Happy list

[oyceter]

I've been a bit doom and gloom lately, partially because of the weather and partially because AIIEEE GRAD SCHOOL it is taking over my life!

So here are some things that make me happy:

• While I think tucking pants into boots is a travesty, I have finally succumbed and bought super-cute rain boots! Of course, now that I have them, it has not rained... Still, once it does, I will be impervious to puddles! And rain! And hail!


• Netflix finally found Kino's Journey v. 3 and shipped it to me.


• Yotsuba&!


• Last because it is the bestest and makes me so happy: ciderpress is starting an Asian Women Blog Carnival!
  
  

  This carnival is intended to focus on Asian women. The definition of Asian, within the scope of this carnival, includes people from East Asia, Central Asia, South Asia, North Asia, South-East Asia, Far East, Middle East, Near East and people of Asian descent living in non-Asian countries. The definition of women, within the scope of this carnival, includes transwomen and cisgendered women.
  
  For the first edition, which I will be hosting at [info]yennenga thanks to [info]delux_vivens's kind offer, there is no specific theme. I would like to highlight the diversity of Asian women and topics regarding identity in Asian majority and Asian minority cultures. Submissions can range from feminism, representation, culture, history, work, activism, beauty, health, sexuality, politics, economics, philosophy, class, education, religion, how we identify and relate to other PoC groups, personal stories etc.

  
  Submit posts for the carnival!

Comments

[lady-ganesh.livejournal.com]

Those boots are cuuute.

I wonder if I could think of something to post on for the carnival.

[oyceter]

Or if you can't think of anything (I never seem to be able to), there's always linking.

[lady-ganesh.livejournal.com]

Absolutely.

[vom-marlowe.livejournal.com]

Those boots are amazing!! *want*

[oyceter]

Aren't they? And I got them for cheaper than on that site.

[larryhammer]

Oh! Netflix is claiming to have Kino's Journey v.1 once again! *moves to top of queue*

And, yeah, grad school is designed to eat your life. :-/

---L.

[oyceter]

... now if only I had the time to actually watch Kino!

[larryhammer]

Or if we only had time to actually watch the disc of Doctor Who we have and return it, so as to get Kino.

---L.

[yhlee.livejournal.com]

I am glad the carnival is happening but woeful that I can't think of a single thing I might want to submit.

[oyceter]

Haha! I cannot either! My brain is so wiped...

[octopedingenue]

One thing as a desert person I do not really understand about rainboots: are you supposed to wear rainboots all day? Are they supposed to go over your shoes? Do you wear the boots outside and take other shoes to change into?

[snarp]

I've been wearing rain boots nearly every day for a month, and yet do not know the answer to this question! Because I'm in Japan, so I take them off when I get to the office. I've been pondering what I would do with the boots in the US, because you seriously don't want to wear them all day.

[oyceter]

I ponder the same myself! Also, it is a pain when I go to the gym because I do not want to lug sneakers to school along with wearing ginormous boots.

On the other hand, everyone is now predicting no more rain in California. Go figure.

[snarp]

This change was instituted purely to foil you.

[oyceter]

I have no idea! I don't think shoes go inside of them because mine won't fit, but so far I have been wearing them all day because I am too lazy to take shoes to change into. But it is sort of annoying...

[kchew.livejournal.com]

We all need bright rain boots for dreary days, which are made for whimsy. Awesome.

And, yes, grad school is supposed to eat your brain.

[oyceter]

So far I keep going out in them on rainy days, but every time I am outside, it is a lull in the rain! I think they are magic...

[rilina.livejournal.com]

There are not enough words to express the joys of Yotsuba&! I am treasuring my scans and saving them for some future bleak day because they are so precious to me.

[larryhammer]

Believe me, they hold up to re-reading multiple times, and even close reading.

(I need a happy in a happi icon ... )

---L.

[oyceter]

Yotsuba close-reading awesome!

[oyceter]

I think I am going to need to read the scans soon to get my mood up after RaceFail!

[rilina.livejournal.com]

Tell me if you need a supply...

And I need more Yotsuba icons!

[jinian.livejournal.com]

Rain boots + skirt?

[oyceter]

I have just been doing that! Bwahaha. It gave me a chance to wear my polka-dotted knee socks along with my polka-dotted boots.