Today I was late for work because apparently toast upsets my stomach now. Bleh. I've ruled out the bread and the jam, since I've been eating both of those regularly, so I guess something in the toasting process doesn't agree with me?? Is that even possible?

Work has been exhausting lately. Now that the sale has started everything is chaos and everyone gets on my nerves. I'm sorry I complained when it was slow! (Of course, soon I'll be complaining that I'm jobless, so maybe this is the better of the two evils?)

If anyone needs any suede, I'm selling several pieces that I don't want from a lot at my Etsy shop. Mostly bright pretty colors, but I've got a whole lot of browns/tans, more greens and some other weird colors on deck. I've got to take more photos, which makes me want to keep it all, because it photographs soooo well!

I've been slowly resizing pics for ages, so I didn't get to post this til now.

angidawn24 and I needed some costumes photos of all the things that we never got good pics of, so we headed to chibi1015's place in NJ with something_gurl, aluminumbunny and titaniumfrog in tow.


I'm too lazy to post them all here, but here's a preview:


The rest are on my Flickr, including more of D, Paradise Kiss, Sailor Moon, Angel Sanctuary (not me), an original dress I made (Holly modeled!) and I went old school and broke out one of my Dada (Velvet Eden) costumes too.

I was really disappointed in Public Enemies! I'm one of those people who was thinking along the lines of "Johnny Depp + Christian Bale + gangsters = awesome" and had to go see it, even after I was doubting it because my boss and her husband walked out without watching the whole thing. Anyway, in short, it was too long, too boring, the acting was mostly sub-par (even Johnny!), the shaky camera was nauseating at times, and by the time it finally ended I was thinking "thank god! finally!" Not the worst movie I've ever seen, but I would have rather waited for the DVD.

So far the summer movie season has been a real let down! Of the 3 movies I risked spending the $12.50 on only one was any good! Praying that the Harry Potter movie will make me feel better.

Tomorrow is the big train ride back to NYC~ I napped and read all the way here and that's also the plan for the way back. I hope I can fit everything in my suitcase. Typically, I haven't packed yet. I bought a stack of used books (the fantasy/sci-fi section at the bookstore I go to up here was packed for once; they had Storm Constantine, which NEVER happens, though I owned them all already), some DVDs, some lightbulbs, my mom gave me a bathmat... It's a lot of stuff. Vitamin Water is only 5 for $5 up here. And there's no sales tax.

I spent all evening watching Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles with my parents. I got the first season on DVD for my dad. Haha, now I really want to see the second season. I'm disappointed that there won't be a third!

So far the NH trip has been nice and relaxing (I better enjoy it, because it's going to be very busy all the way til next Monday when I get home!). I had a doctor's appointment today where we surmised that all the problems I've ever had are related to anxiety, but since she was an awesome natural doctor, she didn't fill me up with weird pills (I'm not for perscription meds at ALL). Yesterday I worked on my portfolio and spent some quality time with my DS. I'm really getting tired of random battles... Half the games I have are Final Fantasy though and one of the others is also an RPG, so I'm sort of stuck. XD

I also want to say that I HATE how hard UPS makes it to reschedule a delivery. Once they decide they're going to redeliver, they just don't want you to be able to say "I WILL NOT BE HOME. DO NOT DO THAT." It's like they like to waste time! Gahhh, wigs are in limbo, one of which I have to have done by July 13th. >_< And no one will be home to sign for it til next Friday (if, in theory, I remember to call and reschedule the delivery), soooo it's gonna be tight. Really tight. If my stupid wig dye doesn't ship tomorrow I'm going to really have to explode.

...Yup, nice and relaxed. Totally relaxed...

Survived the weekend at work. I'm such a baby. Once every few months I have to work a weekend and I always act like it's going to kill me! Frankly, I didn't do much "work" Sunday, per se. I spent a lot of time in the back sitting at my manager's desk. First I was working on my portfolio, til I realized that much to my dismay, all my pens had fallen out of my binder and into my other bag (the one I didn't have with me). Pencil sketches are done, but no inking yet. Maybe Tuesday. I spent the rest of the day doodling actual non-portfolio artwork. I haven't sat down to draw in ages, so it was kind of nice to see that I haven't totally lost what little skill I had. Sort of.

I saw "Up" tonight. I liked it a lot! It was pretty sad at times though. I sort of wanted to cry! It definitely washed away the taint of the last movie I saw in the theater though (Wolverine, ugh). I still regret even watching that atrocity.

I'm over my super emo ranting, at least for today. Not the most productive sewing day and Sass didn't let me sleep in as late as I wanted (when that cat decides I should be awake, she just doesn't let up), but at least I got my errands done? I'm dreading the weekend at work, but I've prepped for it! I bought a box of Sour Patch Kids, 3 Vitamin Waters and some new pencils so I can sketch my portfolio stuff! I might bring my DS with me too. We'll see. If it rains, yes, if it's sunny, no. I haven't touched the thing in months... My Animal Crossing town is probably full of weeds and everyone moved out. ;_;

Next week I'm going to NH for a bit, to visit my parents. I'm really looking forward to getting out of the city and relaxing!

I just want everyone out there in LJ World to know that I'm completely miserable. COMPLETELY. I even had a cookie and it didn't cheer me up. The last 3 days have possibly been the most boring I've experienced in so long that I can't remember. It's excrutiating to sit here! Business is slow, weather is shit, we watched a movie today because there was nothing else to do. (I'm also PMSing something fierce... which may account for the mood.) All I can think about is how many productive things I could be doing ANYWHERE else.

I also get to look forward to coming back both Saturday and Sunday. The temptation to do something terrrible like call in is totally overwhelming (but I know there's no one to cover). I soooooooooo want to do it...

Long story short: We did not go to Anime Next! All signs pointed toward "NO", really.

( The long version... )

So in the end, it was a good day!

( And of course there are pics and a video~ )

Wow, I did a good job resizing those. They're like.. 4 different sizes. XD Oops.

Anyway, overall a good time! Thank you everyone for everything!

Going to be at Anime Next this weekend, Saturday only. We're wearing the Org XIII costumes again all day and thanks to Chibi and Zach we get to bring the weapons too! I just fixed up the Axel and Roxas wigs, so we're good to go... Except that I forgot to make Zach's gloves before. Oops. Going to work on that tomorrow...