When real things happen to imaginary people

- I got home from PDX on Sunday night. I had a lovely time (as always, because cass404 is awesome like that), but it's also Very Nice to be home with the Stroppy One and our cats.

- Today's to-do list: dayjob, laundry, clear & organize the library table, set up a dye bath, overdye the new hair extensions, and get some writing done tonight. Of course, this all hinges on me having enough energy. Stupid collection of health issues.

(Oh wait, two other things on the to-do list: email my doctor with my weekly status, and read through the very helpful links about Lyme disease that femmenerd gave me!)

- So, the new Pirates of the Caribbean movie. CAPTAIN JACK SPARROW! BARBOSSA! MERMAIDS! BLACKBEARD! Look, I know that many people (and reviewers) had problems with the movie. Thought the plot was thin-to-nonexistent, felt the actors were phoning it in, blah blah blah, whatever. I spent the entire movie in a state of flaily-handed glee. It was a very fun romp, the mermaids were some of the best I've ever seen in movies (actually scary, wheee!), and I need more pirate-styled jackets and fancy tricorns NOW. Also, On Stranger Tides had one of the BEST cameos I've ever been surprised by. I made squeaky noises out loud at it.

- Finally, but most importantly: congratulations to my pseudo-sibling caliban1227 and Larisa, his lovely fiancee! I'm very happy for the two of you!

- The auction for the Jacket of Coveting has not yet climbed out of my price range. ::makes covetous, grabby-hands motions at the monitor::

- Writing is ... going slowly, but starting to happen again. I need to make my list of projects that need to happen. Perhaps the first one should be a new GCS column. Or a review, because I adored cmpriest's Bloodshot, and want to tell the world.

- Another project I need to return my attention to is sorting and taking photos for a clothing sale, which will include Bags Of Mystery! this time. I need to do this partially because I'm in debt to the house, partially because I want to start setting aside money for the tattoo that will be in memory of Mom, and partially because I am in the beginning of a decluttering epiphany/freakout. So! Watch this LJ! Many shiny, frilly, velvety things, soon to be for sale.

- Oh, and yet another project: I need to order the spikes so I can customize another pair of shoes, this time taking photos so I can write up a tutorial for GCS. (And then probably auction off the finished shoes.)

- Plus, y'know, dayjob.

In other words, I'm keeping busy. And getting ambushed by things that remind me of Mom, but that's to be expected.

- The weather spirits have reverted back to MY type of weather, ohthankgoodness. Sorry, sun worshippers.

- Today is a work at home day for me, because I needed to go see my chiropractor. He made the base of my neck make a horrible noise, and now my lingering headache has gone away!

- Because today is a work at home day, and the weather is back to my preferences, I may take a break later this afternoon to walk down to the park and play on the swings.

- I now have a lovely white linen frock coat-y type blazer, and am trying to decide if I want to somehow turn it into a very, very pale cream or ivory.

Work-at-home Friday! Sleeping in! Coffee and quiche from Besalu! I am probably going to be vaguely practical when the Stroppy One goes to Besalu and NOT ask for a pan au chocolat, even tho' I want one. (Really, REALLY want one.) Because I'm going dancing tonight with the StuntHusband (yay!), which means we will almost certainly be stopping by The Night Kitchen, and if I'm having late-night treats, I probably shouldn't have a pan au chocolat. (But Oh! How I want one. Hmmm, I may have to dither about this some more.)

This weekend is the long-threatened, marked-on-the-calendar clearing out of the Storage Heap Room o' Doom. Yes, I've attempted this before. But this time, I have NOTHING else planned for the next two days. Still, pray for me, and if you haven't heard from me by the end of Monday, I've probably been eaten by feral petticoats.

The weekend was very fun, what with the clothing sale, the trip to the zoo, dressing up as the Mad Hatter (and turning kiltlad into the White Rabbit), and then a birthday party for one of my favorite little girls. (She can't be one already! The passage of time, it freaks me out.)

However, between the busy weekend and the hormonal joy of being female, I am kind of struggling today. I've had two pots of tea, and I'm cursing my decision not to bring the box of Thin Mint cookies to the office with me. (Dear Self, you had sugary treats every day over the weekend. You do not need more cookies right now. No, you do not.) My brain feels like it has been wrapped in many layers of damp cotton batting, and not even the "Bombast!" playlist on shuffle is waking me up. Oh dear. Send more tea, and pretty boys in eyeliner. Or new vampire books. Those would be good, too.

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Speaking of the clothing sale, there are TWO items still up for grabs. ( Behind the cut, an overskirt, and a steampunky jacket with lots of buttons! )

Dear hiring manager for that full-time tech editor job at the Big Software Company that I applied for IN NOVEMBER;

I see that the job is still open. (Or at least still listed on the career site.) I am EXACTLY the person you are looking for. Really. LOOK AT MY RESUME AND CALL ME IN FOR AN INTERVIEW.

Sincerely,

Cupcake Goth

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Last night when going to bed, the PMS Goblins visited and I had an epic crying meltdown for no reason. I knew it was for no reason, and even said so (in between sobs). But apparently I needed to cry. So, no surprise, I am now suffering the post-crying hangover. I suspect that I am going to get no writing done today, grrr.

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Thank you to everyone who voted in the poll about the striped skirt! Re-make the skirt has the most votes, but then I keep looking at these:



and these:



and start geebling and flailing a lot.

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I hope all of you folks out there in LJ land are having a good day.

Yesterday, I went for a couple of walks, had delicious ice cream with a shot of espresso over it, browsed a local thrift store* but escaped without purchasing any clothing, and started taking photos of the clothing I'm planning on selling**.

Today involves coloring my hair, seeing caliban1227 for a little bit, hanging out with BlueJay this evening, WORKING ON THE NEXT GOTHIC CHARM SCHOOL POST NO REALLY I MEAN IT, and job hunting. Man, I am so sick of job hunting. Part of today's job hunt is going to include contacting Volt; while I'd rather find something full-time, I would not say no to a contract position.


I must finish my tea, and then walk away from teh interwebs so I can go apply hair dye. No applying hair dye near the laptop, no. A bad idea, that.

*Attention Seattle-area steampunk ladies: the Crown Hill Value Village has a bunch of jackets, waistcoats, and boots that would work for steampunk, all in colors I won't wear. (As in, not black or pink.)


**I spent an hour and a half taking photos and writing down measurements, and there's still a large-ish pile waiting to be photographed. To say nothing of the shoes. And YES, I am going to be selling the bat shoes.

Today: eye appointment, which means getting my eyes dilated, which means I shouldn't look at the computer for the rest of the afternoon. Oooh, I could work on some sewing projects! And then by this evening, my eyes should have recovered enough so I can watch queeniex on ustream!

Tomorow: go to the office to hand in my laptop & badge, take my boxes of stuff home, and say bye to my co-workers. Which will be a little sad-making, because my team was pretty awesome.

Friday: hang out with some people!

Saturday: I don't really know, but my evening plans involve Club V, because I want to go dancing, dammit.

Coming soon to this LJ: a big post about makeup. Because water_of_fire and mina5643 asked me to, not just because I like wurbling about makeup. Yes, I'll put it behind a cut-tag, I promise.

Huh, LJ seems to not be giving me comment notices. So, I have no idea if there are replies to anything unless I go look. Hmmph.

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I will NOT be out at Club V this weekend, as I am still very easily tired thanks to my bout with the Martian Death Flu or whatever it was. I'm sad about this, because I really like going out dancing. But since walking around running errands last night made me feel like falling over, going to the club is not a smart idea.

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After browsing through Etsy the other day and not finding quite what I was looking for, I have accepted that I need to just make the sort of necklace I want to wear to the Vampire Ball. I've got a couple different ideas for what I want, so tonight is going to involve putting things together, and then probably tilting my head to the side with a quizzical expression and asking the Stroppy One for his opinion.

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SFDs! To celebrate feeling better, I have dressed in one of my favorite outfits:
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