I have suitcases out. Quark is very, very unhappy. She knows what those awful things mean. If I so much as leave her in another room, she starts yowling mournfully and I have to go reassure her that I'm still here. My poor kitty. Siri couldn't care less, as long as the kibble dish is full and I'm not trying to pick her up. I'm pretty sure she just ( Read more... )

Today is for finishing up costumes and printing TF.N badges and double-checking airline regulations and all that fun stuff. I'd say that someday Mandy and I will learn to plan ahead better than this, but we probably won't. Almost done, though! Mandy's costume is finished, and we're just doing the final seaming on my tunic/minidress. Then if we get ( Read more... )

Today's bit of C5 prep: Will the braided hairpiece I bought for my Mara costume look better if I straighten my hair first? I was hoping to avoid that extra step, but there's no denying that my hair is super curly, and the top layers just aren't long enough to be pulled back into the braid. No big deal overall, since Mara's hair is pretty flyaway ( Read more... )

C5 is NEXT WEEK. Pardon me while I hyperventilate. Why do I always procrastinate on organizing things?

Also, weather people? You don't really need to issue excessive heat warnings every day. It's Phoenix. In August. Excessive heat is the default. We know.

The Sometimes World's Tallest Fountain In Fountain Hills. When I was in third grade, my family lived for a while in a rented two-story condo in Fountain Hills, and from upstairs you could see the fountain go off. That was awesome. I also remember that there were a lot of passion flower vines there, and what I think from my hazy child-memories was a ( Read more... )

There's a storm off by Apache Junction. It probably won't reach us. Dagnabbit.

Mandy and I stopped into PetSmart yesterday and all the adoptable cats (mostly kittens at the moment) were having their outside-the-cage play time, and the lady watching them let us come in and play with them. Kittens! <3 They all loved my hair. They kept climbing up ( Read more... )

Current Google Pac-Man high score: 48,000; second pear screen. It's a good thing this isn't permanent or I'd never get anything done ( Read more... )

My cats have a grudging affection for each other, but I think I really have two only cats here reluctantly sharing a household. Many of their interactions look a lot like this:

Quark: You're really stupid and if you weren't here all the food and toys would be MINE so you suck and I hate your guts.
Siri: Oh, dramatizeIn other news, unhappy though I ( Read more... )

Orlando. In August. Crap.

Okay, I do realize that the latest C5 rumors about Orlando are just that, rumors. But I just have to say: Orlando? In August? Seriously? I always wistfully hoped that maybe Phoenix would put in a bid to host a Celebration, then just as wistfully told myself that it would never happen; our heat in late spring or any part of summer would have people ( Read more... )