• when cath called at midnight
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    when cath called at midnight

    And the phone continued to ring into the night….. I went to bed about 11:30, and got two more calls after that. One around midnight and one around 12:30. Are you people crazy?!?!?! I don’t know who called around midnight – I ignored that one. 12:30, I figured, it must be damn important for someone to be calling at 12:30…

  • when cath called at midnight
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    when i ate mashed potatoes

    Am at my aunt’s house for the night… babysitting her dog ! And the phone calls are following me. I kid you not: I have gotten 14 calls since I got over here 3 hours ago. No one ever calls me that much. I don’t know why they’ve all been calling me, it’s not like I have anything interesting to…

  • Arwen’s Chase Dress
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    Arwen’s Chase Dress

    I’m going to get arwen fabric pattern tomorrow! (psst – am doing arwen’s blueish riding dress instead of random elf or eowyn again. easy to find pattern for and no wig needed~ mwa! I really didn’t want to wear a wig to watch a movie in.)

  • when cath called at midnight
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    when i was sick, i cooked

    OH there’s my hat! I am sick. My throat hurts. A lot. I am very tired. I think it’s post-dragoncon stuff. Why is it whenever I don’t feel good I cook? Earlier today for lunch I made one of those instant ramen packets. After a few bites I threw it out, and then went back and made mashed potatoes. I…

  • Dragoncon 2002 rocked!
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    Dragoncon 2002 rocked!

    Dragon*con rocked. There’s a few pics and my report up at my regular livejournal. And yeah, ash won her first award!!! “Best Classic Female” in my old Leia costume!!! HEHE!!! (in the Star Wars costume contest) I got “Best Ep. II Female” and “Most Beautiful.” HA! Funny.

  • when cath called at midnight
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    when a salesman came by

    Dude, there is a guy here demonstrating some kind of cleaning device. I mean, with the actual dumping dirt on the floor and everything. Mom and Dad get a free stay in some hotel in a city of their choice if they sit through this. Those nuts.

  • Dragoncon 2002 recap!
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    Dragoncon 2002 recap!

    report… sort of preliminary, as I remember things I’ll have to go back and add them. Friday Friday saw us up at 4:30 AM to drive to the airport to catch our 6:30 flight. We got to the airport and checked in… we had perfect timing, as soon as we walked up to the gate they called our seats and…

  • Best. Weekend. Ever.
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    Best. Weekend. Ever.

    Ok, so I just got back from dragoncon (it’s 12:30 now, as soon as I finish writing this I’m going to BED.) While the entire weekend had more than it’s share of moments, I just had to post these as soon as I got home. Tomorrow, hopefully, I’ll write up a full report before I forget everything. Anyway… These particular…

  • when cath called at midnight
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    when i signed off for dcon

    Ok guys, I’m off until after Dragon*con. I’m working full time this week, school starts tuesday and I still have DC stuff to finish… so I’m officially gone until next tuesday. If you’re going to dragon con and want to find me (I’ll have sundowner copies with me!! buy them!!), over the course of the weekend I’ll be wearing: Shadowcat…

  • To-Do List 8/25/02
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    To-Do List 8/25/02

    Updates: Amidala: -Finishing dying -sew arm rings in -finish arm rings -figure out hair -find some nice sandals to wear with it Shadowcat -make mask -finish shirt Ocha -Trim ear hair (lol) -Finish sewing socks onto the leggings (don’t ask) -finish the blue vest. I just tried on my amidala dress and it’s sooooo pretty! Only thing is I’m going…

  • Dyeing my Padme Lake dress, updates
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    Dyeing my Padme Lake dress, updates

    UGH! We did the first dying on Amidala yesterday and it turned out too bright. It looks like a banana snowcone. I’m going to have to use some colour remover on it. Cut out the pattern pieces for Shadowcat’s shirt. Finished Ocha’s boot covers and figured out her tail. To do list: Amidala: -Finishing dying -sew arm rings in -finish…

  • when the moms wanted to go to dragoncon
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    when the moms wanted to go to dragoncon

    Last night Ash’s parents came over to go out with my parents to eat. I was looking through the dragoncon schedules I’d printed out so I showed it to them. They see a lot of stuff they’d like to have seen, and mom’s like, asking me to go to these Anne McCaffrey or whatever panels. I’m like, there’s no time!…

  • when cath called at midnight
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    when mom cleaned up too much

    The other day my aunt bought me a shirt at Abercrombie. It ended up being too big. So I called her and told her to save the receipt so I could take it back and get a smaller size. Then I folded the shirt up and laid it on my bathroom sink where I wouldn’t forget it. Today I was…

  • Ocha progress
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    Ocha progress

    Whoo hoo finished Ocha’s ears! Also got started on her jacket vest thingie. But that’s all we did last night. I wasn’t feeling too great.

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    when i went down a rabbit hole

    Weird thing… have had the name Ralph Bakshi stuck in my head the past few days. Probably just stuck in there after looking up info on Mighty Mouse for dad. I just ended up going down a rabbit hole about various Ralph Bakshi projects… looked at the IMDB entry for his version of LOTR and turns out the script was…