Bats

  Last night I had a blog entry half-way finished- that is until I hit backspace and lost everything before saving. Boo... however this entry will have a bit of a revised beginning.


I burned my hand at work this morning! It's way better now, and there's very little trace that it happened, save for some pink splotching and a little bit of swelling. My co-workers were so good to me this morning.
     The brewing basket for the coffee was clogged by something, so the water overflowed and there was a mess of grounds everywhere. Once it stopped brewing, I pulled it out without thinking and the 200 degree water + coffee grounds spilled onto my hand with delicious abandon. I wanted to hold onto it so as to not spill it on the floor but I couldn't :( I dropped the brew basket on the floor, made an even bigger mess, all the while exclaiming in agony. Burning to death must suck really bad. N, one of the two other people who were there said to immediately put my hand under cold water. She was so nurturing to me. Then at 4:30, D showed up who also made sure I was comfortable and not so much in pain. I stopped running the water and went to the back to look for the burn salve, and started crying lol. It hurt like shiiiiiiiit. D followed me back there and comforted me, helped me look for the salve and was super motherly. The salve helped temporarily until I walked back out onto the floor where the temperature was hotter, so my hand would burn again. A, the supervisor suggested I go outside where the air was cooler, which I did and helped quite a bit. Then came back inside, where D gave me some ice wrapped in a cold towel. I sat in the back room for two hours with that towel on my hand until boss lady showed up. Spent some more time nursing it until it stopped burning without the towel. Went back on the floor for 10 minutes when the burning started again. aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand eventually I was sent home because I was useless, especially with goop all over my fingers.

So THAT was my morning. I got home around 7:30 and woke Rot in the process. I was hoping to just sleep off the pain and when I'd wake up it'd be dry and healed enough to ignore it. Nope! I got in bed and the body heat under the covers made the burning return. I applied some toothpaste and wrapped it in plastic, like an idiot. Went to bed. Burning came back. So then I went and got a back of ice and wrapped it in a towel. That worked with minor readjustments every now and then.

I woke up to some text messages that made my day! ^_^

MOVING ON to more exciting things... last week was fun! For a whole two days.

On Thursday was the shoot for the giveaway! Kyle Saylor, the photographer came to pick me up around 12:45 that afternoon. I've met him before but we didn't really talk much. He's neat. I like him because he can pull off sweet 80's goth hair and he also works for Machinima. He mentioned that I'm the only person that actually knew what Machinima is. Not surprising! It was a really long drive, but the cemetery we arrived at was super pretty. And it was a gorgeous day out. There were 5 of us all together; Ponies, Kaira (the designer) + her hubby, Kyle, and myself.

Kaira generously supplied me with some corsets to choose from. They set up for the filming, which went into details of the contest. I idiotically chased squirrels in the background. Then we even went inside the mausoleum and filmed a bit in there showing the Bat Pack. What a pretty place! After the filming was complete, Kaira had Kyle capture some shots of me wearing the Bat Pack as well as another accessory that she had been working on. CUTEST thing ever. lookit!

Photographs taken by Kyle Saylor
Bat Pack and Bat Coin Purse created by Th1rte3n's Closet
which will be featured in Ponies' third book "A Goth Noob Picnic in the Cemetery Where DJ Dumbshit is Buried" lmao. That title just tickles me. And he says it with such a stoic tone to his voice that it's doubly comical, haha.

I couldn't be serious the whole time. SORRY.

Aren't they so cute though? They're so soft and warm.
The giveaway is for the Bat Pack. If you want to enter the contest, here's the video with Ponies and Kaira outlining all the details:

Afterwards we all went to dinner. I wish I could remember the place we went to. They had this awesome organic banana nut bread thing.. so good. Then we all said our goodbyes. Kaira is a sweetheart, I'm really glad to have met her and so grateful to be a part of this collaboration. It was really fun, and I didn't feel as weird as I anticipated. :D

So then SATURDAY comes along!
I worked a tiny little baby shift at work and had the rest of the day to myself soooooooooooo... I drove to Little Tokyo. My gas tank was full so... why not? OH MY GHAD somebody please... should've told me that Saturdays in Little Tokyo is everyone show up in Cosplay day. WOW. I knew it was going to be busy because it's a weekend, but dayum.

I visited all the usual places. First stop was Mr. Ramen which was right across the street to the lot that I parked in.. except there was a line out the door :( sooooooooo I went to the grocery store that's in a shopping center and was surprised by how many people were there.

You can enter the grocery store through the street entrance, which we always did. Grabbed my usuals and a few extra things to try. And just exit into the shopping center area. I avoided them all, naturally, and went right upstairs to the book store in search of volumes 7 and 8 of XXX-Holic. Crossing my fingers!

NOPE.

Again! All of them except 7 and 8! lol -__-

When I went to checkout (of course I got something) I asked them about it and they said they could order them. I'll supposedly be getting a phone call when they come in. Gives me an excuse to go back! ^_^ 

Once I finished at the shopping center I made my way back to the other shopping center closer to Mr. Ramen. Once I got there I got a little nervous because it was so crowded. I wanted to find the bakery with the delicious chocolate mousse, but after walking through there twice and not being able to really look from being so freaked out, I just gave up and went to Mr. Ramen. It was less crowded and there was one open table. Yay! This time I got Beef Curry Ramen. mmmm :D

It died down, which was really nice. Nice and quiet ^_^

I was there for a while. The table next to me was a group of college kids. Their conversation was amusing and though every part of me wanted them to not be right there, eavesdropping proved to be pretty amusing. They spoke like the "tch, like... I don't even know, like.. my classes... like... next semester -- YEAH! like my professor is like.." you know what I mean? You kinda wanna smack someone that speaks that way with a book in hopes of aiding them to reach a slightly increased level of eloquence. However I don't think words transfer well that way, but the idea of it sounds just as nice as it does cynical. 

Afterwards, for dessert, I stopped by the boba place and picked up a lychee fruit slush! Those slushes are soooo good. Usually I get mango, but lychee stuff is pretty good too so... I tried it. Was not dissapointed! 

Don't look at my nail. I broke it at work. 

I returned to the other shopping center with all the cosplay kids and went right upstairs and sat on a bench to enjoy my slush. 

I wonder if the same people show up every Saturday and they all know each other? Probably. They were all pretty social with each other. But I guess... because that doesn't come naturally to me...  two chairs placed next to each other is what I consider social so... maybe I'm just broken and am fascinated with their ease to mingle.

Eventually I mustured up the courage to go down there and ask to take some pictures of them. This was extremely difficult for me. I sat there for 20 minutes debating it in my head. Then I'd feel I was ready to go, but then instantly I'd change my mind and stay there, and just watch them some more. But I did it! At least.... twice. Thankfully, just as I was reaching the stairs, a super adorable girl in Hatsune Miku cosplay... sort of. I think. At least... that's what I guessed from her wig. I could be wrong... her make up was.. not Hatsune Miku but... I dunno. Whatever. She was cute.

And then this other chick in colorful stuff walked up the stairs, and I asked her for a picture. She was kinda bitchy and totally opposite of the blue wig chick, who was super nice and really sweet.

But I'm sure it has nothing to do with the general obvious. Which is extremely cruel to point out but if you're thinking it... you're just like me. :)

And that was it. I did it. I was satisfied. I walked downstairs and lingered a little longer to people watch. 

After that, it was time to go. I was satisfied with my goodies, and I was full. And I had seen stuff, and I had my boba drink. And yay. :D Time to go home!

Here's what I bought!

I settled for volume 9 lol. Sigh 

More stationary and blueberry dango! ^_^ nom nom!!

THOSE CHIPS ARE SO GOOD. They literally taste like.. exactly what the bag says. Shrimp and garlic. Two of my favorite flavors mmmpf. So delicious.

SO. GOOD. The other one is still unopened. I'm saving it for tomorrow after Ikea.

And the usuals. It was a lychee kind of day! ^_^

Longest entry ever?

Oh here's my face. hi

big ass zit on my nose

And then there's this Frappuccino charm I made for my boss. She also got a hot cup version too, which I completely forgot to take a picture of. We had a heated argument/disagreement at work for a while over an incident. Once she made it clear the conversation was over, I whipped out her other cup, and she looked at me all pissed off and hugged me. Today she told me how great it is that I take her feedback so well. We're completely fine, like it never happened. It made me feel good that she said that. Shows that I can get along with just about everyone. In the long run, these fights really don't matter. I like my closer bonds that I have. And destroying them over petty shit is just retarded. 

But... if people are downright crazy irrational, uncalled-for curt douchebags, or lie to me... rest assured your bs is ephemeral and will be noted, and not forgotten. I just want to associate with friendly, intelligent, empathetic, not-curt people!

On that note... IMMA EAT SOME CANDY! Rot and I got groceries today. I was singing little tunes all day like a little furby, I was so happy. My afternoon started when Rot came over to the bed and grabbed my ankle to tickle me. In my -I thought- genius psyche, I became a crocodile and started rolling aggressively in our bed to try to escape his grasp of awful giggles of doom. He started cracking up and fought back to keep his grasp. I am a CROCODILE. AND I DO NOT STAND FOR FEET TICKLES. Eventually I got tired, and he won. I told him I'm a crocodile.

 "...and a retard!"

^____^

Beer

   This post will have absolutely nothing to do with beer. I simply can't think of a title, and Rot is sitting here being silly and talking about beer and growling like an angry cat.

I made the mistake of napping later in the evening today. I'd like to go to sleep so I can just wake up and get tomorrow started and over with. That sounds more negative than I intended, but I guess that's just my nervousness kicking in.. - tomorrow being the shoot. I'm sure it'll be fine and I'll have a good time, it's just the events leading up to it and the thought of it makes it feel like a chore, but once I'm there it's fine. Did I just describe laziness? I think I just described laziness.
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Rot just put on a Jackie Chan movie. I looked at him and said "you're just like my dad!"

"yeah but I bet he has beer! .... I bet your mom got him beeeeeeer!"


lol -____-

I'm anxious for the things I ordered to arrive in the mail. I got this new comforter set that I'm stoked over... it's going to look so cute and make our room pop.

 

Isn't it cuuuuute? I'll obviously have the stripes showing. We have black and burgundy satin sheets that I want to use this with. I can't wait for it to get here!


This month feels busy to me, even though it really isn't. This week is the shoot, next week I fly to San Francisco, and then the week after that is Wondercon. Then the first week of April I'll be at another shoot for a music video.

I'm wondering how many charms I should make for Bat's Day... and I also wanna make my own little pieces for our DnD game. Speaking of which... plans continue to fall through. This entry was kinda bleh. I should get to bed. poo

Innappropriate

   Java has unleashed a virus in one of their updates. I was unaware, but it has been about 2 weeks since and many users have been affected. Anyone with Avast... I suggest you run a boot scan on your system and neutralize that shit post haste. If you don't have Avast... I don't know what to tell you. Maybe don't not have Avast? But it's been giving Rot problems lately, so he uninstalled it. However my comp runs just fine, and so does Josh's. Who knows? So I am writing from my adorable little saving grace. I was a saving grace last night to one of my candles. It was awful.

Sometimes I'll burn my candles on an uneven surface and forget how much of a bad idea it is. Not just aesthetically but apparently functionality! The wax completely melt-flooded the wick and dried over it. I had to go in and rescue it with a stove lighter thing before it made my room any uglier.

It was so out of whack that the wick I rescued was burned away, and once I lit the remaining wick, the wax would instantly melt and put the pathetic little flame out.
So I had to carve a bunch of wax out :(

But it works now! And I have this smelly ball of red wax on my desk to play with. I'm not sure what to do with it yet.

Here's me looking all sexy. Cross-eyed, Popeye mouth is the new sexy. Bringing it back.

Here are some charms I made recently. I can't even handle the Ewok. It came out so much cuter than I had in mind omg.

UGH.

CUTE, RIGHT? IT'S LITTLE CHEEKS

This is Winx. He has wings and blinks weird because his eyes are sewn in and he only has one tooth and he likes quiet upside down walks on stalactites.

This Frappuccino is a piece for my boss! I tried to print out a tiny logo, but I couldn't find one small enough without the Starbucks print around the mermaid... which I have to cut out due to copyright reasons. I wonder if they'd do something if they saw it say Starbucks on it O_o.

CUTENESS ABOUND. It's sleepy-time Cthulhu ^^

My room is nothing like R'lyeh, but I suited him up to be as comfy as possible for his dreamy time. He fancying napping as much as he does and all. :D HEE

FUNNIEST INAPPROPRIATE ACCIDENTAL JOKE EVER.

My roommate is gaming in the living room as I walk towards the kitchen for some soup. I ask him if he wants to see my charms, he says yes. So as I walk back out with them in my hands I go... ;

"...One of them reminds me of (unnamed junkie we both know)"

he goes: "does it have a needle in it's arm or something?" *loling*

"No.... It's just a needle." *shows him*

*uproarious laughter ensues*

If that's not funny then get the stick out of your ass and read it again until it is.


Yesterday I ran a bunch of errands. One of which was going to Michaels for supplies. Since Bat's Day is a go I decided that I'm going to need a lot of black clay. So I got this bad boy.

I normally get the 2 ounce blocks. I have another spare 2 oz block in addition to the scrap that I'm currently using, so I'm pretty confident this'll get me lots of cute little merchies to sell.

Oh! In a few weeks I'll be in San Francisco visiting one of my bestestestest friends! Jurdaaaan. He just moved to SF from Philly. We dated in high school but remained bffs. He's like a girlfriend, but more rational. It's kind of unbelievable that he lives there now. SF is always a good time. He said we can go shopping at H&M :D Woot!!

time for cookies and WoW :3

Cadet

  Business things wee. I'm sitting here at my desk playing WoW and watching Cadet Kelly as an act of contrition for not going to Little Tokyo today. It's not that bad actually because I made us dinner, and it's awesome, and I actually like this movie. It's fun. The character she plays makes me aspire to be more jubilant in general. So I guess it's not contrition unless you view me in a negative light over watching Cadet Kelly? BUT I DON'T SEE WHY ANYONE WOULD, REALLY. IT'S A GREAT FLICK.
Not to mention Shawn Ashmore is in it. Every time he comes to my work I wanna salute to him. But I think he'd ever wanna come back :(

This morning I got out of work early and talked with Ponies over some Bats Day related things.
He's tried to convince me in the past to accompany and help run the InkBleed Books booth at the Bats Day Black Market. I've never really been into those kinds of events really. Especially with such an aesthetically dependent event. I'm even antisocial within the stereotypically but ironically not really antisocial ... antisocial "freaks". Is that weird? If I were a superhero, I'd be Defectiva. Doing everything wrong, socially.

"HELP, DEFECTIVA. OUR WEDDING IS RUINED!"

"..best time saver, ever?" *walks off awkwardly into a walgreens to hide in the snacks section*

Anyway, we brainstormed about what to sell there aside from the obvious book merchandise. So it's official, I'll be there at Bats Day selling charms under Inkbleed Books merchandise.

Also.. I'm an idiot. The shoot isn't tomorrow, it's next Thursday. And it's not a photoshoot. It's for a promo video. I knew that, but from looking at the other model they used.. I assumed. Like an ass.
Life changer this quote: If you assume; it makes an ass of u and me.
It's a horrible rule to follow at my work, but I do it with the stubbornness of grumpy cat.
So that leaves tomorrow completely free for me to make the charms I've been wanting to. And perhaps add more to my Etsy. I've been selling mostly commission pieces rather than what's actually posted which... is good monetarily but... somewhat still discouraging, lol. Sort of. It's my talent that sells mostly, and not so much my product. IS THAT FREELANCING? WHOA.

Oh god this made me laugh so hard

 

Time to watch Heathers and level my rogue. And eat more strawberries with sweetened condensed milk! ^_^

Acer

   The cutest net book ever is mine! Okay, probably not ever, but still pretty cute. I got an Acer Aspire one in burgundy and and and omg it matches my pillows and chair, and my other bed sheets. Most of yesterday, once it got here, consisted of reconfiguring and getting everything updated, bookmarked, uninstalling stupid factory shit, and deciding what exactly this little guy will be for. Which I basically wanted for writing and business/Etsy stuff. I'm not installing any games or much media on here other than photoshop.

 I'm so happy! This is my dream set up ^_^

In the middle of that I made dinner and once again impressed the shit out of my taste buds. I also finished another commission that I'm butthurt over not being able to keep for myself.

I wish I could cook for more people. It doesn't look like much but I assure you it's delicious. Rot ate the last of it :( lol

Oh oh oh oh lookit! The commission I did is a Hylian sword from The Legend of Zelda games. It came out so badass. The little details sucked to do, but it came out really great.

Those red symbols. UGH. The whole time I was making this I was watching The Angry Beavers on Netflix. Since yanno.. I'm just so damn dangerous like that.

Damniiiiiit. lol =\

Tomorrow... I'm not really expecting much but I'm hoping that I can go over to DnD's and finish my character. Then maybe head to Little T. That'd be stellar... I could go for some ramen and boba. Also it's always fun to introduce someone who's never seen Little Tokyo before to the places there. It's such a neat place. I mean.. it's just all shops but it's full of cute nerdy shit and sanrio EVERYWHERE. And Japanese food. So.

Thursday after work I have a photoshoot. It's in a cemetery. No laughing. It's not just a whatever thing. It's for also for a video and to help promote artists in the goth community. AND what I'll be modeling is SO CUTE. I felt like I wasn't Goth enough initially. I don't think I'm really all that Gothy period. The designer asked me if I had any colorful corsets, all like.. casual and stuff. And I thought "dayum... I suck. I SHOULD have at least one. Worst Goth ever" but I told her that 95% of my wardrobe is black. And felt bad. IF THAT'S NOT IRONIC.. then idk. I thought about that and then smiled because I felt like an idiot.

UGH I DON'T HAVE FANCY CORSETS, I'M NOT GOTH ENOUGH. I ONLY HAVE BLACK CLOTHES.

I'm sober right now. In fact I'm eating, and watching Anime. Laying on my tummy in bed. Writing. Checking my bank account and Etsy. Someone messaged me on FB who I guess.. knew of me. I have no clue who this person is. He messaged me and said

"weren't you from harrisburg a few years back?"

I said "yep"

He goes "thought so :P"

That's the whole conversation.

So going on that, he sends me a friend request. And I'm sitting here thinking... is this the foundation that people go on to form relationships with total strangers? Am I the only one that thinks that is... VACUOUS? Is it just me? I don't know why I see Facebook as more personal than my blog, because this is where many of my emotions are manifested in a safe, neutral form that others can find entertainment in. But like... you can see EVERYTHING someone does on Facebook. To me that comes off as incredibly invasive, even with the mild privacy settings they offer. No thank you. It also gives people a false sense of association, and who wants to be that?! Unless you're a brainless idiot.

ANYWHO, That's my facebook rant. And now I'm going to take a nap. Getting a smog check for some reason made me tired. Or maybe it's the crash from the coffee I had earlier. I could eat some grapes. mmmm grapes.

Best quote ever, btw.

Rot and I were talking about different races and their aesthetics...

"British people aren't the most attractive but at least their crotches don't look like a bomb went off."

Ladies and Gentlemen, the nastiest most accurate description of everything ever by the ever so tactful, Mr Rotten Rotny. Good night.

Widow

   I have these candles everywhere and I never know what to do with the lids. 

 They're bulky and stupid and wtf do you do with them while you're using the candle? NOTHING. They're glass and heavy, you can't just dump them. So.. with enough boredom, I thought of something other than burning little candles in them.









I.  - Take your lid. Just take it. Grab it and put down somewhere. Do it.

 II.  - Get some paint. Since most of the lid is transparent, use a color that matches your surface. I went with black because I'm not racist.

III.  - Paint that ugly plastic part. You can try painting the glass. I wish you all the best. What I did was just messily dab the base with 3 coats, making sure each coat dried completely or suffer the ugly consequences. Acrylic I found that 3 coats should suffice. If it doesn't, why'd you stop then?

IV.  - Grats. You now have these wonky little dishes to put tiny cluttery things in. If you're a messy painter like I am, it doesn't matter! It's the same color as your surface. I am using mine for craft findings and jewelry I wear on a regular basis so that I don't have to dig through this ugly tin can with a bunch of random crap in it.

EASY, RIGHT?

I have more of these lying around, but I need to find something to use it for.
This mostly was due to rearranging my craft station, which led to tidying up my room all together and consolidating. Sort of.

He's something from WoW;

Anywho, work sucked but I went grocery shopping on my way home and that always brings me lots and lots of joy. This time I also purchased strawberries to couple with sweetened condensed milk. If you've never had sweetened condensed milk, it's milk... but the consistency is similar to honey, and it's sweet. It says it on the label. It's delicious. I think it's used in a lot of fancy desserts. But I just dump it on strawberries. My mom would give me this as a treat. Try it! It's delish ^_^

Also... this.

Rot noticed a large spider by the steps on our way to our front door. In excitement we both bent down to take a look... when we noticed a red tummy.

It was difficult to keep my hands steady as I captured this little girl but man o man was she neat. We wanted to move her somewhere safe, but she was a little too dangerous even for us. Initially we thought she was a Black Widow. Turns out she's a Brown Widow, which apparently are quite common in southern California. Isn't she so pretty though? She looks like a dangerous predator, but her sleek shape and color also makes her look regal. She's beautiful. I hope no one freaks out and kills her :( She's just trying to survive, and will die off on her own eventually.
In my opinion, killing something simply over the fact that you cannot control your own issue with it is just so incredibly deranged and cruel. And unnecessary. If you're one of those people... next time you see a spider, can you not? It's not out to hurt you. Leave it alone. It just wants to hang out on it's web and eat insects that probably pester you more than that spider did before you realized it was even there. BOOM. Logic.


Okay, I'm off to bed.

We named her Charlotte. ^_^
SHOCKER. I KNOW