Stuff 'n such
For the Canadians with MuchLoud, they're covering some of the Virgin Festival that's on in Vancouver today at 4:30 EDT/1:30 PDT. That'd be the one with the pretty kickass lineup (though I confess I can't recall said lineup atm!).
metalicious1 and I went to the tattoo festival yesterday, which was fun. I absolutely fell in love with this one design, which of course belonged to one of the few out-of-province artists. It's kind of a stylised phoenix, all curves and shading. Mmm. If I had any money left, I'd've considered making an appt. to get it done today. As soon as I could figure out where to put it, lol. I did end up with a great pair of earrings and this hand-made initial pendant, all silver and crystal beads. I *loved* this woman's jewelry, man. It's a good thing she's in PEI and not here. Hopefully most people will only see that it looks sort of like a truncated cross, and not ask me why I'm wearing a 'T'. Heh. The earrings are silver, too - big thorn-wrapped open heart shapes with a flame shape coming out of the top of the heart to connect the fishhooks. They are wonderfully heavy; I like being aware that I'm wearing earrings.
The one down side is that the ATM in the hotel lobby wouldn't read my bank card, so I borrowed the $ for the pendant and then we walked down a block to the actual bank after we left. I got back to my car just in time to watch the cop stick the parking ticket on my windshield. *rueful smile* Ah, well. I did park in a no-parking zone, even if I didn't realise that until after getting out, b/c both sides of the damn street were lined with cars and I'd only gotten that spot b/c someone pulled away just as I came up the street. I figure it's karma for not having gotten a (faaaaar more expensive) speeding ticket on my way through New Brunswick when I set out on my trip, considering that I'd just slowed down to 130 km/h in a 110 zone when I passed that cop. I shall just write a cheque to the city. No point in going to court - I knew I was parked illegally!
I don't know who was in charge of the music at the festival, but damn, I wish they DJ'd b/c it was a great mixture of (mostly classic/older) hard rock, metal and punk. And there were definitely a lot of attractive people there, too. Also, it was kinda nice to *not* stick out for a change!
I will do a write-up of my trip, but probably not tonight. I need to finish unpacking still and unlike the rest of the country, I do not have tomorrow off. We get Memorial Day instead of Victoria Day. This year at least, I rather like the way that works out, as I'm not exactly in need of a break from work right now ;-) but having *next* weekend be a 3-day after my first week back will be loverly. I'm really glad I did take the whole two weeks, though - it feels like I've been gone for a long time, which is great. Although I don't think I wanna do without 'net access for that long ever again LOL. Especially when for the first week and a half, someone was using a laptop right in front of me every day! Ahahaha. Which sounds meaner than it was, as they did each offer to lend it and I said no, knowing that checking my email would spill into checking LJ and then...you get the idea. Though leighrowena was most awesome and showed me the new Idiot Club vids. :D *mwah*
Random links: an article on the current popularity of the fantastic in literary fiction (i.e., The Time Traveler's Wife), and Men in Panties. Hee.
ETA: Where are my manners, yeesh. Thank you very much for leaving me comments, emails and text messages letting me know all the important stuff. 'Twas much appreciated. ♥
metalicious1 and I went to the tattoo festival yesterday, which was fun. I absolutely fell in love with this one design, which of course belonged to one of the few out-of-province artists. It's kind of a stylised phoenix, all curves and shading. Mmm. If I had any money left, I'd've considered making an appt. to get it done today. As soon as I could figure out where to put it, lol. I did end up with a great pair of earrings and this hand-made initial pendant, all silver and crystal beads. I *loved* this woman's jewelry, man. It's a good thing she's in PEI and not here. Hopefully most people will only see that it looks sort of like a truncated cross, and not ask me why I'm wearing a 'T'. Heh. The earrings are silver, too - big thorn-wrapped open heart shapes with a flame shape coming out of the top of the heart to connect the fishhooks. They are wonderfully heavy; I like being aware that I'm wearing earrings.
The one down side is that the ATM in the hotel lobby wouldn't read my bank card, so I borrowed the $ for the pendant and then we walked down a block to the actual bank after we left. I got back to my car just in time to watch the cop stick the parking ticket on my windshield. *rueful smile* Ah, well. I did park in a no-parking zone, even if I didn't realise that until after getting out, b/c both sides of the damn street were lined with cars and I'd only gotten that spot b/c someone pulled away just as I came up the street. I figure it's karma for not having gotten a (faaaaar more expensive) speeding ticket on my way through New Brunswick when I set out on my trip, considering that I'd just slowed down to 130 km/h in a 110 zone when I passed that cop. I shall just write a cheque to the city. No point in going to court - I knew I was parked illegally!
I don't know who was in charge of the music at the festival, but damn, I wish they DJ'd b/c it was a great mixture of (mostly classic/older) hard rock, metal and punk. And there were definitely a lot of attractive people there, too. Also, it was kinda nice to *not* stick out for a change!
I will do a write-up of my trip, but probably not tonight. I need to finish unpacking still and unlike the rest of the country, I do not have tomorrow off. We get Memorial Day instead of Victoria Day. This year at least, I rather like the way that works out, as I'm not exactly in need of a break from work right now ;-) but having *next* weekend be a 3-day after my first week back will be loverly. I'm really glad I did take the whole two weeks, though - it feels like I've been gone for a long time, which is great. Although I don't think I wanna do without 'net access for that long ever again LOL. Especially when for the first week and a half, someone was using a laptop right in front of me every day! Ahahaha. Which sounds meaner than it was, as they did each offer to lend it and I said no, knowing that checking my email would spill into checking LJ and then...you get the idea. Though leighrowena was most awesome and showed me the new Idiot Club vids. :D *mwah*
Random links: an article on the current popularity of the fantastic in literary fiction (i.e., The Time Traveler's Wife), and Men in Panties. Hee.
ETA: Where are my manners, yeesh. Thank you very much for leaving me comments, emails and text messages letting me know all the important stuff. 'Twas much appreciated. ♥