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[01 Nov 2009|08:38am] |
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As usual, I will be participating in NaNo this year. I don't envision I shall finish. I haven't in the past and have house moving and work to eat much of my time, but I still think it's good for me to set aside a month to flex my writing muscles. It's also a good distraction from the house stress.
This year I will be working on my Anaryn story called Superstition, I think. I have the first chapter written, so I think I have a good starting point, and I've found that I've been having less trouble just letting my writing go and not worry about where it's taking me.
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| Close call with kitty |
[16 Aug 2009|07:17pm] |
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Last night we were out for D&D until maybe 3 or 4. I didn't pay close attention. When we got home and got out of the car, we saw a cat jump off our porch (in the dark because we forgot to leave the porch light on) and started meowing. The boy thought that it was the black cat that often wanders the neighborhood, but fortunately I recognized it.
Kaya had managed to get outside while we were out and was asking to go back in. I scooped her and she was very cuddly until the boy got the front door open at which point she launched herself out of my arms and into the house and then followed me around demanding cuddles.
It freaked me out, especially because we couldn't figure out how she got out at first. She's quite stealthy so for a while we thought she must've snuck out between our legs and gone unnoticed. But after an hour she showed us which window was broken (we had searched when we first came home but missed it). Kaya's a wilderness savvy kitty, but I don't think she's a particularly road savvy kitty and we live near lots of roads. But on the upside, it did make me feel a little better by showing that despite the fact that outside is awesome she knows where home is. She's been escaping into the garden UNDER the dogs when they come in from bathroom breaks which had had me concerned about her.
Still, I will have to watch her. She is fearless and I would hate to have her get lost.
Fortunately, the two siamese kitties didn't even notice (and they don't have nearly as much outside drive as her. They want to be outside, but they are happy to only go out when I jingle their harnesses). I think Kaya stands a better chance outside with the coons and the cars than the siamese kitties.
We still aren't sure if the dogs broke the screen trying to bark at someone and Kaya just took advantage of it or she broke it herself. The screen was pulled out of the frame on two sides, so I suspect a dog. The hardware store said that they can replace it with something a bit more animal-proof.
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| Karin |
[15 Aug 2009|06:43pm] |
For my anime/manga friends, Karin (aka Chibi Vampire) is finally available in a boxed set in the US. At most stores its $70 but I got my copy off of Amazon for about 60. Anyone in the area isi welcome to borrow it.
I don't know who will like it. Some hard core anime people don't like it because it deviates from the manga so dramatically (which I also have except for the last volume which hasn't been released in english yet) and the show doesn't really hit its stride until a few episodes in.
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| Finally feeling better |
[14 Feb 2009|05:36pm] |
Last weekend we saw the boy's brother which was good except that said boy had the flu starting friday evening, really badly sunday and all day this week.
I got said flu Monday in the middle of the day at work, was in bed (er on the couch) with a 103 degree fever monday night through wednesday afternoon. Thursday my fever broke and we were trying to ship something before my boss went on vacation so thursday and friday i went into work. many people told me i was nuts thursday and i'm not entirely sure they were wrong.
friday I felt human. today I feel pretty good.
hopefully i can catch up on all the things that got put on hold over the week relatively quickly and get back up and running this weekend. fortunately, i have monday off so there's hope.
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| RP meme |
[14 Feb 2009|05:34pm] |
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Stolen from Skorp, Sareth, and Bozokitty/Ash
Rules: Name one of my characters I have RPed. Then, I will answer these questions about said character.
1. What would your character kill for? What would they die for?
2. What would they refuse to do under any circumstances? Why?
3. What do they dream about?
4. What's their biggest fear?
5. What single object would they be most hard pressed to part with? Why?
6. What is their fondest memory?
7. What is their worst memory?
8. What or who was were their most significant influence?
9. What do they believe makes a successful life?
10. What makes them laugh?
11. What are their religious views?
12. What is their greatest strength?
13. Do they have a fatal flaw? If so, what is it?
14. Who is the most important person in their life?
15. If they died, who would miss them most? How would they die?
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[27 Apr 2008|09:43pm] |
Well I helped ChristmasJedi and Sajuka move some of their stuff to the new place. Their new place is really nice! It was good exercise and I'll likely be feeling it in the morning.
And I have another job interview tomorrow. I still haven't heard back from the company I met with last Wednesday...
( And here's the answers to the lyrics meme for those who are interested. )
Thanks for playing!
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[21 Apr 2008|11:59am] |
Borrowed from Kit, BozoKitty, Skorp, etc. and posted because BozoKitty requested.
A quick game of "name the song and artist." Because on Livejournal, every repost is a repost repost.
I will post the answers in a few days. And for people who guess the right answer, I'll mark correct in the comments but leave the entry untainted in that sense so that others may guess if they wish.
( A random list of lyric snippets for people to guess the song )
In other news I have a job interview wednesday. Hopefully all goes well, as I really like the company.
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| Lancelot's surgery |
[29 Sep 2007|10:48am] |
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Well, since the vet finally realized mom's kitty's got a bad heart, the important options are euthanize now, or surgery. His leg is badly damaged, and they're worried about infection, so they can't just cast the darn thing. So right now, he should be at the vet in surgery because my sister couldn't bear to have him put down for a broken leg. He may not come out. And frankly, I agree, except for the $3000 price tag. The cat's the friendliest thing I've ever met next to Kaya, and while his heart disease is apparently really awful, he's been doing really well and been really active these last months (part of how he probably got injured).
I guess anesthesia runs a good chance of interfering with his already sick heart to the point where it might kill him, but the trauma of the surgery itself doesn't seem to matter much. So they're gonna try to save his leg. If it's too infected, then they'll switch to an amputation mis-surgery.
Anyway, Lancelot should be in surgery now. I suppose I won't hear how it goes until it's all over and done with, so lunchtime...*crosses her fingers*
Oh, they think he may have gotten bitten by something, then made a mess of it by running or something.
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| Three Down |
[29 Aug 2007|10:36pm] |
I just finished Naussicaa. Unfortunately, I don't have an anime waist, but I can't do much about my body at this late of a date, so it'll have to do. Also, the hat is baggy in this picture because I fitted it for wearing a wig underneath. Hopefully it'll be ok at the con.
Anyway, here's mine:
And here's a reference image:
http://img514.imageshack.us/img514/6250/nausicaa14nd.jpg
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| Two down |
[29 Aug 2007|05:51pm] |
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River's sort of a throw-away costume to me, in the sense that I'll probably never wear her after Dragon Con, so I think I can survive the inaccuracies. But here she is.
( More images behind... )
That's two of three costumes sewn. Two need to be washed/ironed/reassembled.
Now I need to go get fake blood.
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| One down |
[29 Aug 2007|04:47pm] |
Jon's librarian Jedi is mostly finished. It needs safety pins carefully hidden to tack things in place. I'd sew it but then it would be a pain to wash, so safety pins it is. And it needs snaps in back to close the belt.
After dragon con we'll work on making/acquiring some of the accessories that go with the costume. But it's just about good to go for tomorrow.
( pics )
Here's the original costume basis.
http://www.padawansguide.com/jocasta.shtml
On to River now. She should be done in another two hours.
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| Sewing Minor Update |
[14 Aug 2007|10:34am] |
95% Lt. Ketch is as done as I think he's gonna be for Dragon Con. If there's more time, I'll add to him, but there's so much else to do. oh, he at least needs some velcro
90% The boy's librarian: All the embroidery is done!
80% Nausicaa: Still needs sleeves, a belt, and bullets decorating her top.
30% River: Needs the jumpsuit and I need to figure out how to fasten the smock thing.
Mara still needs to be patched/reassembled.
Visas still needs to be washed.
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| Lt. Ketch opinions |
[09 Aug 2007|06:51pm] |
So I finished painting Ketch's chestbox today. Unfortunately the paints ran so it came out kind of ugly, but hey, this was always a goofy little project anyway.
So the question is, for him to be a 'proper' x-wing pilot he still needs gloves, a helmet and the flares on the boot. Do I bother with these, or do I just say he's good/cute enough and drag him to dragon con the way he is?
I'll post a pic of what I've got when the paint and glue dries so that I can assemble him.
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| Kitties, puppies, vacations and costuming |
[07 Aug 2007|10:55am] |
It's been a long while since I've had time to post here so I'll try to touch on everything at least a little bit.
Lady, my mom's dog
Lady went in to get a cancerous lump on her side removed about a week and change ago. She's about 9 years old now. They said it was type 2 cancer, so we just have to hope they got it all. They think they did, but they can't be sure. She seems to be doing ok, though I feel really bad for her. She has almost a foot's worth of stitches in her side.
Seattle
We went to Seattle three weeks ago for Casuality (a casual gaming conference the boy goes to) so I went and hung out with my bride's maid. We had a lot of fun wandering seattle and seeing lots of pig scupltures similar to boston's cows on parade. I'll post pictures of some of the more amusing pigs later. My favorite, I think, was pigasaraus.
Timberlock
We were then back for a week, then went to Timberlock for the usual family vacation. This year they had three kittens who couldn't've been more than 2 months old: Milo, Marius (who was actually a girl, go figure) and Tigerlily. Tigerlily of course stole my heart like one kitten does every year. Last year, the kitten who stole my heart was Kaya who now resides happily in our house. Unfortunately, there's no more room in my house for kittens so I'm not allowed to take Tigerlily home. But she was a lot of fun to have tagging along after me for most of my vacation. Here's a picture of her and Milo on my lap. Milo decided very emphatically that he should sit on his sister for some reason. (caution, large image) Tigerlily
Sewing
I have one of the obi/tabard things done for Jon. It just needs to be backed. I don't know if I'll get the other one done in time for Dragon Con. The puppies take a lot of my free time away. But here's hoping. But while I was at timberlock, I had lots of time to handsew, so I worked on Ketch's flak-vest. And his chestbox is almost done.
I'll post a pic of Ketch later today. My link appears to be broken.
Sadly, it's looking unlikely that I'll get River done. :-(
*edit*
Here's a pictures of the puppies. They're getting big. (also caution, large image. I usually don't have time to do anything more than dump them)
Cerberus looking up
Jade looking up
*edit II* Here's a link to Ketch so far. You can see that I'm having trouble keeping the pipecleaners from moving around inside the vest. Again, sorry for not resizing the image. I will try to fix it once the pups go to bed.
*edit III* pig pictures linked in comments so that the person who really wanted to see them is sure to know I put them up.
But my personal favorite was:
For more information on these (though there aren't any good pics): pigs on parade
And for the boston cows on parade: Cows on parade in boston
Lt. Ketch
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