Saturday, August 18, 2012

My laptop...

My laptop is acting weird...I've troubleshooted as far as I can and am taking it to get looked at. I don't know what they'll tell me...I'm doing limited stuff from my phone for now...

Wednesday, August 15, 2012

This, that and Derwent...

Still don't really want to post about really personal stuff but so much here, but I'm going to be on pins and needles tomorrow.  Positivity is key.

Pulled some drawing excercises from the Derwent website.  I'm glad they tweeted me, or else I don't know that it would have occurred to me to go to their website and find them.  

Sorry for the ridiculously short post.  

Still haven't gotten my Misha Photo Op yet, but when I do, I'll post it in the Day 3 entry for NJ Con.  




Friday, August 10, 2012

I love how...

I just noticed that the stuff I post that gets the most views is either In Memoriam posts or when I go to conventions.  lol  I guess everything could have 0 views, so thank you...It bums me out a little when it comes to my artwork, but meh *shrugs*  I blog about and draw what I'm into or else to me there'd be no point in doing this.    

Last Unicorn WIP Pt 2

Trying to take each stage slowly so I don't mess up.

Thursday, August 9, 2012

Day 3 at NJCon2012

I got up early to go to the Breakfast Q and A...I think everything started a little late though.  I was too shy to ask names, but a woman asked me about the John Passarella book I was reading.  I can't remember which Supernatural book she was reading...I do remember that I'd read it and didn't find it that bad.  She said it was boring to her.  To each her own.  :) I believe she was also the one who won the centerpiece contest.  Again, I really need to get out more, so stuff won't be so awkward... I used to be better at this...

The Breakfast Q  and A, I can't give a blow by blow, because I can only remember bits and pieces...I can give a highlight though, the speed walking.  XD  Jared was saying that he didn't think speed walking should be an actual Olympic sport, then a fan asked he and Misha to race.  I got a blur and I had to be fast to get that.  It's in my tweets, if I can figure out how to get it into the blog post I will, but it's extremely difficult to do a long blog post on the iphone.  It's probably way easier to do on an iPad, but Heaven knows when I'll be able to afford one of those.

I didn't take any video this time, again 'cause I was right up front and I wasn't feeling lucky/blessed about taping.  I did take some photos.  They're split between the phone and the digital camera.  It will take a while to put them up.

I had a headache for most of the day.  My dad out of the blue when I called him advised me to drink some more water.  Eerie.

The photo ops...I have a third, but I don't want to wait anymore.  I'll just add it when it comes and you can look or not.


The Creation volunteers at the photo shoot kept urging us to ask for a hug in the shot, rather than pose and then ask for the hug...That kind of thing confuses me.  The rules for everyone say don't ask for a hug, so I didn't.   I was going to do the one armed thing and then Jared Padalecki decided to smish, so I just threw both arms around him like that.   I can't figure out whether that's disbelief on my face or I look like I'm about to cry.  Probably some mixture of both...[I was "love" this time...idek, but again, I appreciate it.]







I got to meet John Passarella, which was awesome I don't want to give spoilers to Night Terrors for those that haven't read it, but his characterization is spot on.  I also loved his pacing.  There's gross outs in it though...If you have an insect phobia, I wouldn't read this.


This is my photo op with Misha Collins and Jared Padalecki.  This is what I meant by the one-armed thing.  Not that I didn't/don't appreciate that hug...  Both were very sweet.  







Misha's and Jared's Q and A...Again, I'm having trouble remembering everything,  I tweeted some as it happened and I also know there will be vids.  As far as describing it in my own unique way, if my brain weren't like a sieve, I'd certainly try.   The point where Jared was trying to get out of Misha's jacket and dropped his phone.  Misha looked like he wanted to hurt him for a second, but they handled it.  lol   Those books on lucid dreaming...I want them.  I can't remember which panel the top hat and camouflage paint came up, but that response was...I think it stemmed from Jared's response to a Zombie Apocalypse question.  Misha talked about GISHWHES...It looks like it's challenging but a lot of fun.  I wish I had the time, money, and wherewithal to get into it.

Edwin [He was volunteering for Creation.] told me he thought my name was pretty.  Love his accent...Love it.  I enjoy a lot of different accents, including British accents.

In Misha's autograph line...I got confused and thought Waking Life is a book, it's actually a movie, but he told me there's tons of books on lucid dreaming...I'm curious about this subject, so I think I'll delve into it.

Jared's autograph line...I don't remember saying much except for Thank you.  So he signs my photo...and I'm turning to leave and he thanks me for coming to the meet and greet and then you know what he does?  He winks at me and kisses at me...I wonder what my face must have looked like?  Deer caught in headlights?  A little smile?  My c'mon now smh thing?  Or some weird combo of all three.  I'm thinking probably the last one.  Him doing that made up for all the slights/snubs I encountered off and on throughout the convention from various fans and then some.

This is where the my Misha Collins photo op will go, once I get it.  I also have something to share about his photo op too.


The photo op didn't turn out quite the way I thought...Will post it and share my story anyway though.  Plus, also bear in mind Misha had to catch a flight.  To say the line for Misha was long was an understatement.  So, I reach him and he smiles and says, "And how are we today, Madam?".  I laughed and said fine.  So, we're both smiling.  I'm thinking that's what the picture is going to look like. Not so much.  I'm also doing that thing I do where my legs aren't as close as my upper body...I'm not sure why I do it...They rush us through so fast, that really the most I can hope for is not to blink and to hold the smile.  They also don't usually give you retakes.  


























Tuesday, August 7, 2012

Last Unicorn WIP




Still waiting a while on that last photo op...

Please bear with me.  ... This is the first year that's happened to me [hence I have no ballpark idea on how long it'll take to get to me and I forgot to ask...Plus I didn't want to seem impatient...It's a photo op, not a matter of life and death...If an unreasonable amount of time passes I will follow up though...]  

I've also got to go back to work tomorrow.  So, my time definitely won't be as flexible.  It's really difficult to do long blog posts from the phone and the browser's at my job are ancient and don't support much of squat.  So on break, I can do almost nothing as far as blogging is concerned.  Again, sorry.  This is part of the reason, why such a long time passes between posts.

I've got a Webinar on Audacity next Tues.

I was in a cab listening to what a cabbie had on the radio and this woman was complaining about her local churches...She didn't like the gossiping and some of the other stuff that goes on, so she said she goes to church online.  I had never heard of that...I was like you can do that???!!!! Wow!  :D
But then again, you can do just about everything else online, so why not go to church?

Working on another drawing...It's simple and it's kind of a childhood thing I had in my head for a few weeks at least...I think there are times when I must broadcast like mad and just don't know it.  If it turns out like anything I want to paint her before I post her.  



Monday, August 6, 2012

Done some more thinking...

I've got lots of calls to make tomorrow and I've got to go back to work Wed.  It's going to be a busy next few months both personally and professionally and I just hope I'm up to it.  

... I'm going to sell the photo op I had for Vegas on eBay and hold out for either Vancouver 2013 or 2014.  Watch the blog and I think I'll use twitter and tumblr too.
I'm still taking classes with Edge Studio, beyond that I'm kind of cautious about saying more.  I've got a really half-assed profile on Google Plus...just what I need to get even more tied up in social media, right?  :p

I'll finish posting about the con within the next few days.  I still don't have a scanner and the sun was at the wrong place in the sky to take pictures of pictures once I got home.  Had been asleep and the mailman woke me knocking, he almost left.  He was laughing at me, but if he knew how hard it was for me to get to the post office to pick stuff up, let alone how hard it is for me to get a day off.  lol smh






Saturday, August 4, 2012

Day 2 at NJ Con 2012

Just got asked if I was enjoying myself just now...it's not that I'm not, it's more than likely sleep deprivation.   I read somewhere you should get at least 5 hours of sleep.  To those that can and do function on less, I don't know how they do it, but I salute you.

Got to meet Jim Beaver...he teased me that all of MD is 20 minutes outside of DC, not just New Carrollton.  [I'm paraphrasing...I've never been good with recall and I'm way better remembering faces as opposed to names.]

I don't want to be too redundant, because all the Q and A's are on YouTube probably and there will be tons of summaries from different perspectives on this.

I kind of liked the zombie apocalypse questions, the Pokemon questions not so much.

I don't know where the 50 Shades stuff during Richard and Matt's panel came from...I wonder they shouldn't do their Q and A right before Karaoke.  Just when I think the bawdiness can't get worse. lol smdh

I got to talk to Jace, the guy sitting next to me a good bit off and on.  I like actively talking about fandom stuff [All fandoms, not just SPN...comic book stuff, Star Trek...I could go on] with someone and not having someone take a condescending attitude towards it.   Attending stuff like this allows me that outlet too.

I was not the only Black chick attending [Yes, I  do head counts.]  :)

I will post photos of all my autographs, but I think this was my pleasant but unexpected surprise today.



I'm a bit embarrassed to admit this, but Mark Pellegrino scares me a bit.  



The cocktail party...I'd never gone Gold to an SPN convention, so this was a new experience.  And definitely a learning experience.  The tables were not assigned.  That would have been a little easier for me, as at times I'm shy to the point of it being almost debilitating.  Blogging and tweeting and stuff isn't really face to face interaction, so I sort of get to coast.  Last night I couldn't do that and I was so jittery.  I only limited myself to one drink.  I made an active effort to introduce myself around  at the table I did wind up at.  I just couldn't maintain it, so by the time other people came, I just wasn't emotionally equipped to handle it.  I don't know whether smiling does more or less damage in a situation like that or not, but like I said, it was a learning experience.  I think some people saw me as being rude, but if you know anything about my character at all, you know that's not me or my intent. I do still want to apologize though.  The woman with that amazing Devil's Trap costume was sitting at our table for a while.  I wanted to say something to her, but like I said I was struggling.  
There was a woman from NJ at the table that was just wonderful to me, and I'm not sure if it was as difficult for her as it was for me to come out of my shell, but I really want to thank her too.  I forgot a little evening bag, so I didn't really have anything to write with.  [Oh yeah, I was surprised at how casual the dress code was.   I got a compliment on my shoes in the elevator though.   I got down there and although I wasn't the only one in a dress... I felt kind of overdressed.  Seems with me, it's either feast or famine.]    I don't remember her name, but I do remember her face.  I also missed the chance to ask her if she has a Twitter account, but since I didn't have a pen anyway...

She helped me to take this.  



I don't know why I continuously tilt my head in shots like that.  


My little Fujifilm Finepix has a crappy zoom feature.  When I max it out, the image distorts, so I actually wind up taking better shots with my iphone for now.  

I got one shot of a centerpiece, but we couldn't leave the tables except when Jim Beaver, Mark Pellegrino, Mark Sheppard, Richard Speight, Jr., Matt Cohen and Sebastian Roche' lined up.  



Something that stood out to me...Matt Cohen smelled really good.  One woman asked him about his cologne, but he didn't want to tell, because he said he wanted it to be uniquely his, which I can understand.  

I also liked that some people felt comfortable giving hugs, I definitely didn't knock it.  


People were having a blast dancing.   I got a kick out of watching.  I didn't, because I'm not a good dancer at all.  

At around 1, I tottered on up to bed.   Early for some of you, I know.  ;)



Day 1 at NJCon2012

I always have trouble getting up for an early flight.
I get to the airport.   Make it in time.  They did an inspection at Reagan and something went wrong with our plane.  This is the first time I had a connecting flight to anywhere, so I was already apprehensive.  I didn't freak out big time, but they knew I was stressed.  Everybody and their mama must have been going to New Jersey, because initially they told me that I couldn't get out of DC until around 8 or 9pm.  (Again thank you to Raymond and Charles and staff.!)

I didn't get to NJ 'til around 2 I guess.

I'm amazed that more places don't carry those little flight approved bottles of Bio True.  I need a bit more contact lens fluid than I was allowed to bring which sucks.  :(

Got a very nice autographed photo of Charles Malik Whitfield.  I wish they'd done more with FBI Agent Victor Henriksen, because I think that would've been stellar.  He was starting to come around and would've been a good ally to have.  Not to mention, he's not hard on the eyes at all.  Had to spend carefully, because I got thrown a few unexpected curveballs.  No one's fault, I'll just plan better next time, although the stuff I've been hearing about the post office lately has me more than a bit worried.




For the most part I enjoyed the Q and A's.    The only person's I missed was Steve Carlson's and that was because I had a photo op with Rachel Miner.  It is very hard to catch every event at these.  I guess you just sort of have to pick and choose.

One day, I would also like to play the yes and no game.  I know I can at least make it to the medium round.

I don't think the story pitches were as good this year as a whole... (I've only been to 3 of these so far though, and I started attending fairly late in the run.  I've been watching since Seas. 1, but job stablility was a factor for me around the time they first started the cons, so even if I wanted to, I prob. couldn't have attended.  )

Signings...I did get both Julie McNiven's and Rachel Miner's autographs.  I did a photo op with Rachel. She was so cool. That this was her first SPN convention just blows me away.  In the autograph line, she told me that she liked my shirt.  It was the '67 Hunting Champions shirt.  I thought it came from Red Bubble, but it came from Ript Apparel.   For the record, I enjoy different things about all the Megs.



I had coffee at the airport.  It did nothing.  I guess I should've kept it up.  The heat made me feel that much worse... I don't do well with energy drinks at all and my primary care physician told me I'm prediabetic.  }:(  I went upstairs to eat something right quick and promptly fell out.  No concert or karaoke.  :(   The maddening part is, I didn't sleep for a long time.  It's been like little pitiful 2 or 3 hour blocks.   If you read this blog regularly, you know that I suffer from bouts of insomnia from time to time.  Looks like it's come creeping back.  I've had it all week really, but I've had a lot on my mind.








Before I get into a recap of yesterday

Note:  I think I've figured out a way to break this down, so that it won't be so overwhelming for me...I think I'll just blog about stuff day by day.  Didn't think to bring a writing pad or journal or anything...I used to be better about keeping up with stuff like writing, but now it's harder...I guess because my responsibilities are different and in time, will probably become increasingly more so.   I see myself doing this maybe two more times with two different locales  [Trying really hard for LV.  I've already got a friend offering to take me under her wing in LV and she lives there.  If that works out, it would definitely be cool.   I'd also like to hit Vancouver in 2014 if nothing unforeseen happens...  My supervisor and my backup at work are very stingy with me wanting to take what they see as frivolous leave *apparently if it's not a family emergency or medical leave I'm not supposed to want off....I don't abuse my leave, but I think everyone should have a reasonable sized break at least once a year, if only for stress relief.  Neither me nor my back up ever gets 1-2 weeks vacation, other staff members do, so we've each got to get our kicks in where it counts.  I don't like how that puts us at odds with each other sometimes, but I digress.*   I only get one bit of vacation time to really go anywhere and never the whole week.  When I can afford to, sometimes I want to spread my wings just a little bit.  There's not a problem with staying home, but I do enjoy the little traveling I've done so very much.]  I want location photos for SPN so incredibly bad.  I got them for the Vampire Diaries...but I'd love them for SPN too.   If it doesn't work out, I'll never forget the TVD and SPN cons I was able to attend.  

 For personal and medical reasons [It's nothing like cancer or lupus or anything, but at the same time I'm noticing difficulty doing things that aren't making sense considering the age I am now.] I don't think it's that I'm all that out of shape either, but I don't know...In any event, I think I'm easing to a stop.  My original dermatologist left, so I'm seeing a new one sometime in September...what they took the biopsy for hasn't cleared up and I want to know if the damage is permanent.  My primary care physician doesn't seem alarmed by anything because most test results have been normal.  Only a couple of rheumatology tests have shown something crazy and  the rheumatologist hasn't been able to pin those things down.  The pain relievers he's prescribed aren't doing anything.  *shrugs*  I'm trying other stuff.  Getting a back pack...and possibly a new mattress are in the works.  Also there's an herb that's a pain reliever ...Boswellia I think, but I've got to stop the prednisone first.  New shoes and wearing my brace more often have done little if anything. The pain isn't debilitating, but it hinders me just the same.  I don't really want to be part of a group to discuss this stuff, because after a while it just gets repetitive and it depresses more than encourages me.  My vision problems are also coming back, which is another reason I've never really been gung ho about learning to drive.  [From about the time I was 7, I think I've had vision problems.  I don't want to add to the insanity.  Nor do I want to be involved in another car accident that involves litigation...That was just a miserable experience.  It could've been worse though, all things considered.]

Most of the time I don't let on about a whole lot, because I already use mental pep talks and some scripture.  I've also never really felt comfortable handling things any other way, but my own way...I'm sorry that it's caused the problems it has, but it's who I am...I'm like both my parents in a lot of ways, but it almost makes me laugh to the point of tears how much like my father I really am.  I love him and I make sure to tell him and try to show him.

That being said, I'm going to get on with my recap of yesterday.  I'm sorry if some of this seems like it's coming out of left field, but these were things that I felt like I really needed to say/post

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Tuesday, July 31, 2012

Something kind of funny...

I shouldn't have been doing this, but in my defense, the sections of carpet weren't that big, I had my work shoes on and my brace/support.

So anyway I hauled out and tossed out two sections of carpet. On the first trip, three guys are on a balcony, one of them called to me. I acknowledged him. The second trip, with the last piece of carpet...this same one from before asked if I had a boyfriend. What I thought of saying was, how do you know those aren't pieces of him
I'm hauling out and throwing in the dumpster?

Friday, July 27, 2012

Irons in the fire...

I've hit one of those points where I'm trying to be better about blogging. I don't think enough happens interesting enough to me to make it worth while to blog every day. Still, I want to be better about blogging than I've been.

My vo classes...I'm set to take another one very soon. This one will take place on a weeknight, so that'll provide an interesting challenge...

I'm thinking of selling some stuff on eBay, what and when I'll let everyone know closer to the time I'm actually going to put it up for bid.

I'm working on a tiger painting, but I need more reference photos in order to get a little further along. (I've got so much half finished artwork scattered about it isn't even funny. Smh)

I've been wearing my brace/support more often and now the rheumatologist has me on prednisone, since the nambumetone wasn't working... We'll see...If the backpack, back exercises and the boswellia don't work, I'm out of ideas.

I've gotten some more GRE prep materials and some of those Danica McKellar books about math. I know they're for young girls lol, but they're actually pretty good. I wish someone had wrote something like this when we were coming up, it would've been a godsend.



Monday, July 23, 2012

Oops

I missed seeing The Dark Knight Rises this past weekend. (My back was bothering me a little too badly to sit through a 3 hour film. It's almost funny all things considered.). I'm definitely still going to see it. It's only a question of when.

Monday, July 16, 2012

For what it's worth...

I've never been all that chatty, but lately I find myself withdrawing even more. A lot of it has to do with work...I don't really want to elaborate, at least not at this time.

Then a lot of stuff I don't want to talk about because I don't want to seem like a Debbie Downer or someone who wants to be babied. Treated fairly, yes. Although, I'm finding out rather painfully, even that can be subjective.
Stuff could be going worse...but it could be going better too. I guess I'm just trying to figure how much is my doing and how to fix it.

Waiting to see if there will be fallout from my two worlds colliding on fb. I knew it was inevitable, but I was hoping to be a bit more in control of how stuff went down.

I'm still plugging away at vo training. I had to take a break because of health issues I'm still having. They're minor nbd. I'm trying to do a little more Chinese Brush Painting too.

If I can get myself together, I'd love to go see Dark Knight Rises this weekend.

Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Tupac hologram and Coachella

I'm not real sure what to think about this. I first saw this on a TV with the sound turned down, while I was waiting on some medication at the pharmacy...There have to be less ghoulish, exploitative ways of keeping Tupac's memory alive. Maybe all this stuff is in the eye of the beholder. I've got to wonder what he'd think if he saw it. I was listening to my Jay-Z Pandora station while reading another article about the Tupac hologram and guess what came on? Ambitions az ridah. Sure it could've been coincidence, but I can't say at the same time it freaked me out it didn't have me thinking.

Saturday, March 24, 2012

Burning up...

I woke up from a nap yesterday with a low grade fever yesterday afternoon.  My temp is lower this morning 99.1, but high for me...Normally I wake up at 97. something...and there's a little fluctuation, but I'm never normally 99.anything.  I've read up on the subject and from what I saw...it's not really a cause for panic unless my temp reaches 101 or over.  I don't know whether it's the seasons, the medication switches or what.  I know being ill when it's warm out makes me twice as miserable.  It was 80 degrees out yesterday.

Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Updates...

The biopsy...The doctor has seen the condition before, but he can't pin down what's causing it.  For some reason though, he seems sure that ibuprofen is responsible...So I can't take it anymore.  Now I've got to take Excedrin or Tylenol or some form of acetaminophen [sp?].  The Excedrin makes me feel slightly nauseous, even when I take it with food.  My weight is also starting to creep back up, which I'm not going to allow.  I keep fluctuating between 130 and 140.  :(  I'm also having trouble with my ankle[s], my primary care physician keeps talking about a steroid shot... I'm also afraid of side effects [bloating, etc.].  The primary care physician claims it wouldn't be a large dosage, but I just still don't have a good feeling about this stuff at all.  I definitely want to do something about the pain though [which if we're going on a scale of 1 to 10, is about a 7. 10 being Why????!!!! as far as how intense the pain is.], because  it's affecting my mobility and my temperament and stuff is difficult enough without that.

My new gynecologist recommended pelvic floor therapy...I'm embarrassed and depressed about that.  I didn't even know they had therapists for that...I guess they have a therapist for everything.

Can't go to SPN Vancon this year...Maybe if they have one next year...I'm also toying with the idea of going to the   SPN Vegas con[I've never been before.].  I know it'll have to be one or the other, because I can't afford both.    Too soon to know what I can do right now though. Way to many wild cards...  

I'm still very much into doing the voice over thing.   I installed Audacity and will try and experiment with some stuff this weekend.

Also bought some new clothing for Spring...I think it needed to be done.  I've bought things with a lot of blue and turquoise in them.

Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Huh? What?

A male acquaintance kind of knocked me for a loop this morning.  I'm the same chick with the glasses on and my hair up that I am with the contacts in and my hair down.  Then again it may have been the hint of cleavage this morning...I don't get it...Well..., I do and I don't...smh  I'm not getting into why, but I'm the last chick he should want...It's not that I'm slutty or anything...I just enjoy being a free spirit and I've been one for a little to long to let someone come in and try to change that...He used the words "nice and sweet" to describe me and I didn't know whether to laugh or cry.  But I bet if you asked two people I knew to describe me...one from work and one from my down time to describe me...depending on who you asked, you'd get two very different answers...This four days after my biopsy...I fucking can't.

Wednesday, February 1, 2012

R.I.P. Don Cornelius...

I just found out about Don Cornelius...That messed my head up.  I don't know all the circumstances, but that just makes me feel so badly. 
I grew up watching Soul Train. It was something at times the whole family would sit down and watch.   They had a documentary about Soul Train on not too long ago.  I got all excited watching the commentary and rewatching some of the performances. 

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Stuff straight out of the Twilight Zone # 1

Ok, so I'm reading Darkly Dreaming Dexter...I stopped into Pret A Manger for breakfast and as I'm leaving I notice a car mirror on the ground by a tree outside.  I'm not kidding.  I'm going to muck about and see if I can upload a picture from my phone...That was an odd coincidence that was just a little too creepy.

ETA:  I didn't have my cell phone on me when I went to get breakfast.  By the time I did manage to get back to where I'd seen the side mirror from the car on the ground, it was gone.  I know about that "Pictures or it didn't happen" unspoken rule, but if I were going to hallucinate something, it'd be sooooo much better than the side mirror to a car.  Trust! 

Friday, January 20, 2012

Cool quote from Dr. Seuss...

I just saw a quote from Dr. Seuss on Good Reads that I really love.  I wish I'd seen this on New Year's Eve of the past year, because it would've been so fitting.  Here it is:

"Don't cry because it's over.  Smile because it happened."--Dr. Seuss

Etta James (Jan. 25, 1938 - Jan. 20, 2012)

I kind of expected this, as I kept hearing off and on that Ms. James was ill. 
She's another singer I regret not having had the opportunity to experience live.  I'm embarrassed to admit that I only read Rage to Survive: The Etta James Story by David Ritz and Etta James after having seen Cadillac Records.  That's usually what happens with me though...a biopic or something makes me investigate further...
Kind of like how I first got exposed to Etta James' music...
I do remember hearing "At Last" first...I think I heard a portion of it in a commercial...to this day, I couldn't tell you what was being advertised whether it was a fragrance or even what the fragrance or makeup was, but I made it my business to find out who was singing the song. lol
Then sometime later, there was a movie I was watching on cable...Eve's Bayou...and I heard "Sunday Kind of Love"...That was what made me break down and buy The Essential Etta James.  So, by the time Cadillac Records came out, I was familiar with her music, but not really any of her personal struggles...I guess that's what made me check to see if she'd written an autobiography...I just really enjoy hearing people tell about themselves in their own words.  It's even better, if it's done in such a way where their voice doesn't get lost in the telling.  R.I.P Etta James. 

Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Please chill out...

The dudes on imesh are starting to scare me worse than the dudes on facebook.  I'm not even looking for a hookup.  :(  All I wanted was to get KM Player.  imesh came with it...little did I know.  I made the mistake of putting that I knew Spanish in my profile and one dude came on like gangbusters in the chat window.  My Spanish is rusty though, which I told him [I really do know basic Spanish.  It's not like I just know a few words, but like I said, it's been years.  I looked up the price to Rosetta Stone and almost cried.  Even the sale prices are pretty steep.  Hopefully people are getting what they pay for. ] and I didn't want to say something that would be misinterpreted...His English wasn't very good and well, all I have to say is thank God for Google Translate.  I type really slow in Spanish or English, so I just wound up taking Spanish out of my profile...Also don't different Spanish speaking countries have different words for the same thing depending on the locale?   I felt bad after the fact.  Here dude is wanting to chat and I'm trying to multitask and chat in another language...The only problem is my brain could only take so much and I had work the next day.

Sunday, January 15, 2012

So far...

I managed to burn myself cooking Friday...It's not a bad burn, but I'll consider it a lesson learned just the same.

I'm going to try not to blog about what I've already tweeted about, that's kind of redundant and I hate unnecessary redundancy.  It's a time waster.   There's a story behind this, but I don't know if it's safe to tell here.

Got my taxes done...My sister was right about Turbo Tax.  I'm glad I finally decided to give it a shot.  I think I've only owned a computer for two years, but that it took me so long to do that...I'm embarrassed as well I should be I guess.  I do still worry about identity theft, but I shouldn't let it paralyze me.

I've had a mostly productive weekend, the only thing I can't quite bring myself to do yet [The Procrastination Queen at her finest.] is to buy myself a new suit and a couple more pairs of slacks.
I caught a glimpse of myself in the bathroom mirror at work the other day and didn't realize just how bad I looked.  [You know how when you've lost a little more weight than you realize and stuff doesn't quite fit right?  And my blazer didn't completely camouflage it.  I went downstairs to the employee store, but for some bizarre reason they only sell men's belts. ]   If I can't find something at the stores I usually go to, I'll probably fall back on mail order.  Mail order and eBay get me through when nothing else does.

Supernatural ... I keep hearing discussions about how some people want it to end like The End [S5 Ep 4]...That would break my heart...I know they're only fictional characters, but I want more for Sam and Dean than that.  It's like everything they've gone through, would have been for nothing and they've been through so very much.  I don't want to believe Bobby died for nothing either.  [I like that the show sends the message There will always be something negative out there coming at you, but you can't give up.  You've got to keep fighting.  I'd like for there to be something uplifting in the ending of the show.  I'm not expecting sunshine and lollis, but something...]  I'll definitely be curious to see how the writers do decide to wrap things up.

I apologize for the lousy punctuation...I was an English major, but I was more concentrated on the literature side of things...That's yet another thing I'm trying to work on though.

Wednesday, January 4, 2012

New Year's Resolutions...

I stopped with these a long time ago...I do have goals I want to achieve before the end of the year though...I guess it's one of those tomato tomahto things.

The voiceovers...I'm taking another class next weekend.  :)
I need to get the snowball mike and some other supplies before I attempt the audition ringer class.  I've already cleared space for a home studio though.  That was one of the first things I did on New Year's Day.  So if I'm not tweeting much, it's because I want to be more hands on. 

As far as my laptop problems go...I've just bought Windows 2010 for Home and Office.  I'm going to see if that doesn't fix some of my problems.  Once I get Photoshop and a 4 in 1 printer.  Then I think things will really start to pick up.