A.illusions: Durarara!!

The sad thing about this..? I've never even seen an episode of Durarara!! >.<;;; But it's been going around Deviant Art and Youtube so I decided to do a parody of my own.

It was pretty easy to decide which characters to do on the top, but as I gradually began to venture down, it was getting harder and harder to fit the personalities of the characters with the poses. In the end, I had to change Azorite's and Souji's poses entirely, but it turned out pretty good too!

I was suppose to put the antagonist of the series there, but decided to have the automatons get their share of the lime light~ ♥

Nephews have decided to animate this and use the piano version of "Trust Me" to show off their talents. xD Hopefully, we can get it done soon!

View the A.illusions Gallery post and the full deviation in Deviant Art please~ x3

Rei's Kitchen: Menudo!

Many of you already know that I've resigned from my day job some time ago. That means more housework for me instead of sitting in the office all day long. Don't get me wrong though, because I'm not complaining! I've been wanting to learn to cook different kinds of food, so I've been experimenting a lot... with my mom's supervision of course, unless I want to blow the kitchen up!

And of course, these are the days when I wish I had a better camera... Please excuse the blurry picture! ;x;

Menudo is something like a tomato/ketchup sauce usually with pork, potatoes, and carrots. Some people put green peppers in them, but the guys in my house claim green peppers are bad for them. =.=;;;

Mom had some Menudo mix from McCormick, but when I tasted the semi-finished dish, it lacked flavor. Apparently, I need to read the packet and measure more because it was only for half a kilo of pork! I believe I was cooking more than that, seeing there are 6 people in the house right now, so I had to add a bit of ketchup and sugar to taste. It turned out pretty good in the end though! x3

There's squash on the side for lunch, which I boiled in water along with garlic and onions. I recently discovered that Thyme is my best friend, as it gives a lot of flavor to a veggie dish with just a pinch! It smelled really delicious too~ ♥ But I need to remember that squash may look hard, but they cook fairly quickly..! It almost turned into Squash Soup! ;A;

I did learn that sauces taste slightly different once everything is in the pot, especially when dishes have potatoes and carrots in them, so it would be best to taste test every now and then. I also learned that I need to put the potatoes last in saucy dishes like Menudo as they tend to cook faster than frozen pork! >.<;;; Good thing mom told me to let the pork boil with the garlic and onions to tenderize it before adding the mix as well as the potatoes and carrots!

Did I mention Menudo is one of my favorite dishes? x3

The Last Airbender

I saw this in the movie theater last night. Don't ask what I watched though, as this was the only thing worth mentioning from last night:

Trailer from the Official Website.

I'm quite happy they finally pushed through with this film, and with M. Night Shyamalan as the director, this might turn out to be a pretty awesome movie. Let's try to forget Shyamalan's last few films, and remember the good ones, shall we?

Though it makes me wonder... Where's Appa? And for goodness sake, I thought Prince Zuko was suppose to be Chinese? Dx But I'll hold my tongue from any more complaints until I see this on the big screen.

I must say though, Noah Ringer is probably the cutest Aang I have ever seen. x3

Alice in Wonderland

13 years after Alice Kingsley's first encounter with the strange white rabbit in a waistcoat, Alice has grown to be a beautiful young lady, who is soon to be engaged to Hamish Ascot. The death of her father has led to the Ascot to take over the Kingsley's family business specializing in foreign trade.

Alice is troubled and unsure about Hamish's proposal and is troubled by her "visions" of the white rabbit running around in the engagement party. She decides to follow the rabbit, leaving Hamish without an answer.

The white rabbit leads Alice to an all-too-familiar rabbit hole. Peering closely from the edge, Alice falls into the hole and enters Underland, the real name of the world "Wonderland" that she stumbled upon when she was much younger.

I was able to watch this film with my siblings last Sunday. I must admit that I enjoyed seeing Wonderland as if it were depicted in the real world, but my siblings were confused with the details since they couldn't remember what happened in the animated film. I've been reading mixed reviews about the film too, but I think Tim Burton did a fantastic job. I don't recall seeing the White Queen in the animated film, but Anne Hathaway just blew me away... Even if the ending of the film made me think the White Queen is practically a damsel in distress sort of ruler. -_-;;; I kinda wish the White Rabbit was a lot cuter, but Johnny Depp being the Mad Hatter made up for that very nicely. I mean, how could you possibly go wrong with Johnny Depp? Really?

Anyway, people, go watch the film! I'm sure you wouldn't regret it~ ♥

Oh, and in case you're wondering, yes, that is Rei Ayanami on my banner. Apparently, almost everyone in the family thinks she is "my most favorite character ever!" What's a gal gotta do aside from cower and cave in?

Besides... I kinda like this better than my Kaname one... What do you guys think?