• I think Saturday's Drac's Ball was the best yet, and I'm not just saying that because of the generous servings of vodka provided by the bartenders that night.  Or because Maureen, JT, and I claimed the coveted couch in the alcove at the foot of the stairs.  Or because I was able to talk to strangers without freaking out (though I was annoying and ( Read more... )

Believe it or not, we actually remembered to take pictures this time around.  I've been to, what, 6 of these things, and this is the first time I remembered to take pictures.  I had to get a few drinks in me beforehand, though, because I'm so bloody neurotic and feel like a tool taking pictures in public/social situations.  Maureen kept saying "We ( Read more... )

Lots of geekage going on right now for me.  I will be celebrating the death of 2008 at Dracula's Ball, and this will be the first New Year's Eve for which I get to dress up all fancy-like!  I usually wear long, full skirts, corsets, and granny boots to Drac's Ball events, and the last few times I've added some steampunkishness to my wardrobe, but I ( Read more... )

I hate over thinking things. It's so not a big deal, but all of a sudden I'm wracked with nerves and doubt over my costume for work tomorrow. Dressing like Mrs. Lovett should be ridiculously easy-- I've got scads of long, full skirts and piles of boots stacked along my bedroom wall. All I really have to do is combine one of those skirts with my ( Read more... )

All right, I just had 20 different awesome ideas all at once while reviewing credit memo reports this morning, and I actually needed to take a long coffee break at work to type this up because I'm just too psyched about my brain right now.

Sharable idea the first: As excited as I am about the idea of being a post apocalyptic plague doctor for ( Read more... )

So this November will be my third year participating in National Novel Writing Month (and I'm not sure why I spelled the whole thing out, because 99% of my friends are quite aware of what November is. . .). I failed miserably the first year because I broke the first cardinal rule and tried to use NaNo as the kick in the ass I needed to finish my ( Read more... )