Long time coming...
Sorry I haven't posted in a while. I've been preoccupied with twitter as my current "what am I doing at this very moment" vice of choice. It's nice because I can write down whatever I'm thinking without any worry that people are going to go back and find it someday and say "HEY THAT WAS ME SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT" or whatever. And plus not all of you want to hear the random thoughts that flit through my head at any given moment.
Anyway this weekend was Comic-con and considering that it sounded like a blast and kopiispace won a goddamn EISNER I was naturally dying because I wasn't there. But I had a good weekend because I had lots to do. Friday I spent time with friends and made a long video stream that you can watch if you go here and click the links on the page. Yesterday I went to a family party and met some cool people and had a good time despite being ditched by my relatives while I was still not sober enough to drive. And today I spent the whole day with my Kel, who I miss. We chilled at the mall and shopped for stuff and watched DVDs of various kinds (...for reasons) and it was nice.
During dinner on Friday I glanced at my watch to find it had stopped. I took it off almost immediately, shocked out of proportion to the fact that it was a watch I'd had for over a year. But it was a Christmas present from Dad, the last one he gave me, and the fact that its battery had run out didn't surprise me so much as it saddened me. It was a marker of how much time had passed since he was with us.
So one of my goals for our mall trip was to get the battery replaced. I went to Macy's and handed my watch off with surprisingly little fanfare to the woman behind the watch repair counter. She promised to fix the bent link that had been there practically since I got it. When I returned after the wait and paid for the battery replacement, I asked curiously if she could take out a link. It had fit loosely and I could never manage to get a link off to fix it. She took it in the back and then returned to give it back to me to try on. She'd taken out two links, but when I did, it fit perfectly. I've been in a good mood because of that all day long.
Now that I've returned from dropping Kelly off and had a shower, I've noticed that the watch fits so well that when I rest my chin on my hand, I can feel my heartbeat reverberating through it. There's something comforting and pleasant about it. It's telling me I'm still around.
Lately my time has been taken up with a lot of comics and socializing and more comics. I can't say I'm sad, I missed comics quite a lot. Still, I wish I had an infinite amount of time and money so I could start to make things happen. But just wanting to make things happen is different enough for me that it's almost enough. Moving starts in three weeks and I can't wait. I'm chomping enough at the bit that we're probably going to start moving stuff out of the house in one way or another this week.
Now, as promised, selected pictures of my last six months of life, starting with Toronto in March and ending with CONvergence!
Chicago (on our way to Toronto)
Toronto!
WORLDS COLLIDE
Graffiti on a stone lion in Chinatown :3
Niagara
Anime North! (Toronto again)
They are married now ;____;~<3
Rock The Garden
Iconic Spoon Cherry in the Sculpture Garden
CONvergence
Avatar Krew RepreZENT
Who are these mooks!?!
BADASSERY
Here be my flickr
Anyway this weekend was Comic-con and considering that it sounded like a blast and kopiispace won a goddamn EISNER I was naturally dying because I wasn't there. But I had a good weekend because I had lots to do. Friday I spent time with friends and made a long video stream that you can watch if you go here and click the links on the page. Yesterday I went to a family party and met some cool people and had a good time despite being ditched by my relatives while I was still not sober enough to drive. And today I spent the whole day with my Kel, who I miss. We chilled at the mall and shopped for stuff and watched DVDs of various kinds (...for reasons) and it was nice.
During dinner on Friday I glanced at my watch to find it had stopped. I took it off almost immediately, shocked out of proportion to the fact that it was a watch I'd had for over a year. But it was a Christmas present from Dad, the last one he gave me, and the fact that its battery had run out didn't surprise me so much as it saddened me. It was a marker of how much time had passed since he was with us.
So one of my goals for our mall trip was to get the battery replaced. I went to Macy's and handed my watch off with surprisingly little fanfare to the woman behind the watch repair counter. She promised to fix the bent link that had been there practically since I got it. When I returned after the wait and paid for the battery replacement, I asked curiously if she could take out a link. It had fit loosely and I could never manage to get a link off to fix it. She took it in the back and then returned to give it back to me to try on. She'd taken out two links, but when I did, it fit perfectly. I've been in a good mood because of that all day long.
Now that I've returned from dropping Kelly off and had a shower, I've noticed that the watch fits so well that when I rest my chin on my hand, I can feel my heartbeat reverberating through it. There's something comforting and pleasant about it. It's telling me I'm still around.
Lately my time has been taken up with a lot of comics and socializing and more comics. I can't say I'm sad, I missed comics quite a lot. Still, I wish I had an infinite amount of time and money so I could start to make things happen. But just wanting to make things happen is different enough for me that it's almost enough. Moving starts in three weeks and I can't wait. I'm chomping enough at the bit that we're probably going to start moving stuff out of the house in one way or another this week.
Now, as promised, selected pictures of my last six months of life, starting with Toronto in March and ending with CONvergence!
Chicago (on our way to Toronto)
Toronto!
WORLDS COLLIDE
Graffiti on a stone lion in Chinatown :3
Niagara
Anime North! (Toronto again)
They are married now ;____;~<3
Rock The Garden
Iconic Spoon Cherry in the Sculpture Garden
CONvergence
Avatar Krew RepreZENT
Who are these mooks!?!
BADASSERY
Here be my flickr