Today's LJ writer's block question, and other stuff

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At Convergence 13, there was a lady I would cross paths with who would cheerily call me Miss Cupcake. When we finally got a chance to chat, it turned out that she had no idea who I was. ("Wait, you're the Gothic Charm School lady? Oh my god! I love your site! I ... thought you'd be taller ... more matronly.") It was just that my wardrobe of black and pink and stripy (and fluffy petticoats) made her irresistibly think of cupcakes.

On the way home from Portland, I thought about it. I had been described as a pink & black frosted goth cupcake by other people for years. My favorite perfumes smelled of chocolate and frosting. And it was true, I was very fond of cupcakes. The LJ name change seemed like an obvious thing to do.

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Sleep was once again defective last night, with taking a loooooong time to fall asleep, and then waking up multiple times throughout the night. Dear Body Clock, I know I am somewhat nocturnal, but I'm trying to keep a vaguely daywalker schedule for the job hunt, okay?

My brain also gave me another dream about being at Disneyland, woe. While I would love to go to Bats' Day in May, it's just not feasible. Just because a trip would count as a tax-deductible business expense (and it would, because I'd be doing a lot of GCS promotion and research) does not mean that there is room in the budget to take the trip. Again, woe! I miss the Haunted Mansion.

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Speaking of travel expenses, I need to decide what the hell I'm going to do about Norwescon. I'm a guest, yay!, and I'm thinking of getting a hotel room for Friday and Saturday, so I have someplace to retreat to when needed, and so the Stroppy One doesn't have to drive me back and forth to SeaTac. The only problem is that the con block at the hotel is sold out, so now it's $159 a night. Ugh.

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Today is for writing and hair dye. Not for sewing another skirt. No. No matter what the D.I.Y. part of my brain is clamoring for.

Well, today didn't go as planned

Today was mostly about me being OVERWHELMINGLY cranky. Like, grr!argh!snarl! cranky, at everything. For no reason whatsoever. Maybe the defective sleep caused it, I don't know. All I know is that I spent most of the day wanting to hiss at everyone and everything, and glaring at the computer because I. Could. Not. Write. An epic case of Words Gone.

I finally managed to drag a little under 1K words out of my brain, and then decided that the best thing I could do was go dye my hair. I now have freshly-blackened roots, and re-pinked bangs. Other good things of the day included getting a lovely stripy bodice/waistcoat-y thing in the mail, being submitted for a possible contract job, and the Stroppy One bringing me coffee and a scone.

I also watched silly tv (really, I only watch Vampire Diaries for Damon, because he's funny!), made myself a chocolate-cherry martini (Godiva liqueur + Three Olives cherry vodka), and now I'm going to go have a bath with the chocolate-scented, sparkly black bath salts that staxxy made for me, and paint my nails. And then I will SLEEP, goddammit. Really.

Friday will be better. Friday is hanging out with javagoth, and going dancing with the StuntHusband and Cagle. Friday will be MUCH better.