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To resume the bedbug issue : my friend Fauve hooked me up with a website saying that according to Montréal law, extermination of certain pests where to be organized and paid by the landlord himself, the list of pests included bed bugs. So despite what them concierge told me, I contacted my landlord directly and voilà, my apartment is going to be hosting an extermination team on Friday. And I don't have to pay for it.

Before the exterminators show up, me and Link basically have to clean EVERYTHING in the apartment and wash everything and anything that may be composed of fabric, even in the rooms that are not the bedroom. So, my apartment is gradually becoming cleaner then it's ever been, ever. Not that i'm usually messy, but DANG, THIS IS REALLY ANAL CLEANING.

I had to toss out a few things, pillows and Megatron, the giant carnival tiger plushy. I'm a little sad about that.

So, I guess I was lucky in my bad luck. Still, we have so much work ahead of us (about 70 loads of laundry. I kid you not).

Art of the day! This one is for putri-nih. It's her own original characters from a comic called "Changeling". I really like her characters because the one with the floaty scarf? That's a kid that is part-fairy, based on the "Tennin" legend.



Tennin can fly thanks to their colored or feathered kimonos, called hagoromo ("dress of feathers"), also represented by something I like to designate as "Floaty wavy scarf of awesome". In some legends, tennin are unable to fly without these kimonos (and thus cannot return to heaven). In a Noh play called Hagoromo, tennyo come to the earth and take off their hagoromo. A fisherman spies them and hides their clothes in order to force one to marry him. After some years he tells his wife what he did, and she finds her clothes and returns to heaven.

Yes, this is similar to the story of the Muses in Greek legend. And the story of the swan maidens in western fairy tales. And it was used in the anime "Ayashi no Ceres". It's also really awesome.

- Isa

Date: 2011-01-06 09:01 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ichiban-victory.livejournal.com
Just think of it as pre-Spring cleaning, so when Spring cleaning comes around, it will be really easy! (Also, I always put on the "Happy Working Song" from Enchanted when I had to get serious about cleaning. It really lightened the mood and made the chore actually enjoyable. Behold, the power of positive music!)

Also, super late comment. I don't know the characters (for obvious reasons), but I find your drawing really appealing. I'm still going to envy how you draw clothing so easily - according to the rough sketchies I see.

Date: 2011-01-07 03:44 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] secondlina.livejournal.com
Yeah, I think when spring comes around i'm going to just have to vacuum and dust a bit because we already did all the taking everything out, cleaning, tossing useless things and putting it back. I try to see it this way. Makes me feel better. Because after 12 HOURS of cleaning, not even Enchanted can make me non-cranky... well, not right away at least.

The story is pretty good. When her book comes out, i'll plug you guys!

Hahah! I do love to draw clothing... Seriously. It's so much fun...

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