You just have to wash your armpits. Just your armpits.

ornerybitch @ 2011-04-05T19:52:00

2011-04-05T23:52:21Z

I have the costume bug. The artist from work who goes to con every year called me up and let me know that 4 Days at DragonCon was gonna be on the air the other night. I watched it, it was from 2009, the last one we went to. Now I'm itching to make another costume. I want to do Pam from Archer so hard, but I'm not chubby enough. That's the weirdest costume complaint, usually it's the opposite.

This year I think I'm gonna do Kagura from Gintama. I just watched the movie the other night and the new season started yesterday. She has a couple variations of her outfit and one of them from the movie/benizakura arc has the dress with slits to the moon, but she's weaing black pants underneath. So that would be easy, would probably look nice, and wouldn't show off fat-assery. I hope my weight keeps going down as con approaches, but somehow I doubt it'll go down enough to affect my chubby thighs. I've lost about 10 pounds since my weigh in at the doctor's office. \0/ DDR seems to work.

I've also been trying to think of other costumes I'd want to do. I looked through my old ones and I noticed that out of all the costumes I've done, most are anime, and only two are female. I did Tsunade one time before that show started to suck, and I have a generic pirate costume. Everything else I cross dressed. Even headcrab zombies seem to be dudes. I guess if I do Kagura that'll be the third female costume I have.

I think before I do mine I need to finish this time lord costume I was supposed to sew for Lyme last year. Which reminds me, Lyme, do you want to march as henchmen again this year? >_> Also, a couple of Kyle's friends want to go to con this year, but discovered rooms are impossible to come by. If you give up your extra reservations, is there any chance you'd transfer one to them? This is the group he went with the first time, and apparently they had a bad time with overflow hotels and they want to be in one of the host hotels. I've also passed along a link to the rooms community, but they're not buying tickets until they know they have a room, and the community requires some sort of proof you're going. So that might not work out for them.

ornerybitch @ 2010-09-13T11:29:00

2010-09-13T15:29:58Z

Hooray, my room for D*C is reserved at the Hilton because I've heard it's quiet and that would be nice after several years at the Hyatt. I'm sure it helps that the Hilton has the gaming tracks and other quiet panels. Now I'm just waiting for memberships to go online. I heard to buy them at the end of con this year was $60. That went up. I think I also read that once they go on the website, they may be $75. O_o I'm glad I missed 2010's con after reading all the stories, but I am excited about going next year. Having a year off and avoiding the insanity was good. I think if I had gone this year I'd probably never want to go there again. Now I'm pondering if there are any costumes I might try to make and what I want to be in the parade. I need to make Lyme's Timelord robe first.

Sort of related, I saw this on the community: Geek and Gamer Girls Song. I know I'm probably in the minority, but this makes me cringe. It's trying way too hard with the nude-save-for-some-crotch-comics and slumber party scene. Seriously? It also promotes an idea that's been bothering me... that somehow nerdy girls are so rare and few that they must be revered as the ultimate prize. "Look at me, I know NERD STUFF, you should be so excited by this you run home and jerk off." There are too many forced references and there's too much, "HOLY SHIT WE'RE AWESOME. We like video games! TEEHEE!" Maybe it's because most of my friends are geeks and female, but we don't seem overly rare to me. Just because girls like geeky things doesn't mean the heavens open up to shine pure rainbows and magic upon us while a flock of angels sing our background music. We're just fellow nerds. There are plenty of us, and it bothers me that there's this idea we're a rare breed to be sought after. Fuck you, I don't want to be objectified, I want to enjoy my stories in peace. It probably bothers me more after reading about all the sexual assaults at D*C this year.

In other con and non-ranty news, I think Kyle and I are gonna be going to PAX East next year. \0/ We pondered it for this year, but it was before Kyle got his awesome new job so it wasn't really affordable. But now money's not a worry, so next year will be PAX and D*C. Kyle also said one day he wants to go to Blizzcon, but I know there's nothing I'd be interested in there so he'll do that one alone if he goes. I'm hoping PAX East will have the Duke Nukem Forever demo like Prime did. Maybe some Valve stuff. >_> I swear episode 3 has taken so long they better be working on making it Half-Life 3. It better be so awesome my head explodes with bear sharks.

I have finished many new shawls, and I think I may list my best ones on Etsy and save the others for the holiday show. The ones I put the most work into I'd like to get the most money from. I'm keeping the prices in the same range, but on Etsy the percentage they take is miniscule. Especially compared the the consignment percentage the gallery does. The problem is I need a decent stock of them for the show and I'd actually sell them quicker there than on Etsy. When people pick them up and touch them they gush at me about how soft they are. On Etsy they're just a picture, you can't try them on for size or see if they feel good against your skin. We'll see how it goes. If they sell out completely, I may remove whatever I have left on Etsy to sell locally. Better to sell and make some money than have them sit there forever.

My once in every few months post.

2010-07-25T17:51:37Z

Things at work have been looking up lately. I have a new boss who I think has a good grip on everything that's been wrong with the gallery. There's a perception that we only cater to rich people, that we're too exclusive, etc. There are probably reasons for it that have to do with how the place used to be. But clearly it's not that way anymore. She came in about a month ago and things just feel better. The energy of the place is a lot more positive, it feels like we're focusing a bit more on attracting the college crowd, which is something we should have been doing, but for some reason we haven't. My new boss is also giving me enough hours to get benefits through them, so I'll have the good health insurance plan again. HOORAY! She sounds like she wants to hire me on full time if the gallery can get turned around in the right direction. She has not said she WILL hire me full time, things are still way too uncertain. But with the changes going on, if that could happen, I think I might actually want to stay on. There's yet to be a director who actually made me want to stay there and see what happens. There have been other directors I liked, but the place never felt like it was coming back to life, just more of the slow downward spiral. I'll keep searching for jobs and I'll see what happens.

In spite of that burst of optimism, I still hesitate to be too hopeful. There have been other directors I liked fine in the past, and they ended up fired. So I still have doubts they'll see this one through, even if she seems to be working miracles. Those doubts alone are enough to keep me looking and applying. I'd really like for the place to turn around and work there full time. It's pretty rare for anyone with a degree in art to actually get a job in the field. I was talking to dad and he said it's the same for people who get degrees in anthropology. There's not a huge demand for anthropologists/archaeologists, so those that do get those jobs, like he did, are pretty lucky.

On a different note, we just got new Droid X phones. The person in the store really confused the fuck out of the order, so it took about 2 hours on the phone to get it sorted out. Surprisingly, customer service did a good job getting it all worked out. It's just the dude in the store screwed it up so bad it took awhile to fix it. So far Kyle, his brother Evan, and his mom have their phones. Mine's being shipped because of the confusion. It's very shiny. And I know there's been some people saying it's crap because if you try to root the phone it'll brick it, but apparently that's been circumvented already. I don't really have any desire to do that anyway. Now I can browse the internet while I poop!

I have finished all but one of my looms. I now have a large 7 foot tringle, a small 3 foot square and a 6 by 2 scarf loom. The large 5 foot blanket loom I didn't finish because it took me all day to do these. Someone put one of my shawls in a treasury, then someone asked me if I traded on Etsy. I understand trading can get you good feedback, but I'd rather get money for my work. I also put business cards in with some party favors I was asked to make for a fundraiser. I saw a little spike in views after that, but not much. I know it's just the wrong time of year for it. No one is interested when it's 100 degrees outside and the humidity makes it more like 110. But it's a good time to build up an inventory for winter and for the holiday show.

I'm also able to use the ceramics facilities at work now. I just have to keep the lab cleaned up, and it's impossible to keep any ceramics area truly clean, so I feel like it's an easy task. I started trying to throw on the wheel again. I forgot how hard it is. I'm hoping that I can get enough practice to produce some usable/sellable items also for the holiday show. Even if I don't, I'm having a lot of fun doing it. It's been so long since I could do anything with clay, that it makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside getting to do this again.

Pet siting

2010-06-14T01:07:21Z

Been pet sitting for the past few days, and when I finish it will have been a week here. I think this will be one of the last, if not the last time that I do this. It's not as easy to do this now that I live an hour away. My neighbor seems sad that I'll be leaving her soon, but she knows I can't do this if I get a full time job.

Lots of things have happened in the past couple of months, all of them good. Kyle got a new job working at HP. He's getting a nice raise, and he'll be working with people he knows and likes. Which is an improvement. We were breaking even before, but now we'll be able to save some money. Also, it looks like we might get a new car and finally put my old one to rest.

I had another interview at FDLE. You'd think it's the only place I apply to because it's the only place I've been interviewed at. I've applied to so many other places for jobs that are far more simplistic and pay less, but only FDLE ever calls me in. I've applied very low paying data entry positions and get those "We chose the most qualified candidate" emails. So apparently on paper I have something FDLE likes. The interview went better than last time, but I interview poorly. Even with mom coaching me the night before. We'll see what happens. I think we've decided that if I do get this job, or any full time job, that it'll be time to house hunt.

I took over the position of membership coordinator at the gallery, so if nothing else, at least I have more hours there. It looks like my current boss may be leaving soon. She applied for a better paying job elsewhere and it sounds like they want her. I'm happy for her, she works so hard I'm surprised she doesn't pass out. It'll make future job applications a bit more complicated, but I keep dealing with a constant stream of new bosses. At least this one is leaving for good reasons.

Ramblings

2010-04-23T15:11:09Z

I decided to start doing homemade catfood because Davey has a sensitive stomach and whatever it is they put in kibble makes him puke. Feed him meat and suddenly he eats everything and doesn't have nasty poops. I was looking around on the internet and couldn't find any information that I would consider reliable, so I bought a couple books. One was good, the other was written by some crazy woman who spends the first half of the book trying to make you feel like Satan for feeding your cats kibble. Because you may be feeding your cat euthanized animals and PETA says so. Because PETA is a trustworthy source of information even though they're proven hypocrites when it comes to euthanizing pets in their own shelters. So I think I'm going to use that book for kindling in a pit fire. I feel bad burning a book, but I don't want to give this book to goodwill and have someone follow this batshit woman's advice.

While searching on the internet I also found that there are people out there who insist on feeding their cats a vegan diet. This to me is animal cruelty. Cats are obligate carnivores, there are things they need in their diet they can only get from eating tasty little animals. I've learned there's a nutrient called taurine that if they don't get enough of it, the cat will go blind. Apparently they make all sorts of special vegan shit so you can supplement your cats diet, but even then there are things cats need that they can only get from an animal source. If you're that damn determined to have a vegan animal BUY A BUNNY RABBIT. Or a fucking hamster. What the hell is wrong with these people?

I never thought I'd do this because in my mind it's river dancing for nerds, but I took up DDR/Stepmania. I'm tired of feeling like a fatass and it's really good exercise. It's also surprisingly hard. Somehow I assumed because I do well in audiosurf, Stepmania wouldn't be too hard...don't ask me why, it makes no sense. We spent a good chunk of our tax return on buying a pair Cobalt Flux dance pads which are supposed to be some of the best you can buy without setting up an arcade in your house. They are very shiny and they've made it a lot easier. I've found all sorts of Weird Al songs and obscure anime songs like the themes from Zetsubou Sensei and Gintama. I wish it were a bit easier to find some Jrock though.

I did another skills test. I keep applying to jobs all over the place but for some reason FDLE is the only place they ever calls me to come in. I mean, out of all the jobs I apply to, it's the one I prefer because it pays the best and from an entry level job I could work my way into a design job within a state agency. I don't know if FDLE itself hires desginers, but I know that several others do, like the Florida Lottery, FWC, and even the Public Service Comission where my mom is. Tiffany is also looking for jobs at Juvenile Justice to recommend me for. Which is nice of her since she's busy being a new mom.

I don't post often anymore because there's just not much going on that's interesting. I'm searching for jobs, working part time, and trying to sell things on Etsy. But life is good even if it's uneventful.

Gardening bug.

2010-04-04T20:02:49Z

I've somehow aquired my mom's love of gardening. Something I thought I hated while I lived at home, and now that I've moved out I've started planting the shit out of this place. She and I went to Sam's Club a few months ago and bought some hydrangea bushes and a bunch of plant bulbs. So I've planted 4 hydrangeas, 30 caladiums, and 10 astilbe. I've also got about 24 containers planted on the back patio and near the door. The manager for this apartment complex said I could plant anything I wanted anywhere I wanted to. So I could, if there were enough sunlight, plant a huge ass garden off my patio. Someone at the end of the lane did exactly that too. I've also got a ton of plants my mom gave me because she didn't have time to take care of them. I haven't really done anything to take care of them other than make sure they're watered. And I still have FRAKENLILY that Clyde chewed up when he was a puppy years and years ago. It hasn't bloomed yet, but when I got it I think I beat it up a bit when I replanted it. Also, evil little squirrels kept trying to dig the bulbs up to eat them. Before I put cayenne pepper all over it. I've pondered copying my grandma's exlax idea. Instead of feeding them to raccoons, just bury some extra strength exlax tablets in next to the bulbs and see if the squirrels eat them.

I've also got my etsy shop setup, yay. No sales yet, but I only posted 6 items before I managed to throw my neck out of whack while gardening. I probably should have had the doctor look at it since it's been about a week, but I knew what I did to it, so I know they'd probably tell me to do the same things I did when I strained my back. Today it feels like it's almost completely better, just a rare twinge when I decide to twist it the way I know I shouldn't.

I'm gonna be buying lumber to make my new looms either this week or next. I want to build about 6 of them. I got my kiln! \0/ Came with all sorts of goodies. The place I ordered it from is primarily a stained glass supply store, but for some reason they had the best deal for a kiln that I could find. Comes with all the furniture, kiln wash, some stilts, a few cones, some glazes, a bisque plate and some other things I forgot. It looks like they were marketing it toward old ladies or housewives who just buy bisque ware and paint it, but it's a good starter kiln for earthenware. Dad's supposed to stop by here this week and we're gonna load this thing in the back of the truck, and then I'll be setting up an area down at the house to fire. I also am gonna keep experimenting with pit firing down there. I've been asked to pet sit sometime in April, so whenever she calls me up to give me the dates I'm gonna go down and play around with my new toy.

ornerybitch @ 2010-03-03T13:17:00

2010-03-03T18:17:00Z

I haven't posted in a long time, but I just found out about this monstrosity.
The bill hasn't been voted on, and looks like it has only been introduced so far, but they're trying to ban abortion in Florida. And from the sounds of it, the only exception is if the woman might die from her pregnancy. If a woman wants an abortion, she'll seek out any method to obtain it, even if it means she might die. If I were to get knocked up and abortion were made illegal, I'd do it too. I genuinely believe that people who propose these sorts of bills want that to happen because then it'll learn those sex lovin' women. Just lay back and be a breeding machine like god intended or die a horrible nasty death because you don't want the baby.

Edit: Found this article that talks about how difficult it would be to pass this law. So it makes me feel a little better. Also, most of the commenters so far seem to also think it's a terrible idea, especially financially. I'm still not happy that it's even being considered in the first place though.

ornerybitch @ 2009-12-02T13:02:00

2009-12-02T18:02:47Z

ornerybitch @ 2009-10-06T09:15:00

2009-10-06T13:15:46Z

I'm getting ooooold. I asked for a chest freezer for my birthday. Actually, I asked for a little money to help me out in buying a chest freezer. There wasn't much else I wanted and we both want a place to store delicious tasty things. It was either that or a netbook, and I chose an appliance because we love cooking.

Oooooold.

ornerybitch @ 2009-09-13T20:39:00

2009-09-14T00:39:07Z

We adopted a second cat today, named Davey by his foster mom. He is the sweetest little thing with a really sad story. They captured him, neutered him, docked the tip of an ear to indicated he was a feral, then released him. And since he's so damn friendly, he approached another feral cat who got pissed off and clawed an eye so bad they had to have it removed. So he's a one eyed sweetheart. I kinda want to rename him somehow and the one eye makes me think of either pirates or penises. He might end up stuck with Davey, or Davey Jones, if I can't think of anything creative.

He was brought over here this morning and Brutus didn't seem too bothered by it. Just curious. I thought for sure he'd have issues with another cat in this appartment, but now that Davey's been here a few hours Brutus seems to think it's Christmas. He's all excited and wants to play. He pinned Davey down and started bathing him. He sometimes looks like he might be a bit pissed off, but then the playful urge seems to take over. They were bounding all over the furniture earlier. Hopefully they'll keep being friendly, because it's so fucking cute it hurts.

I had planned on taking shawl pictures, but my time was spent on cats today. Hopefully tomorrow the cat will be a bit less skittish. Already he's checking everything out and trying to love on Brutus. So maybe I can get some pictures tomorrow.

ornerybitch @ 2009-09-09T21:18:00

2009-09-10T01:36:24Z

I have rested and had tasty homemade food. My stomach started hating me after the shit I ate. I think it doesn't know how to handle soda anymore since I stopped drinking it...then suddenly I let myself drink it again for a weekend. Now that I have relaxed, and mostly de-stressed, con was fun. Saw the Venture guys again who are always hilarious. Did the parade, Squidbillies, MST3K/Cinematic Titanic...and not much else in terms of panels that I remember. Went and saw Tom Smith sing his very funny songs and made him a new fan. Frequented the art show and bought all sorts of goodies. Bought next to nothing in the dealer rooms though.

I'm still having some grumpy people-y issues though. We went to Michael's to get frames for delicious artwork and even though it's Wednesday and the store is relatively vacant my bubble was at full force. Just all of the sudden I needed more personal space even though I had plenty. I love and hate con all at once. It's noisy and crowded which ends up making me irritated...but then it's really fucking awesome in spite of that. So I guess I'm still in "AUGH, I don't want to be in public" mode at the moment. All my goodies are framed and hung though, so I feel accomplished today.

One downside, when we got home poor Brutus was having some issues. I don't think he knew how to handle that many days alone. So we've decided to get another kitty. Just one because, like children, they should never outnumber you. We're set to meet some cuddly, friendly cat that had it's eye removed because another cat attacked the poor thing. We were given some suggestions on cats and I kinda decided that I want one that's deformed and needs extra love. And supposedly this cat really likes other cats in spite of getting mauled. Yay, kitties!

ornerybitch @ 2009-09-08T10:40:00

2009-09-08T14:40:37Z

Well, I'm home. Kyle and I made burgers then promptly passed out. Many things happened at con and I'm just glad to be home. Seems like all the good stuff we did was on the very first day. Bought lots of artwork in the art show. Bought some handmade earrings for my mom in the dealer's room. Not entirely sure what he and I will do next year. We're just trying to finally get some relaxation time and then we'll make up our minds. All I know is I now need a real vacation after this "vacation".

ornerybitch @ 2009-09-02T23:30:00

2009-09-03T03:32:00Z

About to go to bed after a long day of preparing crap, then tomorrow, off to con! See you guys when we get home.

ornerybitch @ 2009-08-14T13:34:00

2009-08-14T17:34:52Z

Since I've been making a costume all week, I feel compelled to share it. Almost no one watches Gintama, but Kyle's gonna dress up as a fellow character the day I dress as Gintoki.

I know the bottom of the vest isn't right, but once I noticed that, I'd finished sewing and I didn't feel like fucking with it. It's highly unlikley anyone will know what the hell either of us are dressed as. I bought some wash in hair dye that says it'll shampoo out, so I have something to make his lovely red hair boring dark brown. And his hair naturally does the spikey OVER 9000 thing in the morning, so to style it all Kyle really has to do is wake up. I also have to finish up the henchman costume and we have to hunt down something that's more comfortable for a man to wear than tights.

This makes me want to make an Okita costume since this turned out to be really simple to sew. I've been wanting to dress up as him since he's insane and carries a bazooka.

ornerybitch @ 2009-07-28T16:55:00

2009-07-28T20:54:57Z

Two shawls done, working on a third, still haven't taken pictures or listed anything. Because I'm feeling lazy. I mainly started weaving to have something to occupy myself with, so I'm not particularly antsy about putting them up for sale. I'd be a bad business person because I'd be too lazy to do shit half the time. >_>

It doesn't help that con fever set in about a week or so ago when I realized how close Dragon*Con is. Most of the year I felt like I didn't even want to go this time, but now that it's so close I'm itching for it to get here already. Signed up for the parade again even though I really want to be able to sit back and watch it one year. I'm making Kyle a henchman costume so he can join us in dorkery for a day and he's going to cosplay Kondo Isao from Gintama the day I dress up as Gintoki because he loves how much of a moron that character is. So that should be fun. I keep making my fever even worse by visiting the various D*C websites daily. It's still a good 36 days (I have a countdown widget on my desktop >_>) until we drive up there, but I'm all impatient.

In other news, our cat is a fatass that weighs 14 pounds. He has lost his graceful cat abilities and now makes all sorts of fatty noises. He'll flop on the ground by our feet and make a distinct "HRRRF" noise. When he tries to jump on the furniture he just sort of aims his body, belly flops onto it, then fatty scrambles up the back. On the bright side he's calmed down and likes cuddling a bit more. I am determined to either buy or make him a cat tank to shuffle around the apartment in. I'm also gonna put him on diet catfood because while kitty making fatty noises is hilarious, I don't really want him to get the cat betus. Or turn into a butterball like Kaylee was.

I've watched some episodes of Castle now that it's up on Hulu and the plot is horrible to me. Each episode I watch I can pretty much figure out what's gonna happen and I feel like all the characters go along with everything just a bit too easy. Kyle came in and watched a bit and said, "So this is basically House, only with cops and a fiction writer." I didn't think of it like that, but now that I've watched all that's on Hulu, it rings true to me. Fillion's character actually has a soul and is charming...but I think that's because he's just sort of playing his usual jackass character. Which is the only reason I really started watching it anyway. -_-

ornerybitch @ 2009-05-19T13:36:00

2009-05-19T17:35:54Z

I am off on a surprise vacation at the beach, hooray! I am equipped with bug spray, beach towel and SPF >9000. I'll be back in channel on Thursday at some point.

ornerybitch @ 2009-03-24T22:14:00

2009-03-25T02:14:14Z

I took some better pictures of kitty and some of fish.

First, pictures of Brutus. I think I took 20 pictures of the damn cat because it's physically impossible for him to sit still if you're paying attention to him.

He was spazzing out and leaping around the room and paused here for a picture.

And then fishies.

This is Ralph the sucker fish, my mom bought him a year or two ago and he grew from a tiny 1 inch guy to 5 inches. She's lending him to our tank because she doesn't have enough time to care for him.

We bought two goldfish initially, the other one died, this fatass fish survived. His name is Oglethorpe. The other's was Emory and we replaced him with Emory 2.

These little blurry things are albino corydoras named 21 and 24.

ornerybitch @ 2009-03-08T22:37:00

2009-03-09T02:37:09Z

I haven't updated in a long time. Mostly because there's nothing particularly new. Life is good minus the job search. It's a bad market and very discouraging. I find myself turning emo every once in awhile from it. It's embarrassing and makes me want to punch myself in the throat. No one likes a whiney emo kid. It was just bad timing to graduate. On the bright side, it looks like the gallery will keep me around, I'm getting pet sitting money, and I have parents who will support me until I get a job. I have no major worries so I have no right to go emo.

My creative urge has come back, hooray! I needed a good 6 month or so break from art school, but it's coming back. Started on painting again, did a large ink drawing, and I have all sorts of other ideas in mind. Plus a comfortable apartment to decorate the walls of. Kyle and I have started cooking regularly, and we've been making all sorts of tasty indian food. So the creative urge has been coming out there too. It's like I just needed that little break and suddenly it's exploded.

I went looking at dogs with Lyme and she's gonna get a greyhound. The dog was apparently a very good racer and it's RIPPED like JESUS. Holy crap. It's the sweetest calmest dog, but the muscles on it are huge. The woman said no one adopted it because it had a bald ass, but I didn't notice that because it has such a huge muscled ass. I bet it could crack a coconut with its thighs.

Science Friday is coming to the Fine Arts building at FSU this week. I dunno if I can go or not, but I'm very tempted to. I'm working that night and might be pet sitting, but I'm an NPR addict. >_> My sister's going with her friends which is how I found out.

Brutus is a lot younger than the 2 year estimate the pound gave him. He flips out like a ninja constantly. He also poops like a motherfucker. I cleaned his box a week ago and it was like he plotted out where to poo in a grid. I gave him my fuzzy die companion cubes and he loves them. He grabs on and kicks one while he chews on the other. He constantly mumbles while he's moving. "mrr? mrr. mrr mrr mrr mrrrrrmrr." The cat is unbelievably cute. We thought we were getting a mellow calm cat and we got the exact opposite, but he's still lovable. Just very mischevous.

ornerybitch @ 2009-01-12T20:17:00

2009-01-13T01:17:45Z

Lyme has been melon balled, hooray! She wanted people to know she lives and it went without a problem. And she's not in as much pain as last time which is good. I think once she feels better this is an event that requires cake.

Also, more happy news, Kyle and I has kitty. His name started as Brutus and thanks to Lyme it is now Brutus Testicles (pronounced with a kleez at the end) von Poopenheimer. I protested the von Poopenheimer but then I told my family members the full name and I think it stuck. The Roomba is named Richard Crotchburn. This new media machine is named ThunkyChais because of a brain fart trying to say the phrase chunky thighs. I love being able to name things crazy shit.

ornerybitch @ 2008-12-31T12:01:00

2008-12-31T17:01:52Z

My car window exploded last week. It was a bit of a shock. However, it will be getting fixed this Friday \0/ Got the replacement glass from a junk yard for cheap and the labor estimate was pretty cheap too, so that's good.

I moved an obscene amount of art stuff into Kyle's place. Told my immediate family that I'll be moving in there once I'm settled with a job and whatnot. Everyone is scarily okay with it. My mom never liked the ex, but she put up with it because she's not the sort to chase people off. Unless they really are psycho. She seems to like Kyle though. It's...weird. She keeps joking that she can't find anything not to like about him, but she's trying really hard to. When she starts making those sort of jokes and give him shit like she does the rest of us I know she's warming up to him. His mom gave my mom a picture of us as a present and she even admits we look happy together. After years of dealing with a drama queen, it's so weird to me how easy everything is. It's weird, but I'm not fighting it. I'm petsitting the neighbor's pets right now, but once I'm done I'm gonna help him pick out a kitty. Kitty!

There is family visiting right now. I was kind of happy about it because I wanted to see Barb and Roger again. They have their moments of snobbery, but they're actually good people underneath it and they're accepting of pretty much anything. Barbara is the artistic aunt I took after.

Unfortunately my dad's brother is here as well. With the little cunt droppings. The little girl is quiet and well behaved, but they never discipline the boy. These kids are my cousin's but my cousin is never in the country. He wants custody but is unwilling to get a job that pays less here in the states to be with him. Being the only male grandchild my grandma tries to defend him and my mother and I get pissed off and argue with her. If he REALLY wanted his children, he'd get a fucking job here. I'm not happy the brats are here, especially the shithead male that they're raising to be a clone of my asshole entitlement-minded uncle and cousin.

Oh yeah, last night I decided to get visiting them over with and my uncle basically tried to buy our attention/affection. He gave us a decent chunk of money, and I was polite and said thank you...but no amount of money is worth spending time with him. Barb and Roger gave us money too, but I was visibly much more appreciative of their present >_> It's easy to tell when I mean it and when I don't. I'm glad to be pet sitting right now, and I'm also glad to have an apartment to escape to as well.

ornerybitch @ 2008-12-21T19:11:00

2008-12-22T00:11:20Z

Oh my I have been busy. I finished up my finals and I am done with school. I keep having nightmares that I missed a final so I have to go back and redo a class. I am impatiently waiting for that expensive scrap of paper to say it's official because of these dreams. My grades turned out better than I thought. Two A's and three A minuses. That's good enough for me.

I just spent the last week packing up Kyle's things and helping him move into the new apartment. We originally took the week off together to go visit his parents and goof off a bit, but because of them redoing the apartment's interior it didn't happen. On the bright side the appliances are new, save for the stove which works well, all of the flooring is brand new, the walls were repainted, and the property is well maintained which is awesome. The neighbors don't appear to be loud either. It's dangerously close to delicious food places though.

Now I am back home, although I suspect I'll be living half of my time here at home and the other half in town. >_> It's inevitable that I'll be moving in with him once I get a job and get settled. Right now my goal is to relax a little and start the job search. I'm going to pester people I know who work for the state and Kyle said he was willing to do the same, which is awesome. I don't expect anything to pop up immediately but I do hope that something good will present itself before too long.

ornerybitch @ 2008-11-11T19:30:00

2008-11-12T00:30:01Z

Horgh, apartments have been hunted. It looks like he'll be going for an apartment that's a little older, but has a lot of space for a decent price and apartment ratings sites online give it glowing reviews. It's a little out of the way for me to visit, but everything in Tallahassee is. I'm burnt out on looking at places now. We also met with Tiffany who turned into chauffer/real estate agent and drove us around in her new mommy mobile to places she knew of. She also said if a position like hers opens up where she's working she'll try and get me into it. \0/ It's a big if, but since she has those amazing people skills, I hope it's an if that comes true.

The paper that I thought I was doing it turns out I was doing wrong. I misread the prompt. It wasn't how does a mythological character change through the ages, it was how do the images of a mythological character change through the ages. So now I'm starting all over again on the other essay prompt because it's just easier. I got thoroughly pissed off that I had to do this though and so I bought the Penny Arcade game and keep playing it every time it starts getting to me. Not the best paper writing strategy, I know.

ornerybitch @ 2008-11-08T07:45:00

2008-11-08T12:45:24Z

Today starts the Christmas season, for today I start working on decorating for the holiday show. I don't know what I'll be doing since we've changed the way it's working this year, but last night I had dreams about it. :/ The joy of putting lights on trees and shoving ornaments in them. On the bright side, when I'm busy decorating work passes by quickly. I also know that I'll start having even less free time now. They asked me to work yesterday but I turned them down because of my paper. Hopefully I'll somehow balanace work and my last semester. :/ They're not hiring extra part time staff either.

I think on Tuesday I'm helping Kyle look for an apartment if the various offices are open on Veteran's Day. He gave up on the house hunting for right now. Also I've been really uncomfortable with where he is right now since it's someone else's house and that someone else is a republican. Like...only watches Fox News republican. He left a book lying around titled, "Who is the REAL Barack Obama." >_o I want to pretend I'm tolerant enough for that to be okay, but apparently I'm not. So yeah, gonna see if there are any apartments in town without horrible staff.

I rather hope that with the results of this election my dad will calm down. He really can link anything to being the fault of Bush. He could probably link clogging the toilet with Bush if given a minute to think about it. It gets really old really fast. So hopefully in a few weeks he'll start shutting up about it. I know mom's wishing for the same.

FUCK YES, OBAMA

2008-11-05T04:27:59Z

ornerybitch @ 2008-10-28T17:28:00

2008-10-28T21:28:15Z

I am a masochist. The second paper for the classic myth class has a prompt saying to take one character and describe how it's been changed over time. I'm going with Oedipus and Freud. I hate Freud yet I volunteer to do this. It's the easiest most obvious thing I could think of though. I was surprised no one took the topic before me since I waited last minute to pick it. And now I have to finish my paper on atheism and childfreedom. I keep trying to avoid writing it, but it's been pretty interesting doing the research for it.