September 2011
3 posts
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“I am one of the searchers. There are, I believe, millions of us. We are not...”
– James Kavanaugh (via growing-orbits) (via anarttoeverything) (via sweetsweetsorrow)
Wi-Fi Wars
In non-bear related news…
Some of you may recall that <a href=”http://shipwreck-light.livejournal.com/94925.html?mode=reply#add_comment”>my immediate neighbor has a serious power washing problem</a>, although that does predate the great friending memes of Summer 2011. By and large, the people who live in our neighborhood are sweet and interesting, as opposed to...
Is it bad I almost regret not getting the cartoon...
Short version: job sucks. Dealing with it by conceptualizing of the other people there as bears. Waiting for an excuse to quit with panache. I’d be gone but I want to at least have money for Fishmas. Actually, if I can stick it out until 16 September without getting eaten by Mama Bear, I will have just enough to squeak past the end of the year.
To give you an idea of how few people she...
August 2011
6 posts
Waiting Sucks. Boats Blow. Or, you have to blow...
Still waiting. Not that I expected any less, but I hate waiting. I want to do THINGS and I want to do them NOW and I WANT TO KNOW WHAT THERE IS TO KNOW. Short version: Wikipedia has spoiled me.
I had a very nice, relaxing weekend which involved sneaking out to the bead store on Saturday due to extreme boredom here at home. It’s so nice to go somewhere and have everyone be happy to see...
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khajiiti: ( TW Rape ) neo_prodigy likes to ban... →
khajiiti:
Mr. Dennis R. Upkins Jr. (neo_prodigy in Livejournal) has been busy since his latest bouts. Somehow, after saying women of color who disagree with him are using the race card and any unfortunate woman who’d get into a relationship with him would be forced to take contraceptives he’s been…
Because you know what a class ring stand looks...
And other stuff I did today. Short version: TODAY WAS AWESOME. Although, I’d be lying if I said I was looking forward to two interviews on the same day, both of which took place in the hot middle of the city. After more than enough nervous wibbling, I went anyway. The first interview was a cinch to get to, and situated in an office park that frankly qualifies as beautiful, unlike most office...
Meanwhile, Back At The Chinchilla Ranch...
Mum: Oh my GOD, you have got to come out and see this!
SWL: It’s the best year ever!
Mum: There’ve been like ten, just in the little time we’ve been out.
SWL: It’s sweet.
Dad: OK, OK, I’ll come watch the meteor shower and… *looks at the sky*
Mum + SWL: :D
Dad: OK, then. You guys have fun. *walks back inside*
Sky: I’m totally overcast!!!
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SIGNAL BOOST: Iowa couple needs funds for urgent... →
mustlovetwigs:
I’ve known G and K for years. They’re partners, living in Iowa, and they are currently both dealing with medical problems and can’t find the funds. They have both been declined from CareCredit, and K’s Social Security income isn’t coming through.
G has two abcessed teeth and the government will not give her enough money to afford antibiotics and get surgery. K is still trying to...
The things we do for love. And Barbecue.
We are almost finished with the kits! I mean it this time. As in, I will have an order form to share any time now. I’ve actually been checking my email every so often for it. But, we’re putting these suckers together on Monday and then there’s going to be a launch party Tuesday and then I’ve been told I get dinner and wine. I was already happy when I got to pick my job...
July 2011
7 posts
Entry delayed due to DDoS Gremlins; no longer...
I love watching Mum play video games. The fact powerups exist excites her. She’s taken to playing some racing game with one of my wee cousins over Xbox Live. Me? I got to watch TV with <lj user=”starphotographs”> via Googlechat and erm, some piratey deaths of the interbutt. Mum’s actually practicing her drifting now, and I like <i>Baccano!</i> so...
We are become pals!: Chapter 1. →
This is one of the most adorable things I’ve ever read and it’s only just begun! Check it out.
wearebecomepals:
This is how Jane and Helen met.
It was the Halloween dance. They were both dressed as male FBI agents. Jane’s hair was pulled back in a pony tail. No makeup. She wore an ill-fitting suit that she borrowed from her brother. The jacket looked silly over her breasts unless...
last stand.: Persona 2, Other Games With... →
kurosu:
Let me tell you, Tumblr: nothing is more offensive to me than when other gamers treat “the gay option”, as they call it, as “fangirl fodder” or “pandering”, whether it’s in my personal favorite game or others that offer you the option, like Dragon Age, Fable II/III, and Mass Effect 2…
Thank you for posting this! Amens to you :D.
I just wondered what the duck ever did to her.
That gigantic dust storm that hit the Phoenix area? We were smack in the middle of that. It still hasn’t settled, and it’s humid here now, making for total grossness upon walking out the door. And my pool, my beautiful pool, has been absolutely trashed. I mean, it rained mud! I have it on good authority that flying in over the city right after the storm hit resembled shots of Dave...
Yes, I had a lovely fireworks display to go to.
We had the most perfect Arizona storm last night. I kind of wish it had waited until after I’d gotten to pool it up to be all clanging and wet, but I did get wet regardless.
First, it got kind of cloudy. However, as I tool my pool aspirations outside, Mum and I happened to notice that the clouds had clouds beneath them. Roiling, nasty violet clouds under a bronzy sky. It wasn’t...
June 2011
19 posts
It’s not even July, but here I am birthday shopping for my sis…
Note to self: keeping the mailmain in the garage as punishment for his foolishness will probably make the WTF MAIL situation worse.
An Actual Update. You Know, Those Things That...
So theoretically, there must be another pic post on the horizon. Now, where did I leave off before the dolls elbowed their way on? Oh! I remember…
Thursday, I had a big old meeting about the kit business at one of the other ladies’ houses. I’d been there before, so no angsty trousers besides the fact we got to greet one another with “It’s fucking hot!”....
ARGH! Pepper juice! Everywhere! It burns!
Learning, Teaching, and Occasionally Falling Into...
You know, I genuinely think The Best Friending Meme Ever was not an exaggeration. I’d say it was awesome, but scanning my entries, I seem to be using that word a lot. Are things awesome? Yes. Do I need a thesaurus? Also yes.
Yesterday being new fridge delivery day and all, I set off in the morning with intentions of not returning to the house until after dark. ’tis better to...
megan rosalarian gedris: Republican New York... →
“You get to the point where you evolve in your life where everything isn’t black and white, good and bad, and you try to do the right thing,” McDonald, 64, told reporters. “You might not like that. You might be very cynical about that. Well, fuck it, I don’t care what you think. I’m…
I *heart* this.
My Hugs Are So Awesome, They're Now Worth Actual...
Not that I’m going to start charging for them, but you have to admit this is kind of a cool thing I’ve got going. Unlike Robb and Stuckey, the snooty furniture place downtown. That joint had their own channel around here at one point and now they’re going out of business. They were an institution! Which, admittedly, we never shopped at, not wanting to pay five grand for coffee...
Coyotes are at it again. AROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. Oh, it’s full moon. NO WONDER.
My Leeke Ent is on shipping. And I’m supposed to be cleaning, but first I have to spazz about this. OMG, ect.
Well, I got about ten characters in before the sexy redhead showed up. NEW RECORD. BEHOLD MY RESTRAINT #amwriting.
Giving to the ghost.
Well, I was supposed to meet with the beading kit project chair at some point between Tuesday and now, but I’ve not heard boo from her. I know she goes to the most alarmist doctor in town, and she said she wanted to meet up after an appointment, so now I’m worried she got alarm all over here. And- big surprise, as per my previous post /sarcasm font -I have no idea what the correct...
Other things I kinda suck at/My doll is a porn...
Making phone calls! And no, this isn’t some bizarre joke. I am actually really, really bad at this. I don’t have facial expressions to go off of judging other people’s reactions and I process spoken word choice nuances WAY slower than written. I misdial a lot. I have no thesaurus.
You can imagine what it was like just now when I attempted to call a neighbor to get another...
Drafting patterns, thinking about what to write, roasting.
I have finally been in the pool!
We had such a delightful, mild May here in AZ that the water just wouldn’t heat up. Never mind the unseasonable wind. Usually, the pool accepts guests from the first week of that month, maybe the second. But, I tried to get in it right after my exam and it was STILL GODDAMN COLD. My threshold, incidentally, is exactly 80 degrees. Last night, we had grilled shrimpkabobs and 83 degree...
May 2011
11 posts
Spent my weekend studying, eating and thinking about porn.
“How is it that hardly any major religion has looked at science and concluded,...”
– Carl Sagan, Pale Blue Dot (via saysthespider)
Hell yeah, literalism!
Well, to begin with, I got sent home early from beading on Tuesday. To study. Really thought the days of that sort of thing happening to me were gone, but anyway. My exams on the 21st. Only just after that did I start to get nervous, though there were hugs involved and that made me happy, as well it should have!
Yesterday, we ran out to do some shopping. ”We” was not to original...
Coyotes are howling away.
You know that poem “When I am an old woman I shall wear purple?” Screw that. Wear purple NOW.
“Some authors say their characters are like their children; mine feel more like...”
– EK Weaver (via squidlifecrisis)
In lieu of actual content
And because people tend to be interested in it for some reason:
Mother’s Day Dinner Menu
Le Menu
Hors d’Oeuvres
Salmon Ricotta Mousse with Crostini
Potage
Chipotle Vegetable Velvet Broiled Under Fancy Mexican Cheese Assortment
Salade
Tossed Butter Lettuce with Delicious Vegetables, Pignoli, Surimi and Garlic Dressing
Main Course
Noodles Almondine with Chicken...
OK, I just found Appleseed yaoi, starring Briaeros. Internet’s over. Everyone go home.
Now, I wonder how Italian gator tastes?
&New doll pics are going to have to be next Sunday, due to certain resin individuals not photographing well in sunlight. You can color me surprised too. I thought that was a sure thing. Anyway, it’ll be another doozie. Also, I may have discovered how to make fantastic feet for any tiny sized BJD to the tune of about $10, but we’ll see if that actually works before I go crowing...
April 2011
22 posts
In other news, pie
Because, you see, my birthday dinner of picnic food was too much to permit dessert, so I brought the End of the World Pie I’d requested in to the bead store, wherein it mysteriously vanished.
To back up a moment, highlights of my birthday include purchasing a crochet book and the first English volume of Black Lagoon at the same time (quoth the clerk: “I make no judgments. I just...
We celebrate Easter with ham and stories about Good Grandma. We were considering going for a drive and blasting “Judas” in the church district, but there have been two accidents so far on the road to the lake and we have concerns about being #3…
Me? I’m sorting doll pictures. Behold my exciting Saturday night!
