Random Thoughts for Random Times, part 45: that's not a branch
Began the search for cosplay clothing today for Dragon*Con 2013. Wholly unsuccessful. -_- Can't find white jeans anywhere, and my shirt needs are too specific for the immediately local places. I'll have to do more searching and make use of the internet. I've picked up a lot of costume parts at Wal-Mart, but apparently not this time. Oi.
Seen the first episode of "Game of Thrones" season three? YES. Good stuff. I'm looking forward to this season, ridiculously so; A Storm of Swords is easily my favorite of the first three books and I can't wait to see how it all plays out on TV. People who haven't read the books are going to flip their collective shit when the weddings happen, aren't they.
I recently purchased the set of DVDs for the Insanity workout. Why? I was discussing workouts with Jo and it was the only one she knew of that met what I was looking for. Oddly enough, I'm not worried, despite how hard I've heard it is. It's supposed to arrive this week. If my next LJ entry starts with "I'm writing this from a hospital bed", at least you know why. ^_^
One of my co-workers is a cosmetology student. In the time I've spent working with her, I've learned more about makeup, skin and hair care, the ridiculous intricacies of nail care and painting, and unwanted hair removal than ever before in my life. I told her about an online comic I read where it's entirely possible for someone to change gender overnight (or whenever they feel like it for some people), and she reassured me if that ever happened to me, she'd teach me how to do my makeup. I'm not sure if that's very reassuring.
It's been really weird reading all the stuff in the news recently about North Korea. My dad went there for a massive work project back in 1997, so I feel like I know a little more about the place than most people, from him telling me about it. I don't know if I'd say I'm worried about a war, I just hope this doesn't end horribly.
I've been reading Roadside Picnic by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky, weird Russian sci-fi about these places on the world altered by alien contact. It's interesting; I haven't read anything Russian since college. (Yes, it's translated to English.) It's really focused on one guy so far, so all the bizarre stuff doesn't get any real explanation and not a whole lot of investigation. This fits the story, but at the same time, it sometimes feels like it's focused more on peoples' reaction to something out of their world than the alien stuff itself. It's interesting, and worth reading, but I'm not sure if I like it.
Said book is number ten of the fifteen I got for Christmas. Good thing my recent Amazon order included more books, I'm starting to run low. :P
Picked up a memory foam mattress at Costco, and it's awesome. After only two nights, I can already tell I'm sleeping better. What I'd like to know, though, is this: memory foam mattress, memory foam pillow, and yet I still don't remember most of my dreams. Something about this stuff isn't working right.
Speaking of sleep... off that way soon. g'night.
Seen the first episode of "Game of Thrones" season three? YES. Good stuff. I'm looking forward to this season, ridiculously so; A Storm of Swords is easily my favorite of the first three books and I can't wait to see how it all plays out on TV. People who haven't read the books are going to flip their collective shit when the weddings happen, aren't they.
I recently purchased the set of DVDs for the Insanity workout. Why? I was discussing workouts with Jo and it was the only one she knew of that met what I was looking for. Oddly enough, I'm not worried, despite how hard I've heard it is. It's supposed to arrive this week. If my next LJ entry starts with "I'm writing this from a hospital bed", at least you know why. ^_^
One of my co-workers is a cosmetology student. In the time I've spent working with her, I've learned more about makeup, skin and hair care, the ridiculous intricacies of nail care and painting, and unwanted hair removal than ever before in my life. I told her about an online comic I read where it's entirely possible for someone to change gender overnight (or whenever they feel like it for some people), and she reassured me if that ever happened to me, she'd teach me how to do my makeup. I'm not sure if that's very reassuring.
It's been really weird reading all the stuff in the news recently about North Korea. My dad went there for a massive work project back in 1997, so I feel like I know a little more about the place than most people, from him telling me about it. I don't know if I'd say I'm worried about a war, I just hope this doesn't end horribly.
I've been reading Roadside Picnic by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky, weird Russian sci-fi about these places on the world altered by alien contact. It's interesting; I haven't read anything Russian since college. (Yes, it's translated to English.) It's really focused on one guy so far, so all the bizarre stuff doesn't get any real explanation and not a whole lot of investigation. This fits the story, but at the same time, it sometimes feels like it's focused more on peoples' reaction to something out of their world than the alien stuff itself. It's interesting, and worth reading, but I'm not sure if I like it.
Said book is number ten of the fifteen I got for Christmas. Good thing my recent Amazon order included more books, I'm starting to run low. :P
Picked up a memory foam mattress at Costco, and it's awesome. After only two nights, I can already tell I'm sleeping better. What I'd like to know, though, is this: memory foam mattress, memory foam pillow, and yet I still don't remember most of my dreams. Something about this stuff isn't working right.
Speaking of sleep... off that way soon. g'night.