. It was started on December 29 2007 and finished on January 10, 2008. It was created with the help of pencils and Micron pens. It was then finalized using Illustrator, Photoshop, and styles from Deziner Folio. Coded in TextPad and edited by Joe Kaiser.

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2008-05-19 01:17
Can Has

{ feeling : relaxed
{ hearing : will & grace reruns

Whee, I have nothing to do. Here’s a picture of a kitty eating a fry.

Itty Bitty Kitty

It’s begging for a lolcat caption but it’s late and I should probably be heading to bed.


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2008-01-27 21:43
Extroverts

{ feeling : ok
{ hearing : dj stv slv – thoia thellac

Went to a few concerts in the past two weeks. Rhymefest last week, The Changes & Girl Talk this week. Some pictures are up at flickr right now. Not a lot of great ones but here’s a preview.

Rhymefest 01


The Double Door


The Changes 08


Girl Talk 02


At the Girl Talk show, Joe made me realize I really do not like being put in the situation where I have to be in close proximity with extroverts. The greatest advice I can give to anyone who is like me, do not go to a Girl Talk show. It was too much basically. We were standing in line for about 45 minutes with douchebags carrying around fake IDs who loathed the idea of being sober (quote: “FUCK BEING SOBER”). Wrigleyville near 1am, I guess?

I don’t know what it is with Girl Talk. At Pofo, it was a disaster and here, same sort of deal. Maybe I’m just not up to the caliber of a Girl Talk fan who seemingly are just a bunch of extroverts. I’m a lame girl who likes to have my own space and then enjoy myself. I’m partially agoraphobic, too.

Me + Crowds = Unhappy Camper

At this point, I’m hoping he plays Lolla just because more room and less of a chance I’ll have to deal with the people who were there last night.

School in two days! I don’t know if I’m prepared to go back to those oh so hip beautiful people. Goddamn trendy bastards.

I’m such a hater, har.
Also old.


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2007-10-08 09:01
Sum

Canasta @ The BOG

Kid, You'll Move Mountains 08

Murder by Death 08


More at my SecondLife infested flickr. Granted, not the best photos in the universe but I still had fun. The BOG is fantastic and it was keen seeing Canasta in such a tiny setting. It was my first time at Reggie’s and it was a pretty amazing looking joint considering the neighborhood it was in. It was like … Nice roughed up.


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2007-08-31 07:35
Number Three

{ feeling : ok
{ hearing : mama’s family

I did a new layout! Yay! It’s kinda buggy some places for no reason but I’m digging it.

There are a few additions to the side as well. I included a link to my Second Life blog. Sadly, I write in that a whole lot more than this one. It’s mostly because I do a lot of fancy Photoshopping with my avatar and post my new ones there … Also, I don’t have much of a first life.

If it makes you feel any better, I’m pretty sure I’m not as fucked up as the individuals on there … I hope.

So I don’t know how often you folks are on the CTA but I felt like blogging this for the hell of it. I thought it was amusing. I’m on the CTA a lot nowadays. I’ve been accustomed to the Blue Line but it’s been shit so I’ve been finding my alternate routes on Brown and Red.

Can you find what’s wrong? If not, feel free to read on for my images. Oh hell, look on anyways.



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2007-08-07 08:11
Lolla

{ feeling : startled
{ hearing : abc news rerun

Just some photos. I don’t know what to say about the weekend besides Daft Punk is basically fantastic but hard to take photos of when far away and dark. Brandon has some great shots, go there.

Also, I have a flickr. I’m not gonna post all pictures here so you can go wander where the links take you but be warned, it was a flickr I used for SecondLife purposes so if you get startled by strange 3D images that were Photoshopped, it’s because of that. Enjoy!

Lollapalooza '07

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2006-08-31 08:47
I Gotcha

{ feeling : thirsty
{ hearing : lupe fiasco – i gotcha

This mofo has been pushing back the drop of his album a lot. September 19 should be it or I will be angry.

Let me sum up my evening.



Nothing like yoinking a poster and a setlist. I like setlists, they make me feel special. I only have one other one from Thunderbirds are Now! I would have three if it wasn’t for some ho who took Giant Drag’s the night they opened for OKGo. Their setlist was on a styrofoam plate with a doodle! I like Annie Hardy doodles!

Canasta was good though. Go listen to them on MySpace or something. I’m happy they mentioned many upcoming gigs which are not 21+ ... Yay! Although … I have no idea which ones to go to. They haven’t posted this information anywhere yet so I’ll just have to wait and see …

I’m considering Ohmega Watts and Bettie Seveert next month (you know, besides Heligoats and TAN!). I’m not sure yet. Although I took out a loan for my tuition this semester, I’m still stingy as hell. I’d be more carefree with my spending if I had a job.

Ha, I bet you guys are tired hearing about that. I wasn’t able to apply to anything Tuesday since I forgot my Social Security Card at home so I’m going to do that tomorrow.

I find Columbia kind of mean for not activating the Upass after we get it because … I don’t know if I imagined it but I remember getting my Upass from UIC early and being able to use it the same day.

I don’t like paying for my public transportation.


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2006-08-08 05:35
Lolla Lounge

{ feeling : lazy
{ hearing : malcolm in the middle

I have not blogged in forever because I was in the middle of switching domain hosts. I figured … HEY! I’ll just wait until that’s done … But then, it took a while. Also, I was thinking about putting up a layout Joe did for me but I may put that off for now.

My first Lollapalooza and Joe gets us free VIP passes for moderating their message boards! Free food, free water and drinks … Shade … Chairs … Free Hats … Flowers … Fountains even!

I got my first massage because they were offering them for free. I felt kind of bad though because since the only people who could possibly afford a VIP pass are a yuppie or just plain rich, the masseur and masseuse were getting tips I considered a lot of money. I didn’t tip because I’m not a yuppie who paid $600 or so for my pass. I’d tip $10 or $20 like everyone else if I had a spare $10 or $20.

I still don’t know how I’m paying for my tuition.

I must admit, I enjoyed the three day music fest but I must also admit, I was quite a whiner about the heat and walking but overall, it was fantabulous. I mean, it was better than the heat at Pofo Mofo. Though I did get sunburnt for the first time ever. It hurts still. Here are a few pictures. Not a lot because … ... I don’t take that many and don’t like posting so much.


And no matter how many covers pop up,
Or how many times it’s played on the radio,
I am never getting tired of Gnarls Barkley’s “Crazy”.

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2006-06-29 17:02
Seven-Thirty AM

{ feeling : hungry
{ hearing : i love lucy


See Lady Sovereign drive.
Drive, Sovereign, drive!

I didn’t take the picture; Joe took them all. I was thinking to yoink them and resize them accordingly but then I got lazy. They’re all on his flickr anyways. They’re all lovely … Day 1 and Day 2.

It was fun! Random BBC women in hot pants following a creepy guy in a trenchcoat … Random vampire girls … Free stuff … Good times! I didn’t catch Favourite Sons, Erase Errata, Tyrades, Bill Dolan, or Panthers but it’s ok, the acts I saw were peachy keen. I’m not sure how I’m feeling about Pofo Mofo (aka the Pitchfork Music Festival) because I don’t know any of the bands really. Then again, that happened to me last year at Intonation so hey! New music I may love!

So I got an email from Columbia College on picking an orientation day so I’m assuming I got in … ? I didn’t get an actual letter in the mail yet but … Yeah. That’s happiness.

I also got a job at the Taste of Chicago. It’s insane cause I’m pretty much busy from Saturday to Thursday because my current job sort of meshes in with the days I’m working at the Taste. I’ll be helping at a souvenir booth! Yay! Long days but what else is new? I’m always working from like 12PM to 10PM at O’hare so 1PM to 9:30PM is not terrible. I guess it’s not air conditioned but considering there’s no separation from the registers and the kitchen at Shitty Wok, it won’t be too much different. Hopefully.

That’ll be weird … Being unavailable for about a week but yeah, I need the money.


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2006-06-21 01:32
You Girl, You

{ feeling : tired
{ hearing : the simpsons

My hair is possibly long enough to donate. I have no idea how to style it after I cut it so I’m going to ask for opinions? My face is fat so I’m uneasy with getting a short hairstyle but hey, I want to donate it. I found these haircuts randomly. Pick one cause I can’t.

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