What's an ice crapper?

[midori]

My dad is so weird. And his english (or I should say, lack of) is funny. Did I mention he can't spell?

Dad: (what I heard) I need to go buy some clams after dinner.
Me: You really crave clams or something, dad?
Sis: He means clamps [for the car].
Me: OH. Clamps, dad.
Dad: Clam. ClamPUH! Is that better? *laughs and repeats ClamPUH about five more times*
Me:
Me: Yes. XD Much better, dad.

My dad had to talk to some T-Mobile associate on the phone for 'Change of Responsibility' because our phones were all under my mom's name. So anyway. The poor guy had to go through my dad's rough accent. And I had to sit and help translate anything my dad didn't understand. So I listened while the phone conversation (that could have been 10 minutes), lasted for about 30.

[On the phone]
Dad: Do you think you can process my company discount too?
Associate: Sure, I'll do what I can.
Dad: OH THANK YOU. I appreciate it very much. Whassyo name? (He asks this every time someone is very helpful.)
Associate:
Associate: Excuse me?
Dad: Whassyo name? Your name?
Associate: Caleb.
Dad: Ca..reppu?
Associate: *nervous laugh*
Dad: *obliviously laughs along*
Me: *facepalms*


My car is parked outside so the snow and ice builds up on it during winter. My dad left this note on the counter for my sister and I so we could wake up to it and well.. if it wasn't for the ice scrapers he left by it, I might not have understood. LOL.
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CAT MEME: From booksandsarcasm~ And Cindy and Jess did it too. XD I'm just slow.

1. open paint
2. close eyes
3. draw cat

This was probably the fourth or fifth attempt because the first few times I kept drawing body parts off the canvas. LOL.

... Don't ask me why the legs are "w___w" shaped. I DON'T KNOW WHYY. @@;; And I almost forgot the tail, rofl.
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And because I couldn't resist requesting from Liz and Suvi..:

The first five people to comment to this post get to request a sketch of a character of their choosing from me. In return, they have to post this in their journal, regardless of their artistic/writing ability. If you absolutely can't draw, you can offer drabbles or icons or something instead.

I can't write. And I can only attempt to draw. But I can do graphics (icons, headers, wallpapers), yaaay. :Dv If you request icons, just gimme three images and I'll do my best! Ah, I won't limit requests either so don't worry about being one of the first five~ &hearts &hearts

Comments

[genuyn.livejournal.com]

LMAO. AIce crappers. Niiiiice. XD
My father has an accent too... but when he writes, it's like a totally different person XD My mom has a french accent haha (even though we're all 100% Vietnamese XD).

And kawaii your cat XD And I wouldn't have noticed that the legs were w___w shaped if you hadn't mentioned it loool.

And uhhhhh. I have no request XD

[hakka-candy.livejournal.com]

I know! XD So close to being ace crappers, which would have made even less sense.

Omg, I so want to hear your mom's french accent. I can hardly imagine that! I've lived here for far too long..

You should try it too, if you haven't already! :D :D *wants to see your cat*

XD With your talents Ruri, I'd be surprised if you did request something from me. Haha. ;D

[genuyn.livejournal.com]

Oh it's not because I can make icons that I didn't request something from you! XD It's really not. I didn't have many ideas, and I was thinking it might bother you XDDD

Bbbbbut.... if - and I do say IF, you have the opportunity to make one... XD Thing is, I just changed my layout (extreme makeover, no joke). And I upgraded my account to Plus XD I'm happy I'm able to have more icons now. But all I have are the ones I made a really while ago. So if you can and want, I'm always up for something new XDD Without any specifics! XD

*gets herself out*

[hakka-candy.livejournal.com]

Oooh, I'd love to make you icons! XD Alrighty, I'll make you some and hope you like 'em. I love that you make it difficult and just leave it up to me. LOL~

Aaskfk; I love your icon. *dies*

[genuyn.livejournal.com]

XDD Yay! Although don't feel forced to do several - even just one is perfect! XDD And I'm making it d-difficult? T__T Sowwwwieeee!! But I'm gonna give you Nino bedsheets, okay? So you can sleep with him every night (exact def. of the word "sleep" isn't mentioned).

And thank you! :D I love being delusional. XD

[theahhmoment.livejournal.com]

I totally understand what you're going through w/ your dad. Coz my parents they both have problem speaking English or spelling it too. Sometimes it's really funny. Like my mom, she has a HUGE accent when she says the word "smart". *dies*

Your cat is cute btw! :D

[hakka-candy.livejournal.com]

XDD I sometimes love being raised in an Asian family just because of accents. LOL. I tease my mom so often with words that end with "th" or "st." Haha. She's always like, "Dentish. Ahh, why is English so hard!!"

:D Thanks!

[furokugal.livejournal.com]

*crawls out from under rock*

Hmm...this wasn't exactly the post I had originally planned to comment on, but the title intrigued me. XD;; Dads can be so funny sometimes and your dad is obviously no exception! LOL

Firstly, I'd like to apologize. I feel like a total schmuck for not commenting until now, but the Christmas break wasn't exactly a vacation for me and I ended up having to take a mini hiatus from the internets for a while. ><;;

I was so busy that I didn't even get a chance to mail out all the Christmas cards I bought! :( I was pretty pissed about that, since I spent quite a bit on materials for the cards I was making. -__-; Actually, the worst of it was when I started receiving cards from the 5x5 traders. I felt horrible for not sending any out when I said I would! DX I am definitely going to try and make it up to everyone though! ^^;;

Speaking of cards, yours was one of my favorites - especially the collage!! ♥♥♥ XDD I absolutely love collages (and I'm not just saying that!), I used to make them all the time! Ah, to have that kind of free time again... LOL

When I received your card I was totally stressing out over finals and some family stuff, but the message you wrote made me feel 100 times better~ I even got a bit teary while reading it! X33

I also want to say thank you. Despite having known me for only a short time, you've treated me as though we've been friends for ages. Thank you for being such a sweet and wonderful friend - don't ever change! ♥ *massive bear hug*

Oh, one last thing! Don't think I didn't catch that little Nino you snuck into the collage! >.> Very stealth, me likey. XDD

[furokugal.livejournal.com]

I just had to do the cat thing - MEOW! (http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a167/furokutan/cat.jpg)

It was harder than I thought it would be! @_@;; I kept messing up when I would try adding the body, so I only did the head according to the rules. XDD;;

[booksandsarcasm.livejournal.com]

... that was your cat with your eyes closed?

*sulks*

[hakka-candy.livejournal.com]

FURO~~ :D :D

Honestly, don't even worry about it. ^^ I'm just glad you're back and I hope you've found time to relax! Actually, this entire comment of yours works well enough as a replacement of a Christmas greeting. &hearts This warm response has just made my entire week~ Or well, what's left of it. ;p

I'm so relieved you liked the collage! I would have thought differently, especially with my mediocre talents with taping. LOL. (As long as you don't flip the collage over, it's fine. Rofl.)

I taped a Nino in there? Now when did I do that? *whistles* XD I did place him quite obviously, didn't I? I should really work on those stealth skills of mine. A-ha-ha~

If anything, I should be the one to thank you. You gave me an entire list of helpful tips related to my jaw surgery/recovery and it could have just ended there. ;o; But you ended up commenting on my future posts after that regardless of my words of weirdom. And well actually, you didn't have to help me out at all! But you did. So thank you. &hearts &hearts

On another note, your cat! So impressive! How you got the face centered on the head is a wonder. :D

[booksandsarcasm.livejournal.com]

:O Kitty! Yes... engrish can be fun. This one time when I was in Taiwan we were in this train and my Uncle pointed out the mountains we were passing and told me that they had worn away the mountains for semen factories.

It turns out he meant cement factories.

'Oh! CEMENT factories?'

'Yes. Semen factories.'

[hakka-candy.livejournal.com]

Yay, kitty!

Semen factories. *DYING* I can totally imagine that. I mean your uncle saying that, not the semen factories. XDD

[saariii.livejournal.com]

No, I did not count. I refuse to believe that there's a possibility I'm not on the first five. XPPPP

Write me~~~~~~ OHMIYA: a very insecure Nino and an aloof Ohno. ♥ And I read that you can't write, but I don't buy that. =P

In other news, ICE CRAPPER?! =)))) Your dad is funny~ =P

[hakka-candy.livejournal.com]

Actually, I believe you're the.. first one. XDD Apparently my friends don't like requesting from me! LOL.

GAH, LIZ. Why must you not believe me! XD You know I love you but--ASLKGH. *gives in* Don't blame me if it turns out terrible!

Ah, my dad. He never fails to amuse me. Hehe. I don't think I can say ice scrapers any other way now.

[saariii.livejournal.com]

Haha, the caveats of this meme (having to post it on their LJ) must have made them think twice. =P

Yaaay! You know an Ohmiya fic is still an Ohmiya fic. And a fic from you is still a fic from you. ♥ (One thing I learned in my stay in the Arashi fandom ---- LOVE UNCONDITIONALLY. XDDD)

Ice crapper =P

[happiegurlie.livejournal.com]

Oh DUDE. Your dad sounds like my dad. And whenever me and my siblings ever make fun of him or even try to helpfully correct him (although, I do admit, we make fun most of the time), he'll repeat whatever we said twenty times very loudly, exactly the way we said it.

BTW, that cat is like the cutest thing I've ever seen. I can't believe you did it with your eyes closed. Although, of course, this is me talking -- someone with zero creative/artistic genes.

[hakka-candy.livejournal.com]

XD Dads. No matter how many times we correct my parents, they still revert back to their engrish. It's so funny. Haha.

Lemme tell you that my cats 1 through 3 weren't so pretty. LOL. Especially when they were missing body parts. XD You should try it too! I'd love to see your cat~ :D

(In other news-- :D! Where have you been? Glad to see you baaack~)

[happiegurlie.livejournal.com]

I KNOW. We just have to go through the same argument again about how to pronounce one word. (Don't even get me started on the term "graham crackers.")

LOL. No. You would not like to see my cat. In fact, I don't think anybody with the gift of sight would ever want to see anything that I draw. Really, it's terrifying. I mean, I'm-worse-than-Sho kind terrifying.

OH RIGHT. I haven't posted in about eighteen years. I don't know, everything's just up in the air right now and I'm trying to make sense of it all. I've only had the time to drop in and comment on other people's posts here and there, and then I have to leave. I am so lazy when it comes to posting. :P

[maiisaki.livejournal.com]

Oh my. Ace crapper?? xD Hilarious dad, he is, and bet he must be awesome :P

There was a tiny, barely noticeable similar thing that all the people who did this meme made, as far as I keep track of it. We all made the cat's cheek separated from its left ear. rofl :DDD I luv it, seriously, it's so fun to watch people doing this meme *smirk*

I have nothing to request, so it's really up to you what to make. Actually I want to see you writing :P

[hakka-candy.livejournal.com]

Ehee. I do spend most of the time thinking he's so weird, though. LOL.

Ah, you're right! So observant, Cindy! :D It'd be difficult to avoid that unless you had superb hand coordination and memory. XDD (:o! Is Cindy showing a part of her that's S-like?)

*headdesks* Why is it that my flist does not believe me! LOL. I seriously have no imagination whatsoever. :(

[maiisaki.livejournal.com]

Weird but adorable :P

Ehe, and no one seems to have that level of hand coordination and memory :P (if there's any, I want to meet them!) My cat was even kinda disappearing in the corner xD

I found I turned sadistic when I was under pressure--school works or anything :P Beware of my Sadistic Side! *pulls out knife*

Tsk tsk, your f-list hasn't forgotten you and your legendary Arashi instant messaging chat. rofl rofl~ Maybe you can write short drabbles or what, we'll be extremely excited to read them *hint* xD

[hakka-candy.livejournal.com]

The fact that you have a knife on you is kind of scary. LOL. *backs away slowly*

><;; I-I'll try my best! Y'know, I'd much rather draw than write, really. ;o; You guys sure make it tough on me. Yet I still &hearts you for some reason. XD

[maiisaki.livejournal.com]

I've put it down safely :P

You will? Thank you! Who knows they turn out to be satisfying enough for you :D Take your time XD

I love how I sound like bothering you Betty ♥ Ehe.

[perfectlyimperfect]

Oh your dad is so awesome. XD I couldn't stop laughing at ice crappers. ROFL.
My dad's English, I'd say he's even better than me in speaking it. I mean, we're not in America but he speaks English to me, or texts me in English, for some reason. LOL.

Awww your cat! It's the most adorable I've seen so far~~ ♥

Did you say requests? :O

[hakka-candy.livejournal.com]

Your dad texts you?! My dad makes me insert all of his phone numbers into his phone and can barely check his voicemail. And your dad texts you. XD THAT'S SO AWESOME.

Aww thanks! I had to keep increasing the size of the canvas because my drawings were so huge. LOL.

I did! :D :D

[perfectlyimperfect]

XD Honestly he's quite the tech-savvy. Remember the Blu-ray discs? ROFL.

I want something related to Nino. But I can't think exactly what right now. I fail, lol.

[hakka-candy.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah, that's right. LOL.

XDDD Okay, come back when you figure out what it is that you want. You difficult person, you.

[perfectlyimperfect]

DDD:

I want a Nino banner. With any sexy good photo you could find. I need a better semi-friends banner on my journal, lol.

♥?

[kanesu.livejournal.com]

Mwahaha! We got you~ ^^
I gets a request too?
Are you sure you can do so many?

Ice crapper.. Yes. Let's. Have one of those. O_O
Your dad is just as hilarious as mine with his english! ^^

It's a cat! That's so cute~ It's fun to see people draw something simple like that.

Whatdoyoumean you can't write? I've seen the chat room insidents!

I'm uncapable of coherent thinking (not to mention writing) so sorry about the shortness and lack-of-sense of this comment. v_v
*goes to sleep*

[hakka-candy.livejournal.com]

I know~ it was too irresistible. .__.;;
AND YES YOU DO. :D I actually only have about 3-4 requests so far. :o It appears that my flist does not like requesting things of me. LOL.

I guess an ice crapper could work for one of those ice dispensers? For instance, the ones that are built in refrigerators? Haha.

I just wish the cat's body parts weren't floating in mid-air. XDD

ALSGK, that's not writing! Ahaha.

[kanesu.livejournal.com]

XDDD Yes well Liz got me too so I know exactly how irresistible it is! XD;;

Oh, really? I was so tired last night I didn't even see straight, so I didn't look at how many comments there where. It seems people are shy to ask~

But my request: Would you make me a header? Liz is making me icons (two, actually YAY!) but a good Arashi header is something I don't have. ..And I also don't know how to use..so. ^^;
But I've been in love with your header since..even before we met! (I think I randomly ended up here for some reason..but I clearly remember seeing that header before) Nino and his deck of cards is something I can not resist.
Um what do you think? wallies are also always appreciated. ^^

Haha! sure, that would work, I guess.. XDD I'm just not sure if I'd actually want that kind of ice dispencer. XDD

But the cat is cute like that, with flowty body parts! 8D

Is too.

[hakka-candy.livejournal.com]

Ooh, I'd love to make you a header! :D And aww, thanks for liking mine! I can't resist Nino with cards either. (I've actually had this header for so long and was thinking it was about time I change it. ^^;) I can definitely help you with the coding, etc. too. :D Any specific picture? Or member? Or all of them? Dimensions? (I like mine wide, so it just might turn out really huge if you don't specify one. LOL) XD

[kanesu.livejournal.com]

Yay! ^___^v
So sweet, you!

Such hard questions~ ^^;
I know this is really vague now but all of Arashi would be nice~ (Well, Sho is my ichiban but Nino with his cards is sort of co-ichiban-ing right along side of him.. So either or and I'd feel like..um..cheating on someone. I don't know if that makes any sense. XD;;)
Picture..I'd prefer to leave it to you mostly, if I'm not putting too much pressure on you..? I like things dark-ish. Or rather, not-white. (hurts my eyes a bit) ^^;

Wonderful if you can help me with coding, I'm sort of hopeless. :D

As for dimensions, I can't really be helpful there. ^^; Um..I like your layout. It's just a bit too light-coloured for me but it has everything in right place and the header sits there nicely. Helping/not helping? OTZ

Ah you're changing this header? Then I must save it now, just to have that love pic in my files to watch every now and again.. If you don't mind?

[hakka-candy.livejournal.com]

XD I realized I just barreled you with questions. But it definitely helps to tell me all of those details! :D

AH. It must really pain you each time to comment on this peachy-white-greyish layout then. Sorry about that! :(

Hee, I won't be changing my header anytime soon but of course I don't mind! :) Ah, and you might want to save the textless one, here (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v240/kulish/layout/magiciannino_tl.png).

Last but not least, I ended up finishing your request first! XD; With lots of spare time on a Friday evening, well.. I ended up on Photoshop~ I started making one header and realized it was way too light so I made a second darker one. XD You'll probably like it darker so I might just use the first one if you don't choose it, lol. But anyway! one (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v240/kulish/layout/photobyarashi.png) | two (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v240/kulish/layout/friends.png)

Don't hesitate to tell me if you want anything changed (even if it's something little). Otherwise, let me know which one you like and I'll start coding! :D :D

[kanesu.livejournal.com]

Questions are good, I know they help..or they could if I was able to answer them properly~ ^^;
And I don't mind writing here! I can always look at my own dark journal if it gets too shiny. :P

Thank you so much for that textless! ^^ I'll treasure it. I do have the tendency to collect pretty pictures so this is beyond great!

You're so fast! Oh my. Wow, for the both of them! I love your unique style, you know. That clowdyness and..cheerfulness I can see in all your works. ^___^

Pic one: Not too light at all, a small part of the screen being light is ok. I love the arranging of pics and that there's a part with touchy-feely-ness and a part with all of them together. &hearts
I'd change nothing.

Pic two: I adore the darkness here~ &hearts It's like space. ^^; (how odd comment)
Perfect pics of them all! We seem to like similar pictures, btw, all in all.
Oh, but I did like the kind of text you had in the first pic a bit more..

I do love them both! But maybe the first one a bit more..unless you've grown attached to it! Because the spacy-one is also very very wonderful!



I'd just like to say how great it feels to have someone do something like this for me. With my name in it. I opened the pictures and just stared at them for a very long time. Thank you. Really. ;_;

*hugs*

[hakka-candy.livejournal.com]

;; I really wish I was as fast on the other requests. I haven't even started writing for some. *cries* BUT ANYWAY. :D I finished your layout~

This will be a little long. ARE YOU READY?! :

Go to SELECT JOURNAL STYLE.
- Change your theme to "Grays," a Flexible Squares theme.
- (Optional) Change Ad Placement to Between Entries. (I personally prefer this because it makes ads much smaller and less noticeable. :D But you can keep it horizontal if you like.)
- Change sidebar to 2 Column (Sidebar on Right).

Then go to CUSTOMIZE JOURNAL STYLE.
- Click on STYLE and change the colors so it matches with this (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v240/kulish/layout/colors1.png) and this (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v240/kulish/layout/colors2.png) and save changes. (This part affects the colors of the ads.)
- Now go to CUSTOM CSS and select NO for all of the dropdown boxes. Then save this css (http://www.mediafire.com/?kdzid2otyyf) and copy the text and paste it all into the Custom Stylesheet box.

Aaaand, I think that's it! I also tested it out at my layout testing lj at skippymints that I used earlier for the layout at arashi_on (that will poof in like, a day ;_;) if you wanted to see your layout beforehand. Let me know if you have any problems or need any darker colors. I know it's still really light. I'll change the css pronto. :DD

And your comments on everything makes me feel warm and squishy, Suvi. I definitely don't mind at all doing any of this for you. &hearts &hearts And the spacey header won't be abandoned; I'll just offer it up at my graphics comm. :D Ahaha.

[kanesu.livejournal.com]

I LOVE YOU.

..seriously. Rainbow-sparkly-hearts would be in order here if I had any idea how to make those.

I absolutely adore this layout, the green is just the right kind and ARASHI is RIGHT THERE on top of my journal! 8D *happy flaily dancing around*

Oh, should I btw credit you or skippymints? ..or some journal else? O.O

*squishy huggle* *offers Nino shaped cookies*

[miserabilities.livejournal.com]

Your dad's so funny. He reminds me of the manager and boss at work, both of whom noone ever fully understands because they speak bad English mixed with Japanese with very strong accents. LOL.

And is this the meme you were talking about?? *_* Am sorely tempted, but have nothing to offer if I put the meme up on my LJ |D;

[hakka-candy.livejournal.com]

XDD; Must be a very interesting work environment you have there. LOL.

Yep! :D s'okay, I won't make you put it in your LJ. So request away~

[miserabilities.livejournal.com]

Hahaha. 'I don't what she was talking about X|' complaints and laments about communication breakdown are common after having a five minute conversation with either of them XD;

Oooohhhh. SO EXCITING. Um, can I request a wallpaper then? We basically like the same dramas and groups (group? uh, and people-not-in-groups?) I think so anything's fine :) oh and I use 1280x800. Thank you ♥

(BTW, have you jumped on the Mei-chan no Shitsuji bandwagon?)

[hakka-candy.livejournal.com]

Okay--wait. THAT DOES NOT NARROW IT DOWN. XD I'll end up making five wallpapers at this rate. Haha. Off I go a-gathering images and textures!

UM.. yes. XD I've actually only watched the first episode so far but HOMG. &hearts!!
Not only that but I ended up watching and loving Boys Over Flowers too. *cries* Make me stop watching dramas Joannaaa~

[miserabilities.livejournal.com]

... Well, it wouldn't be right for me to get in the way of artistic creativity now, would it :DDD

INORITE. SO MUCH SHINY *squees*
I have episodes 1 and 2 of BoF downloaded, but I haven't watched them yet. They're sitting in my hard drive as I fight an inner battle about love and loyalties. H- Haha?
But. DRAMAS ARE GOOD FOR YOU, BETTY. They uh, heal the soul and calm the mind *bricked*

[kawarashii.livejournal.com]

hahahaha thats cute!
English problems :P and yeah my dad likes to ask for names too ! I guess dads do that often huh XD

kyaa cute big head CAT !!! I like her "w___w" &hearts

[hakka-candy.livejournal.com]

XD Our dads really must be similar!

Hee. Thanks~ &hearts And I've missed you Shiiii! *glomps*

[kawarashii.livejournal.com]

lol!
I missed you too !!!