Rules:
Rule 1: always post the rules.
Rule 2: answer the questions the person who tagged you has written and write 11 new ones.
Rule 3: tag 11 new people and link them to your post.
Rule 4: let them know you’ve tagged them.
1 | Hair: | What hair color looks best on you and what's your natural color? |
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| Skin: | Do you tan easily? |
| Eyes: | What is your favorite show to watch? |
| Nose: | What is your favorite perfume/candle fragrance? |
| Mouth: | Do you want to kiss anyone right now? |
| Tongue: | What was in your last meal? |
| Windpipe: | Do you sing? |
| Neck: | Do you wear necklaces? |
| Ears: | How many piercings do you have (if any)? |
| Cheeks: | Do you blush easily? |
| Wrists: | Have you ever broken a bone? |
| Hands: | Are you an artist/writer? |
| Fingers: | Do you play an instrument? |
| Heart: | Are you in love? If so, does the one you love know? |
| Lungs: | Do you smoke cigarettes? |
| Chest: | Are your maternal/parental instincts strong? |
| Stomach: | Do you feel confident in your body image? |
| Back: | Are you a virgin? |
| Hips: | Do you like to dance? |
| Thighs: | Has anyone ever called you fat or ugly? |
| Knees: | Have you ever cheated on someone? |
| Ankles: | Have you ever been arrested? |
| Feet: | Do you ever wear heels just for the hell of it? |
| Toes: | Do you like country music? |
| ♈ Aries: | Rage, impulsivity and failure to get worked up about the things they normally do, oppositional but with less verve and energy |
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| ♉ Taurus: | Isolation, binge eating and lethargy, a sense of 'me against the world', less patience, easier to enrage |
| ♊ Gemini: | Silence, nerves, over thinking, easily distractible and seems 'elsewhere'; they are fairly intolerable to sadness they tend to detach/dissociate from feelings after a short while |
| ♋ Cancer: | Teariness, neediness, isolation, binge eating, crying after insignificant events, stomach aches, a feeling of separation from everyone around them |
| ♌ Leo: | Obvious displays of stress, they become like a wound up string and as if they are on the brink of a nervous break down. Short tempered and needy (only around close friends/family) |
| ♍ Virgo: | Isolation, heightened compulsions (cleaning, washing hands more etc;), unresponsive in conversations, at time blunt and more oppositional |
| ♎ Libra: | General feeling of instability/moodiness, reduced urge to socialize/be with friends, hopelessness, a feeling of being disliked/rejected by everyone, you can sense them 'trying' to be happy and keep composed |
| ♏ Scorpio: | Isolation, opposition, hostility and violent mood swings. Intense melancholy with at times delusions and paranoia. Thoughts even scary to them, a sense of 'me against the world'. |
| ♐ Sagittarius: | Lethargy, escapism (substance use etc;), uncharacteristically more serious and tense, less tolerance, feelings of worry when thinking into the future |
| ♑ Capricorn: | Demotivation, lethargy, hopelessness, over thinking, they seem tense and 'overly alert', hyper vigilant, force themselves to 'go through the motions', nothing impresses them |
| ♒ Aquarius: | Uneasy, harder to 'reach'; as if they are far away. Silence, isolation, detachment, even though they try to appear happy. Distractible |
| ♓ Pisces: | Teariness, anxiety, isolation, when they feel sadness they tend to feel 'all at once', nerves, obsessive/ruminating thinking, hopelessness, despair, lethargy |
Totallyyyyy when I’m telling them how I feel. (I don’t think any of my acting friends ever keep tabs on my Tumblr but inb4 “you look in people’s eyes when you’re acting” NO NOT THE SAME THING, THAT IS NOT THE SAME THING.) There have been way too many times where I’ve laid myself bare and gotten burned for it. I’ll be as open as I want or need to be, despite that, but maintaining strict eye contact the entire time makes me feel extra naked. I notice I rely on gesture a lot in times like those. Makes me feel more secure. Kind of like how you throw fists up if you are anticipating a boxing match at any second. XD
suckmydachshund asked: TAG. YOU’RE IT. The rules are to state 10 random facts about yourself. Then, go to your 10 favorite blogs and tell them they’re it. :) Your'e my number one tumblr crush??
Am I your #1 for realllllllll??? XD
10 Random Factoids About Bren
1.) I am a 5’3” flimsy ragdoll of a girl. Also I think the fact that I have had to resort to a lot of walking since the death of my car has made me lose weight; I WAS 120 lbs. and now I’m 113… And that actually concerns me a little bit, I don’t know???
2.) I am left-handed and left-handed people are amazing in every single way~~~ BUT I wish I was fully ambidextrous. That would be boss.
3.) I have a birthmark on my buttcheek… XD
4.) I used to have a navel piercing, but took it out at the suggestion of my piercer because it was starting to show signs of rejection… T~T I haven’t given up hope, though! My honey’s older brother’s fiance got hers repierced after the same thing happened to hers and the second time around was a charm; I’m hoping the same will happen with mine~
5.) I have a pet black cat who I adopted from a rescue because I’m kind-hearted like that. His adoption papers have him listed as Chococat in honor of the Sanrio character, but over time his name has morphed into Choco or Chocobean (and a number of Chocowhateveryoucanthinkofs XD). He is remarkably dog-like, for a cat, and he is extremely obnoxious. It annoys me, and yet I love him for it. XD
6.) Two of the places I applied to for work over the past few months have closed down… :s I’m sad about it too; they were a couple of clothing boutiques. It sort of hurts to see them all locked up with bars on their windows… I hope I didn’t curse them or something.
7.) I have not had ice cream in over 4 months. MUST REMEDY THIS.
8.) I am trying really hard to convince my honey to go to Super Charburgers, but he won’t because all he can think about is black lumpy burgers. BUT THAT’S WHY WE HAVE TO GOOOO. XD
9.) In the Great Vamps. Vs. Wolfies Debate of Forevertimes, I always side with Wolfies. I like the very blatant duality between man and beast, I guess~ (Special Note regarding the SPN Liveblogging: That may or may not be why the “Heart” episode totally slayed me. I can never listen to “Silent Lucidity” the same way, again. That song USED to be able to put me to sleep; now it just makes me mourn. XD)
10.) My blog sort of kind of only effectively shows a small chunk of myself and what fandoms I’m into… I did a better job of showcasing my chaotic interests way back when, but pretty much since the summer my blog has sort of been filtered down into a mass of personal posts, AS fandom ponderings, and most recently SPN liveblobbles. XD But there is honestly a whole other smattering of fandoms and interests that I have… Some key ones: Dir en grey, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Sailormoon, The Tudors, The Borgias, Japanese fashion (everything from mori kei to lolita to outright manba gyaru), the cute, the creepy, the CREEPYCUTE XD (think Junko Mizuno), and even the outright gory. It’sssssss kind of a crazy and chaotic world, inside my head… O.o
Anonymous asked: what exactly do you mean by saying you're "semi-whitewashed"?
I am legit surprised this is the first time anyone has asked me anything pertaining to my disclaimer on my page…! XD
“Semi-whitewashed” is a reference to the fact that I am largely considered white-passing (I find that it’s only white people who think I’m NOT white-passing) and the fact that I was raised in like a 95% white town, in a family where a lot of my Mama’s ethnic background was essentially watered down. An example of this would be language: My Mama never taught me Aklanon out of this… I guess concern that it would have an effect on my ability to learn and speak English.
However, growing up in a 95% white town often got me singled out as “that ethnic chick.” Like legit people had a way of regarding me like “that Asian girl.” And I honestly don’t even LOOK all that Asian if you ask me. I look rather Latina, though… it’s a hapa, half-white/half-Asian thing that seems to happen a lot, I’ve noticed…
Moving OUT of a 95% white town and into cities that are much more ethnically diverse has helped a lot in me kind of reidentifying who I am, racially speaking. Back in the hometown it was all too disturbingly easy to just listen to the nonverbal cues I got from everyone around me and just BE “that Asian girl.” But that’s not really correct to say about myself, not really. A half of me is white, and I was raised in a very “white bread America” kind of household, even if there WERE little touches of my Mama’s culture mixed in, and that’s something I shouldn’t be ignoring, either.
It’s just me being very blunt and perhaps harsh about my own origins, in short. It is what it is and I am who I am, even if it doesn’t sound particularly pleasing.
| Age: | 25 |
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| Where I’m from: | Tujunga, CA, USA |
| Where I would like to live: | Santa Monica, CA, USA |
| Favourite food: | ... Buttery toast? |
| Religion: | UU: Saints and Devils and Old Gods/Spirits from the Homeland. "I know, I blaspheme... But it's for a higher purpose!" |
| Sexual orientation: | Pans and Pots |
| Favourite book: | My Sister the Moon by Sue Harrison |
| Favourite movie: | Platoon |
| Favourite TV show: | The Tudors, The Borgias |
| Random fact about me: | I can arch my left brow, but not my right one. |
| Favorite day of the year: | May 31st~ |
| Favourite colour: | The color of YOUR BLOODSTAINS FOR ASKING THIS. |
| If I have any pets: | I have a pet. And you didn't ask any further than that so I'm not gonna tell you anything else. ~CHEEKY AS SHIT~ |
| What I’m listening to right now: | The OP for The Amazing World of Gumball. |
| What’s my ringtone: | Depends on who's calling me. |
| Favourite male character from a TV show: | Cardinal Wolsey from The Tudors. YES I'M BEING SERIOUS RIGHT NOW. Close tie is Rodrigo Borgia from The Borgias. ALSO BEING SERIOUS RIGHT NOW. Then Cesare Borgia. |
| Favourite female character from a TV show: | Anne Boleyn from The Tudors, Princess Mary from The Tudors, Vannozza Cattanei from The Borgias. |
| What my name means: | The name Brenda is of uncertain origin. It may be derived from a Scandinavian language, rather than a Celtic language like the similarly-spelt masculine given name Brendan. It is possible that Brenda may be derived in part from the Old Norse element brand, meaning "(flaming) sword." <-- I AM MICHAEL'S SWORD. I SEE. I UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING, NOW. Apparently my common nickname, Bren, is a unisex name. "As a boy's name (also used as girl's name Bren), is a variant of Brendan (Irish, Gaelic, Celtic), and the meaning of Bren is "prince"." So now I'm regal as fuck, too~ Also also Brenli doesn't have a meaning as a first name. It IS a surname, however... Norwegian. The meaning? Unknown, as far as I can research. |
| Favourite superhero: | Sailorpluto. YEAH I FUCKING SAID SAILORPLUTO. SHE'S A SUPERHERO AND YOU WON'T TELL ME ANY DIFFERENT. |
| Celebrity crush: | Kyo, Toshiya, Hiroyuki Sanada. |
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RULE 3: TAG 11 PEOPLE AND LINK THEM TO YOUR POST
RULE 4: LET THEM KNOW YOU’VE TAGGED THEM
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1) If you could have your way, would you be an early bird or a night owl?
2) What’s your favorite fungi?
3) What do you see yourself doing 10 years from now?
4) Sacrifice a loved one for the safety of many, or sacrifice many for the safety of a loved one?
5) If you could time travel, would you go forward or backward?
6) Do you get easily bored?
7) Ghosts or Aliens?
8) What’s your favorite historical period and location (because location matters don’t kid yourself)?
9) Would you rather be blind, deaf, or unable to speak?
10) Perpetual spring or perpetual autumn?
11) Would you choose immortality, if you could?
Because I’m sure my Internet connection is stable enough for it, so… Sorry it took so long, though! ToT
Anonymous asked: OMG you are writing Chapter Three of LAYERS? Seriously?! This is the best news ever! Can you give us a little scoop, a small teaser? One sentence or two?
Knowing that the readership is excited is making me excited. I feel like this might initiate some kind of infinite ring of increasing excitement… XD
But ahhhhhhhh no teasers, not just yet at least! There isn’t enough polished material for that. There was an anon who asked about some scoopage - “spilling the beans” - so I spilled two beans:
Bean One: Jinho, the gentlemanly Gehenna Vampire-turned-Lucifer’s go-to for information and diplomacy, will have a bit of a subtle, “verbal tap dance” of a debate with the King of Assiah Vampires, Judas, in the interest of getting King Judas to cooperate with the group. It’ll be a battle of wits.
Bean Two: There is one more main character who has not been given a PROPER introduction just yet. This character will MOST LIKELY be formally introduced in this upcoming chapter, unless for some reason the chapter gets ridiculously lengthy and unruly. XD
It’s looking more and more like we’ll be able to put both beans in Chapter Three, just based on how I feel things are developing so far~ And the hopeful posting date is by the end of November. If for any reason we can’t meet the deadline, I’m going to arrange for a “Christmas present,” which I guess could be treated as a teaser? XD IDEALLY though, Chapter Three will be up before this month is over…!
But seriously, thanks to whoever is still hanging on for the long haul! People who became part of the readership far enough back know full well that Layers has been through a lot of ups and downs. It’s really, REALLY uplifting to know there are people waiting/cheering us on/keeping the faith. XD I mean it; thank you!!!
