30 November 2008
Geek Out
The weather has murdered me, I swear it! It's raining and somewhat dreary and I awoke to a face full of doom a.k.a. a stuffy nose. Bleah. I'm drinking tea for the caffeine to stay awake at work and to hopefully clear my nose up some. I need some mint tea but that's at home so I settle for P.G.Tips and some Bigelow Pumpkin Spice, which is amazing! Too bad it's seasonal.
I finished the preliminary design for my chest tattoo to cover my lumpectomy scar. I need to go out and scan it. That would require moving...I'll think about it. Anyway, it's a clockwork heart and I'm pretty proud of it. I'm not normally a 2-D person but I'm happy with how this came out. We'll have to see what Renee the tattoo queen says about it's do-ability. I haven't been tattooed in almost 3 years now. I feel so lost! My Magtar and A-train are supposed to take me to Berea where Renee's new shop is so we can meet and talk about my designs. Exciting!
My parents are supposed to bring the desk for my new computer today. I'll finally be able to get my gorgeous machine out of the living room and make it more usable. It's been set up on top of the boxes it came in since I got it since I had no place to put it properly. I'm excited about getting to use my new baby and play WoW and Half-Life2 in a comfortable position (meaning not sitting on an ottoman with the keyboard on the tower and mousing on my knee)! It's a pretty blue box with blue LEDs and a temperature gauge on the front and a plexiglass side panel. <3 <3 <3
I finished the preliminary design for my chest tattoo to cover my lumpectomy scar. I need to go out and scan it. That would require moving...I'll think about it. Anyway, it's a clockwork heart and I'm pretty proud of it. I'm not normally a 2-D person but I'm happy with how this came out. We'll have to see what Renee the tattoo queen says about it's do-ability. I haven't been tattooed in almost 3 years now. I feel so lost! My Magtar and A-train are supposed to take me to Berea where Renee's new shop is so we can meet and talk about my designs. Exciting!
My parents are supposed to bring the desk for my new computer today. I'll finally be able to get my gorgeous machine out of the living room and make it more usable. It's been set up on top of the boxes it came in since I got it since I had no place to put it properly. I'm excited about getting to use my new baby and play WoW and Half-Life2 in a comfortable position (meaning not sitting on an ottoman with the keyboard on the tower and mousing on my knee)! It's a pretty blue box with blue LEDs and a temperature gauge on the front and a plexiglass side panel. <3 <3 <3
23 November 2008
Growing up?
Yesterday was great. Mum had a post-wedding shower for me and it was a lot of fun. Most of my aunts were there as well as a few of my friends and my awesome mother-in-law. Nice gifts, door prizes and some amazing homemade barbecue. An atomic clock mistaken for a doomsday clock ^_^ A great time was had by all.
After the shower my brothers Ryan and Bryson and Bryson's girlfriend Kelli and I went to see The Dropkick Murphys in Lousiville. The opening bands were pretty good. I hadn't been out to a show of any sort in years...about 4 years actually. I'd forgotten how amusing the punk scene can be. How people can be categorized. I guess it's like that in any subculture but "punk" is the one I'm probably most familiar with. There were the underage kids, the straight-edgers, the hipsters, the hardcore kids, the skinheads (not too many of those out last night), the metal-heads, the Irish music fans (who looked slightly put-off by mohawks and spikes), a couple of rednecks and some hippies. And me, nowhere in between any more. I used to fall somewhere in the hardcore/goth category. One day long ago. Now I'm somewhere else, not sure where anymore. It was rather strange to watch the crowd from the outside now. I have more ink than a lot of the people trying hard to show off what they had, I can identify bands on patches on black leather jackets from 20 paces and I know the best ways to get your hair pink, blue or orange. I guess I'm getting old? I still desire to dress up outrageously and go jump in the mosh pit but my budget calls for suits and dresses and my broken back calls for a bar stool. When did I become so boring?? Did I ever think this day would come? No. Call it Peter Pan syndrome but I never thought I'd be so lame. Not that I'm unhappy with how my life is now but it's just so strange. Recently my mechanic's jacket with leopard-print fur collar and my pin and patch collection suffered irreparable damage. Maybe that was a sign? An end of an epoch for me perhaps.
At any rate, the DM were BLOODY AWESOME and I'm so excited still that I got to see them live finally. I've been a fan since 2000 or so and I'd never caught them live due to living in BFE. The energy from the band was amazing. Simply awesome.
After the shower my brothers Ryan and Bryson and Bryson's girlfriend Kelli and I went to see The Dropkick Murphys in Lousiville. The opening bands were pretty good. I hadn't been out to a show of any sort in years...about 4 years actually. I'd forgotten how amusing the punk scene can be. How people can be categorized. I guess it's like that in any subculture but "punk" is the one I'm probably most familiar with. There were the underage kids, the straight-edgers, the hipsters, the hardcore kids, the skinheads (not too many of those out last night), the metal-heads, the Irish music fans (who looked slightly put-off by mohawks and spikes), a couple of rednecks and some hippies. And me, nowhere in between any more. I used to fall somewhere in the hardcore/goth category. One day long ago. Now I'm somewhere else, not sure where anymore. It was rather strange to watch the crowd from the outside now. I have more ink than a lot of the people trying hard to show off what they had, I can identify bands on patches on black leather jackets from 20 paces and I know the best ways to get your hair pink, blue or orange. I guess I'm getting old? I still desire to dress up outrageously and go jump in the mosh pit but my budget calls for suits and dresses and my broken back calls for a bar stool. When did I become so boring?? Did I ever think this day would come? No. Call it Peter Pan syndrome but I never thought I'd be so lame. Not that I'm unhappy with how my life is now but it's just so strange. Recently my mechanic's jacket with leopard-print fur collar and my pin and patch collection suffered irreparable damage. Maybe that was a sign? An end of an epoch for me perhaps.
At any rate, the DM were BLOODY AWESOME and I'm so excited still that I got to see them live finally. I've been a fan since 2000 or so and I'd never caught them live due to living in BFE. The energy from the band was amazing. Simply awesome.
17 November 2008
BlogSpew
Since Thursday I have:
~Sliced my finger open with a band saw
~Broken a blade on said band saw
~Bent steel at 7:30 in the AM
~Gotten a tetanus shot for said incident with band saw (thanks Mum!)
~Finished a totem pendant
~Breathed though one nostril more than 90% of 3 days
~Played Trivial Pursuit with 2 of the smartest people I know and we won!
~Contemplated quitting my job more than once but I decided I like my house too much to lose it over someone's power trip
~Snuggled with puppies x 1000
~Hung out with my Mum and Aunt Gloria and had fun despite being hungry and sick
~Snuggled with my husband (yes, that's still weird to say)
~Made sketches for my next major metals project. And MAJOR it is. I may be setting myself up for failure.
~Officially changed my name.
~Rearranged the office all by myself! Woo! I hope the boys don't mind...
~Got a copy of the new D&D player's guide and read a good portion of it.
~Realized I'm still losing weight despite eating like a college student.
~Redyed my hair after the secretary said it looked funny. I like it better now but hate the motivation.
~Realized I love my in-laws (real and adopted) again.
~Missed my brother. I haven't seen him since the wedding more than 2 minutes in passing. However, we are going to see the Dropkick Murphys this weekend!!! w00t! He surprised me with a ticket last week. ^_^
~Finally posted some stuff on ETSY that I've had made for a long time and hadn't gotten around to posting. I'm a procrastinator.
~Ordered a ton of wedding prints. They'll be in any day now...
~Shipped out some lip gloss to the lovely Erin. I've been blog-stalking her for a while now and she bought some of my lip gloss on ETSY. ^_^ Danke!
New hair!
~Sliced my finger open with a band saw
~Broken a blade on said band saw
~Bent steel at 7:30 in the AM
~Gotten a tetanus shot for said incident with band saw (thanks Mum!)
~Finished a totem pendant
~Breathed though one nostril more than 90% of 3 days
~Played Trivial Pursuit with 2 of the smartest people I know and we won!
~Contemplated quitting my job more than once but I decided I like my house too much to lose it over someone's power trip
~Snuggled with puppies x 1000
~Hung out with my Mum and Aunt Gloria and had fun despite being hungry and sick
~Snuggled with my husband (yes, that's still weird to say)
~Made sketches for my next major metals project. And MAJOR it is. I may be setting myself up for failure.
~Officially changed my name.
~Rearranged the office all by myself! Woo! I hope the boys don't mind...
~Got a copy of the new D&D player's guide and read a good portion of it.
~Realized I'm still losing weight despite eating like a college student.
~Redyed my hair after the secretary said it looked funny. I like it better now but hate the motivation.
~Realized I love my in-laws (real and adopted) again.
~Missed my brother. I haven't seen him since the wedding more than 2 minutes in passing. However, we are going to see the Dropkick Murphys this weekend!!! w00t! He surprised me with a ticket last week. ^_^
~Finally posted some stuff on ETSY that I've had made for a long time and hadn't gotten around to posting. I'm a procrastinator.
~Ordered a ton of wedding prints. They'll be in any day now...
~Shipped out some lip gloss to the lovely Erin. I've been blog-stalking her for a while now and she bought some of my lip gloss on ETSY. ^_^ Danke!
New hair!
13 November 2008
Questions, introspection?
Stolen from the amazing Lady Smaggle
1. Were you named after anyone? Yes. My Mum's eldest sister, Anna Lee. They changed the spelling, of course.
2. Do you still have your tonsils? Yup.
3. Would you bungee jump? No, I'm not rather fond of puking.
4. What is your favorite cereal? Quaker Oat Squares.
5. Do you untie your shoes when you take them off? Not if I can get them off without doing so.
6. What is your favourite ice cream? Spumoni or Rainbow Sherbet.
7. What is the first thing you notice about people? Facial structure. It's the physical anthropologist in me...
8. What is your least favorite thing about yourself? Mental illnesses. But, who would I be without them?
9. What was the last thing you ate? Real food- Corn Pops and Soy Milk. Junk- Runts Candy. >.<
10. What are you listening to right now? Just this second it's Everlong by the Foo Fighters <3 <3 <3
11. Last movie you watched? Run Fatboy Run. OMG <3
12. What did you dream about last night? I never remember my dreams. :(
13. What book are you reading? The Hogfather by Terry Pratchett
14. Summer or winter? Fall! Screw the heat and bugger the cold.
15. Do you have any special talents? Not particularly. I can move my glutei independently...I guess that's "talent"?
Well, that was fun.
Things I've discovered today:
-I can listen to Layla by Eric Clapton on repeat and be very happy about it for up to an hour. Eric Clapton's music does something to me and it tickles.
-Swiffer dusters are a godsend in this office.
-Someone left a cultural anthropology book in the lab and I hope they don't come back to claim it. I wants it.
-I like my short hair. And if I had any doubts about the color they were abated by my fellow art students on Tuesday. Finally somebody else got the 'gradient' thing!
-Start wearing purple!
-I'm broke beyond belief. UGH. >.<
1. Were you named after anyone? Yes. My Mum's eldest sister, Anna Lee. They changed the spelling, of course.
2. Do you still have your tonsils? Yup.
3. Would you bungee jump? No, I'm not rather fond of puking.
4. What is your favorite cereal? Quaker Oat Squares.
5. Do you untie your shoes when you take them off? Not if I can get them off without doing so.
6. What is your favourite ice cream? Spumoni or Rainbow Sherbet.
7. What is the first thing you notice about people? Facial structure. It's the physical anthropologist in me...
8. What is your least favorite thing about yourself? Mental illnesses. But, who would I be without them?
9. What was the last thing you ate? Real food- Corn Pops and Soy Milk. Junk- Runts Candy. >.<
10. What are you listening to right now? Just this second it's Everlong by the Foo Fighters <3 <3 <3
11. Last movie you watched? Run Fatboy Run. OMG <3
12. What did you dream about last night? I never remember my dreams. :(
13. What book are you reading? The Hogfather by Terry Pratchett
14. Summer or winter? Fall! Screw the heat and bugger the cold.
15. Do you have any special talents? Not particularly. I can move my glutei independently...I guess that's "talent"?
Well, that was fun.
Things I've discovered today:
-I can listen to Layla by Eric Clapton on repeat and be very happy about it for up to an hour. Eric Clapton's music does something to me and it tickles.
-Swiffer dusters are a godsend in this office.
-Someone left a cultural anthropology book in the lab and I hope they don't come back to claim it. I wants it.
-I like my short hair. And if I had any doubts about the color they were abated by my fellow art students on Tuesday. Finally somebody else got the 'gradient' thing!
-Start wearing purple!
-I'm broke beyond belief. UGH. >.<
06 November 2008
Well that settles that.
OMG.
Abilify will definitely be a night drug for me. I've been like the living dead since noon or so. I fell asleep standing up at work. Jeebus.
Abilify will definitely be a night drug for me. I've been like the living dead since noon or so. I fell asleep standing up at work. Jeebus.
Playing catch up
I’m officially married now. I don’t think it’s sunk in completely yet. I’m still reeling from the weekend I think. Everything was just kind of a blur. Thank the gods for pictures! It was beautiful and everything I’d hoped for.
I chopped off all my hair. It’s nice, I like the cut but I feel a little naked without all the length. I have to remember not to use a handful of shampoo and conditioner anymore and I don’t have to pull the bulk out from under shirts and jackets. I’m also blonde now too. Big change there, trying to get back to my “natural color”. It’s is SO tempting to dye it lavender…must resist temptation…
I started Abilify today to help with the stress and depression I’ve been trying to overcome. Only minor side effects thus far. A little trouble swallowing and I feel high. Having a cold doesn’t help that much I’m sure. So I’m a mouth-breather for the time being and I have an overwhelming urge to go home and watch cartoons in my pajamas. But I cannot. Responsibility calls, no…it walks up and slaps me in the face. This being a grown-up business is bullshit. I really wish I could go home. Being high at work is not cool. It’s the polar opposite of cool. Argh!
Our former foster puppy, Lily, was put to sleep Tuesday. She was attacked by coyotes and they did irreparable damage to her. She was such a sweet thing but at least I know she’s at peace now and not suffering. Emily, our friend and the rescue organizer, was very upset about the whole ordeal (of course) and I tried to comfort her via text message as much as I could. It is such a tragedy. It is just horrible to lose such a sweet little puppy (only 6 months old) in such a terrible monstrous way. Requiescat in Pace LilyBug.
In better news(?), I’m finally starting on my wood carving project today! I have some pieces of purpleheart, padauk, pink ivory, Indian ebony, and redheart to play around with. I’m hoping to create a bracelet and a couple of pendants for a cohesive series.
04 November 2008
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