Cal Cotton has passed on and while I am glad he is no longer in pain or anything, I am sad for the loss of him. As we get older, and know more people, I guess we get to the point where these big "life" events happen seemingly more often. I remember in my 20s marveling at how many people I knew getting married, and then mid-20s and early 30s ( Read more... )

I am almost done with the audio book Redshirts, by John Scalzi (narrated by Wil Wheaton). There were amusing parts, and overall, listening to Wil read it I think is what makes it most enjoyable. His narration style is funny to me. On the Amazon.com link the first review actually hits the nail on the head regarding how I feel about it, at least so ( Read more... )

Originally posted by leo9 - August 13, 2002 at I have never broken anyone's heart before

so I guess now is as good a time to start as any. Just kidding. It does not feel good to be the cause of emotional pain to someone. I understand only too well what that particular pain can feel like, and I never really thought I would invoke that in someone else. ( Read more... )

I have been feeling inexplicably depressed lately. I wake up in the morning and feel tired and disoriented. I haven’t gotten to the point where I call out sick from work from feeling depressed, but I don’t look forward to the day. I console myself with the possibility of a nap at lunch time (which I never take, but somehow helps me get out of bed ( Read more... )

Hello again. I am very sad about how many people I know whose lives have been impacted by cancer. Another of my faire family has been diagnosed with brain cancer, and I guess it's inoperable and terminal. Please click on the link below; it takes you to a GiveForward funding page set up to help Cal and his family with defraying the medical costs ( Read more... )

I find it unfortunate that some people feel a need to be a dick whenever they have the opportunity. I was at Northern Faire over the weekend, and two ex-friends of mine were there also, working the fencing booth. The guy and I were pretty close friends for about 15 years or so. The girl and I became friends about the time they started dating. We ( Read more... )

I am gearing up for Faire. I am both excited and melancholy. I am excited because I love Faire and I am looking forward to seeing my Faire Family, but I am melancholy because I only get two weekends this year, which is better than none, but I am greedy. ;) I have packed most of my clothes (I know it's only one weekend, but I have several options ( Read more... )

I haven't written in a while again. I tend to spend time on facebook, where the updates are fast and furious. It feels a little more real time I guess, where LJ feels slower. Nothing better or worse about one or the other, but I seem to create less time for writing, drawing, etc all because it's so easy to make short updates or lurk ( Read more... )

In an effort to keep y'all up-to-date on my life, I am making the effort to post more often. :)

Last weekend was the second weekend of Northern Faire, but my first for this season. It was the first time Steve had ever been, and I think he really enjoyed it. The only real problem I had was that it was over 100 degrees both days. I heard 105 on ( Read more... )

I have been making these really fun faire favours for Northern, and they are not only turning out really well, but they are fun and I am turning 'em out super fast. I used to make very elaborate and complicated favours, which meant having a list of peeps I was gonna give them to, and that would usually mean I couldn't do very many. The past 2 years ( Read more... )