leave me alone, im building a tent

A few years ago, I pulled my parent's little tv out of the kitchen, took it in the dining room and built a little tent around it, using the chairs and multiple blankets. I took my PS2 and some video games and dvds in there, made a little bed of extra blankets and pillows, and basically camped out there for a couple of weeks. (I don't think I slept there ...

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Alyss ruffles, migraines, etc

firstly, sewing updates! This is Surprise #1. I have pinned, re-pinned and re-re-pinned those ruffles so many times. I've got to make a few more, and then some smaller different shaped ones. Haven't attached the collar piece yet, it's just pinned on. once i have them all made they get thrown in the dye. So anyway, yesterday I had my doctor's appt about my migraines. My 3rd time trying to get ...

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sex with what?

So I'm filling out my medical history for my doctor's appointment today, and I get to this: Do you smoke? _______ Do you consume alcohol? __________ Do you do illegal drugs? ___________ Do you have sex with men? __________ Wait, what? I've seen the "do you have sex" one before, but... so specific? But wait it gets better, because after that: Do you have sex with men? _________ Women? ________ Both? ____________ Neither? ___________ I wanted to write "...

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Shopping and whatnot

I feel like I accomplished nothing this weekend. I made a decision about one of my costumes - it's still happening, I'm just having to cut back on fabric and do it a different way, which makes me sad but if I want it to happen, thats what I have to do. So I've felt frustrated about that all weekend. I have no pics to show because I hardly did ...

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a note

dear basement dwellers, I realise there's no way to keep you from taking picture of girls' butts at conventions. I personally really don't care. But, for the love of God, why do you upload them to flickr and photobucket, etc? Just keep those pics to yourselves. I really don't want to come across 20+ pics of BUTTS when looking at con pics, nor do I want to see my own butt ...

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got nothing done today

I got nothing done yesterday. Went to church, went to lunch, was tired so I took a nap... I got up and did a little hand-sewing, but then decided I wanted to do that particular piece a different way so I ripped it all off. Then I played Lego Harry Potter with Kevin, we went to eat dinner, came home and watered the flowers, watched tv and went to bed. ...

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happy father’s day!

Haven't gotten to see my dad today - going out for dinner tonight. :) Yesterday I spent the first part of the day taking apart my ceremonial Leia costume so I could remake the sleeves and line the top. I've been wanting to do that since I first finished it in 2007! I had some chiffon hanging around that was too bright white for my current projects, but it was just enough ...

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the past two days have been weird.

Sorry guys, no art post today. Haven't had time! But I would like to post about yesterday and today. They've been interesting. I'm going to cut it up into segments. 1. So yesterday morning, Nana tells me they found a snake in the garage. She touched it, thinking it was a bungee cord, before she realised it was a giant dead snake and freaked out. This comes into play later. 2. I ...

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Bruises, Randomness, Art

Things have been busy. My great-great aunt Louise died earlier this week. She was 95. Her husband, my great-great uncle died in 1964 so I never knew him. The graveside service was interesting. It was pouring rain and we were huddled under a leaking tent, but the minister who spoke was straight out of a movie, an old-fashioned country minister, with a great voice and calling us "ya'll." So I have a ...

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Helping Out

Copied from Chase: Our friends Ryan and Spaz had the 1st floor of their home wiped out during the Nashville flood this weekend. Ryan is ok as he was out of town over the weekend when the downpour came, but he was only able to get to his house today (Monday) to assess the damage. He had 5 feet or more of water take over his first floor. As you know, ...

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