Fruitless link salad
I give up. I cannot find a silver charm bracelet at all, never mind a child-sized one. The only bracelet I even found that had links delicate enough to accommodate the charms was a) kind of a funky style that would look very strange indeed when the clasp was closed on an inner link instead of the end bit (as it would be too large), and b) too expensive. I'm not paying $35 for a bracelet for a four-year-old. No matter how careful and responsible a child she might be - and I have no idea if she IS or not! - she almost certainly will lose it eventually. Augh. You know, if I had done this whole search in the summer and realised I was never going to find anything, I could've gotten one of y'all who live in SoCal to go buy me the damn kiddie charm bracelet in the Princess Store in Downtown Disney, where I originally got the charms. (I did not get a bracelet because it was much too small for me. :P I never found an adult bracelet that would accommodate the charms then, but I also didn't do the same kind of exhaustive search.) I checked the Disney store here but they don't have anything of the sort. *sigh* I think that I will just put them with an invisible-wire choker I have, that came with my hand-beaded 'T' pendant. I know THAT is skinny enough to allow the damn things to close over it! And I don't wear it because I don't like chokers. It'll be a bit big on her, but it shouldn't be too bad. I'd come up with something else but I have no idea what else at this point, and we're mailing the box later this week so today was it and I didn't find anything else, so this will just have to do. I think that I will send only half the charms, though (there are eight) and if any of y'all are in DD, would you look for the bracelet and pick me up one? I'll happily reimburse cost + shipping, and then I'll send her the remaining charms on the bracelet *next* Christmas!
Oh, the party last night: it was okay. I find that I've lost most of my patience for small talk. I know it can make other people uncomfortable - and me too, sometimes - but if I don't have anything to say, I just don't say anything anymore. Not that I was ever a chatterbox but really, there are only so many ways you can say, "It's fucking cold!" The dancing part was fun and the DJ was much improved over my previous outings to that bar. I ended up sitting with E and her partner, both of whom are hearing impaired, anyway. Bit strange to know they're chattering away at each other and I can only catch the odd word; I know a tiny, tiny bit of ASL from my time as an assistant in an autistic classroom, most of which I've forgotten in the years since. It's hilarious to see people do a double-take when E dances, though - or wears a discman at work. Hee. She can feel vibrations just fine and she has a bunch of heavily percussive music that she can enjoy. I'd not met her partner before, but she seemed very sweet, too.
I did manage to find a top to wear yesterday afternoon - in fact, I bought two tops! Er, both black. LOL. The one I wore to the party has a deep V-neck and is gathered over the bust with a large, circular "brooch" holding it together, and then falls almost like a babydoll top. The other one I debated about as I'm not crazy about the sleeves, but it has one of those trapezoid cut-out necklines, and a matching one in the back, which was what really sold me on it. I have turtle issues and clothes that leave a great deal of my upper back and shoulders exposed can make me feel twitchy, but because this has a band that goes across the top of my shoulders at the back and then a large opening beneath that, it doesn't bug me. Although, seeing the patch of skin and spine indent there kind of has me going, "Hmm. Needs ink." Heh. It *would* actually be a perfect place to put a tattoo, except for the ridiculousness that would be involved in trying to clean and moisturise it properly as it's not an area I can easily reach myself. I mean I can wash my back obviously but the nitpicky kind of cleaning a fresh tattoo requires would be nigh impossible. And no, I can't see the mother agreeing to help with that, lol. It'll have to wait until I have an amenable roomie or a partner, I think. I know what I want though. :D Maybe I can get someone to draw it for me in the meantime. Or, if I do end up getting a summer vacation this year, get it done right beforehand and coerce whoever I go visit into helping. ;-D
A handful of links to stuff wot y'all might find amusing:
Human Costume T-shirt - Inspired by Doctor Who but really, lots of fun regardless!
Wee interview with Gerard Way about the end of the Black Parade and pushing the sexuality envelope, in case any of y'all missed that one. It's cute. :D
Purrcast. Yup, it's exactly what it sounds like: podcasts of purring kitties! *smooches* to femmenerd for the original link.
BANDSMUT.com, a new site/forum/zine for any and all aspects of bandom, helmed by screwthedaisies. As the info says, "Both BANDSMUT.com and the BANDSMUT zine are pan-bandom. Is it about a band? It's allowed. Is it about a musician? It's allowed." Go, join, pimp, enjoy!
Oh, the party last night: it was okay. I find that I've lost most of my patience for small talk. I know it can make other people uncomfortable - and me too, sometimes - but if I don't have anything to say, I just don't say anything anymore. Not that I was ever a chatterbox but really, there are only so many ways you can say, "It's fucking cold!" The dancing part was fun and the DJ was much improved over my previous outings to that bar. I ended up sitting with E and her partner, both of whom are hearing impaired, anyway. Bit strange to know they're chattering away at each other and I can only catch the odd word; I know a tiny, tiny bit of ASL from my time as an assistant in an autistic classroom, most of which I've forgotten in the years since. It's hilarious to see people do a double-take when E dances, though - or wears a discman at work. Hee. She can feel vibrations just fine and she has a bunch of heavily percussive music that she can enjoy. I'd not met her partner before, but she seemed very sweet, too.
I did manage to find a top to wear yesterday afternoon - in fact, I bought two tops! Er, both black. LOL. The one I wore to the party has a deep V-neck and is gathered over the bust with a large, circular "brooch" holding it together, and then falls almost like a babydoll top. The other one I debated about as I'm not crazy about the sleeves, but it has one of those trapezoid cut-out necklines, and a matching one in the back, which was what really sold me on it. I have turtle issues and clothes that leave a great deal of my upper back and shoulders exposed can make me feel twitchy, but because this has a band that goes across the top of my shoulders at the back and then a large opening beneath that, it doesn't bug me. Although, seeing the patch of skin and spine indent there kind of has me going, "Hmm. Needs ink." Heh. It *would* actually be a perfect place to put a tattoo, except for the ridiculousness that would be involved in trying to clean and moisturise it properly as it's not an area I can easily reach myself. I mean I can wash my back obviously but the nitpicky kind of cleaning a fresh tattoo requires would be nigh impossible. And no, I can't see the mother agreeing to help with that, lol. It'll have to wait until I have an amenable roomie or a partner, I think. I know what I want though. :D Maybe I can get someone to draw it for me in the meantime. Or, if I do end up getting a summer vacation this year, get it done right beforehand and coerce whoever I go visit into helping. ;-D
A handful of links to stuff wot y'all might find amusing:
Human Costume T-shirt - Inspired by Doctor Who but really, lots of fun regardless!
Wee interview with Gerard Way about the end of the Black Parade and pushing the sexuality envelope, in case any of y'all missed that one. It's cute. :D
Purrcast. Yup, it's exactly what it sounds like: podcasts of purring kitties! *smooches* to femmenerd for the original link.
BANDSMUT.com, a new site/forum/zine for any and all aspects of bandom, helmed by screwthedaisies. As the info says, "Both BANDSMUT.com and the BANDSMUT zine are pan-bandom. Is it about a band? It's allowed. Is it about a musician? It's allowed." Go, join, pimp, enjoy!