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18th-Jul-2008 04:20 pm
So while Mark is making eggs (with most of the shell) I figured I'd do a quick update since I haven't in a while because I am made of fail and aids.

Quick mention to [info]odangochan , Phil, [info]liathe , [info]perrinashcroft , [info]nert , [info]true_delusion , [info]chococat and Rob, thanks for coming to my birthday. ~ Karaoke was much funs. Thanks for all my cards/pressies (oh and Nert, Mark did remember the chocolate bar, only the chocolate strawberries suffered a death :P). Highlights included my "lol u r gay" cake from Perrin and rockband which is just omgawesomewant.

A lot of other stuff went wrong around my birthday but I'm over it. I didn't get to see Morrissey like I was hoping to, but they'll be other chances. Shit happens.
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Cosplay wise I've been helping Mark (i.e. my help involves shouting at him a lot, telling him to stop being so lazy and YES he can do that and NO I'm not doing it for him) do his OD shirt and trousers for Big Boss. Figured it would save him some money since we're both a bit skint at the moment. I also got half of my Yoko bikini done (the new Teflon foot I bought at least fits on /his/ machine, let's hope it fits on mine too because I'll be damned if I'm buying a 3rd one) my red leatherette is at home so I can't do the flames here, started on Eva's watch, finished take three of Sophitia's foot armour (which seems to be holding on better this time). I still have to repaint her sword at home. Not looking forward to this. Chrome paint is a NIGHTMARE and takes forever to dry. If anyone has any tips/tricks/alternatives to using chrome paint but that will still look like a shiny silver sword I am all ears, baring in mind the sword is fibreglass and has little absorbency (thinking a thin layer of putty over it to help it suck up paint probably will help).

I need a money making scheme that isn't a job. Money would be a whole lot easier if my brother gave me the £500 he owed me. I hate siblings.
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I changed my LJ again since the last one looked crap quite frankly. It's still not up to the standards I keep for my websites but it's slightly better. I added code into the .CSS though that means the nav bar can't be seen for ANYONE so if you use that normally for browsing LJ, well, tough luck. >:3

Speaking of which I'm getting itchy to make websites again. I hate looking after them though so I'd rather make them for other people. So you know, if you or anyone you know wants a website for any reason give me a bell. I have plenty of bandwidth and space left as well if anyone wants subdomain/domain hosting http://ai-honey.com/hosting.php.

I've been slowly adding more people to LJ lately, one by one. I'm still very apprehensive to add too many people I don't know well, but I'll never get to know new people at that rate will I? I still doubt I'll be one of those people who have a bajillion people on their list because I like to know or at least get to know everyone. Adding half a ton of people I don't know will only lead to being very bored when it comes to reading my friends entries page. :>
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I want to read more. Any suggestions? I have Just finished "An Utterly Impartial History of Britain or 2000 Years of Upper-class Idiots in Charge" by John O'Farrell (link) which was highly amusing and I'd recommend to anyone who used to like "Horrible History" books as a child. His mix of adult humour makes it quite a light read despite being a rather huge book on history. I'm quite open to most genres, though if anyone suggests Dan Brown to me I will have stab you in the eyes to disallow you from ever having the privilege to read again. ;D
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So yes. Things are okay. I have mostly sorted out things with Seb and we are sort of back to talking as normal. I tend to talk to people less when I am at Mark's so I haven't spoken to many people much lately so I haven't spoken to him much either. He apologised for being intentionally mean which is ultimately all I wanted and probably brought up some concerns that should have been addressed anyhow. I'll probably be going home in a few days. I was going to be going home tomorrow but a) didn't feel like it and b) I was going to [info]chococat's to practice SECRET song for the ball but she's feeling a bit crummy too. I'm looking forward to the ball (even though I still have nothing to wear?!) and singing, I have no idea how she manages to do two entire sets though. Far too much effort for me. :P Hopefully it will all go well and I won't make a complete ass of myself on stage (although I am sure there will be plenty of people who will be very amused if I did so it's a win win situation!).

And before I go, thanks for the comments on my last entry, it meant a lot to me to have support from you guys. Thanks. <3 and I'm out. xx
Comments 
18th-Jul-2008 05:32 pm (UTC)
Ah, only half SHUNNED then XD Hope it was worth the panic ;)

Don't get me started on cosplay issues T_T my grand master plan is eating my soul currently ;)


Make my website, I'm far too lazy :P And my webmonkey got a girlfriend and a career ;)

I may have to sneak into the ball to hear this secret song then :P I hadn't actually heard you sing before the karaoke o.o


18th-Jul-2008 05:44 pm (UTC)
Don't give up ~~ D: it'll be so worth it to get it finished (you will still finish it even if you don't get it done for Ame right?)

What IS your website for other than random pictures anyway? :P

And that's a surprise. I'm usually hogging the singstar in the games room at most conventions. ;D
18th-Jul-2008 06:21 pm (UTC)
It depends how the next few steps go, it's very much a make or break technique ;) It's slowly dawning how bloody hard a task I've set myself

The main focus was always the video editing and AMV work, but these days people only look at the pictures ;) The idea was to have an updates blog, comments, separate sections for tutorials or whatnot.. whatever crap I could spew out really. The new site is still sitting somewhere half-made ;)

I never spend much time in the games room, too much queuing and lots of people hogging the machines ;) I heard tales of your vocal talent but mostly only saw it across a loud games/karaoke room rather than heard :P




18th-Jul-2008 05:59 pm (UTC)
Oh my lawd, you've been sooooooooooo busy!! I wish I had as much done s you T_T I've just been chasing my tail! lol!

I don't know if it'd interest you, but I have seen (I want to buy it, but I R PAW) a book called 'The Big Book of Birthdays' and on each page is a day of the year and what that day represents. I looked at mine was disappointed to see I'm 'the Critic' - my best features being my honesty, loyalty and creativity, my worst points being I'm a total cunt, or so the book says! Either way, HOURS OF FUN TO BE HAD!
Also, I <3 my Asian history, and ther's a book you might find at the library caled 'Dragon Emperess' which is about the last Empress of China and the various events that occured during her reign. Very interesting!

I have no idea what went down with you and Seb ( I don't think I saw your last post, so will be checking that out momentarily) but I'm glad it's been sorted out.

I am very curious about your joint performance with Chococat! I heard something about it a while ago. I wonder what it is!? :O SUSPENSE!

As for Mark's costuming suff, whip him into shape ;) He'll be glad of it once it's all over, lol! Procrastination is the cancer of cosplay! I know from experience T_T so many bads!

XXX
18th-Jul-2008 06:16 pm (UTC)
Bah I haven't done much, but since I'm only doing one new costume for Amecon and only fixing up the others there isn't much to do. :P

Also book suggestions are duly noted!

Yeah, me and Seb had a stupid argument. It happens. I'm looking forward to singing though I doubt many people will be that interested. xD; And Mark's getting better. He just likes to try and cop out sometimes but I won't let him because I know if I do something for him he'll whine about it later when it's done.
18th-Jul-2008 07:43 pm (UTC)
One book I always recommend is The Secret History by Donna Tartt, it's a fairly cold but brilliant novel.
18th-Jul-2008 08:14 pm (UTC)
Noted. Thank you. :3
18th-Jul-2008 08:10 pm (UTC)
Ohoh. Books. I love books. I highly recommend the Dresden Files series, by Jim Butcher. I'm reading them at the moment -- when I'm not dying from working -- and I fell in love. I'll mention that they're written from the first person perspective of the main character, Harry, but it really works. And kjfdnjkvfdhjk you don't like Dan brown either? THANK GOD. I garner respect for those who dislike his writing 8D;;

It sounds like you had an awesome time on your birthday, which is great. I'm glad ♥

Good luck with finishing your cosplays!
18th-Jul-2008 08:15 pm (UTC)
Dan Brown makes me RAEG, no doubt about that. His writing is awful. :| the grammatical indiscrepancies in the first page alone make me want to stab him.
18th-Jul-2008 08:24 pm (UTC)
Pleaaaaase tell me you've read this?

http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/000844.html

All people who get RAEG from reading Dan Brown should :D It made me laugh.

I'm going to heart at you for having the sense to want to stab him ♥ ♥
18th-Jul-2008 08:58 pm (UTC)
I read a couple of his books, mostly because they were there and they were books. I was disappointed. Not only is his writing style very schlocky, his "clues" obvious, and his characters stupid, but he has some... unique interpretations of pagan symbols - as a pagan, I feel I have at least a little authority on the subject, and his description of the pentangle made me "whu?"
18th-Jul-2008 09:53 pm (UTC)
I read 'The DaVinci Code' and 'Angels and Demons.' I completely agree with the shlocky comment and... well. Everything else you said. There are very few authors that I hate with a burning passion dislike. He made the list.

I'm not a pagan myself. I'm not an anything, unless Jedi counts. But I know enough about it to make me just... want to tug at my hair in frustration at just about anything he writes.

... Hi? :D
18th-Jul-2008 08:58 pm (UTC)
"On his hands and knees, the curator froze, turning his head slowly." was one of the clasics.

I think my friend summed up pretty successfully how I felt. ¬_¬

http://winterblind.livejournal.com/10459.html
18th-Jul-2008 09:51 pm (UTC)
I've not had a good 'let's share Dan Brown haaaaaate' moment for a long time.

Your friend's summary of it. PERFECT.
18th-Jul-2008 08:12 pm (UTC)
I've been thinking of doing a cosplay website for a while, but I can't do HTML or coding beyond the *really* simple stuff, so I may take you up on that offer ^_^

As for books, I have masses of the things, but I can't recommend without having a good idea of what you enjoy reading. Fiction, non-fiction, fantasy, thriller, horror, surreal, deep, fluffy etc? I love Memoirs of a Geisha, the first two Dexter novels are worth a read, The God Delusion is interesting. Terry Pratchett's very popular amongst people I know so you might enjoy him too (I certainly do).
18th-Jul-2008 08:22 pm (UTC)
Cool, I can do something like that for you easy. :D

And I am a woman of all genres. I am happy to check most things out so thanks for that. ~
18th-Jul-2008 08:47 pm (UTC)
Well you singing at the ball gives me more incentive to sort something out so I can attend! Definitely looking forward to that, your voice is lovely :)

You sound a lot more upbeat than you have recently, I'm glad things with Seb are starting to get back to normal, must be a relief for you. Keep up the good mood lass, see you in a few weeks :)
18th-Jul-2008 09:02 pm (UTC)
Aww, thankies. And of course you have to come. :P

And yeah, all is calm for the time being. ;D
18th-Jul-2008 11:59 pm (UTC)
Will be doing Karaoke at same time as ball so won't have to put up with your singing nonsense. U R SOOO GAY! ;P
19th-Jul-2008 06:41 am (UTC)
I'm so glad you had a fabulous birthday, from what others have said it sounded like a top evening! I take it the venue is worth a second visit? You'll be subjected to gifts at Ame >:3

I join you in sibling hatred! Mine owes me so much money, but I've had to pretty much write it off because I know there's no way I'm going to ever get it back. She stole and sold a large batch of my limited edition MAC makeup recently, joys.
19th-Jul-2008 02:36 pm (UTC)
Yeah, sad you didn't come, you would've enjoyed it. And yep, definitely good for another visit. ;D

And yes, I remember you talking about your sister before.. :/
19th-Jul-2008 07:51 am (UTC)
For your sword, have you considered covering it in self adhesive silver vinyl like used for sign making? As long as you're careful not to get air bubbles it'd look pretty good...

And yeah, I'm with odango chan, discworld books are the life and soul of my fantasy reading :)
19th-Jul-2008 02:37 pm (UTC)
Hm. I've not heard of this stuff before. :> Link?

I have lettering inscribed into the sword though and the hilt is an odd shape so I'm not sure how easy it'd be.
19th-Jul-2008 02:52 pm (UTC)
http://stores.ebay.co.uk/SIGN-MAKING-VINYL_W0QQfrsrcZ1QQfsubZ20879841QQtZkm

tis a roll of silver vinyl with a sticky backing, might work...you never know ^^
20th-Jul-2008 06:18 pm (UTC)
Glad you had a fun time :D I saw a photo of the gay cake, quality.
Sorry, I couldn't make it, but my mum would cry if I didn't go to her birthday. You're lucky your pressie survived being looked after by Kat, I was sure she'd have snarfed it by Friday!
21st-Jul-2008 11:16 pm (UTC)
Haha, thanks for my sweeties. ^^ it was very kind of you. :) Hopefully we can do Karaoke some other time all together!
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