i'll paint the stars

So yesterday was our delayed Memorial Day barbecue. It was delicious (I love burned hot dogs, yum~) and nerdy, given that we spent the evening creating characters for the Star Wars RPG we plan to play when Nathan's not around but Robert is. I now have a kind of ditzy Rebel pilot who hates Ewoks (WHO DOESN'T?) and whose trademark quote is, "I can totally do this - once I learn how!" Her goal is also to "Be awesome :D". This is gonna be great. XD Also her callsign is Sledgehammer. Yesssss~

Also, not only were we nerdy enough to divide up Amanda's chocolate pie based on the size angle of the piece we wanted, but Scott wanted blue milk with his pie. AND SO HE WAS GIVEN SOME.

... Okay, I've made it past midnight tonight, yay! (No, seriously - I figured if I went to bed at midnight for a third night in a row the world might implode or something. I have saved the world!) But I also have to remember that I need to take Nathan to the airport in the morning. Don't forget, self!

Actually, both Nathan and Scott are out of town by tomorrow afternoon. There is nothing going on this weekend, and I am so looking forward to two whole days to myself. I love my friends, but I haven't had an entire free weekend in longer than I can remember!

Upcoming this weekend: that icon meme I've been meaning to do. And I also really really really need to finish that Pacific kink!fic I've had sitting on my desktop since I got back from Boston. >>

TIRED. Tired Tired Tired. =_=

Therefore, have a random list of things before I get back to work:

- Rifftrax Live tonight! This should be made of major win. XD
- Hopefully I can get to JoAnn's beforehand, because I need hair for Mohinder. He is rather cute, even without hair. Also, now I know how to make plushie hoodies. There may perhaps be a Percy plushie in my future...
- Speaking of Percy, there's going to be a game! I'm sure it'll probably just mirror the movie. I'm also sure I'll have to buy it.
- Except I have no money. D: Because, as valeriebean reminded me, I want to go to Canada! So I better start saving.
- And, er. Buy Celebration V tickets. And look at what I need to buy for Bariss. And get new Padme boots. And...
- Return to Neverland was on last night. I love that movie~ :D
- Amat!Artemis Fowl is made of win. I like him a lot better than the one in the books. XD
- Also, Amat!Sarah Jane is similarly made of win. Ratchet likes her and I'm just going to sit in a corner and laugh at him. :D

Maybe I should make an rp tag... XD;


Okay, back to work. Gotta get everything organized for tomorrow. I don't want to look dumb! D: NTS: look up your Spitzer flux limits! Someone might ask. D:

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EDIT: Okay, Amazon, I get it. The release of the special edition of The Lightning Thief just keeps getting pushed back. Are you sure you're ever going to release it? D:

Mmm, it is a lovely 54 degrees outside today, yess~ (Well, the computer claims 54. My thermometer claimed 59, but either way, it was less than sixty when I left this morning.) I hope this continues! Pleeeease~ (Of course, it's supposed to be back in the 70s/80s by the weekend... I hope the forecast lies. D:)

I totally feel like it's Monday all over again. o.o; Probably because yesterday was the weekend I'm not going to get this weekend. XD; I totally meant to get up and do stuff, but alas, I got up just before Diana called at 3pm. (For the record, my dream appeared to include both Chad Dylan Cooper - WTF XD - and Ny Vollen. And Hannah Montana. Clearly I need help.) I did get some laundry done, though? And I went running! Buuut that's really about it for productive things yesterday; I don't know where it all went. D: I did go to bed before 2, as well, and I even managed to get up at 9 this morning! (Well, 9:10, but that's close enough!) Sashi actually seemed miffed and wanted me to stay in bed and stop getting up to turn off the alarm. XD;

Anyway... I should get back to finishing my cluster stuff so I can make sure I have enough labs printed and email people about getting stands for the lab on Saturday. I should also go take a tour of campus later to make sure I know where we're going for this scavenger hunt. XD;; Also, must talk to Vicki this afternoon - I found a postdoc that I might actually be good at, but the application is due in... nine days! Eep. o.o (Also must remember to register for AAS and get plane tickets to D.C.! And get a hotel at Disney. AND FIND A CATSITTER OMG. D:)

EDIT: Also! JAYNE HATS FOR TURKEYS! You know you want one!

So for the record, I am alive. :D Dragon*Con was fantastic; I got to see almost everything I wanted and I got to hang out with my awesome, awesome friends and sister (who all live TOO FAR AWAY BOO). I acquired many things, including the awesomest sweatshirt ever (well, maybe second-awesomest, that Boba Fett one is pretty awesome) and a Force FX lightsaber (temporarily).

Also, I painted myself orange. Pictures forthcoming. XD Right now I have to try and remember this paper I read who knows how many weeks ago so I can talk about it in two and a half hours.

Somewhat unrelated, I got paint on my awesome capris last week while painting Ahsoka (I know, I know - it was the one time I didn't change into crappy clothes to paint). I managed to get the paint out, but in the nature of stain removers and my clothes, I now have a lighter spot on my pants instead of a spot of paint. This is not helpful, and it's not in a place where I can put a cute patch to hide it. I don't think Old Navy carries them in that size anymore (stupid end of summer not making shorts anymore). :x I wonder if I can fit into one size down, or if I should get the next size up... Man, I really liked those pants!

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NTS: FRIDAY 8:30PM = NEW ALIEN FORCE OMG YAY

Apparently, I am leaving the country in four days. I am so not prepared for this. XD

Okay, well, I kind of am. But there's still a lot to do. I'm waiting on my advisor to tell me if my poster is okay to print, and I don't really have a whole lot of work that needs to get done in the meantime (i.e., work with a major deadline) so I'm just trying to do what I can and finish preparing for my trip. And then I'm going to be working on costumes FOR THE REST OF FOREVER OMG. I've realized I have approximately two weeks (at best) at home before Dragon*Con, in which I need to finish Ahsoka and ejfuafiufhaiurwejdeOMG. I can do this, but it'll take some doing~ A lot of her stuff is done, but a lot isn't. Thankfully Jennie says I can use her sewing machine in Boston, so that helps alleviate a bit of stress. Plans are to finish Ahsoka while at home, and to put the Star Trek uniform, Anakin, and Obi-Wan together in Boston (along with possibly Ahsoka's bootcovers). Gwen is done for reals (pictures eventually) and Lewis is coming along and needs to be mostly bought anyway, so I'm going to be doing some internet surfing while in Brazil. I plan to stop in at Center Stage this week anyway to check on the Ahsoka makeup, so hopefully I can pick up some glasses and a safari hat for Lewis while I'm at it. Valerie's Franny is coming along amazingly, for the record~

So, this weekend! AFO was... well, we didn't really go to AFO. XD Friday afternoon I drove down to Carmax in Orlando and sold my Camry (yay!); then Diana picked me up and we got dinner and talked and watched some Venture Bros (finished season 2). Then around maybe 12 or 1 we got ready for bed, but we made the mistake of turning on the TV because AFO always shows anime and we wanted to see what was on. It turned out to be episode 2 or 3 of Macross Frontier, which Katie loves and wants us to watch but we'd never gotten around to it. We weren't incredibly impressed at first, but then suddenly it was 6am and episode 14 was over and we were falling asleep sitting up but OMG it was so good! So. XD We will be finishing that, eventually. (And there will be Ranka cosplay. Because she is SO CUTE and I want her backpack OMG. XD)

For the record: best moment ever was when we were watching Macross Frontier, and Ranka does something and Diana goes, "Woo, go her! She's such a Rachel! And Sheryl is such an Annabeth." Ahahaha. I have taught her well~ XDD

Then, since we didn't go to bed until almost sunrise, we didn't get up until 4-5 and so we got dressed and got lunch/dinner/etc.; then we came back and watched all of Children of Earth in one go (why yes, that was some rather amazing television o.o) and then it was bedtime again. XD Then Sunday we got up at 10 to check out at 11, went to McDonald's for lunch, and ended up sitting there talking until almost 5:30 when it was time to leave for the concert. ::dies:: XD Which was, of course, amazing~ I still think Demi Lovato is probably the most talented singer Disney has right now, and she put on an awesome show and she was so absolutely sincere and modest and awesome~ David Archuleta is almost better live than on his albums, but I think that's because I liked the rock feel of the music as played by a live band as opposed to the more synthesized pop sound on the album? Anyway, he's pretty amazing as well, and I think Jordan Pruitt went before either of them and even though we didn't know who she was or anything by her, she too has a very amazing voice. So all in all, like I said, it was a very amazing concert~

And so now here I am, sitting at work and if Vicki doesn't get back to me I may head out early so I can get all the errands I need to run done. I have to, in no particular order:

- Deposit bank draft from car sale
- Call credit card company about using my card in Brazil
- Go to JoAnn's, the grocery store (I have no food, not even for four days), Michael's, and Center Stage
- Mail off Bumblebee to Blanche because I didn't have time on Friday

AND FINALLY LAST BUT NOT LEAST: HAPPY BIRTHDAY cecilegrey! :D May you receive many Dracos on your birthday. ;D

Oh, oh! And I keep forgetting, but thank you so much for the letter, februaryfour. That stationary was SO CUTE! <3

I've (finally) started watching From the Earth to the Moon; Scott lent it to me ages ago, but it's sat on my table for quite some time. I actually started it on Saturday, but then I realized episode 2 was about Apollo 1 and it took me a couple days to work myself up to watching people die horribly in a fire. D: But now I am past that! It was sad, though. I mean, I really liked the way the episode dealt with it - from the contractor's point of view, which was really unique and interesting. It also just solidified my love for Frank Borman, but I already thought he was pretty damn cool before all of this. XD (Also? I don't think I knew that SOMEBODY LEFT A WRENCH LODGED IN THE SPACECRAFT SIDE. OOPS, GUYS. DON'T DO THAT. D:) Anyway, Scott says their take on Apollo 13 is really interesting too, so I'm looking forward to waching more of this as the week progresses. Probably not tomorrow, though; provided he's up for it, Jesse and I are going to see Up because I am horribly lame and haven't seen it yet.

But I did head home today right around 5, which is earlier than it's been the past few workdays, so I got to go running and eat dinner at a semi-reasonable hour while I watched TV (as mentioned above). It was rather nice. Note to self, though - Venture Bros appears to be on daily at 1AM on CN. WATCH IT. Because you can never, ever have too much Venture Bros. Next time I have forty bucks free I am so buying those DVDs.

I also put most of Gwen's under-dress together, so at least I was kind of productive? And I did lots of research for the next bit of PJO fic, so it will actually be accurate and whatnot. It may or may not involve zombies. Not zombie zombies, of course. But, well. When you've got the son of Hades, you need to make him use his awesome death powers. I'm sorry, that's just how it goes. XD Percy got to show off last, now it's so Nico's turn~ >D Regardless, I love Google Maps. :D

And speaking of writing, I have two more meme drabbles almost done. Maybe I'll finish them in a bit!

... Okay, you know, Transformers 2 might have been a terrible movie, but it sure does have a good soundtrack and score.

There are not enough hours in the day. D:

( Much rambling on the writing of fics that I shall cut for flist sanity purposes~ )

akdjlafd, where did the day go? No wonder I'm tired. D: I had issues falling asleep last night (probably prompted by getting up late yesterday.) I really had better try to get to bed soon, though.

Other things I need to do include actually starting my slew of Dragon*Con costumes (Ahsoka! NTS: Try out Model Magic for the outer part of the headtails? And look into makeup!). I also need to finish cleaning my house (it's half-clean? :D;) and finish getting ready for the teacher workshop on Monday that I'm kind of running-ish. (Well, Vicki and Anthony are usually in charge but they're both out of town, and while it really doesn't require much organization, I think I'm it.) At least I've got most of the stuff for it done today, though. I plopped myself down in the student center with a venti iced green tea and my laptop for about two hours and got the links list and talk done.

I also need to get my Brazil ticket so I can apply for my travel visa. I think I'm going to have to take an overnight flight, whee. -_-; I hope the AAS is okay with me flying out of Orlando rather than Gainesville, though I suppose I should probably look into the latter even if I hate taking small planes. :x I don't think I'm really going to stay more than a day or two at most after the conference, though; I think I'd be paying out of pocket for that, and I honestly don't really know of a whole lot I want to do in Rio. If anyone knows of anything I should do while I'm there, though...?

Aaand maybe if I hadn't been writing this, I could've gotten more fic written. Alas. I think it's almost bedtime.

First, a meme! Because I commented on noctaval's:

The first TEN people to comment in this post get to request a drabble of any pairing/character of their choosing from me. In return, they have to post this in their journal, regardless of their ability level. If you absolutely can't write, I don't see why you wouldn't be able to offer drawings or icons or something instead. (Nobody wants to do that last bit, so just ignore it. Nothing in return required! :D)

1. auroraprimavera - Merlin/Arthur
2. noctaval - Obi/Ani, unresolved sexual tension
3. link621 - Pillar Pair/Ryoma fail
4. cecilegrey - Merlin/Will, fire
5. alibi2014 - Pecy/Annabeth
6. kashewmoo - Momo/Ryoma, popsicles on a warm day
7. hikariblue - A malicious (or just tricksy) alien entity tampers with all the pie on Archer's Enterprise. Hilarity ensues~
8. pergamond - Atobe/Eiji, a romantic date sorting through Atobe's wardrobe
9. torasetsuna - Mal/Wash, the Cowboy Bebop episode Toys in the Attic
10. asphodel - Vanyel/Stefen/Lendel

Spent most of this weekend sleeping and attempting to work on Nina. I ran out of white thread (oops D:) around 9pm tonight, and I didn't feel like running out to WalMart that late since I hadn't even eaten dinner yet, so I will try to do that tomorrow before Heroes. But I got various parts of the costume done, so while I'm not quite where I wanted to be by the end of the weekend, I'm getting there. I realized I can use little!Subaru's pants for Videl, and I swear the rest of that I really can just buy, so I'm less stressed about getting that done which gives me more time to concentrate on Nina. I think I can do this.

It really didn't help that I slept in until 2:30 today when I actually meant to get up at 10. Clearly I, uh. Needed the sleep? (I'm never really convinced of this, though. I seem to be able to sleep FOREVER without really needing sleep. XD) I did get a little bit of writing done this weekend; maybe another 1,000 words or so on my second!epic!Percy/Nico fic, which is less than I'd hoped but at least it's something? I also got about three paragraphs into that alternateuniverse!Ben 10 fic, which I am trying to convince myself does not have to be EPICLY LONG or anything like my first one. XD I think this one really will work out short and sweet. Here's hoping~

To do this week: CLEAN OMG, continue working on Nina, get some writing done, pack and set VCR for the stuff I'm missing this weekend (since I'm missing The Secret Saturdays and the premiere of Jonas shut up you all should be glad I didn't buy those Demi Lovato concert tickets like I was thinking about while I'm gone this weekend). And I also have to book the hotel for Disney for when my grandmother's here, and also see about getting a reservation for tea while I'm at it. Plus, haircut on Tuesday! I really need one. D: (Incidentally, this is the second time I've called about a haircut and found out the person I was going to didn't work there anymore. XD)

That's really about it. Why is it Sunday night already? D: Time to go read some Watchmen and force myself to bed in half an hour~

So I am about to collapse into bed, but I figured I would post up my progress pix because I am a dork like that. And to prove that there's a reason I haven't checked my flist since 4:30pm.

( A bit of sewing rambling and pix below! )

I think the blister on my finger is bigger. D:

Okay, real entry later, including those topics (for reals, I swear!). Bedtime now, I'm exhausted! (Oh, but before I go, apparently tomorrow is free pancake day at IHOP! Just so you all know~)

Also, SELF - RP APP. DO NOT FORGET LIKE I KNOW YOU WILL. D: I think I only have the reserve 'till Wednesday. And there is that writing contest I need to enter by Friday.

So today is a day of Multidrizzling. Which really means I can't do much else, because drizzling takes up most of Trip's already-augmented RAM. So I think CIAO will be tomorrow; I really want to get these point source maps made, since they don't seem to be too hard. Maybe I should refresh my memory on how to combine observations...

But! Totally cool, I got asked if it would be all right to host my Merlin fic on this neat Ebook Fan Fiction Archive! :D I had no idea such a thing existed, that's so cool! I do still kind of want an ebook reader, though I suppose if I'm going to even think about getting a nano/mini for running, it may have to wait. NTS: Open up that ING account because money is a good thing!

I really wanted to get some writing done yesterday, but as I got too caught up in sewing, it never got done. I have this PJO fic/sequel to the last EPIC FIC floating around in my head, only it's from Nico's point of view and he is so much harder to write than Percy. He's a lot more jaded; things are more black-and-white for him, and he feels left out a lot, whether it's because he distances himself or because other people do it. Poor Percy's got his work cut out for him.

Plus, there are more writing contests I want to enter, only I think I may have forgotten how to write an original short story. XD; That's the problem with fanfic - you don't have to introduce the characters, so I forget how to do it in a real story. I will have to go read some short stories to remind myself how to do this. XD

New Heroes tonight! Have an appropriate icon. :D;