Birthday Weekends and a Bit about School

Hello everyone! I hope that you had a great weekend! Mine was quite eventful. My roommate Faust had her birthday party last weekend and I had mine this past weekend! I wanted to share some pictures from both of them!  I'm going to apologize in advance for the wonky placement of pictures. I'm still trying to figure all this stuff out! I took all the pictures for Faust's party but Sooji Kimn took the ones for my party!

Kim Joon in Btssb

Kim Joon and Dante

Faust’s girlfriend Alena decided to throw her a surprise party with a twist! Everyone was supposed to dress as the opposite gender! The look on Faust’s face was priceless when she came around the corner and saw all her girl friends dressed as guys in skinny jeans and plaid shirts and her friend Daniel dressed in a neon green skirt. Kim Joon was a good sport and dressed up as well. Kim Joon finally got to see why I always complain when I wear Lolita in the summer!

Daniel being antisocial

Alena and Faust

Greg in a dress

 

We all went to the park and played on the playground for a while!

Greg on a swing

Gangsta me and Kim Joon

Then we walked to a nice coffee shop that was nearby to get out of the heat! It had to be around 95 degrees that day. After we left the coffee shop, someone had the brilliant idea to go and check out the piercing shop that was across the street. After waiting for a while and chatting with some of the people in the store, Dante ended up getting her lip pierced! Greg was going to get the bridge of her nose re-pierced but decided to wait. 

 

 

My Birthday Party

I decided to celebrate my birthday with my local Lolita community, the amazing Atlanta Lolitas. We had a tea party at our friend Andrea’s condo! Andrea’s condo is by far the most girly place that I have ever seen. All the walls are pink and she even has a Disney princess room! I decided that I wanted to have a very informal tea party and that’s exactly what I got!

My hand was shaking...

Ravenous lolitas waiting for me to cut the cake

A few of the many ATL Lolitas <3

Savannah, Betty, and Dawn

The lovely Andrea! <3

Andrea and Whipcreambunn <3

Boxedtea

<3 Kasumi Pai <3

Sophie

I stayed up extremely late before the party. I was born at 3:26 AM so Kim Joon refused to say happy birthday to me until that time! To keep myself awake, I listened to music from my childhood and tried to find my favorite songs from the past few years. By the time that 3:26 actually rolled around, I was already passed out in bed! I was still sleepy when I woke up and got ready for the party. I usually take a picture of my coordinate for the day but I was in such a rush!

We didn’t really do anything interesting at my party other than pig out and talk. The boyfriends/husbands left at the beginning of the party to hang out at a bar and go antiquing. This definitely made the party a bit more fun! My friend Dawn got me an amazingly delicious handmade Korean cake!! This is now my favorite type of cake! It was so light and fluffy! 

Kim Joon and Chris at High Tea

Kim Joon and Chris finally reunited

After the party began winding down, a few girls wanted to go out for dinner or karaoke. I wasn’t able to go unfortunately because I wanted to see my mom and my brother. I was also exhausted! When I got home, I decided to check my email on my laptop and guess what was waiting for me! A virus! A lovely W32 Blaster Worm! YAY! Just what I wanted on my laptop! I called Kim Joon and sobbed to him for a few moments while he gave me the worst case scenario. My cousin’s friend ended up helping me fix it over the phone. I’m so grateful that all of that is done with! 

Well there you have it! That’s what my two weekends back in college have been like! Unfortunately, the first week of school wasn’t as eventful. I love my classes this semester but I think that they will definitely be a challenge. I’m taking: American Government, Archaeology and Prehistory, Human Communication, Intro to Biology, and Advanced Spanish Grammar 1. I’m extremely worried about the Advanced Grammar course. I haven’t taken a Spanish class in two semesters and I seem to have forgotten almost everything that I knew before. This should be interesting to say the least! I’ve met a few interesting people on my way to and from class. One of these people is a very sweet homeless man who goes by Copper Man. Copper Man makes copper jewelry for the students at GSU. He also is trying to beat the world record for the longest copper chain in the world. I’m planning on interviewing him sometime soon because I would love to learn more about his life and what he does. Living in downtown Atlanta forces you to meet some interesting people! 

Copper Man

I’ll probably be able to update my blog once a week now that school has started. I’m excited for everything that I have planned! I just need to get around to doing it! I’m going to Dragon*Con next weekend (only for Saturday though) so expect to see some coverage of that! If there is something specific that you would like me to investigate at D*C or in general, please comment or send me an email! I could always use ideas! Thanks for reading!

Friends - Part I

I was originally going to make my next post about Lolita fashion, but I decided to introduce you all to a few of my favorite people. My friends are definitely one of a kind!

Kim Joon and "Buddy" at Furry Weekend Atlanta 2010

Kim Joon- My Furry Boyfriend

Kim Joon is my second generation Korean boyfriend that doesn’t speak Korean very well (even though he will argue otherwise). I met Kim Joon after a football game when six people had to squeeze into a very tiny car to get home. He lied to me and told me that his name was Jonathan. He also had a British accent. I knew from that day forward that I was going to have some problems with this kid. The following week, I found out that he had almost all the same classes as me. There was no getting away from him. This kid liked to follow me around EVERYWHERE. He always wore the same type of clothing, an oversized t-shirt, baggy jeans, and his huge Bose headphones around his neck at all times. I thought that he was a boring person, and that he had nothing interesting beyond his sheltered, arrogant rich kid attitude. But I was wrong! After gaining his trust and showing him that I am a very tolerant person, he showed me his poetry. I was VERY surprised. His poetry led me to believe one thing…that he was a Furry.

Back in high school, I had the pleasure of meeting two Furries. I had no idea what the Furry Fandom was about other than liking fur, but I didn’t mind it. I knew that some people have qualms about the Furry fandom, but I didn’t know or understand it at the time. When I confronted Kim Joon about being a Furry, he was extremely surprised that I knew about them, but also that I was fine with it. I decided that it was time to do some research about the fandom. I’ll post my results at a later time. Kim Joon never had any other interaction with other Furries before (except on the internet) so he wasn’t so familiar with all of the terminology and concepts. He also was very much in denial about his Furriness and tried to distance himself from it as much as possible. Heck, he tried to distance himself from EVERYTHING.  Learning about the fandom proved to be a great learning experience for both of us. He was finally comfortable with telling people that he was a Furry and fully embraced this aspect of his life. After wresting with my feelings for him and him wresting with his feelings for me, we finally gave in and started dating. It’s been 6 months now so we will see where this takes us!

Greg (left) and Faust (right)

Greg and Faust- My awesome transgender roommates

Greg and Faust are probably some of the most interesting and mysterious people that I have ever met. They are complete opposites yet so similar. Faust is just crazy, loud, and is easily excitable…but all in the good way. Greg is quiet and a bit shy at times. They both come from a small town in South Georgia and were friends during high school. They are both extremely artistic and enjoy drawing and painting. Greg is quite handy with a camera and seems to speak through her photographs and less with words. She loves observing people and nature and capturing their “essence” with her camera. Faust seems to be finding a new outlet in music. Faust has introduced me to something that I have never seen with so much intensity before…”bandom” or “band fandom.” They both also belong to the Yaoi fandom. I want to learn more about these concepts in greater detail at some point in time. We still use female pronouns occasionally when talking about them…but we also use “he” and even “it” (which they both encourage us to use).

I met Faust because of the Freshman Learning Community that I signed up for at my university. It was supposed to be a 50 minute long class that met once a week to help us adjust to college life and make friends. What it turned out to be was a waste of time and a waste of a credit. I met a few new friends like Faust and Kim Joon but that was about the only benefit. Faust introduced me to Greg one afternoon after Kim Joon and I went on a “not-a-date” date (which he ended up paying $60 for because he is an idiot). Greg was quietly sitting next to Faust making what she calls “hoots” which are adorable plush owls (she loves owls and any other type of bird) and eating candy corn. After meeting them, I’ve never seen gender in the same light. I had so many questions for them and they put up with each and every one of them. For this I am grateful. I want to do some more gender exploration with this blog and they have agreed to help! 

Random Picture Time!

Kim Joon with my brother's hat

Greg and Faust enjoying their first taste of SunO

Sorry that this is such a quick post! My next post will probably be about Lolita and what it is all about! <3 Thank you for reading <3