Argh, Sunday wrap-up
Lordy, it's been awhile since I checked in. Feels a little like I'm in limbo, waiting for shit to happen -- bad shit, good shit and just plain shit.
When 2011 rolled around, I had a feeling it would be a year of death. And maybe it won't, maybe I'm just being morbid. But first my dog Piper died, then my rich aunt died, and my uncle who's had brain cancer for the past four years is doing very poorly. He's forgetting things and talking less and in adult diapers, and my aunt doesn't want my father or his little brother to visit. Continuing my morbid streak, I'm trying to save money for a plane ticket to Colorado, not to visit him, but to attend his funeral.
My cupcake business had two weeks of good sales, then a school started selling baked goods at the farmers' market. Le sigh. Sales have dropped. Some of my regular customers have been on vacation and such, but I'm failing to get passersby. The market lady said I should hang up a cupcake pinata. Yeah. No. I do want to get a sign, though. And maybe some cheap-ass cupcake decorations. I don't know. I had one woman make a face and ask if I had any "regular" cupcakes on Saturday. I said you couldn't tell the difference, but not like she believed me. And this old lady walked by and said, "You're the lady who doesn't sell sugar-free." Gee, sorry. B/c sugar-free is so awesome. Every time I make something "-free," whoever requested it isn't there the next week and it doesn't sell. So she can kiss my ass. If she was that desperate for sugar-free, she could've sent me an email or left me a message on facebook. Pissed me off. Anyhow, I feel like I'm waiting for the business to take off or die or something. I want it to take off, but I don't really expect it to without a pinata, lol.
Harry Potter -- I loved it. We went after the market yesterday, and then to dinner (at least I made enough at the market to treat my quasi-wife to dinner, snerk ). I cried for roughly half the movie, sobbed out loud at the place where I sobbed out loud when I originally read the book, and was thrilled that the epilogue was shortened into something I could watch w/out cringing and be happy about. Awesome movie. I will always love the books more than the movies, but I think w/ these last two movies they really outdid themselves. Part of it was making the one book into two movies, so there was time to include everything that should be included and time to let the characters breathe. And being a Ron/Hermione shipper since I first cracked open book one back in 2000 and read it in one sitting, I was pleased. :)
A Dance w/ Dragons -- got my copy. And after having waited six years, I still haven't started it. I flipped through it, but it's weird. I know once I start I won't be able to concentrate on anything else, and I know it's going to break my heart. I'm scared at where the cliffhangers will leave me and waiting another six years for my beloved characters to reunite or raise from the dead or have a good day. Ugh. I'll start it tomorrow, ha.
So SPN has this blindfold meme here and well. I don't understand half the prompts, heh, but I filled a few I did. But now I'm all depressed b/c I must suck at writing sex/kink as no one's commented on two of them, not even the prompter. Bleaurgh. Guess I should've concentrated on the 80 bajillion fics I'm supposed to be writing instead. (Oh, and don't click on that link if you don't want to see prompts that would totally trigger you if you triggered over triggery stuff. I was taken aback by the number of requests for diaper fics, especially now that my uncle now legitimately needs them. But it's a no-judging anon meme, so bear in mind if you go there.)
And on a happier note, Hardison (Aldis Hodge) speaking French? Yes, please!
When 2011 rolled around, I had a feeling it would be a year of death. And maybe it won't, maybe I'm just being morbid. But first my dog Piper died, then my rich aunt died, and my uncle who's had brain cancer for the past four years is doing very poorly. He's forgetting things and talking less and in adult diapers, and my aunt doesn't want my father or his little brother to visit. Continuing my morbid streak, I'm trying to save money for a plane ticket to Colorado, not to visit him, but to attend his funeral.
My cupcake business had two weeks of good sales, then a school started selling baked goods at the farmers' market. Le sigh. Sales have dropped. Some of my regular customers have been on vacation and such, but I'm failing to get passersby. The market lady said I should hang up a cupcake pinata. Yeah. No. I do want to get a sign, though. And maybe some cheap-ass cupcake decorations. I don't know. I had one woman make a face and ask if I had any "regular" cupcakes on Saturday. I said you couldn't tell the difference, but not like she believed me. And this old lady walked by and said, "You're the lady who doesn't sell sugar-free." Gee, sorry. B/c sugar-free is so awesome. Every time I make something "-free," whoever requested it isn't there the next week and it doesn't sell. So she can kiss my ass. If she was that desperate for sugar-free, she could've sent me an email or left me a message on facebook. Pissed me off. Anyhow, I feel like I'm waiting for the business to take off or die or something. I want it to take off, but I don't really expect it to without a pinata, lol.
Harry Potter -- I loved it. We went after the market yesterday, and then to dinner (at least I made enough at the market to treat my quasi-wife to dinner, snerk ). I cried for roughly half the movie, sobbed out loud at the place where I sobbed out loud when I originally read the book, and was thrilled that the epilogue was shortened into something I could watch w/out cringing and be happy about. Awesome movie. I will always love the books more than the movies, but I think w/ these last two movies they really outdid themselves. Part of it was making the one book into two movies, so there was time to include everything that should be included and time to let the characters breathe. And being a Ron/Hermione shipper since I first cracked open book one back in 2000 and read it in one sitting, I was pleased. :)
A Dance w/ Dragons -- got my copy. And after having waited six years, I still haven't started it. I flipped through it, but it's weird. I know once I start I won't be able to concentrate on anything else, and I know it's going to break my heart. I'm scared at where the cliffhangers will leave me and waiting another six years for my beloved characters to reunite or raise from the dead or have a good day. Ugh. I'll start it tomorrow, ha.
So SPN has this blindfold meme here and well. I don't understand half the prompts, heh, but I filled a few I did. But now I'm all depressed b/c I must suck at writing sex/kink as no one's commented on two of them, not even the prompter. Bleaurgh. Guess I should've concentrated on the 80 bajillion fics I'm supposed to be writing instead. (Oh, and don't click on that link if you don't want to see prompts that would totally trigger you if you triggered over triggery stuff. I was taken aback by the number of requests for diaper fics, especially now that my uncle now legitimately needs them. But it's a no-judging anon meme, so bear in mind if you go there.)
And on a happier note, Hardison (Aldis Hodge) speaking French? Yes, please!