• when a ghost followed us
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    when a ghost followed us

    A couple of months ago, we were all hanging out and Mel said that her answering machine had had a ghost in it (which had come from someplace else, I can’t remember where), that made it do really strange things. The ghost has passed from her answering machine into Catherine’s stereo one night. She and Mel were talking on the…

  • when i loved dvd commentaries
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    when i loved dvd commentaries

    I just sat in the living room and watched the first half of LOTR with the cast commentary on (I love that about DVDs, the commentary is often the thing that makes me buy the dvd. I’ve often rented movies and just watched the commentary instead of the regular movie.). the four hobbits’ commentary was my favourite, it was really…

  • when i loved dvd commentaries
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    when i complained about buffy

    Play yesterday went good. It was funny. I got a lot of orders for the poster. Yay! Then last night we all went out to eat in celebration of Ash’s good report card, and she chose Bahama Breeze. Tonight dad is bringing me molly’s home, I don’t think I could handle mcdonald’s again tonight after the bad mcd’s i had…

  • when i loved dvd commentaries
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    when we had a weird sleepover

    Last night was *weird.* But fun. At 10:30 last night I went over to Cath’s house. We had been planning on having this little get-together for a while, to watch the extended LOTR dvd. So it was me, Catherine, Sara and Josh and Mel……… and about 30 other people. They were having the cast party for the play at the…

  • when we saw chamber of secrets
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    when we saw chamber of secrets

    Harry Potter, very very good. The only thing I can say I didn’t like was Moaning Myrtle. I did get kind of antsy in the long talking parts though (like in hagrid’s hut). And it did end on a weird “yay hagrid” note… I mean, that’s all very well and fine but it just dragged out and seemed… weird. I…

  • when i finished my sakura costume
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    when i finished my sakura costume

    Hey Mariessa! No, I’m not planning on going to Anime Boston… I’ve already hit my limit on cons for next year. So far it’s gonna be Katsucon (Crystal City, VA, feb 14-16), Project A-kon (dallas, tx, May 30-june1), Anime Expo (Anaheim, CA 4th of july weekend), MTAC (nashville, tn, no date set yet), and Dragoncon (atlanta GA, aug 30-sept 2…

  • Susan Sto Helit updates!
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    Susan Sto Helit updates!

    Ok, so I had to put the corset on good, and once I had that on I decided to try out the skirt, too. And then of course I had to put the wig on, and get my gloves and my scythe and the boots, so while I had it all on mom took a pic. I really like the…

  • Susan wig & corset & skirt!
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    Susan wig & corset & skirt!

    My wig for Susan came Tuesday, btw. It cracks me up. It’s so awesome. Today I got home and the corset and skirt had come. The corset is so cool, I’ve never had a real corset before. I can’t get it on me by myself very well though. I really like it, it’s perfect for the costume. The skirt… hmm.…

  • sketchblog: lir
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    Sketchblog: Issue 7

    This is a back-dated post! In 2016 I went back through my old sketchbooks and “rescued” a lot of my old, lost artwork, and I’m slowly getting them re-added to my archives. I don’t actually know when this was done but I’m making an educated guess on where to place this. In going through one of my sketchbooks I found…

  • when i loved dvd commentaries
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    when it was play time again

    Tonight’s the night… yep, they finally called me and told me to come up to the school and take pictures of the cast. The play is friday night. I have school tonight beforehand, work all day tomorrow, work and then school again thursday and thursday night I need to print it out. I don’t guess you guys will hear from…

  • when i loved dvd commentaries
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    when i looked stupid

    I can’t wear jeans to work this week ’cause the big boss from out of town is there, which only leaves me one pair of pants: my khaki pants. Out of desperation to not wear the same pair of pants ALL week, I decided to try the green pants I wore with my elf costume last year (the only time…

  • Amalthea & Utena updates
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    Amalthea & Utena updates

    I finished Sakura, except I’m going to make some loose socks to wear with it. I got a pattern and fabric for Amalthea yesterday. I got some pretty light lavender satin for it… but they didn’t have what we wanted of it – 4 1/2 yards. THey only have 3.75 or something. So I got that and decided to make…

  • Utena photoshoot!
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    Utena photoshoot!

    I didn’t chicken out, we took the Utena pics! When I got out of the car, tho, my little jewel on the front fell off and broke!! ><; Luckily I’d brought tape so we were able to fix it. Yesterday I was just kicking around different sites and found the wig I wanted for my Susan costume. So I went…