Snow White

Bodyline...

2009-11-05T05:16:45Z

Wow, have any of you guys been checking out egl recently? At the moment 8/20 posts on the front page are about Bodyline..

I mean, I like bodyline okay myself, but this is getting excessive. Never did I think that one day the community would be taken over by BODYLINE.. I remember when even their name was taboo in the comms..

It's really sad that with all of these efforts to revitalize the community, we're still only getting posts like this. =/

pinkwigs @ 2009-10-22T18:00:00

2009-10-22T23:59:43Z

Yay! I got 100% on my Sociology presentation/outline/critical analysis!! I blew that presentation out of the water!

He's a really, REALLY hard marker, so this is such an honour! I'm kind of wondering whose dick I sucked though, because my test grade from a couple of weeks ago just went up 3%. Weeeeird.

Will write moar later....

pinkwigs @ 2009-10-20T20:24:00

2009-10-21T02:30:27Z

Wowee, look at me posting twice in an hour. I think my journal is about to die from the sheer excitement of being used.

I just LOL'd at the conclusion of my article (I know, bad bad bad of me to still be working on it, but seriously, Cloud is so much more fun than sociology, regardless of how much I'm interested in the topic)

CONCLUSION:

"Despite the drawbacks of the state and employer-based approaches, any of the current health care proposals would improve the health care system. Social workers should support national health insurance as a reflection of their commitment to social work values, but they should not view other approaches as detours from this goal. Employer-based and state programs can be used as stepping stones to a national system."

In my words:

"The US health care system is just so fucking bad that you could pretty much do anything to it and it would most likely be an improvement."

In the words of Aqua Teen Hunger Force:

"You could poke him with a pillow and kill him"

SCHOOL RAEGGGG

2009-10-21T02:09:41Z

Holy shit, you guys. I just got off the phone with a classmate of mine who is working on this project that we have to present tomorrow in our Sociology of Aging class and I'm totally horrified.

I had to explain to her that no, Google is not a reputable, peer reviewed, bank of sociological information. I had to explain to her what is due tomorrow when we get in to class, and that she should be a little scared because tomorrows two minute presentation and discussion panel is actually worth 15% of her final grade, so she shouldn't just "wing it"

And was sickens me the most is that a lot of this isn't her fault.

My teacher is fantastic when it comes to lectures and tests, and he incorporates a lot of neat technology into our lessons (clicker surveys, etc) but he is shit when it comes down to assignments. 45% of our grade comes from a presentation that involves critical analysis of a peer reviewed sociological article that somehow relates to a question that we have to answer in a paper worth 30%. The thing is that not a single person in class understands this, (I figured it out on Sunday) because the instructions he has provided are so convoluted and vague in all the wrong places.

I started writing my research paper for tomorrow a few weeks ago, and then found out that what I have to present is a critique of an article, (The paper is due on Nov 20) and even though we are listed as presenting in pairs, we are not allowed to present or work together. We do, however, work together on the final paper which must include references from the articles we are presenting tomorrow. Do you see the problem? I have no control over what my partner will choose to critique, or how poor her research may turn out to be, even though I am forced to use her article in my paper. She almost chose one about Native Americans suffering from AIDS.. excuse me, but how the fuck am I going to use such a narrow subject when I'm dealing with writing a paper from a structural functionalist perspective?

So my partner was printing out notes for her other classes tomorrow when I called her.

"Do you have your article picked out?"
"Nah, I don't know.. I'm just printing out notes. I couldn't find any articles" (just by searching "Elderly" and "Health care" into the Sociological Collection database, I managed to find 33,000+ articles)
"That's weird... Were you in the databases?"
"No, I was looking for "peer reviewed sociologicle article" in google"

I really don't know what the fuck she was planning on presenting tomorrow, and so instead I offered her a quick crash course in how to find the database, what an abstract is, how keywords, wildcards, truncation etc.. affect search results. How to narrow down results to recent information etc.. and forty minutes later she's on her feet.

I shouldn't have had to do that, because he should have fucking taught the class WHAT a database is, HOW to find peer reviewed research, and most importantly WHAT THE FUCK IS DUE TOMORROW... because she didn't know, I didn't know, none of us knew. The only reason I figured it out is because I'm so fucking nuts about getting good grades. I STILL don't know if my essay outline needs to be handed in with my critical analysis tomorrow, but seeing as how my partner hasn't even started her project, I guess that's something I can't do.

Sorry for raging like this. The instructors at my school so far have been fucking amazing. I'm so disappointed. Before you ask, I've asked him about the project three times now and each time he explains it, the class gets a bit more confused, and I end up finding out that this is nothing like what I thought we were being asked. Tomorrow will be hilarious.

Cloud for Bronwen

2009-10-19T18:45:58Z

Ugh, life has been insane lately and I'm really tired with a big fucking migrane. I'm posting this here just to force myself to finish it. It's supposed to be for Bronwen's birthday but my computer crashed after I forgot to save after 5 hours of colouring, and I've started again from scratch.

I asked Bronwen to describe her image of a pre-ShinRa Cloud to me, and I came up with this. The scanner cut off both his fingertips as well as his trademark spike, so I guess he looks more like random bishounen now, but I promise that it looks better coloured. It's my first time CGing and I'm finding it a lot of fun (when I'm not losing hours of work due to sheer stupidity on my part.) This picture is MASSIVE in real life. (Compared to my normally tiny drawings on 8.5x11" computer paper) and actually drawn on proper paper, and I fixed the issue with his hands in the coloured version.

I hope she likes it when I'm done.

lameee

2009-08-28T03:38:37Z

I hate how the situation with my brother has caused me to jump to conclusions and automatically assume that he somehow has a hand in every tiny little thing that goes wrong in my daily life.

Bronwen and I couldn't find the keys to our room and I barked out "DID MY BROTHER COME UP AT ALL TODAY? I'LL BET HE TOOK THEM!" to Robin, who had been home earlier.

The keys were in my purse.

*guiiiilt*

Thanks guys for your comments on my last post, and sorry I didn't respond at all to any of the comments. They meant a lot to me, but as Linda put it today, I just don't want to think about it anymore.

There's sooooo much that I have to post about (positive things, please believe me! We went on a mini-vacation to West Edmonton Mall and I have a lot of lolita photos to post) and I don't know where to start. We only have a few more days with Robin so I don't want to spend too much time on lj. The end of August always sucks, but it sucks even more when you've got to say goodbye to someone you love! <3

YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEYYYYYYY!!!

2009-07-28T22:59:50Z

NEW WATER HEATER!!!!!!!!!!

pinkwigs @ 2009-07-28T09:47:00

2009-07-28T15:47:39Z

RE: War

So far I'm winning.

Contentment

2009-07-26T03:37:20Z

I find it so hard to express the joy, the happiness and the peace that has been filling me all summer long. I feel so deeply thankful for everything I have in my life right now.

Linda got sick with pneumonia and bronchitis earlier last week, but she is so stubborn and she tried so hard to work. I was called in for almost 30 extra hours this week when she got too bad to come and her husband wouldn't allow her out of bed, I was really glad that someone stood up and told her that she needed time to recuperate.

I worked her Monday and tuesday shifts, my wednesday shift and though she said she would be back for sure on thursday, though I offered to work for her again because I didn't want her ending up in the hospital. She called me as I was waiting at the bus on my way to the mall to have lunch with Bronwen, and so I said "I'll be right there, get some rest" and worked 9 hours in a skirt and 5" heels.

I offered again on Friday, but I had worked over 7 days in a row and she was getting so depressed at home. I came in to go visit her to see how she was on Friday, and there she was looking beautiful as ever, and so much gratitude in her eyes. That made every second worth it. She even bought me a card as a thank-you.

I've been awed at how much I am loving having Robin here with us. She drove her mom to Fort Mcleod this morning at 6, and got back right as I was leaving to walk Bronwen to the bus stop. We jumped on her with hugs, and then I continued on our walk. It's so beautiful in the mornings with all of these gorgeous trees, and the sun streaming through the gaps in the leaves. Then I returned and Robin went back to sleep. She got up, and we had a great little conversation while browsing lj comms, which then turned into a fantastic three hour long political/ideological rant. The rant was interrupted by a girl from World Vision (we both found this slightly bizarre) and I signed up to take care of two little girls in Africa.

After that, I asked Robin if she'd join me for a walk around Henderson lake, we got Dr. Pepper Cherry slurpees and talked about everything from the ethics behind donating/selling plasma (and the differences between the US and Canada are on that issue) to planning Robin's dream wedding (Bronwen would make the cake!)

By the time we had reached the car, we had been walking for an hour or so and it was suddenly 6:30, so we went to pick up Bronwen and spontaneously decided to go swimming! We only had about 45 minutes before the pool closed but it was so great. We're going to go every couple of nights after Bronwen gets off work. We then went to Safeway to pick up some ingredients for dinner, and ended up with some lasagna and garlic bread. It's in the oven at the moment.

Robin is heading off to Nelson tomorrow and we were talking about how bizarre it is that we're all agonizing over the fact that she will be gone for FOUR DAYS. How will we ever survive?! It's like we're all married!

We may or may not be going to fire spinning tonight in lolita, but I actually haven't eaten anything aside from some jelly beans and a granola bar today (Not on purpose, It's just been such a busy day I forgot about my requirement for food) and I am eagerly awaiting my delicious dinner.

I am so happy. My legs ache, my back is cracking every five seconds and I'm extremely tired, but I'm happy.

So an Ero loli and a Kodona walk in to a bar...

2009-07-25T07:20:37Z

So I just posted this to Daily lolita and I thought I would post it here because I NEVER UPDATE this thing.

Bronwen, Robin and I were getting pumped to go to the circus on tuesday..... until we found out that adult admission was $22! As we were feeling particularily stingy that night, we turned around to go home (but not without ice cream to console our broken hearts) and prepare for another night in...

That is, until Robin got a Facebook alert that a local restaurant/bar was going to be hosting a "Gothaoke" event in half an hour. We both looked at each other slowly, before racing to our closets and throwing together outfits in record time. Unfortunately, Bebe was really sick that night and couldn't come along :(

It is illegal to smile in goff. Doesn't Robin look AMAZING in boystyle?! It was her first "attempt" at the style! I put "attempt" in quotations because she looks like a seasoned boystyle pro IMO

I figured some Evanescence would be fun with the theme but wow I fail at knowing lyrics. I tried my best for a soul-bleeding-heart-wrenching-gut-tearing-horrible rendition of "Bring me to Life" I won a $25 gift certificate for the performance so I guess it was just painful enough for everyone :) A guy sitting near us went "O SHI--" and ran up behind me to do the rap. It became a spontaneous duet!

Robin chose to sing "You Can't Hurry Love" by the Supremes just for a sharp contrast to her outfit. She's all pretty and sparkly regardless of whether she is in classic or boystyle! Now, people LOVED this. It started a dance floor in the middle of everything, and people were singing along and clapping. She really blew me away!

*_* Lovin' the buttflap pantskirt going on here

She was wearing smoky makeup that you really can't see here, unfortunately..

I panic whenever a camera comes near me and I often end up with these tragic facial expressions. I assure you, I was in no physical pain.

..yes.

Outfit Rundown Time!

ellorgast

Blouse: Offbrand (Seduction)
Pants: Bodyline
Accessories: Offbrand

pinkwigs

Hat: Le Chateau
Bustier: Offbrand (La Vie En Rose)
Skirt: Antique BeasT
Socks: Moitie
Shoes: Meta

That's more like us! :D Thank you for looking!!

pinkwigs @ 2009-04-19T20:46:00

2009-04-20T02:56:35Z

I just checked my school email and I thought I would put this on my journal because it's just one of those things you want to remember.

Hi Cynthia, Cindy, Cinely (but not senile),

Your final grade is 95% (A+). As a word of encouragement (not that I think you need it) but you are one of the most remarkable studens I've had the pleasure of teaching, regardless of age. My impression is that not only are you intelligent but you are also a "good" person with lots of character. I hope you find a job that uses all of your talents because you have much to give.

All the best,

Tony

I don't even know what to say, or how to express how much something like this means to me. All I know is that I'm going to really miss having Tony as a teacher next year. He's such an amazing educator that I took his reading class (which really is just a class about analyzing literature) just because I enjoyed having him so much last semester, by mistake, I ended up being in his class with only ONE extra person so we had a lot of conversations.

The "Cinely/Senile" thing is in reference to the way I write my signature, which makes it look like my d is an "e" attached to an "l". On my last exam, which are all personalized in his class, the headings on each page said "Cinely" which totally distracted me throughout the whole thing. It's just like him :)

pinkwigs @ 2009-03-31T23:01:00

2009-04-01T05:02:20Z

THE PELLET IS DONE..

I will tell you how I did it when I get my mark back..

It was very grotesque.

Thank you everyone who told me to keep going!

pinkwigs @ 2009-03-28T11:19:00

2009-03-28T17:22:22Z

AGGGGGHHHHHH

In one of my classes, our final project is to fully reconstruct a rodent's skeleton from an owl pellet. I have removed almost all of my bones from the fur, and after work I'm supposed to go work on it with a friend. So I packed it all up, and as I'm about to put it in a bag, I DROP the container and all of the bones go FLYING, most of them shattering on impact.

There goes 8% of my final grade.. but it should be okay, right? I am currently sitting at a 99% and this project really only is worth the 8. Do you guys think I should just not hand it in and accept a zero? I have asked to purchase a replacement pellet but the only day I'll be able to get that is Monday, and the project is due on Wednesday.

ALL BTSSB: RED Alice Chess SK, 2 White Detachable sleeve BLOUSES, Cross Rose Print Skirt + Bow

2009-03-15T02:08:43Z

TyHi everyone!

I'm starting to fall out of love with sweet lolita, and so I'm putting some of these beautiful items up for sale today:

Off White Cross Rose Print Skirt and Bow set:

This skirt has never been worn outside my house, and is in brand new condition. The waistband is half shirred for some size variation. Waist ties are attached.

This is the matching bow, though this is a horrible picture of it. The bow has wires in it to adjust the size and shape, and I have it folded into a two-tier right now. Gorgeous with up-dos.

Measurements:

Waist: Min 23.5"-Max29"
Length: 22"

Set: $185 for both skirt and bow
Shipping: $12 within North America.

Red Alice Chess Print Skirt

Yes, it is upside down...

This skirt is incredible. I'm still not entirely sure I want to let it go, but I still haven't worn it much at all.

Waist: Min: 23.5" Max 28.5"
Length: 22"

Price: I paid a pretty penny for this skirt on Y!J, and so I'm looking for offers around $180
Shipping: $10 within North America

White Detachable Sleeve, Shirred, Peter Pan Collared Blouse

This blouse has very stretchy shirring, so I would say that it is pretty much free sized. Great condition, worn once outside of my house.

Price: 90$
Shipping: $7 Within North America

Detachable Sleeved, Half-shirred BtSSB Square neck blouse with cross ties:

This blouse, while only having half shirring, is bigger than all of my other BtSSB blouses, I also think it stretches a lot more than it appears to. Worn twice.

Price: $85
Shipping: $7 within North America

Thanks so much for browsing, I also DO ACCEPT PAYMENTS IN INCREMENTS! Feel Free to ask any questions!

pinkwigs @ 2009-03-04T18:59:00

2009-03-05T02:00:20Z

I just dissected a 160 lb pig!

....And I kind of enjoyed it.

pinkwigs @ 2009-02-22T10:41:00

2009-02-22T17:41:53Z

Photo shoot Concept Sketches

2009-02-20T21:12:25Z

Here's some drawings I've been doing, they started out as concept sketches for a shoot we plan on doing in the summer when Robin comes, but I ended up having a bit of fun with them:

This is the first one I did, and the one that is actually physically unfinished. There are a lot of "ghost lines" on this one which are actually pencil, including the fishnet tights, so those will be erased and replaced. I can't think of this picture as being "me" because this was when I was thinking of just doing concept sketches for us to plan out how we want the pictures to look. I would have drawn her face much differently if it had been me, so when I talk about this picture, I say "her".

I wanted a "wicked queen" and so I actually drew her face and the body immediately in ballpoint pen, before I started going "Wait, I'm going to screw this up if I don't use pencil", and halfway through I ended up not finishing it.. No reference used on this picture (and it shows, lol)

This scan makes me really sad because the real copy of this is dark, and has thick, bold lines, as opposed to these "Breathy" strokes that you can see here. I like this one a lot even if the anatomy is off, and this is where the pictures stopped being just "people in our clothes who resemble us" and started becoming pictures of us. I think Bronwen should wear a headdress for this shoot. No reference was used on this picture.

This one is by far my favourite, but again these are all such crappy scans that I wish I could show you the real ones. I am worried that I saved over the final copy and I really don't want to spend another hour editing, so here it is. I am really proud to say that I didn't use a reference at all on this aside from her face, so the hand position with the crossed fingers and the poisoned apple may be not anatomically correct. I don't own this skirt and so I had to do it by memory, so it may not be correct.

This was my first time drawing a serious picture since last year's Nishikaze pamphlet, and so I'm really happy that I've started mixing up poses.

pinkwigs @ 2009-02-10T23:54:00

2009-02-11T06:55:18Z

Whenever I make a new LJ friend, I go through all of my old entries to see how embarrasing some of the stuff I've posted about is. Wow. o_o

This is why I never update this damn thing. lol.

WTF

2009-02-10T22:29:22Z

MY TOILET BROKE!!!!!!!!!

Water EVERYWHERE!!

I have a new toilet now.

What a weird day...

DS: ANGELIC PRETTY Headdress, BNWT BtSSB BONNET, BtSSB Head Bow PRIMROSE Indies Brand Headdress

2009-02-09T04:12:52Z

Hello Everyone!

Today I have some accessories up for sale

Angelic Pretty pink headdress

This headdress has been worn twice for pictures indoors.

Price: $22 (somewhat negotiable)
Shipping within North America: $5

BtSSB Black and White wired Headbow

This has some gorgeous lace on it

lace detail and brand tag

Price: $25
Shipping: $6

BtSSB BNWT Bonnet in BxW

This has NEVER been worn, and still has tags with the price of 8295 JPY--

Price: $55 (somewhat negotiable)
Shipping $6

And lastly, I have this indies brand headdress that I bought on Y!J. It's by "Primrose" and is very high quality. The ribbon is grosgrain ribbon, and the laces on the headdress have both been used by BtSSB.

Primrose Brand Headdress

This is an antique white that matches BtSSB clothes very nicely.

Price: 10$
Shipping $4

FEEDBACK:
I have 100% feedback under the username of pinkwigs in the loligoth dbs, and on the ebay username jukesie_jumper.

Thank you for looking!

pinkwigs @ 2009-01-22T16:20:00

2009-01-22T23:22:34Z

Our dog Harley is going to be put down tomorrow.

I just came home to a call from bronwen. She was supposed to be here today and as I walked in, the phone was ringing.

I called her two hours ago and everything was fine. I saw him yesterday and he was energetic, fun and sweet as he always is. I've never met a dog with this much personality. I can't believe I'm sitting her bawling my face off as I write this, he's just so much more than a silly dog.

He's part of the family.

pinkwigs @ 2008-12-25T21:59:00

2008-12-25T05:04:13Z

Oh my goodness..

I just got home from my Christmas dinner with my family. It was okay, would have been good if my brother wasn't such a jerk. It was wonderful to see my grandparents again

My christmas present this year is a warm, cuddly robe, a pair of slippers and a beautiful faux fur throw..

as well as a cheque that will pay for my TUITION..

When I saw it, I dropped it and just burst into tears. I can't believe it..

Thank you so much.

Merry Christmas!

2008-12-23T06:56:17Z

So.. how's your Christmas going?

Mine is fantastic. :D

MATHMAN UPDATE! Also: Lucky pack indecision....

2008-09-30T21:25:19Z

We did a math test yesterday on everything we've done so far. I just got my mark back from that...

...I GOT A 91!

The class average was 67%, which is pathetic. I guess I'm doing a lot better than I thought I would!

I can't tell you how happy I am now, guys!

Anyways, about that luckypack. I got it. And it is awesome.

I don't know if I should keep it or not, because it's still wrapped up nicely in the box it came in, but I just love the dress... I tried it on, folded it back up and put it away, which I think is an indication that I really don't need it.. I don't know what to do about it.

To Robin,

2008-09-02T06:15:54Z

I'm sorry I haven't been around to post for the last few months. I've been busy having the time of my life with one of the most amazing people I've ever met.

I'm talking about Robin, or ellorgast as most people online know her. We've only had one short year together, and it flew by in a flurry of concerts, trips to museums, lolita meetups, fashion shows, dancing nights, and sleepovers.

When I first met her on egl, I wasn't expecting to find someone so incredible. We actually met at the Harry Potter book opening at Chapters last summer, where I recognized her from her photos on Lolita Snap and awkwardly stuttered a greeting. After a few months of being LJ Friends, she invited Bronwen, David and I to her Halloween party. I have to admit that I was petrified to meet such a popular Lolita in person, (which is why it took so long for us to actually get together) but when I walked into her beautiful house and she greeted us with a warm, happy smile, I knew that I had made the right decision to come. We played an intense game of spoons, had a kinder egg race and spent the night laughing for hours.

Soon after that, we started going to plays and dance performances in lolita, and afterwards we would get to know eachother over hot chocolates at the Mocha Cabanna. There were so many stories, and we almost always ended up staying out too late. During one of our teas, Robin mentioned the possibility of putting on a Lolita panel at our local anime convention, and that became our new project. We spent many nights taking notes and telling stories over her dining room table. Our panel turned out to be very informative, a lot of work, and an incredible amount of fun! We even offered our guests homemade sugar cookies and little pamphlets with helpful links and a summary of lolita styles. After our presentation, we went out for a photoshoot done by Robin's lovely sister, Jess.

After the panel, Robin mentioned that her sister wanted to study horse tack at Cardston's Remington Carriage Museum. She invited us along, and we got in Jess's little car, equipped with Tim Horton's Ice Capps. We drove by fields of "tartan", which is what we called the rolling hills that were mowed in neat patterns, and spent the trip warmed by the sun. The museum was deserted, and we saw the most gorgeous carriages and buggies. The movie theatre was deserted, and so they put on a short film about the carriages just for us! Robin was wearing her Beth Op and she looked so bright and summery, suiting the location perfectly. It was such a perfect little trip.

We had our first sleepovers around this time, and found out that Robin was also a fan of Jesus Christ Superstar, the best rock opera in history. She's about the only other person I know around my age (aside from my roommates) who would even think about watching it, and we found so many little things like that that we could bond over. This was also around the time that we started finding out that we didn't need lolita to be our reason to spend time together, and so when we heard that a friend of ours was putting on a Steampunk fashion show, we promptly invited her. We had never been to the club it was held at, Suede, and we were captivated. A modern but classy club with an emphasis on fashion and dressing well? It was our kind of place. We saw Patti's designs, which were incredible, and then invited Robin to come dancing at Essie's the next night.

Suede may have been for us, but Essies didn't seem to fit the bill. There wasn't a soul on the dance floor. After numerous attempts at trying to get the dance floor going, we decided to go back to Suede, even though we had heard that it wasn't great for dancing. How wrong we were.

The club was packed, with two bars going full time, and dancers getting wild on the floor. Bronwen, Melissa and I were utterly shocked at how incredible of a dancer Robin was, and she had the three of us imitating her moves throughout the night. We hardly took a break to breathe, and I remember my muscles hurting so badly the next morning. It was so worth it.

The day after, I had to bite my tongue so many times to keep from squealing out to all of my friends and coworkers that "we danced and it was fun and stuff OMG!" (A direct quote from Robin, herself!) I was counting down the days to when I could dance with my girls next, and when Bronwen's parents asked us to house sit, we invted Robin over for dancing, pizza and a sleepover. Every week Bronwen, Melissa and I would end up talking about how excited we were to see what she would be wearing next, or who would dance with who to what song. Silly stuff like that became our weekly routine, and it wasn't hard to see that Robin had definitely become part of our group.

Suede became a constant in our lives, something to look forward to every Saturday night. David Usher came to play here in Lethbridge for the second time. I had won two tickets to his concert at the fashion show, and Robin and Melissa bought their own to come. Robin is a hardcore David Usher fan, and Melissa had never been to a concert before. I normally nod my way through opening acts at concerts, but this was Shaun Verreault from Wide Mouth Mason, and The New Odds, who are actually quite famous. Robin was incredibly cool and decided to wait and get spots RIGHT infront of the stage, so close that we were resting on the amps. All acts were amazing, and we were literally were close enough to touch David. The girls got to hold his hand, but I missed and got to touch his arm. He threw his water bottle into the crowd, and it is currently taped to my linen closet door, along with the rest of my mini shrine. We stayed really late and ended up partying with all of the bands, except for David Usher. That night was magical.

We started wearing lolita a bit more around this time, and when Robin got back from a short vacation, we took her for Chinese and invited her to a Masquerade ball at Chapters. She was very interested, and I could already see her lolita gears working out an outfit in ther head. The masquerade was a ton of fun, but we almost missed it due to a communication error. Halfway through styling Robin's beautiful hair, Melissa mentioned that the ball might end at midnight, instead of begin at midnight, and so in a mad rush I threw together my makeup and hair and we were off. The night was spent getting interviewed for the local news, taking photos, and decorating creepy masks while every other sucker there waited in line for a book. Before leaving, we met an incredible chalk artist who also was a crystal juggler, like Jareth from Labyrinth, which is why Robin called him "Jareth Jr."

The summer was spent with nights of strawberry-vanilla-mint daquiris, local park invasions at midnight, dance parties in my living room and tons of things I cannot even begin to describe. I have memories of the four of us having pillow fights and naps on the mattresses we dragged out of our bedrooms to use as makeshift beds. We did everything, and we did nothing.

We had two more mini-photoshoots in the coulees, where Bronwen and I destroyed over $400 worth of brand lolita shoes. We were having so much fun that we didn't even care. A few months ago, I would have been devastated to wreck my lolita. This is how much fun Robin is.

At the fashion show I mentioned earlier, Robin had won a free photo session with Leslie of Missing Frame Photographics. We procrastinated like mad with that session, and we ended up waiting until Robin's last day in town to actually do the shoot. It was our first professional shoot, and we got on our best outfits. Our theme was black and off-white, and so both Melissa and Robin wore the two colours in classic outfits. Bronwen and I were in full gothic, and pardon my arrogance, we looked amazing. We're still waiting for the pictures. After the shoot, Robin asked if we could go to Crazy Cakes, the first place we had ever planned on doing a lolita meetup. For some unknown reason, we had still never gone. The cafe was done in mint green and white, and it was a lolita's dream. I am so glad that we finally fulfilled those plans we made so long ago.

Before going out, Robin gave us an incredibly beautiful gift. A lamp that she had bought at IKEA because our living room needs more light. It has the prettiest designs on it, and we're going to light it up tomorrow. She also gave us each cards that were so well suited to our personalities, it was almost creepy. A perfect mix between humor and sentimentality, and we all ended up crying and exchanging our goodbyes.

With one final night at Suede, and we danced until we literally dropped. We had never stayed until last call, but we wanted to pack all the dancing in that we could. Robin wore her adorable Meta Punkma skirt with her new boots that she bought with me, (on one of my favourite days with her) and Bronwen, Melissa and I decided to get fancy for our last night together. We forgot to eat the cupcakes that she brought, but I don't think we could have eaten them if we tried.

In the end, I don't think I'm ever going to meet anyone who is quite like her. Someone so funny, so smart, so kind hearted and someone who I really connect with. I don't think I will, and I don't think I need to. This isn't the end, Robin, and you're always going to be one of us. We love you so much.