How I know Nickelodeon has my number: Exhibit A

[soc_puppet]

*stares at friends page* ...Oh, goodie. Only have to go back 75 entries this time. *mutters unkind things about her little brother*

Anyway, the real reason for this post is as follows. Yesterday, I did what is becoming my traditional Sunday thing, and went out with friends (Chris, Pat, and Thalia this time - we missed you, Joan!) to a movie - Pan's Laberynth, as previously mentioned, which was good if more than a little freaky - and then to a bookstore and a cloth store. We rounded it off with Taco John's (thank you for the name correction, Pat ^^a), which was tastier than I expected. While at the bookstore and the cloth store, I spent more money than I expected (the expected amount being, well, no money what so ever). And then today I went out to K-mart, because I figured that as long as I was going nuts, I may as well go really nuts. The two days together helped to prove something I had already suspected:



Nickelodeon has my number. And I'll bet they have it on speed dial, too.

Featured here are: my Aang and Rokku action figures, a $3.00 box of Avatar 'holo-foil' valentines from K-mart, an Avatar-flavored(?!) AirHeads candy and the "flip book" stickers I got with it, and the four books I got at the store yesterday. They were $5.00 each, and I might have been able to resist if it had been just a novelized version of the show and not, you know, packed with little tiny details about the individual cultures of the various nations. (And then it turned out to be "Buy Four, Get The Fifth Book (Of Equal or Lesser Price) Free!" for the category the books were in, so I had to scramble for something that didn't cost more than they did. Ended up getting a small packet of MadLibs.) Also pictured is the half-yard of cloth I broke down and bought while at the cloth store that I will be using with my Katara costume - just as soon as I finish making the rassa-frassa water pouch.

So yes, Nickelodeon well and truly has my number, and it has it but good.

Edit: I'm still debating whether or not to scan the books in question for the masses, as they have tasty extra info and are also cheap as all hell. By which I mean "not the best made in the entire world."


Edit 2: ...God help me, I'm attempting to convince Mal (Firefly) that coconuts are imported to England by swallows. ...And that, to the best of my knowledge, is my only interaction with him to date.

Comments

[nekokenchan.livejournal.com]

Ummm... Papa John's is a Pizza place. We went to Taco John's.

[soc_puppet]

D'oh >_< I'll go fix that...

...Also, you and Thalia were looking at brushes yesterday? Would that be for art or for make-up? And in either case, how fine/skinny do you want 'em? 'Cuz I just saw some brush sets at Tuesday Morning at fourteen for $15.00.

[nekokenchan.livejournal.com]

I was just looking at them because they were soft. Thalia I think wants them for costumes. I'll let her know. Thanks

[kaitodoushi.livejournal.com]

...Maybe it tastes like cabbages? XD

And they have Avatar Valentines?! XDDD Wow, I don't wanna know what those say... And then another part of me does ^^;

[soc_puppet]

There were two with pictures of Aang on them, and the one I tried was orange colored and kinda mango-orangey? Though yeah, I only wish XD

At K-mart, yep :3 with the K-mart logo on 'em and everything. I haven't actually opened them yet, but there were some samples on the back, mostly with the kind of bad puns and jokes you come to expect from cheap-oh kids valentines. My favorite, and possibly the only one I actually liked instead of just thinking it was lame beyond words, would have to be the one that said "We make a great Team Valentine" on it.

[kurobahikaru.livejournal.com]

... Why is Mal at CFUD? Did they up the age limit or something?

[soc_puppet]

He's a counselor. As of ...August or something the first year, they opened up a special apping round for counselor-age characters. Now, every once in a while, when we have enough campers/few enough counselors, the counselor apps open up again and we get more! Hooray!

[kurobahikaru.livejournal.com]

Who on God's swampy, zombie-infested earth thought it would be a good idea to leave him with (fairly) young, corruptable beings?

And where can I get what they're smoking?

[soc_puppet]

Shoot, can't remember. Um. I think it might actually have been Ishida-mun? And it's up there every day, man, and just gets bigger and bigger.

[lyzzle.livejournal.com]

I whole-heartedly enable the "scanning the books for the masses" plan, as TINY TIDBITS are fascinating.

Also. Why am I not surprised that Airheads has picked up on this. What does it taste like? D: I may have a tiny, well-controlled addiction for Airheads. I've been sober for 2 years.

I want your Valentines. I still need to get out and buy some or just make some, since I won't be giving out many in the first place.

[soc_puppet]

I may end up only scanning the Cultural Tidbits parts, as the rest just seems to be First Person Retelling Of The Story or somesuch. Which wouldn't be too bad, except it's a lot more summary-ish and there's no new plots, I'm pretty sure. So.

I saw them on vacation and had to buy them because I was compelled. It was kinda citrus/mango-y, I guess? Iunno. It was orange colored, if that helps. And now, all that hard work wasted. Shame on... one of us, I'm sure.

Bzuh? You want the one I'll be sending you, or the Avatar ones, or my address to send me a valentine, or what? o_Oa *confuzzled*

[lyzzle.livejournal.com]

That works too!

Oh, Airheads. You will not suck me back into your pit of tastiness. That is rather odd. Sounds yummy, though.

No, no. XD I mean, I want the box of Valentines. To give people. Because I haven't bought store-made Valentines since like 4th grade and I miss it. D:

[soc_puppet]

Cultural tidbits also have fun arts stuff :3 Which isn't as good as most of the show's animation and such, but is still nifty. (The water one includes the layout of a Water Tribe tent, and some info about the different animals in the South Pole and stuff ♥♥♥ Eet eez awesome :DD)

Yes they will. They will because there are four collectable flip-book sticker sets, and I only got the one of Katara. Which was really the only one I wanted all that badly, but. Not the point. Maybe peach flavored... That would make sense, sorta, 'specially with Momo. Iunno? It's been a while.

Ah, right XD Just three bucks at K-mart, and they shouldn't be too hard to find. One hopes, at least.

[lyzzle.livejournal.com]

(Animals yaaay!! ♥)

Noooooooo. D: I've been so good for so long!

To K-Mart! Where they also apparently have absolutely awful Naruto action figures which I may be tempted to buy, despite the awfulness.

[soc_puppet]

(Mostly pictures, but. There is that. Sadly, no arctic hen :( But it does have a picture of penguin fish? Which are surprisingly ugly.

Well. You could always just buy it for the stickers and then not eat the candy.

Hurrah! And also somewhat awful Avatar action figures, the awful part mostly being that they have three versions of Aang (A++ for WaterTribe!Aang, as seen above, though) and a Random Fire Nation Soldier, but no female characters. *is soooo going to write an angry letter someday*

[ytak.livejournal.com]

Taco John's! I haven't been to one in over a decade (of course, I live in an area that doesn't have them). I miss their churros and those cheesy/cinnannom pizza things. Mmmmm.

You don't have to scan them, you can just type in some of that information on the nations. ^______^

[soc_puppet]

Potato olés are also very yummy :3 *drool*

Very true, that. Though I think I may end up scanning 'em anyway, as revenge for costing me $5.00 a pop I mean, since I don't care about them that much. Or at least the culture-y bits. Plus, those sections have extra arts :O

[ytak.livejournal.com]

I have an idea. If you don't mind taking them apart, you can go down to one of those copy places and use their paper cutters to slice only the spine off. Then you could scan them free and clear with no bending or breaking.

[soc_puppet]

Ooo, hadn't thought of that. I might even be able to get away with using one of the ones at school, since I have the books with me. I'll have to take a loot and see how deep the art goes. And, if all else fails, I can just take one of my throwing knives to it since I doubt I'll ever use them for their intended purpose - sorry, Chris!.

[ytak.livejournal.com]

Having done something with a scissors once, I recommend using a paper cutter. ^_^

[candy--chan.livejournal.com]

*stares at you* ...oh, you are EVIL. Now I have to go find those books! D:!!

[soc_puppet]

Well. More money for Nickelodeon, I guess? And another set of sales, which means that they'll be watching the numbers and they will be happy and maybe spend more money/time on Avatar itself, so.

[websofseaweed.livejournal.com]

...XDDD; Wow. That's a whole lot of Avatar merch. I'm not utterly obsessed like my brother is, but he'd KILL for that stuff. Really. XD

[soc_puppet]

In regards to the books, the cultural tidbits help flesh out the world when writing fics :D ...In regards to the rest of it, though, I guess I don't have an excuse ^^a Well, aside from being an unrepentant giant dork, I guess.