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[blood_winged]

Okay, so now I have all of my fun graduation gifts I'm going to show them off - I wanted to wait until I got the one off my dad because it is gorgeous.

First, mum got me a notebook from my Amazon wishlist and a funky pen - it has a HAT.



The paper in that notebook is gorgeous, I'm not sure what to write in it. Every time I get a nice notebook I tell myself I'm not going to fill it with fanfiction and porn, but it always ends up going that way...

Moving on - my mum's friend Janet got me this cute little teddy.



Cute, huh? X3

Lastly, my dad got me this beautiful dragon statue - I love dragons, though I actually didn't expect to get this one, being the most expensive of those that I picked out.







Isn't she magnificent? OwO She's a Limited Edition (#1720/2000) sculpted by Andrew Bill and she even has her own story~

Her name is Aura.

On one terrible night of the year, the four sister sorceresses of the elements change their shape and come together to test their strength against each other. Aerius becomes Aura; Aequoreus becomes Aqua; Terrenus becomes Terra; Ignigena becomes Ignis. As four powerful dragons, they face each other, and on such a night let all mortal creatures beware, for if their sport grows too hot they might shatter the very world with their gaming.

Aeurius, the Air sorceress, in common with her three sisters, has an impressive alter ego. She can transform herself into a dragon; at onc lithe and graceful like the gentle breezes, and strong and fierce like the tempestuous winds. Aura she is known as when in dragon form, and her pale, almost ghostly shape glides on up draughts like an exquisite kite. Long feather-like scales gleam with enchanted iridescence on her wings, so that when they catch the sunlight they glitter like a school of silver fish beneath the waves.

A brief alliance with her sister Aequoreus, and a towering storm unleashes its wrath against the prone body of her sister Earth. With her strength alone, she can bend the great oaks until they bow in quaking supplication before her mighty gales, or tear up the ground, hurling dust and rocks into the heavens inside a devastating cyclone. In the midst of all this mayhem, a sleek dragon soars and stoops like a gleaming arrow, at one with the energy and raw power of the air; in her element you might say!

I wish I'd written that. It's such an interesting story.

So~ I saw Toy Story 3 today, and oh my god, it has officially replaced UP as my favourite Pixar film. Unfortunately the beginning was a little spoiled by some noisy brats who'd snuck into the screen and wouldn't shut the hell up, but they got caught and moved out of the screen and it was much quieter after that.

I shan't talk too much about it for the sake of those who haven't seen it, but I would recommend it wholeheartedly. I nearly cried at the end and I didn't even cry at the end of Moulin Rouge, or The Green Mile. I have no soul (apparently).

It's my mum's 50th on Sunday, and my grandad's 70th on Monday. I'm not so concerned about mum - she keeps saying she's going to be really depressed over it but I don't think she will, she'll just get on with things because she's sensible and that's what she's like. My grandad, however, I am more concerned about. Like my nanna his health isn't the best and hasn't been for a long time. I don't really remember much of him from my childhood but I know that he wasn't always as thin as he is now, and a couple of months ago was the first time that my nanna said that she might not have that long left. I know she's right, she's nearly eighty and it's amazing she's gone on this long, but still, it was a bit of a shock to hear her say it. I suppose when you're young (yeah I'm not a kid anymore bit I'm only 21) you can sometimes forget, especially if you're lucky enough to have never lost a family member like I have been, that people do get old and die, and it's difficult to get my head around the fact that at some point, possibly very soon, either one or both of them isn't going to be around anymore.

Hm.

I'm sure I had more to say here, but I can't remember any of it. Oh well!

Comments

[komakinakao.livejournal.com]

Omg, Toy Story 3 was fantastic. I've seen it twice, and I cried both times.

:C I know how you feel about your grandparents. My grandmother passed away last May, and she was really sick right before it happened. Seeing her like that was really difficult.

[blood-winged.livejournal.com]

He's been sick for years, my nanna too >.< He's blind and has cholesterol problems and liver problems and kidney problems and some kind of weird lump thing in his throat that he's had to have tests on.. DX

[amael-elen.livejournal.com]

Your dragon is so lovely~ And her story is pretty neat, too! ♥ And d'aww your bear~ *cuddles it* > w

[blood-winged.livejournal.com]

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