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May. 6th, 2009 12:19 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ad_exiaOkay, so I am back! :D Well, I've been back since Sunday night, but busy hanging out with Jen (:D) so I haven't really had much time to myself yet. XD I'm not caught up on LJ or RP at all, but I'll try to do that tonight. Yesterday after I dropped Jen off at the airport I rushed back home and mailed off her phone (I made it into the post office just before it closed at 7) and then started some laundry and had some dinner before putting most of the stuff I'd brought with from IL away and setting up my coffee table. :D It'll be a bit weird not having that floor space in front of my couch anymore, but I can always move it easily if someone wants to sit there. Heroes is over for the season, anyway, so no more tons of people sprawling on my floor for a while. XD
Then Elizabeth called and ahaha, I hadn't checked my email but people were going to see Wolverine, so I hopped in the car and went to do that. It was actually pretty good; they didn't screw over canon too badly in any way that really bothered me, and the story was good as well! (Maybe more on it later, but that's all I have brainpower to say for now. XD) Then this morning I reserved a Disney hotel (but no tea, it's totally booked up this weekend like I thought it might be; ah well, we can do Downtown Disney instead) and I picked up my contacts at the UPS depot before heading in to work (it's break week so I could park on campus!).
I think it might actually be impossible for me to finish Nina for AB after all. I really will not have any time to work on her this week (my grandma arrives Friday and we're out of town until Sunday night), and while I could sew my butt off next week, my grandmother's here and I'd rather spend time with her. And then a handful of days after she leaves I leave for this big crazy trip, and I think my time would be better spent organizing myself for that than sweatshopping Nina. I'd really rather have the extra time over the next few weeks to get things ready and get some other things done (like cleaning and writing) than be working on a costume every waking second that I'm not doing something else. I just got too busy with Drew and other stuff and didn't decide on Nina early enough; I'm definitely going to finish her, probably for Metrocon (if I even go) or AFO (definitely going to that!) because I've bought most of the materials and even gotten some slightly decent amount of work done. But yeah, I'd really rather take my time and enjoy making the costume awesome than kill myself to finish it when I have a million other things to do for this trip.
So I'm a bit sad it won't be done for AB, but that means I will definitely have time to throw Videl together (and maybe even make bootcovers and not ghetto it like I was planning) and I think I'll re-wear Drew, since I put so much work into that. I had a thought that maybe I could make Nina's school uniform instead, but we'll see how I feel after my grandma leaves. I literally have four days between then and leaving for Boston, so while the uniform would be easy, again, I think my time would be better spent organizing myself for the trip and relaxing (haha, because I'm not sure this trip will actually be all that relaxing! XD We're on the go!).
And when I get back I also have to hardcore start working on Ahsoka. She's going to take the longest of my D*C costumes, what with her headtails and armor pieces. Guh. Silly little Padawan.
AND I have The Last Olympian (I totally bought it yesterday at the Borders in the airport XD) but if I get to actually crack the thing open before I get back from Boston/Europe/etc., I'd be a bit surprised. D: But that's okay. The longer I put it off, the longer the series lasts! Right? :D;
Anyway, road trip pictures, etc. later (or you can just read Jen's account, it'll probably be way more interesting than mine!) and I'm going to try to get something useful that's work-related done today. Maybe. (At least I've got plenty done already, even if it's not work-related? I think astronomy might just not actually happen again until June.)
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EDIT: Also, while I was picking up my package, the guy at UPS had the radio on and the announcer was like, "Hey, Star Trek opens this week! 10% of fans who are going to see it are going to dress up in costume! Watch out for Vulcans, everyone!" I was kind of amused. XDD Though I admit I'm totally wearing a Trek shirt. tomorrow. ;D
Then Elizabeth called and ahaha, I hadn't checked my email but people were going to see Wolverine, so I hopped in the car and went to do that. It was actually pretty good; they didn't screw over canon too badly in any way that really bothered me, and the story was good as well! (Maybe more on it later, but that's all I have brainpower to say for now. XD) Then this morning I reserved a Disney hotel (but no tea, it's totally booked up this weekend like I thought it might be; ah well, we can do Downtown Disney instead) and I picked up my contacts at the UPS depot before heading in to work (it's break week so I could park on campus!).
I think it might actually be impossible for me to finish Nina for AB after all. I really will not have any time to work on her this week (my grandma arrives Friday and we're out of town until Sunday night), and while I could sew my butt off next week, my grandmother's here and I'd rather spend time with her. And then a handful of days after she leaves I leave for this big crazy trip, and I think my time would be better spent organizing myself for that than sweatshopping Nina. I'd really rather have the extra time over the next few weeks to get things ready and get some other things done (like cleaning and writing) than be working on a costume every waking second that I'm not doing something else. I just got too busy with Drew and other stuff and didn't decide on Nina early enough; I'm definitely going to finish her, probably for Metrocon (if I even go) or AFO (definitely going to that!) because I've bought most of the materials and even gotten some slightly decent amount of work done. But yeah, I'd really rather take my time and enjoy making the costume awesome than kill myself to finish it when I have a million other things to do for this trip.
So I'm a bit sad it won't be done for AB, but that means I will definitely have time to throw Videl together (and maybe even make bootcovers and not ghetto it like I was planning) and I think I'll re-wear Drew, since I put so much work into that. I had a thought that maybe I could make Nina's school uniform instead, but we'll see how I feel after my grandma leaves. I literally have four days between then and leaving for Boston, so while the uniform would be easy, again, I think my time would be better spent organizing myself for the trip and relaxing (haha, because I'm not sure this trip will actually be all that relaxing! XD We're on the go!).
And when I get back I also have to hardcore start working on Ahsoka. She's going to take the longest of my D*C costumes, what with her headtails and armor pieces. Guh. Silly little Padawan.
AND I have The Last Olympian (I totally bought it yesterday at the Borders in the airport XD) but if I get to actually crack the thing open before I get back from Boston/Europe/etc., I'd be a bit surprised. D: But that's okay. The longer I put it off, the longer the series lasts! Right? :D;
Anyway, road trip pictures, etc. later (or you can just read Jen's account, it'll probably be way more interesting than mine!) and I'm going to try to get something useful that's work-related done today. Maybe. (At least I've got plenty done already, even if it's not work-related? I think astronomy might just not actually happen again until June.)
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EDIT: Also, while I was picking up my package, the guy at UPS had the radio on and the announcer was like, "Hey, Star Trek opens this week! 10% of fans who are going to see it are going to dress up in costume! Watch out for Vulcans, everyone!" I was kind of amused. XDD Though I admit I'm totally wearing a Trek shirt. tomorrow. ;D
