A letter to America

Dear America,

I have been to visit your country a few times now. It’s amazing but it can be incredibly confusing for a tourist like me. Don’t get me wrong, I love it, but I just have a few questions that I want answering.

1)     Have you guys ever heard of portion control? Every time I’ve ever been to America, l leave feeling like a turkey stuffed for Christmas (or Thanksgiving, depending on your festival of choice). This time is no exception. It may just be that I have a warped sense of your relationship with food, but why such massive plates? When I say I feel like I could eat a cow, it’s not a challenge!

2)     Why do you put up with so many adverts on TV? I managed to channel hop through all sixty-something channels on the hotel TV without *ever* seeing a TV programme. I only ever saw “commercials” as you would say. WHY? When I’m watching Toddlers and Tiaras I want to watch my crap TV with minimal interruption. I just don’t understand how you put up with half an hour of adverts for ever half an hour of actual telly…

3)     Why does Toddler and Tiaras even exist? I’m not going to pretend I haven’t watched this. But I always feel like an awful person when I watch it. But it’s so addictive. Aaaaaah, why have you created this monster?!

4)     If you are going to advertise medication, why spend half the advert telling me all the side effects? I know the answer to this myself – it’s the law; but that doesn’t make it any less weird. When all I can remember of your advert is that possible side effects include diarrhoea, vomiting and even blood clots, but not what the medication you are advertising is for, there is something wrong.

5)     Who designed your motorways freeways? And can we have them in England? I guess this is one of the advantages of living somewhere where the roads were built before the cities. But, honestly, London could do with a few six-lane motorways.

6)     If trousers are called pants, what are pants called? There are some quirks of American English that I find very amusing (like the fact that motor oil is called lube) but this is not one of them. It makes me very confused. Does the word trousers mean something completely different in America?

7)     If crisps are called chips and chips are called French fries, what are French fries called? Along the same line as above. *Insert confusion here*.

8)     What is this witchcraft that allows you to turn right on a red light? I….just…can’t….comprehend. Protip: In England, we stop at red lights. Try to turn a corner and you gonna be in serious shiz. Also, when you have a crossroads with stop signs for cars coming from all directions, who has right of way?

 Yours sincerely,

A confused Brit.

Also, off topic:

On time update, bitches.

Adios Pokéfans!

What I'm listening to: Still the new Script album...

Being on holiday messes with my internal calender...

Take it away Rebecca:

Oh, expletives.

It's FRIDAY?!?!

  All I have to say is thank you to the friend that pointed out to me that it was Friday and I had not updated. Because I was about halfway through a post about how I was so good for updating on time. Yes folks, I have managed to reach 3 in the afternoon believing that it was Thursday, when it is in fact Friday. That is it, I am setting reminders in my phone! Because clearly I can't be trusted to keep track of the days.

Sorry, Pikachu.

I WILL REMEMBER NEXT TIME. I SWEAR. Actually, that's a lie, as I'm not going to be in the country (and therefore lacking Internet access) for my next update day, but I WILL REMEMBER THE TIME AFTER THAT.

In other news, on this day, which is definitely not a Thursday I have finally preordered Black 2. Bring it on - I care not that it will be the new university term. I'll be too busy going on a Pokémon adventure.

Today's post is a quick one just to show you a cool thing I found when I was at Alcon:

Pokémon Lollipop!

It's the coolest Dib Dab ever. And not just with sherbet. It's friking popping candy. I've actually discovered that Japanese popping candy is way way superior to it's abysmal English counterpart. Anyways, this is what the lollipop looks like:

There's something not quite right about this...

 Yeah, not sure it's such a great idea anymore. There's just something a little off about Pikachu being so thrilled at the prospect of imminent consumption. But it did taste delectable anyway.

Ok, so for clarification, no update Monday, BUT DEFINITELY ON THURSDAY.

Adios Pokéfans!

What I'm listening to: The sound of my own stupidity (it sounds a lot like The Script's new album)

It is most definitely still Monday...

....That was a good start. So, I may have forgotten to update yesterday. I had the drawing ready and everything, and then I forgot! D'oh! And then the scanner wouldn't work this morning because it wasn't on the new Wi-Fi network, so this post is just generally a fail.

My bad....

Anyway, I hope you can forgive me Internet. I was having a bad day. My super-special-awesome exam induced RSI is playing up again, and as such I have only a line drawing to offer you this time around.

Everyone's favourite attention seeking brat of a Pokémon.

Yes I am aware that Wigglytuff looks frikin' possessed. Moving right along. I can't be the only one who remembers Jigglypuff's starring role as the standard comedy fall back in the TV show?

This is my mad face.

Ah, Jigglypuff, your artistic skills with a sharpie are without rival. Battle skills? Not so much. Why can't I get rid of you in Pokémon conquest? You are so annoyingly useless. And taking up a slot in my team. I have to drag you everywhere around with me, and frankly, We Are Not Amused.

Short and sweet today chums, but fear not I will remember when Thursday is and be back here. Pinky Swear.

Adios Pokéfans!

What I'm Listening To: A random selection of Nicki Minaj's atrocious music. Before you judge me, I like to listen to this when I'm feeling crap because it reminds me that it could be worse. I can still speak in full sentences that make sense. Someone, please, tell me what the hell a "hoop-de-hoop" is. Actually, on second thoughts, I don't want to know.

I went to a convention!

Like the title says, my recent silence has been because I've just been to a convention. I went to Alcon at De Montfort University in Leicester last weekend. This was my first convention, and it was a good'un. We saw a lot of awesome cosplayers aand lots of panels involving the UK Abridgers. If you haven't seen the work of these guys (Yu-Gi-Oh Abridged, Yu-Gi-Oh GX Abridged, Nullmetal Alchemist to name a few) then go look it up on YouTube. Now.

 Now that's out of the way, here are a couple of the Pokémon cosplays I saw while I was there:

First panel of the weekend, and we spotted Raichu and Pikachu

Zubat, Ho-oh and Butterfree

There were also three people rocking some rather awesome Pansage, Pansear and Panpour outfits, but unfortunately I hadn't mastered the art of asking randoms for photos by that point.

One panel we went to was called How To Start a Webcomic. It was a little surreal being told about internet comics by The Joker but he was quite amusing and had some good tips. One that I think I can apply here is that you should update regularly. And so, I've decided that I'm going to choose my update days as Monday and Thursday, provided that when I go back to university it doesn't all go to pot, which it may well do. But for now that is what we are sticking with. Monday and Thursday, ok?

Finally, a quick art update. This is a card that I made for my friend who I went to Alcon with. It was her birthday the day before:

Cosplaying Pikachu!

Pikachu likes to cosplay too! This con was the first time I cosplayed (as C.C. from Code Geass if anyone is interested), so I decided that Pikachu would want to cosplay as well. But he's a noob like me, so he's forgotten the tail!

Adios Pokéfans! See you Monday!

What I'm listening to: Soundtrack from The Girl Who Leapt Through Time <3