Happy Thursday! Things are always imminent, but I think that some things should just have imminence. Like the AX. Which is, technically, in an hour. As of time of writing. I still need to pack!
Went to Carolyn's today, to help finish Steven's costume which is totally intense. It's not exactly *done,* but it's well on it's way. It's wearable. He's going to be a giant cat hand puppet. Poor kid doesn't know the horrors of summertime cosplay yet, so this will be quite an education for him.
Not too much else to mention, unfortunately. Bought some new brown clothes. Some polos. I think I'll get into polos.
It's just crazy that the AX is tomorrow. It's one of those things you wait for allll year (duh) but they always creep up on you and then suddenly you're AT the thing, and next you know, you have to wait a whoooole 'nother year. This year, I promise to actually recap next Thursday. I somehow forgot to last year. And the pre-AX Thursday was pretty lame 'cause I was so stressed out about getting time off from Vons....it was a fiasco. Luckily (?) I don't have a job yet this time around, but I will soon after (?). Sigh.
Yeah, I need to wake up at five, so I'll see you all next week. Enjoy your normal lives!!
-Steph
Thursday, June 28, 2007
Thursday, June 21, 2007
A week of Things
Happy Thursday! It's a Blackjack Thursday, but nowadays I find HoldEm has replaced Blackjack as the game of my heart. SO. I got some Hold Em in today, after seeing Ocean's 13 (in which, coincidentally, poker was never mentioned, while blackjack was a plot point).
Here's some cool things of the week:
My Psychic Moment.
I have deja vu often. I see the future in dreams, and then forget about it until it actually happens. At which time I announce that I'm having a deja vu, and proceed to tell you what is happening at the moment. I'm so advanced that I can tell you what's going to happen *next*, I just experience the moment as if I've seen it before (which I have). So it's more like I start going "OH we're all sitting here, and then I move my hand like this, and then I look over there."
I was sitting with my sister watching Colbert Report, and this commercial comes on, advertising both the Daily Show and the Report in a split screen. So I'm like "OH. Deja vu. We're sitting here, and there was that ad, and then for some reason there was no more * sound." I had my hands over my eyes to sort of remember what I "remembered," so I didn't see that at the * there, my sister grabbed the remote and muted the tv. Gah. In the dream it had been delivered in, I remember that the rest of the dream had been soundless, but to actually say "no more sound," and have the sound drop out as you say it, that was pretty cool.
My Senile Moment.
Earlier that day, we were watching Good Eats. (Imagine that, my two favorite shows in the same day...) And I was sitting waaay close to it (and this was the day I didn't do anything at all, keep this in mind) and I notice that Alton's glasses are similar to mine. "He's got the same glasses as me!" I exclaim. And then I try to take my glasses off to hold them up to the screen and compare. I'm grabbing at the space around my eyes, trying to grab my glasses and wondering why I can't get a hold of them. And then I realize and clap my hands to my face--"I'm not wearing my glasses!" Because I hadn't even put them on in the morning.
My Surreal Moment.
Went to bed late last night. It's almost 1:30. I hear rustlings outside, so I lean over my window to look--I've seen a possum and a raccoon on my neighbors' roof after such sounds. This time I don't see anything, but whoever it is is making a lot of racket in the tree that touches their roof. And then OUT OF NOWHERE this giant white owl swoops down and battles that noise maker. I don't know if he got it, but it was quiet after that. And then he flew right by me, not more than three feet away, right up onto the roof above my window. And so I stay there and watch for him to come back, but when he does, I flinch, badly, just because he's so quiet I didn't have any warning (and I startle easy anyhow). And he drifts away into the far neighbor's yard, and then I watch him drift around for a bit, until he finally disappears, absolutely soundless.
My Fan Moment.
In my dream I was at a school/work/place where you go everyday. Also who was there, was Jim Halpert. Yes. Jim Halpert. And he had this buddy, who was either someone I actually know, or just a dream person. And finally I worked up the nerve to hang out with them, and after a while I became really good friends with Jim Halpert. And I was soooooooo happy. Until later I woke up and remembered I had something to be happy about...and then remembered it was just a dream. So all my hopes were crushed.
In weekly news, we joined the YMCA. Again. It still smells the same. Been playing racquetball (or, "crazyinsaneracquetball, which may not actually resemble racquetball), some weight machines. I've been using the treadmills, 'cause the other week I walked round the park, and my weak hip joints started giving out about 2/3 the way through. I want to be a better walker. One day I will walk around the worldz.
AX friends started dropping in. Jacqi and Jennifer school up northwise, and have just came back down for the first time in a long time. So Jacqi helped us sew, and we finished!! Except for patches from ebay, which shooooooooooooooooould come in "soon." Which is good, since the AX is next Friday. Gasp. Jennifer managed to shift out of allll sewing, by finally getting here just today. Happy Thursday, you!
Here's Jacqi as Haruhi:
Oh, and I almost forgot, we replanted the garden, in half wine barrels. Sooo cute.
Here's my Bountiful Garden.
And my Cactuar Family.
D'awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww.
-Steph
Here's some cool things of the week:
My Psychic Moment.
I have deja vu often. I see the future in dreams, and then forget about it until it actually happens. At which time I announce that I'm having a deja vu, and proceed to tell you what is happening at the moment. I'm so advanced that I can tell you what's going to happen *next*, I just experience the moment as if I've seen it before (which I have). So it's more like I start going "OH we're all sitting here, and then I move my hand like this, and then I look over there."
I was sitting with my sister watching Colbert Report, and this commercial comes on, advertising both the Daily Show and the Report in a split screen. So I'm like "OH. Deja vu. We're sitting here, and there was that ad, and then for some reason there was no more * sound." I had my hands over my eyes to sort of remember what I "remembered," so I didn't see that at the * there, my sister grabbed the remote and muted the tv. Gah. In the dream it had been delivered in, I remember that the rest of the dream had been soundless, but to actually say "no more sound," and have the sound drop out as you say it, that was pretty cool.
My Senile Moment.
Earlier that day, we were watching Good Eats. (Imagine that, my two favorite shows in the same day...) And I was sitting waaay close to it (and this was the day I didn't do anything at all, keep this in mind) and I notice that Alton's glasses are similar to mine. "He's got the same glasses as me!" I exclaim. And then I try to take my glasses off to hold them up to the screen and compare. I'm grabbing at the space around my eyes, trying to grab my glasses and wondering why I can't get a hold of them. And then I realize and clap my hands to my face--"I'm not wearing my glasses!" Because I hadn't even put them on in the morning.
My Surreal Moment.
Went to bed late last night. It's almost 1:30. I hear rustlings outside, so I lean over my window to look--I've seen a possum and a raccoon on my neighbors' roof after such sounds. This time I don't see anything, but whoever it is is making a lot of racket in the tree that touches their roof. And then OUT OF NOWHERE this giant white owl swoops down and battles that noise maker. I don't know if he got it, but it was quiet after that. And then he flew right by me, not more than three feet away, right up onto the roof above my window. And so I stay there and watch for him to come back, but when he does, I flinch, badly, just because he's so quiet I didn't have any warning (and I startle easy anyhow). And he drifts away into the far neighbor's yard, and then I watch him drift around for a bit, until he finally disappears, absolutely soundless.
My Fan Moment.
In my dream I was at a school/work/place where you go everyday. Also who was there, was Jim Halpert. Yes. Jim Halpert. And he had this buddy, who was either someone I actually know, or just a dream person. And finally I worked up the nerve to hang out with them, and after a while I became really good friends with Jim Halpert. And I was soooooooo happy. Until later I woke up and remembered I had something to be happy about...and then remembered it was just a dream. So all my hopes were crushed.
In weekly news, we joined the YMCA. Again. It still smells the same. Been playing racquetball (or, "crazyinsaneracquetball, which may not actually resemble racquetball), some weight machines. I've been using the treadmills, 'cause the other week I walked round the park, and my weak hip joints started giving out about 2/3 the way through. I want to be a better walker. One day I will walk around the worldz.
AX friends started dropping in. Jacqi and Jennifer school up northwise, and have just came back down for the first time in a long time. So Jacqi helped us sew, and we finished!! Except for patches from ebay, which shooooooooooooooooould come in "soon." Which is good, since the AX is next Friday. Gasp. Jennifer managed to shift out of allll sewing, by finally getting here just today. Happy Thursday, you!
Here's Jacqi as Haruhi:
Oh, and I almost forgot, we replanted the garden, in half wine barrels. Sooo cute.
Here's my Bountiful Garden.
And my Cactuar Family.
D'awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww.
-Steph
Thursday, June 14, 2007
summmmmmmmmmmr
Happy Thursday!
I somehow managed to not get dressed today. I really meant to -- first thing I did was do laundry, 'cause my Thursday clothes were dirty. And they're still sitting clean in the basket somewhere by now. Buuuuut....I never got around to it. Yay.
Been going to Carolyn's house to sew like everyday. All the ties are done, three-ish of the tops are mostly done. Things need to be ironed, for sure. Need to buy more fabric, but we bought them out last time, and they may have restocked by tomorrow.
Also, we invented a fun dice game! We have six dice, right? On the floor? Pick any number (1-6, of course)(say, 4) and then you sorta hit the dice with your hand or finger, making it flip. If you get this 4, you hit another die. If you don't, the other person goes. The ones you do flip to 4, the other person can't flip. But they can try to use a free die to knock it over. If they successfully do that, and either one rolls into a 4, that person gets to go again, and the new 4 is theirs. (you can also knock a die into another free die, too) Dice bouncing off of you are legal, but you can't hold them. Also illegal is just pushing it so it just sorta changes sides. When all dice show 4, the player with the most wins. If it's a tie (when playing with 6 dice, or an even number), then you take the number higher (5) and you take turns flipping them until someone gets that, and that's the winner. It's so fun.
AND. The Final Jeopardy question just now was Casino Royale, the book. I totally got that one right.
I also got 17 points, with is pretty good. I think my average last summer was either 12 or 14...so I've improved. Watching the kid/teen/college games are painful 'cause I usually get like 25....they're just ridiculously dumbed down.
Sports bumped Jeopardy, which is why I was watching it at 10 PM.
I mean, we do a lot of sewing. It's really fun.
Another exciting news of the week is that Vicious' flower bloomed. You can see it on my flickr. It's totally amazing and unexpected.
My favorite shows right now are Good Eats and Colbert Report. I want to make some chocolate waffles.
OKAY. Good night to you all.
-Steph
I somehow managed to not get dressed today. I really meant to -- first thing I did was do laundry, 'cause my Thursday clothes were dirty. And they're still sitting clean in the basket somewhere by now. Buuuuut....I never got around to it. Yay.
Been going to Carolyn's house to sew like everyday. All the ties are done, three-ish of the tops are mostly done. Things need to be ironed, for sure. Need to buy more fabric, but we bought them out last time, and they may have restocked by tomorrow.
Also, we invented a fun dice game! We have six dice, right? On the floor? Pick any number (1-6, of course)(say, 4) and then you sorta hit the dice with your hand or finger, making it flip. If you get this 4, you hit another die. If you don't, the other person goes. The ones you do flip to 4, the other person can't flip. But they can try to use a free die to knock it over. If they successfully do that, and either one rolls into a 4, that person gets to go again, and the new 4 is theirs. (you can also knock a die into another free die, too) Dice bouncing off of you are legal, but you can't hold them. Also illegal is just pushing it so it just sorta changes sides. When all dice show 4, the player with the most wins. If it's a tie (when playing with 6 dice, or an even number), then you take the number higher (5) and you take turns flipping them until someone gets that, and that's the winner. It's so fun.
AND. The Final Jeopardy question just now was Casino Royale, the book. I totally got that one right.
I also got 17 points, with is pretty good. I think my average last summer was either 12 or 14...so I've improved. Watching the kid/teen/college games are painful 'cause I usually get like 25....they're just ridiculously dumbed down.
Sports bumped Jeopardy, which is why I was watching it at 10 PM.
I mean, we do a lot of sewing. It's really fun.
Another exciting news of the week is that Vicious' flower bloomed. You can see it on my flickr. It's totally amazing and unexpected.
My favorite shows right now are Good Eats and Colbert Report. I want to make some chocolate waffles.
OKAY. Good night to you all.
-Steph
Thursday, June 07, 2007
Pretty much officially two years running, w00t.
Happy Casino Royale Thursday! I know it's over now, for most of you, but I just got around to this. You see, my day was filled with pursuing the fine arts, primarily those of video photography and tailoring. Seemstressing. Sewing. Cosplaying.
I taped my mom's fifth grade musical play thing, "Samuelita." About a little "Mexican" girl who gets evangelized against her town and family's wishes, and then gets to go to school. Hoorays. I'm capturing it as we speak, to make a DVD tonight to send back to school with mom in the morning, so the kiddies can see how great they were.
The rest of the day! Cosplay central. I'll walk you through it.
Ouran High School Host Club is a show about a group of guys (and a girl, but whatever) who run a host club at their school full of rich kids. It's hilarious. Their school uniforms are black pants and blue jacket things, and ties. Our goal is to make the jacket things and the ties, and sooner or later the ebay guy will get his act together so we can get the school badges in time to iron on.
Carolyn's the shape master, and has been in charge of putting together costumes from her mind year after year. Western-style coat tops are proving unreasonably weird. But they're coming along. The first one's almost finished, I've worn it. Needs sleeves. Should turn out good.
My job's been making ties. Dark blue ties, with a purple stripe down the middle. I made a tie before, for Touya...but I'm making these completely differently than that one. For one, I have a poster board pattern, rather than using the cut-up tie I bought at a thrift store. It looks like this:
So I put that on the fabric, trace it, cut it out a bit bigger than that, fold on the traced line, pin the extra down, and then sew it into a tie-shape. I've done two so far, by hand, but I'll probably stop being crazy and start using my mom's machine. Carolyn's has been busy with the tops, so. Then I pin this purple ribbon we bought onto it, and Carolyn does sew that down. The two we've finished look something like this:
Not quite 100% finished.
Then, buttons. Made buttons. With these friendly little things:
They're great on the thumbs. You wrap the fabric around the front, and try to get it hooked onto the teeth there, and then you quckly snap a backing onto it, and then you've got yourself a putton of the same color as your jacket. We didn't you this one because it inexplicably came defective as it doesn't have a loop to be a button. You'll see what I mean in this picture, of the finished buttons:
Sew beautiful.
This hand sewing and fabric hooking takes a lot longer than it sounds. That's why it took all day. The one tie only took one day, start to finish, but the other one I started yesterday. Still have to make four more. And poor Carolyn, needing to be making, what, five and a half more? For the pack we're bring along.
The finished product will look something like this:
I'd love to chat more, but I'm sorta outta time today. We'll play poker some other day, alright? The video is almost done capturing, so I'll attend to that. I'll keep you updated on AX progress if you want.
-Steph
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