why does podfic have to suck so much?  why are the only people who do podfic the ones that can't pronounce anything for shit and seem to lack the ability to put any sort of inflection whatsoever in their speaking voice?  seriously, if there were good podfic to listen to while working, i can't even contemplate all the sewing i would get done.  so ( Read more... )

if the powers that be should see fit to bestow upon me a giant stainless steel pan in which i may dye 6 yards of fabric so that i don't have to keep spending hours scrubbing dye out of the tub, that would be super freaking awesome

especially since i've done it two nights in a row and am STILL not satisfied with the shade i've gotten

went to a new years party that ndk threw last night. it was the first time i've ever actually been able to do anything of the sort. my mother is usually very much for spending any and all holidays together as a family, but she actually let me have this one, and it was nice.

was up for almost two days straight beforehand working on a dress for a ( Read more... )

been meaning to post this for DAYS now. first off, i am a happy happy katchan. i got two wigs that i really need for upcoming cosplays for x-mas (one from fey and one from her friend amanda), a brand new male wighead (so i can FINALLY style on something close too the size of my own head), a manakin stand, a gift certificate for $25 at jo-ann' ( ( Read more... )

so, inoli was saying something about how she was having issues finding the waraji for her bleach cosplays online, and after seeing that they're woven had the thought 'hey, i could do that'.  so, one youtube tutorial and a few bags of rope later...
( waraji pics )

so first off, being new to this whole livejournal thing, catching up on all the posts you've missed when you've been away from your computer for a week is a BITCH!!!  stop writing so much people!  XD

so, i'm finally back in colorado.  oddly enough, california was not as hot as i feared it would be.  this may be due to many different contributing ( Read more... )

alright, sorry.  meant to post this while i was at work today, but i completely forgot my memory card when i ran out of the house.  so, without further ado...( text )

so, i was just thinking back on how much sleep i've gotten this week.  so far it's been

sunday: 1.5 hours
monday: 6 hours
tuesday: 6 hours
wednesday: 3 hours

so...16.5 hours of sleep in the last four days...not bad (the week before ohayocon was much worse), but is it sad i'm looking forward to ax just so i can sleep?

but the sleep dep. is well worth it ( Read more... )

all of these years i've been claiming sleeves are the antichrist, and today i discovered i was wrong.  and i would like to take this moment to apologize to sleeves everywhere; i was young, naive, and unlearned.  no, today i have found the true antichrist...

pockets.  pockets can burn in their own special level of hell.  it took me 2 1/2 hours to ( Read more... )

it has been a good day. i am currently feeling very zen with the world. first off, the patterning for naruto's suit jacket? FINALLY DONE!!! seriously, it's been what, a month? month and a half? but now that the patterning is done, and that's left is to rip it apart again, cut it out of the actual material (i've been wanting to cut up that ( Read more... )