Paper Fox's Blogotorium

My boyfriend and I really love Pokemon. We both play the game (I have Pearl, he has Diamond) a fair bit during the week. We have a lot of fun when we play; I guess you could say it’s our guilty pleasure. We don’t live together, and as such are only really able to trade on weekends, as that is usually the only time I get to see him. When we do get together, we mostly get the urge to trade at night, but we usually have to turn our DSs right down so as not to arouse the suspicion of his parents.
This weekend my boyfriend’s parents went out for a drive, so we were all alone. Finally we could play and trade as loud as we wanted! I was really happy because my Aunt Florence had dropped by on Monday. Aunty Flo is a regular visitor, but I still had to keep her company and as a result I could not play at all during the week.
So having the house to ourselves, we whipped out our DSs and began t
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Television! Teacher, mother, secret lover. Here are five TV shows that I adore:

5. Coupling.
A British comedy series that lasted 4 seasons. Kinda like "Friends", but without the suck. Great quoting material as well: "I love the word naked, it's brilliant isn't it; 'naked'. When I was a kid I used to write the word naked on a bit of paper hundreds of times and rub my face in it".

4. Beakman's World.
This was a weird educational-type show that was on in the early 90's. Thank you, Professor Beakman, for sparking my love of science.

3. Daria.
So as it turns out, MTV managed to do something right. Screw wanting to be the glamorous, cheerleader-type girl, it was Daria who I idolised in all her acid-tongued glory. "I don't have low self esteem. I have low esteem for everyone else". Right on!

2. The O.C.
Ahhh The O.C., the show that got both "California" and "Forever Young" stuck in our heads. This was
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1. Kneading on you:
The cat is actually checking your internal organs for weaknesses.

2. Kicking around kitty litter:
This is practice for burying bodies.

3. Bringing you dead animals:
They aren't gifts. They are warnings.

4. Sleeping on your electronics:
The cat is trying to disrupt all communications with the outside world.

5. Pawing at your face while you sleep:
The cat is actually trying to smother you.

You have been warned.

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So I just bought Scribblenauts today, and I'm impressed. I played though the first stage and then got too wrapped up in discovering just how many weird creatures I could create. I've already spawned the following:

Abraham Lincoln
Chupacabra
Cthulhu
Roflcopter
Doo Rag
Ceiling Cat
NeoGaf (no Neoseeker, aw)
Medusa
Low Rider
Philosoraptor
Large Hadron Collider
Long Cat
Rick Astley
and (strangely) All Your Base Are Belong To Us

So it's clear that the Scribblenauts guys love their memes, which had me really amused. I'm just incredibly glad "goatse" didn't make the vocabulary.
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Music:
I'm continuing my girly music obsession with Lisa Mitchell and Regina Spektor this month. Lisa Mitchell's Wonder is such a great album, full of wonderful (heh heh) songs that I can't help but sing along to. "Laughing With" is one of Regina's songs that I've fallen in love with. She has the ability to write some of the most quirky and meaningful lyrics I've ever heard.
At the other end of the spectrum is The Bloody Beetroots and their album Romborama. The music is crazy electro, which has a tendency of getting stuck in your head. "Awesome" and "Warp 1.9" are on high rotation, resulting in me yelling out "WOOP WOOP!" at random intervals.

Games:
I've made it my goal to finish Phoenix Wright: And Justice For All by the weekend. Not that it's a bad game or anything like that, but because I've been playing it sporadically for over a month now and I'm itching to get stuck into The World Ends
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Original text:
Currently my total for this challenge is around 123,000 collected roses. The rate of collection is roughly 10,000 roses per hour, so I estimate that I’ve already dropped just under 12.5 hours into this challenge, but it actually seems like a damn lot more. So, with 877000 roses to go, it will take me a further 88 hours to complete. Will I be able to accomplish this goal by the end of the year? I’m hoping so, but only time will tell.

Translated into Dutch, then back again:
At present my total for this challenge is 123,000 rozen collected around. The tariff of search is roughly speaking 10,000 rozen per hour, so that I already value that I net under 12.5 you in this challenge have decreased, but it seems in fact more as a cursing parties. Thus, with 877000 rozen to will, it will complete me once more 88 hours to take. I this aim at the end of the year am able realise? I hop
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Momenteel is mijn totaal voor deze uitdaging rond 123.000 verzamelde rozen. Het tarief van inzameling is ruwweg 10.000 rozen per uur, zodat schat ik dat ik reeds net onder 12.5 u in deze uitdaging ben gedaald, maar het schijnt eigenlijk meer als een vloekpartij. Zo, met 877000 rozen om te gaan, zal het me nog eens 88 te voltooien uren nemen. Zal ik dit doel tegen het eind van het jaar kunnen verwezenlijken? Ik hoop slechts de tijd zal het leren zo, maar.
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Dear Santa,
I know it's only the beginning of September, but I figured this would be the perfect time to let you know what I would like for Christmas, you know, so you can prepare and stuff.
These are the things I would like, if you can only get one of the following then that's ok, im not fussy ^_^

1- A Big Daddy costume.
2- My own Tardis.
3- A Hippogriff.
4- A GPS unit pre-programmed with the voice of either Alan Rickman, David Tennant, Snoop Dogg or Mr. T.
5- A teleporter.

As I have been quite a good girl this past year I find this list to be quite reasonable. I had ordered a Tardis online before, but unfortunately when it arrived it didn't function properly. I know you'll be able to get a hold of one that actually works; I trust you Santa.

Take care,
Paper Fox
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Bogans (sometimes referred to in other regions as Chavs or Trailer-Trash) are peculiar creatures. They are often seen roaming towns and cities drinking “goon” and “bumming smokes”, while listening to artists such as Eminem and 50 Cent. Contrary to popular belief, bogans are in fact not real people, considering the fact that they do not possess souls, and if you look one directly in the eyes you will turn to stone.

Bogans can easily be identified by what they look like and what they sound like, so please use this brief guide to identify any bogans in your vicinity and ensure your safety by staying the hell away from them.

Attire: Flannelette shirts used to be the defining feature of bogan aparrel, however, with the rise of "lumberjack chic" among the classier circles, one must look to other aspects of clothing to determine a persons boganicity. For females, ugg boots in Spring is
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Pardon the horrible pun in this blog's title, but I just wanted to share something with you all, something that has given me quite a bit of joy in the past, something which is called...Pocky.
For those of you unfamiliar with this delightful treat, it's basically just a pretzel stick coated in chocolate. But my God how it is delicious.

One can usually devour Pocky so easily, that it comes as a suprise when the packet is finished. It then becomes a case of looking in the cupboards for more Pocky. Then, when no Pocky is found in said cupboards, it often results in the verbal (and sometimes physical) abuse of a nearby flatmate/partner/household pet who is accused of eating the final packet. And then you come home one day and find all your friends and family are already there, waiting for you. They say something about an "intervention" and that you're "only harming yourself", but you barely hea
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