So, we've finally finished updating equipment....I'm still not sure why we were updating to begin with, everything was still pretty new, but...I guess it just makes it harder for people to blame it on crappy equipment.
A very happy Turkey day (a day late, no, two days, sorry! it's 12:30 here) to everyone! While many people were braving the mob of Black friday shoppers, I went to see the new Christmas Carol movie in 3-D, and let me tell you, good 3-D glasses make things much better than those cheap paper things! Also, I'm disapointed with myself! I didn't figure out which character was voiced by Gary Oldman until the end of the movie! Bad Psychic!! Bad! No Figgy Pudding for you! (at least, not until you actually make some!)
I plan on making a more or less traditional Christmas dinner this year. Maybe do chicken instead of goose or something, I don't know. I hear roasted goose is one of the finner things to eat, flavor wise.
Hmm...not much to talk about. I finally got Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992 Francis Ford Coppala. Or is it Copalla?) and I made a skirt, a petticoat (that looks terrible!, but does it's job), and a mini top hat for Christmas. I plan on doing another for Easter, St. Patrick's, the 4th, Halloween, and Thanksgiving. I just couldn't find any fabric that I liked, that I was willing to pay for. I've also got to start work on next years Halloween costume. I'm going as the Queen of Hearts.
So, for Halloween, here's my plan for the next few years...
Queen of Hearts....2010
Opera Muse.....2011
Pocessed Doll/Puppet.....2012
And that's all I've got thus far.
Do I go a little over bored with Halloween? Maybe just a little?
- Location:Someplace dark
- Mood:
confused - Music:Mina and Dracula-Bram Stoker's Dracula original soundtrack
Still updating and upgrading equipment....I have no clue what half this stuff is (as far as brand and model goes, that is) All I know is that the next few weeks will be spent learning how to work the new stuff. You'd be surprised how much there is to learn, even if the camera was made by the same people who made the last one. It sucks.
On my friday....I went to bed a 2am. I know, why would I do that? Simple, the web-cams were awful, my computer was being stupid, I was sleepy, and I ran out of soda. I still enjoyed it, or rather, I still enjoyed my friday. I spent the night chatting with my partner in crime, drinking soda, eating pocky, and listening to Mozart, while watching crummy web-cams that you could really zoom in on and when you did it became rather pixilated and even harder to see. I missed everything to, if the comments on the video chat were anything to go by, which stinks, but oh well.
I'm thinking about going to Cambridge for their Parapsychology under-graduate program. (It really does exist!!!) I'm mainly just admin, secretary, and gofur anyway. You know Mai's job? Yeah, that me...it's really very boring. I think I've seen maybe one or two weird things. Okay, so, I've gone on a few investigation and done some actual ghost hunting, but for the most part, my job is a bizaare mix between Mai's job, Yasuhara's job, and Lin's job watching moniters. (why he hasn't died of bordem, the world may never know)
Is anybody here Catholic? I'm thinking about looking into it, but I really don't know enough about the religeon to decide if I even want to check it out more. Oh well.
Night all,
Psychic
- Location:Soon to be bed
- Mood:
tired - Music:Heart and Soul- Bea Wain and the Larry Clinton Orchestra
That aside, I'm doing something that's just plain weird (for me)...Ghost Adventures (from the Travel Channel) is doing a live 7 hour lockdown tonight starting at 10pm. I will be joining from my computer. You might think that I get enough ghosts with my job, but to be honest, we don't take cases in which we are locked inside former insane Asylums....I personally think these guys are treading that fine line between courage and stupidity. They will be locked inside the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum which was opened from 1864 to 1994. Watching some of the preliminary stuff they did, the research aspect and stuff, was sickening. The things they did to the people who were locked up in there were just awful!
So, anyway, oh! Speaking of Halloween...
( My Costume... )I think it turned out rather well for a home-made costume...
I also made a mini-top hat. I found a tutorial on Youtube. It cost about $2, give or take, to make it.( Halloween Mini-top hat here.... )
So yeah, I'm quite pleased. Of course, it's not even close to being perfect, but I think I did rather well for a first attempt.
Off the subject of Halloween, I got around to watching L'italiana in Algeri. I have to admit, I really love Rossini's work. As a fan of Comedy his operas tend to be some of my favorites. Also, I'm making a Ghost Hunt AMV for Christmas. Why am I starting so soon? Because I heard some one humming "Mr. Scrooge" from The Muppet Christmas Carol, and I thought of Naru-chan! (I am so bad.)
I'm also working on another LinxMai amv....(Kyia-san, I'm send Charlie back, express mail delivery. Try to keep him away from me.) Between plot bunnies, Cheshire Cats, and Muses.....my time is gone. Gone I tell ya!! GONE!!
Ah, what a life...
Now where'd I put the ramen?
Lambswool and candy,
Psychic
- Location:La la land
- Mood:
giddy - Music:My Halloween playlist
I finished my costume and will post pictures ASAP. The costume consists of bloomers, waist-length chemise, and those odd mushroom caps that people used to wear to bed (no idea what they're called) I made ears and a tail which are attached via safety pins, and then there are white tights and a pair of old low-top sneakers that were covered with pink and blue tie-dye duck tape. I'm hoping to add some fingerless white gloves, but they're not a priority.
I'm going to make a petticoat next (as well as another pair of bloomer, they're fun to wear and really comfy around the house). I'm also going to try my hands at screen printing, make some more necklaces, finish off the two scarfs that I'm working on, and see if I can't finally learn to use double pointed knitting needles! While I'm at it, let's make taiyaki (only I don't have the pan, so we'll make them in an Abelskevers (sp?) pan), Onigiri, and Takoyaki! (TAKOYAKI!!!)
Adding itself to my schedule (and without so much as a by you leave) is anime! My old anime/manga obsessions: Angelic Layer and CLAMP School Detectives, and my new ones: Ghost Hunt (still haven't gotten all the manga vols.) and Kuroshitsuji. Throw in Twilight (only because of the love story, I mean, really, sparkling vampires? Oh, and Jasper, I like Jasper) and my usual Harry Potter obsession....where does my time go?
Somehow, happily, I still find time to chat with my wonderful boyfriend despite all this (and any insanity on his end as well). He's like...6'2" or so, compared to my 5' maybe 2 1/2 inches, if I'm lucky. It's quite a difference. He's a great guy. Really friendly and just as crazy as I am, a plus!
Finally, my job...
It's Halloween season again, and though I love my job, there are literally a thousand idiots that think their house( or the one next door, or their car, or, Lord Help me, their Dog's house!) is haunted. It's a bit much. Now, mind you, I do enjoy my job, but it can be a little tedious (Remember Mai, sitting in the Base in Ghost Hunt, only, I'm not psychic...at all. I'm like the Yasuhara of my workplace, only I'm female, and not the Valedictorian. I was to busy with my million and one craft projects to be anything more than an A/B student.)
So, yeah, that's really all there is right now. Oddly enough though, I should actually be able to get on more...despite everything I have (or want) to do, I should have time to get on at least twice a week...wow!
Tea and cookies,
Psychic
- Location:Hogwarts (The Quidditch pitch, to be exact!)
- Mood:
artistic - Music:Swing Life Away by Rise Against
You know, I'm always one of those people who starts planning their Halloween costume months in advance, but this is a new record for me. I'm working on this years (no surprise there) and next years. See, I wasn't sure, do I want to go as the Cheshire Cat, or as the Queen of Hearts, and I just couldn't decide. So I said, what the heck, let's do both! I'll do the Cat this year, and the Queen next year.
My Grandmother's in the hospital now. She's having emergency surgery. Apparently they were trying to open her colon up, and instead they ripped her colon, sooo, yeah. Again, not sure how to handle this. My mom is headed down there now while I watch my brother. She'll probably be down there all week. I know she feels really bad about it, I mean, she apologized for the fact that I keep getting thrown into these situations, where it's my job to keep the house running at least somewhat smoothly while she's down there at the hospital with which ever one of her parents isn't being looked at by the doctors.
I've started making necklaces. I made one for my friend and I just finished another one that I made just because I had the beads. I'm also working on my portfolio and looking into summer camps in the area for drama, or something ...Not really sure what I want.
I've been trying to find out more about the historical Celtic celebration of Mid-summer's, but all I can find really is Wicca stuff, only some of which has been useful. It was the same when looking for Yule and Samhian (did I spell that right?) It's actually a little irritating. My family has an Irish/English background (with a little German, and Native American thrown in for good measure) so the Celts, the Anglo-Saxons, the Germans, Normans, Vikings, and Scots (because we have some of that to I think) are all really important to me, and are a subject of huge interest. And While I know that the Druids and Wiccans have Celtic and Germanic backgrounds (to a degree, Druids more than Wiccan but...) it's really not what I'm looking for. Though as I've said, it has helped some.
Anyway, that's about it for now, I'll probably be on again in the next few weeks, maybe.
Tchus! (Bye)
Psychic
- Location:The Elvenpath
- Mood:
bored - Music:The Voice - Celtic Woman
UGH! At least this nine weeks is OVER! One more left, then it's summer! Blegch!
I've noticed this, but every time I get back to one of my faves, I get back to all of my faves. I recently got back to Star Wars, now I'm also back to The Lord of the Rings and The Phantom of the Opera. I suppose I should be grateful, at least I have those movies. And the books, can't forget the books.
Man I love chocolate and Gloria Jean Chillers. My two guilty pleasures, and I don't have a sweet tooth, except for when it come to those. And Key Lime Pie, but that's another issue entirely.
I'm working on like five fanfictions, three books, a screen play, a portfolio for college (photography and drama, if I can), and learning like three languages (not including Spanish.) Lord help me, WHAT WAS I THINKING?!?! My summer is going to be even more hectic than my school year! Oh, and I also plan on improving my aim with archery. Yeah. I'm going to be beat.
My grandfather has cancer. I'm really not sure how to react to this. I mean, I've known for like a month now. After all, that's part of why he was in the hospital, but still. I mean, how do you react to that? My mom is all torn up about it, this is her father we're talking about. I guess maybe it because I'm an Army B.R.A.T, but I don't really have to many feeling about it. I don't know him as well as most kids get to know their grandparents. My best friend says I'm in denile. Maybe she's right.
Okay, off that depressing subject that I have no idea how to handle! I went to a spring Festival in the area. That was lots of fun. I'll have to save some money so that next year I can actually buy some stuff. You know, in the last two years I've learned somethings about me. One, I love pewter. I don't know why, but I will take pewter over silver or gold any day. Two, I love that earthen ware pottery. Especially if it has a brown or green (or brown and green) glaze. Three, I actually like the Beatles (and my favorite is John. Followed closely by Paul.) That was actually kind of embarrasing to realize, because I use to tell my mother that I hated the Beatles. Made me eat my words, huh? and Finally (for the moment, at least) I actually really love Heidelberg. I never, ever, thought that I would admitt that, but there you have it. I LOVE HEIDELBERG! If anyone has a problem with that, the doors over there. I will NOT apologize. At least, not often.
I'm looking for a new mange or anime to hold my attention. I really like Kuroshitsuji, but it's not like Ghost Hunt. Ghost Hunt, I would get upset if the Chinese subs came out more than a week before the English ones (because I can't speak Chinese). But with Kuroshitsuji, I can go a month with out thinking about it and not be bothered. Not sure what to think about that. More than likely won't think about it.
Well, That's all for right now. Oh! My job. Slow season. It'll pick up again come summer. Not that I'll be doing much with it. Starting College soon (hopefully), they say you should start preping your junior year. I'd like to the dummy that wrote that. I've been preping since ten and I still don't have a clue as to what I want. And they don't make things easy on you. Ah well. The last case we had was probably one of the worst I've been on. It was the dog's fualt. She'd had puppies underneath the house, hence the scratching and odd noises. Fualty wires caused power failures, and improperly sealed windows caused cold spots. Oh well, I suppose I should be grateful. It could have been worse. It could have been the husband's snores.
Well, that truely concludes everything. So, I'll be back on later this week, I think.
Bye ya'll,
Psychic
- Location:Imladris
- Mood: pensive
- Music:The Voice; Celtic Woman
Happy singles awareness day!!! I'm enjoying dark chocolate with chili and cherries with a glass of pepsi, all and all, a pretty good day spent wearing my "Cupid must die" button.
Hey, Aki-nee-chan! If you could just give me the name of that song, I'll see if I can find it. I tried to figure out what went wrong, but none of my friends had any trouble emailing me, so I'm not sure what happened.
Ahhh, so I finally broke down and watched the new Star Wars movie. I'm not that into the prequel stuff anyway, but I suppose it was okay. I would have prefered live actions, or maybe Japanese anime style! As it was, while the plot, characters, and story was acceptible, the character designs were less than liked. They weren't hated, of course, because Jedi don't hate, but they weren't well received.
I adopted JadedofMara's fic "Ten Percent". Right now I'm just working on editing and seeing if I can't finish the chapter that I'm working on. It doesn't help when rabid plot bunnies are attacking one with "Princess Bride" type scenes. (For those who don't understand, Mara calls Luke "Farmboy". In "Princess Bride" Buttercup is always saying things like "Farmboy, hand me that jug" and such, and all he ever says is "As you wish"." It really doesn't help any.
I've told all my friends that I plan on being a Jedi knight of the New Republic. All I need now are two lightsabers, preferably in like a black light purple.
I finally posted "Gryffindor and Slytherin" though I believe it needs a new name. That's just me.
I really hate hospitals. My grandfather is currently in at the moment, and while I love him and want to visit him, hospitals just make me so uncomfortable. In fact, when we leave hospitals, I tend to be quite short tempered and nasty. Of course, that may just be becuase its me, but I'm usually not near so bad, so I think its hospitals.
Any way, I'm signing off for now. Honestly, I wonder if I should close this sometimes. But then, I'd be really bored when I did have the time.
- Location:Myrkr; I hate ysalamir
- Mood: apathetic
- Music:Feel Good Time- P!nk
I'm so wierd, aren't I?
We've started conjugating verbs in Spanish. It's not as hard as I had tought it would be. Of course, we've only just begun, but still.
Just a short post, I am alive!
P.s. Halloween, as much as I love it, is a bad time for serious business, becuase come October, every house, graveyard, or spooky looking building is haunted. Jeez.
I love Halloween!
I hate the effect it has on my job.
- Location:Limbo
- Mood: confused
- Music:Hit the Floor- Linkin Park
Not much is going on. I'm currently looking into the Opera scene in South Carolina(my friend/boss/sister-in-all-but-blood got me hooked on it.) and enjoyng a Strawberry CheeseQuake ice cream cake from DQ that we had for my bithday.
Oh! I created a community that thus far only has me in it! Great huh! (note the sarcasm) It's sort of an anything goes, your supposed to be able to talk about a wide range of subjects with other people on it, but I'm still waiting for the friends who I created this to stay in touch with to get LJ accounts. What about email, you ask. That's fine, for relativly short subjects.
Anyway. Happy birthday to me!
- Location:Do you really want to know?
- Music:Just Dance, clean version- Lady Gaga
I sent the first two chapters of Brothers in Arms to my beta and finished the last two chapters of Hauntings and Psychics. I need to email them to my Beta and then as soon as she sends the betaed version back, I'll post them and it'll be over.
I would love some suggestions for GH one shots, so please, HELP ME!!
- Location:Asgard
- Mood:
awake - Music:Hit the Floor by Linkin Park
Visiters to Psychic's page see an oblong box that strongly resembles a coffin surrounded by candels to chase the darkness away. All of a sudden, the lid to the box opens, and slowly, Psychic stands up. "I want to suck your blood!" She says, as she steps out of the coffin, before tripping and landing on her face, knocking the fake fangs out. Ah well.
Hello everyone! I'm still alive. I'm currently staying with some relatives and will be moving here shortly. Joy.
On a happier note, I've updated 'Emotions' and 'Mai's Boys'. Bad new, 'Hauntings and Psychics' is now on hiatus while I work out where it's going. If anyone wants to help, I'd be grateful.
Also, I plan on starting two Harry Potter fanfics.
The first one is called "Brothers in Arms"
( Summary )
And the other is called "Gryffidor and Slytherin" and is co-authored by my dearst friend, and boss.
( Summary )
Any way, so that's the news. I have to get going and do stuff, but I'll Be BACK! Mwuhahaha! *Cough, Cough*- Location:The Crypt
- Mood: awake
- Music:Silver and Cold by AFI
Any way, just a quick post while I have the time.
Chou!
- Mood:
aggravated - Music:Thanks fr the mmrs, Fall Out Boy
Aside from work, nothing really has been happening. Even with work, not much goes on. I babysit for a family with two boys, and I work for a privately funded paranormal research center. I do field work, so it's a little like my favorite anime, Ghost Hunt, but not much. My job isn't that exciting. I'm working on a research paper on the subject of paranormal abilities. At the same time, I'm trying to learn Japanese and Chinese. School starts soon. I hate to admit it, but I'm, dear God kill me, actually looking foward to it. Oh well, I guess I don't have much really to talk about. Oh, look, new icon!
- Mood: bored
- Music:7yr.ache: Rosanne Cash
( Yuki's fic )
Okay, please tell me what you think, because I really want to know!! And keep in mind, I have to rewrte the rest because I lost it when my old Comp. crashed!- Mood:
anxious - Music:Makes me wonder: Maroon 5
- Mood:
busy
- Mood: aggravated
- Music:Panic! at the Disco : Time to Dance
- Mood: embarrassed
- Mood: accomplished
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