Yesterday, I was reminded that I have been friends with Jolie for 10 years.

Thank you for always being the one to give me a comforting ear, and a kick in the ass when I needed it.
You have always been one of the most amazing women in the world, and I am so proud of you.

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In other news, guess who's being taken to go see the motherfucking DROPKICK MURPHYS?

WHEEE! They're coming to McCoy Stadium on July 12th along with the Mighty Mighty Bosstones!
Mom and I are going to go.
DANCE OF JOY TIME NOW! ♥

It's amazing how much better I feel after driving home, singing along with Amanda Palmer at the top of my lungs.

Who needs therapy? I have a chick on piano and a guy on drums to help keep me sane.

What kind of freakin' company decides that putting padding in a DDD bra cup is a good idea? THEY'RE BIG ENOUGH AS IT IS. I do not need any more padding.

What I need is small people to walk in front of me, carrying them on silver platters.

Here is my chest - the rest is coming!

It really sucks, because it was such a pretty bra. I never get to buy pretty bras. Everything in my size is usually tan and old-ladyish. I may be turning 30 next year, but that's no need to sell me geriatric bras!

I will go now, and console myself with the two bras I have left that were in pretty colors. WHY DID YOU STOP MAKING THESE! They were perfect. *grumble*

Ever have the feeling that if you said what you really felt, then people would just talk about you behind your back, even more than they already do?

Yeah. It's kind of like that.

I'm feeling a little bit better today. Still have a slight fever and and still not up to par, so no work for me today.

Just about the only thing I had energy for was to update dreaming of faith with some new doujin and an art book, and take some pictures of what's blooming right outside my door.

( April showers bring...April flowers? )
Moose and Squirrel were quite amused at the antics of their human. I guess they're not used to seeing me outside, on my belly, with a silver box in my hands.

So, our favorite mansion in Newport, The Elms, has started offering a behind the scenes, and rooftop tour. Since Mom and I are UTTER dorks, we decided this would be a good excuse to waste an afternoon in Newport.

( Here there be LOTS of pictures )

We capped the day off with a trip to one of my favorite japanese restaurants, where I stuffed myself stupid on sushi and tempura, and then splurged on mochi.
Very, very nice day.

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OH! I guess Mr. SA Hound cleared customs yesterday, I'm hoping that means that he'll be coming my way today! Someone will be here to sign for him if he doesn't come today, but since I'm on my day off, it would be nice to dork out with him today.

Okay, I'm sure that Parcelforce is a great company for shipping stuff out of the UK. I'm sure they're reputable and all that stuff. Thing is, they're slower than molasses.

I'm used to having stuff shipped to me through express mail from Korea and Japan and having it within a week. Five business days. I can track the damn thing and see it on the plane and everything.

This time, the package is just sitting there. It still hasn't LEFT the UK, and it was presented to be mailed last Friday.

I'm not complaining about the person I bought the doll from, or anything like that. I'm just saying that Parcelforce is slow as hell, and this is making me cranky.

I bought another doll. Why yes, Mr. SA Hound, you are pretty and gorgeous.
Just one more dollshe to add to the army.

You know, at some point, I'm going to get the idiots yammering at me for hoarding all of the dollshes.

Now it's time to wait for him to come to me from the UK. I really don't wait very well.

I know it's my fault, and I know I ask for this kind of treatment, but every time my Uncle starts in on it with me, I start crying my eyes out.

Today it was all about how I need to grow up, after I moved out of his way so he could get out of my grandmother's long, narrow driveway.

I know that no matter what I did, it would have been the wrong thing to do, but it still hurts that he's so fucking mean.

I was planning on being in a good mood after my first day in the new position, but now things are not so rosy.

I had an MRI and an EMG test today. The EMG test didn't show any signs of permanent nerve damage, so I'm happy about that. Now that we've ruled out carpal tunnel, we need to figure out why in the hell I have pain, weakness, numbness and tingling in my hands and wrists.

I had to take out all of my earrings for the MRI. I felt really naked without them. That's 8 loops of silver that I'm used to chiming together as I move. So happy to have that over with and have my earrings back in.

Next weekend I have an EEG test. I guess that's the one where they test to see about seizures. FUN.

I'm getting thoroughly sick of doctors offices.

In happier news, my prescription sunglasses should be in by Friday. Let's hear it for purple molded plastic and rhinestones! I got a stack of books in from swaps I'm doing through paperback-swap & I finally managed to get my hands on a copy of BLEACH season 1.

Amused myself by watching the Wallflower discs 1 & 2 on DVD. The art style stayed very true to the manga. I was iffy about buying it, because 90% of the time, I like the manga more than the animated series, but it stayed just as charming and crack-like as the manga.

I'm just kind of 'meh' about most things right now. It's hard to work up enthusiasam for anything.

I got the job. I start on April 7th. WHOOOO!

I would be more excited, but I'm still fighting with the con plague, and today is going to be spent wasted in the Virtual Waiting room, trying to get Red Sox tickets for my sister and her boyfriend.

But I has new position at work. *dances*

So, the good news is that the in-person interview went well. The guy interviewing me is the person that would be my new manager, and he seems pretty nice. He kept telling me that he couldn't give me a definitive answer until Friday, but that it looked really good and that I would be a really good fit for the team.
It's more phone work, but there's more of a chance of moving ahead in this position, and I will be under the eye of some of the big-wig corporate people, so if my name gets out there for being a good doobie and doing my job well, who knows what could happen.

The bad news? I had to go to the eye doctor today to get my eyes dilated to see if there was anything going on with the nerves in there that could be causing my migraines. All's well on that front, but I did need another prescription for lenses, and then they talked me into sunglasses.
*dies* I think that all of my spare cash for the next few months is going to be going towards my glasses.

I hate having my eyes dilated. I look really weird for hours, and they mess up my eyes so I can't read. Hell, I can barely see the computer screen. Let's hope this entry makes some sense.
( dilated pupils FTW )

See, weird eyes!

Oh! Happy birfday to link_worshiper

I'm so sorry I didn't get to see you at AB this year, maybe we'll get together the next time you come up my way!

Took n1k1ta to the airport today. Kind of, sort of, very cranky about this fact. I'm hoping that the offer we got to take the 18+ yaoi panel on the road to other cons pans out so that we have an excuse to see each other again before May 09.

I guess we locked Moose in the bathroom before we left to take 'Kita to the airport. I came home to hear this piteous meowing coming from the bathroom, and Squirrel lying in front of the bathroom door going 'durrr'.

Looking into Squirrel's eyes are like looking into the void of oblivion. There's nothing there but cuteness and fur. The poor thing is completly lacking in a brain. This is why Moose is the main cat, and Squirrel is the auxiliary, back-up cat.

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I have a phone interview for a new position today at 4PM. Slightly nervous about that, as my voice is shot from catching the con plague. I'm going to murder the fanboy/girl that gave this to me.
Here's hoping they won't hold that against me.
So, while trying to kill time and not fret, I updated dreaming of faith. I managed to get my hands on a pretty rare doujin before the con, and some gorgeous artbooks at the con.

UPDATE Phone interview went well. I have to go in for an in-person interveiew tomorrow at 11AM. *dies*

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At least when I got home from the airport I had this waiting for me, my first flower of Spring.




My photography may be shit, but I enjoy doing it. I just need to remember that not everyone likes amateurs.

So, this morning people in my house were greeted with coffee, sticky buns, bacon, eggs and hash browns. Oh, and mimosa's. Can't forget those. My job was to do all of the cooking and the baking, my sister's job was to provide the alcohol.

Now, I'm just trying to digest before we move on to make dinner. I think tomorrow all we're going to do is lie around and pick at leftovers.

( Sticky Buns recipe )

Then, because we were utter and total dorks we got my dolls out.
So yes, ( and then, there were dolls )

While the panels at Anime Boston went really well, I think next year we're going to try to spread them out over two days. Three panels in one day is just a bit much. The 18+ panel was pretty awesome though, aside from n1k1ta falling and spraining her ankle while I was running about trying to find us a white board to put our naked man poster on.
Everyone seemed to have a good time, but we had a smaller turn out than usual, and kept loosing people. I think it was because of the time. Midnight-2AM is not really the best time for the panel.

Of course we also had a few questioners that I was all tl;dr about. I think next year we're going to add something to the rules about not being an attention whore and standing up and babbling your head off about shit that's only about you and that only you care about.

Dollshe boys were a big hit. One, extremely good looking guy, dressed up as Lupin who had a gorgeous accent was telling me that he has an outfit that's the same as the one that Tristian was wearing (big boots, leather pants, plaid jacket). That was very nice. Also, some random tech-staff member came up and hugged me for being all bitchy and open minded about sex stuff. That was pretty neat.

I was good in the dealers room. I only left there with two books, and one of them was one that Nikita bought me for my birthday. Of course I broke my Renji figure that I got as soon as I got home and tried taking him out of the packaging, but that's pretty much par for the course.

Saturday was spent getting thoroughly lost in Boston (my GPS has PMS) and then meeting up with setsuna and making our way up to Porter square for some yummy food and to blow money in some of the shops up there.

All in all, it was a lot of fun. We've got a lot of great ideas as to how we can improve the panel for next year, and we've got some ideas for the fic-o-doom that we think we're going to write together.

That being said, I'm happy to be home and not stuck in my car dealing with Boston drivers!

A few weeks ago I decided to enter the banner ad contest on Den of Angels. They specified that they didn't want anything that was too doll specific and said that the sky was the limit.

I took a look at the caliber of some of the entries and promptly decided that I could do better.


( So, here were my enteries )

While I'm not that cranky that none of mine got picked, I am cranky that the ones that they picked are on a whole fairly lacking in any level of design talent and are pretty much made of suck and fail and UGLY.

I swear, this is the last time I waste hours of time designing crap for people who don't have a clue about good design.

( In which there is beach, and wind, and gravestones )
So, yes. That was our trip. We had a very good time, but are now ready for a few days rest before Anime Boston.

This. This cake was not a lie.



It looks yucky now, but this is the leftovers from the cake my sister made me for my birthday. It was an angel food cake with vanilla cream and pineapple chunks in between the layers, then topped with fresh blueberries and strawberries.

'Kita's almost here. Must find things to occupy myself while I wait. I'm really not good at waiting...

Okay - Here's the tentative schedule for the panels that 'Kita and I will be hosting or being panelists on at this years Anime Boston.
Just look for the two mouthy girls decked out to the nines!

What is BL? (All-ages) - Friday 3:30-5:00 - Ballroom A
Fanfiction - Friday 7:00-8:00 - 209 Panel
Got Yaoi? (18+) - Friday midnight-2:30am - 311 Panel

Please come up and say hi to us if you come to one of the panels, and PLEASE make sure to say who you are, because I know I'll be completely scattered and won't be able to remember anything but who 'Kita is and the names/artists of the series that I'm trying to talk about.
and I'll probably get confused on that last bit anyways...

I. AM. ON. VACATION.

Two weeks of not having to deal with work bullshit. Time with Kita-Kat, a trip to the Cape, a trip to Anime Boston, madness of running panels, good food and all around dorky fangirling. Oh, yeah, and there's a birthday somewhere in there, too.

Holy fuck I needed this.

Do not bother me with petty concerns. I AM ON VACATION.