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(no subject) [Dec. 6th, 2009|11:49 pm]

hobomama
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my proposition to all of you )
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(no subject) [Dec. 6th, 2009|11:24 pm]

hobomama

Am I the only one getting a bunch of virtual gifts/getting notices about you guys getting virtual gifts? I wanna know if it's just me of if it's happening to anyone else too.

And if this is some kind of thing that's supposed to be happened, well. I don't pay that much attention to LJ announcements. :|;

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Scavenging Parts [Dec. 6th, 2009|09:31 pm]

kajafoglio
[Current Mood | creative]

Because I am a great big scavenger, I picked up a little cabinet the other day. Around here, one way we recycle stuff is to leave it by the side of the road with a "free!" sign on it. (Did you know that a "kaja" is a Scandinavian jackdaw? Yeah. I found that out when I visited Sweden back in '96. Hah. Maybe that's why Great-Grandma didn't like her name...*) But yes, I dragged a busted cabinet home. It was so lonely there on the sidewalk... Phil was rolling his eyes at me until I shocked him by telling him that I actually had a PLAN for it already. (That isn't always the case, sometimes I'm just thinking: "I can use this somehow! Yay!")

Anyway, it needs work, but it is just right for a base to the lovely doll house that Master Payne built for my daughter a couple of years ago Christmas. The girl wants to decorate it to look like the Haunted Mansion, but with touches of pink. (She's got that whole pink and black thing going.) We have really cute little Jack, Sally and Zero dolls that are just the right size, but the whole thing will really benefit from having a cabinet underneath for keeping extra toys and furniture out of reach of the dog. Because, you know, "Woof! Dog eat everything!"

Like I need another project. Still, I even have a tiny plasma globe--it will make a fantastic light fixture. And the Muppet Labs action figures came with some great lab equipment that will fit right in. No, really, the doll house belongs to my daughter. I just help play with it.

*Hm. Edit: I should point out that I actually like the name, especially since I found out what it means. So very appropriate...
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(no subject) [Dec. 5th, 2009|05:28 pm]

hobomama
[Current Mood | stressed]

My parents have been fighting, so I'm hiding down here until I have to go upstairs. Ugh.

Um... in other news, I'm meeting with one of the college advisors on Tuesday before I can finally register. Tommorow I'm planning on going over my classes one more time before we make some final decisions. Then at least all THAT crap will be over, 'til I actually start school.

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/UNCOMFORTABLY ENERGETIC [Dec. 5th, 2009|10:54 am]

hobomama
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I'm not quite done with the friending meme yet, but I just wanted to say hi to my new [info]capeandcowl friends!

So HI.

This journal contains my stupid sense of humor which is pretty much the equivalent of this, video game talk, occasional deep thinking, and... whatever else kinda talk. So here's to me hopefully not being too obnoxious, I hope hsadkjsjkdjks

I like long walks on the beach, dogs, etc.

Also, uh, I can be a little bit shy at times so apologies if I get like that

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my new favorite icon for these things [Dec. 4th, 2009|01:49 pm]

hobomama
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Assassin's Creed 2 spoilers because I promised I'd keep them under a cut )

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Fast post [Dec. 4th, 2009|12:59 pm]

cupcake_goth
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[Current Location |Cubeville]

Thing One: I received confirmation that my contract ends the first week in January, thanks to budget. Which means I'll be job-hunting again. Anyone looking for a tech editor?

Thing Two: Work is busy. Here, have a photo. Look at the cute hat the lovely folks at Gloomth made for me!

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(no subject) [Dec. 4th, 2009|02:43 pm]

zendequervain
I think I just found one of the best quotes of all time.

"My schaden is freuding." From Flewellyn over at this post on Shakesville.
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(no subject) [Dec. 4th, 2009|10:18 am]

zendequervain
So.

Roomate situation? Worked out (tentatively). Huge weight off my chest, I gotta say. Previous fallback roommate who found someone? Yeah, that someone backed out.

So, if things go as planned and I get along well with the others involved, I'll be moving into a 3bed apt with some other people, and the rent will be just over half of what I'm paying now. Talk about awesome, no?

The downside is that the place they're looking at (and have visited) isn't in a great neighborhood. But then again, where I live now isn't a great neighborhood. There are cops down my street somewhere once a week if not more. A bad drug deal went down at the gas station around the corner that ended in some shooting, but no deaths.

So I'm willing to try out this place that's not in a great area. I can dig it. The rent is a big bonus to me. Now I just have to pare down my crap and organize what I keep in a much better fashion.

Firstly, I should probably do laundry. Note to self: go get quarters today, do laundry on Sunday. Then, I should go through all of those clothes and decide what to donate. I have things I haven't worn in years. I have a pair of exceedingly awesome jeans that I want to use for a pattern. I have random skirts I don't care for. I have some things I wore in high school. They should all go. And Psy, I'm sorry about forgetting about those things I was going to send you. I need to find that bag again so I can pack them and send them off, fffffff. I suck.

I also have a scarf to finish knitting by next Friday in time for my work holiday party, because I decided I wanted to make something to give in the give exchange instead of buy a crappy thing. I will try and take a picture of the finished work before I give it away. :>

Aside from all of this, I had an eye appt last night. Funny enough, my medical insurance covers the visits, something I didn't realize. The other plan I have gives me a yearly allotment of moneys with which to get either glasses or contacts. I'm going to spend all $130 of it on contacts at my followup appointment next week. Currently I'm wearing a pair of night and day contacts. They're way more comfortable than the last time I tried contacts. Slept in them, and they feel fine. It does take some adjusting, though, and I am feeling a little more sensitive to the overhead lights. But still. Contacts! New glasses prescription so I can buy glasses from Zenni! Wheeeeee! /flails about!
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(no subject) [Dec. 3rd, 2009|10:49 pm]

hobomama
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guys have you heard about this dude Candle Jack I heard he was a pretty cool guy and he doesn't afrai

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(no subject) [Dec. 3rd, 2009|03:54 pm]

zendequervain
This lady is awesome.
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Feeling better today. [Dec. 3rd, 2009|11:53 am]

cupcake_goth
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Thank you to everyone who responded to my post yesterday. All of those comments were EXACTLY the sort of thing I needed to make me feel better. Look at you people, winning at NanoWrimo, posting shiny things, posting pictures of puppies and kitties and bats! And ... smiling sharks, but that made me giggle, too.

Today is MUCH better, thank goodness. Even if it is freezing cold, and I keep hearing rumors of possible snow in the next week or so. (No. I do not want snow, thanks. The Snowpocalypse last year was QUITE ENOUGH, thanks.) I am wearing a thermal silk shirt under my stripy blouse, and leggings over my tights. (Well, the leggings have leg bones printed on them, so that is part of the reason I'm wearing them. But also for warmth!) And black fingerless gloves that my Mommy knitted for me. (Hi Mom! Post a comment or something!)

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Have I mentioned my weakness for Betsey Johnson accessories? Not her animal-print stuff, that's too over-the-top even for me. But thanks to discount stores such as Ross and T.J. Maxx, I have a collection of her hosiery (pink and black stripe, whee! Pink skulls!). Alas, I suspect that this necklace that I'm coveting (clicky-link to eBay!) will not be turning up at a discount store any time soon. But it's sparkly, vaguely Victorian, and combines pink, black, and skulls. It's like she made it just for me!

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Here, have a Shallow Fashion Details photo. You might notice something different about me. ;)

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(no subject) [Dec. 3rd, 2009|11:50 am]

zendequervain
Zen has CON PLANS for 2010.

Here they are, so far.

Anime Detour, Apr 23-25
Costume Con (Milwaukee), May 7-10
CONvergence, Jul 1-4 (I take off the 30th and the 5th is the day the company observes it).

I'm working Good Friday in exchange for having the Friday of Detour off. Costume Con will require two days minimum of vacation. CVG is CVG and I wouldn't miss that for the world.

I just asked for the Detour day off and to leave a few hours early on Monday Apr 5th because Sonata Arctica will be in town and the doors open at 5pm which means I need to leave work at least two hours early wahh.

For Costume Con it's going to be a huge haul to get there and back, slaggit. Assuming I can even go. I haven't asked yet, uwah. I would like to drive to Milwaukee straight from work on Thursday, and according to google maps it's like six and a half hours. Waughhh. Dang four day cons.

CVG will include three days of vacation. Absolutely positively taking this one off. My response to being asked to work any time this week would be HAYYYLLLL NAH.

That's not even counting Marscon that I was thinking of attending this year and whatever else and s;dlkfja;sdf asef /flails about aaaa

On the other hand, there is a possibility of a jorb change soon, but I'm not talking about it yet because I don't know anything about aside from it being potentially awesome and sounding like a *~*~*dream job*~*~* that's almost too good to be true, ahhh.
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HEY GUYZ [Dec. 3rd, 2009|12:34 pm]

arekuchan
1) Post a list of up to 20 books/movies/anime/TV shows/videogames/bands [fannish etc.] that you've had an obsessive fannish love orinterest in at some time in your life.
2) Have your f-list guess your favorite character/member from each item.
3) When someone guesses correctly, strike through the item and put the name of your favorite character next to it.

1. Sailor Moon Sailor Saturn
2. Fruits Basket Kyo
3. Read or Die (anime and OVA, whatevs)
4. The Office Jim
5. American Idol
6. Dollhouse
7. Firefly Inara
8. Barenaked Ladies Steven Page
9. Power Rangers
10. The L Word Jenny
11. Harry Potter
12. Questionable Content Marten
13. Final Fantasy (the original)
14. Babylon 5 Sheridan
15. Star Trek TNG
16. Home Movies Dwayne
17. Calvin & Hobbes Hobbes
18. The Phoenix Requiem

Couldn't think of 20, but I got close!
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I sure love my subconscious. [Dec. 2nd, 2009|10:44 am]

hobomama
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[Current Mood | groggy]
[Current Music |Ain't No Rest for the Wicked]

why am I always the one who gets the weird dreams FHDJKJSD. LAST NIGHT'S LATEST DREAM WAS DIVIDED INTO THREE PARTS:

First, scary part. IRL, my sister had woken me up because it's her birthday and she wanted her present from me. I told her we had to wait, then went back to sleep. Then I was dreaming again. In my dream I "woke up" again to moaning. Out my window was this TERRIFYING GIANT MONSTER THING STARING ME DOWN. It's hard for me to describe it to tell you why it was scary, but if something covered and blood and Iron Giant-sized was staring you down as you wake up... yeah. Thusly, I screamed and ran out of my room. Then it starts FOLLOWING ME, going from window to window throughout the house trying to find me. I remember my dad's gun is in my parent's bedroom (which it is, for real. he's a federal officer and has a few guns, and all but one is at work). I run over to wake up my parents anddd...

Then the dream switches over. This time to something a little less freaky. Apparently I'm watching a trailer for a new inFAMOUS-related game, somewhat. Though it ends up being more like those "put every superhero ever in game" things. And for some reason Cole could use his powers but he also had a shotgun desite the fact that in canon the electricity in his body explodes any gun he ever holds. Anyway, I get to see the game, and it's about all these super-powered people who are put under mind-control by... some person. You can break the mind-control for each person you help, one-by-one, and you can play them. So I got to free and play Cole. When I did, though, it goes into a flashback thing I got to play about how he got under mind-control in the first place...

DREAMSWITCH AGAIN. I'm suddenly in the Animus (The Assassin's Creed kind, yes). I... forgot where I was, I guess it was Florence since I just started the sequel last night. Anyway, I'm wandering around and suddenly AC2 spoiler-ish ) comes at me with a gun. Now... before anyone says anything. I just got INTRODUCED to AC2 spoiler-ish ) sort-of because I just did the first Truth thingy (which I keep calling The Truthiness Colbert-style in my head) so I pretty much know nothing about what happens. But it didn't matter because SOME GUY WHO I FOR SOME REASON I KNEW WAS AC2 spoiler-ish ) IS POINTING AN ENORMOUS GUN AT ME IN THE RENAISSANCE. I start to run, and...

I woke up.

So yeah.

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Bleah. Woogle. Tell me good things? [Dec. 2nd, 2009|10:37 am]

cupcake_goth
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[Current Location |Cubeville]
[Current Music |Revenge of the Rats - Walter Sickert & The Army Of Broken Toys]

Last night ended up being, due to a handful of reasons, a Very Not Good Night. As a result, I am feeling pretty wrecked today. To forestall worried questions, things are fine, really they are. But I have that post-crying hangover feeling, and feel a bit emotionally tender.

So! My outfit today includes the pink & black Bunnicula skirt of Great Emotional Comfort, and I am going to spend the day switching between listening to the Sepiachord Field Guide and playlists [info]staxxy made for me.

The other thing I do when I feel a bit raw and tender around the edges of my psyche? Turn to you people, of course, and ask you to tell me good things. Something nifty happened in your world recently? Please tell me! Have pictures of adorable critters? Give me links! Discovered a shiny thing or a band you think I should know about? Tell me!

Now to drink tea, nibble on a scone, and edit some documentation.
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yeah so I was playing Assassin's Creed 2 [Dec. 2nd, 2009|12:24 am]

hobomama
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... So. It's midnight and I'm bored

I wanted to say something awesome and profound before I go to bed, especially since I've pondering the not-really-there-anymore friendship I had with someone I've known for years, and how we've both kinda half-attempted to fix things but mostly stopped caring.

But all I came up with was:

LUCY WHAT HAPPENED TO YOUR LIPS

I DON'T CARE IF IT'S AN STYLISTIC CHANGE OR YOU'RE SUDDENLY WEARING LIPSTICK OR WHATEVER
WHAT IS WRONG WITH THEM

okay bed now GOOD NIGHT

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(no subject) [Dec. 1st, 2009|03:39 pm]

hobomama
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NEVERMIND MY PARENTS CAVED AND GAVE HER THE GAME

ASSASSIN'S CREED 2 AHOY

... WELL, I'LL PROBABLY GET TO PLAY IT LIKE TOMMOROW OR SOMETHING BECAUSE MY SISTER WILL BE PLAYING IT ALL NIGHT WHICH MEANS I WILL BE HIDING ELSEWHERE SO I DON'T SPOIL IT FOR MYSELF BEFORE I ACTUALLY GET TO PLAY(which is totally fine--her birthday present) BUT STILL.
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(REQUEST) Dark Ground trilogy (Gillian Cross) - Zak [Dec. 1st, 2009|08:41 pm]

fic_on_demand

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Fandom: Dark Ground trilogy
Characters: Zak
Request: I've fallen for this trilogy hard, which is heart-breaking because I may be the only one on the internet to have ever heard of it. I just want any fic about Zak. Who he is, where he came from, his brother.. anything.
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WHAT IS MY LIFE [Dec. 1st, 2009|11:54 am]

hobomama
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Okay, so.

I did well on the math assessment test and they said I scored pretty high. AWESOME. That'[s done and over with. All that's left is the actual registration.

So I go back to the car with my mom and dad.

And there's a bag on my seat. And ASSASSIN'S CREED 2 is in it. And my mom tells me it's pretty much "in storage" until my sister gets her grades up (it's supposed to be a game "for her" anyway).

...

HNNNNNNNNNNNNNGH

IT'S RIGHT THERE AND I CAN'T EVEN PLAY IT MUCH LESS TELL ANYONE ABOUT IT.

WHY DOES THIS FEEL WORSE THAN JUST ACTUALLY WAITING FOR THE GAME OR SOMETHING BECAUSE IT SHOULDN'T BUT IT JUST DOES. IT'S LIKE BUYING AN ENORMOUS CAKE YOU CAN'T EAT FOR LIKE 12 DAYS AND OH YOU CAN STARE AT IT. BUT YOU CAN'T EAT IT.

GOD DAMMIT I WANT CAKE NOW.



and dear people who take things too seriously: no, this isn't that serious but HNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNGH
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