Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Monday, April 27, 2009
Saturday, April 25, 2009
Whew! The end is in sight!
A good 10 hours of work today =
The bodice boned...
... and lined and the buttons all sewn on and the buttonholes on the bodice going beautifully in spite of my worries...
And ultimately the bodice finished!
Obviously I'm not going to be wearing it over my tshirt for the presentation >.>
I also got the train bustled up properly but don't have pictures of it yet. Maybe tomorrow. I'm excited to try it all on now.
I did take a few injuries in the line of duty, however. My fingers took one for the team...
And my elbow got stabbed by a very sharp silk pin that didn't like the fact I was using it on polyvelvet as well as the silk lining. 'Heresy!' it cried, and then martyred itself on my arm. Now I'm just getting silly.
Good night!
The bodice boned...
... and lined and the buttons all sewn on and the buttonholes on the bodice going beautifully in spite of my worries...
And ultimately the bodice finished!
Obviously I'm not going to be wearing it over my tshirt for the presentation >.>
I also got the train bustled up properly but don't have pictures of it yet. Maybe tomorrow. I'm excited to try it all on now.
I did take a few injuries in the line of duty, however. My fingers took one for the team...
And my elbow got stabbed by a very sharp silk pin that didn't like the fact I was using it on polyvelvet as well as the silk lining. 'Heresy!' it cried, and then martyred itself on my arm. Now I'm just getting silly.
Good night!
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Monday, April 6, 2009
So I update this thing about as often as I check it...
Congratulations to AnnaMarie on expecting #2!
I've been working hard on my costume with Costume Con coming up quickly next month. Let's hope I get everything done in time!
And a little fun distracting game :) Ready, Go!
I've been working hard on my costume with Costume Con coming up quickly next month. Let's hope I get everything done in time!
And a little fun distracting game :) Ready, Go!
Friday, March 13, 2009
Japanese Dramas
So I was talking to Abbey the other day and she mentioned a show she's watching on TV over there in Japan called "Mei-chan no Shitsuji." With my mad internet skills, in case anyone wants to watch it... Here it is. Subbed in English with direct download and torrent links. The HD version is a .mp4 file that my computer can't handle. Not enough ram or something XD but the SD version is a .avi that plays just fine. It's the sort of show that's so cheesy and absurd that it's amusing. Don't worry Abbey, I'm sure with a bit more poking around I could manage to find the raw files for you without the subtitles.
Monday, March 2, 2009
It's snowing up!
Heheh, ok, not really. But it looks like it. The air drafts next to our new apartment are such that when we get the wind blowing it comes right down the hill next to our building and then gets blown straight up the side of it. So when it's snowing like it is today the flakes go up instead of down. Now if only they'd just stay up. The weather is actually pretty nasty today. OPM declared a two hour delay for Seth at work today, though we found out about that after he'd already gone to the metro and the trains were running late. Ah well. Just means he'll get to leave two hours early. Yay. I'm going to attempt something very scary tonight so it'll be good that he's home at a decent hour.
I'm going to be... cooking. Yes, that's right. Me in the kitchen with ingredients and trying to make something edible. We'll see. That's one of my goals for the new apartment. Our kitchen is a lot bigger and I want to try using it more. We have cupboards and counter space! It's a real kitchen instead of a kitchenette! Also to make such an endeavor possible, the grocery store next to our new place is sheer awesome. They do online orders and deliver right to your door! Deliver fee is $6-9 depending on how much you order (cheaper for a more expensive order, oddly enough). Considering grocery shopping and then hauling them in the building and up the elevator is among my least favorite chores, it's a real blessing. Not to mention this way I can actually buy everything I need instead of having to buy by what I can carry. And by ordering it all online it makes it a lot easier to plan meals and get all the ingredients at the best prices rather than searching the shelves for the one weird ingredient. So that arrived this morning. My only complaint? How on earth were they out of stock on corn starch? Ah well, spaghetti and meatballs it is tonight then instead of sweet and sour chicken.
Kat is such a weird snake. Or maybe he's normal and I just didn't realize how weird snakes really are. He loves to try to crawl up the side of his terrarium and get get right up to where he's pushing against the top before he starts to lose his balance and twists around to try to maintain it. Which just makes him lose it in a different direction and fall over. He'll also curl up around the thermometer/humidity gauge and then get distracted by something else and fall off. It's rather amusing though I do worry he's going to hurt himself one of these days.
I'm going to be... cooking. Yes, that's right. Me in the kitchen with ingredients and trying to make something edible. We'll see. That's one of my goals for the new apartment. Our kitchen is a lot bigger and I want to try using it more. We have cupboards and counter space! It's a real kitchen instead of a kitchenette! Also to make such an endeavor possible, the grocery store next to our new place is sheer awesome. They do online orders and deliver right to your door! Deliver fee is $6-9 depending on how much you order (cheaper for a more expensive order, oddly enough). Considering grocery shopping and then hauling them in the building and up the elevator is among my least favorite chores, it's a real blessing. Not to mention this way I can actually buy everything I need instead of having to buy by what I can carry. And by ordering it all online it makes it a lot easier to plan meals and get all the ingredients at the best prices rather than searching the shelves for the one weird ingredient. So that arrived this morning. My only complaint? How on earth were they out of stock on corn starch? Ah well, spaghetti and meatballs it is tonight then instead of sweet and sour chicken.
Kat is such a weird snake. Or maybe he's normal and I just didn't realize how weird snakes really are. He loves to try to crawl up the side of his terrarium and get get right up to where he's pushing against the top before he starts to lose his balance and twists around to try to maintain it. Which just makes him lose it in a different direction and fall over. He'll also curl up around the thermometer/humidity gauge and then get distracted by something else and fall off. It's rather amusing though I do worry he's going to hurt himself one of these days.
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