2005-01-25 - 2:05 p.m. - and the year continues to rockzors

*sing songy voice* I love Star Trek! I love Star Trek... but I'm afraid it's going to die. Oh noooo, oh no!

Yeah, for the first time in my entire life, there will be no more Star Trek. *sigh* Maybe someday it'll come back... someday. But untill then, there's pleanty of things to look forward to this year.

Actually this is definatly becoming the best year ever for me. Conventions, movies, costumes, classes. I've already got a pretty full callendar, wich is very very good. I think I've stated this before though so I'll move on.

Classes and costuming have been going great this past week. I've got alot more pre-katsucon work to do, but it's all good, still on schedule and budget.

One more thing. In addition to taking Fitness Walking as a PE credit this year, I've also decided on taking up belly dancing. I'd been doing some research, and it seems to be something I can handle like when I was going out twice or more a week to the clubs, but without actually going to the clubs again. And it can be just for me, yet I can do it anywhere kind of thing. I'm definatly liking it. Walking and bellydancing. Fun stuff!

Current mood: crazy happy

2005-01-21 - 3:02 a.m. - seriously, my foot!

Yay! Diaryland is back up. The server downtime made me realize I need to appriciate this free service better, especially since all but my main site are diaryland accounts. As long as you know html, this is the greatest free hosting site EVER! I can't say that enough. Maybe I'll make one of my accounts a payed for account if I get a chance, just for good measure. Moving on...

So I'm going to type out my 3 most embarasing moments. Funny enough they all take place in this house in Knoxville. All while I've been alone. They're actually pretty funny if you think about them:

First, I lit my hair on fire. It used to be that I would light a candle or incense, then run a drop or two of water from the skink on the blown out match before I threw it away, just for good measure. It was a habit. No more though, cuse after I blew out the match, and turned my head to the faucet, I looked up in the mirror and the hot ash of the match had lit my hair on fire! I did a little freak out dance and stamped it out. Needless to say I needed a haircut, but nothing drastic. Still, it happened, and how many people can say they accidentally set their hair on fire?

Next, I didn't have a pan and I was dieing to cook some cornbread I had in the pantry, so I mixed it in a stove pot, and put it in the oven. Finished cooking, and I took it out, no problem. But that was with a oven mit. I turn to grab a fork to pull out some bread, yum yum, then turn back and pick up the handle... with out the oven mit. I screamed so loud all the cats in the house ran for their lives. I don't have the picture anymore of the dammage. I couldn't sleep that night I was in so much pain. But it healed up like nothing happened, so live and learn. Just sucks that it happened.

Now this one happened just yesterday. I was sooo pissed, not because it hurt (and still hurts), but because it happened. So I'm sitting on the couch, falling asleep, and decide to head off to bed. Unfortunatly, the tv tray in front of me wasn't very stable and the legs were starting to fold. That wouldn't have been so bad if it weren't for what was on the table. So a corningwear container half full of franks and beans lands on the top of my foot and shatters... ON MY FOOT! Glass was everywhere, among with franks and beans. It was very upsetting. Now my foot is sore and swolen, but not nearly as much as my pride. Uhg, it's actually a very funny story, but yeah, it happened to me.

So that's my most embarasing yet still remarkably funny moments. Hopefully that's the worst of my adult life. We'll just have to wait and see!

Current mood: embarased

2005-01-19 - 6:52 a.m. - back in da state of orange

Back in Tennessee now. Same old, same old in TN. Had an amazing time in Virginia, and I can't wait to go back for Katsucon. But for now... school and costuming. Both things that are making me very happy this year. As time goes by, hopefully I'll get to more and more things that make me happy, and so shall be the year of 2005! More later, after I catch up on sleep.

Current mood: exhausted

2005-01-13 - 4:07 a.m. - school times, costume times, good times

Well I'm completely oriented and ready for my internet class. I can get started as soon as they'll allow me to log in on the 18th, and I should be ok, but if for some strange reason (I seriously doubt it) I'm completely lost, I'll go to the orientation for taking web classes. I'm pretty excited about everything going on for me durring this scemester. I've got so much worked out and sheduled, and nothing seems to conflict. It's great! So this really CAN be the year-0-costuming for me. Oh, about that...

My secret costume is no longer a secret now... For a while now I've been teezing various people with the fact that one of my planned costumes for Katsucon this Feb. is a "Secret". However, the more I thought about it, the more I realized the secret idea wouldn't really have the effect I was hoping for. Since pretty much NO ONE will know who I am! No worries though, I already knew that. I'm just excited over making it. It'll be the most detail I've ever put into a costume so far hopefully.

So what is it? Look up ^ at the banner. She's been there the whole time, staring at you in the face. Yeah, I know, she's pretty, but who the heck is she? Well no one really, not a character. Masamune Shirow, who created Ghost in the Shell and Appleseed, does a "pinup" callendar every year, and she was the cover image of his 2002 callendar. She's titled "Heroic Girl". Ever since I saw her, I knew I wanted to make it... someday. And she just stays in your mind and ya can't forget it. Definatly a project for me :) I'm very excited.

Three major exciting projects for Katsucon (Heroic Girl, Eriya from Escaflowne, Joleen from Hellsing), two of last year's costumes revamped (Human form Luna from Sailor Moon, Empress Gyokumen from Saiyuki), and a TON of costumes to do for the TON of MAJOR conventions I'll be going to this year. Gawd... it's a good time to be a costumer!

Current mood: poetic (don't ask)

2005-01-09 - 2:22 a.m. - 2005... 200alive!

Man, I need to stop listening to sappy music! Gets me in a weird daze. Anywho... last time I talked to mummy in K-town, she was feeling much better. It was apparently mostly shock of the hit. She'll live, and I'll come home and align her spine, and all will be right in the world. Having a good time with my daddy. His extensive dvd collection is... impressive and time consuming. And just plain crazy! But hey, he can never say he doesn't have anything to watch.

So right now I'm trying to get my hands on the greatest satire show EVER!!! The Venture Brothers. Now don't judge me, but I'm in love with Dean. Why is it always the innocently stupidly cute ones that get to me? I don't have that preference when I'm not watching cartoons! *sigh* On another Team Venture note, if you are a fan of ANYTHING geeky, watch this show! You'll die of laughter. I did!

Oh, and cosplay... freakin freaky freak it's a good time to be a cosplayer! Have I said that already? No doubt I've said it enough times durring the past few days. This is proving to be an amazing year with only 8 days past now. This will be my first true year of costuming triumph, I sware it! If there was a costume god, I would kill it and wear it's head like a hat, and scream "I'm the new costume god! Worship me!" Yeah, I'm crazy, but you knew that already. You wouldn't be reading this if you didn't, cuse I know you wouldn't have me any other way!

Current mood: glorifying the glory that is gloriously glorious

2005-01-03 - 10:18 p.m. - ouchies

There are good days and bad days sometimes. Actually, today started pretty well and good, got to my Dad's and chilled with him. But then I called my mom to let her know my trip plans, and she told me how she hurt herelf today. Apparently she landed on her knees really hard. She said her knees aren't too bad, but that somehow her back is now messed up cuse the rest of her body just aches horribly. I'm going to call her tomorrow and see how she's feeling. I can't stand it when she's feeling bad. I can't stand it when anyone is feeling bad. Uhg! Oh well, such is life. Not like I can't change my plans again and adapt to it. And I also know in the end she'll be ok, so it's all good.

On a lighter note, I LOVE my new computer. It goes anywhere and can do anything! Like just last night I updated my CosplayLab Profile with just about every completed costume that's listed on my own costuming website. I needed to, because I get more emails about my costuming from that listing then anywhere else. So it feels like a pretty good "resume" now of my experience in costuming. Man, it's a good time to be a costumer! And on the internet!

Edit at Midnight: I've just finished updating my costume and royal guard sites, and made sure to post the new update dates to SeveredWings.com. Hehe, I love typing that, Severed Wings... dot com! Weee!

Current mood: worried

2005-01-02 - 9:35 a.m. - happy new new year

Well, it's the New Year, and I've brought it in with a BANG! Had an amazing party, not too spectacular, but lots and lots of laughs and fun. Just the way I like it. Watched "The Road to El Dorado" and enjoyed the inuendoness. Sweeeeet! It's been a good visit.

To celebrate the new year, I'm enforcing apon myself a list of "comandments", basically just rules that I would really really like to follow for myself. Make my life a little more healthy and organized. Maybe it's mostly wishful thinking, but I really do need to be taking better care of myself. I guess everyone always says that, but I mean it this time. :) Good days are a comming. I got a full FULL schedule this year. I mean really full! More later, cuse I'm mad busy.

Current mood: new yearsy