Thursday, January 28, 2010

Thursday in Limbo...but busy as Heck!

Where the hell is everyone today? I realize that I'm a bit hungover feeling (no, I didn't drink last night, but I'm dehydrated and low on sleep--more on such later), but where has everyone disappeared to? I can't find my phone (once again)--I swear I need to surgically attach it to my forehead. Or something drastic, like my ass. Maybe I need a bright orange phone-holder (like my purse) so that I CAN'T lose it.Oooh, I could crochet one...

So, I can't call anyone, no-one is responding to facebook messages, and I can't get anyone on IM either.

All I wanted was to get my friend's measurements (shoulders, breast, hip, waist) so I could possibly whip up a couple simple tunics for the vampire LARP the weekend after this. Grarg. I stopped by, but no-one was home. So, I sat there drawing for a while, working on costume ideas for my Elizabethan/Renaissance era court dress and steampunk accessories that I could make out of fake leather. And I really need some gears or something industrial-y... But still, no one arrived. So then I piloted lil' Jezebel over to Lollicup in fullerton and got me some dinner. Popcorn chicken and rice and kimchee. Mmmmmmm.

So, the reason why I stayed up late last night was because I was getting the sleeves and basics of the Medieval Noblewoman dress done. All I had to do this morning before heading off to work was sew the sleeves onto the shoulder. It looks AWESOME. You can't even tell that at one point in its life, it was a 300-count flat sheet for a double bed. Perhaps I'll post pictures of the finished product/outfit here. And perhaps my steampunk costume too. I still need to make the vest for that outfit, and the purple coat too though.

I was up (stupidly) until two am though. Guhhhh. I totally set my alarm to sleep in until 8am and drove my Jezebel today. At least my sewing machine is sort-of working. I'm definitely babying it along.

Bad me. I haven't ridden my bike for the last two weeks, due to errands or rain. But at least I got other errands done; I dropped my brown Victorian skirt off at Julie's (a cleaner/tailors in GG) to have the hem sewed with a heavy duty sewing machine--mine wouldn't cut it (will cost me 20 bucks, he's going to staystitch the edges so it won't ravel); and I also stopped by at the 99 cent store and got milk, ny quil-stuff, toilet bowl brushes (finally, I found some!), stuff for my open house...tp, onion dip mix, etc. I'm feeling pretty accomplished for today, actually.

Things I still need to do are: come up with a profile/dossier for the professors writing me reccomendations, fix my fafsa (I think I entered family contributions wrong, 'cause they sure ain't giving me money for grad school), sew my S.Punk vest, attach jewels and pearls to my Medieval dress (and figure out trim for the sleeves), Clean the bathrooms when I get home, find a writing sample for my Uni. application and check on the other requirements for those whatchamacallits.... The Fullbright and such scholarships. Oh, and study for my GRE's, of course.

I suppose you could say that I'm stuck in limbo right now--unable to get ahold of anyone, but I am still pretty busy. My crochet scarf is proceeding along nicely. So are all my projects. What I really need to do, however, is plan the menu (based on what food I've got) for my "Librarian Open House" next Friday. I'm thinking cookies, some small breads or scones of some kind, fruit (maybe) or some kind of quiche or stew-something. I've got a coffee thing, and an electric teapot. I think I need to borrow chairs and maybe a big teapot and warmer from mom. I'm going to make stuff ahead of time, since I've discovered that I have to go in to work, as well as the Library Media Technitians' Collaboration thing. Ack! So busy!

In other (bad) news, the evil orange "check engine" light has reappeared in Jezebel. ARRG. Darned thing. Good news though, Dad found the jack for the extra tire--it was hidden in the back, against the bumper, under the trunk latch. (Really, I don't know how to describe where it is). Car is running just fine, however. WTF??!! I also need to clean out my trunk and put my tools and stuff under the "floor" in the trunk next to the tire. I think that's a better place for it, than just sliding about in the boot.

Not much else to say today. I'm going to go back to working on my dossier and costumes. Must get them done, if I don't do anything else!

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